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- Lady Gaga On VMAs: 'You Will Not Be Disappointed'
- Selena Gomez To Host 2011 VMA Pre-Show
- Justin Bieber Fans Nearly Crush Chelsea Handler, In 'VMAs Revealed'
- Daniel Radcliffe's 'Woman In Black' Trailer: Seriously Creepy
- Lindsay Lohan Suing Over Pitbull's 'Give Me Everything'
- Eddie Vedder Watches As West Memphis 3 Freed
- Would Lady Gaga Ever Want To Be President?
- Rihanna Almost Wigs Out At 2010 VMAs In 'VMAs Revealed'
- Lady Gaga Explains Mermaid Sex In 'Yoü And I' Video
- 'Conan The Barbarian': The Reviews Are In!
- Big Sean Comments On Recent Arrest
- 'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance' Trailer Is Flamin' Awesome
- 'Fright Night' Star Christopher Mintz-Plasse 'Gets' Vampire Appeal
- 'Fright Night': The Reviews Are In!
- Kreayshawn Gets NYC Crowd 'Bumpin'
- Pukkelpop Festival Death Toll Rises To Five
| Lady Gaga On VMAs: 'You Will Not Be Disappointed' Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:38 AM PDT 'All performances of mine relate to one another,' she teases during 'MTV First: Lady Gaga.'
During Thursday's "MTV First: Lady Gaga," we learned that the Mother Monster is set to open the 2011 Video Music Awards on August 28. While Gaga hasn't yet revealed what she has planned when the show takes place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, she did say that all her performances — including her 2009 VMA set — relate to each other.
"I would say that my life is one continuous performance," Gaga told MTV News. "And that, in a way, all performances of mine relate to one another. And you will not be disappointed." Who will host the 2011 VMA Pre-Show? Two years ago, Gaga first appeared on the VMA stage and left everyone stunned when she ended her "Paparazzi" performance by seemingly bleeding to death onstage. "I'll just never forget when I spoke with MTV for the first time and I explained the whole performance with them, and I remember the second that I finished, it was crickets," she recalled of her pitch to executives. It wasn't just MTV who needed a second to digest her spectacular idea: Her label wanted to confirm that she was cool with the idea of "dying" onstage in front of her peers and the world. "I said, 'You know, I imagine that my pop career could be quite long and people will wonder for a very long time what my demise will look like, so why don't we show them?' " How do you think Gaga will top her 2009 performance? Tell us in the comments! The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live Sunday, August 28, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET/PT, following the Selena Gomez-hosted pre-show at 8. See the list of nominees, revisit last year's highlights and vote for your favorites in the general categories by visiting VMA.MTV.com. |
| Selena Gomez To Host 2011 VMA Pre-Show Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:29 AM PDT Cobra Starship will perform during pre-show, airing 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 28.
With Lady Gaga slated to open the show and performances on tap from Lil Wayne and Adele, among others, the 2011 Video Music Awards are already mega. But things will heat up even before those stars take the stage thanks to Selena Gomez, who has been tapped to kick off the night's festivities as the celebrity host on the pre-show black carpet.
The platinum recording artist and Emmy Award-winning actress will anchor the pre-show on Sunday, August 28, starting at 8 p.m. (live Eastern Time/ tape-delayed Pacific Time), reporting on breaking news and interviewing her peers alongside MTV's team of correspondents, including Sway Calloway, Jim Cantiello and James Montgomery. "I am very excited to be a part of the 2011 VMAs! After all of my years watching the VMAs, the pre-show has always been one of my favorite parts. It is a true honor to be hosting from the black carpet this year," Gomez said in a statement. Gomez will get some help from Cobra Starship, who will perform their dance hit "You Make Me Feel," featuring Sabi, live during the VMA Pre-Show, which will also include an exclusive new teaser of "Jersey Shore." "We are so excited to be a part of the 2011 VMAs! I grew up watching them every year and it was an honor to be nominated two years ago and it is an even bigger honor to be able to play the pre-show this year," said Cobra Starship guitarist Ryland Blackinton. "I will never forget when Pat Smear left the Foo Fighters live during the pre-show, and I'm planning on having him replace me this year." While Gomez is meeting and greeting the celebs on the black carpet, MTV News correspondents will bring you interviews with some of today's hottest stars. We'll set up shop in the lobby of a downtown Los Angeles hotel that is being transformed into a musical time portal featuring a paparazzi photo arena as the centerpiece to all the pre-show madness. Who will follow Selena at the VMAs? Check out the big reveal! In between, Cantiello will keep an eye on MTV News' Twitter Tracker, which will provide updates on the global