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- 'Lost' Stars: What's Next?
- Young Jeezy Calls <i>Trap Or Die 2</i> A 'Timeless Mixtape'
- 'Sex And The City 2' Stars Pick All-Time Favorite 'SATC' Looks
- 'Lost' In The Afterlife: Big Questions Answered In Series Finale
- Bret Michaels Wins 'Celebrity Apprentice'
- 'Lost' Star Michael Emerson Talks 'Bittersweet' Flash-Sideways
- 'Lost' Creators Promise More Answers After The Finale
- Bret Michaels, Kevin Jonas, Katharine McPhee Open Up On 'When I Was 17'
| Posted: 24 May 2010 04:48 AM PDT Evangeline Lilly has a project lined up, while Josh Holloway takes a more relaxed approach to his post-'Lost' career.
After six seasons of action-packed adventure and routinely confounding mysteries, the story of "Lost" is over — no more Jack, no more Sawyer, no more anybody. But just because the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 are no longer gracing the television screen week in and week out doesn't mean we've seen the last of the actors who play them. Fans are already used to seeing former "Lost" actors in other places. Elizabeth Mitchell is the star of "V," for example, while Ian Somerhalder is one of three crucial characters on "The Vampire Diaries." Soon, viewers will have all-new avenues to enjoy the work of their other favorite "Lost" actors too. Take Evangeline Lilly, for instance. The actress, who played fugitive Kate Austen on the series, has gone on the record with her intentions to take a break from acting after "Lost." But Lilly, who previously held a small role in "The Hurt Locker" as Jeremy Renner's wife, already has her first post-"Lost" gig lined up in the form of "Real Steel," a futuristic boxing drama starring Hugh Jackman and fellow "Lost" alumnus Kevin Durand. Daniel Dae Kim, meanwhile, is not only staying on television, he's also staying in Hawaii. The former Jin-Soo Kwon becomes Chin Ho Kelly next fall in CBS' remake of "Hawaii Five-O." Kim stars opposite Grace Park, an actress who knows a thing or two about ending a fan-favorite series in the form of "Battlestar Galactica." Sarcastic pilot Frank Lapidus' real-life counterpart, Jeff Fahey, has plans of his own too. He's part of an all-star cast, including Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba and Robert De Niro, in "Machete," based on a fictional trailer created for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's "Grindhouse." For some actors, the future is a bit unclear. Matthew Fox has long been attached to the comic book adaptation "Billy Smoke," though a full year has elapsed since the latest major update on that project. Likewise, actor Nestor Carbonell is often mentioned for the role of Khan in the developing "Star Trek" sequel, though the rumor remains unconfirmed. Many "Lost" vets are taking things a bit easier. Josh Holloway and Jorge Garcia, for instance, have no immediate plans beyond returning to Los Angeles to find new work. Michael Emerson, meanwhile, is hoping to return to his roots as a stage actor. But if Terry O'Quinn has his way, it won't be long before Ben and Locke reunite on the small screen. O'Quinn, who surprised audiences with his turn as the villainous smoke monster in the final season of "Lost," has reportedly pitched producers on a television series starring himself and Emerson as two middle-aged hit men getting by in suburbia — a show that would certainly help struggling "Lost" fans through major bouts of withdrawal. What do you want to see next from your favorite "Lost" stars? Let us know in the comments! Related Photos |
| Young Jeezy Calls <i>Trap Or Die 2</i> A 'Timeless Mixtape' Posted: 24 May 2010 04:48 AM PDT 'I felt the streets needed some real music,' he tells Mixtape Daily.
