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- Justin Bieber Treats Selena Gomez To Private 'Real Steel' Screening
- Lady Gaga To Headline Z100 Jingle Ball Concert
- Drake, Florence And The Machine Collabo Not Yet A Reality
- Justin Bieber Leaves Tyler, The Creator 'Starstruck'
- 'Once Upon A Time' Preview: Fairy Tales Meet Reality
- Rihanna's 'We Found Love' Video Tells 'Everybody's' Story
- President Obama Announces End of Iraq War
- Coldplay Fans Find 'Paradise' During 'Today' Set
- 'Paranormal Activity 3': The Reviews Are In!
- Lil Wayne, Bow Wow Collabo 'Sweat' Almost Didn't Happen
- Britney Spears Director Leads Us Through 'Criminal' Video
- 'Amazing Spider-Man' Villain Debuts His Lizard Voice
- Taylor Swift Has 25 Songs For <i>Speak Now</i> Follow-Up
- Selena Gomez Goes Gangster In MTV EMA Promo
- Kristin Cavallari Hides Party Evidence, On 'When I Was 17'
- Stalley Says <i>Lincoln Way Nights</i> Re-Release 'A Whole Different Project'
- Drake And Lil Wayne's 'The Real Her' Leaks Online
- 'Breaking Dawn' Stars, Musicians Hit The Road
- Angelina Jolie's 'Blood And Honey' Trailer Debuts
| Justin Bieber Treats Selena Gomez To Private 'Real Steel' Screening Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:23 AM PDT Just a month after Staples Center date night, Bieber rents out a Winnipeg movie theater.
Remember that Titanic-size date Justin Bieber took Selena Gomez on? The one he likely dropped about $500,000 on? Well, weeks after renting out Staples Center so he and Gomez could view "Titanic" in private, Bieber is back to his old tricks. The Winnipeg Free Press reports that the couple headed to the SilverCity Polo Park Cinemas in Winnipeg, where they enjoyed a private screening of the Hugh Jackman-starring robot-boxing flick "Real Steel." The newspaper reports that the duo rented out one of the theaters and enjoyed pizza. OK, so it's not on the scale of steak dinners at a place that seats 20,000 people and is home to the L.A. Lakers, but the pair still got to chill out without being bothered.
A rep for the theater could not confirm or deny the report when MTV News called for further comment on the headline-making date night. When Bieber brought his brand-new "Mistletoe" video to MTV News this week, he revealed some film plans of his own. "Hopefully next summer I can start on a movie or something," he told us of his future plans, adding that his team is already "working on the script." Bieber is home in Canada now after wrapping up his My World Tour, and Gomez is currently on tour in the Great White North. She has a show in the area Friday night, and judging by her Twitter feed, she can't wait for it. "I had a great day here in Winnipeg. I can't wait to see y'all tomorrow!!" she tweeted Thursday night. Bieber, meanwhile, is enjoying the rest and relaxation. He tweeted, "Feels good to be back in #CANADA - missed home." Despite the downtime, he's still expected to release a new track, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)," featuring Usher, from his November 1 holiday album, Under the Mistletoe, on Tuesday. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Lady Gaga To Headline Z100 Jingle Ball Concert Posted: 21 Oct 2011 04:57 AM PDT Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson, Pitbull and others will also hit the stage for the annual holiday concert at Madison Square Garden.
It's time to get in the holiday spirit! On Friday (October 21), radio station Z100, with the help of pop star Demi Lovato, announced the lineup for their 2011 Jingle Ball concert.
All you Little Monsters better mark your calendars, because Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga, will be headlining the big event. The holiday concert will take place on Friday, December 9, at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Lovato, who is also hitting the stage at Jingle Ball, helped announce the lineup at the official kickoff party at the Aéropostale store in Times Square, where she also performed. The singer took the stage in front of a crowd filled with her fans (a.k.a. Lovatics) and sang four songs, including her cover of Lil Wayne's "How to Love" and her hit single off her Unbroken album, "Skyscraper." Lovato sat down with MTV News before the big event and told us just how thrilled she is to be a part of the big show. "I just know I'm performing at Jingle Ball and that I'm really excited," Lovato said. "I'm going to the Aéropostale store and I'm announcing the Jingle Ball lineup." Of course, Gaga and Lovato aren't the only acts hitting the stage. Pitbull, LMFAO, super-producer David Guetta, and Lovato's personal favorite, Kelly Clarkson, will also be in attendance. "I used to go to her concerts and now I'm performing with her," Lovato said of sharing the stage with Clarkson. But wait, there's more! Gym Class Heroes, rockers Foster the People and pop newbies Hot Chelle Rae will also perform before the New York crowd. Tickets for Z100's Jingle Ball go on sale November 1. Are you excited for the Jingle Ball lineup? Let us know in the comments below. Related Artists |
| Drake, Florence And The Machine Collabo Not Yet A Reality Posted: 21 Oct 2011 02:42 AM PDT 'Whenever I see Drake, we always just end up kind of hanging out, which is equally fun,' Florence Welch tells MTV News.
