About Timbaland...
I've noticed that the songs of his that don't do well on radio have to do with the fact that the artist is singing a genre they don't really sing like Ashlee Simpson (I liked Ashlee's Simpson's new song Out of My Head, but she is known for being kind of a rocker. Out of my Head is to far away from what people were expecting out of her.) or because they don't really mesh well with him, or because they are sick of Timbaland being all over the radio.
I think as long as he produces a song and doesn't talk in the song, it will be really good. I think Vanessa's voice would be really good in one of his songs.
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http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...a_hudgens.html
A local Austin blog has an article about Vanessa's new movie Will. It also mentions Aly for all you Aly and AJ fans out there. I bolded those parts for you.
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Chatting with Vanessa Hudgens on ‘Will’ set
By Michael Barnes | Thursday, March 6, 2008, 09:59 AM
From a distance, she looks petite, fragile, almost doll-like in her Gothy costume for “Will,” the movie shooting in Austin for at least another week. Up close, Vanessa Hudgens, best known for Disney’s “High School Musical” franchise, is cool, self-possessed, remarkably resilient given her age (19) and global celebrity status.
(A stray paparazzo, probably in town to stalk Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, captured her and co-star Gaelan Connell rehearsing their first on-set kiss, firing up a ridiculous rivalry with Hudgens’ conjectural boyfriend, Zach Efron. I thought we had an anti-paparrazi accord in Austin.)
During a rehearsal break, we chatted with shyly friendly Hudgens about playing the Xbox game “Rock Band” with the rest of the cast (she wants her own), seeing movies (at Austin’s top movie exhibitor), and eating out (we won’t reveal her favorite local restaurant until the fan-magnet leaves town, but she likes anything yellowtail). All in all, Hudgens says her stay in Austin has been “a blast,” even given the 16-hour work days and scant time off.
We also spent time with the effortlessly charming Connell, best remembered for his role at age 10 in “Chocolat.” The son of Bethesda, Md., was pulled out of NYU classes and flown down to Austin to play the New Jersey music nerd (perhaps based on “Will” writer/director Todd Graff ) engaged in a high-school battle of the bands. He had originally auditioned to play the cello or guitar, but ended up the star. Lisa Kudrow (perpetually frowning on the set) plays his cool mother, while Scott Porter (“Friday Night Lights”) his fictional rival.
Porter is the cast extrovert, entertaining the gathered crowds with his stand-up and beat-box acts. The concert pro is Aly Michalka, who spends a lot of time reading on set during the eternal waits between shooting. (“Plain Truth” by Jodi Picoult sat in her lap as we taked.) Michalka is more accustomed to “music as music” than all the production and prep of a movie, but she loved the script and pursued the role.
We also chatted up the Fort Worth post-punk band Burning Hotel, who played Emo’s Annex last night, on of several spots, such as Stubb’s, Alamo Drafthouse and the Belmont, which have become cast hangouts. We’ll tell more on our set visit — a publish some set shots — in a later article, but for now, we are pleased to report that Austin has been kind to the makers of “Will,” who have returned the favor.
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http://www.967kissfm.com/cc-common/p...yBonesShow.xml
Bobby put up another podcast about his last day of filming Will and he mentions some things. I haven't had time to listen to it yet, but according to one person that has aparently he mentions some interesting things...
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hey just a lil heads up, bobby put up another podcast on his site about his last day of shooting. he talks about getting vaness’as phone # and says the cast *might* go on tour with the music. vanessa was supposed to call in this morning but she had an early shoot and bobby says she’ll maybe call tomorrow.
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While it is cool that the cast might get to go on tour, I can't help but wonder if this was the tour that Hollywood Records was talking about. If this is true, it looks like it's going to be similar to the HSM tour with Vanessa and Aly singing their songs from the movie and some of their own songs at the end. But until Vanessa gets really famous when it comes to her music, then this might be something she has to do until she can get her own tour.
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In other Vanessa news...CosmoGirl magazine posted an untrue story about Vanessa drinking and driving in LA (from some gossip blog that had no proof or pictures no less plus it was next to a picture of her as Gabriella) even though she has been in Texas for close to 2 weeks because of the Bandslam preperations. A website called them on it and apparently CosmoGirl got a bunch of angry emails and gave an apology. Here is a link to the website that first reported the story and they even took a screen cap of the article on CosmoGirl's website that shows what they posted and what they apologized for.
http://www.portableplanet.co.uk/2008...-arrest-story/
She looks like she has back issues and plus she looks so frail