For some reason, that I think can be attributed to me being an asshole, I find calling this costume “seal face” like it was a highly targeted “Black face” for her specific needs, since he’s convered in scars, funny. I figure if you can’t laugh at your disfigurements, disabilities, downfalls, or those of the man who has impregnated you numerous times, you might as well kill yourself. And none of this means I wouldn’t rip a hole in her fleshy skinless, muscular, vagina inside out costume to kiss her rose…she’s Heidi Klum and seems a lot of fun.. Here’s her over-the-top costume.
I am going to assume Kate Upton dressed up like some Tobasco Sauce in honor of her dedication to the flavor enhancing sauce she loves on her Chili fries, as much as she loves on all her foods… Sure every shitty website out here is going to make this joke: “Kate Upton proving her Hotness” this halloween….because people aren’t original, in fact they are annoying in their similarities… While this shitty website is gonna say, she’s a fat chick in the making, no 18 year old should be stacked like that without serious repercussions that come in the form of late 20s obesisty…. Her ass will catch up to her tats….and in the meantime here she is covering up the only real thing she has going for her..
‘Mad Men’ star Jared Harris reveals how he’ll live up to Professor Moriarty’s rep in ‘A Game of Shadows.’ By Josh Wigler Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows” Photo: Daniel Smith Every coin has two sides, every number an opposite. In the case of Sherlock Holmes, his other half is Professor Moriarty, the shadowy criminal mastermind who serves as the greatest threat to the world’s greatest detective — quite a feat, really, considering that the character directly appeared in only two of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories. Click for exclusive photos from Fall’s biggest flicks. But Moriarty is stepping out of the darkness and into the light when “Mad Men” actor Jared Harris fills out his villainous shoes, playing opposite Robert Downey Jr.’s Holmes in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” which arrives in theaters this holiday season. As MTV News’ Fall Movie Preview continues, we spoke with Harris about what goes into portraying such an iconic (if often unseen) villain, and all the red herrings and moral ambiguity that come with the package. MTV : Professor Moriarty is a character with great history in the “Sherlock Holmes” universe and beyond. What kind of research and preparation went into getting into the spirit of the character? Jared Harris : Well, I tried to hatch some worldwide domination plots. [ Laughs ] What’s interesting is that when he appears in the Sherlock Holmes books, he doesn’t appear very much; he’s talked about, but you don’t see him very often. I thought a little bit about previous incarnations of him. But there were two things that were tricky about this: that convention of who that character was in the Sherlock Holmes stories, this sort of arch nemesis/supervillain. It’s been borrowed so often that you can’t just go back and do it the way it was, because it seems like a clich
Hyped album moved 964,000 copies in its first week. By Gil Kaufman Lil Wayne Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Lil Wayne was thisclose to making history as the first rap act to open with back-to-back million-selling albums. Thanks to record-setting iTunes sales of 300,000, plus the push provided by a post-VMA on-sale stunt, Weezy’s eagerly anticipated Tha Carter IV will debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week on sales of 964,000, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. That’s more than enough to win out over funky veterans the Red Hot Chili Peppers , who land at #2 with I’m With You thanks to sales of 229,000. That figure is less than half as much as the band’s previous release, the double album Stadium Arcadium, which moved 443,000 copies in its first week on the charts in 2006. Dance master David Guetta has a solid debut with his star-packed Nothing but the Beat, which lands at #5 (56,000), just barely edging out country singer Jake Owen ‘s Barefoot Blue Jean Night (55,000). A number of other artists got a VMA bump, including Adele, whose 21 is up 88 percent to 154,000 (putting her just shy of 3.3 million to date) and Beyonc
Chili Peppers reveal secret to their longevity — and their brand-new album — to MTV News. By James Montgomery Anthony Kiedis and Josh Klinghoffer of Red Hot Chili Peppers Photo: MTV News You would think, given everything that went into the making of I’m With You, that perhaps the Red Hot Chili Peppers would be content to ride off into the sunset. After all, their place in rock history is more than secure, and, really, at this point, why would they endure another hiatus or departure from the fold? Then again, if you really think that, then perhaps you don’t know the Red Hot Chili Peppers. To them, calling it quits has never been an option , and, recharged by the addition of new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer and their brand-new album, they’re raring to go another 28 