VMA conversation on Twitter and show the volume of Twitter traffic about VMA nominees, presenters, performers and attendees. He'll also tweet photos from the paparazzi theater and ask fans to use them to make fan art and send them back so he can display them during the broadcast while he tweets about all the black-carpet action @MTV. MTV News will also bring viewers a first look at the new Nicki Minaj video "Fly," featuring Rihanna. The lead-in to the pre-show will be an all-new episode of "Jersey Shore" at 7 p.m. ET/PT, with the cast popping in to the live pre-show to predict who the night's big winners will be. As previously announced, Adele and Wayne will take the stage in addition to Bruno Mars, Chris Brown and Young the Giant. Confirmed presenters include Jonah Hill, Rick Ross, Seth Rogen, Gomez, Kim Kardashian and Odd Future. MTV will announce additional performers and presenters in the coming days. Viewers can vote for all general VMA categories by visiting VMA.MTV.com online or m.mtv.com on their mobile phones through August 16. In addition, Best New Artist text voting is open to all wireless subscribers by texting BNA to 66333. Voting for this category continues through the show, which airs live Sunday, August 28. Verizon subscribers can vote on all categories via SMS by texting VMA to 66333 (standard message rates apply). The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live Sunday, August 28, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET/PT, following the Selena Gomez-hosted pre-show at 8. See the list of nominees, revisit last year's highlights and vote for your favorites in the general categories by visiting VMA.MTV.com. Related Photos Related Artists |
| Justin Bieber Fans Nearly Crush Chelsea Handler, In 'VMAs Revealed' Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:29 AM PDT Learn how an army of Beliebers almost mauled the 2010 VMA host on 'VMAs Revealed,' airing Saturday at noon ET on MTV.
It seems that Justin Bieber can't so much as step outside without inciting a riot of considerable magnitude, so it was to be expected that his performance at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards — supposedly a secret song-and-dance routine set outside the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles — would probably attract some attention.
But VMA producers had no idea just how out-of-hand things would get — or how close VMA host Chelsea Handler would be to being mauled by Justin's army of Beliebers as a result. It was all thanks to one harmless tweet by JB himself, as we learn in "VMAs Revealed," a new behind-the-scenes special set to air this Saturday at noon ET on MTV. It all started before the VMAs, during Bieber's rehearsals. Producers planned to have Handler exit the theater and take a spot at the front of the stage, holding a sign that read "Chelsea hearts Justin." Everything was going swimmingly until an army of Bieber fanatics got wind of things. "Out on the Nokia Plaza, they were rehearsing Justin Bieber's performance," MTV News VP Ryan Kroft explains in "Revealed." "[And] if you sort of stopped and paid attention, out comes Chelsea Handler in curlers." Of course, on the night of the big show — after Bieber had tweeted about "free tickets to [his] VMA performance" — things changed. The Nokia Plaza was positively packed with screaming Bieber fans, who didn't take kindly to Handler's intrusion — and they let her know by crowding up against a barricade, nearly crushing her and sending all plans out the window. Producers never quite got a good shot of Handler and her sign — "I think you can see her sign bobbing around, you just can't see her head. She should've worn the curlers," Kroft said — but luckily, she escaped serious bodily harm. And the true Beliebers ended up being happy too: Not only did they get to see a once-in-a-lifetime performance from their idol, but Bieber would go on to win the VMA for Best New Artist later that night. For more backstage stories from the 2010 VMAs — like Rihanna's wig mishap, Lady Gaga's unforgettable meat dress and 30 Seconds to Mars' unconventional white-carpet arrival — tune in to "VMAs Revealed" this Saturday at noon ET on MTV. The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live on Sunday, August 28, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET/PT. See the list of nominees, revisit last year's highlights and vote for your favorites in the general categories by visiting VMA.MTV.com. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Daniel Radcliffe's 'Woman In Black' Trailer: Seriously Creepy Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:51 AM PDT 'Harry Potter' vet's new horror-flick footage might be clichéd, but that doesn't mean it's not effective.
If the teaser trailer for Daniel Radcliffe's "The Woman in Black" surprised us in April with just how darn creepy it was (as opposed to the more thriller-driven supernatural story we were expecting), the new, full trailer has opened our eyes to the full, horror-heavy potential of the actor's first post-"Harry Potter" role.
