More Great Advice For Leos

Usually a frantic pace is child's play to you, but lately you feel a strong need to rest and replenish. Take care to refresh your soul, or you could find your body fatiguing when you least expect it.

In short --> just chill

The Perfect PR Outfit

Nothing spells confidence more than a girl walking in holding her head high feeling comfortable in her own skin. More than likely you’re going to be a nervous wreck. Having an outfit that complements your body and you feel comfortable in is key. It’s also one less thing to worry about in the interview process and you can focus on answering the questions to the best of your ability.

Every job is different, so what that perfect PR outfit is can be a bit of a challenge. If you’re unsure follow the following rules:

It never hurts to be overdressed: It shows professionalism, eagerness, and classiness. It also shows that you thought about your outfit and that you care what you look like and that you really want the job.

Simple is Best: Try to stay away from anything that’s too flashy. Black bottoms (knee-length skirt or pants) are a good base piece. Black is slimming and then you can dress up your top.

Put your boobs away: I know what it’s like to try and find a shirt that covers and still looks professional. Things I’ve found that work are lightweight camisoles in various colors underneath the common button up. You can unbutton the button-up to the center of your chest. This way you’re not getting the "peek-a-boo" look from the side and you still have the look of professionalism. Also you can add a fun necklace or earrings.

Shoes are a girl’s best friend: People differ on this. Some say closed toe is the only option. I’ve worn cute open toed wedges that look professional, and I got the job…so it all depends. I’d 100% stay away from the super tall stilettos and strappy hooker shoes…leave those for the bar!

Timbaland Makes Details' Power 50 List

29) TIMBALAND
PRODUCER; AGE: 35

A track mastered by Tim “Timbaland” Mosley is now akin to a Steven Spielberg film. Which is to say, the Virginia Beach–based producer has become the rare mass-market creative force whose contributions to a project can overshadow his performers’. That’s something, considering Timbaland’s résumé includes many of music’s biggest names: This fall alone he’s overseeing new efforts from Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent and the return of Jay-Z. His trademark mechanical, skittish beats are so in demand that aspiring hip-hop artists besiege his studio carrying suitcases of cash, and his services are reputed to command up to $500,000 per track. It was money well-earned on JT’s infuriatingly catchy single “SexyBack.” All told, Timbaland has nailed more than 40 top-10 songs, though the one that reverberated all summer, Nelly Furtado’s “Promiscuous,” proved his ability to resurrect careers with a simple laying-of-hands on the control boards. “He’s like a shaman—his chemistry changes the artist,” says Furtado, who under Timbaland’s spell went from hippie-folkie chick to hip-hop sex bomb. “He taps into your primal side, and when he’s on, the shit goes to the next level.”

Esquire: Scarlett Johansson 'Sexiest'

NEW YORK - Scarlett Johansson's hourglass figure and plum movie roles have brought her many fans. Among them, clearly, the editors at Esquire. The magazine has just crowned her "Sexiest Woman Alive."

The 21-year-old actress poses in come-hither garb on the cover and inside pages of the magazine's November issue, on newsstands Oct. 18.

On the cover, she wears a bra and a white Calvin Klein mini-dress; In a series of photos inside (showing her as an "enigmatic trailer-park temptress," the magazine says), she wears cleavage-baring black lingerie paired with an open white robe, among other get-ups.

Johansson, whose screen credits include "The Black Dahlia," "Lost in Translation" and "Match Point," says she would rather be admired for attributes other than sex appeal.

"What about my brain? What about my heart? What about my kidneys and my gallbladder?" she asks, addressing all the hoopla about her curves in an interview in the magazine.

She is no stranger to the paparazzi's cameras, and once flashed a sign proclaiming, "the person taking this picture is harrassing me."

"Apparently I spelled `harass' wrong," she recalls. "It was horrible. I couldn't remember whether it was one `r' or two, and I asked like four people, and they said two."

For All You Lazy Leos

An all fast-food diet does terrible things to your body. The same thing happens to your brain if all you feed it is junk. Turn off the TV, and read a book. Get to an art gallery. Go see a concert in the park.

Black Eyed Peas Chanteuse Grabs Solo Stardom

Fergie has been preparing a lifetime for moments like these.



