One of our favorite things we do all month is view all the submissions for our "Can YOU Sing?" cover competition!
And this month was especially pleasurable because we chose Jason Mraz's new single, I Won't Give Up, and that song is so exquisite! We can't get enough!
And we also can't stop listening to The Lorentzen's cover! They are the very worthy winners!!! Our favorite entry - by far!
Check out their Lady Antebellum meets church take on the song (above)! SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!
Second place goes to Anna Palmerola! Her version is very lovely AND she did something no one has ever done in our "Can YOU Sing?" cover competition before!
Anna made the song her own with not just her beautiful arrangement, but she also flipped the song and turned into on a Spanglish tune by adding her own lyrics in Spanish! So smart! So effective!
Check out Anna's version of I Won't Give Up below. And….
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For the past four months Jason Mraz has been strictly eating only vegan.
And the results are amazing.
He wrote on his blog:
"I've also been on a pretty strict plant-based diet for 4 months now – feeling stronger, fitter, healthier and more productive.
I ride longer distances on my bike, can do more pull-ups than ever, and my brain seems to have a larger capacity for new projects, problem solving, songwriting, and fielding random questions.
My health and strength make me a better performer and all that combined gives me more confidence to go out in the world and shine my light. It also makes me a lot better in bed. Just sayin…"
Wow. So all you gotta do is go vegan and you'll basically become a superman.
Super strength and super loving making? Sign us up!
You certainly brought the good to the City of Angels, girl!
Earlier in the week, Taylor Swift was joined on stage at the Staples Center by Justin Bieber to sing a duet of his smash hit, Baby. Last night, Swifty had a different handsome devil join her onstage - Jason Mraz!
The pair sang the sweetest duet of his jam, I'm Yours, which you can now enjoy in the video (above)!
Six months after they announced they were going to get married, Jason Mraz and Tristan Prettyman have called off their engagement. The couple seemed to have it all figured out back when Jason proposed on Christmas eve, but he confesses that their love has been sacrificed for his art. He explains:
"My greatest mistake right now is, I've been clinging to my art. In that, I have victory for my art and a great loss for my heart. At the moment, my beautiful fiancée is no longer my beautiful fiancée. Two halves don't make a whole. Two wholes make a whole. In my relationship, I was giving myself away to make the relationship better, but in actuality, wasn't doing better by doing that. I became less of a man."
Wow. We're not really sure what that means exactly, but it sounds bittersweet none-the-less.
We're sorry to hear that things didn't work out for you two, but hopefully you guys can still be friends or something.
Also, when we read that part about the halves not making a whole, for some reason we started singing Life is Wonderful in our head. Not really apropos, but it came up!
The Luxor headlining illusionist was recorded having quite the verbal altercation with Joe Monti, one of his magic producers on Wednesday, during which Angel is heard threatening to knock him out - and now he's had a police report filed against him!
Give it a listen (above)!
Furthermore, Monti later said to authorities that he recorded the meeting because Angel has a history of bullying employees!
He explains:
“I wanted him to know how demeaning he was. I created 50-60 percent of the magic for ‘Mindfreak.' I have no reason to do anything vindictively but I draw the line on violence.”
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