Our eyes are open, sure, but they also closed, admittedly, once or six times, as we took in viewing after viewing of the footage in preparation for our latest trailer commentary. Hit "Play" on the video to watch along with us, and then read on for a deeper dive into the action, which begins with a seriously eerie silence. From there, it must be said, the trailer incorporates a whole lot of familiar horror-movie tropes. The first is those creepy children. Not only do we get creepy kids, we get creepy kids delivering narration in rhymes. It might be clichéd, but that doesn't mean it's not effective. And it's good to see Radcliffe taking on material that truly forces him to step outside the Quidditch pitch. Between "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" on Broadway, then "The Woman in Black" and fare like "All Quiet on the Western Front," the 22-year-old actor isn't shying away from less-poppy projects. That's all part of his plan: different material, no break after his decade-long "Potter" run. "If I had been taking some time off and not doing stuff, I think the temptation in terms of the media and the public, to a certain extent, is [that] if you don't hear from a child star for a while, you can kind of condemn them to the been-and-gone pile," Radcliffe told MTV News in the spring. "I wanted to make sure that didn't happen." We haven't, however, gotten to see much of his creative range in any of the "Woman in Black" trailers. What we have seen is that he's excellent at staring at things. In the new footage, he stares from carriages, out windows, in mansions, and just kind of longingly off into the distance. Perhaps Radcliffe has been taking some lessons from Derek Zoolander. Hey, if he can just stare at things for the next 20 years, he's guaranteed a career. Halfway through the trailer, we find ourselves facing another horror movie cliché: bloody writing on the wall. Listen up, people! If you ever find bloody writing on a wall, get the hell out of there! If this moment occurs, say, 20 minutes into the movie, the entire thing should be 25 minutes long, with the last five minutes devoted to a single uncut shot of Radcliffe fleeing as fast as his little legs will take him. Yet this literal writing-on-the-wall gives us the biggest — or, really, the only — peek into the film's plot, which the trailer, to its credit, doesn't deeply explore. Here's what we already know: Based on a 1983 novel by Susan Hill, the story follows Radcliffe's Arthur Kipps, a young lawyer dispatched to sort out a recently deceased client's affairs, only to discover the nearby town is haunted by the ghost of a scorned woman. So does the bloody writing relate to the past, scorn-producing events? To someone speaking from beyond the grave? Possibly to Radcliffe himself? There are many different ways to interpret it. Many interpretations, yes, but only one conclusion: Run, Harry, run! But run, clearly, he does not do soon enough, as the trailer ends with Radcliffe coming dangerously close to a demonic-looking woman. Is this the woman in black? Well, it's a woman and she's wearing black. And she has those blacked-out eyes, a nod to a photo earlier in the trailer, featuring a family with scratched-out eyes. So, for now, we'll keep an open mind on everything except this: "Woman in Black" looks pretty damn scary. Now, we'll open our eyes. Please excuse us while we go throw up. Check out everything we've got on "The Woman in Black." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Videos |
| Lindsay Lohan Suing Over Pitbull's 'Give Me Everything' Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:17 AM PDT In the suit, actress alleges the line 'I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan' has caused 'irreparable harm.'
It is seemingly a throwaway line in Pitbull's summertime smash "Give Me Everything" — "I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan" — but it's apparently enough to draw the ire of the actress and her legal team, who have just filed suit against Pit and the producers of the song.
In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Lohan and her attorney, Stephanie Ovadia, claim that the line "by virtue of its wide appeal, condemnation, excoriation, disparaging or defamatory statements by the defendants about the plaintiff are destined to do irreparable harm to the plaintiff." Lohan — who, it is noted in the suit, is "a professional actor of good repute and standing in the Screen Actors Guild" — is suing under the New York civil-rights laws, which protects individuals from having their name exploited for commercial purposes. The suit seeks an injunction to stop all the defendants — in addition to Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Afrojack, who wrote "Give Me Everything," are named — from broadcasting the song. It also seeks unspecified damages. A spokesperson for Pitbull had no comment on the suit when reached by MTV News. Lohan filed a similar suit — reportedly seeking $100 million in damages — against financial services company E-Trade last year after the company aired a Super Bowl commercial that referred to a baby as "That milkaholic Lindsay." The suit was withdrawn in September, with E-Trade reportedly paying Lohan "a confidential sum." The "Give Me Everything" lyric was in reference to Lohan's July 2010 stint in Los Angeles County Jail, when she served 13 days of a three-month sentence for violating probation on a 2007 conviction for driving under the influence. Related Artists |
| Eddie Vedder Watches As West Memphis 3 Freed Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:50 AM PDT Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maine also on hand to see three men plead guilty and walk free.
