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Christina Aguilera – Your Body

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“Your Body” is the first single off Christina Aguilera’s seventh album Lotus. Directed by Melina Matsoukas, the video features the singer as a “playful, tongue in cheek” version of a black widow who seduces then kills men in a variety of different ways. I’ll admit the video, which certainly plays up the singer’s sex appeal with a variety of costumes including skintight dresses, corsets, fishnet stockings, and high heels, works better for me than the song itself which is the type of droning club music that doesn’t always best lend itself to the singer’s strong voice.

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National Comics: Madame X

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national-comics-madame-x-one-shot-coverOriginally created back in 1978, Madame Xanadu has moved around the periphery of the DCU for years, sometimes helping others and sometimes further her own ends. The character was reintroduced in the New 52 as a supporting character in Justice League Dark and now earns her own one-shot with National Comics: Madame X (a title referring to DC Comics‘ former name).

The new version of the character, with her name shortened to Madame X, works as a magical consultant for the mayor of New Orleans after briefly using her gifts for fame which destroyed both her life and her reputation. (I’m guessing somebody at DC really likes The Mentallist.)

The one-shot features Madam X brought in to solve a case involving the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans (who’s not really a voodoo queen), a zombie (who’s not really a zombie), and the murder of a local councilman.

The comic’s not bad, but certainly nothing special. And with a $4 price tag, it probably will appeal to only longtime fans of the character. Hit-and-Miss.

[DC, $3.99]

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Nashville – Someday You’ll Call My Name

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  • Title: Nashville – Someday You’ll Call My Name
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Despite Deacon’s (Charles Esten) repeated refusals, Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) continues to try to woo the singer-songwriter to dump his tour with Rayna (Connie Britton) and sign an exclusive contract to join her on tour. Deacon’s refusal, despite his concern over noticing Rayna’s growing uncertainty about going on a small, intimate tour with the man she used to love, isn’t the teen starlet’s biggest problem as Juliette’s mother (Sylvia Jefferies) shows up at the record label,  the recording studio, and later her home, trying to hit up her daughter for money she can use to pay for her drug addiction.

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Nashville – I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)

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  • Title: Nashville – I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)
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After turning down the label’s offer to tour with Juliette Banres (Hayden Panettiere), Rayna (Connie Britton) returns home to Nashville to lick her wounds only to find Juliette is in town shooting a music video, much to the delight of Rayna’s young daughters (Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella). Unable to pack arenas with a floundering album that has no studio support, Rayna’s advisers encourage her to go out on the road with Deacon (Charles Esten), play smaller venues, and get back to the kind of music they used to perform when they were a couple. Not ready to give up on wooing the musician over to her tour, Juliette uses her wiles to try to win over Deacon as they spend time writing a song together.

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Bones – The Tiger in the Tale

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  • Title: Bones – The Tiger in the Tale
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While investigating a murder of a minimum wage day laborer working at an animal expo the team uncovers illegal animal trafficking. And, in one of the more bizarre B-stories the series has ever proposed (and that’s saying something for this show), Bones (Emily Deschanel) spends her spare time obsessing over a possible future run for President of the United States.

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