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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
MTV Could Not Find Anyone To Host The VMA?s This Weekend
Hear that noise?� It?s the sound of MTV finally beginning the long, inevitable process of sighing before they finally raise their collective arms and shrug, admitting total cultural irrevelancy?as the network announced today that they simply cannot find anyone to host the MTV Video Music Awards this very weekend. According to The AV Club, despite [...]
T.I. Released To Halfway House
Atlanta rapper released from prison and taken to community living facility for the last month of his sentence.
By Alvin Blanco
T.I.
Photo: MTV News
T.I. was released from prison early Wednesday morning (August 31) and is on his way to a halfway house to serve out the rest of his 11-month sentence for probation violation.
MTV News received confirmation from Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke that T.I. was released from Forrest City Correctional Facility in Arkansas at 7:29 a.m. and is on his way to a community living facility. The name of the facility will not be released until after his arrival. The Atlanta rapper has been serving time for a probation violation stemming from his arrest in Los Angeles on drug charges last year.
The King has already taken to Twitter to announce his return. "Feels great to be back where I belong...Back in the arms of those who need me the most," he tweeted from his verified @Tip account. "The storm is over & da sun back out. IT'S OUR TIME TO SHINE SHAWTY!!!!! Welcome to the beginning of our Happy Ending!!!!"
Fans will be getting an intimate look at T.I.'s return to freedom in December thanks to a new show with VH1. In the still untitled series, viewers will get a behind-the-scenes look at T.I., and his wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris, as he tries to walk the straight and narrow and stay out of prison for good. The series is set to premiere on December 5 at 10 p.m.
Previously, T.I. had a reality series titled "T.I.'s Road to Redemption" that ran in 2009 on MTV. The show followed the MC as he provided guidance to teenagers on destructive paths while he himself prepared to serve a yearlong sentence for felony gun charges.
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Video: Megadeth's Dave Ellefson To Take Part In NYC "Metal Masters" Clinic 9/12
Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson will be one of the musicians participating in the free "Metal Masters 2" clinic, to be held at the Best Buy Theater in New York City on Monday, September 12, two days prior to the "Big Four" show at Yankee Stadium. Along with Ellefson, Slayer guitarist Kerry King, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frank Bello, and former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy will also appear. The event is free and open to the public, and starts at 5 PM.
Megadeth's TH1RT3EN will be in stores November 1.
Megadeth's TH1RT3EN will be in stores November 1.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
T.I. To Be Released Wednesday, Sources Say
Tip will head to a halfway house one month before his 11-month parole-violation sentence is up.
By Alvin Blanco
T.I. (file)
Photo: Moses Robinson/ WireImage
T.I. is going to be a free man in just a couple of days. Sources have confirmed that the Atlanta rapper, currently serving an 11-month sentence in Forrest City Correctional Facility in Georgia for a parole violation after an L.A. drug arrest, will be released to a halfway house on August 31. Tip will be walking out of jail about a month early, with his original release date listed as September 29 in public records.
The Grand Hustle honcho, born Clifford Harris, Jr., should be ready to get back to the business of making music soon after his release.
T.I.'s Smash company partner, producer La Mar "Mars" Edwards, is eager to reunite with Tip in the studio. "He let me know, 'I got your back and stay close to me, you're my brother,' " said Mars, who just produced Game's The R.E.D. Album. "Ever since then, he's really treated me like a little brother. He'll call me to talk about life. It's more to it than me being his production partner and having Smash Factory."
And T.I.'s friend and collaborator DJ Drama also recently revealed that T.I. is working on a book. "8/31 -- #kingback. @Tip," Drama tweeted on Monday (August 29).
While serving his sentence, the King has been keeping fans updated via his TrapMuzik.com website. In his latest entry, the "Live Your Life" rapper revealed that it would be his final blog post since he expected to be released in September.
In that message, T.I. revealed that he planned to have his new music hearken back to material from his earlier days. "Next time you hear from me, I'll be back out there with you," he wrote. "Doing for those who can't do for themselves and speaking for those whose voices are never heard. When I touch down, I'm going all the way back to square one, like I'm fresh in the game and never sold a record. Back on some I'M SERIOUS, TRAP MUZIK sh--. ... But until then RESPECT to all who deserve it."
The well-wishes he received from family, friends and fans inspired T.I. to sponsor a Memorial Day bus trip that brought the families of 14 inmates up for a visit who otherwise would not be able to.
Although authorities in Los Angeles eventually dropped the drug charges against T.I., he was still found guilt of violating the parole terms stemming from his 2007 felony weapons charge.
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'Hunger Games' Burning Questions Answered!
Director Gary Ross leads MTV News through some of hot topics surrounding the highly anticipated adaptation.
By Eric Ditzian
Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games"
Photo: Lionsgate
If you thought our "Hunger Games" exclusives would end with the sneak peek Jennifer Lawrence introduced during Sunday's VMAs, you are in for a pleasant surprise! MTV News teamed up with director Gary Ross in order to shed some insight into the teaser trailer and his vision for the highly anticipated film. And although Ross couldn't reveal too much about his plans for Katniss and the Capitol, we were able to get him to answer a few burning questions:
What's the Status of the Score?
"T-Bone [Burnett] and Danny [Elfman] haven't really started working yet. We've all begun working together. We've all begun discussing music, pulling references, going through the initial process you go through. Music can actually affect the movie more than anything else. It establishes the tone. It literally can change the way you feel or perceive a movie. That's a very long discussion that happens between me, T-Bone and Danny, and that's already begun. Danny was out last week. T-Bone's been out three times. We've begun this conversation of trying to understand what this is musically. But that's not going to bear fruit for a while."
How Did Jennifer Train for the Role of Katniss?
"It's an intensely physical movie. Someone said Jen is in 110 percent of the movie, which is really true. She works every day, all day. It's a very physically demanding thing that she's doing. She did train really, really rigorously. She worked with an athletic trainer, someone who conditions athletes in Los Angeles. She had intense archery training. So she's had a very rigorous athletic conditioning program."
Watch an exclusive 'Hunger Games' sneak peek.
How Did You Create the 'Girl on Fire' Look?
"That's a really good question. There are some things you don't want to give away, and you wouldn't want me to give it away. I think it's going to be a fantastic moment in the movie. I could do that verbally, but it would wreck it for people. I'm going to resist the temptation to give a spoiler on my own movie."
What Scenes Are the Most Important to Re-Create Faithfully?