Eighteen years after they were sent to prison for the murders of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts in 1993, the men known as the West Memphis 3 were unexpectedly freed from jail Friday (August 19) when their lawyers reached an unusual deal with prosecutors. With such celebrity supporters as Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder and the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines on hand to watch the proceedings, Damien Echols (36), Jason Baldwin (34) and Jessie Misskelley Jr. (36) were set free thanks to a legal maneuver called an "Alford Plea" in which the three men pleaded guilty while still maintaining their innocence as they acknowledged that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict them. "The gag order has been lifted, so now I can tell you, I'm sitting in a holding room at the courthouse about to see three men walk free!" Maines tweeted Friday afternoon. "Beautiful things went down in Arkansas today. Beautiful beautiful things ... The WM3 will now and forever be the WMFree!" The three, all teenagers at the time of their arrest, were convicted of the murders in what officials called a satanic ritual. But evidence later showed that their DNA did not match the DNA found at the crime scene. Their case became a cause célbre for a number of musicians and actors and spawned the 1996 documentary "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" and the 2000 follow-up, "Paradise Lost 2: Revelations," with a third film, "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory," due to premiere at the Toronto International film festival in September. It also inspired a 2000 benefit compilation called Free the West Memphis 3 that featured songs by Steve Earle, Tom Waits, X's John Doe, the Supersuckers featuring Vedder and late Clash singer Joe Strummer. The three were freed just months before a hearing to decide if recently discovered DNA evidence that did not place any of them at the scene of the crime should result in new trials. According to TMZ, after their release on Friday, Nichols and Misskelley told reporters that they served 18 years for a crime they "did not commit." While Baldwin initially declined to take the deal in favor of proving his innocence in court, he eventually changed his mind in order to save Nichols from death row. In addition to Vedder and Maines, other celebrities fought on behalf of the three men, including Winona Ryder, Tom Waits and Johnny Depp, who appeared in an interview on CBS' "48 Hours Mystery" last year in which he said he believed the men were innocent. "Paradise Lost" filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky — who went on to make Metallica's "Some Kind of Monster" — were in court on Friday as well to witness the men's release. According to their spokesperson, the third chapter in the series will be air on HBO in January. "Eighteen years and three films ago, we started this journey to document the terrible murders of three innocent boys and the subsequent circus that followed the arrests and convictions of Baldwin, Echols and Misskelly," director/producer Berlinger said. "To see our work culminate in the righting of this tragic miscarriage of justice is more than a filmmaker could ask for." Related Artists |
| Would Lady Gaga Ever Want To Be President? Posted: 19 Aug 2011 07:27 AM PDT Mother Monster talks about which of the country's big problems she'd like to solve.
Lady Gaga has never been shy about stumping for political causes. She's stumped for marriage equality and spoken out for marriage equality and against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Her Born This Way track "Americano" even touches on immigration issues, but just because she's currently pop music's most vocal advocate doesn't mean she'd want anything to do with actually holding public office.
During the live "MTV First: Lady Gaga" on Thursday night, the singer said that she has no aspirations to ever do something like become president, even if she was given a free pass for the day to be the leader of the free world. Watch as Gaga lets her fans announce that she's opening the VMAs this year. "Well, first of all, I wouldn't want to be president for the day," she told MTV News. "And I say that because I really, for myself, it's important that my message, although it has political implications, I like to keep myself separate. "Because politics can constrain things," she continued. "So our message can be completely free of any politics and we can just surge forward." Lady Gaga gave us the real story behind her "Yoü and I" video. But she has a few big issues she thinks she'd tackle if she were the commander in chief. "I would find alternative uses of energy, I would make marriage equal," she said, before taking a second to figure out her next pet cause. "And world peace. Well, I would do everything I could with the debt crisis, but we all know that's going to take a little while." During the sit-down, Gaga also opened up about her just-released music video for "Yoü and I" and also shared with fans that not only would she be performing at the 2011 Video Music Awards on August 28, but she'll also be the artist opening the show when it airs live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live on Sunday, August 28, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET/PT. See the list of nominees, revisit last year's highlights and vote for your favorites in the general categories by visiting VMA.MTV.com. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Rihanna Almost Wigs Out At 2010 VMAs In 'VMAs Revealed' Posted: 19 Aug 2011 08:47 AM PDT Find out what went down before the singer hit the stage with Eminem and other secrets on 'VMAs Revealed,' airing Saturday at 12 p.m. ET.
Rihanna surprised fans at the 2010 Video Music Awards when she hit the stage with Eminem to perform their track "Love the Way You Lie." At the time, Rihanna was in the midst of shooting her first-ever feature film, the action-packed "Battleship," in Hawaii, and there was a bit of a logistics problem in trying to get the flame-haired singer to the show.
