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- Lady Gaga And RedOne Have 'Great Chemistry' On 'Hair'
- Ashley Greene Likens 'Twilight' Finale To High School Graduation
- 'Priest' Stars All Agree On Favorite Action Scene
- Britney Spears Hosts As Ke$ha, Jennifer Lopez, More Bring Wango Tango To L.A.
| Lady Gaga And RedOne Have 'Great Chemistry' On 'Hair' Posted: 16 May 2011 03:53 AM PDT Producer Fernando Garibay gives some insight into the new Born This Way track.
It's a new week and that means that there's a new Lady Gaga track set for release. On Monday (May 16), Gaga is set to drop "Hair," another tease from her Born This Way album, due next week. Fernando Garibay, who worked with Gaga throughout the entire BTW process, spoke to MTV News about "Edge of Glory," which he co-produced with Gaga and DJ White Shadow, and the appearance of E Street Band member Clarence Clemons on both tracks. He noted that "it was her idea" to use Clemons on "Hair" as well as "Edge of Glory" and that "she grew up listening to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and she goes, 'Can we get Clarence?' And I go, 'Of course we can get Clarence. You're Lady Gaga!' " "You can see the years of influence and you can see her lighting up when he's playing," Garibay said. "Hair" was produced by "Judas" producer RedOne, and Garibay had only this to say about it. "I'm gonna leave it up to her to talk about it 'cause, again, these songs are her songs. They're her vision and all I could do is help express her visions," he explained. " 'Hair' is a RedOne record and a Lady Gaga record, so they have a great chemistry and I try not to get in the way of that. And I would love it if they would express what the song is about and what it represents." As previously reported, fans who buy all the Born This Way singles before the album drops can purchase the entire album at a reduced price on the day of release on iTunes using the Complete My Album feature. Related Photos |
| Ashley Greene Likens 'Twilight' Finale To High School Graduation Posted: 16 May 2011 03:53 AM PDT 'Working with Bill Condon makes it kind of the cherry on top,' she says of 'Breaking Dawn' director.
Audiences saw a whole new side of Ashley Greene this weekend as her '80s-set coming-of-age flick "Skateland" rolled into theaters. The 24-year-old actress will continue to keep busy during the latter part of 2011, with movies like "LOL," co-starring Miley Cyrus, and "A Warrior's Heart" slated for release. And then, of course, there's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" hitting theaters November 18. When we got on the phone a few months back to talk to Greene about "Skatetown," she was in the midst of final shoots for the "Twilight Saga" finale and preparing to say goodbye to the cast she's spent the last four years with.
"It's fun to go to work every day, but it's kind of bittersweet," she said. "It's sad, because I feel like it's high school or something. We've been doing it for so long." Yet Greene considers it a boon to have worked with director Bill Condon on the final installments. "Working with Bill Condon makes it kind of the cherry on top, because he's so excited and he's incredible at what he does," she enthused. And, lest we forget, the two-part "Breaking Dawn" will roll out over the next couple of years, giving the cast plenty of opportunities to see each other, even as stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner continue to book high-profile projects. "For two years, we're going to have these movies coming out and press tours and all that stuff, and premieres. So the nice thing about that is that we know we are going to see each other over the next two years. It's not as hard to finish out the franchise." No need for tearful goodbyes just yet, it seems. Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1." For young Hollywood news, fashion and "Twilight" updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com. Related Photos |
| 'Priest' Stars All Agree On Favorite Action Scene Posted: 16 May 2011 03:53 AM PDT 'What happens on the train is pretty extraordinary,' movie's star Paul Bettany says.
Although it didn't have quite enough oomph to top R-rated romp "Bridesmaids" at the box office, the unique thriller "Priest" has plenty to offer filmgoers via its high-caliber stars Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, and Lily Collins, its "satisfying mash-up" of genres, and, the key ingredient to any popcorn flick, plenty of action. When MTV News caught up with the cast recently, we asked them to pick their favorite action scene in the film, which was directed by Scott Stewart and revolves around a specially trained warrior priest (Bettany) who must fight vampires in order to save his kidnapped niece (Collins). Coincidentally enough, they all agreed on a favorite: the climactic battle scene, which takes place on top of, inside and in front of a speeding train.