Clad in booty-baring shorts and flanked by a brigade of costumed Brits, she marched down the red carpet during MTV's Video Music Awards preshow at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Exactly one week later in the same locale, the three other Black Eyed Peas cleared the stage for her show-stopping solo set at Fashion Rocks. Again all ears were attuned to her pandemic first single "London Bridge," which remains in the top five of The Billboard Hot 100 after crowning the chart for three straight weeks.

Now that Fergie has helped transform the Black Eyed Peas from ground-level hip-hoppers to globe-trotting pop wonders, the 31-year-old singer is refocusing on her dream deferred-solo success. Co-executive produced by Peas' frontman will.i.am, her solo debut, "The Dutchess," is a mishmash of bubble-gum pop, hip-hop and R&B grooves derived from her performance-rich background.

The set arrived Sept. 19 via will.i.am/A&M.Before she began strutting around stages, the Hacienda Heights, Calif., native (born Stacy Ann Ferguson) voiced the characters of Sally and Lucy in the cartoon series "Charlie Brown," which led to roles in "Kids Incorporated," the Fox Family series "The Great Pretender" and her first musical turn in the all-female pop trio Wild Orchid, which disbanded after releasing two moderately successful albums in the late '90s.

Wrought with the showbiz blues, Fergie battled addiction to crystal methamphetamine before finding solace in therapy-and music. Prior to becoming a full-time Pea on 2005's "Monkey Business" (A&M), she contributed background vocals on the group's multiplatinum 2003 set "Elephunk" and began setting the stage for "The Dutchess."

Fergie and Will took time away from their ongoing Black Eyed Peas tour to chat with Billboard about her upcoming release.

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How long have you been planning this solo record?

Fergie: I always had this dream. I told my mom when I was 7 years old, but I just ended up being in bands. I'm a free spirit. I follow my heart, and it's led me to where I am now. I probably would've taken more time to finish it even though they're songs from a seven-year period, but [Interscope CEO] Jimmy Iovine heard some [tracks] and was like, "This is great, let's put it out."

Has being in Black Eyed Peas given you the creative license to experiment with rapping?

Fergie: Just being around it and living the lifestyle [with them], it felt more natural and comfortable-and not as taboo. But I've always been a fan of rappers like Roxanne Shante, Monie Love, Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa-these were girls that I emulated growing up, but just more in private. BEP gave me that confidence to do it. I'm not trying to be a serious MC, that's not my goal. I'm just paying homage to everything I grew up listening to. If I didn't include that part of me, it wouldn't be a true representation of who I am.

Is the Fergie on this album different from the Fergie on the Black Eyed Peas albums?

Fergie: It is different because I'm a singer first and foremost. There are more ballads and more intimacy between me and the listener because sometimes when you're in a group you don't have space to air out your dirty laundry. This [album] is a complete thought. It's not just a verse or a sentence. It's my complete feeling and emotion. I think people will be surprised because they don't know that sensitive side of me yet. I also like to experiment with different tones in my voice, and I wanted to make the album really colorful.

Can you break down some of the tracks?

Fergie: In "Fergalicious," I emulated ['80s female rap trio] J.J. Fad, and we sampled the track from Afro-Rican's "Give It All You Got." "Voodoo Doll" is my take on dub music. It's about my struggle with crystal meth. There's a demon part that's a completely different voice than the singing part, and it's almost like two voices. It's me battling with myself. "Mary Jane Shoes" featuring I3 is a breezy reggae song, and at the end I go into a little bit of punk-rock mosh music because I love to do that if you've ever seen my stage shows.

"Finally" is the last song on the album. It's piano, strings and vocals, played by John Legend. He co-wrote that song. It's a timeless ballad that you can play 30 years from now, and it'll still be cool because it doesn't lend to any era. And it's really stripped down. I really had a chance to sing, although I didn't oversing anything. My taste is more to bring it out at certain moments.

Will, you produced much of the album. What were some of your favorite moments on "The Dutchess"?

