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Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Video Is ‘Profound,’ Makeup Artist Says

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Billy Brasfield takes to his Twitter account to heap praise on Gaga’s upcoming clip. By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: David Wolff-Patrick/ Getty Images We may not know what it looks like, but we know it’s coming soon, and, from the sound of things, it’s going to be quite the experience. We’re talking, of course, about Lady Gaga’s hotly anticipated “Born This Way” video , which she apparently shot this past weekend, and, according to her makeup artist Billy Brasfield, it’s the kind of thing that defies explanation. And adjectives. (Though that didn’t stop him from heaping ’em on.) In fact, the “BTW” video is apparently so awe-inducing that it brought Brasfield to tears. “Have you ever been a part of something that was so profound, so inspiring, so incredibly beautiful, that as it was happening, it brought tears to your eyes and you had been given a gift, and you were thankful?” he tweeted on Monday. “It happened to me [and] I am thankful. 1/22, 1/23, 1/24- 2011 LADY GAGA–#BORNTHISWAY.” Brasfield then followed that message up with another tweet Tuesday morning (January 25), in which he continued to pile praise on the “Born This Way” clip. “After days of sensory overload, of amazing song, ridiculously beautiful imagery, fashion, beautiful People, great friends, and a life changing experience, I am awake again after 24 hours of sleep,” he wrote. “Hello New York City and snow.” Of course, Brasfield isn’t the only member of Gaga’s team hyping the “Born This Way” video these days. On Monday, LG’s fashion director (and Thierry Mugler creative director) Nicola Formichetti took to his Twitter account to praise the shoot, writing, “Ok kids, get ready for [‘Born This Way’]. We’ve just created the most amazing thing ever.” Related Artists Lady Gaga

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Video Is ‘Profound,’ Makeup Artist Says

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Billy Brasfield takes to his Twitter account to heap praise on Gaga’s upcoming clip. By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: David Wolff-Patrick/ Getty Images We may not know what it looks like, but we know it’s coming soon, and, from the sound of things, it’s going to be quite the experience. We’re talking, of course, about Lady Gaga’s hotly anticipated “Born This Way” video , which she apparently shot this past weekend, and, according to her makeup artist Billy Brasfield, it’s the kind of thing that defies explanation. And adjectives. (Though that didn’t stop him from heaping ’em on.) In fact, the “BTW” video is apparently so awe-inducing that it brought Brasfield to tears. “Have you ever been a part of something that was so profound, so inspiring, so incredibly beautiful, that as it was happening, it brought tears to your eyes and you had been given a gift, and you were thankful?” he tweeted on Monday. “It happened to me [and] I am thankful. 1/22, 1/23, 1/24- 2011 LADY GAGA–#BORNTHISWAY.” Brasfield then followed that message up with another tweet Tuesday morning (January 25), in which he continued to pile praise on the “Born This Way” clip. “After days of sensory overload, of amazing song, ridiculously beautiful imagery, fashion, beautiful People, great friends, and a life changing experience, I am awake again after 24 hours of sleep,” he wrote. “Hello New York City and snow.” Of course, Brasfield isn’t the only member of Gaga’s team hyping the “Born This Way” video these days. On Monday, LG’s fashion director (and Thierry Mugler creative director) Nicola Formichetti took to his Twitter account to praise the shoot, writing, “Ok kids, get ready for [‘Born This Way’]. We’ve just created the most amazing thing ever.” Related Artists Lady Gaga

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All Time Low Say Next Album Is ‘More Gritty’

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘We wanted to sound a little bit more like a rock band,’ Alex Gaskarth tells MTV News. By James Montgomery All Time Low Photo: MTV News LOS ANGELES — All Time Low ‘s last album, the snide-and-shiny Nothing Personal, debuted at #4 on the Billboard albums chart and thrust them from the fringes to the mainstream spotlight, so it’s sort of surprising to hear them talk about the follow-up, which, from the sound of things, is shaping up to be a very different thing indeed. “We’ve tried to get a little more gritty on this one, I guess, just less polished,” frontman Alex Gaskarth told MTV News on the VMA white carpet. “We had a very polished sound on the last album, and for what it was, it was perfect, but this time around, we wanted to sound a little bit more like a rock band.” “[There’s] less production, bells and whistles, as they call them,” drummer Rian Dawson added. “And just more … 30 guitars.” That’s a lot of guitars. And perhaps realizing those statements might worry the band’s longtime fans, guitarist Jack Barakat was quick to turn things back, in a jokey, decidedly ATL fashion. “Basically, we’re the new Guns N’ Roses,” he laughed. “This record is going to be our Chinese Democracy. [It’s] never going to come out.” He’s definitely kidding about that last bit; Gaskarth said the band have basically finished the still-untitled album, which is “hopefully” due in January. Working with a team that includes producers Mike Green (who worked on Paramore’s All We Know Is Falling ) and Matt Squire (who did their 2007 album So Wrong, It’s Right ), All Time Low have created an album that’s equally indebted to their past and future, as evidenced by a song called “Time Bomb,” which they’re hoping will be the first single. “We have no idea about that,” Gaskarth said. “There’s a song called ‘Time Bomb’ that I hope gets out there quickly, because we all really like it. But we’ll just have to wait and see.” Are you looking forward to new ATL music? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists All Time Low

