Is Aubrey O'Day leaving Danity Kane to join up with The Pussycat Dolls??

(Aubrey is the hot one in the middle)

Considering Aubrey (my MySpace friend) is by far the hottest member of Diddy's latest "Making the Band" group, this could pretty much spell the end of the pretty good girl group. But leaving DK for PCD? You might as well be Johnny Damon going to the Yankees.

No more Jesus beard.

Remember when group-hottie Melissa Schuman left Diddy's teeny-bopper girl group Dream? That spelled the end of that group as well, among other things.

Again, hot one in the middle.

No? Nobody remember that one? I was devastated.

Source

Former Laguna Beach cast member and Kristin Cavallari's Ex Stephen Colletti is dating Hayden Panettiere??

Is this guy that hot? Because that is amazing by him.

Full story here via TMZ.

Newest Billboard Mobile Beat Competition blog is up!

My blog on Kathleen Smith/Dave Lichens/Libbie Schrader/Andrea Wasse is now posted on Billboard.com.

Please check it out and leave a comment so I can thank you for stopping in!

Many thanks go out to Brendan Loy at one of my favorite blogs, IrishTrojan.com for linking my Billboard blog on his blog today.

Brendan's blog is one of the reasons why I continued this blog even when I was struggling a bit initially to keep it going. His site has been an inspiration to mine, despite the fact that they don't necessarily look anything like each other. The success that he's had with his blog has really just inspired me to keep trying to do bigger and better things with my because his site is proof that if you just work hard at something and do it well, good things will come out of it.

I have some new content going up early tomorrow morning and I will do my best to represent for not only the readers of DaveChung.com, but IrishTrojan.com as well.

Thank you all so much for your support! If you have a minute to stop in my Billboard page, please leave a comment for me to let me know that you stopped by so that I can thank you personally.

I could not be more grateful for all your guys' support.

Sincerely,
Dave Chung

You have new Picture Mail!

Ok, I spoke too soon. Now I've seen it twice.

You have new Picture Mail!

I am standing behind this guy at Panda Express and the back of his neck is pierced! Definitely a first time for everything.

You have new Picture Mail!

Smart Cars make my Scion feel like a Hummer.

90 million votes later, the seven wonders of the world were officially voted on and named this past Saturday (thanks for the heads up, Lena).

The man-made monstrosities that were given the honors of being some of the top wonders of the world were:

• The Great Wall of China • Petra in Jordan

• Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer

• Peru's Machu Picchu

• Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid

• The Colosseum in Rome (donezo!)

• India's Taj Mahal

How many have I seen? One.

I hear the tourism dollars rolling in to each respective nation as word spreads about the worldwide vote.

Full story here.

Since I hadn't done it in a while, I decided to Google "Dave Chung" to see where I was standing in the world of thousands and thousands of Dave Chungs out there.

Surprisingly, I am now the #4 (this page), #7 (Billboard), and #8 (Billboard) results that come up when you search for my name in quotations. Pretty amazing when I wasn't even on the radar just months ago.

Thanks so much for making my site relevant guys. I'll be working hard on my newest blog for Billboard tonight, so be on the lookout for that in the coming days!

Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo is not ready to make nice with a blackmailer who is threatening to release provocative and/or nude pictures of the pageant queen to the press unless she steps down from her royal throne. The blackmailer has now mailed the state representative (kind of...) two separate packages of "sexy" photos and threatening letters. Sounds like someone is just a sore loser or someone from Polumbo's past just really needs some money.

She ain't never scared.

Polumbo's lawyer's response? "I don't think the pictures are that bad," despite the fact that most are speculating that they are nude photos. Polumbo refuses to step down from her position as partial leader of the free world as well. Apparently, the pictures seem like they're bad enough that the legal team does not want to pull a Tiger Woods and post the pictures everyone wants to see before someone else can do it for money, like the famous golfer did for pictures of his first child. Full story here.

I guess that's kind of pretty, Katie Rees.

Will this be another Miss Nevada (Katie Rees) sized picture scandal for the troubled pageant world?

At least there's no rehab and Rosie O'Donnell/Donald Trump fights on this one.

The Donald and still hired Miss USA Tara Conner

First Rees, then Tara Conner's tear-filled press conferencesm then Miss USA Katie Smith's famous fall at the Miss Universe pageant, I suppose it's kind of nice to realize these beauty queens are real people. It has been a rough year to be pretty and charming for a job this year.

How she smiles into the camera after this still amazes me.