While her fans were excited to see her hit the stage with Shady, a wardrobe mishap almost derailed her performance altogether. "The morning of the show, she flew in very, very early," Malika Quemerais, MTV coordinator of music and celebrity talent, tells us in "VMAs Revealed," a special that takes fans behind-the-scenes of some of the biggest moments from last year's VMAs. Rihanna wanted her look to be just right and wanted her wig's red shade to perfectly fit the vibe she was going for. Unfortunately, that meant that it would require more work than planned. "When the wig arrived, the wig was orange," celebrity hairstylist Ursula Stephen said. "I'm telling you, bright orange, straight-up Nicki Minaj orange. And she's flipping out." Want to know how it all worked out for Rihanna so that she could take the stage with Eminem? Check out "VMAs Revealed" this Saturday at 12 p.m. ET. The show will also look at Lady Gaga's unforgettable and controversial meat dress, 30 Seconds to Mars' unconventional white-carpet arrival and Chelsea Handler's big night as the show's host, when she got to hang out with Lindsay Lohan and last year's breakout star Justin Bieber. The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live on Sunday, August 28, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET/PT. See the list of nominees, revisit last year's highlights and vote for your favorites in the general categories by visiting VMA.MTV.com. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Lady Gaga Explains Mermaid Sex In 'Yoü And I' Video Posted: 18 Aug 2011 10:25 PM PDT 'Well, that's actually part of what the metaphor is — you can't,' Gaga responds to a fan's question about how a mermaid has sex.
Lady Gaga packs a lot of visual punch into her "Yoü and I" video. She plays the piano, she plays a man named Jo Calderone, she furiously dances in a cornfield and a barn, and she even goes under some unusual procedures. The jarringly beautiful images include Gaga being transformed into many types of creatures by her mad scientist lover, including a mermaid called Yuyi.
Yuyi and the scientist don't just hang out together in his barnyard lab, they also get it on. The scene is borderline NSFW and includes Yuyi's and the scientist's bodies gyrating in rhythm with one another. That being said, is it even possible for a man and mermaid to, you know, have sex with one another? "Well, that's actually part of what the metaphor is — you can't," Gaga told an inquiring fan during her "MTV First: Lady Gaga" special on Thursday night, when she not only debuted the video on TV for the first time, but also revealed that she's going to open the 2011 Video Music Awards on August 28, where she's up for four nominations. "Sometimes in love, you can't make it work," she continued about that particular scene. "No matter what you do, there's this giant boundary between you and someone else. So that's what it's about, perceiving in your imagination that there's something magical inside of you that you can make it work." It's a real-life former love that has left an indelible mark on Gaga's creative spirit, and she says that this video perfectly captures that. "For me, it was all about capturing the true spirit of the song, which is when you're in love, you'll be willing to walk and do the craziest and most inconvenient things you can possibly imagine," she added. "The video is quite complex in the way that the story is told, and it's meant to be slightly linear and slightly twisted and confusing, which is the way that love is." The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live on Sunday, August 28, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET/PT. See the list of nominees, revisit last year's highlights and vote for your favorites in the general categories by visiting VMA.MTV.com. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| 'Conan The Barbarian': The Reviews Are In! Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:08 AM PDT While critics prefer the remake to Arnold Schwarzenegger's original, reviews aren't glowing.
"Conan the Barbarian" isn't trying to pull any punches. From the beginning, the remake of the 1982 cult classic proclaims that its lead lives, loves, slays and is content. And critics are saying that's exactly what you get in theaters.
Reviews haven't necessarily been positive, with critics complaining about the script and the one-dimensional characters. But they seem to agree that Jason Momoa did a better job in the title role than Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the movie is fun — at least as a mindless summer blockbuster. It might not be worth spending the extra money to see the flick in 3-D, but the fighting is good and gory if that's what fans are looking for. But don't let us tell you what to think. Before you head to theaters to watch "Conan the Barbarian," find out what the critics thought of "Conan the Barbarian" in our review round-up: The Script The Effects The Remake The Schwarzenegger Connection The Final Word Check out everything we've got on "Conan the Barbarian." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. |
| Big Sean Comments On Recent Arrest Posted: 18 Aug 2011 10:31 PM PDT 'Man, that was just some little minor sh--,' Sean tells DJ Tim Westwood of his arrest on sex abuse and other charges.