"There so many," Maggie Q said. "I guess the train sequence, where everybody is kind of into it, is pretty great," she said. "They're on the train, and then she [Maggie's character] is on the bike. I thought the editing was genius." "What happens on the train is pretty extraordinary," Bettany added. The action intercut with Cam [Gigandet] inside the train, with Karl [Urban] and I on top of the train, having this battle royale, and with Maggie further down the track trying to blow the track up, and fighting with all the familiars, on motorbikes and stuff. ... [It's] pretty great." "I thought it was really cool when Paul [Bettany] and Karl [Urban] are on top of the train," Collins said of the pivotal scene. "I remember the day they shot that, and it looks epic from far away," she said. "I remember how hard it was to choreograph that. It was like a dance on wires. It looks really, really cool. I feel like my stunt scenes are cool too, but visually I think that one looked really awesome." "I have to go with Maggie's [action sequence]," Gigandet added. "In the very end with the thingamajig [a knife blade/Chinese star-type weapon that she swings around her head], that's pretty rock star-ish. She does it with this simplistic grace." "Yeah she just does it, and she's [so] calm about it," Collins added. Check out everything we've got on "Priest." For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com. |
| Britney Spears Hosts As Ke$ha, Jennifer Lopez, More Bring Wango Tango To L.A. Posted: 15 May 2011 07:34 AM PDT Pitbull, Matthew Morrison, Selena Gomez, Far East Movement and others filled the Staples Center on Saturday night.
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears makes headlines at concerts, even when she's not performing. That's probably why Los Angeles radio station KIIS FM tapped the pop princess to guest-host their annual Wango Tango music festival along with Ryan Seacrest on Saturday night at the Staples Center.
The bill was a balance of pop and hip-hop, with acts like Ke$ha, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Selena Gomez, "Glee" 's Matthew Morrison, Lupe Fiasco, T-Pain, Jason Derülo, Far East Movement, New Boyz, Cobra Starship and newcomer Cody Simpson. Backstage, the media room went into a frenzy when Spears arrived in a red, geometric-print dress and a beaming smile. Owning her "femme fatale" moniker, Spears worked the carpet for a few moments while all of the cameras in the room were pointing at her. It was the second red carpet appearance by Brit this week, after her Beverly Hills benefit on Wednesday night for the St. Bernard Project. Check out photos from Wango Tango 2011. Spears' Femme Fatale collaborator Ke$ha, who was returning to the festival for the second time, said that an onstage collab between to the two would have to require one thing. "That would have to include me finding her and attacking her," Ke$ha told MTV News, with the best intentions. "I'm planning on pouncing her." While that never happened, at least not onstage, Ke$ha delivered on her promise of a set heavy on her glitter gun. And she assured us she knew the dos and don'ts of handling that kind of firepower. "Do not spray yourself in the face with it," she said. "Do spray everybody else with it. That's pretty much it." While Joe Jonas wasn't performing at the show, he took a break from recording his solo debut to catch up with almost everyone backstage. "I didn't see Britney backstage, just said 'hello' to a couple of my friends," Jonas said. "Backstage is always [full of] people, especially having it at the Staples Center this time, I think compared to all the way out in the desert, it changes everything." Also happy to have Wango Tango in Los Angeles were locals Far East Movement. "Man, we grew up literally a few blocks away from here, and you can only imagine basketball games being played here," Kev Nish said. "So to come in here as performers, to be able to do our songs in this arena is a little crazy. We used to pass out CDs a few blocks [away], so we're very thankful. And the lineup is nuts, so we're extremely excited to be a part of this lineup." Were you at Wango Tango? Share your experience in the comments below! Related Photos Related Artists |
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