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- Lauren Conrad: From 'The Hills' To Hollywood Mogul
- Rick Ross Got 'Focused' On <i>The Albert Anastasia EP</i>
- 'Inception' Star Leonardo DiCaprio On The 'Fireworks' Of His Dreams
- 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' Star Nicolas Cage Was A 'Mischievous Kid' During Filming
- Snooki, Pharrell Williams, James Van Der Beek Share Their Teen Experiences On 'When I Was 17'
| Lauren Conrad: From 'The Hills' To Hollywood Mogul Posted: 12 Jul 2010 03:50 AM PDT LC parlayed her stint on hit MTV series into wildly successful career that includes best-selling books, a clothing line, movie deal and more.
Lauren Conrad quickly emerged as the girl next door on MTV's "Laguna Beach" when it premiered in 2007. She was nice enough that girls liked her and cute enough that guys wanted to date her. And once she left home for "The Hills," Conrad quickly became a shining star on the hit reality-TV series spin-off, letting fans watch her fall in and out of love for five seasons. We also saw LC try her hand at a fashion career and navigate some of the most memorable friendships ever captured on television. So when Lauren left "The Hills" last year to pursue other interests, many wondered whether LC could live up to high expectations and match the success she'd enjoyed as a "Hills" castmember. But LC more than lived up to the hype, proving she could become a powerhouse mogul.
Shortly after leaving "The Hills," the first of Conrad's three novels, "L.A. Candy," was released and skyrocketed to the top of The New York Times best-seller list. Conrad explained at the time that while the book might seem very much like nonfiction, it was purely a work of her imagination. "I didn't take anything specifically that happened to me. The only thing that I did was ... it was a way to show not necessarily me, but just the other side of being on a show like ours," Conrad told MTV News. "For everyone that's done it, I think you see one side and you don't see the other. It's kind of an interesting story to tell." As if that wasn't enough, the follow-up to "L.A. Candy," "Sweet Little Lies," also topped the NYT best-seller list, and word soon came that both titles, plus the third in Conrad's series — "Sugar and Spice," set to be released later this year — "would be made into a film to be produced by the same brains behind "Twilight." It was a prospect that LC embraced with open arms, excited about the chance to tell the story of what it's really like in Hollywood. "I told them one thing I wanted to capture was that moment when you're inside a swarm of 20 paparazzi and you can't move and you don't know what to do and it's terrifying," she said. "And I don't think anyone's ever illustrated that before." When she wasn't busy writing novels, LC also managed to design a clothing line, LC Lauren Conrad, exclusively for Kohl's. "It's very much a California brand," Conrad told us in March. "It's all about incorporating new trends and putting our own twist on it — relaxed cool without trying too hard," she explained about the line. And how does she manage to do it all? "It's all about fitting it into your schedule," she shared. "I don't sleep much." Fans will certainly be tuning in to MTV on Tuesday, when LC returns for a final farewell and reunites with her "Hills" pals on the live aftershow, following the series finale of "The Hills." How awesome is that going to be? Show creator Adam DiVello teased, "It will be a big party." Are you excited that LC's coming back for one last time on "The Hills"? What do you think of her books? Let us know in the comments! Join MTV News all week as we look back at the best of "The Hills" and celebrate the series finale with the cast on Tuesday, July 13. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Rick Ross Got 'Focused' On <i>The Albert Anastasia EP</i> Posted: 12 Jul 2010 03:50 AM PDT With his tape dominating the streets, the Bawse tells Mixtape Daily how he got into 'war' mode to resuscitate his career.
Mid-Season Salute: The Albert Anastasia EP
"That's the beauty of art," Ross told us. "You can take it and channel it any way you want to. Of course, I realize I put a lot of pollution out there as well that I wouldn't this year. That was a part of me learning. I'll forever be attracted to some form or fashion of war. I feel it's competitive but at the same time, I'm focused on my numbers. I'm focused on my business. I'm focused on my brand. I wanna see other things blossom around me, versus back-and-forth with nothing. For the most part, I feel when you prioritize your business, that's the result — that's the advice I've been given for so long. I'm trying it out." While Ross' Teflon Don comes out July 20, for now, we have to turn our attention to one of the hottest mixtapes of the year: The Albert Anastasia EP. "It's more than just an extended play," Ross explained to Mixtape Daily of the tape. "Because when I started recording and it was sounding too good, I wanted to put more songs in there than what I wanted to initially. But it's The Albert Anastasia EP. I named it that because Albert Anastasia was a self-made man. He was a boss. He was a lot less celebrated. He was more focused on getting his job done, handling his business. Of course, he ultimately came to an untimely demise. But I feel when it's time to go, it's always untimely, so what's the difference?" "Sweet Life" with John Legend, "Knife Fight" with Kool G Rap and, of course, "300 Soldiers" are definite highlights. " 'Money Maker,' free Lil Wayne," Ross said. "Boi-1da did the production. We shot the clip in Barbados; we had a lot of fun out there. The video is real visual. It's about where we come from and what a lot of people are willing to do to get where they going." For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines or follow the Mixtape Daily team on Twitter: @shaheemreid and @mongosladenyc. |
| 'Inception' Star Leonardo DiCaprio On The 'Fireworks' Of His Dreams Posted: 12 Jul 2010 03:50 AM PDT 'I've had plenty of them, whether they be wonderful, fantastic dreams I didn't want to end or horrific nightmares,' actor says.
