Remember at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego? When Bryan Cranston proved just how awesome he is by walking around the downtown convention center in a Heisenberg mask ? Making attendees believe he was just a dedicated Breaking Bad fan? That rubber mask – signed by Cranston – is now on sale at eBay and, as of last night, it was fetching $23,400! Bryan Cranston Wears Heisenberg Mark Bidding closes at 8 p.m. EST Sunday, one hour before Walter White’s journey comes to an end on the Breaking Bad finale. So we have to ask: How much would you pay for Bryan Cranston’s Heisenberg mask? $5 $100 $1,000 $25,000 Anything! View Poll »
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Detroit rocker announces shows will raise money for local charities in each stop. By Gil Kaufman Kid Rock Photo: JulNeil Lupin/ Redferns Kid Rock has made every effort to help his beleaguered hometown of Detroit rebound from decades of economic distress. But now D-Town’s favorite son and original “American Badass” is expanding his scope with an upcoming club tour that will attempt to raise a few bucks for other struggling U.S. cities. The 10-city swing will hit intimate (at least for Rock) clubs in Maryland, New York, Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Colorado and Missouri, beginning on November 16 with a show at the Fillmore Auditorium in Silver Spring, Maryland. According to a press release announcing the swing, Rock “has assembled a team of Detroit titans to show support for other cities in need, and to show that Detroit, while experiencing [its] own difficulties still has the power to unite to help others around the country.” Working with this group of Detroit business leaders, Rock and company have pledged to donate money to local charities, causes and individuals through the Kid Rock Foundation at every stop on the swing. Radio stations in the local markets will help determine worthy causes. The tour was Rock’s idea, timed to coincide with the release of his latest single, “Care,” a duet with Martina McBride and T.I. on Rock’s Born Free album that urges Americans to stop bickering and take care of those in need of help. “The song says ‘the least that I can do is Care’ — and I want to put my money where my mouth is. Everyone knows that Detroit is hurting,” he said in the statement announcing the tour. “But I want to show that even though we don’t have a lot on our own plate, it doesn’t mean the people of my hometown don’t have compassion to share with others all over the country. At the end of the day we’re all Detroit, we’re one country, one family.” Considering that Kid Rock played to 12,000 or more each night on his summer Born Free arena/amphitheater tour, the upcoming dates are a big shift in terms of capacity, but also a rare opportunity to see him up-close-and-personal in such legendary room as Nashville’s 2,300-seat Ryman Auditorium; the 2,800-capacity Beacon Theatre in New York; and Boise, Idaho’s 1,000-capacity Knitting Factory. Tickets for the tour go on sale on Saturday, October 15. Dates and venues for Kid Rock tour, according to a press release:
AMC series’ latest gruesome death was an ‘Oh my god moment,’ three-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston tells MTV News. By Josh Wigler Bryan Cranston in “Breaking Bad” Photo: AMC “Breaking Bad” fans, it’s time to pick your jaw up off the floor (or scrape it off the wall, as the case may be) and let reality soak in: The AMC Network’s fourth season finale, which aired Sunday night, was about as explosive as it gets … and we mean that quite literally. Spoiler mode is officially on. Sunday night’s finale, appropriately titled ” Face Off ,” offered closure on one of the show’s most longstanding conflicts: the seasons-long battle between drug kingpin Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) and our “hero,” mild-mannered chemistry teacher-turned-ruthless meth cook Walter White (Bryan Cranston). And it ended the only way it could — with the immaculately dressed Gus in a body bag. But it’s not merely the fact that the Pollos Hermanos founder took the big adios that’s become such a water-cooler moment today, it’s the fiery, almost “Dark Knight”-inspired way he went out. Walt, already unsuccessful in his most recent attempt to assassinate Gus by way of a car bomb, adopted the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” philosophy and joined forces with the physically invalid Hector “Tio” Salamanca (Mark Margolis), Gus Fring’s sworn nemesis. With revenge in his heart and Walt’s plan in his mind, Tio successfully lured Gus out of hiding and tricked him into a one-on-one encounter, one that Gus was certain would end in his longtime rival’s demise … except that Walt rigged his explosive device to the underside of Tio’s chair, and after a few frantic rings of his infamous communication bell, the deal was sealed and the bomb went off. With his final act, Gus took a few steps away from the explosion, adjusted his tie as was his wont, and fell to his knees with half of his face completely missing. In a show that’s seen severed heads on the backs of turtles and fully liquefied bodies leaking through ceilings, Gus’ death was perhaps the most gruesome moment “Breaking Bad” has ever seen … so much so that it even shocked series lead Bryan Cranston. “It’s that ‘Oh my god’ [kind of] moment,” Cranston told MTV News in an exclusive interview on Monday morning (October 10), weighing in on Gustavo Fring’s gruesome final scene. “What’s great about it is, for some reason, I didn’t see it coming. You have a situation where Walt is trying to make this bomb. He has a detonator. It doesn’t work because [Gus] didn’t go to the car, so now he has to think up some ulterior motive.” “What I wanted to do when Walt goes to the senior citizen home to talk to Tio was to not have that case [containing the bomb] in evidence anywhere,” Cranston continued. “I didn’t want to telegraph what was going to happen. I think I hid it pretty well; we could assume that maybe he’s trying a different tactic, because the bomb thing didn’t work so well. Now he’s going to try a different way. Is Tio going to pull out a gun? What’s he going to do? We know they’re talking and in cahoots with each other — Walt says, ‘Do you have any second guesses?’ and he doesn’t — but I didn’t know [how Gus was going to die] until I read it. I didn’t know how they were going to connect it. It came out perfect, with ringing the bell as the detonator.” For many fans, Gus’ death was a long time coming, and his final moments onscreen certainly did not disappoint in the shock and awe departments. But the loss of Gus also means the loss of Giancarlo Esposito, the veteran actor who brilliantly played the cool, collected villain for three seasons of “Breaking Bad.” For Cranston, the moment was “bittersweet. It was a fitting end to their struggles.” “We lose Gus Fring as a character, but I’ve gained Giancarlo Esposito as a friend,” he added, looking on the bright side. “That’s more valuable than anything. He’s a wonderful man and a terrific actor, a very gracious, very giving, spiritually sound guy who’s just embraceable. I have that [friendship] to look forward to.” What did you think of the “Breaking Bad” finale? Tell us in the comments!
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