years. “I feel as excited or more excited about this period — from the writing to the recording to the playing to the anticipation of going on tour — as I’ve ever felt about anything that we’ve done, from the beginning,” RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis told MTV News. “Sitting here, doing these interviews, listening to Josh — I often just go into a daydream of playing these songs live. And it’s the same feeling I got in 1983, when I couldn’t sleep the night before a show, and if I did fall asleep, I’d have a surreal little dream about the show itself, and, you know, I still have that feeling about this record … it’s a good feeling.” And really, that feeling is the key. Because unlike the thousands of bands that have risen, peaked and crumbled during the Peppers’ career, they’ve never faltered, even during their darkest hours (and there have been plenty of those). But ask them to explain their rather remarkable longevity, and they’ll chalk it all up to one basic feeling: love. It’s what’s pushed them to remarkable heights and pulled them back from the brink more times than they’d care to count. And with I’m With You, that love remains stronger than ever. “There’s probably 1 billion keys, but love could be the strongest: love of what we do and each other,” Kiedis explained. “And just being fortunate enough to create a band that survives this long kind of generates its own sustainability.” “And trusting yourself enough to be yourself and to take yourself as far as you can go,” bassist Flea added. “Not ever trying to do any kind of art to fit in to anything else and just being yourself. We’ve gone out of being real cool, not real cool a bunch of times. So believing in that love: That’s the key.” Related Videos MTV First: Red Hot Chili Peppers
With the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind around the corner, today’s biggest acts recall 1991’s other classic albums. By James Montgomery Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik Photo: Warner Bros. In a few short weeks, Nirvana’s epochal Nevermind album turns 20, a milestone that will be marked with much coverage, celebration and consternation in the media — and understandably so. After all, it was a game-changer in every sense of the term, the kind of album that brought about seismic shifts in music, fashion and culture in general, one that defined a generation and, as such, deserves to be mythologized. And, in the coming weeks, we suspect you’ll see no shortage of stories that do just that. While Nevermind casts an indelibly lengthy shadow, it bears mention that there were no shortage of other magical, massive and equally mythological albums that hit stores in 1991 — from mega-platinum rock blockbusters to best-kept indie secrets, and just about everything in between — classics that, had Nirvana never broken through, would probably be getting the royal treatment right now. In 1991, rock truly rocked, so, in celebration of that fact, we’ve asked some of today’s biggest bands to discuss their favorite albums from that rather amazing year. On Wednesday, we heard from Death Cab for Cutie and Blink-182 ; now, Skrillex and Foster the People share their faves. Don’t worry, we’ll give Nevermind its due — but right now, we’re paying tribute to 1991’s other indispensible albums, in the words of their biggest fans. Metallica, The Black Album The one where “old” Metallica ended and “new” Metallica began — at least according to the die-hards — the band’s fifth studio album (it’s technically self-titled, though, come on, who doesn’t call it The Black Album ?) saw them drifting away from their slash-and-burn thrash-metal past into a new, decidedly fuller phase, one fleshed out with orchestral flourishes and an increased focus on the booming rhythm section of Jason Newstead and Lars Ulrich. Though its recording was plagued by battles with producer Bob Rock, The Black Album features the band’s most iconic songs — “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” etc. — and remains their best-selling to date, moving a staggering 22 million copies worldwide. Love it or hate it, you can’t deny its impact, both on the band and the next two decades of hard rock. As Remembered by Skrillex : “Man, The Black Album was me sitting in my room when I was 9 years old, trying to learn all the songs on guitar. That was, for me, rocking out, no reservations, like I was on the stage. And learning the ‘Holier Than Thou’ riff was, like, the biggest achievement, because it’s so hard. Every record on that album is so amazing. … Obviously, ‘Enter Sandman,’ ‘Wherever I May Roam’ … that was the first Metallica song I learned, after ‘Enter Sandman.’ I love The Black Album. It’s perfect; it’s a masterpiece in every way, from front to back, and it’s inspired me, consciously or subconsciously, because I had such a connection to it.” Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magik One of the most important, celebrated albums of the ’90s alt-rock explosion, Blood Sugar saw the Chili Peppers grow up, get deep and, of course, become hugely famous. While songs like “Give It Away” and “Suck My Kiss” still bobbed and weaved with the band’s visceral energy, it was on tracks like the massive “Under the Bridge” and “Breaking the Girl” where they slowed things down and found their biggest commercial successes. Recorded by producer Rick Rubin in a supposedly haunted mansion in Laurel Canyon, its creation has become the stuff of rock legend, and though the Peppers would subsequently sag beneath its success (guitarist John Frusciante, unable to cope with his sudden fame, quit the band mid-tour) Blood Sugar still stands as perhaps the finest accomplishment of their 28-year career. It would be nearly four years before they released a follow-up, though, given the album’s hugely influential status, you really couldn’t blame them. As Remembered by Mark Pontius, Foster the People : “My favorite record of 1991, and I think the only reason I got this record was my sister had it, and she’s older than me, so it just sort of fell into my lap, is Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik. I think I have to credit that record [for teaching me] a lot of my drumming skills. I loved playing their records, and that one always stuck out to me. It had so much grit, and that was rock and roll at that time of my life.” What is your favorite 1991 rock album? Let us know in the comments below! Related Videos Death Cab, Blink-182, Skrillex Remember Classic Albums From 1991 Related Artists Skrillex Red Hot Chili Peppers Foster the People Metallica Nirvana
‘Brendan’s Death Song’ is a tribute to longtime friend (and L.A. icon) Brendan Mullen. By James Montgomery Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ I’m With You is the kind of album that comes with plenty of good stories — everything from the lengthy hiatus that preceded it to the departure of stalwart guitarist John Frusciante and the rejuvenation that came with the addition of new ax-man Josh Klinghoffer . Shoot, even first single “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie” and I’m With You ‘s title come with rather sizeable preambles. But on an album brimming with backstories, none is as poignant as the tale attached to “Brendan’s Death Song,” an ode to the Chili Peppers’ longtime friend (and L.A. legend) Brendan Mullen, who not only gave the band their first break, but co-wrote the book that documented their first 25 years. And, when he died in 2009 at the age of 60, his passing was symbolic, in more ways than you might think. “He died [close to] his birthday, which was also the rebirth day of the Red Hot Chili Peppers,” Anthony Kiedis told MTV News. “It was the very first day that we got together to play with Josh. And so all of those confluencing things led to that song being written on the first song of the Josh era.” While “Death Song” is certainly a somber affair, it is also a celebration of Mullen’s life and the beliefs he held dear to his heart. That’s why, even though it was written very early in the process, the Peppers knew it was a lock for I’m With You all along. “He was a true pioneer in the avant-punk rock-music scene of Hollywood in the late ’70s, for the purest and most beautiful of reasons. His job was to create a place and space for a new music to exist and a new scene to exist, and he did that by starting a club called the Masque, a basement club on Hollywood Boulevard,” Kiedis explained. “He lit the match. And then he never lost that love and that enthusiasm for art and music and literature and people and kind of an underground scene; he kept that alive in his heart until the day he died. “He ended up booking Club Lingerie shows through the ’80s, which was just the place to get a show if you were an L.A. band or a New York band or a D.C. band, and Flea and I made our first demo tape for a few hundred bucks, with Spit Stix as the engineer, the drummer of Fear, and it was really good and we loved it and believed in it, and we took it everywhere and tried to play it for people, and most of the times they wouldn’t listen,” he continued. “And we took it to Brendan in the middle of the day and knocked on his door and said, ‘Will you listen to this?’ [We] put it in the boom box and danced our merry dance for Brendan, and he said, ‘Next Thursday, you’re opening for Bad Brains.’ ” So, like much of I’m With You, “Brendan’s Death Song” is very much about life and loss … but, at the same time, it remains a tribute to the undying spirit and ethos of both the man and the band. “There are people like that. You know it when you meet them and hang out with them; their integrity is real,” Kiedis said. “And I’m so happy that song came around. It seemed preordained for it to fall into our laps on that day.” Related Videos Red Hot Chili Peppers: Don’t Call It A ‘Comeback’ Related Artists Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne drops to #2 on Billboard chart. By Gil Kaufman The Game Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images After more delays than a space shuttle launch, Compton rapper the Game will finally have his reward next week when his endlessly pushed-back fourth effort, The R.E.D. Album , debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. According to figures