This Week's Main Pick Artists: Young Jeezy and Don Cannon Holding It Down For: CTE Mixtape: Trap or Die 2: By Any Means Necessary Real Spit: The Snowman's track record is irrefutable. He likes his chances against anyone when it comes to the mixtape game. A couple of weeks ago, Young Jeezy returned to his Trap or Die origins with a sequel to the classic tape that came out nearly half a decade ago. "I felt the streets needed some real music," Jeezy said down in Atlanta. Trap or Die 2 is the set-up to his upcoming LP, Thug Motivation 103. "At the end of the day, I never do an album without putting out a tape [first]. I felt that I would have been cheating if I ain't do so. I went in the lab, got with my homie Cannon. [We] whipped it up. I'm on the block. The sound of this tape is a little different, I can't lie. I wanted to do real music. I wanted to do a timeless mixtape. "When the first Trap or Die came out," he added, "all I knew was the producers around the way. Now, these days, I'm a little bigger. Just a little bit. So I reached out. I hollered at Cannon, Toomp, Shawty Redd. ... I don't wanna forget nobody. I hollered at everybody, and they gave me music. It's soulful. It's some get-you-through-your-day music. It's definitely some get-you-through-your-night music. Hopefully, if you listen to it right, by the end of the summer, your money should be right. Literally!" The aforementioned Cannon said he came aboard the project because Jeezy and DJ Drama, who hosted the original and was tapped to do this current tape, had scheduling conflicts. "I was called into Trap or Die 2 a couple of months ago," Cannon explained. "It was something DJ Drama was supposed to do. I guess [Jeezy] felt the tape had to be done fast, because he was on a campaign." Cannon visited Young in the studio one night to hear TM103, and the Snowman enlisted him for the mixtape. "He was like, 'I got this mixtape,' " Cannon said. " 'I'm thinking about just putting it out. Doing it my way.' He had the concept By Any Means Necessary. I told him, 'Yo, this joint is gonna be crazy.' A week or two passed by, he hit me on the phone. He was like, 'Yo, would you do this tape if I want you to do this tape for me?' That's how Trap or Die 2 came about. I grabbed up all the records, took them immediately in the studio and got busy. We plan on taking over the summer with this thing." Jeezy's current single from TM103 is "Lose My Mind" with Plies. Joints to Check For » "Trap or Die 2 Reloaded." "I wanted to let them know I'm not playing any games," Jeezy explained. "I'm the best at it when it comes to that situation. Really a lot of situations, but that [song] would be my favorite, because I really got it off." » "Greatest Trapper Alive." "I like it, because its playa and symbolic," Jeezy said of the song. "That record won't play out anytime soon. It's always gonna be one of them good mixtape records. If you listen to what I'm saying, it's all true. 'Hop in my Cutlass and haul ass/ Money first, money second, so that makes y'all last/ It's way too much at stake to be playing with y'all ass/ Too much to going on to be playing with y'all ass.' Don't get me started." » "Ill'in" (featuring the Clipse). "I got two special features on there," he said. "I never really did a record with these guys. But they the only other cats I heard talking like me. You gonna like this one. Shout out to VA. You would think it would be on your album, but it's not. That's what Trap or Die is for me. I wanted to do songs that the average cat would leave for their albums. I always been hungry, by the way. I didn't want to make it seem easy, talk about my Rolex. I wanted to get in your heart. I wanted to make you think what I was thinking. You gotta séance the room, like my man say. You can't crown the air unless you séance the room." For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines or follow the Mixtape Daily team on Twitter: @shaheemreid and @mongosladenyc. |
| 'Sex And The City 2' Stars Pick All-Time Favorite 'SATC' Looks Posted: 24 May 2010 04:48 AM PDT 'I think the tutu in Paris,' Sarah Jessica Parker tells MTV News of Carrie's dress in last episode of 'Sex and the City.'
When "Sex and the City" opened in 2008, many fans of the show went to screenings decked out like their favorite characters from the show — Carrie Bradshaw's flower pins and Manolo Blahniks were must-wear accessories. Now, with fans eagerly awaiting the arrival of "Sex and the City 2," due Friday, MTV News caught up with the "SATC" ladies and asked them to pick their most memorable TV/film looks. Cynthia Nixon Kim Cattrall Kristin Davis Sarah Jessica Parker What's your all-time favorite "Sex and the City" outfit? Tell us in the comments! Check out everything we've got on "Sex and the City 2." For young Hollywood news, fashion and "Twilight" updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com. Related Videos Related Photos |
| 'Lost' In The Afterlife: Big Questions Answered In Series Finale Posted: 23 May 2010 10:03 PM PDT In typical 'Lost' fashion, some show mysteries remain open for debate.