Since meeting at the 2010 VMAs, Drake has been vocal about his admiration for Florence and the Machine and has even talked of possible collaborations. With both acts set to release albums within weeks of each other, many have wondered if Drake would appear on Florence and the Machine's upcoming Ceremonials or if the band would appear on Drizzy's Take Care. Sadly, the answer is no. "We haven't actually done any recording together," Florence Welch told MTV News. "Whenever I see Drake, we always just end up kind of hanging out, which is equally fun, but no, we haven't done anything together yet."
After meeting at the VMAs, Welch joined Drake onstage in London this past January and filled in for Alicia Keys performing Drizzy's "Fireworks." "I think we're both big fans of each other's work," Welch said. "If we would have the time it is something I would definitely like to do, but we're both really busy." Drake's Canadian cohort the Weeknd, however, took it upon himself to remix Flo and the Machine's "Shake It Out" in September. Welch is a fan, and she even has hopes of shooting a most creative video for the remix. "Oh my God, I love it," she gushed. "I love it so much. I really want to make a homemade video of it. I don't know, like, rainbow exorcism. I hear that song, and it makes me think of puking rainbows." Would you like Florence and Drake to get in the studio together? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists |
| Justin Bieber Leaves Tyler, The Creator 'Starstruck' Posted: 21 Oct 2011 04:25 AM PDT Odd Future MC dreams of crafting a '90s-R&B-style beat for JB.
It may be a stretch to call Tyler the Creator a Belieber, but the Odd Future maestro is a definite Justin Bieber fan. "I met Justin back in February. He's a cool kid and sh--," Tyler told MTV News. "When I got in there, he was talkin' about the 'Yonkers' video and sh--. It was weird, because I was sitting here starstruck, like, 'Oh, f---, it's Bieber. He's asking me questions.' I'm like, 'Shut the f--- up so I can talk to you.' "
The outspoken rapper/producer may not have been able to get a word in edgewise, but he isn't deterred: He still has dreams of crafting a track for the Biebs. So is the OFWGKTA terror going pop? Not exactly. "I just want to make '90s R&B, like break beats, hard drums with pretty chords and sh--," Tyler said of the type of track he'd make for Justin. "I really want to do that. Like, I be listening to Brandy or the first three Mary J. [Blige] albums and sh-- and Faith [Evans] and Zhané and sh--. That sh-- is awesome." Bieber is no stranger to hip-hop. On top of collaborating with Kanye West and Raekwon on a remix of "Runaway Love," his upcoming holiday album features Busta Rhymes. On their version of "Little Drummer Boy," Bieber's rap alter ego, Shawty Mane, even gets in on the action. "If you really think about it, it's genius, because it's rapping on a Christmas album ... and, like, I'm rapping on it. And then it's singing," he explained to us during the "MTV First" premiere of his "Mistletoe" video. "It's cool. [Busta's] got, like, a percussive voice to him [and] the beat was so crazy." The Wolf Gang's knack for pushing the envelope and risqué content may make him and the Biebs an odd match. On October 11, Tyler released a video for "BSD," a sexually explicit track from his Goblin LP and on the same day sent this tweet: "This Video Prolly F---ed Over My Chances Of Ever Working With Bieber. F--- It." Even if he doesn't get to work with Justin, Tyler's still a fan. "He's chill as f---, though," Tyler said. Related Artists |
| 'Once Upon A Time' Preview: Fairy Tales Meet Reality Posted: 21 Oct 2011 03:04 AM PDT ABC fantasy series from 'Lost' writers/producers follows the lives of storybook characters forced to live in the real world.
The characters in the fairy tales you grew up listening to are people too. That's a big part of the story behind ABC's upcoming fantasy series "Once Upon a Time." From the minds of former "Lost" writers and producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, "Once Upon a Time" follows the lives of a number of storybook characters who find themselves trapped in the real world after a curse is placed on them.
Jennifer Morrison ("Warrior") stars as Emma Swan, the woman tasked with saving the fairy-tale world and bringing back the happy endings. Morrison says that there's much more to the series than the familiar faces, like Snow White, and that the show is about something bigger and much more relatable. "It's relationship driven. There is this sort of underlying universal thing," Morrison said. "We're in a time in our lives where the economy's kind of tough and jobs are tough, a lot of struggles people are facing. In a sense, our show really represents that in the curse that is on the characters and the hope that there is a way out, that you can band together and find a way out." Taking such a fantastical premise and making it about something real is a trick Horowitz and Kitsis say they learned from their time working on another sweeping fantasy epic, "Lost." The creators cite the character-driven drama of "Lost" and that show's executive producers, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, for giving them the direction and recipe for a successful outlandish drama series. "I think that the important thing that Damon and Carlton always told us was that it's about character first, although the fairy tale is fun, and Storybrooke's fun," Kitsis says. "Like, oh my god, that's Grumpy in a scene with Little Red Riding Hood. If you don't care about the characters and you don't care about their struggles, for us it's important that they're not just animated characters." For any TV show with even the most tenuous connections to "Lost," there will be questions of whether there is an overall arch already planned. Horowitz and Kitsis say they know where they want to take it but are waiting to see how viewers react first. "You can really only take those big picture ideas and then look at what's right in front of you and try to tell the best story you can, and we'll see what the audience says," Horowitz explained. To clarify further, Kitsis offered up an analogy. "It's kind of like we're on a road trip. We know we want to get to New York eventually, but if we see a large potato in Idaho we have to go see, then we're going to veer off and see it," Kitsis says. "Once Upon a Time" premieres this Sunday on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT. |
| Rihanna's 'We Found Love' Video Tells 'Everybody's' Story Posted: 21 Oct 2011 09:28 AM PDT 'There's a lot of comparisons to her real life, and that's not at all the intention,' director Melina Matsoukas tells MTV News.
