- Artist: Miley Cyrus
- Label: Walt Disney Records, Hollywood Records
- Director: Matthew Rolston
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Miley Cyrus - The Climb
Eminem, Rihanna To Co-Headline U.K.'s V Festival
The 'Love the Way You Lie' duo will share the stage at the event's two sites this August.
By D.L. Chandler
Eminem and Rihanna
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
After weeks of speculation, organizers for the United Kingdom's annual V Festival have revealed the 2011 list of featured performers, which includes two Grammy-winning headliners from this side of the pond.
Eminem and his "Love the Way You Lie" duet partner, Rihanna, will be headlining acts for the popular summer concert event on August 20 in Weston Park. Arctic Monkeys and Plan B, meanwhile, will serve as co-headliners that day at a sister concert held simultaneously at nearby Hylands Park. On August 21, the two sets of headlining acts switch stages and hold another concurrent concert — a hallmark of the festival.
Em's involvement in the event had been rumored for weeks, but without any solid confirmation that the Detroit bad boy would appear. Rihanna's inclusion in the concerts also had been questionable, but organizers worked hard to secure the singer.
Eminem's star has been aglow of late, with the popular MC basking in the success of his seventh studio effort Recovery, which helped him snag the coveted Rap Album of the Year Grammy award for a second year in a row. Slim Shady's Grammy-winning co-star Rihanna — who is a record-setting female solo artist for sales in the U.K. — has had another successful year. The Barbadian pop artist's fifth studio release, Loud, has sold more than 1 million copies so far.
Eminem and Rihanna will be joined by a few of their stateside pals at the V Festival, along with many notable U.K. acts. Some of the other artists slated to play the festival include "Black and Yellow" star Wiz Khalifa, pop singer Bruno Mars, rock legends Duran Duran, DJ/producer Mark Ronson and grime rapper Dizzee Rascal.
The U.K. event is not the only big festival that Eminem is set to headline this year. In June, the rap star will be among the featured acts at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.
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Jay A. Fernandez The scribe also has been hired to rewrite Paramount's action flick "Heatseekers."
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Buzz Bites (3/31/11): Watch A Preview Of Katy Perry's 'E.T.' Video
+ A preview of Katy Perry's "E.T." video is out just before the premiere tonight on MTV, and OMFG! Watch it here. (MTV News)
+ The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen wasn't always covered in black eyeliner and patent leather. Check out vintage Taylor Momsen from her early "Gossip Girl" days. (Buzznet)
+ The Japanese edition of [...]
+ The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen wasn't always covered in black eyeliner and patent leather. Check out vintage Taylor Momsen from her early "Gossip Girl" days. (Buzznet)
+ The Japanese edition of [...]
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Justin Bieber Shows Off New Hairdo In 'That Should Be Me' Clip
Video features Bieber performing song with country band Rascal Flatts.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Photo: Neil Mockford/ Getty Images
The weekend that Justin Bieber cut his hair, he also shot the music video for his "That Should Be Me" remix, featuring country band Rascal Flatts. This weekend, the full music video premiered, and it shows off that very famous cut.
The video is a meta-statement on making videos. The guys of Rascal Flatts pull up to the studio while Bieber sits in a room practicing the track. Bieber and the band sit and rehearse the song before they are brought to the room to shoot the lo-fi performance video.
We see the camera and lights filming the guys, who stand in front of a white backdrop performing the song. Bieber is occasionally seen in the sparse room alone singing the track, dressed in black. Shots of the finished performance are edited with those of Bieber and the band rehearsing the track, off his Never Say Never - The Remixes album, which was released last month. The video ends with Bieber walking off the set.
"They flipped out," lead singer Gary LeVox said of bringing his daughters to the set the day of the shoot with the teen star. "Brittany ended up singing one of his songs to him. He was hugging them and was so sweet to them. I've even got a low-grade Bieber fever. I think I'm in the running for dad of the year."
Bieber also tweeted about the video's runaway success on Sunday, writing, "And just saw... #ThatShouldBeMe vid with @rascalflatts is now #1 on ITUNES!! Thank u all so much. We are very proud of that song. #MuchLove."
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Kanye West Joins Katy Perry On 'E.T.'
