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- Lady Gaga's <i>Born This Way</i> Hits #1: What Next?
- 'X-Men: First Class' Stars Say Their Heroes 'Feel Like Real People'
- Death Cab For Cutie's Guide To Seattle: Coffee And Drum Lessons From Dave Grohl
- 'Art Of Getting By' Stars Bring 'Relatable' Film To MTV's Sneak Peek Week
- 'America's Best Dance Crew' Finale To Air Before MTV Movie Awards
- Sean Kingston Is 'Sedated But Fully Conscious'
- Elizabeth Reaser 'In Shock' Over 'Twilight' Finale
- Rihanna Pulls The Trigger In 'Man Down' Video
- Drake Talks 'Crafting' DJ Khaled's 'I'm On One' Collabo
- 'Twilight' Vs. 'Harry Potter' At MTV Movie Awards: Celebs Weigh In!
- Tity Boi Delivers 'Drop-Top Music' On <i>Codeine Cowboy</i>
- Colin Farrell Is Funny But 'Sinister' In 'Fright Night,' Director Says
- Death Cab For Cutie's Guide To Seattle: Humble Beginnings
- Haley Reinhart Has 'A Lot Of Faith' In Post-'American Idol' Career
- Beyonce's 'Best Thing I Never Had' To Hit Radio Wednesday
- Lil Wayne's 'How To Love' Video Will 'Shock You,' Producer Says
- Nicki Minaj's 'Did It On 'Em' Video Reveals Backstage High Jinks
- Cali Swag Talk Inspiration Behind M-Bone Tribute 'How To Do That'
- Lady Gaga's <i>Born This Way</i> Could Post Highest First-Week Sales In A Decade
- Sean Kingston Gets Twitter Support From Rihanna, Nicki Minaj
| Lady Gaga's <i>Born This Way</i> Hits #1: What Next? Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:53 AM PDT Bigger Than the Sound sizes Gaga's remarkable chart debut up against the year's other event album, Adele's 21.
As of Wednesday (June 1), Lady Gaga officially has the #1 album in the country, after selling 1,108,000 copies of Born This Way, according to Billboard.com. That's the biggest sales week since 50 Cent's The Massacre was released in 2005.
None of this should really surprise you, though. After all, no album in recent memory has been promoted to the degree that Born This Way has. You could hear it on FarmVille, in a Google Chrome commercial or through a special version of Tap Tap Revenge. You could buy it for 99 cents on Amazon.com, pick it up with a non-fat double latte at Starbucks (which also hosted an online Gaga-themed scavenger hunt) or get it at Best Buy with the purchase of a mobile phone and a two-year service contract. That's to say nothing of the more than 20,000 "non-traditional" retailers that also stocked it ... noted musical hotspots like CVS Pharmacies, Whole Foods and Walgreens. And in the weeks leading up to its release, you seemingly could not escape the woman behind Born This Way, either: Lady Gaga showed up on "Saturday Night Live," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Late Show With David Letterman," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "American Idol" (twice). She guest-edited V magazine and the Metro newspaper. She appeared in a documentary that aired on MTV and greeted fans at a New York City Best Buy. No word on whether she also went door-to-door handing out samples of the album, but I wouldn't put it past her. In short, there was no way you did not know of Born This Way's existence. As Newbury Comics' director of purchasing, Carl Mello, joked to me during the release-week hype, "If people aren't aware that Lady Gaga has an album coming out, then that's a problem for Interscope." So while BTW's big first week is certainly remarkable, it was by no means unforeseen. This was an album that, from the time Gaga first announced its title in September at the VMAs, was destined to debut at #1. It was inevitable. The real test begins in the weeks afterward, when we'll all see whether Gaga's got legs. During my conversation with Mello, he noted that while Born This Way was the top seller at Newbury's 29 locations (by a long shot), holding strong at #2 was Adele's 21, an album that, in just 14 weeks, has sold nearly 2 million copies in the U.S. alone and snagged the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 nine times. You did not get 21 with the purchase of a Samsung Epic 4G or by rhythmically tapping on your iPhone, and it was not previewed on FarmVille. In fact, about the extent of its promotion has been one official single ("Rolling in the Deep"), a handful of TV appearances and a sold-out tour. And yet, the record has sold and continues to do so. It is, without a doubt, an album that has legs. In fact, the success of 21 is all the more remarkable when you compare it to the all-out blitz that has surrounded (and, some argue, enveloped) Born This Way. Comparing the two seems almost implausible, if not impossible. But both are genuine phenomena, albeit in completely different ways: 21 is a slow-burning hit; its success is just about as unexpected as it is old-school. BTW is an event; a big blockbuster for which failure was not an option. Adele made the industry pay attention; Gaga had their ear since last year. And while first-week numbers are all well and good, real success is measured eight to 10 weeks down the road; it's how we know whether an album resonates, whether the singles have stuck, whether the artist is in it for the long haul. Right now, I wouldn't bet on anyone catching either Adele or Gaga in the race for 2011's best-selling album, but the real question is: Can Born This Way overtake 21 for the title? Only time — and some hit singles — will tell. With the promo that led to BTW's release, Gaga has proven that she's willing to work, but now that the album has been foisted onto the world, the real work's just beginning: she's going to have to prove she's got legs too. How do you think Born This Way will fare on the charts? Share your thoughts in the comments section! Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| 'X-Men: First Class' Stars Say Their Heroes 'Feel Like Real People' Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:53 AM PDT James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender tell MTV News that the mutants' struggle is a 'universal theme.'