A couple of weeks ago, Def Jam rapper Big Sean was arrested for sexual assault in upstate New York. Although he vehemently denied the charges, he has since been quiet about the situation. However, earlier this week after performing at Cargo in London with Kanye West, the 23-year-old spoke with DJ Tim Westwood about his arrest, albeit briefly. "Man, that was just some little minor sh--, man," Sean told Westwood. "I really wanna talk about it too, and go through the details, but my lawyer says I can't talk about it 'til it's all said and done." Big Sean (born Sean Anderson) and his friend Willie "SayItAintTone" Hansbro were both charged with forcible touching, unlawful imprisonment and sex abuse by a woman after a concert in Lewiston, New York, on August 4. The G.O.O.D. music MC had just performed on the same bill as Wiz Khalifa as part of the Rolling Papers Tour. Moments earlier in the conversation with Westwood, the "Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay" rapper again recalled his excitement at being nominated for the Best New Artist for his single "My Last," featuring Chris Brown, at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. "I found out at like 2 a.m. in the morning," Sean said. "I called my mom and was like, 'Mom I'm nominated for an MTV award, ahhh!!!' I was screaming and then she started screaming. We were just sharing that moment." Big Sean and Hansbro, who were released shortly after their arrest on $500 bail each, are both due back in Niagara County Court on September 6. Related Artists |
| 'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance' Trailer Is Flamin' Awesome Posted: 18 Aug 2011 11:11 PM PDT First trailer from the film has been released following a preview at last month's San Diego Comic-Con.
One of the most surprising things to come out of this year's San Diego Comic-Con was footage from "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance." Everyone knew that the film was roaring down the highway toward us, but no one expected it to actually look, well, good. After scenes from the movie were shown at the event, the Internet was abuzz with talk of fans finally getting the "Ghost Rider" movie they deserve. Now, you can see what all the fuss was about for yourself with the first trailer for the upcoming film.
Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" is the sequel to 2007's "Ghost Rider." The biker with the flaming-skull head has long been one of Marvel's darker and more twisted characters, especially considering his backstory as a motorcycle daredevil whose pact with the devil didn't turn out quite as he planned. As the Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze rides America's forgotten highways, meting out vengeance with his flaming bike, signature chain and a host of fire-based powers. Like the 2007 film, "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" features Nicolas Cage, and the character boasts a whole new look that ties into the darkness at the Ghost Rider's core. "The Ghost Rider is just the coolest-looking superhero, and it has to be the one that goes to film and looks the best," Cage told MTV News last month. "I think they've achieved that with this." At the helm of "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" are Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine, the pair of directors best known for their high-octane flicks "Crank" and "Crank: High Voltage." The duo told MTV News that they were test-driving all-new techniques while filming the movie, including Neveldine strapping on Rollerblades and clinging to the back of a motorcycle just to get a single amazing shot. That commitment to madness is clearly on display in the new trailer for "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," as the movie looks to be fully embracing what makes the character so spectacularly over-the-top. Though it starts out slow, by the one-minute mark, you'll find yourself up to your leather jacket in explosive, flame-drenched action. Over the course of the trailer, you'll see the Ghost Rider take out cars with his chain, spit bullets at bad guys and even pee fire. Seriously — he actually pees fire, and it's absolutely awesome. What do you think about the "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" trailer? Tell us in the comments below, on Facebook or on Twitter. Check out everything we've got on "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance." For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com. |
| 'Fright Night' Star Christopher Mintz-Plasse 'Gets' Vampire Appeal Posted: 18 Aug 2011 10:47 PM PDT 'It was cool to play something evil and dark,' actor tells MTV News.
The vampires in "Fright Night" might not sparkle in the sunlight, but star Christopher Mintz-Plasse still understands their appeal.
"Now I get it, why people play vampires," he told MTV News during Movie Awards Sneak Peek Week. "I'm like, there've been vampire movies. [But] that was really a lot of fun to do." The crux of the issue, director Craig Gillespie explained, is that vampires are sexy. He made the argument that there are always vampire movies, but their popularity surges in waves. In the '80s, there was "The Lost Boys," in the '90s there was "Interview With the Vampire" and now it's "The Twilight Saga" keeping the vampire craze afloat. The key was finding a good vampire to sit at the flick's center, and Gillespie said he always knew lead Colin Farrell would be good for the part. Farrell's character, Jerry, is dark but also has a humorous aspect, and Gillespie was impressed with Farrell's ability to walk that line. He knew it wouldn't be a hard sell either because Hollywood celebrities tend to be drawn to vampire films. "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 with them. You get to have a lot of fun with it," Gillespie explained. Mintz-Plasse certainly did. His character, Ed, gets (spoiler alert!) converted to a vampire in the movie, and Mintz-Plasse was psyched to whip out his inner bloodsucker. "It was cool to play something evil and dark," he said. Related Videos |
| 'Fright Night': The Reviews Are In! Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:23 AM PDT Colin Farrell flick 'blends Eighties cheese with Nineties snark — a combination that works better than it sounds,' critics say.