provided by SoundScan, the disc moved just under 98,000 copies, enough to grab the top spot but well below the first-week figures for his 2008 album LAX, which opened with 239,000 in sales. Either way, it’s just enough to beat out Jay-Z and Kanye West ‘s Watch the Throne , which drops to #2 in its third week, as sales dove 47 percent to 94,000 for a three-week total just north of 707,000. Among the new entries in the top 10 is a Barbra Streisand collection, What Matters Most — Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman (#4, 66,000), the debut from country supergroup Pistol Annies , Hell on Heels (#6, 42,000), which consists of Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley, and Muppets: The Green Album (#8, 30,000), with modern interpretations of the lovable puppets’ songs by OK Go, Weezer, My Morning Jacket, Amy Lee of Evanescence and the Fray. The rest of the top 10: Adele ‘s 21 (#3, 82,000), NOW 39 (#5, 44,000), Luke Bryan ‘s Tailgates & Tanlines (#7, 35,000), Jason Aldean ‘s My Kinda Party (#9, 29,000) and Eric Church ‘s Chief (#10, 24,000). Further down the line, Pavement singer Stephen Malkmus and his band the Jicks come in at #43 with Mirror Traffic (8,000), and 30 Seconds to Mars land at #76 with their new Unplugged set (6,000). Lil Wayne immediately jumped to the top of the iTunes album charts after Tha Carter IV dropped digitally following the VMAs on Sunday. He was followed by the Pistol Annies, Game, Adele, Jay and Kanye, Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ I’m With You , the Muppets album, Foster the People’s Torches and Rihanna’s resurgent Loud . Maroon 5 continue to dominate the singles chart with “Moves Like Jagger,” while Foster the People are right behind with “Pumped Up Kicks,” Gym Class Heroes make a strong showing with “Stereo Hearts” (featuring Maroon’s Adam Levine) and Rihanna has plenty to toast as “Cheers (Drink to That)” comes in at #4. Rounding out the tally: Bad Meets Evil’s “Lighters,” LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” Wayne’s “She Will,” Lady Gaga’s “You and I,” Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” and OneRepublic’s Good Life.” Things will surely be shaken up next week when Wayne’s Tha Carter IV crashes the charts with estimates that it could sell nearly 1 million copies. Also debuting are the Chili Peppers, as well as David Guetta, VMA pre-show performers Cobra Starship and Lenny Kravitz. Related Artists The Game Jay-Z Kanye West
After departure of John Frusciante, RHCP’s new guitarist contributed in spades to brand-new, boundary-pushing I’m With You. By James Montgomery Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers Photo: MTV News Over the course of their 28 years, change has been a near constant for the Red Hot Chili Peppers … particularly when it comes to the man charged with playing guitar. Beginning with Jack Sherman, the Peppers have run through a string of ax men, including Hillel Slovak (who tragically died of a heroin overdose in 1988), Arik Marshall, Dave Navarro and, of course, John Frusciante, who not only played with the band the longest, but was famously responsible — in some form or another — for their biggest hits and best albums. As you probably know by now, Frusciante continued the transitional trend when he left the Peppers during the hiatus that preceded their brand-new I’m With You album … leaving a rather sizable hole in the band’s lineup, and an even larger pair of shoes to fill. Luckily, the band didn’t have to look far to find his replacement: 31-year-old Josh Klinghoffer, who was not only a friend of Frusciante but had toured with the Chili Peppers towards the end of their Stadium Arcadium trek. And no, they didn’t even think about going with anyone else. “He was the only choice, and a lot of it had to do with the fact that he was our friend, and it’s just rare that you have someone who’s right there and completely overqualified for the job. I mean, that combination doesn’t happen every day, so to ignore it would have been stupid,” RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis told MTV News. “And it felt really good to call your friend and ask if they wanted to play music, as opposed to going to a stranger and asking them that.” So Klinghoffer stepped in and almost immediately found himself in the studio, as the Peppers began work on I’m With You. And if he was intimidated, well, the soft-spoken guitarist certainly wasn’t about to let his new bandmates know about it. “I just tried to stay in the moment, remain present,” he said, smiling slightly. “I mean, I’ve known them for a long time, and knowing how they work and just how much they care about what they do … The band, from its inception, has always been about four people getting into a room and making music together. And that’s whether I brought in a chord progression or Flea did, or John in the past, or anyone before that, it was the same. We were doing it together.” Of course, Kiedis was more effusive with his praise, saying that Klinghoffer not only fit in with the band but breathed new life into it. And it was because of him that I’m With You pushes the