In a summer-movie season filled with caped crusaders, hammer-wielders and other assorted superheroes, a casual filmgoer might have trouble separating the mutants from future Avengers and all the complicated mythologies and story lines that follow.
When MTV News sat down with Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy recently to talk all things "X-Men: First Class," we asked them to explain what separates their characters — Erik Lehnsherr/ Magneto and Charles Xavier/ Professor X, respectively — from the rest of the summer's superpowered pack. "Well, it's not in 3-D, that's a start," Fassbender said. "It's not in 3-D, thank the heavens," McAvoy agreed. "I think the X-Men, the X-people, mutants, they use their powers for good, just like a superhero does, but they don't feel like superheroes. They feel like real people more — maybe that's the thing that sets it apart." "I think the philosophy of it as well," Fassbender added. "The idea of alienation and misfits in society and how they struggle to be accepted and to find a place for them in society, I think that's a universal theme and why people across the world find them intriguing." Regarding Fassbender's portrayal of the infamous mutant and future supervillain, we asked if the James Bond-ian aspects of his performance were intentional or based on the swingin' '60s-era setting of the film. "I just saw it as an opportunity to do a really elaborate James Bond audition," he joked, which sent McAvoy into a mini-fit of giggles. "I just really exploited that fact really, and one always has to worry about the next job, that's the problem," he said with a smile. "In all seriousness," he continued, "[director] Matthew [Vaughn] did say to me that the fact that it was set in the '60s, and this character, Erik, he had envisioned him as a James Bond from the past, perhaps the Sean Connery-type mold," Fassbender revealed. "I was like, 'That's interesting,' but it didn't really affect my portrayal. I just concentrated on what was in the comic books. The biography available in the comic books was so dense that I was spoiled for choice to go away and create this Machiavellian character." Check out everything we've got on "X-Men: First Class." For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Death Cab For Cutie's Guide To Seattle: Coffee And Drum Lessons From Dave Grohl Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:53 AM PDT In part two of our 'Seattle Sonics' series, the band takes us to their Sip & Ship 'nerve center' and American Music shop.
SEATTLE — Chris Walla is a bit of a multitasker: That much is clear just by his rather prodigious output as a producer, solo musician and full-time member of Death Cab for Cutie. So it should probably come as no surprise that, for MTV News' second edition of "Seattle Sonics," Walla decided to take us to one of his favorite spots in Seatown: Sip & Ship, the kind of place that defines multitasking.
See, S&S is the sort of place that seemingly only exists in Seattle: A communal, cozy combination shipping depot/coffee bar that also happens to be a gift shop. Oh, and they make a mean grilled cheese, too. Located in the city's Ballard neighborhood — right down the block from a nefarious FedEx Office outpost — Walla first visited the shop six years ago (after a rather terrible experience at said FedEx), and in the time since, Sip & Ship has become the de facto home office for all things Death Cab. Merch, master tapes of albums, musical instruments and the occasional eBay purchase all pass through S&S. Walla has become close friends with the shop's owners (one of them, Diana Naramore, even made a cameo in his "Sing Again" video) and the coffee's really great, too.
"This place has become a communications and shipping and caffeine and calorie hub without which I don't think Death Cab for Cutie would actually be able to do any business at all. This is one of the Seattle nerve centers of the band," Walla explained. "We did a whole series of test-pressings for the new record, and we got four or five shipments of them here. We'd pick 'em up and then go home and listen to records." Drummer Jason McGerr also chimed in: "It's a far safer bet than my doorstep — which I don't even step on all that often," he said, laughing. And while Sip & Ship has been an important cog in the Death Cab machine for six years, there's another spot nearby that's been part of their lives for much longer: American Music, a Seattle institution since it first opened its doors in 1973 and the place where local bands (you know, like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains) went to get their gear. It's not surprising that both Walla — who grew up nearby — and McGerr — who worked there in 1994, when he was 19 years old — chose it as the next place they took our cameras. "I traded all my paychecks for equipment, and I got to know a whole lot of local drummers," McGerr said from his old post behind the American counter. "And there were times, 10 minutes before close, Dave Grohl would come in and sit down and just start blowing on drums and the front door would shut and we'd sit there and watch him. ... There was always a scene happening within the store. If you played music and you got your supplies in Seattle, it was from American Music." And American was also where you'd find Walla hanging out as a slightly awkward teenager, doing "double drummer stuff" with friend (and former Death Cab drummer) Nathan Good. And he did it mostly out of necessity, because back then, there weren't many places 15-year-old music obsessives could hang out, due mostly to Seattle's oppressive Teen Dance Ordinance, which made all-ages shows all but impossible to organize. And, really, to Walla, that's what makes the place much more than a music store. It's sort of his home away from home. "I got a lot of stuff here that was cast-off junk, but I still use it," Walla said. "There are tons of music stores that are just enormous boxes, that are full of guitars and drums and cymbals and whatever, and they might have more stock than a place like American does, but American has the heart and soul of a music store that I want when I walk into a music store." Death Cab for Cutie: Seattle Sonics continues all week on MTVNews.com. On Thursday, we'll head to a vaunted (and now defunct) all-ages venue where DCFC learned how to be a band — and still made it home in time for curfew. Related Videos |
| 'Art Of Getting By' Stars Bring 'Relatable' Film To MTV's Sneak Peek Week Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:55 AM PDT 'I just loved the dynamic between all the different characters,' Emma Roberts says during Q&A session.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California — At the Pacific Design Center on Tuesday night (May 31), the stars of "The Art of Getting By" assembled for MTV's Sneak Peek Week, and they opened up about the New York City set of the coming-of-age dramedy. The film follows a set of New York teens as they embark on the real world and attempt to make grown-up decisions and say goodbye to their adolescence. The audience seemed to connect to the film's drama and comedy, especially relating to the heart of the story as George (played by Freddie Highmore) attempts to change his image from careless slacker, win the heart of Sally (Emma Roberts) and embrace his talent as an artist.
