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Twelve years ago today the world was rocked by the death of Brooklyn born singer Aaliyah Dana Haughton, better known to her millions of fans…
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‘It still makes my dad cry, so I think that is a good job,’ she tells MTV News of her favorite scene in the flick, which hits DVD and Blu-Ray this week. By Jocelyn Vena Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald in “Footloose” Photo: Paramount For fans who want to cut loose in the comforts of their living rooms, “Footloose” hits DVD and Blu-Ray this week, and it’s chock full of all the dancing, scandal and good times fans went to the theaters to see last year. When MTV News caught up with the leading lady Julianne Hough , she told us how anxious she was for fans to finally see the film. “We were ecstatic because I’ve been attached to the film for the longest; so the fact that we shot it and we had to wait another little bit [for it to come out]. So, the anticipation was huge and we were so excited when it came out,” she said. “It’s a cool feeling; the fans that loved the original, they loved this one, so I think that was a big payoff,” she added. “I was ready for it to come out by the time we shot it and did all the press for it.” And as Hough reflected on filming the movie, she recalled some of her favorite scenes. “The last dance — the ‘Footloose’ song when they’re at the dance — it’s such a good, fun feeling and it is iconic, so to be a part of that was amazing. I still love when I got to do the train scene, standing in front of the train that was so fun too,” she said. “I feel proud this is my first film and I got to go to an emotional place in the church and have somebody like Dennis [Quaid] and Andie [MacDowell] there backing me up; I’m proud of that scene. It still makes my dad cry, so I think that is a good job.” While fans will have to check out the DVD release to see what special extras made the cut, Hough teased that it may be a family affair. “I know that a lot of people that have had ‘Footloose’ connections are on the DVD,” she said, including her brother, Derek Hough, who played Ren McCormack in the West End production of “Footloose the Musical” in London. There’s even one possible deleted scene that she hopes fans will now get the chance to see. “There was a scene that Ziah [Colon, who plays Rusty,] and I did. It was a cheeky thing where I put lipstick on and I put my finger in my mouth and I pull it out and it looks very provocative,” she teased. “It’s pretty fun and I just remember that scene was hard to do ’cause when you’re doing car scenes you’re on a trailer, it’s so close, it’s not even funny, so I was so distracted that day.” Do you plan on getting “Footloose” on DVD? Let us know in the comments section below! Check out everything we’ve got on “Footloose.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos Shake A Leg With These ‘Footloose’ Clips Related Photos Stars Cut Loose At ‘Footloose’ Red Carpet Premiere
Jeffery ‘J. Dub’ Walker, who worked with late singer, tweets about her ‘upcoming album.’ By John Mitchell Aaliyah Photo: Dave Allocca/Getty Images Fans of Aaliyah may be in for a treat, if one of the last producers to work with the late R&B superstar is to be believed. Jeffery “J. Dub” Walker, who crafted “I Refuse” and “What If” for the singer’s final studio album, 2001’s Aaliyah, tweeted Monday that a posthumous album composed entirely of previously unreleased material is in the works. Walker’s tweet has since been taken down, but Soul Culture managed to take a screen grab before it was pulled. “Just got great news today; the smash unreleased song called ‘Steady Ground’ I produced on #Aaliyah is gonna be on her upcoming album,” Walker’s tweet read. Walker previously revealed to YouKnowIGotSoul.com that “Steady Ground” was intended to be included on Aaliyah but was left off due to technical problems with the recording. “It was really the first single after ‘Rock the Boat,’ but my engineer was mixing the record and somehow lost the vocals. So the vocals that you hear are really just the demo vocals,” Walker told the site. “The final vocals got erased, so yeah. So that’s why it didn’t make the album.” Aaliyah’s self-titled third album was released just a month before her tragic death in an August 25, 2001, plane crash in the Bahamas. She was heavily involved in her burgeoning acting career at the time of her passing, having just finished filming “Queen of the Damned,” so the amount of unreleased material available for a possible album remains unclear. A compilation album, I Care for You, was released in 2002. It featured some new material as well as many of Aaliyah’s biggest hits, including “Are You That Somebody,” “One in a Million” and “Try Again.” The singer had numerous film projects in the works at the time of her death. She’d already filmed a portion of her role in “The Matrix Reloaded” and was set for “The Matrix Revolutions”; she had to be replaced in the films by actress Nona Gaye. She was also set to play the title role in “Honey,” a part that ended up going to Jessica Alba. Finally, Aaliyah was attached to the remake of “Sparkle,” which was delayed after her death but filmed late last year with Jordin Sparks in the title role and Whitney Houston as her mother . The film will be released in August . According to Idolator , Aaliyah’s brother, Rashad Haughton, tweeted Tuesday (March 6) that “no official album [is] being released and supported by the Haughton family,” but he did not deny that her label and producers were working on the project. Related Artists Aaliyah
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Aaliyah Album In The Works, Producer Says
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