Archive for July, 2011
Britney Spears’ ‘Till The World Ends’ Gets R. Kelly Treatment
Following all-girl remix featuring Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha, R&B singer proffers his own mix of the song.
By Jocelyn Vena
R. Kelly
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Did R. Kelly place his vote for his pick for Song of the Summer by jumping on a new remix of Britney Spears’ monster smash “Till the World Ends”? Following the all-girl remix featuring Nicki Minaj and the song’s writer, Ke$ha, this new version of the Femme Fatale single gets some love in the club from Kells.
On the new mix, after Brit sings the first verse and the chorus, Kelly comes in singing, “Slide up in this club/ This beat’s got me in love/ Till I just don’t care/ It’s like I’m walking on air/ It’s a party right here.” He then goes on about partying till the world ends, his Auto-Tuned vocals dancing over the track until the song’s breakdown, where he mixes his vocals with Spears’.
Toward the song’s end, Kelly does some vocal runs over the song’s chorus as it plays out, keeping with the integrity of the Dr. Luke-produced track.
Remixes certainly aren’t new for Kels, who’s reworked several of his own tracks, including “Ignition” and “Bump N’ Grind,” spinning new life into the songs that had already become fan favorites. He’s also remixed tracks for an eclectic galaxy of stars like Whitney Houston, Usher and soul legends the Isley Brothers, to name a few.
As for Spears, several of her Femme Fatale songs have been remixed in various ways including the Bollywood “Till the World Ends and the house version of “Hold It Against Me.” A Neptunes remix of “Boys” dubbed the “The Co-Ed Remix” climbed to the top of “TRL” back in 2002, and she released a remix album in 2005 called B In The Mix: The Remixes, with club-ready up versions of “Me Against the Music,” “Everytime,” “Toxic” and more.
“Till the World Ends” isn’t the only Song of the Summer contender that’s getting reworked by a male pop star. Over the weekend, much to the delight of Mother Monster herself, Nick Jonas put his own signature acoustic singer/songwriter stamp on her summer contender “The Edge of Glory.”
Lady Gaga tweeted, “Swoon! Nick Jonas singing ‘The Edge of Glory.’ On my way to press conference in Taichung, listening to it. So dreamy! X.”
Using only his acoustic guitar, Jonas played his version of the triumphant pop track to a audience of fans who seemed charmed by his rendition of the Born This Way single. “@ladygaga the pleasure is all mine,” he later tweeted. “That is a beautiful song. Keep inspiring the world.”
Which reworked track do you like better? Tell us in the comments!
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Watch Mark Ballas’ Dance Lesson & Buzzworthy Interview
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‘Transformers’ Stars Reveal Tricks Behind Filming Building-Escape Scene
‘We all felt 12 again, sliding down the side of this building, shooting, screaming,’ Tyrese Gibson tells MTV News.
By Kara Warner
Shia LaBeouf in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
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For those who’ve seen “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” there is so much going on in the film that one could spend the next 12 months breaking down all the dirty details. We’ve already tackled the nods to “Star Trek” and the “Transformers”-specific Easter eggs, so today we turn our attention to one of the film’s most impressive action sequences: the part when evil Decepticon Shockwave sends his massive, spinning, snakelike destroyer after our protagonists, who become trapped in the upper stories of a tall building. The Transformer proceeds to cut the building in half, leaving our heroes no option but to jump out of the windows and slide down the outside of the building to safety.
MTV News had the scene’s stars, Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Tyrese Gibson, explain how they managed to pull off that sequence.
“The building comes up on what I can only describe as a crane,” Whiteley explained of the rig used to support and move the specific set piece. “It tilts to about a 40-degree angle. It’s built to look like the outside of a skyscraper,” she said. “Shia, myself, Tyrese, the Marines, we all set at the top, Mike [director Michael Bay] would scream ‘Action!’ and then we would slide down this thing,” she recalled. “And then flower pots, chairs, paper and fake glass, tennis balls, every office supply you could possibly think of would get thrown down after us.”
Despite the gravity of that particular scene, it turns out that the boys thought of the tilting skyscraper set piece more like a ride at a county fair.
“This thing had to be 150 to 200 feet in the air. It was like a huge slide,” Gibson said. “We all felt 12 again, sliding down the side of this building, shooting, screaming, doing everything we had to do in those scenes.
“It was scary stuff,” he added with a smile. “It was scary with the idea that we are about to be eaten, eaten alive.”