"There are many iconic moments in the movie. There are many moments that the fans gravitate to and that are tremendously important to them. [Spoiler ahead!] Obviously the death of Rue is something that fans picks up, and how emotionally powerful that is, how important that is to the movie [to] not pull punches but that it also be handled that sensitively and emotionally and honor the emotion of it. That was just a beautiful scene. T-Bone wrote a beautiful lullaby for Prim's lullaby that is eventually sung to Rue that is absolutely gorgeous. And Jen practiced and rehearsed that with T-Bone and sang it in that scene. That was a tremendously emotional scene for everyone to shoot and one that was tremendously important. I shot one yesterday, the moment before she goes into the games, and she's in that launch chamber and the tense moment with Cinna before she has to leave. Obviously the Tribute parade when she becomes the Girl on Fire and the flames are trailing behind her. I think everybody thinks about the berry scene with her and Peeta at the end and the fact that they would rather give their lives than take one another's lives, which I think is one of the most poignant and really powerful things in the book and something every fan gravitates to. Those are some of the moments, but they're all tremendously important. Suzanne wrote a book full of dozens of those moments. That's one of the reasons it's so popular. My job is to do justice to all of it."
Check out everything we've got on "The Hunger Games."
For young Hollywood news, fashion and "Twilight" updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com.
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Video: Annihilator's Jeff Waters Discusses His Friendship With Dave Mustaine
Guitarist Jeff Waters of the Canadian band Annihilator (whose first three albums were released on Roadrunner) released a video recently in which he talks about his longtime friendship with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine. You can check out the video below.
Megadeth will be performing at the Big Four show in New York on September 14, and their new album TH1RT3EN will be out November 1.
Megadeth will be performing at the Big Four show in New York on September 14, and their new album TH1RT3EN will be out November 1.
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Chat Online With Megadeth's Chris Broderick On Friday, August 26!
Megadeth guitarist Chris Broderick will be hosting a live online chat with fans on Friday, August 26 at 4 PM PST (that's 7 PM for you East Coast folks). In order to participate, though, you've got to be a member of the Megadeth Cyber Army (which carries a lot of other benefits with it), so go here to sign up!
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Amy Winhouse?s ?Back To Black? Has Become The U.K.?s Bestselling Album Of The Century
Because if there is one thing that people do really well, it?s pretending as if we cherished a dead artist without any bias whatsoever back when they were alive (see also: Michael Jackson), The AV Club reported today that Amy Winehouse?s Back to Back is the U.K.?s top selling album of the 21st Century. Before [...]
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Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, More Spotted Backstage At The VMAs
We watched as all the stars at the VMAs met and hung out backstage on Sunday night.
By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by Kara Warner and Matt Elias
Britney Spears and Lady Gaga share a kiss backstage at the VMAs
Photo: WireImage
There were many, many standout moments that VMA viewers witnessed from the comfort of their living rooms (Beyonc#233;'s belly! Gaga/Jo macking on Britney!). But for every big moment on air, there was plenty of other crazy stuff that went down backstage, where there were no cameras rolling. But your trusty MTV News correspondents had access all over the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, and here's what we gathered from behind the scenes of the main show.
» Jo Calderone on the move! We witnessed Gaga in character, dressed in a navy suit, black hair slicked back, cigarette behind her ear, serious look on her face as she headed up to the stage!
» After Gaga's performance, her dancers left the stage, and seemed super psyched about everything. As they were leaving, the Pitbull dancers were walking on. Everyone high-fived.
» Jonah Hill and the "Jersey Shore" kids shared their mutual love for one another. "I watch your show," Hill told the cast.
» JWoww to Jared Leto: "Wow. I'm a huge fan! 'The Kill' is my favorite!" Leto: "Thank you so much!" Snooki, once they had passed the 30 Seconds to Mars frontman: "Aah?" To which Jenni replied, "That was Jared Leto. Don't you know who Jared Leto is?!"
» We spotted Tony Bennett chilling in his room with a cart with two bottles of wine sitting outside. And in other catering news: We saw Britney Spears get a delivery of cookies, and guitarist Brian May got wine.
» Brian May's and Lady Gaga's dressing rooms were next to one another. Next to that? Katy Perry. Not a meat cooler in sight!
» Speaking of dressing rooms, Britney was seen all smiles as she walked back and forth between dressing rooms with just one guy and a stylist.
» Kanye West strolled through, wearing lots of denim, and singing "Super Bass."
» Adele was walking briskly from one place to another when one of her handlers whispered the Beyoncé news to her. "I knew she would be!" Adele exclaimed.
» Gaga lit a cigarette for Adele. Naughty ladies!
» Beyoncé's mom got lots of congrats from people on her way out following B's big announcement at the show.
The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards have wrapped, but the real action is just getting started! Stick with MTV News for winners, fashion pics, video and behind-the-scenes stories about everything that went down. Visit VMA.MTV.com for the latest.
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Bruno Mars, Russell Brand Pay Tribute To Amy Winehouse At VMAs
Mars performed a 1950s-style cover of 'Valerie.'
By Gil Kaufman
Bruno Mars performs at the 2011 VMAs
Photo: FilmMagic
Amy Winehouse never made it to the stage of the VMAs in her lifetime, but on Sunday night, some of her friends and admirers paid tribute to the "Rehab" singer a month after her death.
"She was a mate of mine and tragically this year we lost her," said pal Russell Brand, who penned a loving note to the troubled British crooner following her death. "First time I met her, she was kind of like a daft, dopey person, just wandering around a little bit crazy, like a lot of people who are drawn to big cities with a peculiar, unknowable talent."
Though he remembered that she seemed like an "ordinary girl" (with "extraordinary hair," mind you) at first, Brand recalled watching her perform and realizing that he was witnessing a rare, amazing talent. "This is not just another London chancer, not just another person milling about waiting to be famous," he said. "What is this incredible sound? This timeless sound like a roar from the guts of humanity? The kind of voice that Billie Holiday sung with, the kind of voice that Ella Fitzgerald sung with."
He started really paying attention after that, realizing that she was a "genius," though one who, like Brand in the past, struggled with the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction. Brand also alluded to the huge influence Winehouse had on such contemporary artists as VMA winners Adele, his own missus, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and 2010 VMA performer Florence and the Machine.