Rihanna has kept everyone buzzing this week about her video for "We Found Love," a dizzying look at addiction. Rihanna and her main man in the video, played by British model/boxer Dudley O'Shaughnessy, are not only addicted to drugs, but also each other. The clip's director, Melina Matsoukas, said the video is a warning about the dangers of those types of dependencies.
"We love, obviously, to do provocative imagery ... we always try to definitely push the limits," Matsoukas told MTV News. "I think because, in the end, it's not really at all about domestic violence. It's really just about it being toxic, and they're on this drug trip and that definitely plays a part, but I think it's also about being triumphant over those weaknesses, and she leaves him. It's not trying to glorify that type of relationship. The bad parts of it, that's what you don't want. In the end, her leaving, it represents her getting that out of her life. The drugs and the addiction and the toxic -- that's what brings her downfall and brings a lot of harm." The video was originally slated to shoot it in Brazil then it got moved to Belfast, Ireland. Rihanna trusted her longtime collaborator and gave her full control to come up with just the right treatment. The singer's new hair and its more natural color helped shape the mood of the video and "how being really natural is forward-thinking." The pair then got supermodel Agyness Deyn onboard to read the monologue, and soon, all the pieces of the puzzle came together. Is Rihanna The New Madonna? We Make The Case >>> "It makes you feel so good, like you're lost in electricity or love or whatever it is, you're lost in it," she said about the track. "Obviously, it feels easy to put her in a club with some lights ... so it was really trying to capture that feeling and also what she's singing about." Seeking inspiration from "real, raw movies" like "Attack the Block," "Kids," "Trainspotting" and "Requiem for a Dream," Matsoukas wanted to capture all that darkness in the video. "[The song's] totally rave-y... and that's the feeling, just music rushing over you, and then I started thinking about drugs and addiction and love and how that's an addiction," she said. "We've all lived the ups and downs of being in a toxic relationship. It's really about the obstacles of trying to let it go, but at the same time how great it makes you feel, so it's hard to let it go. Rihanna's Casting Director On Finding Her Ideal Co-Star >>> "Again, it goes back to a story that we all can relate to," she continued. "It's not Rihanna's story; it's her story in the video, and she's acting. But everybody's [as well]. Obviously, there's a lot of comparisons to her real life, and that's not at all the intention. It's just that I guess people naturally go there because art imitates life, and it's a story we all relate to and we've all experienced. Like, it's based on my life; it's based on her life; it's based on your life, like, everybody." The video, in between moments of truly real situations, is made a bit dreamier thanks to imagery including a scene where Rihanna vomits ribbons. "All of it was supposed to be a bit surreal, but still real," she said. "So it was finding those little moments like the cigarettes, the ribbons and all this archival footage in there, and the projection stuff throughout it gives it that surreal thing and what's going on in her mind and her purging of her partying ways or whatever the toxic relationship was. And that's what that's supposed to represent." What did you think of Rihanna's "We Found Love" video? Share your reviews in the comments! |
| President Obama Announces End of Iraq War Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:48 AM PDT Nearly all U.S. troops will be home for the holidays, president promises.
President Obama made good on one of his campaign promises Friday (October 21) when he announced that he plans to bring nearly all U.S. troops home from Iraq by year's end. "After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over," Obama said during a press conference, according to CNN. "The coming months will be a season of homecomings. Our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays." By December 31, all but 150 of the 39,000 troops remaining in Iraq will be home, bringing an end to a lengthy battle that has taken 4,478 American lives, injured more than 32,000 and cost the nation more than $752 billion. Ending the war in Iraq was one of the goals Obama set for himself when running for president in 2008, and Friday's announcement brought both relief and a twinge of nervousness to Middle East watchers. While the U.S. counterinsurgency policy has appeared to tamp down violence lately, allowing the majority of the once-peak 180,000 troops to come home, there is still anxiety about whether Iraqi forces are stable enough to provide for their own security. The war was launched by former President George W. Bush on March 20, 2003, on the premise (later proven to be false) that late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was stockpiling and planning to use weapons of mass destruction. The U.S.-led Iraq Survey Group concluded that Iraq had ended its nuclear, chemical and biological warfare programs in 1991 and did not have an active program scheme at the time of the U.S. invasion. While the war led to the toppling, capture and execution of Hussein, experts also later determined that the insufficient amount of troops and planning left the U.S. unprepared for the sectarian violence that gave rise to a deadly insurgency that bogged American troops down in a guerrilla-style war. Iraq veteran Tom Tarantino told MTV News on Friday that he was elated by the announcement. "It's really excellent news for members of the military and their families around the country," he said. "Especially since it's happening around the holidays, which is a nice symbolic gesture." Tarantino, a senior legislative associate for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, served in Iraq in 2005-06 as a cavalry and mortar platoon leader with the 11th armored cavalry regiment, leading patrols through Baghdad and earning a Bronze Star for his service. Whatever you felt about the war, Tarantino said the news is a great opportunity to remind the American people about the several million young veterans who are in desperate need of good health care and who are coming home to record levels of suicide and unemployment. Watching the attention paid to the demands of the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York and around the globe, Tarantino, 33, said he hopes the movement will remind the nation of its responsibilities to a generation of warriors who logged time in Iraq and inspire similar protest. "We should let these men and women come home with honor and make sure the promises we made to them when they went off to war are kept," he said. The decision to bring the troops home came after Obama spoke with Iraqi President Nuri al-Maliki in a video conference Friday, and both men said they were comfortable with the plan. Obama promised that the new partnership with Iraq would be "strong and enduring. ... The last American soldier will cross the border out of Iraq with their head held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the American people stand united in our support for our troops." The announcement of the end of the war in Iraq comes at a time of rapid, earthshaking change in the Middle East. In just the past six months, the U.S. and its allies have overseen efforts that have resulted in the killing of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Anwar al-Awlaki, and, on Thursday, the killing of feared Libyan dictator Muammar Kaddafi. Those deaths came amid a summer of massive change in the Arab world (dubbed the "Arab Spring"), when protests and demonstrations -- many of them led by young revolutionaries -- in countries such as Yemen, Syria, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon have led to the ouster of a number of repressive leaders. Share your thoughts on the president's announcement in the comments below. |