Will: "Mary Jane." She goes from dub, doing her interpretation of roots, to some ska-punk and ends up with jazz. From a production standpoint that was fun, flipping all those different styles. Another song, "Big Girls Don't Cry," really pushed my production skills. I did an Edie Brickell type of production-"I'm not aware of too many things," on guitars. "Clumsy" is like the Shangri-Las "Leader of the Pack" with a ghetto-ass beat, but then here come the guitars and her singers. "Fergalicious"? It's like the sister of [Black Eyed Peas hit] "My Humps."

Why the title "The Dutchess"?

Fergie: "The Dutchess" is a play on words from the Duchess of York, but it's not to be taken literally [laughs]. If you notice, on the album cover it says "Fergie as the Dutchess" because I wanted each song to be a movie poster. But because "London Bridge" did so well so fast, we had to get everything done so only half the songs on the album have movie poster themes. For example, for "Fergalicious" I'm holding a lollipop; it's pretty campy and cute. The pictures were all shot by Ellen von Unwerth in Paris so a lot of them are very Brigitte Bardot-esque.

How did you find time to record in between touring with the Black Eyed Peas?

Fergie: A lot of it was recorded on the John Lennon studio bus. We'd go in a couple of hours before going on stage and that's how it got done. The songs span a seven-year period. Some were done before I was in the Black Eyed Peas-we just updated them, and some were done in this one-month span that we took off from touring, which is very rare for us.

Will and I moved into this studio house in Malibu called Morningview. It's like a ranch. It was very serene-complete opposite to the chaos of touring. I was alone a lot, which is something that doesn't happen to me on tour, so I got to find these emotions that are a little bit deeper than the surface. [For example], "The Makeup Song (All That I Got)" and "Velvet" are very intimate lyrically and feeling-wise. I wanted [the latter] to sound like velvet feels-very smooth-and I wanted it to be sensual.

In your earlier days, did you always want to be an entertainer?

Fergie: I was a complete ham as a child-always performing, taking whatever products were in my kitchen and doing commercials for my dad and the video camera. My parents took me to musicals at a very young age. There was a local community theater and my mom would take me to see "West Side Story," "Oklahoma," "Peter Pan," "Annie."

They would also take me to concerts like Tina Turner, Pointer Sisters and Madonna, so that was buried in principle. They don't perform but they were always music fans and loved to see shows, which was great for me. But then, I didn't want to just sit there, I wanted to do it. [Laughs]

I went to public school, and in the summer instead of going swimming I would go to the set. We worked six days a week so I had to be a little adult. I definitely think that's why I rebelled later. Since I was a child actor, I liked to people-please a lot-it's called being professional when you're younger. And I didn't know how to say no. When I was in Wild Orchid, I should have left a long time prior to when I did, but I didn't know how to. We were doing music that I wasn't really into. It wasn't fun anymore, and it wasn't a creative outlet for me so I went to other places for that.

When and why did you decide to join the Black Eyed Peas?

Fergie: I had been a fan of theirs since 1998. They were amazing dancers and MCs with this sick style, and I had put it in my mental notes that I wanted to work with them someday. One of the last shows I did with Wild Orchid-this is after I knew that I was leaving, I was just fulfilling my commitment-BEP were on the bill. It wasn't like they were the No. 1 artists at the time or anything. I was finally doing my own album, and I knew that crossing paths with them must mean something.

I approached Will in the hallway, got my hustle on and exchanged numbers. We started playing phone tag and having conversations. They needed a singer for "Shut Up," and we started working together but we didn't plan to be a band. I was still working on my solo material with Will, becoming friends with the guys and doing background on their albums. When it came time for them to tour with "Elephunk," I was a background staple. Joining a band was another commitment, but I was such a huge fan of theirs, and I thought I'd be an even better solo artist if I learned from them.

Will: A lot of people don't realize, but I was producing her by mid-2002, writing songs with her and, at the same time, we were recording "Elephunk." We've been trying to figure out the release since. Should we put it out after "Elephunk"? No, we still need to work as the Black Eyed Peas. We set the anchor. No matter what happened with the individual projects, we committed to the Peas.

Is there any nervousness on your part about what Fergie's success could do to the group dynamic of the Black Eyed Peas?

Will: What we've accomplished as a group, it's so enormous, I'm not afraid of messing up what we do. We sell thousands of seats in every country on the planet. You can't get nervous. We're all succeeding in all different parts of our careers. Just because I produce Nas and John Legend and Justin Timberlake doesn't mean it will change the dynamic of the Peas.