“We shot that for three weeks or so,” LaBeouf said. “You’re basically pulling yourself on rope to get to the top of the thing. It’s like a big slide, you know those slides they have at fairs where you get the little brown bag? Brown bag slides, sort of like that.”
Huntington-Whiteley added that in the midst of all the fun had while sliding, she learned very quickly to pay attention to her landing and get out of the way when she reached the bottom of the set piece. “I’d always hit the bottom first. It took one time to realize if I didn’t get out of the way really quick, I was going to get flattened by a 300-pound man coming quite quickly after me!”
Check out everything we’ve got on “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”
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Review ? NOKIA X7
Nokia X7 takes smartphone design in a new direction to create something special and truly unique. The brushed stainless steel finish and distinctive lines bring a contemporary look and feel. But great design is about more than just looks. The gently curved body fits perfectly in your hand while the large 4? touch screen is [...]
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Daniel Radcliffe Reveals A Drinking Problem To British ?GQ? Magazine
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is featured in the new issue of British GQ magazine and in excerpts published today from his coverstory interview, Dan reveals a surprising problem with alcohol. According to Dan himself, he was taken with the notion of celebrity and became “reliant” on drinking alcohol to have a good time. Thankfully, [...]
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Harry Potter World Cup: Draco Vs. Bellatrix
Welcome to MTV’s Harry Potter World Cup! We’ve selected 64 of the best “Harry Potter” characters and matched them up in a series of duels for a chance at magical glory, but it’s up to YOU to decide who the greatest “Potter” character of all time is in this pool of wizards and witches. Will [...]
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US Sitcoms Better Than Indian Soaps
Entertainment is the only industry which comes up with new ideas to attract audience and soaring TRP heights. The way of climbing the TRP charts seems to be different for Indian soap and US sitcoms. The leading lady of the Indian soaps is Ekta Kapoor who has revolutionized her idea of Saas- bahu tiffs in the form of love. This [...]
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Harry Potter World Cup: Draco Vs. Bellatrix
Welcome to MTV’s Harry Potter World Cup! We’ve selected 64 of the best “Harry Potter” characters and matched them up in a series of duels for a chance at magical glory, but it’s up to YOU to decide who the greatest “Potter” character of all time is in this pool of wizards and witches. Will [...]
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Watch: The Cast Of ?Jackass? Releases A Tribute Video For Ryan Dunn
Earlier this week we read the touching and very heartfelt eulogy written by Jackass star Johnny Knoxville in honor of his late friend Ryan Dunn, who was tragically killed in a drunk driving accident last week, and today we get to see a tribute memorial video in honor of Ryan. The folks at Dickhouse productions [...]
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Pippa Middleton: Tatler August 2011 Covergirl
She’s been embraced by the public as a fascinating figure ever since sister Kate married Prince William, and now Pippa Middleton has landed herself the cover gig for Tatler.
The sister of royalty appears on the UK magazine in a black and white image with a colorful collage of flowers surrounding her adorable face.
As for the column found inside Pippa’s cover issue, reporter Annabel Rivkin has nothing but praise for Miss Middleton’s looks.
Rivkin tells, “Pippa seems almost to have become the whole point of the most recent royal wedding. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are jolly and popular; the consensus seems to be that William has chosen wisely and that Kate is a solid, grounded middle-class soul who will inject some focus into a royal family battered by its own human frailty.”
She added, “But while Kate and William bounce off to Wales, where he can be a helicopter rescue pilot and she can be a housewife, Pippa…has gone global.”
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Accessories: Ginger Bags
Shopping is never complete without buying accessories. Accessories could be anything from bags to earnings etc. As long as its trendy and suits your style. Going for corporate meeting , to a friend’s party or for travelling purposes,handbags are a must . You just cannot do away with them. Ginger bags are best in the market [...]
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Rihanna Cozies Up To Drake In The Club
For the past year or so, it has been rumored that Rihanna and Drake (neé Aubrey Graham) were more than just friends … and today, TMZ brings us photographic evidence that the rumors may be true. Apparently the couple were spotted canoodling in a dark club together and they were lookin’ much more than friends. [...]
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Ryan Dunn Remembered In Tribute Video
Montage was played at ‘Jackass’ star’s memorial earlier this week.
