Lifehouse will premiere their new music video for “Halfway Gone” this Monday, exclusively on VH1.  A quick, 15 second sneak peak is available in the meantime. Check it out, and visit VH1.com on Monday the 23rd to see the band in action in the full video.

“Halfway Gone” is available now on iTunes and is the first single from Lifehouse’s forthcoming album, Smoke & Mirrors. The album is the band’s fifth studio release and will hit stores on February 2, 2010.

Sire Records’ recording artist Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin, will guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow, Thursday, November 19th.  Andrew will be joined by Jack’s guitarist and backing vocalist Bobby Raw for a rare solo performance of their latest single “Swim” from their current album The Glass Passenger. In addition, McMahon will sit down with Stewart to discuss his recently released documentary Dear Jack, which chronicles McMahon’s own personal fight against leukemia. Check local listings for broadcast time in your area.

The Dear Jack DVD was released by Sire Records on November 3rd and quickly became the No. 1 Music Movie on iTunes. In addition to being available for digital download through iTunes, the film is currently for sale in stores and on Jack’s Mannequin’s website www.jacksmannequin.com. Sire Records has also released

The Dear Jack EP (featuring four previously unreleased tracks), which climbed to No. 17 on iTunes Overall Album chart.

Jack’s Mannequin will hit the road in December as very special guests of Weezer. They will also be part of an exclusive WRXP show along with Phoenix and Manchester Orchestra on December 2nd at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. In addition, Jack’s Mannequin will launch their own headlining tour of the U.S. in February 2010.

And finally, McMahon will join Stand Up To Cancer’s team of celebrity ambassadors, which also include Mandy Moore, Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Ethan Zohn, Marcia Cross, and many more, beginning in December 2009. The Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) initiative funds groundbreaking research aimed at getting new treatments to patients faster, and aims to rally the public around the fight against the disease.

As always, keep an eye on www.jacksmannequin.com for news, information, tour dates, merch, and much more.

Pop songstress Esmee Denters has announced that she will host a live chat this week.  Esmee will be broadcasting from her Facebook page on Thurs, November 19th at 6pm PST/9pm EST.  Check out the video above that the rising star just posted on her YouTube channel announcing the chat, and be sure to RSVP for the event here.

Catch Esmee on tour with Honor Society through the end of November.

I have been dying to be able to talk about OneRepublic’s new album Waking Up that is out today! So here I go…I got an advance copy of the album last week and I have to admit that I haven’t stopped listening to it. I am pretty sure everyone has heard me have it on repeat.

Waking Up, recorded in OneRepublic’s  hometown Denver, is the band’s most sweeping, cinematic effort to date, with even more strings and movie-like moments, thanks in part to the use of the same children’s choir and orchestra used by Batman and Edward Scissorhands composer Danny Elfman (with whom Ryan Tedder has shared ideas). Plus, OneRepublic has recently added co-writer and bass and cello player Brent Kutzle to its lineup. “All he listened to before getting into this band was soundtracks,” Tedder says. “He can name every score and soundtrack guy from the last 15 years.”

My favorite songs off the new album are definitely  All This Time and All The Right Moves. Especially with All This Time it talks about how someone was always in love with this one person, and how all this time it was them they were supposed to love. (I’ve listened to that song the most.)

This for sure has to be my favorite album of there year. You can get it on iTunes right now by following this link.

Ryan Tedder  says his best work with OneRepublic is ahead of him, and he’s more inspired than ever. He practically speaks in lyrics these days. “Music is my life,” he says, “and songs are my currency.”

The likeness is uncanny isn’t it? When Taylor showed me this picture, I immediately thought “AWW!” Yes, I’ll write about it.

Jon Bon Jovi posed with the lovable Goofy, at the New York Street set at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Theme Park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Apparently, he and his band just released their newest album and will be going back on tour in early 2010. I guess 26 years wasn’t enough of a career, but hey, if you still have fans, and it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, I suppose.

Rock on!

[Image by Splash News]

OneRepublic have released a new song on iTunes called “Good Life” which appears on their forthcoming album Waking Up due out next week. They have been unveiling a new song each week on iTunes as a countdown to the album’s full release on November 17th. (I will have my review on the whole album on Monday! I can’t stop listening to it.)

The band has just announced a brand new headlining tour date at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA on November 18th.   Fans in the Southern California area can also help celebrate the release at a CD signing and free performance on November 19th.  Visit OneRepublic.net for more information on the concert and event at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, CA.

November 12th is an amazing day! Not only is it my son’s birthday but it’s Ryan Gosling’s birthday too. Ryan is one of my favorite actors. And one of my favorite movies is The Notebook. I still cry at the end of that movie and I’ve seen it so many times.

Ryan has been busy working on his tour with his band, Dead Man’s Bones, I am absolutely am in love with the music and I have yet to hear anything bad by them.

Have a very Happy Birthday Ryan and I’ll have an extra piece of cake in your honor tonight.

(A special happy birthday goes to Jessa too! You deserve it girly!)

The People’s Choice nominations were announced today. I was one of those people who voted for my favorites so this was neat to see if my choices made it. Twilight, House, Vampire Diaries, Three Rivers and Gossip Girl made it. But Zachary Levi didn’t make the list. I think that I nominated him for every category. I guess it doesn’t work that way.