Was that fall worse than Whitney's fall on "Good Morning America" on The Hills?

Probably.

Many thanks to Lena over at Pequena pero Picosa for creating the new banners for davechung.com! Please check out Lena's blog, it's one of my favorites and my latest link on the site.

I cannot decide for the life of me which one I like the best so I think they'll just rotate.

Equally many thanks to Aileen for doing surgery on my blog so that it didn't look like I just plopped stuff in here randomly.

I owe you both a meal, or some loot.

Normally, not such a big fan of the random YouTube banter. I admit that almost all the videos I post on YouTube, I would not personally watch.

However, I saw this video by KevJumba today, who is apparently on his way to becoming a bit of a YouTube sensation, so I wanted to support the guy because he seems like he's a leg up on me on this whole "Internet celebrity" thing.

So I present, "Stupid Questions" by KevJumba.

No, this is not me, but very funny if you were about to ask that, haha.

Sorry for the lack of posts this weekend. I ended up getting really sick after I did my Billboard write up this weekend and spent part of last night sleeping on the bathroom floor.

Note to self, if you eat a cupcake that has a cream cheese based frosting and it has been sitting out in room temperature for a day, it's probably not a good idea to eat it at 2 in the morning.

Dave Lichens rocked out at Room 5.

I took a gamble tonight and went out to Room 5 near Hollywood to find a show to cover tonight after the show I was going to cover wasn't listed correctly online and have not been even close to disappointed.

Kathleen Smith opened, followed by Dave Lichens and both were absolutely great. Completely different styles of music, but they've both been great so far and there's two performers left tonight.

It is no secret that I love MTV's show "The Hills" (and the show's star, Lauren Conrad).

However, I think it's good to still be able to laugh at a parody of one of your favorite shows.

If you have some minutes to burn this weekend, check out this montage of clips from the real show"The Hills," and then watch the MadTV parody posted below.

Lauren Conrad dreaminess in a convenient video size.


Opening of The Hills Season 2.


MadTV's version of The Hills.

Going to try and figure out what to do for Billboard this weekend when the show I was planning to attend got rescheduled. Have a great Saturday!

Hayden Panettiere takes the cover of Entertainment Weekly's "100 Stars We Love Right Now."

Anyone else look at the sneaky cleavage and think, "Smart move, EW... Smart move..."

No? Just me?

Full story here.

Star Wars mural.

I'm going to see Bug tonight, a movie that I have never heard of before. Oherwise, looking forward to getting back to reading Pledged; The Secret Life of Sororities when I get back home. I feel like any book that can keep me awake for the first 50 pages has tons of potential to be great. Besides, I can be that much more prepared for the movie when it comes out.

Simpsons building on the Fox lot.

I realized those pictures i took of the lot a couple weeks ago were absolutely horrible, so i thought I'd redo them with the enV. The concert I was going to cover this weekend for Billboard got cancelled - panicking a little bit.

Girl loses finger, dad is not happy about it.

This email is circulating on Live Journal today about a female dummer for the band Tinkture (Roisin Isner) whose hand was damaged by an M60 being thrown at her while she was in Dolores Park in San Francisco.

Obviously upset about the end of his daughter's musical career, her dad emailed local media outlets with the following message:

"Subject: Roisin Isner, Tinkture drummer

Hello,I am Roisin's father. July 4th, Roisin and friends were in Dolores Park watching fireworks. Some stupid piece of shit threw an M60 at them.

It landed on Roisin's right hand and blew it apart. She will undego surgery later this morning but it doesn't look good. Most likely she will lose her index finger; second and third fingers will also be permanently impaired and disfigured. Needless to say, her musical career is over.

I want this fucker. Media attention will help flush him out. People know who did it and I'm offering $20,000 for a name. Please do whatever is necessary to get the story out. Do so and I will reward you as well.

Thank you,
ChrisIsnerchrisisner@hotmail.com"

Full story can be found here via the San Francisco Chronicle.

Breakfast Pillows...

I am seriously considering buying these... Is this the worst idea I've ever had?

Paris Hilton: A process, a gift, a journey (FunnyOrDie.com)

This video takes some of Paris' writings and sayings, splices them together with video, and puts them into a 80's rock band style song that is definitely good for a laugh or two.

That's hot.