By Kara Warner
Ryan Dunn
Photo: Dickhouse Productions
Earlier this week, Ryan Dunn’s family, friends and loved ones gathered at a memorial held at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles to mourn the “Jackass” star’s death. During the service, a very moving video tribute was played to honor Dunn, the second half of which was cut together by “Jackass” co-star Rick Kosick, and includes a song for Dunn by Roger Alan Wade, “The Light Outlives the Star.”
“Ryan was really crazy about my cousin Roger,” Johnny Knoxville said in a statement to MTV News. “He loved his music and really looked up to him. Rog’ was equally as crazy about Ryan and, like everyone else, was shook by his passing. Rest in peace, brother. We love you.”
The video tribute is a montage of Dunn’s greatest hits, most of them “Jackass”-related, cut together in a moving and very funny way that only the guys at Dickhouse Productions know how.
For more tributes to Dunn, check out Dickhouse’s website.
The five-and-a-half-minute video opens with the words “our brother” then cuts to a clip of Dunn walking in an office kitchen, saying hello to Wee-Man and subsequently being knocked to the ground by a giant hand (the same hand was a prominent feature in the “Antiquing” stunt in “Jackass 3-D”). This is followed by shots of Dunn riding an old-fashioned bicycle in a top hat and waistcoat, rolling off a roof in a large bucket, leaving a Port-o-Potty covered in blue paint, getting sprayed with mace while wearing a bear suit, “Poo Diving,” getting kick-boxed by a female boxer, riding small motorbikes and attempting to jump lakes, getting launched in the air and falling into various bodies of waters (lakes and pools, mostly), Dunn in a series of crazy costumes, etc. There are shots of stunts gone wrong, Dunn mugging for the camera and plenty of pranking with his “Jackass” brothers.
The video ends with a shot of Dunn standing atop a jump ramp, dressed in a red-white-and-blue Evel Kneivel-like jumpsuit, motorcycle helmet in hand, kissing his hand and reaching it up in a silent prayer. That is followed by a shot of Dunn and Bam Margera laughing themselves silly in front of the London Bridge as Margera’s chair breaks and he falls to the ground, still laughing. Before the screen goes black, the words “We love you Ryan” appear over Dunn’s laughter.
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?Femme Fatale? By Britney Spears Is Voted The Best Album (So Far) Of 2011
MTV conducted a poll to find out what people think the BEST album (so far) of 2011 is and unsurprisingly Britney Spears‘s new album Femme Fatale was by and far the top choice. Our dear Britney beats Adele, Beyoncé and others. Click below to see the breakdown and see what other albums made this list [...]
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Pete Rock, Smif-N-Wessun Claim NYPD Incited ‘Riot’
Five people were arrested, five officers injured during Smif-n-Wessun’s album release party on Tuesday.
By Rob Markman
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It was all love, according to Brooklyn, New York, rap group Smif-n-Wessun and their producer Pete Rock. That was until the police came and busted up the group’s album-release party in Manhattan on Tuesday night.
“It was beautiful, man. Me and my wife and my family walked up in there, everybody giving us love, pounds, they’re happy I’m in the house,” Pete Rock said of the scene at Tammany Hall, the club where Smif-n-Wessun performed and held an album-release party for their new LP, Monumental, released on Duck Down Records.
According to Rock, the night went smoothly as he, Tek and Steele (the two rappers who make up the group Smif-n-Wessun) performed songs from their new album in front of the sold-out crowd. For the group, the first signs of trouble arose when the club’s house lights came on. “We noticed two cops came in when the lights came on. Then they went back out, then they came back in,” Pete Rock recalled.
The legendary hip-hop producer, who has crafted hits for Kanye West, Busta Rhymes and Mary J. Blige, then saw his friend Lewis Peña being assaulted by the police. “Like four or five cops threw him against the wall, beat him with the stick, punching him with closed fist, had him on the ground beating him motionless with their sticks and it was just crazy. It just got crazy,” he said.
Rock witnessed his wife and stepdaughter being hit by police as well. Peña, his stepdaughter Jade Everette, and three others were arrested that night. All five of the individuals arrested by police were later released on their own recognizance, MTV News has confirmed with the rap group’s attorney.
Five officers were injured during the melee, one with cuts on his neck, one with a broken nose, one with a broken tooth and two with contusions to the head, according to MSNBC.com.
In a statement issued to MTV News, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly justified the officer’s actions that night: “Police officers had every right to defend themselves against individuals assaulting them, and used appropriate force in doing so. They also protected civilians who were being pelted with bottles at the outset, as they responded to the location at the request of the club’s own security.”