The film's leading lady, Emma Roberts, confessed that she signed on thanks to her feelings for her character Sally. "I just loved the dynamic between all the different characters," she said. "To me, I related to her personally." Of shooting in New York, she gushed about the chance. "New York is a fun place to shoot, but it's definitely hectic." Roberts' onscreen love interest, Michael Angarano, added, "I think [director] Gavin [Wiesen] wrote it in a way that made it very relatable. It's definitely an authentic movie about a very specific time in your life. My least favorite part of the script was that [my] Dustin character was so unlikeable. He probably thinks he's wiser than he probably is." Elizabeth Reaser jumped at the chance to play Sally's mom, who is very different from her character in "Twilight." "It was the script, and then I feel in love with the characters," she said. "I was fascinated by someone who would behave like this. "It was very exciting [to play this kind of mom]. . All those things were fascinating to me," she added. "I think she's a really good mom. I think she loves her daughter." Stick with MTV News all week as we gear up for Sunday's Movie Awards with a Sneak Peek Week screening and live-stream Q&A session every night this week. Will wizards, vampires or dream thieves steal the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Find out June 5, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Tune in at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT that night for the "America's Best Dance Crew" finale and Movie Awards pre-show, loaded with live action from the red carpet, exclusive movie clips and a special edition of "After Hours." To get into the magical movie mood, it's Sneak Peek Week — five days of exclusives and interviews with the casts of "Fright Night," "Horrible Bosses" and more. Check out everything there is to know about Sneak Peek Week, the Movie Awards and the pre-show at MovieAwards.MTV.com! Related Videos |
| 'America's Best Dance Crew' Finale To Air Before MTV Movie Awards Posted: 31 May 2011 01:52 AM PDT A season-six winner will be crowned alongside live action from the Movie Awards red carpet, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.
The entertaining and unexpected MTV Movie Awards action isn't just contained to the main event — we have a knack for packing the pre-show with plenty of reasons to tune in early. This year is no different, as the season-six finale of "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew" airs Sunday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT before the 2011 MTV Movie Awards kick off at 9 p.m. ET/PT. During the 90-minute special episode, "ABDC Finale at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet," a winning dance crew will be crowned alongside live action from the Movie Awards red carpet. Fans will be brought live to the carpet to see Emma Stone and Tom Felton introduce two never-before-seen clips from "The Help" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," catch an interview with the cast of MTV's new series "Teen Wolf" and watch a special Movie Awards-themed "After Hours," featuring MTV News' Josh Horowitz's rocky journey to the red carpet with special appearances by Eva Mendes, Keanu Reeves, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Danny McBride, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and more. "ABDC" comes to a close as two remaining crews, IaMmE and ICONic Boyz, battle it out to showcase their edgy and innovative moves for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be named America's best dance crew and receive a $100,000 cash prize. The season finale will also feature performances from all past champion crews: JabbaWockeeZ, Super Cr3w, Quest Crew, We Are Heroes and Poreotix. As a bonus, on Thursday, June 2, at 10 p.m. ET/PT, IaMmE and ICONic Boyz will compete in the "Ultimate Battle." The crews will have a final chance to display their phenomenal talent without risking elimination before Sunday's finale. Swizz Beatz will create original tracks, giving the crews one last chance to win over America's votes. Will vampires and werewolves own the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Can wizards or dream thieves steal the Golden Popcorn? Find out June 5, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. To get into the magical movie mood, we have Sneak Peek Week — five days of exclusives and interviews with the casts of "Fright Night," "Horrible Bosses" and more. Check out everything there is to know about Sneak Peek Week and the Movie Awards at MovieAwards.MTV.com! Related Videos Related Photos |
| Sean Kingston Is 'Sedated But Fully Conscious' Posted: 30 May 2011 10:18 PM PDT Singer 'is aware of what is going on around him,' rep tells MTV News, as Kingston's jet-ski companion says she urged him to stop.
Sean Kingston remains hospitalized in critical condition and hooked up to a ventilator with a tube inserted in his throat after a jet-ski accident in Miami, but his rep tells MTV News, "He is aware of what is going on around him," adding that the singer "is sedated but fully conscious." Jackson Memorial, the hospital where Kingston is being treated, also issued this statement to MTV: " Sean Kingston is currently in critical but stable condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Sean's family asks for privacy at this time but is thankful to his friends, family and fans for their outpouring of prayers and well wishes." On Sunday, Kingston and a female passenger crashed his Sea Doo jet-ski into the Palm Island Bridge at approximately 6 p.m. ET. After being rescued by an off-duty Coast Guard employee, the pop star was taken to the trauma center at Jackson Memorial, but has since been moved to the intensive care unit. TMZ spoke to Kingston's rescuer, who said that Sean was "puking up blood out of his mouth." Another witness told the site he noticed a gash under Kingston's chin after the crash. Cassandra Sanchez, Sean's friend and passenger on the jet-ski at the time of the accident, has since been discharged from the hospital, Kingston's rep confirmed to us. Sanchez also spoke to the gossip site, telling them Kingston tried to turn away from the bridge but was going "really fast" and couldn't avoid the crash. Sanchez also said that as Kingston was maneuvering toward the bridge, she urged him to stop and screamed out, "We can't fit under there! Are we going to try and go under there? Sean, stop!" Check back with MTV News as this story develops. Related Photos Related Artists |
| Elizabeth Reaser 'In Shock' Over 'Twilight' Finale Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:50 AM PDT 'There was a lot of emotion,' she tells MTV News of wrapping five-movie saga.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California -- When she sat down for MTV's Sneak Peek Week to chat about the high school indie "The Art of Getting By," Elizabeth Reaser also opened up about saying goodbye to "Twilight," which wrapped up its epic, multi-year production earlier this year.