Fourth Teenage Dream single to be released this week.
By Jocelyn Vena
Kanye West and Katy Perry
Photo: EMI
In her next single from Teenage Dream, "E.T.," Katy Perry sings about falling in love with an alien to a spacey dance track. And unlike in the version on the album, the radio version features the extraterrestrial stylings of Kanye West.
The rapper not only makes a cameo on the song, but he will also appear in the video alongside the California Gurl. The video was shot by "The Runaways" director Floria Sigismondi, who is known for putting her dark, feminine spin on clips for artists like Christina Aguilera, Marilyn Manson and the White Stripes.
Little else is known about West's contribution to the song and the video, but in a photo released by Perry's label, Kanye appears in regular street clothes while Perry looks like perhaps she's playing the alien character she sings about in the song — complete with pastel-colored makeup and giant braided headpiece. In fact, the look harks back to some of the costumes former Sigismondi collaborator Björk has worn in the past.
Last month, Perry released artwork for "E.T." In the black-and-white photograph, Perry sports blunt bangs, heavy cat-eye makeup and an elaborate top.
Perry has made it known that she wants the videos for her Teenage Dream songs to be over-the-top. "I'm looking forward to making music videos on this new album," she explained. "There's a story to the songs. ... I'm really excited about ... making those music videos that are going to be larger than life."
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COVER STORY: Kim Kardashian ? Betrayed Before the Wedding
You can feel the drama build to fever pitch: Kim Kardashian is ready to become engaged to basketball star beau Kris Humphries in a matter of days, friends say in this week’s issue of OK!. Indeed, Kris is not only shopping for an appropriately humongous diamond to present to his fianc�e-to-be ? having narrowed the [...]
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Borys Kit The filmmaker has been slowly putting together the acting pieces for his latest pic, an adaptation of a Don Winslow novel.
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Katy Perry Denies Feud With Britney Spears
Singer calls the media 'filth' for implying she was attacking Spears for using product placement in her 'Hold It Against Me' video.
By James Montgomery
Katy Perry
Photo: John Parra/ WireImage
Last week, when Katy Perry answered a question tweeted by her California Dreams tourmate Marina and the Diamonds about product placement in music videos, she never expected to touch off a media firestorm. And she's plenty mad that she did.
It all started with Perry's reply to Marina's query for "a consensus on product placement in videos." Perry wrote on Twitter, "Do it with style and grace ... Not so 'In [your] face like some. [You] have to get creative with it. Some artists don't care though, and you can tell."
Given that Perry's response occurred hours after the premiere of Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" video (a version of which is loaded with promotional shots for products like Spears' own Radiance perfume, Make Up for Ever cosmetics and dating website PlentyofFish.com), most were quick to interpret it as a dig at Spears for selling out. And that made Perry very angry.
Early Wednesday morning (February 23), Perry took to Twitter once again to rip the tabloid media (or as she calls them, "filth") for their speculative and hurtful ways, claiming in a series of messages that they manipulated her words in an attempt to pit her against Spears, and, because of that, were basically responsible for the decline of civilization as we know it.
"Dear tabloid media a.k.a. FILTH: please note I expressed an overall feeling about product placement, [its] role in videos and the art of them being compliment[ary] or sticking out," Perry wrote. "Most, if not ALL, popsters welcome deals with products [to] offset costs of big-budget vids in these recessional music industry times. I'VE used them in MY vids before and am happy [to be] able [to] make a better vid because of [them].
"Once AGAIN, stop pitting artist against artist for [your] sensational satisfaction," she continued, "and stick to what [you're] best [at]: lying, gossiping, exaggerating and overall lending a hand [to] the deterioration of a generation."
What do you think of artists using product placement in their videos? Tell us in the comments.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
'Captain America' Trailer: Five Cool Moments
Take a closer look at the super-soldier as we break down the upcoming action movie's first full trailer.
By Eric Ditzian
Chris Evans and cast in the "Captain America: The First Avenger" trailer
Photo: Marvel
Before becoming the engineered superhero called Captain America, Steve Rogers attempts to join the Army five times in five cities, only to be rejected for being a pipsqueak with a ton of heart but not nearly big enough biceps. In a similar series of false starts, we've been treated to a slew of teasers for "Captain America: The First Avenger," from a 30-second Super Bowl spot to a bunch of seconds-long video snippets parceled out over the last few days.