After six seasons, one writers strike and countless unanswered questions, television sensation "Lost" has finally reached its conclusion. The story that began in 2004 with a plane crash and a tropical island received a fitting send-off from show-runners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof in a two-and-a-half-hour series finale. Mysteries remain, but major plot revelations in tonight's episode offer a satisfying explanation as to exactly what happened to the passengers aboard Oceanic flight 815. Needless to say, spoilers ahead. Let's get it out of the way right up front: The big twist is that everybody was dead. "Everybody" meaning the key players. Exactly who those players are remains open for debate, and will likely continue to be one of the show's most enduring mysteries. An exchange between Jack and his father in the closing minutes of the finale reveals that a gathering of memory-restored Oceanic "survivors" have in fact been running through an elaborate fantasy, one designed to bring their group together before they step over to the afterlife. The major question that remains is when during the run of the show that break between life and death occurred. Life could have ended for the Oceanic passengers as far back as the pilot episode. The plane crashes, everybody dies, but this group is left behind because of unresolved issues within their individual lives. The trials they go through surviving on the island serve as a sort of purgatory. This would render certain key figures — Jacob, the Man in Black, Richard Alpert — as utter fabrications. That's just one theory. Another read could put the time of death for Oceanic 815's survivors as the hydrogen bomb blast at the end of the show's fifth season, which raises a whole new set of questions as to the nature of certain supporting characters. The beauty of "Lost," a trait that holds true even as it eases into its afterlife, is that the story demands discussion while remaining open to interpretation. Congratulations from MTV News to Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams, and the talented cast and crew responsible for delivering six years of some of the most thought-provoking television on offer. "Lost" will be missed. What did you think of the "Lost" finale? Sound off in the comments! Related Photos |
| Bret Michaels Wins 'Celebrity Apprentice' Posted: 24 May 2010 09:43 AM PDT 'If it's sympathy [that helps me win,] I'll take it,' Michaels joked on the live finale of 'Celebrity Apprentice.'
After what has been a difficult few months for Bret Michaels following several health scares, the Poison frontman came out on top as the winner of this season's "Celebrity Apprentice." The show's "boss," Donald Trump, explained that it was Michaels' "amazing" creativity and imagination that brought him to the finals, noting that Michaels has "a lot of guts" after battling a brain hemorrhage last month and a warning stroke last week to appear at the live finale of the show. The rocker faced off against fellow finalist Holly Robinson Peete, who was competing on behalf of her charity, the HollyRod Foundation, for autism. Michaels was working for the American Diabetes Association to raise awareness and funds for a disease he's suffered with since he was a child. The cause became even more personal for Michaels, who had learned that his daughter, Rain, who surprised him with a visit during his last task, is "borderline diabetic." In their final competition, the contestants had to come up with a new Snapple tea flavor. Peete came up with "Compassion Berry" and Michaels with "Troparocka." Each finalist had to market their new Snapple flavors with a print ad and a TV commercial. The winner would win the coveted $250,000 prize his or her charity. But before the show went live, fans got to see how each of the campaigns turned out. "Bret is tremendously creative," former show competitor Darryl Strawberry said in the pre-taped portion of the finale. While Michaels opted to make two commercials, Peete and her team focused on just one. The unfinished product didn't impress Trump's daughter and fellow judge, Ivanka. "To become the Celebrity Apprentice, you need to be smart. You need to be driven and you need to have great hair," Trump joked before cutting back to the pre-taped segments of Peete and Michaels completing their final tasks. Although both Peete and Michaels worked down to the wire, Michaels, who had to work on his commercials down to the last minute without a script, said, "That's the story of my life: live without a script." "Right before it's time to go up, my heart is kind if pounding. But I do know how to impress executives," Peete said in pre-taped footage before she made her presentation of her final product. Peete's comical spot showed Snapple scientists as they invented Compassion Berry flavored Snapple. "As a rock singer and performer, you riff off the energy in the room. When you're given a microphone and asked to talk about a brand ... a whole different animal for me," Michaels said about his commercial, a fast-paced, comical clip featuring Strawberry. In the final boardroom, Michaels and Peete sat down to discuss their task with