"Oh, yeah, there was a lot of emotion," she said at the Pacific Design Center screening, where the indie flick had just screened. "I mean, [for] months we had been through so much different weather craziness [in all different locations that] we were in denial of it the whole time." She recalled saying goodbye to the epic five-movie saga while shooting the highly-anticipated Edward/Bella wedding scene, even though her work on the film wasn't quite over. She'd had to stick around a bit longer to finish up some shooting on the film. "Suddenly, we were on the dance floor at the wedding and it was suddenly over," she said. "It's also 7 in the morning, and we had been shooting all night, so it was this weird, surreal experience. We were all in shock." Will wizards, vampires or dream thieves steal the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Find out June 5, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Tune in at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT that night for the "America's Best Dance Crew" finale and Movie Awards pre-show, loaded with live action from the red carpet, exclusive movie clips and a special edition of "After Hours." To get into the magical movie mood, it's Sneak Peek Week — five days of exclusives and interviews with the casts of "Fright Night," "Horrible Bosses" and more. Check out everything there is to know about Sneak Peek Week, the Movie Awards and the pre-show at MovieAwards.MTV.com! Related Videos Related Photos |
| Rihanna Pulls The Trigger In 'Man Down' Video Posted: 31 May 2011 05:17 AM PDT Jamaica-set clip shows pop star locked in a violent confrontation.
Rihanna has always repped her island roots, so it was only fitting that the red-haired diva took to Jamaica to film the new video for her reggae-inspired single "Man Down." But, as fans may have guessed from the song title, things take a turn for the worse in the clip when the pop star guns down a man after a late-night struggle. "Man Down" begins on a dramatic note when Rihanna shoots a man who's making his way through a busy train station. After committing her crime, the songstress flees the scene. But in order to give viewers some backstory, the video travels back in time to the previous day, when the singer is seen riding her bike and socializing on the streets of Jamaica, as well as embracing the island's hotspots. Mandler also cuts back and forth to scenes of the star singing the tune alone inside a bedroom at dusk. At a nightclub, Rihanna begins to dance alongside another clubgoer. But it's not until after she leaves the venue that fans understand the motive behind her crime. After she leaves the club, the singer's dance-floor partner soon follows the songstress outside and begins to get violent. "Man Down" cuts straight to the scene of a disheveled Rih crying in the street, after what appears to have been a rape. The video concludes with the singer grabbing a gun hidden in a dresser drawer. Before the video's premiere, the Barbadian beauty released a behind-the-scenes teaser. "I've always wanted to do a video here. 'Man Down' is just a song that you can't do anywhere else. We need to be authentic," she said, adding, "You can't get any realer than Jamaica." The Rihanna Navy shouldn't be too shocked at the clip's intense story line as they've received a number of hints from both the 23-year-old pop star and video director in recent weeks. Just yesterday, the singer took to Twitter to unveil a bit about the visual's theme, tweeting, "Its #Gritty #GULLY #Emotional #JAMRock Very strong underlying message 4 girls like me! #listentoyomama." MTV News spoke with Mandler a few weeks ago about the clip, and he revealed that Rihanna let him take the visual to the extreme. "We shot the video last month in Jamaica and it's my favorite song she's ever recorded, so I was really excited to get involved," he said. "And it's just one of those songs that demands a strong narrative and visual, and let's just say, she let me go all the way. So I think you can expect something that's dramatic and shocking and intense and emotional and uplifting and enlightening." What do you think of Rihanna's "Man Down" video? Share your reviews below! Related Artists |
| Drake Talks 'Crafting' DJ Khaled's 'I'm On One' Collabo Posted: 31 May 2011 02:48 AM PDT 'That's the first time anybody has ever heard all three of us on a record,' Drizzy tells MTV News of teaming with Rick Ross, Lil Wayne.
Drake is such a nice guy. When DJ Khaled approached Drizzy to appear on a track off of his upcoming Cash Money album, We the Best Forever, the Thank Me Later MC wanted to lend something memorable to his friend's project. The result, "I'm On One," Khaled's latest single featuring Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and, of course, Drake.
"Khaled waited, like, forever and a day. I was taking my sweet time trying to craft this piece of music because I knew he needed a special moment," Drizzy told MTV News at the song's video shoot in Miami. "When I did it, I was like, 'OK, it's gotta be me, Ross and Wayne.' That's the first time anybody has ever heard all three of us on a record." After leaking the song onto the Internet on May 12, Khaled and company were out shooting the video for "I'm On One" this past weekend — just 15 days later — and that fact isn't lost on Drake. "To be out here shooting a video, it's amazing how things work nowadays," he said. "I used to make music and never think anyone was gonna hear it, now I make music and two weeks later, we're shooting crazy videos in Miami, living the life." Aside from working with Wayne, who Drake is signed to and frequently shows appreciation for, the Toronto-born rapper spoke on his admiration for his "brother" Rozay. "That's one of my favorite people to rap with in the world," Drizzy said. "That's family the same way YM is family, the same way that OVO is family," he said, name-checking his Young Money and October's Very Own teams. "Ross know what it is, MMG all day, I hold that close to my heart." What do you think of "I'm On One"? Tell us in the comments! Related Artists |
| 'Twilight' Vs. 'Harry Potter' At MTV Movie Awards: Celebs Weigh In! Posted: 31 May 2011 12:35 AM PDT 'That's hard, because I love both of them,' Elle Fanning says leading up to the big show Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Given the fact that the latest installments in the blockbuster "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" film franchises are the first and third most-nominated films leading into Sunday's MTV Movie Awards — with eight nominations for "Eclipse" and six nominations for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" — we figured it would be fun to ask a few of our favorite celebs the most polarizing of all questions: Team Potter or Team Twilight?
