Ever since Glee creator Ryan Murphy got into a public bitchfight with one of the artists who refused to license their music to the show, I’ve really soured on it. I haven’t kept up with Glee and whenever I catch the show it smacks of try-hard and sensationalism, with the characters seeming like stereotyped cardboard cutouts. I don’t know if Glee changed, if my perspective did or a little of both, but I’m surely not the only one who decided to stop watching the show as a direct result of Murphy’s petty behavior. Well Murphy seems to have received the message. He recently apologized for telling Kings of Leon founder Nathan Followill to F off. Instead of barking back when Foo Fighter singer Dave Grohl called him out for being so petty about artists refusing to license their music, Murphy backed down and praised them, saying it was their right and that he would still listen to their music.

“F**k you, Kings of Leon,” Ryan previously told The Hollywood Reporter of Kings of Leon after they turned him down. “They’re self-centered assholes, and they missed the big picture.”

Then, Nathan Followill responded to Ryan Tweeting, “Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra.”

And next up was Foo Fighter’s Dave Grohl speaking out against Ryan saying, “It’s every band’s right… F**k that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee.”

Well, Ryan is now backing down and apologizing for his comments.

“I didn’t speak with as much clarity as I would have liked,” Ryan explained to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday of his comments. “Who am I to say ‘F**k you?’ That’s not what I meant. I completely understand when artists don’t want a show or another artist to interpret their songs. In fact, I respect it. It’s their personal work and I’d feel the same way. We get turned down all the time and I’ve don’t fight it or even go back after a rejection.”

“I’ve never felt that if you don’t give Glee your music, there’s something diabolical about you,” he added. “To the contrary: I support artists and what they choose to do… I think Kings of Leon are cool as shit. The Foo Fighters are brilliant. We’d love to do one if their songs, if they were ever interested. But if it’s not their thing, then OK. I personally wish them luck will still listen to their music.”

And Ryan said he’s learned an important lesson out of this fight.

“Don’t say f**k you to someone in the press,” Ryan joked. But seriously he said, “I’m really proud of the fact that we can introduce songs to younger kids or their parents because I’m the biggest music fan. The show is about the love of performing and arts education — things I think are very special.”

And it sounds like Kings of Leon may have accepted Ryan’s apology.

“We’ve been trading texts and emails and I support them.”

[From OK! Magazine]

This was the right thing to do, particularly since Grohl really had Murphy’s number and listed out the many ways that he’s been juvenile and petty with artists up until this point. It doesn’t mean I’m going to go back to watching Glee again, though. That ship has passed.

Photo credit: PRPhotos

As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t watch Glee. It’s not that I dislike musicals – I actually love musicals. Real musicals. But I don’t enjoy the vibe of Glee, with it’s ridiculous high school setting and what amounts to glorified Karaoke. Plus, the people in the show annoy the hell out of me. Lea Michele? I want to smack her. Matthew Morrison? Zzzzz. Dianna Agron? Double zzzz. That 40 year old Jeremy Piven-esque douche with the Mohawk? Ugh.

Anyway, as Glee’s popularity seems to be waning, more and more rock stars are speaking out about their hatred for Glee. Slash was one of the first to say he didn’t give a crap and wasn’t going to license his songs for the show. Then in January, the Kings of Leon and Glee creator Ryan Murphy got into a public bitch-fight over song-licensing, which quickly devolved into a faux-homophobic controversy. Now Dave Grohl, former Nirvana bandmate and current lead of the Foo Fighters, is calling out Murphy and Glee in a new interview:

When it comes to using his band’s songs on ‘Glee,’ the Foos frontman sides with Kings of Leon and Slash in the licensing battle. Don’t count on hearing the Foo Fighters hit “Times Like These” on Glee anytime soon. Frontman Dave Grohl says he and his bandmates are squarely in the corner of Kings of Leon and Slash. As in, they want no part of the Ryan Murphy-helmed show.

“It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do f—ing Glee,” Grohl told THR following the premiere of Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, the new Foo Fighters documentary which just made its South By Southwest debut. “And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f—ing show… f— that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee.”

You might be wondering, has Grohl ever actually watched the show? As it turns out, yes, he gave Glee a whirl. “I watched 10 minutes. It’s not my thing,” Grohl grizzled. But he doesn’t have as much of a problem with the series as he does with its creator.

