The History Channel is capitalizing on America’s renewed interest in Black History by partnering with Halle Berry to produce a miniseries about Hannibal Barca. Known…
Jimmy Kimmel is poking fun at Justin Bieber… for that singer nearly poking his grandmother with his exposed penis. Yes, the Internet nearly exploded yesterday when Justin Bieber nude photos went viral, as this artist was snapped strumming his guitar in the buff for his horrified relative, all because he overslept on Canadian Thanksgiving. So last night on his talk show, Kimmel had some fun at Justin’s expense. He aired a faux History Channel documentary on the origins of Thanksgiving in Canada, mocking Bieber’s saggy waistbands and car collection via a voiceover that said: “Those same young men should wear oversized pants aroundeth the ankles, pilot ridiculously garish vehicles and from hereon, these young men shall be referred to as ‘douche pouches.’” Justin Bieber Nude Scandal: Mocked by Jimmy Kimmel This isn’t the first time Kimmel has sort of gone after Bieber. He ran a spot a couple months ago that made fun of Justin’s fans for their unwavering support of the singer. Looks like someone doesn’t care one bit about the 12-17-year old demographic.
The guys from Pawn Stars may want to think twice before trashing a campground. Rick and Corey Harrison, the pawn shop boss and his son from the hit reality show, went camping in Glamis, Calif., last month, leaving the place a total mess. Police discovered a ton of trash where the History Channel stars camped out – beer cans, garbage and a barbecue grill, you name it – 10 garbage bags’ worth! Police reportedly knew it was the Pawn Stars stars who were camping in the trash spot and causing the mess due to a previous encounter that weekend. Dumping trash in the campgrounds is illegal and not taken lightly in California. According to TMZ, law enforcement slapped the fellas with a huge fine – $1,000 a person – and that’s not negotiable or subject to any sort of appeals process. Clean up your parks, kids. Corey Harrison said, “We left the campground before our buddies did and they were to clean it up and apparently didn’t follow through. My father nor I were cited.”
The guys from Pawn Stars may want to think twice before trashing a campground. Rick and Corey Harrison, the pawn shop boss and his son from the hit reality show, went camping in Glamis, Calif., last month, leaving the place a total mess. Police discovered a ton of trash where the History Channel stars camped out – beer cans, garbage and a barbecue grill, you name it – 10 garbage bags’ worth! Police reportedly knew it was the Pawn Stars stars who were camping in the trash spot and causing the mess due to a previous encounter that weekend. Dumping trash in the campgrounds is illegal and not taken lightly in California. According to TMZ, law enforcement slapped the fellas with a huge fine – $1,000 a person – and that’s not negotiable or subject to any sort of appeals process. Clean up your parks, kids. Corey Harrison said, “We left the campground before our buddies did and they were to clean it up and apparently didn’t follow through. My father nor I were cited.”
No matter how hard they try, it’s highly unlikely any actress/singer/starlet will ever come close to portraying famed Depression-era outlaw Bonnie Parker like Faye Dunaway did in Arthur Penn’s game-changing Bonnie and Clyde . But no matter! That won’t stop Miley Cyrus from being the latest to give the fantastically stylish bank robber a try , as she’s slated to do in the four-hour History Channel/Lifetime miniseries Bonnie & Clyde . Parker and her paramour Clyde Barrow have been depicted about a dozen times in TV and film dating back to 1958’s The Bonnie Parker Story , starring WB player Dorothy Provine. ( Her story, see what I did there?) Once Penn’s classic burst onto the cinescape and tommy gunned its way into film history — helped along in no small part by Dunaway, who was Oscar-nominated for her turn as Parker — no film or television property has successfully made a mark retelling the Parker-Barrow lore. But the reckless romanticism of their tale is too rich to ignore; hence, the many musical iterations of the Bonnie & Clyde mythos. Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot channeled the duo for their 1968 collaboration album Bonnie and Clyde , headlined by the titular track featuring Bardot’s sensual cooing; in Parker’s signature beret, Bardot is the vision of Bonnie Parker’s sensual French reincarnate. Many others have paid homage to this homage in turn, including actress Scarlett Johansson, who whisper-crooned her way through a 2011 cover with Gainsbourg’s son Lulu. My favorite post-Gainsbourg musical riff on the duo? Jay-Z and Beyonce’s “’03 Bonnie and Clyde,” which itself uses a sample of Tupac’s 1996 track “Me and My Girlfriend,” a song inspired by Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde film. More recently, former tween idol Hilary Duff was set to play Parker until she was dropped due to pregnancy (infamously collecting $100,000 in her pay or play deal for doing next to nothing). I think we can all agree we dodged a bullet there, although the project was recast with True Blood ‘s Lindsay Pulsipher and apparently is still happening. So now comes Miley Cyrus to breathe good girl-gone-bad life into four hours of Bonnie and Clyde . I’m sure she, like all who’ve come before, feels a deep and soulful connection to the spirit of Bonnie Parker. The question is, how much peroxide and cigars will it take for her to be able to disappear into the role? (And is a Cyrus cover of that Gainsbourg classic inevitable/unavoidable?) [via Deadline ] Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