Now, finally, we're getting a shot of cinematic super-serum with the Marvel adaptation's first full trailer. Here are our picks for the five coolest moments:
The Shield ... Kinda
Here we see Rogers (Chris Evans) in pre-conversion twerp mode. Chased into an alley, he attempts to defend himself with a trashcan lid — a none-too-subtle nod to the red-white-and-blue shield he'll soon wield as the Captain. Sure, he's a scrawny fellow, but he's brave. And as Dr. Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) will tell Steve before transforming him into a superhero, "A weak man knows the value of strength, knows the value of power." In terms of historical context, this shot also gives us a glimpse of around when the story begins. A poster in the alley shows the date: May 29, 1943.
Meet Your Super-Serum
So it's that goopy blue stuff that transforms Rogers into a super-solider. We see Erskine in the laboratory, as well as Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), who just so happens to be the father of a certain iron-suited hero played in other Marvel movies by Robert Downey Jr. The serum doesn't look that pleasant going in, but what a difference it makes: Rogers goes from zero to world-saving hero.
Captain Action
Listen, it's hard out there for a super-solider. Even when an Army colonel (Tommy Lee Jones) is driving at top speed in a convertible and the Captain looks like he's about to jump out and whup some Nazi butt, he pauses for a little smooch from Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell). Pimp!
Army of the Damned
Check them out in all their blue-glowing glory: the HYDRA army controlled by Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), Hitler's head honcho of weaponry and general evilness. It's these soldiers who will face off against the Captain and his crew with the fate of the world in the balance.
The Boys
We'd sleep easier knowing this collection of dudes — Captain America and the much-hyped Howling Commandos — is protecting the nation. In addition to the Captain, you've got sidekick Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Union Jack (JJ Field) and Dum Dum Dungan (Neal McDonough). That's a hero shot if we've ever seen one. "It's an amazing costume," Evans told us last year of his look. "Given the fact that his costume is red, white and blue, and it's tight, and it could be kind of flash and over the top — and given the fact that the movie takes place in the '40s and '50s — they've done a really good job of making it look really cool."
What were your favorite moments? Share them in the comments below!
Check out everything we've got on "Captain America: The First Avenger."
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Kanye West Joins Katy Perry On 'E.T.'
Fourth Teenage Dream single to be released this week.
By Jocelyn Vena
Kanye West and Katy Perry
Photo: EMI
In her next single from Teenage Dream, "E.T.," Katy Perry sings about falling in love with an alien to a spacey dance track. And unlike in the version on the album, the radio version features the extraterrestrial stylings of Kanye West.
The rapper not only makes a cameo on the song, but he will also appear in the video alongside the California Gurl. The video was shot by "The Runaways" director Floria Sigismondi, who is known for putting her dark, feminine spin on clips for artists like Christina Aguilera, Marilyn Manson and the White Stripes.
Little else is known about West's contribution to the song and the video, but in a photo released by Perry's label, Kanye appears in regular street clothes while Perry looks like perhaps she's playing the alien character she sings about in the song — complete with pastel-colored makeup and giant braided headpiece. In fact, the look harks back to some of the costumes former Sigismondi collaborator Björk has worn in the past.
Last month, Perry released artwork for "E.T." In the black-and-white photograph, Perry sports blunt bangs, heavy cat-eye makeup and an elaborate top.
Perry has made it known that she wants the videos for her Teenage Dream songs to be over-the-top. "I'm looking forward to making music videos on this new album," she explained. "There's a story to the songs. ... I'm really excited about ... making those music videos that are going to be larger than life."
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'Britney Spears: I Am The Femme Fatale' Trailer Premieres Tonight!
Sneak peeks of Brit's upcoming MTV special will air all day before full trailer airs at 7:58 p.m.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Photo: MTV News & Docs
All day, Britney Spears is taking over MTV. That takeover includes a trailer for MTV's upcoming special about the pop star, "Britney Spears: I Am the Femme Fatale," which will take fans inside Britney's life to see what it's like to release a highly anticipated album.
