Tag: THE SWITCHED QUESTIONNAIRE

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2008/04/09/singer-taylor-dayne-has-two-blackberrys/'; In case you don't remember the name, you'll recognize Taylor Dayne's powerful voice as soon as you hear her massive late '80s hit dance single, "Tell It To My Heart." After a few years away from music-making, she's back with "Beautiful," a new single climbing up Billboard's pop charts. The track comes ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2008/04/07/switched-questionnaire-fugees-pras-blackberry-addict/'; Raised in New York and New Jersey, Pras is a multi-talented actor, singer, producer and song-writer. In the early '90s, Pras, along with Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean, rose to international fame as part of the Fugees, the hugely influential, Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group. While ...

Kat Dennings began her career with a brief role on 'Sex In the City,' and she was soon regularly acting in shows ranging from 'ER' to 'CSI:NY.' She landed the role of Marla in Judd Apatow's 'The-40-Year-Old-Virgin,' and is now co-starring in 'Charlie Bartlett', a dark teen comedy in the vein of 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Harold and Maude.' In 'Charlie Bartlett,' Kat plays Susan, the love ...

First launched to musical success in 1966 with his cover version of Hank Williams' classic I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, B.J. Thomas explored pop and country music. Two years later, he released Hooked On a Feeling. Next, he collaborated with legendary producers and song-writers Burt Bacharach and Hal David on Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, Thomas' biggest hit. He's still recording today, and ...

Hailing from Williamsburg, Virginia, Seven Mary Three started getting radio buzz and attention from Atlantic Records back in 1994 with the self-produced album, Churn. The band headed back into the studio and released its first proper album, American Standard, in 1995. Its hit radio single Cumbersome catapulted the band to platinum-selling status and a permanent position on VH1's I Love the ...

With an impressive range of acting and comedy work spanning the past three decades, Michael McKean has worked in television, film and on Broadway in productions as diverse as The X-Files, Saturday Night Live, Laverne and Shirley and many of Christopher Guest's films (This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind). McKean, now starring in Harold Pinter's Broadway revival of The Homecoming, sat down with our ...

Hey, Ashlee Simpson fans (we know you're out there) -- you probably already know that Ashlee's new single, Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya) is being released digitally tomorrow. It's being released as part of a three-song EP. In all the excitement leading up to her new release, we grabbed a chance to ask her our usual questions about her tech habits. Turns out she loves her BlackBerry, but would prefer ...

Bassist and songwriter Nikki Sixx met fame in the 1980s as a member of the rock/heavy metal band Motley Crue. Sixx cemented a reputation as a hard-charging force on the music scene through his frequent drug binges and over-the-top theatrical performances on stage. In 2006, he joined the members of Motley Crue on a reunion tour, this time gratefully sober. Now the bassist in Sixx: A.M. and ...

Actress Marlee Matlin has been deaf since she was 18 months old. That doesn't mean she's not a gadget hound. In fact, just the opposite. This Academy Award-winning actress loves her BlackBerry and even gets to listen to Billy Joel on her iPod. Matlin won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role in 'Children of a Lesser God'. She also has a solid list of Emmys for ...

Kenny G is an institution of music. He has sold over 75 million records over 25 years and has earned Grammy, American Music, Soul Train, World Music, and NAACP Image awards. He even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So what's he doing talking to us at Switched? Clearly, he's a BlackBerry addict. Read on to hear about his love of all things Blackberry. In the meantime, his new album ...

It's safe to say that Rosie O'Donnell has done it all, from stand-up and comedy movies to talk shows and even a video blog (that she actually updates regularly). She's also involved in R Family Vacations, a cruise line aimed at gay and lesbian families, which was designed to let the kids of gay and lesbian parents meet other kids from similar families. This year, Rosie and her partner, Kelli ...

Jason Gray-Stanford may act like a dope on TV's 'Monk,' where he plays Lieutenant Randall Disher, the dim-witted sidekick to OCD-plagued-ex-detective Adrian Monk(Tony Shalhoub), but he's pretty savvy regarding gadgets. He pretty much answered our head off when we sent him our Switched Questionnaire, and it makes for a fun read. You can also catch Gray-Stanford on the special holiday episode of ...

Today is Cyber Sunday at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). What exactly does that mean? Essentially, viewers get to go online and choose different match-ups, guest referees, and, who will be the next WWE Diva. You have until 8pm EST today to vote for the WWE match-ups, and through tomorrow to vote on which of the two Diva finalists, Eva Torres (pictured above, left) or Brooke Gilbertsen ...

She first sang on the Metropolitan Opera stage at the age of seven and made her movie debut as the opera singer Christine in 2004's movie version of Phantom of the Opera, but it took Emmy Rossum to the ripe old age of 20 (that's right!) to record her first solo album. 'Inside Out' is the the first time Rossum breaks out her complete vocal range, a sometimes ethereal, sometimes pop-influenced ...

Catherine Schwartz (AKA Cat) is one of the foremost tech experts in the country. She is widely known for her electric commentary on the hottest gadgets and how to use them. As The HiTechMommy and eBay Gadget and Toy Director, Schwartz educates consumers on the wide breadth and depth of consumer electronics and toys in an approachable way. As the tech go-to-girl, Schwartz developed new high-tech ...