the buzz log
Number 9, Hot Bands, Birther Bickering: What's the Buzz
By Vera H-C Chan
Wed, September 09, 2009, 10:25 am PDT
Our picks from the day's hottest searches.
- 09-09-09 (+2,347%). It's today. Live it up.
- Bee Gees Songs (+432%). Nostalgia spikes after news of a possible Bee Gees tour with the two surviving brothers.
- Dead by Sunrise (+314%). The new band, with Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, is getting notice with its hot debut song.
- Annie Leibovitz Photography (+296%). Back off, vultures. The celeb photographer's still negotiating her loan, even though the deadline was yesterday.
- Orly Taitz (+236%). The Russian immigrant/dentist/lawyer and a key voice in the so-called birther movement had her day in court, but not without bickering with fellow supporters.
Filed under: Music, Calendars, Law, Photographers
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