Recounting anti-Glee comments made by Slash earlier this year and subsequent retorts by Murphy, reported by THR, Grohl explained to drummer Taylor Hawkins: “The Glee guy, what a f—ing jerk. Slash was the first one. He wanted to do Guns ‘n’ Roses and Slash is like, ‘I hate f—ing musicals. It’s worse than Grease.’ Then [Murphy's] like, ‘Well, of course he’d say that, he’s a washed up ol’ rock star, that’s what they f—ing do.’ And then Kings of Leon say, ‘No, we don’t want to be on your show.’ And then he’s like, ‘Snotty little assholes…’ And it’s just like, Dude, maybe not everyone loves Glee. Me included.”

Said Hawkins: “Yeah, f— that sh-t.”

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

You know what I love about these quotes? I love that Dave recounted everything that went down between Ryan Murphy and these rock stars. Like, Dave was paying attention and he has a gossip-writer’s memory for details and chronology. I love him now. He and I are the same person.

Anyway, I can’t wait to see what Ryan Murphy says about this. You know he’s going to have another epic douche meltdown.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Fans of Activision’s Guitar Hero game can master enough songs to unlock the likeness of Kurt Cobain to help them shred on songs that are way beneath Nirvana. Granted, Nirvana tunes weren’t exactly complex symphonies but do you think Cobain really wanted to be seen jamming on Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name?” Kurt’s sense of irony notwithstanding, me neither. And Krist Novaselic and Dave Grohl (Kurt’s bandmates in the seminal band) agree.

“This is a statement regarding Nirvana, Guitar Hero and the likeness of the late Kurt Cobain.

We want people to know that we are dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar Hero game. The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate – we have no control whatsoever in that area.While we were aware of Kurt’s image being used with two Nirvana songs, we didn’t know players have the ability to unlock the character. This feature allows the character to be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing in “re-locking” Kurt’s character so that this won’t continue in the future.

It’s hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists’ music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better.

Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl

[The Boston Herald]

I mentioned Bon Jovi specifically for a reason. The Widow Love’s lawyer has also released a statement declaring that the New Jersey rockers’ songs are way beneath even Kurt’s videogame likeness to have to play.

Love’s lawyer told us, “Activision is exploiting Kurt’s image in a manner anathema to the very essence of his music, spirit and essence.

I along with Ms. Cobain hope those who love Kurt’s music strongly voice their sentiments to Activision and demand his image not be debased by singing the songs of Bon Jovi.

[TMZ]

Players on all gaming platforms for Guitar Hero 5 can unlock Kurt’s avatar when they reach the Nirvana songs. The other dismaying aspect of this for all Nirvana defenders against cheesiness is that once Cobain is unlocked, you can have him jumping around like an idiot while performing other people’s songs. Picture Kurt Cobain grrrl-powering around acting like Gwen Stefani singing “Just A Girl”.

Novoseloc and Grohl have been pretty strict on how Nirvana’s tunes are marketed and such, much to Cobain’s widow Courtney Love’s dismay. They have one thing in common, though. Disdain for Activision. Courtney’s official statement comes after she’s made plenty of batsh*t crazy tweets about the matter, including comparing playing the game with Kurt’s avatar to necrophilia and rape of her family. Love most recently tweeted that she met with the nerds over at Activision and was fairly blunt about how she felt about her dead husband’s likeness.

@sheruinsyou i think g hero is vile due to this “partner” he demanded i consider it i met with them i told them their avatar was a joke

im really grossed out that the people who forced me to do a “deal Memo:” withthese assholes at activision would lie well wait for my esq.

@sway5150 oh thank you and the rest of you, thois has really hurt and embarassed my teenager, he looks goofy and gross and he wasnt.

[CourtneyLover79]

If you get a chance, subscribe to Courtney’s Tweets for a pretty interesting look at a woman on the edge. She types everything that is on her mind. Love apparently signed off on this, so the blame lies at her door. I feel for Frances Bean, though. Bad enough that her dad died in that manner and now he’s lame fodder for video games.

Many announcement ceremonies for major televised awards shows are done in press conference form, often star-studded, but nothing with any production value. In an increased effort to stay relevant, the Grammys decided to take a different approach, making a mini-event night of it with new stars doing nostalgic performances between the nominee announcements.

CBS aired the Grammy Nominations Concert that was mercifully shorter and even more entertaining than the actual Grammys usually are. The show opened with Mariah Carey in a 60′s inspired Christmas number, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”. There weren’t alot of close-ups, but from what I saw, Mariah looked great, sounded great, and wasn’t lip syncing. Christmas songs are kind of Carey’s element.