Trump. Michaels defended his decision to make a diet, sugar-free drink, explaining that the drink is a fitting one for diabetics. Peete, meanwhile, had to defend her choice not to use any of her celebrity pals in her commercial, saying she wanted the focus to be on the charity. In the boardroom, Trump seemed to favor several of Peete's decisions for her campaign, though he seemed pretty even-keeled in his feelings about both campaigns. Trump pressed former contestant Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders about who she wanted to see win. She flip-flopped her way through the conversation, reluctant to choose, but noted she wouldn't mind if Michaels won. In the finale's last half hour, both Peete and Michaels joined their past "Apprentice" contestants on the stage live. Wearing his signature bandana, a vest, jeans and a dress shirt, Michaels graced the stage with his characteristic good spirits, saying, "Let's have some fun." Trump asked Peete why she was crying after Michaels entered. "Well, I mean, who in America isn't [crying]?" she responded. The conversation quickly turned to Michaels' condition. He explained, "They did a great job. I was really fortunate. We reacted quickly. Great medical team and good people and I cannot thank you and your family [enough] for all the well wishes," he told Trump. "I've become like a medical experiment. Its been crazy for about a month and half. Yes it's been a risk, but I wanted to be here. I came to win and I'm glad to be on the show. "Here's what I was going to say: She's playing the hotness card," Michaels joked about Peete's sparkly silver dress. "If it's sympathy [that helps me win,] I'll take it. I came here to win. I went in there to win and did everything you asked me to do. I will put my heart and soul into everything in the end. I did want to win but I didn't want to cut anybody's throats to do it. I always give everything I got 100 percent. I came here to win." Peete, however, made her intentions clear that she too wanted to win. "Well a lot of people know or don't know that Bret and I became very close," she explained. "There's no animosity. We talked after every show. So when I heard [about his hospitalization], I was devastated, like we all were. I'm just overjoyed that he's here, and we all love you Bret. ... Yes, in a way, I feel like I lost my momentum. It's Bret mania. That said, I really do feel like I did a good job." Moments before the winner was declared, it was announced that Snapple will match the grand prize, so both charities will get the $250,000 donation. But only one person can be named the Celebrity Apprentice. And this season's celebrity apprentice is survivor Bret Michaels. Related Photos Related Artists |
| 'Lost' Star Michael Emerson Talks 'Bittersweet' Flash-Sideways Posted: 23 May 2010 08:36 AM PDT 'I just like how he was in a different key or he was painted with a different palette,' he says of his character's two worlds.
In one reality, Ben Linus is a cold-blooded killer, an always-one-step-ahead-of-you schemer — at least until he lost his leadership position, his daughter and his sense of merciless purpose. In the other, he's a mild-mannered high school history teacher, a thwarted soul who lives with his elderly father and seems to go around wondering how his life turned out so ... blah. Welcome to the two universes of season six's "Lost": in one, the timeline we've come to know since the first episode, in which Flight 815 crashed on the mysterious island and left its passengers to contend with all manner of freaky happenings; in the other, a new, so-called flash-sideways timeline, in which the island is submerged in water, Flight 815 lands safely in Los Angeles and every character lives an island-free existence. For months, we haven't had a clue what would happen to these two realities — to these two Bens. Now, Sunday's (May 23) series finale is behind us and the answers are in (of course, not all of them, "Lost" being a show whose answers only tend to raise more questions). What's been clear for a while, though, is that Michael Emerson, the man behind Linus, has been having a damn good time playing each version of the guy. "I just like how he was in a different key or he was painted with a different palette," Emerson told MTV News about sideways Ben. "He was a more muted character, more of an everyday character. Not the megalomania or the ambition or the madness or the single-mindedness or the nefariousness. Traces of those things, but in much smaller quantities, like you would get in an everyday person. It was fun to calibrate that." Fun not just for himself, but for the rest of the cast and the fans too. "I thought the whole flash-sideways had a note that was bittersweet to it," he added. "Oh yes, this is what a real life could be, and it's smaller and it's sadder and it has heroism in it, but they're little bitty heroisms." What did you think of the finale? Sound off in the comments! Related Videos Related Photos |
| 'Lost' Creators Promise More Answers After The Finale Posted: 24 May 2010 09:01 AM PDT Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse will answer lingering questions through a DVD bonus feature.