| Coldplay Fans Find 'Paradise' During 'Today' Set Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:52 AM PDT Band can't make up its mind on the meaning of new album title Mylo Xyloto, and fans struggle to pronounce it for MTV News.
NEW YORK -- Thousands of Coldplay fans wrapped around a dark Rockefeller Plaza on Friday morning (October 21) waiting to get into the group's "Today" show performance.
While most woke up before sunrise, some even camped out overnight to catch the seven-time Grammy-winning band perform. Coldplay satisfied their fans' hunger, performing past hits like "Fix You" and "Viva la Vida" along with new singles "Paradise" and "Every Tear Drop Is a Waterfall." Two early birds from Long Island missed part of their school day to catch the free show. "We woke up at 4 a.m., missed the train, took another train," Rebecca Monachelli, 17, said. When asked if her parents were aware, the teen laughed, "My mom was the one who suggested to come here today!" A spray-painted set, in the identical colors of Coldplay's new album cover, lit up the plaza as dawn approached. When "Today" co-anchor Matt Lauer asked about the set, frontman Chris Martin admitted, "It's just random and fun. It's just us throwing caution to the wind, we know it looks kind of amateur, but it comes from the heart." The band's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto, due Tuesday, is said to be the band's most electronic album yet. MTV News took to the plaza to talk with fans and test their ability to pronounce the album title. Most fans laughed as they stumbled over the words Mylo Xyloto, while others confidently let it out. When the band was asked about the meaning behind the title, Martin said, "It doesn't really mean anything. It just means a group of four English people who are trying to come up with something that had no other association ... one day hopefully it'll mean something." Lauer quoted the band from a New York Times article, in which Martin had been quoted, "We came up with the idea of, what if you had musical digits, like xylo toes?" Martin smiled before responding, "I said that, but now I don't mean that anymore. We're still trying to figure out what to say. We should have figured it out before we came on national TV." Did you catch Coldplay's performance on "Today"? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| 'Paranormal Activity 3': The Reviews Are In! Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:36 AM PDT Critics are generally positive, although most point out similarities between latest entry and its predecessors.
This Halloween is the third in a row that the shaky-cam, faux-documentary series "Paranormal Activity" has released an entry into theaters, and critics agree that "Paranormal Activity 3" shares more than just a filming style with its predecessors.
While the critical consensus is generally positive, most reviews note how similar the new "Paranormal" is to the two that came before it. This could be seen as a good or bad thing depending on how you feel about the first two films. There are new scares filling out a quiet, homespun frame, but not much else. Check out our roundup of the reviews, and be sure to read MTV News' five reasons to check out "Paranormal Activity 3." As a Sequel " 'Paranormal Activity 3' is a prequel, revealing that the characters in 'PA1' and 'PA2' had already been through the all-night video surveillance ordeal. At least in this film they are undergoing it for the first time, which is less than can be said for us. The formula for the films involves pallid characters, perfunctory dialogue and very long waits for something to happen." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times The Director "Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost have fun with the archetypal image of a white-sheeted costume ghost, but mostly what they're aces at is timing. They know just how to thread a handheld camera up the stairs, down a hallway, and into the scattered bric-a-brac of a middle-class children's bedroom, settling at just the right moment upon a talking teddy bear that plays as a joke, even as a part of you momentarily thinks: Is that bear possessed?" — Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly The References "Having been handed the entirely uninspiring challenge of fattening up the 'Paranormal' origin story (pop culture mythology in the making, or not), directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (the doofuses behind the 2010 is-it-or-isn't-it-a-sham-doc-about-an-Internet-sham, 'Catfish') reach into their kit bag of plot elements from, and references to, a whole bunch of older horror movies that most of their target demographic likely hasn't seen. A bit of 'Rosemary's Baby' here, 'The Shining' there, 'Poltergeist' there, not to mention some Japanese stuff, and, of course, 'Blair Witch' itself, particularly at the end." — Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies The End "As usual, the climax, in which the family makes the mistake of retreating to the sweet grandmother's (Hallie Foote) house, replaces the air of mystery with an all too explicit explication for what's been going on. But it does effectively fulfill its requirement of setting things up for the inevitable next installment. One doesn't need a Ouija board to discern that it will probably arrive sometime around next Halloween." — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter Bottom Line "Like its predecessors, the movie is more clever than good, and if you feel as if you're being manipulated by the filmmakers, it's because you are. That's the fun of these movies, something you know going in. The point is to manipulate you in the scariest way possible, and 'Paranormal Activity 3' does a good job of that." — Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic Check out everything we've got on "Paranormal Activity 3." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Videos |
| Lil Wayne, Bow Wow Collabo 'Sweat' Almost Didn't Happen Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT Mack Maine was reluctant to green-light a second Wayne/ Bow Wow track, producer Detail tells Mixtape Daily.