The musical section of the tribute had Bruno Mars digging into the Winehouse cover of the Zutons' "Valerie," taking the stage in a sharp blue sharkskin suit, his hair in an impressive pompadour as he rocked his best 1950s sock-hop look. Backed by a big band that included a three-piece string and horn section — with Amy's name inside of a heart emblazoned on the drummer's bass drum. The big, bouncy tune was accompanied by some pop-art-style images of Winehouse that filled the big screen at the back of the stage, which alternated with some Roy Lichtenstein-type comic-book-inspired graphics. Adele was singing along in her seat, and during the breakdown, the horn section came in around a vintage mike and sang some doo-wop backing vocals under a single spotlight in a scene straight out of "Grease."
Doing a little James Brown-style side-to-side shuffle and busting out some fancy "American Bandstand" footwork, Mars ended with a shout-out, singing, "Say Amy, oh Amy/ I love you darling, I love you darling/ Say Amy, whoa Amy, we'll miss you baby."
Also along to pay homage to the "Rehab" singer was legendary crooner Tony Bennett, who introduced some never-before-seen footage of the unlikely pair recording a cover of "Body and Soul" at London's Abbey Road Studios for his upcoming Duets II album. Bennett, one of the last people to ever record with Winehouse, said he too recognized the rare beauty of her gift. The ageless icon said Winehouse was a "true" jazz artist who most definitely had "it."
The video footage of the two singing together was bittersweet, with Winehouse looking healthy and alert, twirling her hair coquettishly as she matched him note-for-note on the standard. Wearing one of the plaid sweaters from her Fred Perry fashion collection, her hair in a signature bouffant, a smiling Winehouse held her own with Bennett, trading lines and sharing a warm hug at the end of their session.
The Bennett/Winehouse single and video will be released by Columbia Records on September 14, Amy's birthday, in support of the Amy Winehouse Foundation, established by the late singer's family to help a number of charities connected with children and young people.
Winehouse, known for the depth and power of her soulful voice, will be remembered by fans and peers for her awe-inspiring talent and classic hits such as "Rehab," "Back to Black," "Me & Mr. Jones" and "You Know I'm No Good." She died last month at the age of 27 of yet-undisclosed causes in her London apartment. On Tuesday, Winehouse's family released a statement saying that toxicology reports found no traces of illegal substances in her system.
The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards have wrapped, but the real action is just getting started! Stick with MTV News for winners, fashion pics, video and behind-the-scenes stories about everything that went down. Visit VMA.MTV.com for the latest.
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Win 2 Tickets To Call Of Duty XP In Los Angeles!
Want to attend the Call Of Duty XP 2011 in Los Angeles? On September 2 and 3, you can participate in multi-player Call Of Duty action, as well as bearing witness to the unveiling of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition. All you have to do is enter our contest. (Fair warning: it's only open to Los Angeles-area residents or those who will be in the area during the time of the event.) Three other winners will receive copies of the Call Of Duty Black Ops game.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Stage Collapses During Smith Westerns Set At Pukkelpop Fest, Killing Three
This is really getting old?and even more and more tragic.� After a stage collapsed during a Cheap Trick show during the Ottawa Bluesfest in Ontario, Canada one month ago, and a stage collapsed during a Sara Bareilles show at the Indiana State Fair last week, killing five, yet another outdoor concert stage has collapsed, killing [...]
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Glee Makes "Fashion" Music Video For Vogue
Thursday, September 8, 2011, the worldwide fashion industry is throwing a shopping party and Glee is there. The cast of the show, minus Matthew Morrison, has put together a music video commissioned by Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour. The music is David Bowie's classic "Fashion" and the cast members are dressed in high fashion clothing from Prada, Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs and Dries Van Noten. For details on what is happening where you are for the event, check out the official site for Fashion's Night Out. The music video also serves as promotion for the upcoming third season of Glee which kicks off September 20, 2011. In its first two seasons, the show has had phenomenal musical impact. Over 33 million songs have been downloaded and 10 million albums worldwide.
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Win 2 Tickets To Call Of Duty XP In Los Angeles!
Want to attend the Call Of Duty XP 2011 in Los Angeles? On September 2 and 3, you can participate in multi-player Call Of Duty action, as well as bearing witness to the unveiling of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition. All you have to do is enter our contest. (Fair warning: it's only open to Los Angeles-area residents or those who will be in the area during the time of the event.) Three other winners will receive copies of the Call Of Duty Black Ops game.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Dream Theater "A Dramatic Turn Of Events" Deluxe Box Nearly Sold Out!
The deluxe boxed set version of Dream Theater's upcoming album A Dramatic Turn of Events is nearly sold out! The limited edition set includes the album on CD and double vinyl; a bonus CD of instrumental versions of all nine songs; a DVD documenting the search for a replacement for Mike Portnoy, which eventually led them to recruiting new drummer Mike Mangini; a litho print of the album cover; and a turntable slipmat, all housed in a custom box. Once these are gone, they will never be reprinted, so get yours today!
The regular version of A Dramatic Turn of Events will be in stores on September 13. Soon afterward, Dream Theater will be on tour across North America, with Trivium; click here to find a date near you.
The regular version of A Dramatic Turn of Events will be in stores on September 13. Soon afterward, Dream Theater will be on tour across North America, with Trivium; click here to find a date near you.
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Young The Giant Promise Pterodactyls, Hendrix For VMAs
The up-and-coming California band will make sure you know who they are after Sunday night's show.
By James Montgomery
Young the Giant
Photo: MTV News
Young the Giant know you've probably got a few questions in the lead up to their performance on this Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. Like, for example, who the heck are they?
"Yeah," frontman Sameer Gadhia laughed. "You might not know who we are, but we're in Hollywood already preparing [for the show], and we're very, very excited to play for you guys."
So, yes, while the California quintet are relative unknowns — though, chances are, you've heard their hits "My Body" and "Cough Syrup" on rock radio — all that will likely change following Young the Giant's VMA performance. Which, sort of makes them this year's version of Florence and the Machine, who rode their bombastic performance at the 2010 show to stateside success.
"We're definitely in the Florence slot," Gadhia said. "We consider it a real honor."
But that brings us to another question: Just what will that performance entail? Well, from the sound of things, it could be one for the ages ... the Mesozoic ages.
"For our VMA performance, [guitarist] Jacob [Tilley] is actually at work, breeding pterodactyls, and he's prepared for just this one event," Gadhia smiled. "We're going to be flying in on pterodactyls. They're going to do an air show; they're going to drop us in, fireworks, we're going to have Jimi Hendrix performing, it's going to be amazing."