Mariah Carey “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”

The show was hosted by LL Cool J and Taylor Swift. LL always seems so laid back and easy going, and hosting works for him. Taylor held her own and got better as the show went on. She’s young and truthfully didn’t seem to know anything more about LL than what was on the cue cards, though. Needless to say, it was LL who mini-interviewed The Jonas Brothers after their first, and only, nomination.

Ne-Yo announced the nominees for Best New Artist: Adele, Duffy, The Jonas Brothers, Lady Antebellum, Jazmin Sullivan.

Celine Dion took the cheese level off the chart with “Too Young at 17″ which is a borderline cheesy song, anway (although, the kind of cheese you can’t help but love, like this garlic and herb gournay from Costco I’m eating right now!). But as great a voice as Dion has, you add her turn of phrase to an already yummy cheese song, it instantly becomes Cheez Whiz. Throw in the way she looks longingly into the camera and it’s spray can cheese.

Celine Dion – “Too Young at 17″

Celine announced the nominees for Album of the Year: Coldplay “Viva la Vida”, Lil Wayne “Tha Carter III”, Ne-Yo “Year of the Gentleman”, Robert Plant & Alison Kraus “Raising Sand”, Radiohead “In Rainbows”

Foo Fighters laid down the Foo on Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain.” I wouldn’t have thought anyone could rock out to a Carly Simon hit, but Dave Grohl can often pull things off you never expected. Loved it!

Foo Fighters – “You’re so Vain” (recorded by an audience member)

Dave then announced the nominees for Best Collaboration with Vocals: Alicia Keys & John Mayer “Lessons Learned”, Madonna Justin Timberlake & Timbaland “4 Minutes”, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Rich Woman”, Rhianna & Maroon 5 “If I Never See Your Face Again”, Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown “No Air”

And Best Country Performance: Brooks & Dunn “God Must Be Busy”, Lady Antebellum “Love Don’t Live Here”, Rascall Flatts “Everyday”, The Steel Drivers “Blue Side of the Mountain, Sugarland “Stay”

Christina Aguilera once again vocally blew everyone away with her verson of Billie Holiday’s “I Love You Porgy” from Porgy & Bess. It was fantastic. She also looked lovely, with relatively understated makeup.

Christina Aguilera – “I Love You Porgy”

Taylor Swift did an less than stellar rendition of Brenda Lee’s “I’m Sorry” but Joe Jonas was sitting right in the front row so that had to feel good for her, probably a little uncomfortable for him. Swift’s performance improved considerably when she switched to her own “White Horse” which was just as appropriately aimed at Jonas.

Taylor Swift – “I’m Sorry” and “White Horse”

Taylor announced the nominees for Best Rap Duo or Group: Big Boi, Raekwon & Andre 300 “Royal Flush”, Jay Z, TI, Kanye West & Lil Wayne “Swagger Like Us”, Lil Wayne & JayZ “Mr. Carter”, Ludacris & TI “Wish You Would”, Young Jeezy & Kanye West “Put On”

John Mayer was in his comfort zone, where he actually makes some pretty good music, with BB King, playing and singing some great old R&B. Mayer should make more of this kind of music than his corny pop ballads. He’s not without talent. I do hope he didn’t think the standing O was in any way for him, though. BB King is legend.

John Mayer and BB King (audience recorded video)

Mayer announced the nominees for Record of the Year: Adele “Chasing Pavements”, Coldplay “Viva La Vida”, Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love”, MIA “Paper Planes”, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Please Read the Letter”

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS on February 8th.

Shown last night are Taylor Swift, Ne-Yo, LL Cool J, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Smokie Robinson, and Natalie Cole. Credit: WENN

Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl and his wife of 5 years Jordyn Blum are expecting their second child together, a sibling for daughter Violet born April 2006.

Foo Fighters rocker Dave Grohl is to become a dad for a second time – his wife Jordyn Blum is pregnant.

The couple’s representative confirmed the news to People.com, although no further details were released.

Grohl and his second wife Blum, who have been married for five years, are also parents to daughter Violet Maye, two.

Contact Music

Celebrity Baby Blog has had quite a few commenters saying that she looks pregnant, mostly because she is a skinny little model who suddenly started to wear baggy clothes, so naturally those seasoned bump watchers went crazy.