Steele, who witnessed the drama inside of the club unfold from the stage, tells a drastically different story. “That party, it was flawless. It was flawless, it was packed. I personally was under the impression that security had everything taken care of,” he said. “I was totally not aware of anything that might have happened outside. As far as inside, it was all smiles; it was all smiles and fun.”
That was until he saw Peña, who was onstage with the group earlier, being beaten by the cops. “My initial response to that was, ‘What is my friend doing on the floor? This guy just stepped off the stage. Why is he on the floor?’ ” Steele told MTV News. “Their response was, ‘Get the F back.’
“They pushed us back in the club, they maced him while he was on the floor, maced us back in the club. It was pandemonium.”
From the outside of the club, fans documented the ruckus on camera phones and personal video devices. Many of the clips have since been uploaded to YouTube and other social-networking sites. Pete Rock and Smif-n-Wessun say that they were unaware of any drama and say that club patrons should have been forewarned by police and given a chance to exit in an orderly fashion. “Nobody came into the club, nobody said, ‘Listen we’re going to shut it down in a few minutes, everybody disperse,’ ” Steele said. “When we got that information, people were leaving. The police incited a riot by grabbing folks, by pushing folks out.”
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Watch Justin Bieber Go From Obscurity To CRAZY FAMOUS In His Google Chrome Commercial
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Alicia Keys Wants To ‘Experience’ Broadway Like Jay-Z And Will Smith
Once you get to a certain point, some superstars need new challenges and new ways to tell stories. For Alicia Keys, that means producing a Broadway show. The singer is slated to be involved with the show Stick Fly, which opens later this year.
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Beyonce Surprises Fans At Harlem Target
Retail giant, meanwhile, promises that video exclusive for deluxe edition of 4 will be ready soon.
By Jocelyn Vena
Beyonce surprises fans at Target in Harlem on June 30th
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While traipsing the globe to promote 4, Beyoncé stopped by New York City’s Harlem Target on Thursday to say hello to some of her young fans.
As the store celebrated its one-year anniversary, kids from the local Boys and Girls Club danced their hearts out onstage to Beyoncé’s new track “Countdown.” In the middle of the song, B took the stage and gave them a big group hug before letting them continue their routine.
“I’d like to thank the Boys and Girls Club for coming out. I hope y’all had fun learning the choreography to ‘Countdown’ today,” she told the crowd, in footage posted on Rap-up.com. “I hope you guys enjoy the new album 4.”
Beyoncé had a little bit of a commercial reason to show up at the Target store: The deluxe version of 4, which is set to debut at #1 on the Billboard albums chart, is available exclusively at the retail giant. But since the disc’s release on Tuesday, fans have complained that some Targets didn’t stock enough copies, and the promised exclusive video can’t be accessed yet.
“Honestly, day one sales were fantastic for us, especially on the deluxe edition,” John Butcher, Target’s vice president of entertainment, told The Hollywood Reporter, assuring fans that Sony was delivering more CDs soon.
As for the promised exclusive director’s cut of B’s “Run the World (Girls)” video, Butcher explained that the clip wasn’t quite ready for public consumption, but it should be ready shortly. “Beyoncé’s team is still finalizing aspects of the content, and they just didn’t want [it] to be released until it was perfect,” he said. “We could have forced something through that wasn’t right — it was our prerogative to do so — but we didn’t want to do it. We certainly don’t want to disappoint our guests. We believe they’d rather have the right content and wait a couple days than get something that wasn’t going to be very special.”
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‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’: Hunting For Easter Eggs
Hidden treasures in the threequel include new ‘bots and a not-so-new heroine.
By Kara Warner
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As is to be expected with Michael Bay movies, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is jam-packed with a lot more than his patented brand of eye-popping action sequences. The movie is two hours and thirty-seven minutes, after all, so even with all the Autobot vs. Decepticon fighting action, there is plenty of room for an actual plot and, more importantly, a ton of fun Easter eggs for the most perceptive fans out there.
In addition to all the “Star Trek” nods, Bay and company have cleverly inserted five “Transformers”-specific Easter eggs in the film. Thanks to the eagle eye of Splash Page editor Rick Marshall, along with his extensive “Transformers” knowledge, MTV News is proud to provide you with a few key things to look out for while watching “Dark of the Moon.”