Behind the Beats: Detail Bow Wow has a bone to pick with the industry. After breaking into rap as a kid at the age of 13 in 2000, the now grown-up Bow is feeling a little Underrated, as the title of his upcoming December 6 Cash Money album suggests.
For his latest single, "Sweat," the now 24-year-old Bow Wow recruited Lil Wayne for a feature and producer Detail for the track. "Obviously everybody knows I got a very diverse sound -- I can do pop, I can do rock, I can do hip-hop, R&B," the very confident "How to Love" beatmaker told Mixtape Daily. "For me it's just a matter of studying the artist and kinda coming up with a formula that's more natural for them." On "Sweat," Detail laid a slow-rolling, pulsating pop track for Bow, who often seems to struggle with getting fans to accept that he is no longer the little pup he once was. Bow sings in Auto-Tune over the track, creating an aura of sexual seduction with his explicit lyrics. Wayne of course adds his unique brand of flirtatious, double-timed raps. As good as the single sounds, Detail told Mixtape Daily that the collaboration almost didn't come to pass. Wayne and Bow Wow had already cut a record together, and Young Money president Mack Maine was in no big rush to make a second track. That changed when Detail sent him the beat after the two talked at Wayne's Tha Carter IV release party in Los Angeles. "At Lil Wayne's Carter IV release party, I was talking to [Maine] about the 'Sweat' record. He hadn't even heard [it]. He was like, '[Wayne] already got a record with Bow Wow,' " Detail recalled of his and Mack's conversation. Given Detail's track record for crafting hit singles with Young Money, Mack agreed to listen to the beat, which the producer sent him right away. "He hit me back and said, 'Damn that bitch is a beast,' " Detail said. "So when he said that, I knew off the top that this motherf---er gonna go." For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines. Related Artists |
| Britney Spears Director Leads Us Through 'Criminal' Video Posted: 21 Oct 2011 09:03 AM PDT Chris Marrs Piliero takes us behind the crime sprees and 'sexy time.'
Britney Spears and real-life boyfriend Jason Trawick go on a sexy crime spree in her new "Criminal" video, which follows the pair around London as they hold up banks and convenience stores in between NSFW scenes of the duo getting physical in their hideout.
MTV News caught up with the director, Chris Marrs Piliero, who opened up about casting Trawick and the video's use of guns, leading us through the clip frame by frame. The video opens with Spears and her rich boyfriend at a glamorous get-together. But things are not as pretty as the party itself. "So here we are at the fancy-schmancy par-tay, [and] one of my directions for her little turnaround reveal was in 'Can't Hardly Wait' when Jennifer Love Hewitt ... walks into the party. ... The actor who plays her d-----bag boyfriend, his name is Freddie, and actually it's his first acting role." Britney then goes into the lady's room to cry about Freddie's jabs at her, and when she comes out, she sees him flirting with another woman. "For this, I wanted to come up with a really cool line," he said. "I was trying to come up with something that had attitude but was TV-safe, so we went with that," he explained about Britney's crack "So, you're not working the street corner tonight, I see." Can The Director Make Britney A Movie Star? Vote Now >>> When Britney does leave the party, dragged out by her boyfriend, Trawick's bad-boy character comes to the rescue. "The punching was just awesome," Piliero said. "We were watching that, and we were all looking at each other like, 'Is he really hitting him?' " Of course, Spears gets in her kick to his groin too. "I love her face when she goes for the kick," he added. "She's so good at delivering those fun lines."