We're really proud and supportive. We're going to tour together. It doesn't make sense for her to open up for other people when she's in one of the biggest groups in the world. So we'll tour together, still record together, we have a Black Eyed Peas album coming in 2007. But right now it's "Dutchess" time.

In hindsight, is it better that "The Dutchess" is coming out now instead of back when you originally planned to do a solo album?

Fergie: Definitely, I think everything happens for a reason and all of my choices have led me up to this moment and made me stronger, not only as an artist but as a person. I want to do more BEP albums and more of my [own] albums. I'm in this for the long run.

Justin Holds Off Clay And Fergie To Keep His Billboard Throne

Aiken debuts at #2; Fergie opens at #3; Chingy bows at #8.

Based on the earliest sales projections, it seemed as though Justin Timberlake's chart-topping tenure would be ended by a Clay Aiken coup. But reports of the "American Idol" runner-up's triumph were a tad premature.

Aiken did give Timberlake a run for his money, with the collection of covers A Thousand Different Ways falling just 12,000 copies shy of the Billboard albums chart crown. Clay's Ways netted 205,000 scans its first week in stores — but even with sales of Timberlake's FutureSex/ LoveSounds taking a 68 percent hit, Aiken couldn't hit the mark.

According to the latest SoundScan totals, Justin's FutureSex/ LoveSounds sold more than 217,000 copies to spend a second-straight week at #1 on Billboard's albums sales chart. Aiken's 2003 debut, Measure of a Man, opened at #1 with close to 613,000 sales, but he'll settle for a #2 debut this time around.

In at #3 is The Dutchess, the inaugural solo offering from the Black Eyed Peas' Fergie, which sold 142,000-plus copies its first week out. Country star Kenny Chesney's latest, Live: Live Those Songs Again, debuts at #4 with sales of nearly 137,000. John Mayer's Continuum slides three spots to #5 after moving 133,000 copies, a 44 percent drop from its first-week sales. Beyoncé's B'Day follows at #6, selling 91,000 units.

Billboard's top 10 features five new releases in all, including Diana Krall's From This Moment On, which finishes in the #7 spot with 85,000 in sales. St. Louis rapper Chingy's Hoodstar opens at #8, with 70,000 copies sold during the disc's first week in stores. Hinder's Extreme Behavior falls two spots to #9 with 69,000 units scanned, while Bob Dylan's Modern Times rounds out the top 10, moving 68,000 copies its fourth week out.

A total of 26 new releases will manage to crack Billboard's top 200, including Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, which bows at #12 with close to 58,000 scans. Jesse McCartney's Right Where You Want Me debuts at #14 with 52,000 copies sold, and Elton John's The Captain & the Kid takes the #18 slot with 37,000 sales. New Found Glory's Coming Home opens at #24 with sales reported at 31,000, just in front of Paulina Rubio's Ananda, in at #25 with 30,000 copies sold.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's Thug Stories debuts at #31 with nearly 26,000 first-week sales, while Aaron Neville's Bring It on Home. . .The Soul Classics opens at #37 after selling nearly 22,000 copies. Julio Iglesias returns to the chart at #41 with his Romantic Classics moving more than 20,000 units, and the Indigo Girls bow at #44 with Despite Our Differences selling 19,000 copies. Jonny Lang's Turn Around takes #46 with nearly 19,000 sales, while the latest offering from Mushroomhead, Savior Sorrow, ranks at #73 with 12,000 copies sold. DJ Shadow's Outsider opens at #94, with nearly 10,000 scans, while Ben Kweller's self-titled disc debuts in the #117 spot with 8,000 sales.

Jedi Mind Tricks' Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell spends week one at #131 with 7,000 units scanned, while Kasabian's Empire opens at #155 with 6,000 sales. Fear Before the March of Flames' The Always Open Mouth claims the #161 opening, with 6,000 week-one sales, Crunchy Black's On My Own surfaces at #173 with more than 5,000 scans and Bonnie Prince Billy's Letting Go follows at #180 with nearly 5,000 copies sold. Just 200 copies behind Billy's latest is Forever Diamondz, the new Bratz release, which opens at #186. And the Black Crowes make the Billboard cut at #200, selling 4,000 copies of their two-disc set Freak 'N' Roll ... Into the Fog: The Black Crowes All Join Hands at the Fillmore, San Francisco.

