MADONNA WINS TWO SPIN MAGAZINE 25TH ANNIVERSARY AWARDS

DUH!! She deserves to win ALL of them, but we'll take it. Madonna took the titles of Best Solo Artist with 32.3% of the votes, beating out Eminem, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and Beck. She also wrapped up Hottest Sex Goddess with 25.4% over Hayley Williams, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson. Her song, Like a Prayer, was voted Best Song, losing out to Good Riddance by Green Day. Here are the other winners:

Best Band - Tokio Hotel

Best Album - American Idiot by Greenday

Best Rap/Hip Hop Artist - Eminem

Best Live Act - Green Day (Madonna was 3rd)

Hottest Sex God - Billie Joe Armstrong

Best Music Movie - School of Rock

Best Rock City - New York City

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TONY AWARD WINNERS!!

What do you get when you cross the Oscars with the Grammys? The Tony Awards apparently. The winners last night were a varitible who's who of the music and movie industry with Scarlett Johansson winning for Best Featured Actress in a play, Catherine Zeta-Jones winning for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis walking away with Best Leading Actor/Actress in a Play and Greenday's American Idiot walking away with a couple of minor awards but most of the show's performance spots. Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison from Glee, Broadway vets themselves, even appeared on the show to bring in some ratings. Not that any of these people don't deserve their awards, but it seems the theatre community is having to embrace "names" in order to fill seats, which is really unfortunate in some ways. As long as the work doesn't suffer, then I guess it doesn't hurt. Sean Hayes, who was nominated for Lead Actor in a Musical for Promises, Promises, did a great job hosting and Kristin Chenoweth, also riding high on her Glee appearances, popped up every few minutes. All in all, not a bad show, but not a great year for Broadway. Click HERE for a full list of nominees and winners.

LISTEN TO AMERICAN IDIOT: THE ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING NOW!

Head over to MTV.com's The Leak and listen to the full original cast album of Greenday's American Idiot before it's release and before it's Broadway debut. MTV describes the show as:

"Green Day's seventh studio album 'American Idiot' exploded on the scene in 2004 in a post 9/11 world filled with fear and media overload. Songs like 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' and 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' spoke to a generation who were left feeling unsure about the war. Hoping to expand the story that was woven through 'American Idiot,' Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool then wrote their next album '21st Century Breakdown.' So what's the next step for a chart-topping band like Green Day? How about opening a Broadway musical with a small cast that sings songs from both of their award-winning albums. Directed by Tony Award-winning director of 'Spring Awakening' Michael Mayer, 'American Idiot' brings some of the hottest young actors on Broadway together. Maybe you can't make it all the way to New York City? That's okay because we have the official Broadway cast recording for your listening pleasure right here, only on the Leak."

I really like Greenday, especially since they have become so outspoken in their fight for equality. Take a listen and go see the show if you get a chance. I have heard great things about it. Rock on, Broadway!

GREEN DAY AMONG HOSTS FOR GAY PROM IN MISSISSIPPI

This is one of the coolest things ever. Green Day, Lance Bass, Cat Cora and Tonic.com are coming together with the American Humanist Association to host a gay prom in Downtown Tupelo, Mississippi in response to the travesty committed by the Itawamba School District's against Constance McMillen. The school refused to let Constance bring her girlfriend, cancelled the prom blaming her, then let set up a fake prom through parents and sent Constance and some learning disabled kids to the fake prom while hosting another one secretly for the rest of the kids. What a bunch of loser, douche bag sh*t for brains, backwoods asshats. ANYWAY.... Now there will be a prom open to everyone but focused on the LGBT youth in the area and it will be NO JOKE!! Superstar rock band Green Day, N'SYNC's Lance Bass are among the celebrities hosting the festivities.

Writes the AHA : "The Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition's second annual Second Chance Prom will be held on May 8, 2010 in Downtown Tupelo, Mississippi. "We've very pleased to be able to support and promote LGBT equality alongside other sponsors," said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association. "We're proud to be standing on the side of love and acceptance instead of fear and prejudice, and we hope that the event will bring appreciation of the diversity within our society and encourage others to embrace it as a positive value that can continue to forge progress for all Americans." The Second Chance Prom will feature dinner for guests, live entertainment, a ceremony to honor outstanding youth in Mississippi, booths highlighting organizations striving for LGBT equality and celebrity guests...Todd and Diana Stiefel made a $20,000 grant available to the AHA for the purpose of sponsoring this prom in Itawamba County. Humanists and other freethinkers have expressed a great interest in countering the discrimination of the Itawamba County school board."

BRAVO!! I think it's so awesome and so important for a rock band like Green Day to get behind this. They have long spoken out for the gay community, with lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong even identifying himself as bisexual in a 1995 interview. He is married now. What a wonderful, positive way to counter the incredible stupidity and prejudice committed by the community of the Idiot-wamba School District. I hope the kids attending have the time of their lives!!! [source]

GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT: THE MOVIE?

Looks like Green Day's album American Idiot isn't just moving to Broadway, there is now going to be a movie! The stage show, which incorporates songs from the bands American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown albums is opening on Broadway next month, but Firstshowing.net is reporting, "Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions want to tell the coming-of-age story of three small-town guys: one joins the armed forces, another moves to the city and gets lost in drugs, and the third stays home and gets his girlfriend pregnant. These kids definitely aren't all right." I've heard some really good things from people who have seen the musical, so with the recent years rush of successful movie musicals (Chicago, Mamma Mia) it's only natural Hanks wants to cash in with one that might peak the interest of a new generation, especially since both In the Heights and Rock of Ages are already coming off the stage and onto the screen. I love musical movies, so the more the merrier I say! How about you? [source and image]

LADY GAGA, PINK, GREEN DAY ADDED TO GRAMMY PERFORMANCE LIST

Joining the already announced Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas ........ I'm sorry, I fell asleep for a minute ...... the Grammys added a few more performers to spice things up a bit. Sure to please the crowd as usual, Lady Gaga will be performing what I'm sure will be an amazy spectacle. Pink is bringing her considerable pipes to the stage, and if it's anything like her death defying act at the MTV awards, you can expect something cool from the pseudo-lesbian pixie. Green Day will also rock the house. All the above artists are nominated, with Beyonce leading the pack with 10 nominations for her album I Am... Sasha Fierce. Swift has 8 noms, Gaga has 5. Expect the unexpected.....or exactly how we all know it will turn out. [source]

GREEN DAY HEADS TO BROADWAY

Hey, that rhymes! Green Day has long been a top-notch punk band and huge selling musical act, now they are taking their show to Broadway. Well, to be exact, a musical based on their album American Idiot and directed by Michael Mayer is opening at the St. James theatre on Broadway on April 20th with previews starting in March. The show ran to sold out crowds and positive reviews last fall at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California. I wouldn't expect tap shoes or a kick line, but I'm sure you'll rock it out. [source][image]