Eventually, Brit and Jason's attraction takes over, as they share a kiss and then a whole lot more. "It's time for sexy time," Piliero joked of their naked romp. "So during the bed sex scene, the first take that we did of it, I let the camera roll. ... From that point on, I was just calling out stuff, just directing them ... and it was a really smooth, comfortable experience, actually. And Jason is ripped beyond belief. It's kind of ridiculous." Britney soon gets caught up in Jason's world of crime. Her first offense? Holding up a convenience store, where she also grabbed some vanilla candles, a nod to her real-life love of them. "There she is yelling at the guy," he said. "That was fun. She really got into it. See Just How Jason Got Ripped For The Video >>> "[The] slo-mo shot of them running out [was] very, very cool," he continued. "I love when Jason just kind of throws the woman to the side." Between crime sprees, the two make time for a very revealing shower scene. "Sexy time in the shower, which is just super hot," he said. "We did the shower scene after the bed scene.. so it was pretty painless and smooth." The video ends up with the cops closing in on the pair with a parade of bullets being shot into their flat before they make their getaway, driving off into the sunset together. "We got a bunch of cops here ready to shoot," he said. "Obviously, there's a lot of crime history here. That's why they're ready to go crazy and fire on them. To me, it's awesome to see this shot [because] this is exactly how I pictured it. Their kiss is magical and badass. It's a really epic, cool-looking scene." What did you think of the "Criminal" video? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Videos Related Artists |
| 'Amazing Spider-Man' Villain Debuts His Lizard Voice Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:07 AM PDT 'Anonymous' actor Rhys Ifans shows off his terrifying Lizard voice in an exclusive interview with MTV News.
For Andrew Garfield, becoming your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is as simple as slipping on some red-and-blue tights. For Rhys Ifans, the process of becoming the Lizard -- the reptilian nemesis Peter Parker will face in next summer's "The Amazing Spider-Man" -- is considerably trickier. As is the case with so many superhero films these days, Ifans filmed his scenes as the Lizard while wearing a complicated motion-capture suit that will make way for the villain's scaly visage somewhere along the post-production process. But fans won't have to look too hard to see Ifans' performance shine through the presumably CGI-heavy Lizard's presence: His eyes, facial expressions and -- yes -- even his voice will be front and center when "Amazing Spider-Man" swings into theaters.
"It's totally my voice," Ifans told MTV News when asked if we'd be hearing his Lizard voice when the movie arrives next year. "I'm sure the voice will be toyed with in the eventual edits, but when I was shooting the CGI moments, when I wasn't actually human, when I was Lizard, I looked like a crash-test dummy in a green leotard thing. There were many moments when I had to speak to Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone as the Lizard." Not content with simply telling us that we'd be hearing his Lizard voice, Ifans one-upped us with one heck of a terrifying exclusive: his first public performance of the Lizard's voice! "Sooooo prettyyyyy," he hissed at MTV's Josh Horowitz, making our fearless reporter very, very uncomfortable. "Beauuuuutiful MTV ... " Perhaps not the most menacing words Ifans could have strung together, but let us assure you, witnessing the incredibly talented "Anonymous" actor's Lizard drawl firsthand is not an experience we'll soon forget. If his Lizard voice is even half as terrifying in the final edit of "Amazing Spider-Man" as it was in person, webheads everywhere are going to be very pleased next summer. What do you think of Ifans' "Spider-Man" voice? Let us know in the comments! Check out everything we've got on "The Amazing Spider-Man." For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies -- updated around the clock -- visit SplashPage.MTV.com. |
| Taylor Swift Has 25 Songs For <i>Speak Now</i> Follow-Up Posted: 21 Oct 2011 09:19 AM PDT 'It's looking really great,' she tells The Hollywood Reporter of 2012 album.
Taylor Swift's Speak Now was released just one year ago, but, from the sound of things, work on the follow-up is already well under way. Last week, Swift told MTV News that she's "been writing so much for the new record," adding that she's "already excited about it," even though the album won't see the light of day until 2012. And, in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, she revealed even more about the new disc and the songs she's already penned.
"I've written 25 songs so far, so it's coming along really well," Swift said in the interview. "I've been writing a lot, and I like to take two years to make a record. We're at the end of year one, and I still have a year left to go write. "It's looking really great," she added. Whenever the new album is released, it'll have some lofty company to keep: Swift's Speak Now opened at #1 on the Billboard albums chart, breaking the 1 million mark in first-week sales. And her previous effort, 2008's Fearless, also bowed at #1 and has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide. Of course, writing songs isn't the only project on Swift's plate at the moment. She just launched her first-ever fragrance, Wonderstruck, which, as she explained to us, she hopes will "help play a role in creating some ... memories." She also continues to chug along on her Speak Now Tour, which crisscrosses the continent before coming to a close at the end of November with a pair of sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. What are you expecting from Taylor's next album? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos Related Artists |
| Selena Gomez Goes Gangster In MTV EMA Promo Posted: 21 Oct 2011 08:09 AM PDT 'People know who the eff I is,' the show's host raps in a video for next month's MTV Europe Music Awards.
When Selena Gomez served as MTV News' special correspondent at the Video Music Awards Pre-Show in August, she was polite, professional and, as far as we can tell, did not utter a single profanity (she did get kissed by her boyfriend, Justin Bieber, though).