"Wow, that's hard, because I love both of them," Elle Fanning told us of her divided devotion, made especially difficult because of the fact that Fanning's older sister Dakota appears in "The Twilight Saga." "There's something really sexual about 'Twilight,' " superstar figure skater Johnny Weir pointed out. "And as an older gentleman, I enjoy that." "Who doesn't want to be a witch or wizard and go to school at Hogwarts?" "Pretty Little Liars" star Troian Bellisario asked rhetorically. "I'm going to have to remain neutral on that," "X-Men: First Class" star Michael Fassbender said diplomatically. "You said you cried watching 'Twilight,' after 30 seconds," Fassbender's co-star James McAvoy pointed out. "Dammit, James!" Fassbender exclaimed sarcastically, pretending to be embarrassed by some big secret he was trying to keep. " 'Harry Potter' is more my generation," Camilla Belle said. "I remember I was in elementary school when 'Harry Potter' came out." "I'd have to say [Team] Twilight," "Glee" star Chord Overstreet added. "I'm a 'Potter' person, because 'Potter' got me reading," revealed "Friday Night Lights" and "Prom" actress Aimee Teegarden. "[There's] something about vampires and werewolves that do it for me," Hilary Duff weighed in, bringing the unofficial poll count to three Team Potter members vs. four for Team Twilight. At this year's Movie Awards, "Eclipse" (eight nominations) will be facing off against "Inception" (seven noms) and "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (six noms). Voting in all the categories, from Best Kiss to Best Fight to Best Scared-as-S**t Performance and beyond, is currently under way over at MovieAwards.MTV.com. Voting is set to close June 4. But voting for Best Movie will stay open through the show itself, meaning you have a chance to affect the night's biggest winner up until the very last minute. The 20th annual MTV Movie Awards air live Sunday, June 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Will vampires and werewolves own the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Can wizards or dream thieves steal the Golden Popcorn? Find out June 5, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. To get into the magical movie mood, we have Sneak Peek Week — five days of exclusives and interviews with the casts of "Fright Night," "Horrible Bosses" and more. Check out everything there is to know about Sneak Peek Week and the Movie Awards at MovieAwards.MTV.com! |
| Tity Boi Delivers 'Drop-Top Music' On <i>Codeine Cowboy</i> Posted: 31 May 2011 03:18 AM PDT 'I'm just looking at the game from a whole 'nother perspective as far as being creative,' he tells Mixtape Daily.
Mixtape Daily Main Pick Representing: Atlanta Mixtape: Codeine Cowboy (A 2 Chainz Collective) Real Spit: Tity Boi has set the streets on fire before. As one-half of the Atlanta group Playaz Circle, Tity (a.k.a. 2 Chainz) and his partner Dolla Boy broke ground with their 2007 Lil Wayne-assisted breakout "Duffle Bag Boy." Well, Tity is back on his grind with his new mixtape Codeine Cowboy (A 2 Chainz Collective).
The DJ Teknikz and DJ Franke White-helmed tape is filled with a variety of trap anthems. "Cowboy" samples Bon Jovi's 1986 hit "Wanted Dead or Alive," adding a head-nodding Southern roll to the rock classic. The Lex Luger-produced "Too Easy" fits perfectly in today's rap landscape, and "Role Model" finds 2 Chainz reunited with his Playaz Circle partner Dolla Boy. "I'm just looking at the game from a whole 'nother perspective as far as being creative. We got thinkers on this end," Tity told Mixtape Daily. "You know I make that drop-top music. I make that music where you can drop your top and still turn your AC on." With features from Busta Rhymes, Young Jeezy, CyHi Da Prynce, Bun B, Vado and Pusha T, Tity Boi proves on Codeine Cowboy that he is still the star of the show, even among such hip-hop notables. Joints to Check For » "Lala" - "Another record that I really enjoyed making — it's one of my biggest as far as response when I perform, is 'Lala' featuring Busta Rhymes. It's really not much to say. I let the record and the music speak for itself." For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines. Related Videos Related Artists |
| Colin Farrell Is Funny But 'Sinister' In 'Fright Night,' Director Says Posted: 31 May 2011 02:26 AM PDT 'I just felt like he could really walk that tightrope,' Craig Gillespie tells MTV News during Sneak Peek Week.
MTV's Sneak Peek Week has a lot to offer film fans in addition to exclusive screenings of highly anticipated upcoming movies, including our post-event Q&A sessions when the stars answer questions from the audience and reveal insider info about their projects.