Interview with Albert Ko, founder and CEO of deal-finding website, CheapCheapCheap.org.DC: We're here with the founder and CEO of CheapCheapCheap.org, one of the Internet's hottest and fastest growing websites for finding cheap deals online, Albert Ko. Thanks so much for taking the time for this interview for DaveChung.com, Albert.
CCC: It's my pleasure to be here.

DC: Tell me about the inspiration for CheapCheapCheap.org. On your website, you mention that you are just someone who loves saving money. Can you tell us a little bit about what inspired you to really start working towards this idea and turning it into a business?
CCC: Initially, I had created this page for friends and family. I know of many colleagues who are not very internet-savvy so they have a tough time finding what they need on the internet for a good price. I decided to create my own bargain hunting webpage and to share the best deals on the web with everybody to save money. Now the page has grown significantly, with over a thousand views a day. I hope everybody is saving money.

DC: For those of us who haven't yet visited your website, give us a general overview of what people can find on your site.
CCC: We essentially roam the internet with scripted programs that we wrote to find the best prices on any product at the time. We look specifically for exclusive sales from online stores that are going on. In many cases, we find sales that have not been released yet, but we share them with our viewers to give them a heads-up on where to shop and when. We also supply coupon codes for online stores to tackle prices even further. For those looking for freebies, we have a freebie section for product sampling and promotions. Lastly, we have a forum section for members to discuss deals and their thoughts on the product. We try to keep our webpage ad-free and simple. We don't sell anything, but supply information on where to find things... "cheap!"

Lots o' deals, all the time.

DC: Where are you guys based out of and who makes up the team of CheapCheapCheap?
CCC: We are based out of our homes in Boston, Massachusetts. The team comprises myself and Chris, the other co-founder. We also have a marketing team working with us, comprising various colleagues like Ruchu, Jay, and our closest friends in the Boston area.

DC: In terms of monthly unique visitors, where did you guys start from and where are you guys now?
CCC: When we first started, we received about 1,000 unique visitors in the first month. We have grown significantly since our launch in November 2006. Last month, we received over 15,000 unique visitors to our webpage, which is quite an astounding change! We thank our viewers and hope that you continue to spread the word to your friends. We are all in it to save together.

DC: Recently, you guys launched a Facebook application. What challenges did you face in trying to get your application going and how many people have subscribed to your widget thusfar?
CCC: So far, over 200 members have subscribed. The challenges we faced were to program the application and how to get people to join. It's hard to get students to join because there are so many applications; however, friends are telling friends and growth is now visible.

DC: The site recently underwent a redesign, what was the reason for that and what can people find on your site that separates it from other deal-finding sites online?
CCC: The site is constantly going under redesigns. We are always taking the feedback of our users and implementing them. We listen to our viewers and we revamp our webpage to fit those needs. Initially our page was crowded and confusing. However, through suggestions and e-mails from our audience, we now made the page much clearer and simpler. We are still working on making everybody's experience a better one.

DC: What has been the best deal that you've seen come through CheapCheapCheap and what kind of deals can people typically find on your site?
CCC: There are outstanding deals on our webpage that you will not find in any retail store. For example, I purchased 1 gallon of Listerine, which normally costs $50 and cannot be purchased unless you are a dentist, for $4. Shipped. Shipping itself must have cost them over $4. Another great deal I got was on a color laser printer. I decided I needed one because I was sick of inkjet printers, so I purchased one for a mere $99.99 Shipped to my door. Some prices we find are just unbelievable. They don't last long though. When we post them on our page, they are in-stock and available to ship. After 5 minutes, because of our viewers purchasing these products, they may be sold out.

DC: Where do you see CheapCheapCheap moving from this point forward?
CCC: I see CheapCheapCheap growing with new features and more discussion. As our forums grow from new members, I hope to soon start a community that shares coupons and deals with each other. We're constantly working to make our webpage a better experience to all those who visit. Stay tuned for newer features.

The forums house many of the best deals.

DC: To get your site to compete with other major players like Slick Deals and even Price Grabber, how do you plan on making your site compete with these leaders?
CCC: It is tough, but I feel that we are very consistent with our postings. We have the best deals BEFORE they have them posted. We are constantly looking for deals and in most cases, we find them before they are released on their front page. Thus, our viewers will get their hands on the products first before they sell out. We will also implement new features to help our viewers find deals. We have so many ideas for our webpage and hope to implement them as soon as we can!

DC: How can people get in touch with you or post their own deals?
CCC: We have the forums for members to post deals that they find. Others can respond with their opinions, and also give the original poster reputation points for taking the time to find the deal and share it. I am always open to feedback, suggestions, or anything in general. My e-mail is listed on the "About Us" page, so I look forward to hearing new thoughts and opinions.