That's it, everybody. Show's over. Nothing more to see. "Lost" is done. What? You're not satisfied? You don't feel that executive producers and writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse supplied answers to every single one of your burning questions? There's no doubt that there are still lingering issues, even after the two-and-a-half-hour monumental television event, and if you're scratching your head wondering why certain plot points developed over the last six years were completely ignored on Sunday (May 23), you may be in luck. According to Cuse, more answers are on the way, even with the finale fully wrapped. "We did a little feature for the DVDs, and in sort of an entertaining way, we answered a few things that are not [answered] on the show," Cuse told MTV News about the series finale. "It's just a little side-light on some of the questions we didn't get to in the main narrative." That said, don't expect Cuse or Lindelof to apologize for their storytelling decisions, as the "Lost" masterminds feel they answered everything they needed to. "We feel the story of 'Lost' is complete and the big questions [are answered]," Cuse said. "The character stories, those are the things that we really care about. That's what really gets resolved in the finale." That's not to say that Cuse and Lindelof didn't get emotional while letting go of "Lost." "It was never not emotional to watch the end of the show," Cuse confessed. "For us, we felt the emotion in the performances and in the way that Jack Bender directed it. When we went to the scoring stage and we heard Michael Giacchino put the music to the finale, it really gave us a sense of closure. It felt like that was what was closing the show." For Lindelof's part, ending "Lost" was a lot like buying somebody a birthday present several years in advance. "By the time their birthday rolls around, you're sort of like, 'Are they even going to like this anymore? Do they already have one?' But that never happened with us," the "Lost" co-creator revealed. "The closer we got [to the end], the more confident we became that it was the right ending. It was very satisfying for us." How about you, "Lost" fans? Are you confident that Lindelof and Cuse went with the right ending? Are you satisfied? If nothing else, you have to take some comfort in knowing that more answers are on the way, right? Let us know what you're going through in the comments section below. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Bret Michaels, Kevin Jonas, Katharine McPhee Open Up On 'When I Was 17' Posted: 23 May 2010 06:52 AM PDT 'Here's the good thing about sucking when you first start to lose your virginity: You can only get better,' Michaels shares.
Another episode of MTV's "When I Was 17" is behind us, and, well, we learned some things we just can't unlearn. We now know the gnarly details of how Bret Michaels lost his virginity, the embarrassing ritual to which Kevin Jonas submitted his hair and the finer points of Katharine McPhee's efforts to stage a secretive sleepover with her high school boyfriend. Don't say we never did nothing for you, OK? Surely your weekend is better for having Michaels walk you through his inaugural sex romp! "I was the ultimate rocker-slash-jock. I was the rock jock," he explained. "I lost my virginity around 17. It involved a motorcycle, a blanket — I'm going to admit it — it was an 8-track pop-tape player at the Mechanicsburg Fish Hatchery." We'll go ahead and give the Poison frontman the benefit of the doubt that a fish hatchery was a dope place to take a girl back in '80s-era rural Pennsylvania. Michaels may have known the perfect spot to bring the lucky lady, but he had no clue what to do once he got there. "She was a little older than I was and much more experienced," he said. "She showed me things I never knew. I could safely say I was not skilled yet. I made a two-pump chump look good. So it wasn't my finest moment. But here's the good thing about sucking when you first start to lose your virginity: You can only get better." Better is exactly what's happened to Jonas' hair since he was 17. To control what his friends called simply a terrible 'fro, the musician took extreme measures. "I flat-ironed my hair every single day, and it was a nightmare," he laughed. "It was pointy and spiky and flat. It was a typical Jersey thing, I guess, but a little bit more than the typical tape-up." The things a high school kid will do to stay cool. Just ask "American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee, who admitted that she used to be "known as the serial dater." "My boyfriend at the time, Kevin, we planned this sleepover at this other friend's house whose parents were out of town," she explained. "I told my dad, 'I'm going to sleep at Michelle's house.' There were a bunch of girls there and guys there. It was really fun. We all went to sleep, and it was, like, 3 in the morning. The house phone kept ringing, and I was like, 'Kevin!' I woke him up, I was like, 'Something's wrong. The phone keeps ringing.' He finally picks up the phone, and it's my dad. I just heard this deep, serious voice on the other line. I'm like, 'Holy sh--.' I thought in that moment I was going to die." McPhee added: "I was grounded for two weeks." Don't miss "When I Was 17," airing Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
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