Dave Grohl has said in September that Foo Fighters would be taking some time off, and releasing a best of album, probably titled Best of You . (That’s my prediction, not his.)

He also says he loves fatherhood, but finds it can be a bit mortifying.

So you’re a dedicated family man now?
Oh, yeah. [Pulls out camera-phone pic of baby with the most enormous blue eyes] She’s unbelievable. Jordyn goes to this Mommy And Me class, all of these mothers with all of these babies who are the She said, “Y’know, fathers are welcome.· Which kinda meant, like, “Get your ass to Mommy And Me.” I was like, “Alright….”

You could have said, There’s no “Daddy” in “Mommy And Me”…
Right! It’s not Mommy And Daddy And Me! So the next week I go and it was the first time I’d been in a room with f’ing 15 infants. And it was great. But at the end of the class they start singing Puff The Magic Dragon and all the mothers are dancing with their babies. And I don’t have a kid, so I’m just [sways around with forced, pleasant smile] f’ing mortitying.

Any nappy-changing tips?
You can’t be afraid of shit. That’s the number one rule. And you have to be like a Nascar pit crew. When it’s time to do it, it’s [mimes disposing of a nappy]- Tsch! Tsch! – done! And the more fun you make it, the better. Sing a f’ing song.

Q Magazine

Fortunately, given Dave’s famously liberal use of the f-word, I suspect he’ll get revenge on his wife, because it isn’t going to be long before Violent shares his vocabulary loudly, and in public.

Dave Grohl and his wife Jordyn Blum are shown at “2008 VH1 Rock Honors honoring The Who” on 7/12/08. Credit: Aaron D. Settipane/WENN. He is also shown with his daughter Violet Maye, now two and a half, on 12/21/07. Credit: JRI/MAT/Bauergriffinonline.com

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl does not mince words when it comes to airing his opinion about stuck up Paris Hilton. His negative impression of the heiress with her hand in too many pots comes from a chance meeting in which she was said to be snotty and rude to the rocker. He calls her f’ing lame and uses a string of adjectives to describe her, only one of which strikes me as inaccurate:

Apparently, one mention of the name PARIS HILTON sends the FOO FIGHTERS frontman utterly ballistic. Dave rages: “Paris is f***ing lame.”

And, warming to his theme, he continues: “She’s more offensive to me than anything.

“She’s a total, raging, disgusting, rich, lazy party slut. I pray that my daughter will not turn out like her.”

Dave and Paris fell out in spectacular style after meeting in a restaurant years ago, when Dave claims that the pampered heiress put on “the full princess attitude with the nose in the air”.

[From The Sun]

The Sun isn’t the most reliable source, and doesn’t include the origin of the quote, so it could be old, made up, or supposedly overheard, but I like to think that he actually said it in an interview somewhere.

Although Paris may seem lazy on the surface, she’s capitalizing on that image every moment of the day. The girl has a lackluster personality and a seeming disinterest in life that belies a deep ambition to be everywhere and anywhere. She has so much shit going on and somehow manages to make it seem as if all she does is party and lounge around with a vacant smile on her face. That takes talent and a good team of people handling everything and making all the decisions for her.

Paris was said to receive a nice chunk of her inheritance despite earlier reports that she was being cut off by her grandfather. I’m not sure if this is an accurate report, but she supposedly got 120 million from her grandfather:

Paris Hilton has finally been allowed her £60 million inheritance money.

The hotel heiress received the lump sum from her grandfather who’s said to be impressed by her business acumen.

William Barron Hilton – who turns 80 next month – had previously withheld the fortune because he wanted to be sure Paris, 26, was mature enough to handle the money.

But now it seems he’s more than happy to part with his millions and trusts that Paris will be sensible with it.

Paris was seen see out celebrating the news by ordering champagne and partying into the night with friends Dave Navarro, 40, and Kevin Zegers, 22.

[NowMagazine.co.uk]

And Paris denies a story that she wants to adopt four blonde baby girls to add to her animal menagerie. She said “That’s retarded. No, I’m not.” Yes, most of Grohl’s description of Paris is apt. She said she might adopt, but that she wanted to have her own children.

If Paris wants to get started on those blonde babies, she might have a good candidate for a sperm donor. She was seen out with a hot but dumb-looking model type at the Ivy yesterday. Going to the Ivy is a sure way to announce the relationship of the week.