Before the trailer premieres tonight at 7:58 p.m., teasers will air throughout the day. In the sneak peeks, fans get to see Spears work on the just-released Femme Fatale, including going over final production with will.i.am on their collabo. "I did some tweaking to 'Big Fat Bass,' " the Black Eyed Peas mastermind tells Spears as she gives the song another listen.
While on the way to rehearsals for her pre-album performances — including her set this past Friday at the Palms in Las Vegas, which will be included in "Britney Spears: I Am the Femme Fatale" — Spears admits to having some "jitterbugs." It is, after all, her first time back onstage since the Circus Tour.
In another intimate look at the singer's life, fans get to see Spears and her assistant as they go to Starbucks to take a minute for themselves in the hustle-and-bustle of a hectic schedule. "It's nice to have a peaceful moment just to sit down," Spears says. "It's nice to relax before the chaos."
That chaos included getting fans excited for her album release. On top of taking the stage in Vegas for a set full of pyro, shimmering bodysuits and flirty dance moves, Spears also pre-taped today's "Good Morning America" performance in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood. "I totally loved how her bustier was lit up," fan Corina Andrati excitedly told MTV News moments after Spears wrapped her three-song set. "I'm so blessed to be here."
Have you heard Britney's new album yet? Share your favorite tracks in the comments!
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Jennifer Lopez's Lil Wayne Collabo 'I'm Into You' Leaks Online
Singer also announces that she will perform on 'American Idol' on May 5.
By James Dinh
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Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
Jennifer Lopez collaborated with Pitbull for her comeback dance anthem "On the Floor," and her follow-up single will continue a trend of linking up with chart-topping MCs. On Wednesday (March 30), the "American Idol" judge took to Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show to tease a snippet of her new single, "I'm Into You," which features none other than rapper Lil Wayne.
Despite the singer's "Give It Love, Get It Early" campaign to release the song in its entirety early on iTunes utilizing Facebook's "like" option, the tune has already made its way to the blogosphere.
Over a trippy mid-tempo beat, Lil Wayne opens with a brief verse before Lopez sings a tale of a lover's spellbound attraction. "When I look into your eyes, it's over/ You got me hooked with your love controller/ I'm tripping and I could not get over/ I'm feeling lucky like a four-leaf clover/ I'm into you," the pop star sings during the song's pop&B chorus.
The Weezy-assisted tune, which was reportedly produced by Stargate, will be available on iTunes next Tuesday. Among the other songs scheduled for release through the "Give It Love, Get It Early" campaign are "Papi" (April 13) and "Love?" (April 20).
In addition to premiering some new music, the pop star opened up about last week's surprising "Idol" results show, where the judges decided to save contestant Casey Abrams. "It was crazy. We knew that it was kind of a radical decision because it was so early in the season," the singer told Seacrest. However, Lopez admitted that all the judges unanimously decided that it was the right thing to do to prevent the "dynamic performer" from packing his bags.
For now, J. Lo is gearing up to perform her new music on "American Idol" on May 5 as well as at KIIS FM's annual Wango Tango show on May 14.
What do you think of J. Lo's new tune "I'm Into You"? Share your reviews in the comments below.
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Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj Tapped For Japan Aid Compilation LP
U2 and Bon Jovi will also be featured on digital-only album from Universal Music.
By James Dinh
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Some of pop music's biggest artists, including Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, are lending their tunes for a good cause. On Monday (March 21), it was announced that Universal Music is rushing out a digital-only compilation album to raise awareness and funds for those affected by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan.
While the lineup and track list have yet to be finalized, other chart-toppers expected to be featured on the release include U2 and Bon Jovi. Lady Gaga may also appear on the album. Proceeds from sales will go to the Japanese Red Cross.
"We are doing it only digitally because it is faster, and this will be a worldwide release. The plan is to have it available later this week," a spokesperson for Universal Music said.
In order to maximize proceeds, the record label plans to find more acts willing to waive royalties that would have come from having their tracks appear on the compilation.
