Verizon Sends iPhone To Island Of Misfit Toys

New Music Now: Adam Lambert, "For Your Entertainment"

#MusicMonday: Lifehouse, "Halfway Gone"

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OSN Coming To Comedy Central

Comedy Central has ordered up a half-hour pilot from The Onion based loosely on the satirical "Onion Sports Network" theme.  Comedy Central's president of programming announced the decision on Thursday saying the company was "thrilled to be in business with a cultural icon."

The short-form content on the OSN Web series is outstanding, hilarious and exactly what you'd expect from the gang. We're really excited to take this great idea and turn it into a regular, weekly series.

The half-hour scripted comedy should debut early 2010 on Comedy Central.

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Michael Jackson's "Beat It" Covered

Ellen, Oprah Invade Michigan Avenue

For the second time this fall, Oprah Winfrey has invaded Chicago's Michigan Avenue.  The first was in September for the taping of her 24th season premiere episode.  On Friday, she and Ellen DeGeneres invaded Water Tower Park for an autographing session and photo op for the release of the edition of O Magazine with both on the cover.

About a thousand people showed up to the almost unpublicized event.  Ellen arrived first and joked that she licked every copy of the magazine and if someone had issue with that, Oprah would buy them a car.

The December issue of O is on newsstands now.

My Little Pony As Lady GaGa

My Little Pony dressed as Lady GaGa for Halloween and now you can put it in your friends' stockings this Christmas.  My Little Pony designer Mari Kasurinen has released this image of My Little GaGa.  This isn't her first My Little Pony creation; you can see the rest of them here.

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New Music Now: Lady GaGa, "Alejandro"

In October, we got "Bad Romance."  Now, Lady GaGa is planning to release two more singles before the end of the year.  The first of which is "Alejandro."

New Music Now: P!nk, "Funhouse (Digital Dog Mix)"

Gimme My Money, Bitches

Sure, it looks like you won $167-million, but you didn't.  What?!  The Seminole Hard Rock Casino west of Fort Lauderdale claims a jackpot of $166,666,666.65 was simply just a "computer glitch."  They made good - sort of - by offering an undisclosed cash settlement to avoid a lawsuit, but shouldn't they have insurance for this type of thing?

The company should have a policy to payout on legitimate prizes and there should be insurance to protect against malfunctioning machines.  If a machine malfunctions, the insurance policy would pay out.  Why?  If I'm sitting at a machine and the bells start ringing and lights start whirring and the screen is flashing, I'm going to get pretty damn excited.  And when the casino doesn't want to give me my dough, I'm going to pitch a major fit.  I'm going to make their lives living hell.  If you don't want to pay out for a malfunctioning machine, you should take measures to make sure those machines never malfunction.  It only makes you look like fools.

#EndRant.  Here's the story as it aired on CNN.

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UPDATE:  Whoops!  We posted a copyright-protected picture in this place.  Look for more shirtlessness tomorrow.  Our apologies.

B4A Top Ten

This week, Miley Cyrus seals her spot atop the Top Ten; the Black Eyed Peas fall a spot with one song and drop the other song out of the Top Ten; Owl City makes inroads towards the top spot and Lady GaGa makes two appearances!

1. Miley Cyrus - "Party In The U.S.A."
2. Owl City - "Fireflies"
   
3. Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"
4. Lady GaGa - "Paparazzi"
5. Jason Derulo - "Whatcha Say"
6. Kings Of Leon - "Use Somebody"
7. Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"
8. Iyaz - "Replay"
9. Five A.M. - "Be Still"
10. Lady GaGa - "Poker Face"

 The B4A Top Ten is calculated using data from digital downloads, radio airplay, online chatter and plays on my own personal iPod.

New Music Now: Preview Norah Jones' New Album

We told you previously Norah Jones was bringing in a new band and new producers for her new album.  Now, you can hear it two weeks before it's released.  NPR has preview tracks here.  Go take a listen and come back to let us know what you think!

My thoughts?  I still love me some Norah Jones!  I love the new pop-ish sound as opposed to what she's always done all along.  That's not to say I didn't like what she recorded previously.  I like it all!

Gregory Itzen To Make Return Appearance On '24'

Former Commander-In-Chief Charles Logan will be back on season eight of FOX' 24.  It's not clear what his role will be exactly, but Gregory Itzin's character was stabbed nearly to death by his wife in season six.  He'll likely play a consultant-type role for Cherry Jones, who is back as President in season eight.

FOX released a rough outline this week of what we can expect out of the upcoming season.  Here's the recap from Zap2It:

The action will be driven by a plot to assassinate a Middle Eastern leader (Anil Kapoor, "Slumdog Millionaire") who's speaking at the United Nations, and retired grandfather Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is drawn back into the reconstituted CTU, because that's what he does.

FOX gives us a two-night season premiere of 24 beginning Sunday, January 17th.