At Monday evening's kickoff event with the vampire horror/comedy "Fright Night," Christopher Mintz-Plasse and director Craig Gillespie talked at length about why vampires are still hot commodities and how Colin Farrell came to take on his fang-tastic role. "I think, honestly, [with] vampires, it's one of those things that actors love to do, because you're getting to play sort of an iconic kind of character that has all this history," Gillespie said of an actor's desire to sink his or her teeth into playing the undead. "You get to have a lot of fun with it, because there's this sense that it's not in reality. "With Colin, it's a very dark character, but he has a humor about him," Gillespie added. "He's very sinister. Just trying to get somebody that can play that, walk that line, [like] he had in 'In Bruges,' which he's so funny in, and then he's played the very dramatic stuff, so I just felt like he could really walk that tightrope." Mintz-Plasse added that although Farrell had a knack for tapping into the dark and comedic aspects of his character, Jerry the vampire, he also had a little fun with impersonating one of the more iconic vampires in cinematic history. "It was really actually awesome to watch him act as a vampire," Mintz-Plasse said. "He would do however many takes he needed to do as that character, and then at the end of every [take], he would do his kind of 'Charlie, I'm coming for you' Dracula impression at the end. You could put together this whole [other] movie with Colin doing a Dracula impression. It's really, really cool to watch." When we suggested that Gillespie add Farrell's creative interpretations to the DVD, he seemed receptive to the idea, so fingers crossed we see more of Farrell vamping it up, Dracula-style. Will vampires and werewolves own the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Can wizards or dream thieves steal the Golden Popcorn? Find out June 5, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. To get into the magical movie mood, we have Sneak Peek Week — five days of exclusives and interviews with the casts of "Fright Night," "Horrible Bosses" and more. Check out everything there is to know about Sneak Peek Week and the Movie Awards at MovieAwards.MTV.com! Related Videos |
| Death Cab For Cutie's Guide To Seattle: Humble Beginnings Posted: 31 May 2011 09:33 AM PDT To celebrate the release of Codes and Keys, we unveil our week-long Death Cab for Cutie: Seattle Sonics series.
SEATTLE — When Ben Gibbard first moved to Seattle, he spent most of his time wishing he could just go back to Bellingham, Washington. That was where he had gone to school (Western Washington University) and where, sometime around 1997, he had formed Death Cab For Cutie (whose new album, Codes and Keys, is out Tuesday, May 31). And it was with his bandmates that he had packed up and moved 90 miles south, to the Emerald City, in the hopes of making it as an honest-to-goodness professional rock-and-roll band.
Only, things didn't really work out that way, not at first, anyway. For the first time in their career, the guys in Death Cab were scattered — back in Bellingham, they lived together in a shabby rental on Ellis Street — and the band lost focus because of it. But there was also another factor at play: the cloying advance of early adulthood, which meant making music took a back seat to rather soul-crushing endeavors like working low-paying jobs. Or, in Gibbard's case, the eternal search for said gigs. So, when he first took up residence in Seattle, in an apartment building on Corliss Avenue North in the Wallingford neighborhood, times weren't exactly great. He poured over help-wanted ads (the inspiration for the DCFC tune "The Employment Pages"), got turned down for a job at a local hardware store and fretted about the status of the band. But mostly, he just missed the easy life back in Bellingham. "I was literally just going and applying for jobs, and I couldn't get a job, and I was getting more and more broke, and you find yourself groveling for jobs you don't even want," Gibbard said. "So I wrote a lot of songs [here] about Bellingham and how much I missed [it], because I wanted to go back to the life we had up there, because it was so much more simple than this."
And those themes were reflected in the songs he wrote in the Corliss apartment — songs that would eventually become the band's second and third albums, 2000's We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes and 2001's The Photo Album. At the time, Death Cab were in a state of flux, struggling to make the leap from local band to touring act, and they had moved to Seattle to help facilitate that transition. But living in the city (and lacking a steady drummer) was actually making that dream hard to achieve. "When we moved to Seattle, everybody kind of disappeared into different corners of the city and it was a very difficult time for the band," Gibbard explained. "It was a time where ... there was the possibility we might break up or stop playing music. So, yeah, it was kind of difficult." Which is why it's somewhat fitting that Gibbard and bassist Nick Harmer chose the apartment as the first stop on their guided tour of Seattle, a week-long trek we've dubbed "Death Cab for Cutie: Seattle Sonics." where they struggled with doubt, where Gibbard wrote "some of [his] favorite Death Cab songs" and where they came through the dark times and eventually put it all together, becoming one of the decade's most acclaimed — and successful — indie acts. Shoot, they even managed to overcome the building's lack of a buzzer, thanks to some fishing line and bells, as you'll see in the piece. For all intents and purposes, Death Cab's career begins here, in a brick building on Corliss and 45th Street. And it continues with Codes and Keys, which is very much about the search for home, wherever that may be. So, without further ado, we'll let you watch Gibbard and Harmer take you on a tour of the place ... and the very fancy Taco Time just up the block, too. Death Cab for Cutie: Seattle Sonics continues all week on MTVNews.com. Come back on Wednesday to find out where DCFC like to caffeinate and ship packages in their adopted hometown. Related Videos Related Artists |
| Haley Reinhart Has 'A Lot Of Faith' In Post-'American Idol' Career Posted: 31 May 2011 01:42 AM PDT 'I'm really, really lucky to have some strong women that have powerful voices that are coming back into the scene,' she tells MTV News.
Haley Reinhart had a memorably bumpy ride on the just-completed 10th season of link type="content" id="1486475">"American Idol." She fell down during her final performance night, got dinged by judge Randy Jackson on a number of occasions in an otherwise-sunshiny season of high praise for most of the top finishers and almost had to take the stage at the last minute as a finale sub when eventual runner-up Lauren Alaina suffered a vocal-cord malady on the last performance night.