‘Buy it, steal it, just feel it. I don’t care,’ frontman Tyson Ritter says of AAR’s new album, Kids in the Street. By James Montgomery Tyson Ritter of All-American Rejects Photo: MTV News When the All-American Rejects returned in March with Kids in the Street, expectations were high. After all, it was the follow-up to 2008’s When the World Comes Down — an album that continued their string of crossover successes thanks to the hit “Gives You Hell” — and powered by slick first single “Beekeeper’s Daughter,” Kids looked certain to continue that trend. Of course, to date, Kids has yet to catch fire. It debuted at #18 on the Billboard albums chart and has subsequently dropped out of the Top 200 altogether. But the Rejects aren’t worried by that slow start. In fact, to hear them tell it, everything’s going according to plan. “This is the record where we’re trying to prove ourselves as an ‘album band.’ We’ve done fine with singles,” AAR frontman Tyson Ritter told MTV News backstage at the Bamboozle festival. “Our last record, we were so proud of, but ‘Gives You Hell,’ sort of just steam-rolled the way and let nothing else surface. Honestly, man, we’re a whatever-the-hell-anybody-takes-from-us band. Singles, records, buy it, steal it — just feel it. I don’t care. Just come to a show.” And it’s at those shows where the true scope of the Rejects’ accomplishments can be felt. After all, over the course of a decade as a band, they’ve strung together a series of hits that would give any group pause (“Swing, Swing,” “Move Along,” “It Ends Tonight,” “Dirty Little Secret,” etc) and it’s gotten to the point these days where the band can actually see the past 10 years play out before their very eyes. Which is why they’re not worried about one album; they’re career artists, through and through. “It’s been a slow build with this one, but, you know, we’re in a climate where guitars aren’t as cool as they used to be and, luckily, I feel like our fanbase has sort of hung out and waited for us for four records,” Ritter said. “It’s [been] 10 years now. We just got done playing shows, on a tour, and there are people that have been there for 10 years, singing ‘Swing, Swing’ in the back, drinking, and then girls up front with the X’s out their hands, singing ‘Dirty Little Secret’ and ‘Gives You Hell.’ So it’s crazy to look at a Rejects show, and as you scan to the back of the crowd, you’re going through 10 years of people.” Are you an All-American Rejects fan? Tell us why in the comments! Related Artists The All-American Rejects
‘There are a lot of people who can’t speak on what I be speaking on, so I’m like their voice,’ Woods tells Mixtape Daily. By Rob Markman Chevy Woods Photo: MTV News Mixtape Daily Main Pick Headliner : Chevy Woods Representing : Pittsburgh Mixtape : Gangland Real Spit : In order to get his musical priorities in order, Chevy Woods had to leave the streets behind. But the Taylor Gang general hasn’t forgotten where he’s came from — not in the least. On his upcoming Gangland mixtape, the Pittsburgh MC represents for those too entrenched in the streets to represent themselves. “I came up with the title Gangland because we’re the Taylors and at the same time, there are a lot of people who can’t speak on what I be speaking on, so I’m like their voice,” Chevy Woods told Mixtape Daily. Not only was Chev inspired by his real-life crew, he also used the History Channel’s “Gangland” documentary show as a muse too. “You know, Gangland is the same type of situation as the TV show. People be speaking for the people that can’t speak, and they be showin’ their faces for the people that can’t speak,” he said of the series that has documented notorious gangs like the Mexican Mafia, the Bloods and the Crips. “So I just took the little spin off of both of those things: my gang and the TV show.” On the Young Jerz-produced “U.S.A.,” Woods documents his growth from the block to world tours with Wiz Khalifa. All the added attention has taken some getting used to, but on “Vice,” Chev Bags welcomes all spectators. “I’m out in Memphis with Juice, we into ballin’ for real/ You n—as talkin’ like you scoring never out on the field,” he raps, taunting his rivals. Last year, Woods dropped two very different mixtapes. On Red Cup Music, the TGOD MC partied hard on tracks like “She in Love” and “Jimmy Fallon,” while on The Cookout, he flew alongside Wiz on a number of smoke anthems. Gangland, his first 2012 tape, is distinctly different. On it, Chev shows a darker side, adding yet another layer to his artistic makeup. Joints to Check For
Mitchell Guist, one of the stars of Swamp People on the History Channel, died this morning from injuries suffered during a fall off his boat. Authorities tell WBRW.com the accident occurred around 9 a.m. along the Belle River in Louisiana. Attempts to perform CPR on Mitchell – who appeared on Swamp People along with his brother, Glenn, and hunted alligators on the program – were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at a local hospital not long after the boat returned to shore. Mitchell Guist and Brother: Swamp People Sneak Peek No reason for the accident or cause of death has been reported, though onlookers say Guist appeared to suffer a seizure. “We are extremely saddened to report that our friend and beloved member of the Swamp People family, Mitchell Guist, has passed away earlier today. Mitchell passed on the swamp, doing what he loved,” a rep for the History Channel said in a statement.
Sad day in the Bayou One of the stars of History Channel’s show Swamp People died this morning. Via TMZ reports : Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack says Mitchell Guist – who starred on the show with brother Glenn – was pronounced dead at a hospital today, reports AP. He was loading something onto his boat when he slipped and fell around 9 a.m. on the Intracoastal Waterway, near Pierre Part, La., according to WAFB. The sheriff says it appeared he had some sort of seizure, but it is uncertain if the seizure was caused from the fall. More: Rednecks swamp reality TV An autopsy will have to be performed before an official cause of death can be announced. Swamp People features Mitchell and brother Glenn, residents of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya swamp country, during alligator hunting season. The third season of the show debuted in February. On his Facebook page, Mitchell described himself like this: “I like to hunt and fish. I like to hang out with friends. Im just a normal dude.” Condolences to the entire Guist family. We bet he’ll be doing some great fishing in the big swamp in the sky. Continue reading →
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