Fergie Gets Blinged Out, Overwhelmed At Dutchess Release Party

Will.I.Am drapes princess Pea in ice at NYC bash.

NEW YORK — One thing's for sure: Fergie now owns as many jewels as a duchess.

At the Thursday launch party for her first solo record, The Dutchess, Fergie was given a diamond watch, necklace and tiara (see ("Meet A New Fergie On Each Track — Introducing The Dutchess"). After a long day of radio and television promotion for her new album, Fergie Ferg hit Manhattan hot spot Tenjune to kick back and celebrate.

But it wasn't that easy — before getting in the door, a swarm of photographers and onlookers went berserk trying to get a photo of the "London Bridge" singer. "Right here, Fergie! Turn left, Fergie!" the photographers screamed. "Make eye contact, Fergie! Fergie! Fergie!"

"It's overwhelming, the whole thing," Fergie told MTV News. "It's my release date, my party, 'David Letterman,' all of it — so many huge things in one week."

The Black Eyed Peas singer wore a sultry, backless, black Gucci gown with high heels to the party. "This dress I bought for [fiance Josh Duhamel's] sister's wedding, so I wore it again," she said. "Yes, I wear things again. I like it. I feel comfortable in it." She also sparkled in a swanky diamond watch, a gift from producer/bandmate Will.I.Am. "You can tell time wherever you are," she said, "which is very pragmatic for us."

Speaking of world travel, Fergie said she's thinking about going on tour for The Dutchess once the Black Eyed Peas are off the road. Her next single will be "Fergalicious," based on the 1980s J.J. Fad song "Supersonic," which reminds her of the old days, when "I went to Knott's Berry Farm [in California] and did what I thought was a dance battle," she said.

She also has her eyes on Hollywood and will be starring in the Quentin Tarantino/ Robert Rodriguez-directed movie "Grind House" with Rosario Dawson and Rose McGowan (see "Tarantino Gushes About 'Grind,' Says Next 'Kill Bill' Is 10 Years Away"). "I'm still working on it," she said. "It's a very small role, which is what I want. For me, I think I have to earn a place in that world, and I want to do that."

Inside the party, shots of Fergie from her "Kids Incorporated" days flashed on TV screens, while women danced on platforms in Fergie attire: boys' underwear, chain necklaces and white tank tops. Songs like Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time" and the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" got partygoers to shake it on the dance floor, and then the place became silent for Will.I.Am to smother the princess Pea with more presents on the main stage (see "Will.I.Am's Busy With Diddy, Justin, Kelis — But Peas Are Intact").

"Can the 'Dutchess' please report to the stage?" asked Will, who was flanked by two palace guards in full costume. "In the year 2002, I had the pleasure of meeting Fergie Ferg and we all took sacrifices. She took a sacrifice by putting her solo career aside and doing the Black Eyed Peas. And we made the sacrifice by not knowing where we were going to go. But we went into it with open hearts and open minds. And here we are three and a half years later releasing Fergie's solo album.

"We've recorded all over the world — Australia, Beijing, London, Paris, Canada, America, Mexico," Will continued. "And this project has been so important to me to stand alongside Fergie Ferg and record in the studio, and out of appreciation for her trusting me, I've got something I want to give to her."

He then draped Fergie with a huge, blinding diamond necklace, and, as if that weren't enough, he pulled out a massive diamond tiara from a black box. "A duchess wouldn't be complete without a proper crown," he said.

Fergie, who looked like she was on the verge of tears, thanked Will.I.Am for "believing in me when I was living at my mom's and just really understanding that girl that was in suburbia and seeing something that was in her."

My Favorite Albums of the Moment!!

Fergie -- The Dutchess


Justin Timberlake -- FutureSex/LoveSounds

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Let's get "SEXY BACK" in the dictionary!

Sexy Back (sex'-ie bak): verb... "to rediscover one's sexiness."