But in preparation for her hosting duties at next month's MTV EMA, she's decided to change things up a bit, ditching that good-girl image and going hard. At least judging by a brand-new promo for the show, that is. Gomez ties on a bandana and throws on a flannel (only top button buttoned, of course) in the new spot, which spoofs her squeaky-clean image and features the demure actress/singer spitting some (sorta-profane) rhymes. It opens with her in full-blown princess regalia, sitting before a vanity and proclaiming to her reflection "Finally, I get to host the EMAs ... wow!" All of sudden, her thugged-out alter ego appears on the other side of the mirror, tells Selena to "shut her face," and then launches into a few bars, rapping, "Who else better than me to be hosting the show/ People know who the eff I is/ I'm a pro/ The right time and place for me to be/ Yeah, I'll say it/ Congratulations to me!" Gangster Gomez (or, as she puts it, "The S-E-L-E-N-A to the Gomez"), then gets all Kanye confessional on the mic, rapping that "Sh--'s crazy growing up in this industry/ I was still a baby when I hustled up into the scene" and then drops what sounds very much like a solid F-bomb too. Like we said, she goes hard. Of course, the whole thing is a joke -- according to a message at the beginning of the spot, "Some of the Selenas in this video are fictional. Any similarities to the actual Selena are purely coincidental" -- but, as MTV's Buzzworthy blog points out, her hip-hop makeover does present a rather unique opportunity for Gomez: Now, perhaps she can drop a mixtape with Shawty Mane, a.k.a. Bieber's rapping alter ego. We'd totally cop that. The MTV EMA will premiere on Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más at 6 p.m. ET on November 6 and noon on mtvU on November 7. American and Canadian audiences can vote for the North American nominee for the Worldwide Act award, who will represent the continent at the EMA against contenders from across the globe. For a complete list of nominees and to vote for your favorite artists, check out the MTV EMA website. Stick with MTV News as we roll out more information on performers and presenters. Related Artists |
| Kristin Cavallari Hides Party Evidence, On 'When I Was 17' Posted: 21 Oct 2011 09:31 AM PDT Next episode, also featuring Lenny Kravitz and Bryan Greenberg, airs Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV.
We all remember party girl and badass Kristin Cavallari from "The Hills," and the die-hard "Hills" fans remember where it all began: "Laguna Beach." On this week's episode of "When I Was 17," Kristin takes us back in time to her "Laguna Beach" days, rehashing a Halloween rager that almost went off without a hitch.
"When I was 17, my Dad got remarried and went away on his honeymoon, so I threw a huge Halloween party," Kristin recalls on the latest episode, premiering Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV and also featuring Lenny Kravitz and Bryan Greenberg. "Everyone was dressed up for Halloween, which makes it that much more fun. We were definitely dancing. We were drinking. My house was filled with people." The next day, Kristin cleaned the entire house until it was spotless, leaving no evidence of the party the night before. Or so she thought. "I thought I did such a good job. And then my dad and my stepmom came home, and apparently I just missed one beer can under the couch, and that's what my Dad found." Busted! But we're glad Kristin decided not to change her partying ways. After all, what would "Laguna Beach" have been without the party girl? Don't miss this week's episode of "When I Was 17," featuring Kristin Cavallari, Lenny Kravitz and Bryan Greenberg, at 11 a.m. Saturday on MTV. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Stalley Says <i>Lincoln Way Nights</i> Re-Release 'A Whole Different Project' Posted: 21 Oct 2011 09:56 AM PDT Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group signee has MTV's Jam of the Week.
Stalley's inclusion in Rick Ross' "invincible" Maybach Music Group probably came as a surprise to plenty of people — because it definitely came as a surprise to the Ohio MC himself. Arguably lesser-known than Wale, Meek Mill and Pill were before they joined the team, Stalley nevertheless caught the Bawse's attention. When MTV News caught up with the rapper earlier this week, he said New Orleans spitter Curren$y actually linked them up.
"Curren$y had called me, and he told me that Ross was looking for me and that he wanted to reach out," Stalley recalled. "Curren$y asked if it was OK if he gave Ross my number, and I was like, 'Yeah, of course.' " Stalley said Ross flew him down to Dallas during the first leg of Lil Wayne's I Am Still Music Tour and asked if he wanted to be a part of the team. Stalley said he jumped at the opportunity because he felt the team was very family-oriented and that he would retain total control of what he was already doing. It's a few months later, and Stalley has MTV's Jam of the Week for the remix of his "Lincoln Way Nights (Shop)" featuring Ross. The video, which was directed by Spiff TV, features the two rappers riding around, eating lavishly. Stalley is set to re-release his mixtape, Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music) on November 1, completely re-mastered by Young Guru and Tony Dorsey. "It sounds like a whole different project," he said." I'm just very excited, and I'm very happy to re-release it for those who might have not got to hear it." Related Artists |
| Drake And Lil Wayne's 'The Real Her' Leaks Online Posted: 21 Oct 2011 08:53 AM PDT It is unclear if the track will appear on Drizzy's upcoming Take Care.
Drake's Take Care is finally complete. After a short delay that moved his original release date from October 24 to November 15, Drizzy handed the final cut into the label Wednesday and is now gearing up to promote his sophomore album. Last week, Drake dropped "Make Me Proud," his new single featuring Nicki Minaj, and on Thursday night, another possible Take Care track hit the Internet. Though it wasn't posted on his October's Very Own blog like previous album singles "Headlines" and "Marvins Room," the brand-new "The Real Her," featuring Lil Wayne, made waves online.