DC: Saving people money everyday on CheapCheapCheap.org. Albert, Thanks so much for your time and best of luck in the future!
CCC: Thank you Dave Chung, and all our honorable viewers and future visitors to CheapCheapCheap.Org. Take care!

The news we've all been waiting for, the Sex and the City movie has become a reality.
At least according to TV Guide.

So I've probably seen about four or five episodes of the show in my life and it was just too much for me. I am the first to admit that I like girl movies, but SATC along with The L Word just take it to another level for me and make me realize why the shows are definitely made for females.

When the movie is finally released, I'm just wondering how they're going to top the series' final quotation that seems to grace MySpace and Facebook profiles all around the U.S.

"Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous." - Carrie

Can they top that one? Because they're going to have to.

Joey Chestnut wins Nathan's World Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, dethroning hot dog eating superstar Takeru Kobayashi.

Last year, Kobayashi held off Chestnut in the final minute.

But this year, Kobayashi was no match for the world record holder and ended up throwing up during the competition, only to eat his own vomit to try and hold on to his crown.

Chestnut's record breaking performance from earlier this year.

Full report here at irishtrojan.com.

In case your nearest major city doesn't have one of the 12 transformed convenience stores, I took some pictures and videos of the exterior and interior of the 7 Eleven in Los Angeles that has been changed into a Kwik E Mart for The Simpsons Movie.

Outside the Kwik E Mart

Homer and his Kwik-E-Mart hot dog
Mmm...donuts...
Hot dogs with a message from Apu
Me and Ralph Wiggum

Inside the Kwik-E-Mart.


The Squishee station, which had an incredibly long line.

YouTube is taking forever to upload the exterior video, so that will be up and functional soon.

Buzz Cola and Squishee Station at the transformed 7 Eleven in Los Angeles, now a Kwik E Mart for The Simpsons Movie.

Out of the goodies.

They say they're restocking soon.

Even the employees are decked out.

Here's the LA version of Apu

Apu! Do you work here too?

I'm going in...

Yes this Los Angeles area 7 Eleven has turned into a Kwik-E-Mart to promote the

More pictures to come.

Question, how could one of the hottest actresses in the history of mankind (Scarlett Johansson) possibly become not hot?

This is ridiculous.

I didn't think it was possible, but Scarlett Johansson might have taken herself out of not only my own personal, but media "top Hollywood hotties" lists by getting a cow nose ring.

Why Scarlett? Why? (click to enlarge)

While Scarlett threatened, this cow nose ring solidifies Rachel McAdams as my favorite.

Followed by Katie Cassidy from Black Christmas

And possibly the only singer that could get me to think about driving for 20 hours to see her in a city where there will be no other Asians to be seen for at least 100 miles, Carrie Underwood.

More of these pictures that somehow manage to make Scarlett Johansson not hot can be found here.

Mandy Moore says she was at her "sexiest" at age 15 in an interview with Blender magazine.

I'm doing some late night posting, but I'm a little distracted because a "ghetto bird" (helicopter) is circling my apartment and literally just put its spotlight right through my window.

I cannot lie and say that I am not a wee bit of a fan of the 5 foot 10 inch clean imaged Mandy Moore. While she could no doubt dunk on me, something about the fact that her real life persona actually manages to be similar to that of the character she played in A Walk to Remember makes her incredibly attractive.

So, what do we think?

Mandy at 15.

The new "Extraordinary" Mandy Moore

Full story can be found here.

The logistics of my summer are becoming mind boggling...

I'm trying to cover a bunch of different concerts, along with going to shows that I just want to see for myself this summer and it's getting pretty crowded!

Two of the not-yet-mainstream performers that I'm most looking forward to seeing are Kyler England and Alissa Moreno, both of whom are playing in Los Angeles on July 14th. However, since I don't know what my schedule looks like from Billboard until generally a week before the concert, I am trying to work out other dates to meet with both of them.

It's turning into a logistical challenge, not a nightmare, because well, all of it is going to be great, but I hope it all works out well.

I'm also still considering driving 10 hours each direction to see Carrie Underwood at the end of July (drive all night Friday. Concert on Saturday. Drive all day Sunday). Is this a ridiculous idea and would anyone come with me?

Seven months in, it's time for the monthly DaveChung.com numbers that no one cares about but me!