Universal Music is not the only music-industry player reaching to support Japan disaster relief. Most recently, the Black Eyed Peas announced that the music video for their tune "Just Can't Get Enough" would be used to promote awareness and funds for victims of the tragic event. The clip, which was shot in Japan one week before the earthquake and tsunami hit, finds the BEP bandmates traveling throughout Toyko.
Earlier this month, Lady Gaga designed a special prayer bracelet with all proceeds going to relief efforts. In just two days, the pop singer and her legion of little monsters raised more than $250,000.
For more information on what you can do to help with earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan head to MTV Act, or text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
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'Black Swan' Body Double Sarah Lane Stirs Controversy
Lane says there's been a 'cover-up' to promote idea that Natalie Portman did most of the dancing.
By Eric Ditzian
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
Photo: FOX Searchlight
"It was really extreme," Natalie Portman told MTV News in November. "And I definitely felt both physical and mental aftershocks from the experience, because it was the first thing I've ever done that was this physically demanding on top of an emotionally demanding part."
She was speaking about the 10 months she spent training to play a ballerina in "Black Swan," a role that would earn her a Best Actress Oscar in February. Now that awards season is over, however, a controversy has erupted over how much of the dancing in "Black Swan" was executed by Portman and how much was the work of her professional ballet-dancing body doubles.
Sarah Lane, a 27-year-old soloist at the American Ballet Theatre who stood in for Portman in the film, told Entertainment Weekly that she has been the victim of a "cover-up" meant to tout Portman's work at the expense of her own.
"Of the full body shots, I would say 5 percent are Natalie. All the other shots are me," she said. "They wanted to create this idea in people's minds that Natalie was some kind of prodigy or so gifted in dance and really worked so hard to make herself a ballerina in a year and a half for the movie, basically because of the Oscar. It is demeaning to the profession and not just to me. I've been doing this for 22 years."
Following Lane's comments, Fox Searchlight released a statement that was both supportive of the dancer but emphasized the amount of Portman's own ballet that made it into the movie. "We were fortunate to have Sarah there to cover the more complicated dance sequences and we have nothing but praise for the hard work she did," the statement read. "However, Natalie herself did most of the dancing featured in the final film."
The debate caught fire last week after Benjamin Millepied, Portman's fiancé and "Black Swan" choreographer, told the Los Angeles Times, "There are articles now talking about her dance double [Lane] that are making it sound like [Lane] did a lot of the work, but really, she just did the footwork, and the fouettés, and one diagonal [phrase] in the studio. Honestly, 85 percent of that movie is Natalie."
MTV News asked Portman's reps for comment but had not heard back as of press time.
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Miley Cyrus Was 'Up For Anything' On 'SNL,' Kristen Wiig Says
'That's always, to me, what makes a host fun to have around,' she tells MTV News.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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If Miley Cyrus seemed loose hosting "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, it's because she was.
"SNL" castmember Kristen Wiig tells MTV News the teen queen was not only a blast to have on the set, but also didn't seem to suffer from any anxiety about doing live TV.
"Yes, Miley [was fun to work with]," Wiig said while in New York on Monday (March 7) doing press for her alien-comedy flick, "Paul." "She's cool. It was really, really fun."
Guest host Miley poked fun at her own infamous bong video controversy, as well as at Justin Bieber — whom she played alongside Vanessa Bayer, who just so happens to play Cyrus on the "SNL" skit "The Miley Cyrus Show." Cyrus even went for Lindsay Lohan and Black Eyed Peas frontwoman Fergie. And it was Cyrus' willingness to have a little fun at her own expense that made her the perfect host, according to Wiig.
"Yeah, she was great," the actress said. "She was up for anything. That's always, to me, what makes a host fun to have around. They'll make fun of themselves or how the media perceives them. She was up for anything, which was so great."
In addition to the performance by the Strokes, some of the night's other highlights included Miley's musical number "I'm Sorry I'm Not Perfect" and "Disney Channel Acting School," where Miley and fellow Disney star Raven Symoné (played by Kenan Thompson) taught such subjects such as "Reacting to Stinky Feet" and "Spying in a Doorway," required skills for any actor on a Disney series.