As of now, it is unclear whether the slow and sultry track, on which Drake sings throughout, will appear on Take Care. It begins with a start-and-stop piano intro, then about eight bars in, Drizzy starts to sing, "People around you should really have nothing to say/ Me I'm just proud of the fact that you've done it your way." The song's bridge connects "The Real Her" to Drake's classic "Houstatlantavegas" from his 2009 So Far Gone mixtape. He softly croons, "Houston girls love the way it goes down, Atlanta girls love the way it goes down, Vegas girls love the way it goes down," drawing a distinct parallel to the song that Drake said inspired the story line on Take Care. "It was a world that was very much real to me, but I created it in my mind. It was a world that, being a kid from Toronto, I used to look at from the outside and I used to be like, 'Man that looks crazy,' " he told MTV News of the fictional city Houstatlantavegas. "All those strip clubs and all those nightclubs and the drinks and the girls and the fame." In his quest to find something real in a superficial world of fast love and even faster heartbreak, Drake invites Lil Wayne to rap about his experiences with the fairer sex. " 'Cause to her I'm just a rapper and soon she'll have met another/ And if tonight was just an accident, tomorrow we'll recover," Weezy spits in almost a spoken-word flow. The five-minute-plus song ends with no resolve, instead closing out with the hook, on which Drake charges, "You must've done this before, this can't be your first time." And the hunt for Ms. Right goes on. What do you think of "The Real Her"? Would you like to hear it on Take Care? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos Related Artists |
| 'Breaking Dawn' Stars, Musicians Hit The Road Posted: 21 Oct 2011 05:32 AM PDT Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz and others will tour with acts from the latest 'Twilight' soundtrack.
Some of the stars of the upcoming "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" will be hitting the road next month for a barnstorming tour to jack Twilighters up even more about the penultimate film in the vamps-and-werewolves saga.
Peter Facinelli, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz and Elizabeth Reaser will pile into the van (OK, probably a plane) for a five-city tour from November 7 to 11 that will hit Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Salt Lake City, just one week before the movie hits screens (November 18). They will be joined by singer and "Breaking Dawn" soundtrack contributor Christina Perri on the first three dates. Three other soundtrack contributors — Aqualung, Lucy Schwartz and Sleeping at Last — will be on hand for the final two shows. Tickets for the appearances are free and will be available beginning at 10 a.m. local time Saturday, November 5, at each location, with a two-ticket-per-person limit. Each event will feature a red-carpet arrival followed by the mini-concert. If you just can't wait that long, tune in to MTV at 7:54 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 26, to see the debut of the video for the first single from the "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" soundtrack, "It Will Rain," from Bruno Mars. The "Rain" video will feature a never-before-seen clip from the film. Immediately following the video's premiere, the action switches over to MTV.com for a live stream featuring MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway's exclusive interview with Mars, plus "Twilight" music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas, who will discuss everything about the "Breaking Dawn" soundtrack. "After seeing the movie, I thought that it would be a perfect fit," Mars told Billboard last month about the lead single from the soundtrack. "The 'Twilight' movies for me [are] a love story. But it's a dark love story," he added. "And I think the best way to describe the song is: It's the darker side of love. I think that pretty much sums it up." Mars will also be answering your video and text questions, which you can submit starting today at MTV.com or via Twitter using the hashtag #AskBruno. The "Twilight" tour dates are: » 11/7 - Atlanta, GA @ The Buckhead Theatre (Greene, Reed, Facinelli, Rathbone and Perri) Will you check out the "Twilight" tour? Let us know in the comments! Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" video premieres Wednesday, October 26, at 7:54 p.m. ET on MTV, with a live stream to follow on MTV.com. Fans can submit their questions for Bruno through MTV.com, or via Twitter, using the hashtag #AskBruno. |
| Angelina Jolie's 'Blood And Honey' Trailer Debuts Posted: 21 Oct 2011 08:27 AM PDT Actress' directorial debut, 'In the Land of Blood and Honey,' is a love story set during the Bosnian war.
We all know Angelina Jolie, Academy Award-winning actress, sex symbol, mother and philanthropist, but today for the first time, the new for "In the Land of Blood and Honey" introduces all of us to Angelina Jolie, writer and director. There's been talk about the project, a love story set during the Bosnian war in the early '90s, for a while now, but there was little actually known besides a rough description of the plot. Brad Pitt even refused to give his review of the film when he spoke with MTV News while promoting "Moneyball." The movie remained more or less a mystery with Jolie's name as the only recognizable feature. That is, until the trailer hit the Web on Friday (October 21). In it, we get a look at a sweeping romance buried deep within the horrors of the Bosnian war and filled with suspicion and betrayal. The film stars Zana Marjanovic and Goran Kostic as two lovers caught in the middle of the conflict. The scale is surprisingly big, attempting to portray a full-out war, and features lots of gunfire and several large explosions. The trailer also makes clear the emotional weight tied to both the romance and its wartime backdrop. Jolie pulled the cast from the area, choosing unknowns rather than A-listers with Eastern European accents. Two versions of the film exist, one in English, the other in the native Serbo-Croatian. The film opens December 23 and, from the looks of the trailer and its release date, "In the Land of Blood and Honey" could spell another trip to the Academy Awards for the first-time director. Check out everything we've got on "In the Land of Blood and Honey." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more -- updated around the clock -- visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. |
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