So is Haley bitter about her seesaw season or worried that her third-place finish means her sultry blues sound didn't click with America? "I'm really, really lucky to have some strong women that have powerful voices that are coming back into the scene ... that's very inspiring, because that's what I've wanted to do for a while," she told MTV News on Tuesday (May 31), mentioning such icons as Amy Winehouse, Corinne Bailey Rae, Grammy-winning jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding, Duffy and Janelle Monáe as her inspirations. "All these chicks have a really, really cool, unique sound, and I'm really thankful that this is coming about, because it's the right time for me right now. It's happening, and I have so much throwback that's come along with me, and it seems like it might be a stretch to get there, but especially now with this new wave coming through, with this raw, refreshing good musicality being provided, I have really good feelings and a lot of faith." Reinhart is already looking ahead to the time after this summer's "Idol" tour, when she hopes to put out some of the funky, R&B/soul style of music she likes to write. "I never wrote anything with the real rock there, so I would like to touch on that," she said, promising that her debut album will be a mix of sultry soul and rock. Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Beyonce's 'Best Thing I Never Had' To Hit Radio Wednesday Posted: 31 May 2011 12:52 AM PDT Reports indicate that the second single is a vengeful midtempo tune penned by Babyface.
Beyoncé isn't wasting any time unveiling cuts off her upcoming album 4. After releasing the project's Major Lazer-sampled lead single "Run the World (Girls)," the pop star unveiled her power ballad "1+1" on the finale of "American Idol" and is now set to release "Best Thing I Never Had" on Wednesday. News about the tune's radio release first surfaced online late last week when Pittsburgh radio ration Kiss 96.1 reportedly received an email from B's camp. When MTV News reached out for comment, a representative for the singer confirmed the approaching radio date. Not much is known about B's new tune, but from the looks of it, the entertainer may have already given fans a preview of the track during a recent album listening session in New York. JustJared.com reports that the second song played during the event was a midtempo tune about karma with drums similar to "Girls." Written by Babyface, the song reportedly features vengeful lines like "You showed your ass, baby, I saw the real you." "Best Thing I Never Had" is just one of the pop star's forthcoming cuts from her 12-song album, which hits stores in less than a month. Just last week, the music sensation revealed the track list for the forthcoming LP on Facebook. In addition to "Best Thing I Never Had," 4 also includes "Party" featuring Andre 3000, "Rather Die Young" and "Start Over." Are you excited to hear B's new single? Let us know in the comments below! Related Artists |
| Lil Wayne's 'How To Love' Video Will 'Shock You,' Producer Says Posted: 31 May 2011 12:21 AM PDT Detail says Wayne 'wrote every scene' for Tha Carter IV single's clip.
Lil Wayne shocked fans when he took to singing over an acoustic guitar on his new Tha Carter IV single "How to Love," and it seems Weezy has more surprises in store. According to the song's producer, Detail, the single's video also will defy expectations.
During a studio visit, the Young Money CEO revealed to Detail a treatment that he had written for the clip. "Wayne wrote every scene: He told me scene by scene by scene," the producer said to MTV News. "It's gonna have a big, big, big effect, and it's going to shock you because the perspective you might look at it as. He kinda tapped into a different perspective of the song and gave a different enlightenment on how you can consider a girl and how they're in a forever pursuit trying to find love." Detail didn't want to give too much away, but was so excited by Wayne's treatment that he is already looking forward to crossing rap's boundaries and attending some very different events. "After he showed me the video concept, it's like, 'Yo, dude, we're gonna be at the Country Awards with this record,' " Detail said, laughing. "We gonna be sitting next to Taylor Swift." Released last week, "How to Love" is on the top 10 iTunes singles chart. The single's cover art shows Wayne with his back to the camera and his arms spread open. In an exclusive interview with MTV News' Sway Calloway, Wayne said his new single gives him "goose bumps" and that he has "never had a single like it." Have you heard "How to Love"? Give us your review in the comments below! Related Artists |
| Nicki Minaj's 'Did It On 'Em' Video Reveals Backstage High Jinks Posted: 31 May 2011 01:03 AM PDT Video director DJ Scoob Doo tells MTV News he wanted fans to see another side of Pink Friday star in brand-new clip.
Nicki Minaj's blistering track "Did It On 'Em" gets the video treatment in a guerilla-style clip highlighting some of the diva's backstage exploits and performances during the I Am Still Music Tour alongside Young Money honcho Lil Wayne earlier this year. MTV News caught up with the director of the brand-new clip, DJ Scoob Doo.
A hip-hop renaissance man, Scoob Doo has brushed elbows with some of rap's elite for some time now as a longtime fixture on the mixtape scene, gaining a name on the DVD scene, as well. Scoob's latest gives Minaj fans an intimate look into the superstar's life on the road. Scoob revealed quite a bit during a quick phone chat and gave the lowdown on how the video came to fruition. "She's family to me and I'm family to her, but this is the first time us working together was a priority on both of our lists. So we just had to dig in and put everything to the side and really work on something ... [and] we had no idea that it would turn out as good as it did. It was a great experience," the video director told us. Scoob also revealed that the plan all along was to shoot the clip in the rugged style seen in the clip. "It took me about a good two weeks to put all of the ideas that we had together. The good thing about the video is that we went in knowing we were gonna shoot the video onstage a few times. I was actually able to get my camera crew onstage," Scoob shared. Although the style of video isn't like many of the other starlet's big-budget affairs, Scoob Doo shared why Nicki Minaj agreed to go with the more underground feel this time around: "Did It On 'Em" was the #1 song in the country without a video and only dropped a few spots when Nicki's glossy "Super Bass" video was released. After a brief convo and an agreement between Scoob and Nicki, they pieced together the video in two weeks in an effort to bump up interest and chart position for the still popular but dwindling "Did It On 'Em" single. DJ Scoob Doo is already working on other projects and says he's "stepping it up" as a director. His goal is to bring quality music videos back to the forefront. Still riding high off the success of her debut album, Pink Friday, Nicki is set to join pop diva Britney Spears on tour this summer. What do you hope to see from Nicki's "Did It On 'Em" video? Tell us in the comments! Related Artists |
| Cali Swag Talk Inspiration Behind M-Bone Tribute 'How To Do That' Posted: 31 May 2011 09:43 AM PDT 'We wanted to do a song that's not sad, because M-Bone, he wasn't a sad person,' CSD's Yung tells MTV News.