Hey there! It's Chris from the "Chris and Wendy Show" on Barrie's Best Music... B101. You know, we've been using "Sexy Back" as part of our everyday conversations for the past couple of months. Wendy and I think Justin's song is VERY catchy! And we think the term "Sexy Back" should be around for our children and our children's children! That's why we think "Sexy Back" should become a word in the dictionary. Etched in time. "Timeless" if you will. Show your support for Justin and the many others that could benefit from using this word in everyday conversations. So please sign our petition to change the English language for the better!

Thanks for your support!

Sincerely,

Chris and Wendy

SexyBack Petition

Johansson Happy With Her Curvy Figure

NEW YORK - Scarlett Johansson struts her stuff in cleavage-baring dresses on the red carpet, but in real life, she'd rather remain a mystery.

"I can't stand those articles where people spill their life story," Johansson says in the October issue of InStyle magazine, on newsstands Friday. "After a while I feel like I know more about them than their best friend does - and that's weird. It's better when you don't know everything."

The 21-year-old actress, whose screen credits include "Lost in Translation" and "Match Point," plays a former prostitute in "The Black Dahlia," opposite Hilary Swank and Josh Hartnett.

Johansson says: "Do I ever get nervous about this, right now, being the pinnacle of my career? Yeah, I do. At the end of (filming) every movie I think, `Wow - this is the last one! Nice working with you.'"

She's more confident about her hourglass figure. "I'm curvy - I'm never going to be 5'11' and 120 pounds. But I feel lucky to have what I've got."

And, given the chance, she'd like to trade lives with President Bush. "Whose life would I like to step into for the day? The president's. I could probably get some things done in the Oval Office."

Justin Loves Sound Of Duran Duran: Collaboration In The Works

Timbaland producing track; singer also has plans to launch North American solo tour in January.

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Here's some more future sex music we love the sound of: Justin Timberlake and FutureSex/LoveSounds producer Timbaland have been in the studio with dance-pop pioneers Duran Duran.

The collaboration is still in the early stages, but a spokesperson for Duran Duran said it will appear on the group's upcoming album. "They are currently trying to schedule more time to get together again and finish the project," the spokesperson said. A rep for Timberlake confirmed the collaboration but did not provide further details.

Duran Duran and an "extremely complimentary" Timberlake first met backstage at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards after the band was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, according to the group's spokesperson.

A year later, at the Brit Awards, Timberlake presented Duran Duran with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award and later talked about collaborating with them. Duran Duran later decided against it in favor of recording Astronaut, which marked the first album in more than 20 years to feature the original five members (see "Duran Duran Skip Collaborations With Gwen, Justin To Focus On 'The Original Five' ").

Duran Duran, who formed in 1980 and debuted their first single, "Planet Earth," the following year, reconvened their original lineup in 2001. They toured in 2003 (see "Duran Duran Announce North American Tour Dates") and released a new album in 2004 that was three years in the making. Dallas Austin, Don Gilmore and Jason Nevins were among the producers who worked on Astronaut.

In other Justin news, the singer told reporters last week he plans to launch a tour in 2007.

"We're going to begin in January in North America," Timberlake said. "I don't want to say too much about it, but with the creative ideas that I've come up with, it's going to be an amazing show."

Timberlake, who has yet to decide on the opening acts, admits that capturing the energy of his recent shows will be a challenge in the larger venues.

"The trick for me is to find a way to bring the vibe that we've created — myself and my band, with the club show — to an arena," he said. "That's definitely what I'm going after. Whether we can pull it off or not definitely remains to be seen."

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Justin Sexes Up The Charts With First Solo #1 Debut



You've got to hand it to Justin Timberlake.

Who else could have told the entire world that "sexy" had indeed vanished and that he can restore it? Probably no one. And evidently, JT was onto something, because some 684,000 copies of the former 'NSYNC star's sophomore solo outing, FutureSex/LoveSounds, were purchased across the nation last week.

Of course, during his stint with 'NSYNC, Timberlake reached Billboard's apex twice before; 2001's Celebrity opened at #1 with 1.9 million in sales, and 2000's No Strings Attached took the #1 spot thanks to 2.4 million first-week scans (still the biggest-ever tally). But FutureSex/LoveSounds marks Justin's first #1 debut as a solo performer — his first LP, 2002's Justified, bowed at #2, selling more than 439,000 in its first week.

