hot song for nick jonas

hot song for nick jonas

It’s one thing to make Nick Jonas sound older and another thing entirely to make him sound like he’s a refugee from the AOR formats of the late ’70s. “Who I Am” (Hollywood), the debut single from Nick Jonas and The Administration, sounds more like it came from a Doobie Brother than a Jonas Brother, with its dated guitar work and odd throwback production. Nick, really, there’s nothing wrong with acting your age.

get organized

With 2010 just around the corner, resolutions are on the minds of many people hoping to make the most of the new year. An important part of completing goals — new year’s or otherwise — is getting organized, breaking objectives down into smaller, achievable tasks. While there are plenty of online task mangers filled with all sorts of bells and whistles designed to keep you focused on meeting your resolutions, some people may find them intimidating. For a simple, bare bones task manager, try TeuxDeux (http://teuxdeux.com).

Once you create a TeuxDeux account (all you need is an e-mail address), you’re ready to get started. TeuxDeux’s interface is a five-day forecast, with arrows on the far left and far right to move through the timeline. Each day has a text entry field that you use to type what you’d like to accomplish. Once you’ve submitted your task, hit the “Enter” key and it appears under the date’s listing.

To mark a task as complete, move the cursor over the entry, click, and the item is crossed-out. You can also move tasks between dates by clicking and grabbing the entry, then dragging it to a new date. Toward the bottom of the page is an area for marking future goals that don’t have a due date.

a california boy’s christmas story

David Allan Cutchall III is a 5-year-old kindergartner in Waterford, Calif. Last week, burglars struck the home of one of his schoolmates. The girl’s parents had bought bicycles and other gifts for the children, only to have the Grinches of the world steal their Christmas.

A little boy with a big heart, David decided to do something about it. He’s been judiciously saving coins and currency for much of his young life. He approached his mother, Emily Cutchall, with an idea. “Mom,” he asked, “can I take half of the money from my piggy bank and give it to the kids who lost their Christmas presents?” So he raided the bank, which contained about $100, grandma Michele Cutchall said.

“His mom has tried to teach him that Christmas is about giving,” Michele Cutchall said. “She was really touched. Emily cried and said, ‘If he can give $50, so can we.’ “

Mom matched his $50. So did Grandma, and other relatives contributed, too. Soon they had roughly $170 and presented it to the victimized family.

keys to success

Alicia Keys’ new album, “The Element of Freedom,” logged impressive first-week sales of 417,000 copies, enough to put her at No. 1 just about any other week of this year. But she has to settle for a debut in the runner-up slot this week, as Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream” continues at the top of the U.S. sales chart for a fourth consecutive week.

Boyle’s collection posted a 14 percent sales increase over last week, logging 661,000 copies heading into the final days before Christmas, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That puts the album’s four-week total at 2.4 million, placing her ahead of Michael Jackson’s “Number Ones” and behind Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” on the list of the biggest-selling albums of 2009.

‘shore’ draws heat

TRENTON, N.J. — MTV is getting more pressure to cancel its “Jersey Shore” reality show.

The latest criticism comes from the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus, which says the show promotes derogatory ethnic stereotypes and is “wildly offensive.” In a letter sent Tuesday to the president of Viacom, MTV’s parent company, caucus chairman Joseph Vitale asks that the show be immediately taken off the air.

The state lawmakers also have asked advertisers to boycott the show, which focuses on eight tanned 20-somethings and their escapades in Seaside Heights, a popular New Jersey beach town. On Wednesday, a Viacom spokesman referred a request for comment to an MTV spokesperson, who did not immediately respond. MTV has said its intention is not to stereotype or offend.