The Pussycat Dolls

By Maura Johnston 8:00 p.m. Christina Aguilera opens the show with a business-casual take on "Beautiful." 9:33 p.m. Who would buy a Fergie shoe? 10:28 p.m. (And I like some of her songs, but come on, a three-song medley of her and two tracks by the Pussycat Dolls?)

By Maura Johnston 7:59 p.m. Nicole Scherzinger is now looking for a job "hosting." Well, I guess the music thing isn't working out... 8:32 p.m. There is something incredibly sad about every Britney Spears promotional appearance these days. A deadness behind her eyes.

 NY - Nov 3, 2008 But it just made me think about how the Pussycat Dolls' brand of sexiness has flipped up on itself and turned into this sort of inverted camp at this point, ... Oscar Nod… Singersroom News all 3 news articles

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By Anono-Critic Schoeneman asks Alpha Doll Nicole Scherzinger about the aborted launch of her solo album Her Name Is Nicole, upon which Blender's cover story 11 months ago was pegged. "I decided to hold off," she punts. "I didn't want to lose the momentum of the PCD. That train's been moving so fast." In last ye...

By Dan Gibson 1) Pussycat Dolls, "When I Grow Up" 2) Chris Brown, "Forever" 3) Jonas Brothers, "Burnin' Up" 4) Britney Spears, "Piece of Me" 5) The Ting Tings, "Shut Up and Let Me Go" MTV Video Music Awards: Pussycat Dolls will beat Britney Spears and the Jonas Brothers for top prize [LA Times]

By Maura Johnston Overview: Grammy-nominated pop superstars The Pussycat Dolls are giving the world fair warning...it's time for global domination. On September 23, 2008, Nicole, Ashley, Jessica, Melody and Kimberly will release their sophomore album, Doll Domination, the follow-up to PCD, the intern...

By Dan Gibson Choice Music: Female Artist Britney Spears Fergie Mariah Carey Miley Cyrus Rihanna Choice Music: R&B Artist Beyoncé Chris Brown Rihanna T-Pain Usher Choice Music: Breakout Group Day 26 Girlicious Jonas Brothers OneRepublic Paramore

By Maura Johnston It seems odd that the attention-span-challenged youth of today really need six minutes of filler and an invitation to make their own video responses in order to properly process a clip attached to a four-minute pop song, even one as shitty as the one accompanying the Pussycat Dolls' unin...

By Maura Johnston If you go to a Pussycat Dolls concert, it's all these little girls, and they all have on their hoodies," Antin said recently in the family room of her modest one-story West Hollywood home. "When I first started the Pussycat Dolls, I never would have imagined that would become our target audi...

By Chris Molanphy 3. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, "Apologize" (LW No. 3, 25 weeks) 5. Fergie, "Clumsy" (LW No. 5, 15 weeks) 7. Rihanna, "Don't Stop the Music" (LW No. 13, 9 weeks) 11. Snoop Dogg, "Sensual Seduction" (LW No. 12, 8 weeks) 19. Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo, "Hate That I Love You" (LW No. 14, 21 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy 3. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, "Apologize" (LW No. 3, 16 weeks) 8. Fergie, "Clumsy" (LW No. 12, 6 weeks) 12. Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo, "Hate That I Love You" (LW No. 11, 12 weeks) 13. Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E., "The Way I Are" (LW No. 13, 25 weeks)

By Maura Johnston 8:33 p.m. So we're going to see a Nicole Scherzinger-led remake of Flashdance sometime next year, then. 9:01 p.m. Even Diddy looks bored. 9:02 p.m. Long shots, MTV. 9:20 p.m. Maggie: "Britney wants a do-over." Jess: "I can just see her apologizing in that drunk voice backstage. 'Did I do OK? Did I do OK?' "