If you've seen the "Fright Night" trailers or are familiar with the '85 cult classic, you know this is not your run-of-the-mill vampire movie — at least by today's "Twilight" standards, anyway. There are no swoony undead to be found in this horror-comedy — just a lot of blood and plenty of laughs.
Here at MTV News, we've been amped about the film from the get-go, and even featured it as part of our exclusive Sneak Peek Week leading up to the Movie Awards. The film stars Colin Farrell as a bloodthirsty vampire who heads to suburbia and terrorizes his next-door neighbor Charley, played by "Star Trek" veteran Anton Yelchin. Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays vampire convert "Evil" Ed Thompson, "Harry Potter" alum and former "Doctor Who" David Tennant is vamp-hunting showman Peter Vincent and "Solitary Man" breakout Imogen Poots portrays love interest Amy, with Toni Collette and Dave Franco also popping up. Now that the well-received reboot is finally in theaters, it's time to see what the critics think. Grab your garlic and hold onto some holy water as we sift through the "Fright Night" reviews. The Original Story Vs. The Reboot "You'll need a taste for nostalgia to really appreciate 'Fright Night,' which knowingly blends Eighties cheese with Nineties snark — a combination that works better than it sounds. Authenticity is the key to the movie's success: the remake is actually based on a 1985 horror flick, and was written by Marti Noxon, well-known for her work on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' One thing's for sure: if you're expecting the self-serious brooding of 'Twilight,' you're gonna be disappointed. But if you have a soft spot for cult horror comedies like 'The Lost Boys,' 'The Monster Squad,' or even the first 'Fright Night,' this ought to be right up your (dark) alley. Noxon and director Craig Gillespie update the attitude for a post-'Buffy' generation, but their remake is generally faithful to the original." — Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News The Performances "Former 'Doctor Who' star David Tennant has a plum role as a Criss Angel-like Vegas cheeseball whose vampire-themed stage show might hide a special connection to vampire lore. It's a big, fun performance overshadowed only by Farrell, who plays his character as a monster who's learned to use an ordinary-dude exterior to blend in with his new surroundings. When he asks Yelchin for a 'sixer,' Farrell delivers his lines with a Matt Dillon-like flatness, but his eyes tell another story: Beneath the surface, he's all coiled hunger and pitiless manipulation, doing what he has to do to get close to victims who, against their better judgment, want to get close to him. He creates almost unbearable tension by doing virtually nothing at all, and though 'Fright Night' eventually reveals him as the vampire equivalent of the f---ing shark from 'Jaws,' it's never better than when it lets him poke his fin just above the surface." — Keith Phipps, the Onion A.V. Club The Final Word "As in the earlier film, this one dances always at the edge of comedy. It especially has fun with the Rules of Vampire Behavior, which Jerry even teases Charley about. Without spoiling a single thing, I can tell you that one of the inevitable stakes through the heart in this movie is an inspired use of product placement. As vampire movies go, 'Fright Night' is a pretty good one." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Check out everything we've got on "Fright Night." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Videos |
| Kreayshawn Gets NYC Crowd 'Bumpin' Posted: 19 Aug 2011 08:08 AM PDT Bay Area rapper was joined onstage by V-Nasty.