Plus, FutureSex/LoveSounds racked up some of the year's biggest sales numbers, outperforming previous #1 Beyoncé's B'Day (which drops to #3) by more than 143,000 copies and Tool's 10,000 Days by 120,000 units. Still, the year's best first-week performance belongs to Rascal Flatts' Me & My Gang, which generated about 722,000 scans during week one.

FutureSex sold more than twice as many copies as John Mayer's Continuum, which debuts at #2 with close to 300,000 units sold; Mayer's 2003's effort, Heavier Things, was a #1 debut with sales of 316,500, while 2001's Room for Squares failed to chart its first week out.

Timberlake and Mayer's albums are just two of the 30 new releases on the chart, 14 of which broke the top 50. Face the Promise, a fresh collection of Bob Seger tunes, opens at #4 with 151,000 in sales, followed by Bob Dylan's Modern Times, which sold more than 93,000 copies. Lionel Richie's Coming Home debuts at #6 with 75,000 scans, while Hinder's Extreme Behavior climbs three to #7.

Danity Kane's self-titled debut slides four to #8 with 62,000 in sales, while the new one from the Mars Volta, Amputechture, bows at #9 (Volta's 2005 LP, Frances the Mute, sold 123,000 copies its first week to open at #4). Rounding out the top 10 is Nickelback's All the Right Reasons with 56,000 units sold.

Of the rest of the newcomers, one of the best performers ended up being the second soundtrack to the television series "Grey's Anatomy." This latest volume features tracks from the Fray, Gomez and Snow Patrol, and it racked up more than 46,000 sales to claim the #14 slot. Papa Roach's The Paramour Sessions bows at #16 with close to 37,000 scans, outselling the Barenaked Ladies' Barenaked Ladies Are Me — which occupies the #17 spot — by just seven copies. The latest from Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, Shot to Hell, claims the #21 position with 32,000 units scanned, while Mastodon's epic Blood Mountain debuts at #32 with 24,000 copies sold.

Daz's So So Gangsta debuts at #35, selling around 23,000, and Norma Jean's Redeemer trails just three spots back. TV on the Radio's Return to Cookie Mountain claims the #41 slot with just under 21,000 in sales, and Yo La Tengo's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass comes in at #66 with 14,500. Citizen Cope's back in the top 200 at #69 with Every Waking Moment. Meanwhile, N.O.R.E.'s N.O.R.E. y la Familia ... Ya Tú Sabe pops up at #82 with 11,700 in sales.

The Plain White T's' Every Second Counts opens at #89 with 11,000 scans, followed at #95 by the Black Keys' Magic Potion, which garnered 10,600 in first-week sales. Shawn Colvin's These Four Walls takes the chart's #109 position, selling close to 9,500 copies, and the Rapture's Pieces of the People We Love opens at #113 with 9,200 in sales. R.E.M. appear on the chart not once but twice this week: The two-disc collector's edition of the band's And I Feel Fine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 comes in at #116 with 8,700 sold, while the single-disc version opens at #148 with 6,800 scans.

Peter Frampton's Fingerprints surfaces at #129 with sales reported at 8,000, and Heavens' Patent Pending takes the #146 slot with 6,800 units sold. Everclear's Welcome to the Drama Club lands at #169 with 5,400 in sales, followed by Carbon Leaf's Love Loss Hope Repeat at #170 with 5,300 scans.

Shuffle List!!

I totally need to come out with a new version of Shuffle List.

Here are the old questions:

How am I feeling today?:

Will I get far in life?:

How do my friends see me?:

Where will I get Married?:

What is the story of my life?:

What was high school like?:

How can I get ahead in life?:

What is the best thing about me?:

How is today going to be?:

What is in store for this weekend?:

What song describes my parents?:

To describe my grandparents?:

How is my life going?:

What song will they play at my funeral?:

How does the world see me?:

Will I have a happy life?:

What do my friends really think of me?:

Do people secretly lust after me?:

How can I make myself happy?:

What should I do with my life?:

Will I ever have children?:

What is some good advice for me?:

How will I be remembered?:

What is my signature dancing song?:

What do I think my current theme song is?:

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?:

What type of men/women do you like?:

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But those questions are awesome. What else is there to come up with?