Seriously. And while we suspect Gadhia was joking (especially since Tilley added "We're not really doing any gimmicks, it's just us doing what we do: playing live with lots of energy,") there's no debating the fact that their VMA performance is a very big deal for Young the Giant. And for proof, all you have to do is check their schedule, which, until very recently, included high-profile slots at the U.K.'s Reading and Leeds Festivals.
"We canceled Reading and Leeds because of the VMAS," Gadhia said. "I mean, we always watched them, ever since we were little ... and we're from Los Angeles, so we figured it would be a great opportunity. Hopefully people in the U.K. will forgive us. I know some people are already annoyed."
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 Best New Artist by visiting VMA.MTV.com.
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Barbra Streisand Leads the New Albums This Week With Her 33rd Studio Album
With her 33rd studio album Barbra Streisand is leading this week's new pop releases. She is ranked as the bestselling female recording artist of all time in addition to her success as an actress and film director. There are nine other great albums vying for your attention as well. Check out the details in this week's list of Top 10 New Pop Albums.
...Thursday, August 25, 2011
Interview With Opeth Guitarist Fredrik Akesson
Did you know Opeth guitarist Fredrik Akesson spoke French? Neither did we; we suspect this interview may have been translated after the fact. Whatever the case may be, if you can read French and feel like getting Fredrik's thoughts on the upcoming Opeth album Heritage, head on over to MusikUniverse.net and check it out! (And remember, there's always Google Translate.)
Heritage will be in record stores September 20, but you can pre-order the deluxe version, which includes the album as a CD/DVD set as well as on double vinyl, a 7" with two bonus tracks, a litho print of the album cover, and a booklet with exclusive photos and other art, at this link.
Heritage will be in record stores September 20, but you can pre-order the deluxe version, which includes the album as a CD/DVD set as well as on double vinyl, a 7" with two bonus tracks, a litho print of the album cover, and a booklet with exclusive photos and other art, at this link.
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Video: Interview With Jon Lawhon Of Black Stone Cherry
SIT Strings conducted an interview with Black Stone Cherry bassist Jon Lawhon on the band's tour bus. He talks about his influences, the other musicians in his family, and much more. You can check out the video below:
Black Stone Cherry is on the road right now, as part of the Carnival of Madness tour with Theory of a Deadman, Alter Bridge and more. Click here to find a date near you.
Black Stone Cherry is on the road right now, as part of the Carnival of Madness tour with Theory of a Deadman, Alter Bridge and more. Click here to find a date near you.
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Tyler, The Creator's 'Yonkers': A VMA Cheat Sheet
Odd Future MC makes his VMA debut with nominations for Video of the Year and Best New Artist.
By Rob Markman
Tyler, the Creator
Photo: Julian Berman
He's a self-proclaimed "f---in' walkin' paradox," and in 2011, contradiction is the new "keeping it real," as Tyler, the Creator proved each time he opened his mouth -- whether to rap or eat a cockroach. Much like his music, Tyler's breakout video for "Yonkers" was as shocking as it was artistic, earning him VMA noms for Best New Artist and Video of the Year.
"I'm really excited, shout-out to Ron Artest. If I lose to any of those wackass videos, I'm gonna be mad because they all suck -- except for Adele's," Tyler told MTV News of his nomination in July.
Tyler himself directed the black-and-white clip for "Yonkers" under the alias Wolf Haley. The song's rhyme couplets are as striking as the images. The rebel rapper basically told Christ to grow a pair when he spit, "Jesus called, he said he's sick of the disses/ I told him to quit bitchin', this isn't a f---in' hot line." It is rabblerousing like this that propelled Tyler and his crew of hip-hop misfits Odd Future to the forefront of rap's conversation this year. The actual art seemingly took a backseat with critics.
It all erupted in 2009 when Tyler released his free digital album, Bastard. The online fanfare would spill over, shining a light on Creator's group as well: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. In addition to Tyler, there is the exiled Earl, Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, Domo Genesis, Mike G and R&B fire-starter Frank Ocean, among others.
By the time Tyler and the group performed the single "Sandwitches" with the Roots on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" in February, the hype began to spill over, and seemingly everyone was talking about the rapping kid who decorated his stage with gnomes and wore a green ski mask on national television.
Simple yet effective, the "Yonkers" video -- which has racked up more than 18 million views on YouTube -- starts with the rapper seated on a stool, rapping the song's lyrics while playing with a large cockroach, which he later throws up. A visibly disturbed Tyler continues to spit the track's second verse, stripping off his shirt then putting his neck in a noose. In the video's shocking ending, the MC stands up on the chair and kicks the stool from under his feet as his legs dangle in a simulated suicide. "Damn, I'm Looking At The Video Treatment I wrote In This Blackberry Back In Jan. F---!" Tyler tweeted after he learned of the nomination.
For someone who notoriously bucks critics and mainstream music outlets, snagging a Moonman is pretty high on Tyler, the Creator's to-do list. Then again he is a "f---in' walkin' paradox."
The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live Sunday from 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 Best New Artist by visiting VMA.MTV.com.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Liam Gallagher Surprises The Whole World And Sues His Brother, Noel Gallagher
Jeez, even after the band has broken up, these two just can?t shut up.� According to Rolling Stone, Liam Gallagher is suing his brother/ ex-Oasis bandmate, Noel Gallagher, over snotty comments Gallagher made in 2009 during the snotty band?s snotty breakup.� Snotty. “I have taken legal action against Noel Gallagher for statements he made during [...]
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Preview Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett Singing "Body and Soul"
One of Amy Winehouse's last recordings before her untimely death was a duet with Tony Bennett on the pop standard "Body and Soul." It was recorded last March for his second collection of duets titled simply Duets II and due in stores September 20, 2011. Tony Bennett's first collection of duets was released in 2006 and hit #3 on the album chart while going on to sell over 1.5 million copies. You can preview his performance with Amy Winehouse below. She was clearly in fine voice for this recording. It only highlights what we have missed by losing her far too early.
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Bruno Mars' VMA-Nominated 'Grenade': Road To Video Of The Year
Clip also nominated for Best Male Video and Best Pop Video at Sunday's 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.
By Jocelyn Vena
Bruno Mars in his "Grenade" music video
Photo: Elektra Records
For Bruno Mars' deeply personal breakup track "Grenade," the pop crooner hooked up with a man who truly understands dark images: Australian music video director Nabil Elderkin, who has cooked up clips for the likes of Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Diddy and will.i.am. The duo created a clip that mirrors the heartache of the song, where Mars sings about loving someone who won't love him back.