Not-So-New Girl Carly
Played by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, the character of Carly is new to Bay’s “Transformers” but has a meaty role as one of the humans in the “Transformers” cartoons. Carly is the wife of Spike Witwicky in the original animated series, the inspiration for Shia LaBeouf’s character Sam Witwicky.
The Ark of the Moon
The opening of “Dark of the Moon” is all about a mysterious ship that crash lands on the moon. Optimus Prime calls that ship “the Ark,” which is the name of the spaceship that first brought Optimus and the rest of the Transformers to Earth in the original cartoon.
Spock’s Speaking-Part Past
We mentioned the Nimoy connection in our “Trek” Easter eggs article, but his work is such a nerdy thrill, it gets another mention here. In “Dark of the Moon,” Nimoy is the voice of Sentinel Prime, which marks the second time he has lent his voice to a robot in the series. In the 1986 classic “Transformers: The Animated Movie,” Nimoy voiced Galvatron, Megatron’s equally mischievous successor.
Bridges in Space
We won’t go into details about how a space bridge may or may not be mentioned and/or used in “Dark of the Moon,” but throughout Transformers history onscreen and in comics, the space bridge allowed for travel between Earth and Cybertron.
Old New Faces
“Dark of the Moon” introduces us to a slew of new Autobots and Decepticons, although the die-hard “Transformers” fans out there will recognize the following from the cartoons. New-to-the-movie Autobots include: Wheeljack (has a strong Albert Einstein-like resemblance), Mirage (a red sports car) and Optimus Prime’s fancy silver trailer. Decepticon debuts include: fan-favorite master of destruction Shockwave and bird-like Lazerbeak, who transforms into a variety of objects, save for the excellent cassette-tape shape of his cartoon counterpart.
Check out everything we’ve got on “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”
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Ashton Kutcher Fights Village Voice Over Child Prostitution Statistics
Newspaper is questioning numbers cited in actor’s anti-prostitution campaign.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Ashton Kutcher is engaged in a war of words with New York newspaper The Village Voice. The actor and the paper have been going after each other on Twitter in connection with PSAs that Kutcher and wife Demi Moore, made in order to shed light on underage prostitution.
The newspaper questioned statistics that the celebrity uses in his campaign in an article published this week called “Real Men Get Their Facts Straight” (a play on “Real Men Don’t Buy Girls,” the name of Kutcher’s campaign). The actor took to Twitter to respond, making reference to ads that appear in the paper’s classifieds section.
“Hey @villagevoice speaking of data, maybe you can help me … How much $ did your ‘escorts’ in your classifieds on backpage make last year? Hey @villagevoice speaking of Data … How many of your girls selling themselves in your classifieds are you doing age verification on?”
The article cites Kutcher’s statistic that between 100,000 and 300,000 children are involved with child prostitution, calling it a “statistic [that] was hatched without regard to science. It is a bogeyman.”
Kutcher fired back at those claims on his Twitter. “Hey @villagevoice if you want to dispute the online data I’ve collected about the consumption of child porn or the hard facts from [National Center for Missing and Exploited Children] lmk,” he wrote, later adding, “Hey @villagevoice REAL MEN DON’T BUY GIRLS and REAL NEWS PUBLICATIONS DON’T SELL THEM.”
Eventually the newspaper responded to Kutcher’s criticism of its analysis, firing back on Twitter. “@aplusk Don’t spout phony statistics which are then used to justify millions in spending for ‘awareness.’ Victims need beds and counseling,” read one tweet that appeared in between a sea of retweets from readers on the paper’s side and reminders to read the article. “Still sort of doubting that @aplusk actually read our story, but don’t make that same mistake!”
Whose side are you on? Tell us in the comments!
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First Look: Mos Def On ?Dexter?
Last month we learned that singer/actor Mos Def (neé Dante Terrell Smith) has been cast to appear in the upcoming 6th season of Dexter on Showtime and today we get our first look at Def on the show. Entertainment Weekly magazine, which yesterday gave us our first look at the first crime scene on the [...]
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?Femme Fatale? By Britney Spears Is Voted The Best Album (So Far) Of 2011
MTV conducted a poll to find out what people think the BEST album (so far) of 2011 is and unsurprisingly Britney Spears‘s new album Femme Fatale was by and far the top choice. Our dear Britney beats Adele, Beyoncé and others. Click below to see the breakdown and see what other albums made this list [...]