NEW YORK — On Wednesday, while premiering their video for "Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" on MTV.com, the Red Hot Chili Peppers said they decided to scrap the version of the video that was originally directed by Bay Area rapper Kreayshawn — she of "Gucci Gucci" fame — and go with something that they felt was more "them." If the news caused any damage to the budding female MC's ego, it didn't show last night. She was warmly embraced by a Big Apple crowd at the Highline Ballroom, her first official performance in New York City. Diminutive and wiry, Kreayshawn burst onto the stage at 10:45, after the audience was treated to opening sets by rappers Moe Green, Roach Gigz, Phony Ppl and finally, Smoke DZA. Despite the openers, the energy in the venue initially remained icy. It resembled something of a showcase, with people anxious to see if the controversial rapper — who's up for a Best New Artist award at the 2011 VMAs — could hold her own in front of a feisty and oft-critical New York audience. Speculation also abounded about whether or not her White Girl Mob counterpart V-Nasty would let loose with a barrage of N-words, as she's recently come under fire for doing. Kreayshawn didn't seem swayed, though. Clad in a white Bathing Ape T-shirt, mom jeans and a colorful snapback cap, she squealed — often inaudibly, but not without a distinguishable melisma — over the backing vocal tracks of lesser-known cuts from her Kittys x Choppas mixtape ("Wavey"), and newer, unreleased material ("Left Eye"). Playful, petite and most of all, entertaining, she gingerly marauded from one end of the stage to the other. The energy was turned up a notch, however, when V-Nasty took the stage. Donning a retro Charlotte Hornets cap, a plain white T-shirt and jeans, she tore into cuts from her Don't Bite Just Taste mixtape, and then played Thelma to Kreayshawn's Louise for the rest of the show. The show's climax, however, came when Kreay explored her most popular tunes. The opening synth blurps of "Bumpin Bumpin" got the entire crowd's hands in the air, and then her DJ, Two Stacks, dropped the beat for "Gucci Gucci." The audience sang back each line to Kreayshawn, while a random person walked onstage and took a courageous stage dive. "Why there only guys up here?" Kreayshawn questioned, as the beat was halted. "I need a bad bitch up here." Her request went unmet, but that didn't stop the crowd from singing the song a capella until its end. She parted the stage amidst a dance party, singing the lyrics to Alexander O'Neal's 1985 hit "Saturday Love." It was a fitting, celebratory close to a night on which New York finally gave one of hip-hop's most controversial new artists its nod of approval. Related Artists |
| Pukkelpop Festival Death Toll Rises To Five Posted: 19 Aug 2011 06:30 AM PDT Organizers call off Belgium event, which featured Eminem, Foo Fighters, Wiz Khalifa and many others, after deaths following stage collapse.
Officials in Belgium canceled the Pukkelpop music festival on Friday after the death toll in a stage collapse rose to five. Two more people died overnight after a freak thunderstorm ripped through the festival site in Hasselt, ripping down trees and destroying a stage while Chicago rock band the Smith Westerns were performing their set.
According to MSNBC, none of the band's members were hurt, but their equipment was destroyed in the fourth major incident involving a concert stage collapse this summer. Organizers decided to cancel the rest of the fest and brought in buses and trains to transfer the 60,000 festivalgoers home. The action came after a brief, violent thunderstorm passed through on Thursday evening, collapsing concert tents and the main stage scaffolding, sending panicked concertgoers out into fields of mud in search of shelter. At least 140 people were injured in the incident, 10 of them seriously. "Pukkelpop is in deep mourning," festival organizer Chokri Mahassine said in a statement. "What has happened is very exceptional and could not have been predicted." Not aware of the severity of the situation at the time, Smith Westerns singer Cullen Omori tweeted about the stage collapse as it happened. He first complained about the band's equipment being destroyed (in a since-deleted post) and then wrote, "praying no one go hurt. Wtf." The band later issued a statement about the collapse. "We had just finished the first song of our set at Pukkelpop when the stage/tent started shaking and simply thought it was a storm passing through. I made a comment about Cheap Trick and we were about to play the next one when our tour manager yelled at me to run off the stage. Right then the tress collapsed one foot in front of Max. At this point we thought only the stage broke, not the tent. Amid the chaos it was hard to tell exactly what had happened, but after the rescue teams started coming in it became clear that there were severe injuries and we are now being told there are reports of multiple deaths. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families who lost loved ones in today's tragedy." The festival's lineup included the Foo Fighters, 30 Seconds to Mars, Wiz Khalifa, Rise Against and Eminem. "Our deepest thoughts and sympathies to the families and friends of those who lost their lives today at the show in Belgium," 30STM frontman Jared Leto said in a statement on Thursday. "We are absolutely devastated that this celebration ended in tragedy. To those that were injured we are sending thoughts and prayers. Obviously under these horrible and dangerous circumstances, and out of respect for those who have passed, 30 Seconds to Mars will not be playing. We love you all and hope tomorrow brings a better day." A Facebook page has been set up to honor the victims and a number of bands tweeted their condolences. "Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the tragic events at Pukkelpop," the Foos tweeted. "We are all safe at Pukkelpop. Crazy storm. This is awful. Hearts go out to all," added Fleet Foxes. Eminem was slated to headline on Friday (August 19), on a bill that also included the Ting Tings, Deftones, Crystal Castles and D12. Saturday's show was to feature the Offspring, Kasabian, the Kills, Lykke Li, Busy P and Odd Future. The Pukkelpop tragedy follows on the heels of earlier stage collapses this summer at shows by Cheap Trick and the Flaming Lips, and just last week, Sugarland, where five people were killed. |
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