The video dropped in November and has racked up hundreds of millions of views online. It's also up for three Moonmen at Sunday's 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Male Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year.
For those who have yet to check out the video, Mars pines over a lovely young lady. To prove his love for her, he puts on his Sunday best and drags his piano across Los Angeles, meeting up with unsavory characters along the way. When he does finally get to his beloved's house, he sees that she is hooking up with another fellow. Heartbroken, he drags his piano away from the home, up one very difficult hill and ends up at a railroad track. Does a completely devastated Mars get hit by the train? Well, that's the video's great, deep, dark mystery.
"It was my concept," the singer told MTV News earlier this month. "I said, 'I want to drag a piano.' I got my friend Nabil to come direct it, and it was a risk because I still hear jokes to this day like, 'What the hell you doing dragging a piano?' " he said. "But it's my art, so shut up!"
Mars, who hit the stage with B.o.B at the 2010 VMAs, is pretty stoked about having the video make the final cut as one of the nominees for Video of the Year.
"I grew up watching VMAs. I know every performance," Mars said. "Ever since I was a kid, I've been watching MTV VMAs, and when we got the phone call saying that my video was up for Video of the Year, that's the big-boy award."
Mars is also up for a Best Choreography VMA for his much-more-fun "The Lazy Song" clip. He's also set to take the stage as one of Sunday night's performers.
The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live Sunday from 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.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Beastie Boys' 'Make Some Noise': A VMA Cheat Sheet
Video of the Year nominee is packed with characters from the Beasties' past.
By James Montgomery
Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride in the Beastie Boy's "Make Some Noise" video
Photo: Capitol
If they've been anything over the course of their near-30-year career, the Beastie Boys have always been thorough, the kind of band that derives some sort of perverse pleasure from peppering their music with a sundry of pop-culture references, inside jokes and exhaustively sought, expertly placed samples.
And because of that, they've managed to create their own rather insular world, the kind of place where Mantan Moreland hangs out with Ted Danson, where Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" rubs elbows with Les Baxter's "Prelude in C# Minor." And luckily for all of us, each time they release an album, they pull the curtain back slightly, and invite us in for a drink. So it's fitting that their "Make Some Noise" clip (which is up for Video of the Year at this Sunday's VMAs) may very well be the most thorough thing they've ever done: a glorious, goofy thing that's packed with references to their past, blink-and-you'll-miss-it jokes and more celebrity cameos than Michael Jackson's "Liberian Girl."
To wit, it's certainly the only Video of the Year nominee to have begun life as a 30-minute mini-movie, and it's the kind of thing that requires repeat viewings to thoroughly enjoy — which, given everything the Beasties packed into it (and the three-decade lead-up to its creation) is sort of the point, really.
Back in April, immediately following its premiere (as a short film called "Fight for Your Right Revisited"), we compiled an annotated guide to the galaxy of stars who make cameos — a list that includes everyone from Susan Sarandon to Danny Masterson — and the sly references that you might have missed. But now, with the VMAs right around the corner, we've gone back and watched "Make Some Noise" again, and boy, are we amazed at the amount of stuff we didn't catch the first time through.
Then again, such is the beauty of the video (and the Beastie Boys for that matter): They're always willing to go the extra mile, with delightfully ridiculous results. Here now are even more moments from "Make Some Noise," a video that takes a look back at the B-Boys' rather glorious past, and one that, if anything, is definitely thorough.
George Drakoulias
Greek music producer/pal of early Beasties' collaborator Rick Rubin, Drakoulias was immortalized in a line on the Paul's Boutique track "Stop That Train" ("Bought a hot dog from who? George Drakoulias"). Fittingly, Drak shows up in "Make Some Noise," selling Danny McBride's MCA a street dog. Of course, in typical Beastie fashion, the role is actually played by actor Clint Caluory, and he's officially credited as "Clint as Zach Galifianakis as George Drakoulias."
"Hey Ladies"
Paul's Boutique single that is consistently referenced in the "Make Some Noise" clip, particularly in the limo scene, where driver Will Ferrell sports a gold tooth (a reference to the line "She's got a gold tooth, you know she's hard-core") and bangs on a cowbell (just like the song). The whole thing concludes with the Beasties getting booted from the backseat, just like the line "She'll show you a good time, then she'll show you the door." All that's missing is a cameo by Sadaharu Oh.
"Hold It, Now Hit It"
Single from the License to Ill era, it's also referenced during the limo scene, when Mike D (or, you know, Seth Rogen) asks for some LSD-laced breath drops with the line "Pass that over here man, all right!" which, as any Beasties aficionado will tell you, is the same phrase uttered in the song.
Johnny Ryall
Titular star of the Paul's Boutique track, he's a homeless man with a rockabilly past and bread-bag shoes. In "Make Some Noise," he's played by actor Orlando Bloom, and while the big O isn't rocking Wonder Bread slip-ons (or hand-me-down Pumas), he does sport a rather nice Def Jam windbreaker. Also displays impressive window-washing skills.
"Shake Your Rump"
Second track on Paul's Boutique (and, in a lot of ways, the album's official kickoff), it's also referenced in the "Make Some Noise" limo scene, when MCA takes a rip off a nitrous-filled balloon, a nod to the line "In the back of the ride and bust with the whippit."
"She's Crafty"
Snotty License to Ill track on which the Beasties paid homage to several down-and-dirty females, including one who manages to rob them of all their possessions, including a mirror, a TV, a remote control and a skateboard. In a sublimely meta "Make Some Noise" moment, the Boys return the favor, swiping the skateboard back from a girl played by Adam Yauch's real life daughter.
Sir Stewart Wallace
International man of mystery portrayed by Yauch in the Beasties' epochal "Sabotage" video, Wallace shows up for just a second in "Make Some Noise," piling out of the back of a cab and dropping his briefcase (which appears to be filled with bricks of cocaine) in the process. But this time around, it's artist/director Mike Mills who steps into Sir Stew's eternally pressed suit.
What did we miss? Let us know 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 Best New Artist by visiting VMA.MTV.com.
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Eminem and Rihanna Perform "Love the Way You Lie" Live At the V Fest
A year after its initial release "Love the Way You Lie" still packs an emotional wallop. Over the weekend Rihanna performed her own set in advance of Eminem's headlining show at England's V Fest, but the pair collaborated onstage for the song they took to #1 on the US pop charts and around the world. "Love the Way You Lie" is estimated to have sold over nine million copies worldwide last year.