Peppers’ sound further than it’s ever gone before. “We had a load of faith in Josh coming into this band, and it was kind of understood that we are a band of equals when it comes to writing and contributing. The more the merrier,” Kiedis said. “There’s something that happens during that process of just playing for the sake of playing, for communicating, for letting your abilities mingle with those of the guy next to you. “Both Josh and Flea would come in with ideas, homework, that they had done, and since Flea had been to school to learn piano and theory, he was coming in more frequently with piano chords instead of bass lines,” he continued. “Josh kind of understands it without school, and Flea understands it, so their conversations were quite beautiful, and it sounded like Thelonious Monk talking to Coltrane or something. I mean that, honestly.” Related Videos Red Hot Chili Peppers: Don’t Call It A ‘Comeback’ Related Artists Red Hot Chili Peppers
First album in five years, out Monday (August 29), is ‘us, with a whole new thing,’ Anthony Kiedis tells MTV News. By James Montgomery Red Hot Chili Peppers Photo: MTV News Anthony Kiedis makes no bones about the fact that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are “a new band,” despite all evidence to the contrary. After all, not many “new” bands have sold more than 65 million albums worldwide, won a grip of Grammy awards, survived a series of rather-seismic lineup shifts or made some of the most-iconic music videos of all time. And even fewer have actually been a band since 1983. And yet, here is Kiedis, talking about the Chili Peppers’ 10th studio album, I’m With You, in stores Monday (August 29), and how its recording signifies not only a new era — it’s the first with new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who replaced longtime member John Frusciante in 2009 — but a new band, too. As Kieids explained to MTV News, it has “a lot to do with” Klinghoffer. “He’s definitely a big part of why it’s different: different person, different chemistry, different experience, different era … we’re a new band, and thank goodness. “It seemed to be, whether we liked it or not, time for change to take place. So, an opportunity was created, one that instantly seemed to be a wonderful occasion. It’s so exciting when you get thrown a curveball by the universe, and you turn that curveball into a home run. And I feel like that’s what happened … Curveballs used to break my heart and freak me out, but now, I know from experience that they usually lead to something cool.” And on I’m With You, not only do the Peppers begin a new chapter, but they push their signature sound further than they’ve ever pushed before. Sure, Flea’s propulsive bass lines still form the backbone, but the new songs are amplified and expounded upon by his time spent studying music theory at USC. In a new twist, most of the tunes began as piano compositions and slowly blossomed in the recording studio, with Klinghoffer adding slow-diving guitar flourishes (and the occasional keyboard, too). There are percussive tones added by Brazilian musicians and organ peals from former Beastie Boys associates. As Kiedis put it, “It’s more ethereally complex and layered and kind of spooky and moody and dreamy, yet still profound. … The spirit of the Red Hot Chili Peppers remains and changes and moves on. It’s us, with a whole new thing.” Of course, that “new thing” couldn’t have been created without putting the old thing to bed — which means that, for the first time in their careers, the Chili Peppers decided to take a break from the business of being a band: A break that, to hear Kiedis tell it, was a long time coming. “We had a little coffee break there … it was a hell of a big cup,” he said, laughing. “It was kind of an unspoken, obvious time for [it]. By the end of the Stadium Arcadium tour, which was a year and a half, everybody was like a pile of broken dolls, and no one could really conceive of not taking a break. “So when somebody uttered ‘Two-year break,’ everyone just hip-hip hoorayed, and without really knowing what that would mean, it was a good idea,” he continued. “It was just an innate, gut-instinct good idea. And everybody went and did things that made a lot of sense.” And though the self-imposed hiatus lasted two years (and included Frusciante’s departure,) there was never a moment where Kiedis ever thought about doing anything but the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And even if fans began to worry about the band’s future — Arcadium was released in 2006, making this the longest period between albums in RHCP history — he never did — partially because he never lost the passion, but mostly because he knew rebirths take a long time. “I have never felt anywhere close to being done. I was pretty sure after the last record that the best was yet to come, but I always kind of feel like that, like if you want it, it’s there,” he said. “I like really old people that still make out intensely with their wives or girlfriends … why would you ever stop?” Related Videos MTV First: Red Hot Chili Peppers Related Artists Red Hot Chili Peppers