See the complete list after the jump>>>

TV Drama
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Lost
NCIS

TV Comedy
Desperate Housewives
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
The Office
Two and a Half Men

TV drama Actor
Hugh Laurie
Kiefer Sutherland
Mark Harmon
Matthew Fox
Patrick Dempsey

TV drama Actress
Anna Paquin
Blake Lively
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Katherine Heigl
Mariska Hargitay

TV comedy Actor
Alex Baldwin
Charlie Sheen
Jim Parsons
Neil Patrick Harris
Steve Carell

TV comedy Actress
Alyson Hannigan
America Ferrera
Amy Poehler
Eva Longoria Parker
Tina Fey

TV Obsession
Dexter
Gossip Girl
The Hills
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
True Blood

TV talk show
Chelsea Lately
Live with Regis & Kelly
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Tyra Banks Show

TV sci-fi/fantasy
Heroes
Lost
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries
True Blood

TV competition show
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Survivor: Samoa

Animal show
Animal Cops
DogTown
Dog Whisperer
It’s Me or the Dog
Rescue Ink

New TV drama
Eastwick
FlashForward
Melrose Place
Mercy
The Forgotten
The Good Wife
The Vampire Diaries
Three Rivers
NCIS: Los Angeles
V

New TV comedy
Accidentally on Purpose
Brothers
Community
Cougar Town
Glee
Hank
The Cleveland Show
The Middle
Modern Family

Movie actor
Brad Pitt
Hugh Jackman
Johnny Depp
Robert Pattinson
Ryan Reynolds.

Movie actress
Anna Hathaway
Drew Barrymore
Jennifer Aniston
Kristen Stewart
Sandra Bullock

Action star
Christian Bale
Gerard Butler
Hugh Jackman
Shia LaBeouf
Vin Diesel

Comedic star
Adam Sandler
Ben Stiller
Jim Carrey
Ryan Reynolds
Vince Vaughn

Breakout movie actress
Anna Kendrick
Emily Osment
Ginnifer Goodwin
Miley Cyrus
Zoe Saldana

Breakout movie actor
Chris Pine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Sam Worthington
Taylor Lautner
Zachary Quinto

On-screen team
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, The Proposal
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga
Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney, X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Family movie
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

Independent movie
(500) Days of Summer
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Paranormal Activity
Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail

Franchise
Harry Potter
Star Trek
The Twilight Saga
Transformers
X-Men

Comedy movie
17 Again
Bride Wars
He’s Just Not That Into You
The Hangover
The Proposal

Favorite movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
The Hangover
The Proposal
Twilight

Male artist
Eminem
Jason Mraz
John Mayer
Keith Urban
Tim McGraw

Female artist
Beyonce
Britney Spears
Carrie Underwood
Pink
Taylor Swift

Country artist
Brad Paisley
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Rascal Flatts
Taylor Swift

Breakout Music Artist
Adam Lambert
Demi Lovato
Kris Allen
Lady Gaga
Susan Boyle

Hip-hop artist
Eminem,
Flo Rida
Jay-Z
Lil’ Wayne
T.I.

Rock band
Daughtry
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Muse
Paramore

Music collaboration
Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester, “Good Girls Go Bad”
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat, “Lucky”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”
T.I. & Rihanna, “Live Your Life”
The Lonely Island & T-Pain, “I’m on a Boat.”

R&B artist
Alicia Keys
Beyonce
Jennifer Hudson
Mariah Carey
Usher

Pop artist
Britney Spears
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift
the Black Eyed Peas

Web celeb
Andy Samberg
Ashton Kutcher
Miley Cyrus
P. Diddy
Will Ferrell

You can vote for your favorites here. And be sure to watch the award show hosted by Queen Latifah on January 6th, 2010 on CBS.

[Images by RAM/Fame Pictures]

Serabee has come a long way from her days of sneaking out of her Kiln, Mississippi childhood home to explore the vibrant music scene in New Orleans.  “Music is in my blood, and the road I’ve traveled can’t help but form my music,” says the singer/songwriter.  Singing since the age of five, Serabee became part of her Preacher father’s touring band almost before she could read – performing across America’s fertile spiritual-crescent with her four siblings and mother in tow. With an eye on developing her own secular music career after building a buzz on the New Orleans scene, Serabee began to bend her musical horizons even further.  She ultimately landed a deal with Universal Republic, and she cites influences ranging from Prince and Ray Charles to Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke that helped craft her new EP.  In addition to her soulful voice, Serabee boasts impressive songwriting skills (Charlotte Church’s #1 single “Crazy Chick”) as well as outstanding chops on a Hammond B3 organ and piano.

The fiery blond  is quickly rising to the top as she was just named a New Artist To Watch by Clear Channel and an About To Pop Artist by AOL Music.  With the release of her SERABEE EP today on iTunes and the recent premiere of the video for “Driving Me Stupid,” it is the perfect time to get to know this budding star.  Watch a brand new interview to learn more about Serabee’s life growing up in Mississippi, her musical background and how she landed a record deal.

Serabee’s single “Driving Me Stupid” is currently featured as the free Single of the Week on iTunes.

Serabee is releasing her new EP tomorrow November 10th. I have talked about Serabee before. She has an amazing sound that you haven’t really heard yet. I think that it will get her far. I’ve listened to the whole EP and I love it. I will be buying it tomorrow!

My two favorite songs on the EP were Driving Me Stupid and The Rest Of Me. I love how she sings about how in love you can get…how it can make you feel like you are crazy. And with her soulful and upbeat love songs you are sure to be able to relate to her.

There’s no doubt Serabee’s nomadic musical instincts fan the flames on the fiery self-titled debut. Note perfect and a helluva’ lot of fun, she’s a soul siren who’s not afraid to let loose in ways almost forgotten on contemporary records tempered by auto-tune. Also known for her emotive, uplifting auditions, it was the piano-tinged romp she put on for the executives at Universal republic that would ultimately seal the deal.

“I guess I’ve never been afraid to show what I’ve got,” she smiles, slyly reverting to that wry lyric on “The Rest Of Me”: /’Who cares what I look like under this dress./ I know that you will be impressed….you’ll love the rest of me…’ “

The truly amazing feat is that she was able to pour such an undeniable essence into every groove of her new EP.