...Machine Head's Robb Flynn Interviewed By Ultimate-Guitar.com
Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn was interviewed by Ultimate-Guitar.com recently, in a lengthy, in-depth conversation about his guitar style, the process that led to their upcoming seventh studio album, Unto the Locust, and much, much more.
Says Flynn about the writing process, "We started writing in November of 2009. I don’t know if it was a reaction against The Blackening and 10-minute songs and complex structure or that we had been watching Metallica every night with people losing their minds, but we brought in a bunch of riffs and wrote for about two weeks. To be honest with you, it was a total bum-out. We went back on tour for another six months and then took a break...I finally got a song going, and I called up Phil [Demmel, guitar] and Adam [Duce, bass]. They were like, 'I’m not ready to practice. I need more time off.' Dave [McClain, drums] was already there and said, 'I’ve got to get jamming with you!' The first song on the record that came out of it was a song called 'This is the End.' It’s probably hands-down the hardest guitar, drumming, and musicality. It’s a great song. It’s got good strong structures, good hooks, and great key changes – but it was like a million miles an hour...When Dave and I were done it was like, 'This is so fucking hard! But it’s so awesome!'"
Flynn also talks about having his home robbed, saying, "They got the one Dimebag gave me. They got the guitar that I wrote and recorded my first album, Burn My Eyes, with. I had an Epiphone coming out and they got my prototype. I bought my son a little Epiphone Flying V. They took that. They took my son’s fucking guitar. There’s been focus on the guitars, but they actually got up to $30,000 worth of stuff – videos, laptops, computers, cash, my wife’s jewelry, her grandma’s jewelry. It was pretty fucked. The hardest part was when we discovered it, it was me and my two sons. They were six and three and a half at the time. It was really traumatic for them. Every night before they went to bed it was like, 'Dad, are the robbers going to come in and kill me?' I was like, 'No, I’m not going to let that happen.' To them it’s like Scooby Doo and they’re going to come through the window. They can’t process it like we can process it. That finally went away, but for those few months it was fucking hard. Times are tough and people are desperate and doing fucking crazy shit. I get it. I’m a target. We were cased, and I was followed. I know it was a crew that did it. That’s a tough thing to deal with and it shakes your faith in humanity. It’s like, 'What the fuck? You stole my fucking son’s guitar.' It shakes your faith in humanity, but I tell you that within two or three days my friends and other musicians loaned me computers and gave me guitars to play on so I had something to write on. A bunch of our fans got something going and bought both of my sons guitars. On one hand it shakes your faith in humanity, and in the same breath you see all these people do these fucking amazing things."
The whole interview is worth reading. Check it out here.
Machine Head's Unto the Locust will be in stores September 27, but you can pre-order a deluxe package that includes the CD/DVD version of the album (which gets you three bonus tracks and a documentary about the making of the record) and a T-shirt at this link.
Says Flynn about the writing process, "We started writing in November of 2009. I don’t know if it was a reaction against The Blackening and 10-minute songs and complex structure or that we had been watching Metallica every night with people losing their minds, but we brought in a bunch of riffs and wrote for about two weeks. To be honest with you, it was a total bum-out. We went back on tour for another six months and then took a break...I finally got a song going, and I called up Phil [Demmel, guitar] and Adam [Duce, bass]. They were like, 'I’m not ready to practice. I need more time off.' Dave [McClain, drums] was already there and said, 'I’ve got to get jamming with you!' The first song on the record that came out of it was a song called 'This is the End.' It’s probably hands-down the hardest guitar, drumming, and musicality. It’s a great song. It’s got good strong structures, good hooks, and great key changes – but it was like a million miles an hour...When Dave and I were done it was like, 'This is so fucking hard! But it’s so awesome!'"
Flynn also talks about having his home robbed, saying, "They got the one Dimebag gave me. They got the guitar that I wrote and recorded my first album, Burn My Eyes, with. I had an Epiphone coming out and they got my prototype. I bought my son a little Epiphone Flying V. They took that. They took my son’s fucking guitar. There’s been focus on the guitars, but they actually got up to $30,000 worth of stuff – videos, laptops, computers, cash, my wife’s jewelry, her grandma’s jewelry. It was pretty fucked. The hardest part was when we discovered it, it was me and my two sons. They were six and three and a half at the time. It was really traumatic for them. Every night before they went to bed it was like, 'Dad, are the robbers going to come in and kill me?' I was like, 'No, I’m not going to let that happen.' To them it’s like Scooby Doo and they’re going to come through the window. They can’t process it like we can process it. That finally went away, but for those few months it was fucking hard. Times are tough and people are desperate and doing fucking crazy shit. I get it. I’m a target. We were cased, and I was followed. I know it was a crew that did it. That’s a tough thing to deal with and it shakes your faith in humanity. It’s like, 'What the fuck? You stole my fucking son’s guitar.' It shakes your faith in humanity, but I tell you that within two or three days my friends and other musicians loaned me computers and gave me guitars to play on so I had something to write on. A bunch of our fans got something going and bought both of my sons guitars. On one hand it shakes your faith in humanity, and in the same breath you see all these people do these fucking amazing things."
The whole interview is worth reading. Check it out here.
Machine Head's Unto the Locust will be in stores September 27, but you can pre-order a deluxe package that includes the CD/DVD version of the album (which gets you three bonus tracks and a documentary about the making of the record) and a T-shirt at this link.
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Monday, August 22, 2011
The Beatles Are Latest Why Music Matters Featured Artist
Did you know the Beatles could become your best friends? The latest animated video clip in the UK series Why Music Matters explains just how that happened for the video creator Lee Gingold. It is one of more than 15 different videos that have been created for the Why Music Matters effort to publicize the value of recorded music and combat music piracy. Among the artists featured are Florence and the Machine, Kate Bush, and Tinchy Stryder. Each clip is a personal and emotional journey all of its own. More than 50,000 music fans have "liked" the campaign on Facebook. Check out more clips and details below.
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The Beatles Are Latest Why Music Matters Featured Artist
Did you know the Beatles could become your best friends? The latest animated video clip in the UK series Why Music Matters explains just how that happened for the video creator Lee Gingold. It is one of more than 15 different videos that have been created for the Why Music Matters effort to publicize the value of recorded music and combat music piracy. Among the artists featured are Florence and the Machine, Kate Bush, and Tinchy Stryder. Each clip is a personal and emotional journey all of its own. More than 50,000 music fans have "liked" the campaign on Facebook. Check out more clips and details below.