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VIDEO: Lady Gaga Turns 25, Sings 'Born This Way' At A Mexican Restaurant
(Credit: Getty)
It was a low-key affair at La Cita Bar, a Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles, where Lady Gaga spent the evening with 60 friends (um, that's a lot of friends, so good for her!) to celebrate her 25th birthday. Of course, she's Gaga, so she did wear a skintight black dress with a beehive [...]
It was a low-key affair at La Cita Bar, a Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles, where Lady Gaga spent the evening with 60 friends (um, that's a lot of friends, so good for her!) to celebrate her 25th birthday. Of course, she's Gaga, so she did wear a skintight black dress with a beehive [...]
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Kanye West Joins Katy Perry On 'E.T.'
Fourth Teenage Dream single to be released this week.
By Jocelyn Vena
Kanye West and Katy Perry
Photo: EMI
In her next single from Teenage Dream, "E.T.," Katy Perry sings about falling in love with an alien to a spacey dance track. And unlike in the version on the album, the radio version features the extraterrestrial stylings of Kanye West.
The rapper not only makes a cameo on the song, but he will also appear in the video alongside the California Gurl. The video was shot by "The Runaways" director Floria Sigismondi, who is known for putting her dark, feminine spin on clips for artists like Christina Aguilera, Marilyn Manson and the White Stripes.
Little else is known about West's contribution to the song and the video, but in a photo released by Perry's label, Kanye appears in regular street clothes while Perry looks like perhaps she's playing the alien character she sings about in the song — complete with pastel-colored makeup and giant braided headpiece. In fact, the look harks back to some of the costumes former Sigismondi collaborator Björk has worn in the past.
Last month, Perry released artwork for "E.T." In the black-and-white photograph, Perry sports blunt bangs, heavy cat-eye makeup and an elaborate top.
Perry has made it known that she wants the videos for her Teenage Dream songs to be over-the-top. "I'm looking forward to making music videos on this new album," she explained. "There's a story to the songs. ... I'm really excited about ... making those music videos that are going to be larger than life."
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Britney Spears - Radar
- Artist: Britney Spears
- Label: RCA, Jive, Zomba Label Group
- Director: Dave Meyers
- Album: Circus
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Kanye West Joins Katy Perry On 'E.T.'
Fourth Teenage Dream single to be released this week.
By Jocelyn Vena
Kanye West and Katy Perry
Photo: EMI
In her next single from Teenage Dream, "E.T.," Katy Perry sings about falling in love with an alien to a spacey dance track. And unlike in the version on the album, the radio version features the extraterrestrial stylings of Kanye West.
The rapper not only makes a cameo on the song, but he will also appear in the video alongside the California Gurl. The video was shot by "The Runaways" director Floria Sigismondi, who is known for putting her dark, feminine spin on clips for artists like Christina Aguilera, Marilyn Manson and the White Stripes.
Little else is known about West's contribution to the song and the video, but in a photo released by Perry's label, Kanye appears in regular street clothes while Perry looks like perhaps she's playing the alien character she sings about in the song — complete with pastel-colored makeup and giant braided headpiece. In fact, the look harks back to some of the costumes former Sigismondi collaborator Björk has worn in the past.
Last month, Perry released artwork for "E.T." In the black-and-white photograph, Perry sports blunt bangs, heavy cat-eye makeup and an elaborate top.
Perry has made it known that she wants the videos for her Teenage Dream songs to be over-the-top. "I'm looking forward to making music videos on this new album," she explained. "There's a story to the songs. ... I'm really excited about ... making those music videos that are going to be larger than life."
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Katy Perry Praises Beyonce In Elle
'I think diva is a great and powerful word in the sense of what Beyoncé makes it,' the pop star says in the magazine's cover story.
By Jocelyn Vena
Katy Perry on the March issue of <i>Elle</i>
Photo: Carter Smith/Elle
Katy Perry not only glams up for the new issue of Elle, but she also gets real. The singer — who is gearing up for a big performance on this Sunday's Grammy Awards — dishes on diva behavior, discusses her personal life and even reveals how much she weighs in the fashion magazine's latest cover story.
"I feel like I'm at a point in my life right now where I could potentially stick around," Perry says about her outlook on being a pop star. "I don't feel like a diva, but I think diva is a great and powerful word in the sense of what Beyoncé makes it. And maybe I can't be Beyoncé, but maybe I can be Cyndi Lauper. I mean be like her, not be her. That would just be weird."