Last February on the red carpet of Leonardo DiCaprio's "Shutter Island," a film that keeps you in is-it-real-or-a-nightmare bewilderment for two hours, the Hollywood star confessed to MTV News that he himself never remembers his dreams. "That's the weird thing about me," he said. "People talk about psychoanalysis, discovering who they are through the dream state. I have no recollection in the morning."
Now DiCaprio is back with another movie that explores the often ambiguous nature between the dream world and the real one. "Inception," out July 16, stars the 35-year-old actor as an expert dream thief, a guy with a piece of technology that allows him to enter another person's reverie and extract top-secret information. So Leo has two hallucinatory flicks on his 2010 résumé, but alas, it seems he's no closer to recalling his own dreams. "Obviously, I've had plenty of them, whether they be wonderful, fantastic dreams I didn't want to end or horrific nightmares," he told us recently. "But obviously there are things we all suppress in our lives that come about in the fireworks of the unconscious." That's not to say that he can't learn from his dreams. "I like just waking up in the morning not knowing what the hell I was dreaming but saying, 'Wow, why didn't I think of that before? Something's on my mind that I'm not dealing with,' or, 'That's an incredible idea, why didn't I think of that before?' " he said. "That's how I extract stuff from the dream world." Check out everything we've got on "Inception." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Videos Related Photos |
| 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' Star Nicolas Cage Was A 'Mischievous Kid' During Filming Posted: 12 Jul 2010 03:50 AM PDT 'I have to make it amusing for me,' actor says of acting opposite CGI.
Last summer, MTV News visited the New York City set of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on a night when the production had commandeered Bowling Green park in Lower Manhattan. Stars Nicolas Cage and Alfred Molina, in the roles of ultra-power magicians, were furiously battling it out in what would become one of the film's climactic scenes. But without the benefit of computer-generated plasma bolts — colorful beams of magical energy — the actors looked a bit silly as they grunted and gesticulated and pretended to emit powerful forces from their hands. And, yep, the actors felt pretty silly too. "There were even moments when I said, 'I really hope this turns out. Does anyone else feel ridiculous?' " co-star Jay Baruchel said, more than a year later.
"I would say to Jay, 'Are we in trouble yet?' " added Cage. "It has to be like that. You have to have a bit of a mischievous kid in the back of the classroom to make it interesting," Cage said. "I have to make it amusing for me, which means there has to be some level of mischief and public disruption." The finished product, of course, looks quite a bit different than what we viewed that night on the set, thanks to Disney's typically eye-popping visual-effects work. Cage and the other sorcerers utilize ornate rings to conjure up their magic. Originally, though, the filmmakers had a very different idea about how they wanted the supernatural energy to work onscreen. "I was in Hungary making another movie and I got a call from [producer] Jerry Bruckheimer and [director] Jon Turteltaub and they said, 'We want you to maybe wear bracelets and hit these bracelets and that's when the magic happens,' " explained Cage. "Interesting, but I said, 'No, it has to be a ring because I have to use my hands.' It's like conducting. I really wanted to be able to conduct the magic into happening. ... It's more beautiful to use your hands than just smashing your wrists together." Check out everything we've got on "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Videos |
| Snooki, Pharrell Williams, James Van Der Beek Share Their Teen Experiences On 'When I Was 17' Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:50 AM PDT 'You couldn't tell me anything about it because I thought it was the coolest thing ever,' Williams says of his black scooter on this week's episode.
Although Snooki, James Van Der Beek and Pharrell Williams took very different journeys growing up, when they were teenagers, each had memorable experiences driving around in their rides of choice. "Jersey Shore" starlet Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi reveals in the latest episode of "When I Was 17" that her boy craziness nearly ended her life. The reality party girl opened up about how she lost control of a four-wheeler after checking out an eye-catching, shirtless high school senior.
"I noticed that I'm going into this bank [at] 20 miles per hour [and] ran into the bank. The four-wheeler tumbled three times," Snooki recalled. "My girlfriend jumped off [and] skinned her knee. You could see her knee bone, and I got stuck under the four-wheeler. I couldn't move anything just because I looked at this boy because his shirt was off." Although not as dangerous as Snooki's accidental off-roading, super-producer Pharrell Williams' teenage shenanigans also involved tooling around on a beloved ride. "My scooter was a Honda Elite and it was black," Pharrell explained. "You couldn't tell me anything about it because I thought it was the coolest thing ever." Longtime Virginia homey Pusha T (of rap duo Clipse) also remembered riding around with Williams. "He'd come and pick me up on this scooter, and we'd ride everywhere throughout the city." Like Williams, actor James Van Der Beek remembered an attachment to a very treasured — if raggedy — ride when he was 17. "With the money I had made doing theater, I purchased, for $800, a 1986, candy-apple-red Hyundai Excel," Van Der Beek said. "It had its own anti-theft device, which was that in order to start it, you had to pump the gas vigorously and do that at least three times," the actor continued. "When I would turn corners, I would put my foot on the clutch, and if I didn't rev the gas ... it would stall." "When I Was 17" airs Saturdays at 11 a.m. on MTV. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
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