...Source: http://top40.about.com/b/2011/08/22/the-beatles-are-latest-why-music-matters-featured-artist.htm
Concert Picks: Fishtank Ensemble, Wooden Shjips, Caitlin Rose?
As summer winds down and the days grow slightly shorter, we find it important this weekend to remind you not to neglect the ever-elusive (but still-around) concept of free time. Taking some time for yourself may seem like a crime as far as anyone else is concerned. Our advice? Let that notion to be your [...]
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Green Album Of Muppets Covers Set For Release and Available For Free Streaming
For pop music fans of a certain age, some of these songs could indeed move you to tears. Others are certain to wrap you in a warm and fuzzy feeling. Next week on August 23, 2011, Muppets: The Green Album hits stores. It features new versions of classic Muppet songs by top indie and rock artists. The songs are drawn from The Muppet Show and movies starring Jim Henson's puppet group. Now NPR is making the album available to stream for free a week in advance of official release.
...Nick 13: BeatCrave Fav
Nick 13 is creating a storm with his solo project. The singer, who is more famously known as the frontman of the three-way rock band Tiger Army, has gone country. And although he’s got a new sense of style with his nice tailored suits, he hasn’t lost his rock appeal. In June, Nick 13 released [...]
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Within Temptation Comic Premieres In Baltimore This Weekend!
Within Temptation have collaborated with Beyond Comics on a comic book adaptation of their latest album, The Unforgiving, and the first issue (written by Steven O'Connel and drawn by Romano Molenaar) will be making its premiere at Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend, August 20 and 21. To check it out, stop by Beyond Comics' booth # 707 & 708 (under the Hulk) at the show.
At those booths, fans can get copies of The Unforgiving #1 (while they last), pre-order the Diamond Digital version of the book (which includes exclusive video from the band), plus enter to win a FREE copy of the new Within Temptation CD (playing in rotation at the booths) as well as free tickets to their September 12 concert at Ram's Head Live! in downtown Baltimore.
You can also check out a 13-page preview of the issue at this link.
At those booths, fans can get copies of The Unforgiving #1 (while they last), pre-order the Diamond Digital version of the book (which includes exclusive video from the band), plus enter to win a FREE copy of the new Within Temptation CD (playing in rotation at the booths) as well as free tickets to their September 12 concert at Ram's Head Live! in downtown Baltimore.
You can also check out a 13-page preview of the issue at this link.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Video: Megadeth's Chris Broderick Interviewed By SkullsNBones.com
Megadeth guitarist Chris Broderick was interviewed by "Metal Mark," a correspondent for SkullsNBones.com, at one of the band's stops on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour. In the clip, Broderick talks about the band's upcoming studio album TH1RT3EN, his signature guitar, and the next "Big Four" concert, scheduled for September 14 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Check it out below.
Source: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/story.aspx?newsitemID=23291
Lil Wayne and Drake Top iTunes On First Day Of Availability For "She Will"
Maybe Lil Wayne's new album Tha Carter IV will sell a million copies in its first week of release later this month. Lil Wayne and his Cash Money label group partner Drake are showing serious commercial clout today. Their collaborative single "She Will" was released to iTunes today, and it is currently sitting at #1 on the sales chart. Lil Wayne has already hauled in over two million in sales of the "6 Foot 7 Foot" single, one million of "How To Love" and 500,000 of "John," all singles from the upcoming Tha Carter IV album. Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III sold over one million copies in its first week of release in 2008. It has since amassed sales of over 3.6 million making it easily the rapper's biggest hit collection to date. His follow up Rebirth was disappointing in its rock explorations and has limped to just over 680,000 in sales. Tha Carter IV is widely seen as his return to form both artistically and commercially. The album hits stores in just two weeks August 29, 2011.
...Red Hot Chili Peppers Nervous To Play I'm With You Live
Anthony Kiedis says he's concerned about 'not having enough days to practice.'
By Gil Kaufman
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis
Photo: MTV News
When MTV News sat down with legendary Los Angeles punk-funk icons the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Wednesday, they talked about a lot of things very confidently — their new video, fond memories of L.A.'s Forum, pygmy scientists and the state of music videos today. But the one thing they were clearly nervous about was the upcoming tour in support of their new album, I'm With You.
It's not performance anxiety: that much you can tell from the loose vibe of the just-unveiled "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" video. The Chili Peppers have seen millions of faces over the past 28 years, and rocked them all (or at least 99.9 percent of them). No, it's the challenge of playing the new songs from the album in front of their adoring fans without enough time to get them into fighting shape. Also, they're planning to play the new album in its entirety, top to bottom, on tour.
Regarding his concerns about performing the songs, singer Anthony Kiedis said, "Not having enough days to practice. It's very dynamic, so we really have to focus on letting each song exist unto itself with all of its beauty. There's a lot going on."
How did Flea's hour-long bass groove turn into "Rain Dance Maggie"?
The band wrote a lot of new material for their 10th studio album, and while Flea said the tunes that made the final cut are not necessarily better than those left on the floor, "it was important to us that each song stood on its own emotionally and aesthetically, that held its own spot," he said. "So we really have a lot of territory to cover in terms of emotional [ground]."
Besides, the simple fact is they're new songs and the group — including new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer — just don't know them as well as classics like "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge."
They've done some of the requisite prep work, according to Kiedis, who said a string of three club shows before their recent Summer Sonic fest headlining set in Japan helped loosen up the muscles.
"Maggie" director Marc Klasfeld explains how the "simple and iconic" video was made.
"It was so fun ... it was wildly fun," Kiedis said of the gigs. "We really didn't know exactly what this would be like, a) because it's been a long time and b) because we now play with Josh. We felt pretty good about everything that we had done in terms of writing and recording, but no one really knew and it was just as good as one could have ever dreamt of ... It was like being 21 years old and not being able to sleep the night before a show."
Check back on MTV.com for highlights from the Q&A, including the band discussing the early inspiration for their iconic videos, where they feel they belong in music history, whether Anthony Kiedis will ever join Twitter and more!
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Rihanna Almost Wigs Out At 2010 VMAs In 'VMAs Revealed'
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.
By Jocelyn Vena
Eminem and Rihanna at the 2010 Video Music Awards
Photo: WireImage
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.
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Outdoor Stage Collapses, Killing 5, During Sugarland And Sara Bareilles Concert
Just under a month after a similar disaster in which a Cheap Trick outdoor concert stage collapsed in the middle of the Ottowa Bluesfest in Ontario, Canada, a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday night during a Sugarland/ Sara Bareilles concert, killing five and injuring dozens more. According to Idolator, stage scaffolding [...]