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Exclusive: Weezer Planning Blue, Pinkerton Tour

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Each city will host two shows, with each show spotlighting one of band’s first two albums. By James Montgomery, with reporting by Matt Elias Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo on the set of “Memories” Photo: Chris Kim/MTV News Weezer have been on quite the nostalgia kick as of late: The first single off their forthcoming album, Hurley, is a winsome slab of rock remembrance called “Memories,” and earlier this week, they thrilled fans with notions of a full-blown Pinkerton tour , where they’d play the now-classic album in its entirety. From the sound of things, they’re not stopping there. On Thursday (August 19), when MTV News visited the set of the “Memories” video in Sun Valley, California, frontman Rivers Cuomo filled us in — exclusively — on the band’s plans to stretch the Pinkerton tour into a two-nights-per-city affair … one that takes fans all the way back to Weezer’s humble Blue album beginnings. “We have this really exciting idea to do a tour where we spend two nights in each city, and the first night, we play the entire Blue album, and the second night, we play the entirety of Pinkerton, ” Cuomo said. “We’re just running it by promoters right now to see if there’s sufficient interest in the markets to do something like that, and if they’re on board, it’s gonna happen.” And though the two-night Blinkerton tour (we just made that up right now, btw) is still just an idea, it’s safe to say Weezer fans would probably be rather psyched to witness the band playing their first two albums, back-to-back. And as Cuomo pointed out, those same fans can actually help the tour become a reality. “The fan response has been incredible so far for the idea,” he said. “And, if they want to, they can contact their local promoter and tell them to make it happen.” Gentlemen (and ladies), start your e-mailing. A spokesperson for Weezer would only tell MTV News that he knew as much as the band and there’s still no start date for the proposed tour. But drummer Pat Wilson echoed Cuomo’s sentiments, and made it sound like this was really going to happen … provided, of course, the math works out. “Yeah, it would probably be a Blue / Pinkerton tour,” he said. “It’s an idea, we’re still examining the mathematics of everything, looking at the logistics and schedules … you know.” Related Artists Weezer

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Lohan’s New Lawyer: ‘We’re Gonna Go After Them’

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: Lindsay Lohan , Celebrity Justice Lindsay Lohan has a new lawyer on her side and from the sound of things … he plans on kicking butt and taking names. We caught up with Stuart V. Goldberg in Los Angeles this afternoon where he told us he’s “here to help” Lindsay. As for strategy, he… Read more

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‘Iamamiwhoami’: Is Swedish Singer Jonna Lee Behind Viral Campaign?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Her management denies involvement, but some eagle-eyed fans beg to differ. By James Montgomery Unknown woman from Iamamiwhoami video Photo: iamamiwhoami Back in January, amid much speculation to the contrary, a rep for Christina Aguilera denied that her client had anything to do with the ongoing “Iamamiwhoami” viral campaign , telling MTV News: “It’s 100 percent not her … not sure why people think it is.” And yet, despite that denial (and a second one issued just last week), Aguilera’s name kept being mentioned in connection with the maddeningly complex campaign , even as mysterious packages were sent to MTV News and more and more Iamami videos were released. But on Sunday, with the debut of the seventh Iamami clip , all that speculation may finally be over. We might finally know the person responsible for the engrossing (and pretty gross) viral campaign: Jonna Lee , a singer/songwriter from Sweden. In a lengthy post on celebrity-obsessed LiveJournal community Oh No They Didn’t , a pair of keen-eyed readers noticed the similarities between Lee and the muck-smeared heroine of the Iamami video series — the nose, the teeth, the eyes — similarities no amount of masking tape (which our heroine covered herself in for the latest vid) could hide. Also strangely similar is an electric organ seen in the new video, which also makes an appearance in a “making of” clip for Lee’s latest album, and Lee’s backing musicians, who look very much like the guys featured in the newest Iamami video. And given all those similarities, it seemed like the mystery was finally solved. Only, perhaps it isn’t. Because Lee’s music only bears a passing resemblance to the ethereal, downright eerie electronic stuff being unveiled in the viral videos (her latest single, “Something So Quiet,” is perhaps the closest match). And, according to her management, she has nothing to do with Iamami. “If Jonna is involved in this, we have no knowledge of such,” Jamie Jaffe, who works for Lee’s North American management team, Philadelphonic, told MTV News in an e-mail Monday (March 15). “The only upcoming projects we are aware of are the development of her third album and her upcoming SXSW performances.” Then again, from the sound of things, Lee is working on a new album, and MTV News’ e-mails to her Swedish label, Razzia, seeking comment were not returned. So there’s still nothing official to report. But for the first time since the Iamami campaign began in December, we might actually be getting close to figuring this whole thing out. Do you think the Iamamiwhoami mystery has been solved? Let us know your theories below! Related Artists Jonna Lee

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