Justin Bieber on Saturday Night Live

On February 9th, 2013, pop singer Justin Bieber was a guest on Saturday Night Live and was the host and performer.  Bieber appeared in many different skits that were in my opinion hilarious.  He starred as a Californian runaway on the segment called "The Californians".  He also played a southern boy who visits his girlfriend's family in which his girlfriend has a very obnoxious brother who teases him because he messed up on a greeting.  The skits were all very entertaining and introduced a new side of Justin Bieber.

I thought this live show was hilarious.  I never really watched the show before because it comes on so late at night, but I especially made sure to watch this one!  Honestly, I thought Justin Bieber did a very great job portraying these characters.  I've watched other things that he has acted in, and truthfully he is definitely not a great actor.  However, I think he did an amazing job for this to be live and very nerve-wracking.  His live performances of his songs were not his best and you could tell how nervous he was.  You guys should give it a shot and catch it on hulu.com!

- Giselle Barkley, Entertainment

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Gangnam Style vs. Baby

 Gangnam Style by PSY recently surpassed Justin Bieber’s Baby with the
most views on YouTube ever.  Now Gangnam Style has acquired around 870
million views while Baby has 808 million views in comparison.  It’s
crazy how many views Gangnam Style has gotten in less than 6 months!
One of the reasons it was able to achieve so many views was the fact
that people wanted to beat Justin Bieber’s record.  They would comment
on how they were racing to beat out the Baby video for most views
ever.  It also has the most likes ever as well.
        Many people are very happy of this achievement because they dislike
Bieber, but many of his fans are outraged by the fact that PSY beat
the superstar.  However, what is funny is that both artists have the
same manager.  The video achieves millions of views everyday so it is
pretty unlikely that the video Baby will win its spot back.  What do
you guys think? Do you think Baby by Justin Bieber should have been
knocked off the number one spot or no? Also do you think Gangnam Style
by PSY will be beaten anytime soon?

- Giselle Barkley, Entertainment

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Christmas is Almost Here!

After stores neglect Thanksgiving displays at their windows, they skip right ahead to Christmas. The glittering, white snow, fake evergreen trees, and of course, the joyful music ringing from speakers. It's Christmas Again by Varsity is a great way to jump into the holiday season. The perfect beat and jungle of the bells is a great combination. Another song to shimmy into the holiday season would be Mistletoe by Justin Bieber. Just a nice, soft song. Beautiful. The next song that I personally love is, All I Want for Christmas is You cover by Kevin Lien. His voice is powerful and the video is just perfectly put together. It's just AMAZING. I definitely recommend this song. He also did an acapella version of Mistletoe as well, so check it out. Lastly, the best twist on a classic holiday song, Let it Snow by Glee, is absolutely energizing to hear. 

It may not seem like the holidays are coming nearer, but it's closer than you think. :)

- Joanne Yu, Music - Entertainment

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