The singer also admits to having some ambitions outside of the entertainment world. "I think some people will die on the stage, and I'm not so sure I want to do that. Like, I want to have kids!" she explains. "I'm totally fine with saying that. I think some people are scared because they're worried it's going to ruin their career, but I want to live a full life."
That full life, these days, includes her hubby, Russell Brand, who she says is her perfect better half. "Everything clicked really fast. We kind of instantly got past all the surfacey stuff. And ever since then, there hasn't been a dull moment," she says. "We both needed balance, and we give that to each other. It wasn't about me taming him, which is what everyone always says — it was about timing."
Perry doesn't hold back at all, revealing details about her weight that very few celebrities seem willing to share with the world. "I was shaped like a square at one time. I was! I'm generally around 130 pounds, which is totally fine for me," she confesses. "But when I was a kid, I was the same height and weighed more like 145. And I had enormous boobs that I didn't know what to do with, so I wore minimizers, which were not cute. Those thick-ass straps! I got made fun of for the over-the-shoulder boulder holder ... and all I wanted was to look like Kate Moss. Little did I know ... that these things would come in handy someday."
What do you think about Katy's Elle confessions? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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'Sucker Punch' Secrets Revealed!
MTV News spoke with filmmaker Zack Snyder and the cast about the making of the fantastical battle movie.
By Kara Warner
Emily Browning in "Sucker Punch"
Photo: Warner Bros.
At long last, Zack Snyder's mysterious, "Alice in Wonderland With Machine Guns" film "Sucker Punch" has arrived in theaters. MTV News has been on the case since its humble beginnings, bringing you all the news, videos, scoops and interviews ... in a nutshell, everything you need to know.
To celebrate the film's opening day, we present a few more fun facts about the film that we learned directly from the film's director/writer Zack Snyder and the cast.
1. Snyder's original plan for the movie was to build it around a big musical number.
"I had this idea that it'd be cool if we used the musical number for the spine of the movie or the spine of the action sequence," Snyder told MTV News. "And then getting in and out of it would be like, the music would start and that would draw us in. That would be the sort of mechanism for the fantasy to begin, and when the music ended, that would be the mechanism for it ending. And that was sort of how it started."
2. Inspiration for the look of the film came from the adult fantasy magazine Heavy Metal.
"I still read it, actually," Snyder said. "It's got little short stories in it and they're illustrated. And so it's like a comic strip that has more sex and violence than you would get from a normal comic book," Snyder said, adding that he started reading the magazine in his youth. "I think it influenced this movie in a pretty big way."
3. For the high-action "train sequence," Snyder used hundreds of shots to look like one, which took seven days to shoot.
"[The train sequence] is a sequence that's broken up into maybe 120 shots that look like one shot," Snyder explained. "So you just kind of have to know where the cameras are going and knowing where it came from, and put these little camera moves in and all these shifts that have to happen. ... You shoot one angle and then you shoot the other angle and then it's going to be stitched with the CG section. So you have to know what you're capable of," he said. "How far you can push the CG stitch so it doesn't break the shot. There's a whole bunch of things like that."
4. Everyone in the cast is wearing a ton of makeup.
Even for Oscar Isaac, who plays creepy institution overlord Blue Jones and has the privilege of being one of the only men in the cast, the makeup process was extensive.
"I remember they would spray-tan me and then put an extra coat of shine on it," he recalled. "Then blush and then tons of eyeliner. My hair was basically glued tight to my head."
But compared to what the ladies endured, Isaac's process wasn't that bad. Carla Gugino told us the filmmakers wanted the makeup to make a statement, and that she spent at least two hours in the makeup chair every morning.
"We definitely had so much fun," Gugino said. "Rosalina [Da Silva] designed the look of the film makeup-wise. And we did 'Watchmen' together as well," she explained. "She's amazing. But there was a point when she said, 'Carla, guess how many sets of lashes you have on your eyes?' and I was like, 'Including my real ones?' and she was like, 'Yes.' And we realized that it was four."
5. Snyder had to cut back on the violence in the movie, particularly a few scenes that involve implied or attempted rape.
