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Posted on Fri, Dec 3, 2010 : 10:50 a.m.

Vintage A2 Ramones video; EW honors Taylor Swift; Sundance names entries

By Bob Needham

• Wow: YouTube user DannySaysJP has posted a couple videos of the Ramones playing the old Second Chance (on Liberty Street, now the site of Necto) in 1981. The sound is a bit muddy, but the camera work is near-professional, shot from several different angles:

Other entertainment items of note online today:

MOVIES

• The Los Angeles Times reports that the Sundance Film Festival has announced its films in competition. The full list is on the Sundance website.

• "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" comes to DVD tomorrow, and the director has spoken about some of his favorite deleted scenes.

• The awards-season march to the Oscars continues, with the National Board of Review giving its best-picture nod to "The Social Network."

• Is it wrong that I want to see this? Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt have joined the cast of the upcoming Muppets movie.

MUSIC

• Hard to argue with this selection: Entertainment Weekly / EW.com has named Taylor Swift as its Entertainer of the Year.

• Pretty interesting: Billboard magazine has introduced a new chart measuring songs' popularity on social-networking sites.

• Ailing Aretha Franklin has undergone an unspecified surgery, which reportedly went well.

• MTV.com notes that Cee-Lo Green has a new video out, "It's OK." It's not as catchy or memorable as "F-You" (how could it be?), but it's not bad:

• Britney Spears is reportedly planning a new album in March.

ONLINE

• Google says it's cracking down on pirated material online — but its new measures don't apply to YouTube.

Bob Needham is director of entertainment content for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at bobneedham@annarbor.com or 734-623-2541, and follow him on Twitter @bobneedham.

Comments

Bob Needham

Fri, Dec 3, 2010 : 12:43 p.m.

Nice! Thanks, Ed