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Watch: The Cast Of ?Jackass? Releases A Tribute Video For Ryan Dunn
Earlier this week we read the touching and very heartfelt eulogy written by Jackass star Johnny Knoxville in honor of his late friend Ryan Dunn, who was tragically killed in a drunk driving accident last week, and today we get to see a tribute memorial video in honor of Ryan. The folks at Dickhouse productions [...]
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Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts Talk ‘Larry Crowne,’ Friendship And MTV
‘I miss VJs,’ stars tell MTV News.
By Kara Warner
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Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts’ new movie, “Larry Crowne,” is, in a nutshell, about a middle-aged man who, after constantly being looked over for managerial promotions at work due to his lack of college degree, enrolls himself in his local community college, where he finds himself being taught by and falling in love with the lovely Mercedes Tainot (Roberts).
When MTV News caught up with Hanks and Roberts at the press day for the film, we attempted to discuss Hanks’ return to the director’s chair after a 15-year hiatus (the last film he helmed was 1996′s “That Thing You Do!”), but first the two superstars took a moment to talk about us.
“I miss VJs,” Roberts lamented of MTV’s onetime team of on-camera personalities.
“I miss VJs, too,” Hanks agreed. “I miss, you know, ‘The Rock Hour!’ ” he added, likely meaning “120 Minutes,” hosted by Matt Pinfield, which has been resurrected over at MTV2.
“What’s on MTV now?” Roberts asked.
“Pregnant teenagers,” quipped Hanks.
Hanks and Roberts then briefly discussed MTV’s current slate of programs, citing “The Real World,” “Jersey Shore” and “16 and Pregnant,” but admitted only to hearing stories about them, not to having watched any of those shows themselves.
Once we were able to bring the focus to the topic at hand, we asked Hanks about his return to the director’s chair, and what inspired him to take on so many roles for this film — he directed, acted in, co-wrote and produced “Crowne.”
“Somewhere I think in 2009 a switch just goes off in my head that goes, ‘I really want to direct this,’ ” he recalled, equating his passion for the project to a fever he had to have cooked out of him. “It takes you out of the marketplace for a long time, which is fine. I have a lot of things going on, but it ends up being like this personal letter that you’re writing to your mom where you want it to be right, you want it to be authentic, you want it to actually reflect who you are and where you are at this point, and so that’s why you end up directing a movie and being in it.”
For Roberts, signing on to the film was mostly about working with her good friend. She and Hanks worked together once before in “Charlie Wilson’s War,” which, according to Roberts, cemented their friendship for life.
“I knew I had a friend for the rest of my life,” she said, recalling one specific day on the “Wilson’s War” set that involved Hanks, Roberts and some joke with a little box. “He [makes] me want to live a longer life,” she gushed.
“What a great answer!” Hanks said with a big smile.
“It’s true, I love Tom. It’s kind of retarded for us sitting here trying to be professionals because we’re friends,” she said. “I love his wife, I love his kids.”
“This is what we’d be doing if we were sitting around or having lunch,” Hanks added, speaking to the pair’s easy rapport. “We’ll laugh for three hours together.”
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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666760/tom-hanks-julia-roberts-larry-crowne.jhtml
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Welcome to MTV’s Harry Potter World Cup! We’ve selected 64 of the best “Harry Potter” characters and matched them up in a series of duels for a chance at magical glory, but it’s up to YOU to decide who the greatest “Potter” character of all time is in this pool of wizards and witches. Will [...]
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POSTED: Watch Incubus Live At Incubus HQ Streaming Live On MTV.com On Weds., 7/6
Incubus certainly never went away — the multiplatinum Southern California band that ruled the end of the ’90s with rhythm-and-scratch-driven modern-rock anthems like “Pardon Me” and “Drive” has sold more than 13 million albums in their five-album-, two-decade-long career. But the band did hit the pause button, so to speak, taking a detour to experience [...]
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Novak Djokovic Tops Rafael Nadal for Wimbledon Men’s Title
With the top two players in the world facing off against one another, the Wimbledon Men’s Final took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England on Sunday (July 3).
Turning into quite the heated battle after a runaway start, Novak Djokovic ended up holding onto his big lead to top Rafael Nadal in four sets by a score of 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
The top-ranked Serbian jumped out to a quick lead, as he breezed through the first two sets before his Spaniard competitor found new life while taking the third set in dominant fashion.
