Daily Buzz Bits: Michelle "Breaks The Dawn"; Kylie Minogue Hits The States

Kylie Minogue has entered the building! My true love will perform on Dancing With the Stars tomorrow and went on The Today Show this morning. - RedLasso

"Love Song" singer Sarah Bareilles performed a cover of "Genie in a Bottle." I was surprised; it's actually really good. - ONTD

Remember Michelle from Destiny’s Child? You know ... the other one? She has a new single, and it's shockingly pop-ish. - People

Not surprising: The music Amy Winehouse is working on makes Back to Black sound perky. – The Sun

Check out the scans from Madonna's feature in Vanity Fair: What the press thinks of you "adds up to sh*t!" The reporter describes Hard Candy as spinning-class fare. - ONTD

Get a Lick of the French Kicks

Profoundly fun: the French Kicks.

Complex but accessible. Maybe that’s how you describe your favorite affordable bottle of wine. That’s also one good way to classify New York-based indie rockers the French Kicks, who will release their album Swimming tomorrow via iTunes.

Produced and mixed completely by the band, Swimming is their fourth full-length effort across a decade of work in moody garage rock and post-punk. Listen to the track, “Abandon” to appreciate their sound, which definitely seems inspired by the Washington, D.C. area where most of the band members grew up. Old timers might hear the angular echoes of mid-Atlantic legends like Jawbox and Fugazi.

For a tasteful evening, try to catch the French Kicks throughout their U.S. tour beginning tomorrow.

Tyra Banks Is Fiercee

-- Mollie Mullett from AfterEllen.com

Tyra Banks makes me tired.  A full weekend for me is when I watch a movie and do a load of laundry but Tyra Bank, our favorite supermodel, turned talent scout/reality show star turned talk show host apparently wasn't busy enough this past Friday so she decided to create her own award show to honor past America's Top Model contestants in the first annual "Fiercee Awards" (yes two Es) which will air on an upcoming episode of The Tyra Banks Show.

Tyra Banks is not only the most successful entrepreneur  in the world but she's also a MACHINE!

Idol Chat With Jim & Penny Recap Video Blog: The Top 10

-- Dennis Ayers from AfterElton.com

Last week on American Idol the contestants sang songs from the year of their birth — which means its was eighties week all over again.  Jim Verraros and Penny Frulla talk about the performances and the questionable fashions — including the unfortunate dress that Project Runway winner Christian Siriano designed for Kimberley Locke. They also break out the viewer mail bag.

Check out their video blog after the break!

Watch Bjork Video - "Wanderlust"

Bjork fans: The video for the fourth Volta single is every bit as beautiful and bizarre and disturbing as you could possibly want. I would think, anyway...

"Wanderlust" mixes amazing sets with fluid and seamless CGI - and the image of Bjork struggling with that corpse-ish doll/demon coming out of her back as she rides yak creatures down a river ... um, what can I say? It definitely affected, though.

Watch "Wanderlust" video after the jump...

SHE MADE ME WATCH THIS! Cashmere Mafia's Future; Bionic Woman's End

-- Sarah Warn from AfterEllen.com

AfterEllen.com's managing editor Malinda Lo guest-stars on this episode of She Made Me Watch This!, which is  dedicated to answering the TV and movie questions you left in the comments last week. Questions like:

• Is Cashmere Mafia / Life / The Sarah Connor Chronicles being renewed for another season?
• Why are good pilots sometimes not picked up?
• How could Bionic Woman have been fixed?
• What goes into determining whether a TV show/season is released on DVD?

We also discuss our favorite L Word storylines from this season, and which  shows we're most excited about returning in April.

Celine? Just Calling to Make Sure You're Still Crazy!

How happy am I Celine Dion is still taking to the stage, blowing out speakers and making audiences laugh at how weird she is? She could have totally retired after Vegas, but here she is, all the way in Brisbane, Australia.

She still looks amazing; I don't think many 40-year-old moms could rock that funky little dress. And although I'm still recovering from that remix with will.i.am., I'm pretty eager for another video from Taking Chances. 

Is that for us? More concert pictures after the jump...

Battlestar Galactica Season 4: How Can It End?

-- thelinster from AfterEllen.com

You can always count on at AfterEllen.com to keep you informed about Battlestar Galactica , especially now that the last season is at hand (April 4 at 10 p.m. EST on Sci Fi). Can I get an “oh, frak?”

You also can count on Malinda to share new BSG promotional photos when she finds them. If the women of Galactica don't make you squirm, get thee to the doctor.

Speculation about how the series will end is in high gear, even though we may not see the final 10 episodes until 2009. In an interview with Sci Fi Wire last week, Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama) said the most appropriate finale for such an innovative show is for the whole crew to die. “If it's true to form, no one makes it,” he said. This Season 4 poster does little to dispel that notion.

And I may be reading too much into it, but this trailer certainly seems apocalyptic.

Watch The B-52s "Funplex" Music Video! Thrill, Thrill!

Fred says: Segway to warp speed! Back to Georgia roots, the new video from loopy "pleasure seekers" The B-52s is all about rampaging your local mall, and it features all the space-traveling psychedelics I'd expect from The Ultimate Party Band. They're still causin' a riot!

Funplex, the band's first studio album in 16 years, is still available for preview on LOGOonline ... and soon enough, The B-52s will join Cyndi Lauper on the True Colors tour. Now enjoy the wackiness...