Mante "M-Bone" Talbert was the life of the party, and for their tribute song to their fallen bandmate, Cali Swag District wanted to reflect that. Last week CSD released "How to Do That," a single dedicated to M-Bone, who was tragically gunned down in Inglewood, California, on May 15.
"We wanted to do a song that's not sad, because M-Bone, he wasn't a sad person," Cali Swag's Yung told MTV News. "He was always hyper, had a lot of energy, loud. We want people to dance, we don't want people to sit down and cry when they think about M-Bone. We want people to smile and dance." The track, which was produced by Poly Rob, has popping 808s and hand-clapping snares. Over the dance track, JayAre, Yung and C-Smoove all eulogize Bone in their own unique ways. But for Smoove, it wasn't easy, as he is still getting used to being in the studio without Talbert. "They did their verses and then I came later, but it was just like, it's weird being at the studio now. I feel like, 'Ehhh,' " he said. "I go up there, I still check in and stuff, I still record, but it's just different. I stay home most of the time, and then if I need to do a song, I'll go do a song, then I'll probably leave. I don't know, at the moment, I still gotta sit back and take it all in, before I can go back and just chill up there all the time." Smoove took his time writing his portion of the song, making sure that his lyrics felt right. "I took forever to write my verse. I took a long time to write 16 bars. I wanted it to be and feel like I meant what I was saying," he said. "I had to make the lyrics fit the beat and make people still want to move to it and not bring 'em down by what I was saying." On Friday, Talbert's family, friends and fans laid him to rest. His funeral service and burial were open to the public. Inglewood police are still investigating his murder and are asking anyone with information to come forward and call its homicide division at (310) 412-5246 or its 24-hour anonymous hotline at (888) 41-CRIME (888-412-7463). Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Lady Gaga's <i>Born This Way</i> Could Post Highest First-Week Sales In A Decade Posted: 31 May 2011 08:31 AM PDT Album is projected to sell more than 1.15 million copies, the most since 'NSYNC's Celebrity in 2001.
Lady Gaga's Born This Way is projected to sell more than 1 million copies in its first week and could post the highest opening sales numbers in nearly 10 years, according to projections by Billboard.
Spurred by huge sales through Amazon.com — which priced Born This Way at 99 cents during its first two days of release (just one of a myriad of promotional schemes tied to the album — Gaga's new album is on track to move 1.15 million units, which would not only outpace the last artist to break the million mark (that would be Taylor Swift, whose Speak Now bowed with sales of 1,047,000 copies in November 2010) but would give her the biggest opening week since 'NSYNC's Celebrity, which sold 1.88 million copies in its first week way back in 2001. Billboard reports that Born This Way sold more than 500,000 copies on its first day of release alone, including 330,000 copies on Amazon and 104,000 copies through iTunes. The album also dominated physical retail, selling more than 45,000 units through Best Buy and 35,000 through Target on the day it was released. It was also made available in an unprecedented amount of non-traditional retailers — more than 20,000 nationwide — including CVS Pharmacies, Whole Foods and Walgreens. Given the number of locations in which it was sold, the pricing schemes implemented and the promotional ploys to which it was tied, there was some concern about just how to tally Born This Way's first-week sales. In the end, Billboard decided to count sales figures from Amazon (despite the 99-cent pricing) but not some from Best Buy, which gave the album away for free with a smartphone. On Sunday, the album debuted at #1 on the U.K. album charts, selling more than 215,000 copies — the biggest first-week sales of the year — and also accomplishing the rather remarkable feat of outselling the rest of the U.K. top 10 combined. Final U.S. sales results will be revealed on Wednesday. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Sean Kingston Gets Twitter Support From Rihanna, Nicki Minaj Posted: 31 May 2011 06:13 AM PDT Singer remains in critical, but stable condition after Sunday's jet-ski accident.
No news was good news on Tuesday, as "Beautiful Girls" singer Sean Kingston remained in critical, but stable condition at a Miami hospital after crashing his See Doo jet ski into the Palm Island Bridge on Sunday evening. Pal and former tourmate Justin Bieber "Eenie Meenie", "Sean we praying for u baby." Nicki Minaj tweeted, "My love & prayers are with Sean Kingston & his family." And rapper LL Cool J wrote, "I hope and pray that Sean Kingston recovers quickly.... #staystrong." Soulja Boy also offered his thoughts, writing, "Praying for my brother @seankingston. I hope he makes a full recovery ... smh it's always something :(" No information has been released about the extent of Kingston's injuries. The 21-year-old was moved from the trauma unit to the intensive care unit on Monday, a day after crashing the personal watercraft and sustaining serious injuries. His unidentified 23-year-old female passenger was also hurt and thrown into the water in the incident. A passing boater saw the crash and pulled the two victims into his boat according to reports. Miami's Local 10 News reported on Monday that police had taken the dark blue and white See Doo into evidence, noting that the steering column and parts of one side appeared to be smashed in from the impact. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but TMZ reported that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed that alcohol was not a factor in the crash. The person who fished Kingston and his companion out of the water, Coast Guard member Jonathan Rivera, told TMZ that Kingston was responsive and spoke during his rescue, even as he was vomiting blood. Related Photos |
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