With famous faces including U.S Open golf champion Rory McIlroy, along with actor Alan Rickman and race car driver Jenson Button watching on, Djokovic ended up regaining his composure while claiming the fourth set for the coveted title.
Novak joins Petra Kvitova as this year’s Wimbledon champions, as Miss Kvitova topped Maria Sharapova in straight sets the previous day for the Women’s title.
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First Look: Mos Def On ?Dexter?
Last month we learned that singer/actor Mos Def (neé Dante Terrell Smith) has been cast to appear in the upcoming 6th season of Dexter on Showtime and today we get our first look at Def on the show. Entertainment Weekly magazine, which yesterday gave us our first look at the first crime scene on the [...]
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Britney Spears? ?Femme Fatale? Is Your Favorite Album Of The Year (So Far)
It was an incredibly tight race right up until the very end, but only one album could be named your Favorite Album of the Year (So Far)! And the winner is ? Femme Fatale by Britney Spears.
When we say things were close, we mean it: As of yesterday afternoon, when we last checked in on [...]
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CyHi The Prynce Says Kanye, Akon Pledged To ‘Enhance’ His Music
‘It’s just like Shady and Aftermath,’ MC says of being signed to G.O.O.D. Music, Konvict and Def Jam.
By Alvin Blanco, with reporting by Sway Calloway
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If you want to get technical, Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music deal with Def Jam puts Atlanta rapper CyHi the Prynce back where he’s been throughout his career. And that makes him all the more confident that big-label status won’t change his music.
“Def Jam is like family, for real,” he said on “RapFix Live” this week. His history with the label began back when CyHi was part of a Georgia rap group called Hoodlum that was signed to Def Jam through Jazzy Pha’s Sho’Nuff imprint. After the group split a couple of years later and CyHi embarked on a solo career, his relationship with a pair of execs kept him in the family.
“When I went solo, I came back and revisited the situation, due to my relationship with L.A. Reid and my relationship with Bu Thiam,” CyHi told MTV News. At the time, Reid was Island Def Jam’s chairman and Thiam, Akon’s younger brother, was (and still is) an A&R at the label. CyHi was signed to Akon’s Konvict Music imprint in 2009. And then last year, Kanye West caught wind of his talents and recruited him to join his Grammy Family.
“I’ve been at Def Jam all my life; it’s just, you know, the big heads put it all together,” CyHi explained of the new relationship with Kanye’s group and the label. “By G.O.O.D. Music actually getting their label deal there, and I’m already there, it just solidifies me more, [increasing] the possibility of an album coming soon.”
As for how Konvict and G.O.O.D. Music interact on his behalf, and split any due proceeds, CyHi offered an analogy for the joint venture: “It’s just like Shady and Aftermath. It’s just like G-Unit and Aftermath. It’s the same thing. I’m not a stingy guy. My thing ain’t to get rich. … Their check is a joint venture. That’s between Konvict and G.O.O.D. Music. They going to split that, then I just do me.”
The “Royal Flush” rapper was also adamant that both Konvict and G.O.O.D. Music only have his best interest at heart and that the plan is to augment his talent, not switch up his style.
“When you self-made and you do it yourself, they all come to complement what you have done,” CyHi said. “I got with ‘Ye, I been like this. They was like, ‘I don’t want to change nothing about you; I just want to enhance it.’ Same with [Konvict], ‘We just want to enhance.’ It’s a great relationship with everybody. My team is what really makes me who I am. Teamwork makes dreams work.”
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Prince William & Kate Middleton Face Protests in Montreal
Having flown into the second stop on their North American tour earlier in the day, Prince William and Kate Middleton got down to business after touching flown at Montreal Airport on Saturday (July 2).
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge immediately headed over to the Sainte-Justine University Hospital – where they were greeted by both fans and protestors, some of which held up signs with nasty messages such as “Royal Parasites! Go Home!”.
Explaining the anti-monarchy sentiments, one of the protestors told local press, ?We think it?s a useless institution that has no place today. We are capable of governing ourselves without people who have the title of king by divine right. The idea that God made them king is a philosophy of the Middle Ages.?
As for their hospital visit, William and Kate toured the treatment center, with Miss Middleton lovingly sitting down to spend time with patients in the children’s cancer ward.
Once finished up at Sainte-Justine, the royal newlyweds were escorted to board the MCS Montreal to meet a handful of naval officers before finally bringing an end to what was another long day.
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