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Mariah herself can barely sing anymore. Her career is like watching something rot, mostly because she seems to live in such delusion about herself. I preferred the Mariah that was Tommy Mottola's puppet. She still had zero personality, but he sure did reign her crazy ass in.

Mariah hasn't released anything worth listening to in years. She's over 40 now, she needs to stop writing songs with a teenage mindset. Nobody is here for that.

TNG really should have ended after the 7th or 8th season. They should have put it on hiatus for a year or two before rebooting.

Well, she thought she was going to win Album of the Year at least. LOL

I'm surprised this crap story made ABC news: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/soap-opera-suicide-storyline-draws-praise-concern-21607908

Pics from Sonia's first episode back: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/posts/Photo-Spoiler-Sonias-back I have never liked Sonia (or Cassidy for that matter), but her relationships with Carol and Bianca are relatively unexplored and are about the only good thing that could come out of this return. The girl with the guitar is obviously Rebecca Fowler, so I guess we finally have a Fowler on the show again...

I definitely prefer the early 90's over the late 90's (though both good). It's almost as if you could cut the 90's in half as somewhat unique eras for the show. I guess you could say that for any show though.

I was surprised by that, I wonder how soon before Ronnie meets her demise as well. I'm glad they're writing her as a full on villain now. That troubled heroine crap just never worked for her.

Bell sided with Alden over Scott too, hence his first dismissal from the show. I wonder what would've happened had Scott stayed and Alden was dismissed.

Leann Rimes is sort of past the definition of a washed-up hasbeen at this point in her career, she's not even worth bringing into this. Maybe at one point I could see some talent there, but not anymore.

Not a great promo, but no one in this family seems the least bit interesting to me. I also don't think I care for any of the actors so far.

I can't see her on a Bell soap at all.

I think 1998 was generally strong, but by 2000 there was definitely something off about the show. It wasn't the same show, if that makes sense. Alden's later solo work was a bit of a mixed bag that only now looks superior in retrospect given what the show has been reduced to over the past 10 years. She's still superior to everyone who came after her, and I guess you can say many of us took her for granted at the time because she wasn't Bill Bell.

That was what, almost 3 years ago? It's a totally different climate now, she just hasn't kept up a consistent enough profile for the general audience or radio to care. You can do constant promotion and be on every talk show, but it doesn't mean that's going to sell your album. Lady Gaga is finding that out the hard way. There needs to be some type of positive buzz and momentum to sell your product, and obviously the singles/album have to be at least half-way decent. Neither she nor Britney really has any of this at the moment. Granted, Gaga isn't flopping as badly as Britney is, but still under-performing and making her label lose money on the album nonetheless.

Janine's exit is definitely going to leave a big hole. She's carried huge parts of the show over the past few years, and was one of the highlights in an otherwise troublesome era for the show. I hope Charlie Brooks comes back after a two year break... New Year's Ever Trailer:

The Biggest Flops Of 2013 1. Lady Gaga, Artpop Perhaps in a decade from now, fans and critics alike will look back on this album as something special for the music it delivered. Until then, Artpop will just be regarded as a massive commercial failure focused squarely too much on stunts and not on the music. Given how much Gaga outdoes herself with each new album, it is no surprise that Artpop buckled under the pressure. However no one is feeling the pain more than her record label, which sank $25 million into making this spectacle profitable while Lorde, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus easily ran away with all the success and the attention. Celeb Winners and Losers of 2013 Loser: Lady Gaga Perhaps The Wrap captured it best when it snarked, "That 'Applause' Gaga is hearing these days has been reduced to a polite golf-clap." Ouch! The pop star should be riding high about now, coming off a world tour and having released her fourth album, "ARTPOP," last month. However, in February she was forced to cancel dates on her "Born This Way" world tour after she needed surgery to repair a hip injury caused by strenuous repetitive movements. Her much-hyped album debuted at the top spot on the Billboard charts selling 258,000 copies, but it fell 100,000 copies short of the openings for both Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry's recent albums. Making matters worse, Gaga's second-week sales fell by a whopping 82 percent, the largest dive of the year. And the Mother Monster's Thanksgiving special didn't get any ratings love either, coming in 78 percent lower than her Thanksgiving special two years ago. Even "Machete Kills," the Robert Rodriguez sequel she appeared in, bombed. Most importantly, people weren't talking about her, even though she did her best to get our attention. She pranced onto the American Music Awards red carpet on horseback, but it was Miley who stole the show when she performed "Wrecking Ball" in front of a giant, animated cat. Better luck next year, Gaga!

I don't know if she's over and done with per se, she's still young enough to get over a flop album and singles and stage a comeback. However, I just don't think she nor her management cares anymore. Britney's been half-assing everything in her career since about 2005. Probably why her peers like Beyonce and Justin have kept some momentum in their 10+ years solo careers going, even when they go for long stretches without releasing an album, and Britney has not. Britney's popularity with the general public and with top 40 radio has faded though, and there's no stepping past that. That's usually the lifeline for any commercial pop act these days.

The album and singles are flopping because they're terrible, but this is the type of music Britney has always wanted to make. If you look at the albums she had the most creative control over (Britney, In The Zone, Blackout, and now Britney Jean), it's evident that Dr. Luke and Max Martin were not her favorite producers to work with. Also, the days of Britney selling music on her name alone are over. She's just not that type of star anymore. She's still famous, but her general popularity has faded severely. While others like Beyonce and Justin Timberlake have maintained a certain standard with their careers, Britney has not. As I mentioned before, she's past her peak and her career is in a very awkward phase. The public interest just isn't there anymore, and Britney doesn't seem to care anymore. I think she likes it this way, her personal life isn't on display 24/7 as it was once upon a time. Britney hasn't done huge promotion for her albums since about 2004, she's literally a walking zombie in the game purely for money at this point. In the long run, I wonder how her Vegas residency will fair once the initial attention disappears. She's not like Celine with a built-in older audience that caters to the typical Vegas crowd.

Barbra's first Christmas album was always a staple in my house growing up. The Jewish girl from Brooklyn actually put out a timeless Christmas album that I can still listen to today during the Holiday's. This is from her Central Park concert in 1968: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqrvtUz5MkI

The 'Haunted' video is also an homage to early 90's Madonna (Justify My Love/Erotica era). She also said this in a recent interview, "My father taught me so, so much," she said of Matthew Knowles, who managed Beyoncé until 2011. "When I decided to manage myself, it was important to me not to sign to some big company. I wanted to follow in Madonna's footsteps and be a powerhouse. When you get to this level, you don't have to share your money or your success... And we did it. And it's my company." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/21/beyonce-yonce-screening_n_4487104.html?1387675629&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008