For some reason, it's very fun for me to look at these numbers and see how much I've been able to hit on the top stories of the day or if I happen to write about things that people are interested in reading. If you're at all interested in seeing how a small website turns into a big one, hopefully this monthly watch is remotely interesting to you too!

Let's start with page impressions!I don't completely understand this stat, but I think it's how many times I come up in search results and whatnot, not necessarily visits or page views, but they generally translate to more of both.

Page Impressions

• December 2006: 109
• January 2007: 360
• February 2007: 283
• March 2007: 484
• April 2007: 1065
• May 2007: 1331
• June 2007: 5095

Detailed statistics for June 2007

• Visitors: 2180
• Unique Visitors: 1702
• Page Views: 3145
• Average Pages Per Visit: 1.44
• Average Time on Site: 55 seconds

Visitor statistics for June 2007

• New Visitor Visits: 1690 (77.52%)
• Returning Visitors Visits: 490 (22.48%)
• Love you guys who check in regularly! Thanks so much to you all who consistently account for 22.48% of my traffic!
  

Random Stats That I Find Interesting For June 2007

• Returning visitors averaged nearly 3 minutes per visit (2 minutes & 47 seconds)
  
• New visitors averaged just 22 seconds per visit (clearly, not winning everyone over)
• Returning visitors averaged 2.16 pages per visit, while new visitors averaged 1.23 pages per visit
• While 77.52% of visits were by people who stopped by the website one time last month, 3.76% of visits were by people who visited 26-50 last month
• 1930 visits came from "The Americas" (North, Central, and South + Greenland)
• 162 visits came from Europe
• 64 visits came from Asia
• 12 visits came from Australia
  
• 7 visits came from Africa

• 13.44% (293) of visits come to the site directly from typing in "http://www.davechung.com" into their browsers. 46.76% of people who typed in davechung.com into their browsers were first time visitors, down from the site average of 77.52%, which means that people are coming back!
  
• 31.38% come from a Google search
• 20.18% come from doing a Google Image search
• 11.97% come from Blogger.com
• 7.52% come from Facebook.com

• The two most popular searched term that brought people to DaveChung.com were"Chris Benoit Family Pictures," which accounted for 82 visits or 11.37% of all traffic, and "Windy Hagar," which somehow accounted for 82 visits or 11.37% of all traffic too!
• The next most popular searched term was "Dave Chung," which accounted for 63 visits or 8.74% of all visitors

• People who came to my site after being referred from one of my favorite blogs, IrishTrojan.com (what up to Brendan Loy), stayed on the site for an average of 4 minutes and 11 seconds.
  

I could literally do this forever, but I'm going to get my room cleaned up and finally try and relax tonight.

Happy 4th of July, all!

Nicole Richie is officially preggers and getting married!

Well, all this joy might follow after Richie will likely follow her buddy Paris' lead with a short stint in the "slamma" for a DUI charge.

Full story from In Touch after the jump.

Will U.S. eating champion Joey Chestnut bring the Hot Dog Eating Title to its rightful obese home?

I once had a dream when I too, was surrounded by weiners, but I wasn't smiling.

"In the past year Chestnut devoured world records for waffles (18.5 in 10 minutes), pork ribs (5.5 pounds in 12 minutes), grilled cheese sandwiches (32.5 in 10 minutes) and chicken wings -- 173 in 30 minutes, wiping out the previous record by 29 wings. "

If I was Takeru Kobayashi, I would claim a "jaw injury" too if this man was staring me in the face.

More intimidation after the jump.

NBA Draft Pick (6th) Yi Jianlian not a big fan of Milwaukee.

Harro therreeeee. Why no likey Milwaukee? Not enough AzNz!

He might not like Milwaukee, but this guy has some great skin! My theory? He has a deal pending with Clean & Clear to do ads with Yao Ming with foaming face masks on their faces in a spotless bathroom.

Full story after the jump.

Seattle's Rashard Lewis to the Orlando Magic?

With Kevin Durant moving into the locker room, maybe Lewis thought it was his time to go.

Full story after the jump.

One click to get to my blog from Billboard.com!

My good friend (and hopefully, one day the best man at my wedding, once I trick some unsuspecting female into marrying me) Ramiro Avila pointed out to me earlier today that my blog is only a click away on Billboard.com today!

Check me out, yo.

Billboard's take on my review of the Fall Out Boy concert in Anaheim.

Please click on the link and leave a comment! I appreciate your support!