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What's your style?

Where should you go?

How will things go for you today?

Who will you meet today?

What's your best friend's theme song?

What's your favorite party song?

Where should you go to relax?

What type of movies do you like?

What should you wear today?

What song best describes your friends?

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Okay. Lame, lame, lame. Those questions suck. I'll never think of anything awesome today. Too tired. But when I do watch out!!

*mooh-hah-hah-hah*

Another Great Horoscope For My Fellow Leos

A Great Message For Today! It's All About Life!





Teach yourself to play a musical instrument. Take up a new language. Do something that fires new synapses in your brain and gets you interested in all the variety and vibrancy available to you.

Federer Wins US Open

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: Roger Federer of Switzerland kisses the championship trophy after defeating Andy Roddick in the men's final of the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on September 10, 2006 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Federer defeated Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Sharapova Wins US Open

Number three seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia hugs the US Open trophy after her win over number two seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium in the women's finals 09 September, 2006 at the US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, New York.

Great Quote

"Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle-clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can't live your life like that, though. It's fake." -- Gemma Ward (model)

This Rich Girl is Cool with Becoming a Luxurious Doll -- So What You Waiting For Hollaback Girls? Go Get One!!

This photo, supplied by Huckelberry Toys, shows three of a eight of Love. Angel. Music. Baby. limited edition fashion dolls which capture the colorful looks Gwen Stefani sported on her latest world tour. The singer, actress and fashion designer announced Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006, that she will bring her trademark rock 'n' roll style to the toy industry with the costumed dolls. Some are: Tick-Tock Gwen, left, Bananas Gwen, Cool Gwen, right.(AP Photo/Huckleberry Toys)

Models Flunk BMI, Get Spain Fashion Boot

Spain's top fashion show has turned away a slew of models on grounds they are too skinny an unprecedented swipe at body images blamed for encouraging eating disorders among young people.

Organizers of the pageant, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, used a mathematical formula to calculate the models' body mass index a measure of their weight in relation to their height and 30 percent of the women flunked, said the Association of Fashion Designers of Spain.

The association said Friday it wanted models at the show running from Sept. 18-22 to project "an image of beauty and health" and shun a gaunt, emaciated look.

The decision was made as part of a voluntary agreement with the Madrid regional government, said Jesus del Pozo, a designer who is part of the association, said Thursday.

Last year's show, also called Madrid Fashion Week, drew protests from medical associations and women's advocacy groups because some of the models were positively bone-thin.

This time the Madrid regional government decided to intervene and pressure organizers to hire fuller-figured women as role models for young girls obsessed with being thin and prone to starving themselves into sickness, said Concha Guerra, deputy finance minister of the regional administration.

Fashion shows, Guerra said, "are mirrors for many young women."

Del Pozo said this was the first time skinny models have been snubbed at a major international fashion show.

Ryan Brown, director of marketing and public relations in North America for the Elite modeling agency in New York City, agreed. "It is very unprecedented," said Brown, who has nothing to do with the Spanish show.

He welcomed the decision saying "I think it is great to promote health."

Madrid's show, which features mainly Spanish designers, is not as prestigious as catwalks in Paris or Milan but "it is not at the bottom of the pile," he said.

The impact of rejecting skinny women would have been greater at those other glitzier venues. Still, he said, "I am sure the industry is taking note."

The body mass index is a tool for doctors who study obesity. It is calculated by dividing weight in pounds by height in inches squared, and multiplying that total by 703.

If the resulting number is between 18.5 and 24.9, the person's weight is normal. Below 18.5 they are underweight. In the case of the Madrid show, organizers rejected women with indices under 18.

Brown of the Elite agency said fashion shows reflect the tastes of clothing designers, who for now prefer the Kate Moss look as opposed to the curvier dimensions of models such as Cindy Crawford in years past.

"They don't want voluptuous girls any more," he said. "It would be nice if fashion got back to that."

Christina VMA Performance

The VMAs weren't a total bust. There were great performances by Justin Timberlake, Beyonce Knowles, Panic! at the Disco, and this lovely lady Christina Aguilera.

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