Josh Hutcherson turns 19 today. And it may be the final birthday this actor celebrates before he makes the leap to A-list status. The young star, previously best known for briefly dating Vanessa Hudgens , has been cast as Peeta in The Hunger Games , a role that is sure to bring him a legion of rabid fans. Most of the female persuasion. Hutcherson has also appeared in The Kids Are All Right and Journey to the Center of the Earth . But neither of these films can compare to the popularity of The Hunger Games. Wish Josh a happy birthday now and then view the first official trailer for the first movie in this planned trilogy. [Photo: WENN.com]
It’s good to be Chris Brown right now. Team Breezy has his back. Karrueche Tran is not pregnant. Even Rihanna says she’s a fan. And the BET Hip Hop Awards just bestowed three honors upon him. Most notably, Chris won Best Hip-Hop Video for “Look at Me Now.” Brown was on tour and not present, but Tweeted: “Thank you BET but most of all TeamBreezy!” The show, hosted by Mike Epps and MC’d by Da Brat (yep, she’s still around) opened up with a performance by T.I. (no word if the party bus took him there). Wiz Khalifa, Heavy D and Tyrese, Rick Ross and the Maybach Music Group, Big Sean and even DMX alongside Swizz Beatz hit the stage and rocked the crowd. Lupe Fiasco also took the mic and gave a political performance (big surprise) with a mysteriously masked female vocalist who turned out to be … Erykah Badu. Follow the jump for a list of BET Hip Hop Award winners : Best Hip-Hop Video:
Last night’s Dancing With the Stars results show saw the end of Chynna Phillips’ journey on the ABC program. She could not, pardon the pun, hold on for one more day. On a more uplifting note, former DWTS pro Julianne Hough returned to the show that launched her career, performing two numbers to promote her new film Footloose . Julianne danced to “Holding Out for a Hero” with co-star Kenny Wormald, then jived with her brother, current DWTS pro Derek Hough on “Shake Your Tail Feather.” There’s certainly been a void since Julianne left the show, and we’re not talking about her gorgeousness (not entirely anyway). Girl can move it! Watch her below: Julianne Hough on Dancing With the Stars Julianne Hough and Derek Hough Jive on DWTS
Fashion photographers Inez & Vinoodh say stripped-down photo shows ‘the old soul that she is.’ By Jocelyn Vena Lady Gaga on the October 2011 cover of Harper’s Bazaar Photo: Inez & Vinoodh / Hearst Communications Lady Gaga appears barefaced on the latest cover of Harper’s Bazaar. The cover is simply a close-up of her face: no makeup, wigs, masks or high-end couture. For a star who’s frequently adorned elaborately, the simplicity of the look was so drastic that it made headlines. Fans might be surprised to learn the cover shot was taken during a hectic video shoot in Nebraska, where Gaga was not only shooting her official “You and I” clip , but also several Inez & Vinoodh-directed fashion films. The pair, who shot the Harper’s cover, told MTV News the photo truly exposes Gaga as the person she is. “She’s so beautiful in it. It’s her emotion and her expression, and you can just see the old soul that she is, the pure happiness,” Inez explained. “She’s a very special human being that is all about giving. I think that’s what’s great with that cover: It’s so out; it’s so talking to the people. That’s her most incredible quality: radiating that happiness that she has, and you really see it.” Over the course of her career, Gaga has had many extreme looks on the cover of countless magazines, and it seems that this stripped-down look was the only natural progression for her. The duo, who also shot her three-headed V Magazine cover, explained that this cover is “her purely; seeing her how she is inside.” So, how did the cover come to be? Inez explained, “I think it was Stephen Gan, the art director of Harper’s Bazaar, that came to us and said, ‘I would love to have a shoot with Gaga where she’s really bare, where it’s really her,’ because he knows her very well; they’re great friends. He feels the same way that we do: She is so beautiful, but because of all the stuff around, you don’t get the chance to see really the gorgeousness and the person inside in that part of her. For Harper’s Bazaar, I think it’s a big deal to have a black-and-white cover to begin with, and it’s great.” It was an idea that Gaga jumped on quite enthusiastically. “She’s at a point in life too where she’s very confident and … everything’s going so well and enjoying so much, it’s really the right timing too to bare herself like that,” the pair added. Share your thoughts on Gaga’s Harper’s Bazaar cover in the comments below! Related Artists Lady Gaga
