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Buzz Multiplex: JoBros Blow Through

By Vera H-C Chan
Fri, February 27, 2009, 11:10 am PST

No one's objecting to this jet expense.

As if seeing "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" in pulsing, in-your-face detail wasn't enough, the Disney-backed threesome is jetting coast-to-coast as part of their "Surprise Theater Invasion Tour." Since an invasion is by nature secretive, the surprise lies in which theater the JoBros will drop by in the flesh. 

The JoBros' first stop was, unsurprisingly, Hollywood, but besotted fans—and there are shrieking gaggles of them—with V CAST-enabled phones can track the invasion. If Blackberrys go missing this weekend, you know why.

The question isn't whether JoBros beats down its sole competitor and gameboy fantasy, "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li." (Don't worry, fans of the first female "Streetfighter" trailblazer: The title's pulling in decent searches, which means decent attendance, high torrent activity, and a DVD release party down the line.) THe question is whether they can beat Miley Cyrus' movie's $31.1 million opening weekend take. Yah, not fair: Cyrus booked 683 theaters, while the boys get almost double at 1,271 locales.

The flight plan has already been set, but the JoBros might want to hit joints in Connecticut, which leads California, Pennyslvania, New York, and Illinois in "3D" search madness. And Street Fighter's Chun-Li travel tour's first stop? Arizona is the number one state checking out her movie. The Copper State loves those female trailblazers.  

Filed under: Video Games, Movies, Music, Games, Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers Are So Hott

By Molly McCall
Fri, March 02, 2007, 2:09 am PST

Move over, Allmans. Step aside, Everlys. There's a new band of brothers rocking the Buzz charts. And though they aren't close to needing a shave or belting out "Midnight Rider," they are drawing a huge number of daily searches from kids across the country. Ladies and gentlemen, we present The Jonas Brothers.

Since early February, when their single "Year 3000" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, this trio of teen siblings has been heating things up online. With their thick brows, perfectly tussled hair, and spazzy-sweet PR-crafted image, they're proving to be Buzz heart breakers.

A whopping 80% of searches for the New Jersey-based band come from kids under the age of 17. New Mexico, Virginia, and Utah top the list of areas seeking them out. And Yahoo! Answers currently counts hundreds of questions about them, most of which go something like this: "NICK JONAS IS UNBELIVEBLY ADUHORABLE."

Though we have yet to log search spikes on the aforementioned Nick or his apparently not as aduhorable bros Kevin and Joseph, that may change soon. Radio Disney has these guys on heavy rotation. And the brotherhood of rockers has a new member.

Filed under: Music, So Hott, Jonas Brothers

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