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Lady Gaga Captures 'True Spirit' Of 'Yoü And I' In Video
'It's meant to be slightly linear and slightly twisted and confusing, which is the way that love is,' she says during 'MTV First: Lady Gaga.'
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Sway Calloway
MTV News' Sway interviews Lady Gaga during her "MTV First" special on Thursday
Photo: Scott Gries/Picture Group
Lady Gaga fans were treated with a very special gift Thursday (August 18), when the Lady herself graced MTV's former "TRL" headquarters for the television premiere of her "Yoü and I" video, followed by a live, lengthy and revealing Q&A with MTV News' Sway Calloway and a roomful of her most dedicated Little Monsters.
Speaking about the video, Gaga touched on several of the complex and layered metaphors in the clip, such as her various personas (male, female and non-human), wearing her mother's wedding dress, the symbolism for some of her more intense life experiences, as well as the inspiration for the song.
"I wrote the song about this guy that I used to date," she revealed, which drew surprised reactions from the fans in attendance, many of whom have assumed that Gaga was still involved with bartender beau Luc Carl. "But the song is about going back to anyone or anything in your life that means something to you. Nebraska [the video's location] is the center of it all," she said. "For me, it was all about capturing the true spirit of 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. 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."
Lady Gaga makes her big VMA announcement: She's opening the show!
Two of those twisted elements are Gaga's performances as a mermaid and male alter ego Jo Calderone. One fan cheekily asked, "How do you have sex with a mermaid?"
"Well, that's actually part of what the metaphor is — you can't," Gaga answered with a slight smile. "Sometimes in love, you can't make it work. 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."
Speaking of Calderone, the Lady described the man as a bad boy who is not to be trusted. "He's really hot. It's so weird, because I'm usually really funny about men, but he does something to me," she said, speaking of her alter ego as a personal acquaintance. "He took me out this one time when we first met, and he's really fresh. I was really happy he wanted to be in the video and to model. He's really fresh, though. He's a bad boy, you know."
Two other fan questions led to lengthy and fascinating reveals from Gaga. One asked if the wedding dress she wears in the clip is actually her mother's.
"Yeah, that's my mom's dress. It's so funny, because when I was younger, I hated my mother's wedding dress," Gaga admitted. "I would always say, 'Mom, why don't you have a long train and a tiara? I don't understand.' ... I remember I was about 13 or 14 when I fell in love with my mother's wedding dress. I asked her if I could use it in the video, because the love my mother and father have shared for almost 30 years now is what I hope to have someday."
Finally, when asked to explain the significance of the ice-cream truck in the beginning of the video, Gaga revealed that it is about very specific and painful childhood memories.
"I've talked about some of it before with all of you: I had a lot of really intense experiences when I was younger, some of which I have shared with you and some of which I haven't. The ice-cream truck represents all of the destruction of my youth at a very young time in my life," she explained. "So while walking down the road to find love, the memories of the destruction of my youth sort of get in the way. That's how I wanted to open the video, because I think it really sets up the rest of the story. It allows you to imagine you yourself are not just one person; you're so many. That person has so many stories and memories to draw from, and they all affect your journey profusely. I'm battered quite brutally at the beginning of the video, but at the end, I'm not battered; I'm a bit strange. It's not meant t to be an answer video; it's meant to be a profuse number of the question."
And that's just the beginning of what Gaga revealed during her lengthy chat with Sway. Check back with MTV.com for more about the video, her VMA performance plans and more.
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.
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Kris Allen Performs New Song "You Got a Way"
It does seem like some time since we've heard anything new from 2009 American Idol winner Kris Allen. On Monday night while opening in concert for the band Lifehouse in Detroit, he performed a new song titled "You Got a Way." It is a beautiful love ballad and is expected to be included on the next Kris Allen album due later this year. Reportedly, he co-wrote the song with band member Cale Mills. Kris Allen's biggest hit is his cover of the Script's "Live Like We're Dying." It was a #3 adult pop hit and a top 10 mainstream top 40 pop hit while rising to #18 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Live Like We're Dying has sold over 1.6 million copies. Kris Allen defeated Adam Lambert in the 2009 series of American Idol. Check out Kris Allen below.
...Source: http://top40.about.com/b/2011/08/17/kris-allen-performs-new-song-you-got-a-way.htm
Video: Corey Taylor Discusses "Seven Deadly Sins" Audio Book
Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor was recently interviewed by Artisan News Service about the audio version of his book Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good. In the clip below (which also includes footage of him performing an acoustic, country-ish version of Slipknot's "Spit It Out"), he discusses who he'd have read his work, if it was up to him. You may be surprised by the names mentioned...
Source: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/story.aspx?newsitemID=23277
Robert Rodriguez Explains '4-D' Smells In 'Spy Kids 4'
Director tells MTV News about film's use of 'Aroma-Scope' technology.
By Kara Warner
Joel McHale, Jessica Alba, Mason Cook and Rowan Blanchard in "Spy Kids 4"
Photo: Dimension Films
Director Robert Rodriguez has made a career out of pushing the filmmaking envelope in various ways, from "Desperado" to "From Dusk Till Dawn" to his very successful "Spy Kids" franchise, which includes the first resurgent 3-D film, 2003's "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over."
To mark the release of the fourth "Spy Kids" film, Rodriguez has added another level to the 3-D canon with "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D." And what exactly makes a film 4-D? A little extra sensory overload provided by what Rodriguez calls an "Aroma-Scope."
"Instead of just going 3-D like we did on the last one, we brought in 4-D, which is a very fun gimmick that I found in this old movie in the '80s," Rodriguez told MTV News of being inspired by John Waters' use of Smell-O-Vision for 1981's "Polyester." "It's kind of a scratch-and-sniff [experience] and you get to be really, almost like a video game, interactive with the movie. There are some really surprising smells, and some of the biggest laughs come from that."
Rodriguez went on to say that the Aroma-Scope, which is a card with eight numbers on it that audience members are given with their 3-D glasses, provides viewers with a less passive and more interactive film-going experience.
"Even my own kids, people today are so interactive with gaming that to go and watch the movie feels so passive, so this really bridges the gap between the two," he explained. "You're watching the movie and then almost like video game numbers come up and you [scratch] the cards and smell almost exactly what the characters are smelling. It's funny, the characters are all reacting to it, the adults are reacting to it — it's really fun."
Check out everything we've got on "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World."
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