"Those [scenes] of course got trimmed away," he said. "It's really delicate because even that subject matter, you have the harder version that is sometimes better because it actually makes the point a little bit more directly. The PG-13 version was difficult for me," he revealed. "I would say that the very things that they didn't like were the very things that you needed to see in order for you to understand the content of the scene. You know, to know how to feel about it, because otherwise you're sort of left in this weird middle ground," he said. "So it's difficult. It's tricky."
Snyder went on to explain why the sexual violence and lobotomy images were necessary to include in the film, juxtaposed with the idea of women not being victims and being able to defend themselves.
"For me it was all about having incredible threat in that world. Like, what is the most dangerous thing? What is the worst possible thing, and to me being lobotomized and then raped is probably the worst possible thing," he explained. "I like the idea that the verdict or the ... like if someone were to make a sacrifice, and you have two alternatives and one is just go back to jail. OK. You know, I get that. And one is you know, be lobotomized and then possibly raped for the rest of your zombified life. You know, you really need to think about that. You're giving up a lot, I guess, is my point."
Check out everything we've got on "Sucker Punch."
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- Label: Jive
- Album: Circus
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Miley Cyrus' Parents Drop Divorce
Billy Ray Cyrus announces on 'The View' that he and Tish have decided to work things out.
By Jocelyn Vena
Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus
Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images
After announcing their split last year Billy Ray Cyrus now says that he and his wife of 17 years, Tish, have decided to reconcile.
"I dropped the divorce," Miley Cyrus' dad told the hosts of "The View" during a pre-taped appearance on the show airing Friday, according to USA Today. "I wanted to put my family back together."
Cyrus, who appeared on the show to promote his new album, I'm an American, out in June, said he and his family are working out their problems.
"Communication I think is one of the biggest problems that we as human beings have in this whole world," he said. "And I think for the first time me and my entire family are finally communicating with each other in a way that, it's been quite some time ... and to answer your question, things are really the best they've ever been."
Cyrus also seemed to retract the statements he made in a GQ interview, in which he said that his and Miley's hit Disney series "Hannah Montana" "destroyed" their family.
"I feel like I kind of got my Miley back in a way," he said. "I feel like we are the daddy and the daughter that we were before 'Hannah Montana' happened. I love 'Hannah Montana.' I love Disney. That didn't tear my family apart."
The country singer did, however, say that fame had something to do with the family's troubles. "Now fame, fame is a different animal, you've got to be careful with that thing because it can ... all things considered, hey, it's all good."
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Kanye West Joins Katy Perry On 'E.T.'
Fourth Teenage Dream single to be released this week.
By Jocelyn Vena
Kanye West and Katy Perry
Photo: EMI
In her next single from Teenage Dream, "E.T.," Katy Perry sings about falling in love with an alien to a spacey dance track. And unlike in the version on the album, the radio version features the extraterrestrial stylings of Kanye West.
The rapper not only makes a cameo on the song, but he will also appear in the video alongside the California Gurl. The video was shot by "The Runaways" director Floria Sigismondi, who is known for putting her dark, feminine spin on clips for artists like Christina Aguilera, Marilyn Manson and the White Stripes.
Little else is known about West's contribution to the song and the video, but in a photo released by Perry's label, Kanye appears in regular street clothes while Perry looks like perhaps she's playing the alien character she sings about in the song — complete with pastel-colored makeup and giant braided headpiece. In fact, the look harks back to some of the costumes former Sigismondi collaborator Björk has worn in the past.
Last month, Perry released artwork for "E.T." In the black-and-white photograph, Perry sports blunt bangs, heavy cat-eye makeup and an elaborate top.
Perry has made it known that she wants the videos for her Teenage Dream songs to be over-the-top. "I'm looking forward to making music videos on this new album," she explained. "There's a story to the songs. ... I'm really excited about ... making those music videos that are going to be larger than life."
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Keira Knightley Reveals She Wants A Birthday Kiss At Empire Awards
Keira Knightley accepted the Hero Award from James McAvoy at last night’s Empire Awards, but apparently she was after something else. The Never Let Me Go actress joked she wanted a birthday kiss in her acceptance speech (read more)
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