The verdict on last night's "excitement" at the MTV Movie awards: Eh. "Was it staged? Most likely. Eminem is a master pitchmen, and he's used his homophobic tag to move records before (see the Grammys' 2001 performance with Elton John). But if it was planned, Emimen should have stuck around and had more fun with the moment. After all, storming out was the obvious move, and what we'd expect from Em (as is much of 'Relapse')."
First impressions of Relapse, the new Eminem record: "There is a song that's about Mariah Carey, and it opens with Eminem aping either a Scottish brogue or a rasta accent. I can't tell the difference, although the song being called 'Bagpipes From Baghdad' makes me think he's affecting the former."