Karina Smirnoff would love to see John Stamos throw it down on Dancing With the Stars and partner with her an the upcoming season. We can only hope the former Full House star obliges. She’s mentioned it before, and is now launching the unofficial campaign yet again. Asked recently who she wants to dance with, she said: “Definitely John Stamos,” Smirnoff told Hollyscoop . “I think he’s got the looks, plus he’s got the experience of being onstage, doing Broadway.” She may have a slight crush on John, but she’s not hoping for anything more. Playboy ‘s recent smoking hot cover gal is engaged to Brad Penny . The former ER star’s, whose name came up as a possible replacement for Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men , has not commented on DWTS . Who would you like to see on the show? Stamos? Someone else?
Warning: the following story contains details of a graphic nature. Really, guys, we’re not kidding. Catherine Kieu Becker, a 48-year old woman California resident, has been arrested after she admitted to slicing off her husband’s penis and tossing it into the garbage disposal. According to police reports, the couple is in the middle of a divorce. Becker laced her unidentified husband’s food with some kind of drug, knocked him out, tied him to the bedpost and took a blade to his manhood. She eventually called 911 and cops arrived on the scene to find the man “bleeding profusely.” Becker was arrested on several charges, including aggravated mayhem, false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon. Her husband is in stable condition. Lt. Jeff Nightengale said no motive has been determined, but we’re gonna go out on a crazy limb and say the man was cheating on Becker, who told authorities her husband “deserved” to lose his genitalia.
Forget all those stories about how Emma Watson is a mature, grounded young celebrity. The actress made a startling confession to David Letterman last night: She once got drunk!!! The Harry Potter star answered the host’s awkward questions about drinking in response to Daniel Radcliffe’s admission last week that he developed an alcohol problem while filming this franchise. “It’s really not something that I genuinely know much about,” Watson said.”As far as I know, he never took a sick day. He was like the most professional, amazing guy ever.” Check out excerpts from the interview now: Emma Watson on the Late Show
It might be ending with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 , but that doesn’t mean you have to curl up into the fetal position and cry for the next two months. After all, the cast of Deathly Hallows was in great spirits at the New York premiere of the final Potter film in New York on Monday night, and the photographic proof of their joy is downright contagious. Click through to see Dan, Emma, Rupert, Tom and Matthew — as well as some surprise guests — beaming like proud Hogwarts graduates.
‘It wasn’t a sense of nostalgia and emotion caused by my own personal relationship with the films, I was a wreck because of the film itself,’ actor says at NYC premiere. By Terri Schwartz, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Daniel Radcliffe at the U.S. premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images NEW YORK — The “Harry Potter” film series celebrated its last U.S. premiere Monday night after a decade on the big screen, but leading man Daniel Radcliffe said that not all the tears he shed that night would be sad. “It’s a celebration,” the “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” star explained. “It’s 10 years of wonderful stories and storytelling, and it’s a celebration of 10 years work for us, so yeah we’re celebrating tonight, not mourning.” Radcliffe, who was “sweating like a pig in labor” on the hot July evening in NYC, will spend the next couple of weeks saying goodbye to the franchise that made him a star as he promotes the final installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” which hits theaters Friday. It will be an emotional journey for the stars and crew, as well as the fans who have been watching the movies since “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” opened in 2001, and who now have to accept that the “Potter” series has finally reached its end. Despite the fact that he has spent literally half his life in front of the camera filming the “Harry Potter” flicks, Radcliffe told MTV News on the red carpet that he still found himself emotionally affected by watching “Deathly Hallows: Part 2.” However, he seemed a bit surprised by the parts of the movie that left him in tears. “What I was impressed by was that it wasn’t a sense of nostalgia and emotion caused by my own personal relationship with the films, I was a wreck because of the film itself,” Radcliffe said. “You’ve got to have a heart of stone to not find part of it — especially Alan Rickman’s performance — heartbreaking, so yeah, I’ve done my fair share of crying already.” With “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” doing well on Broadway and his next flick, “The Woman in Black,” already wrapped, Radcliffe seems like he is trying to branch out as much as possible in his post-“Potter” life. Still, the 21-year-old actor said that he’s not willing to rule out returning to a film franchise just yet. “I think that we proved in doing ‘Potter’ that you can bring integrity and perpetual growth to a franchise. It doesn’t have to be a law of diminishing returns after the first film comes out,” Radcliffe explained. “Providing a script is good enough. I would absolutely do another, but it’s not something I’m looking for in the next couple of years, certainly.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ Red-Carpet Highlights Scenes From ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2’ Related Photos ‘Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ Brings The Magic To New York Premiere ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2’
Pop star joins new campaign to encourage fans to download PhoneGuard app that locks smartphone when car is in motion. By Gil Kaufman Justin Bieber Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Justin Bieber likely spends way more time on private jets and international flights than behind the wheel of a car. But the teen pop sensation knows one thing about driving: You shouldn’t text when you’re behind the wheel. That’s why Bieber, 17, has signed on to a campaign urging his fans to lay off the smartphone while they drive as part of his ongoing anti-texting-while-driving campaign. “We need to change the attitudes in our society toward texting and driving and I am making it one of my personal goals to make this happen,” said Bieber in a statement released as part of his endorsement of PhoneGuard ‘s Drive Safe software, which disables the texting, email and keyboard functions of mobile phones while a car is in motion. “Every night we perform, we have a banner that goes up that says ‘Don’t Text and Drive’ so it really means a lot to me,” he said. Bieber has been pushing his fans to give up texting while driving since earlier this year when he made a surprise appearance on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to promote the efforts of Wellman, Texas’ Brown family, who have been raising awareness about the dangers of the practice since their daughter, Alex, was killed in a texting-while-driving incident. Bieber’s anti-texting campaign will provide some funds to the Remember Alex Brown Foundation charity. The singer joins a number of other major figures who’ve been working to get the word out about the dangerous practice, including the Jonas Brothers, who have been outspoken advocates with Allstate’s “X the Text” campaign. Others who’ve signed on for that effort include former “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks and “Camp Rock” star Meaghan Martin. “Glee” actress Jane Lynch has also filmed public service announcements, as her TV alter ego Sue Sylvester, on behalf of LG Mobile Phones to highlight the dangers of texting while driving. Among the biggest names to endorse the end of the practice is Oprah Winfrey, who has been asking her followers to take the No Phone Zone Pledge since 2009, in which more than 423,000 people to date have vowed not to text while behind the wheel. Related Artists Justin Bieber
Actress tells MTV News at ‘Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ premiere that she hopes to ‘sleep and reflect on the whole thing.’ By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Emma Watson Photo: MTV News In the midst of a mass of screaming fans, many of whom had camped out overnight, the beloved cast of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” walked a lengthy red carpet at their final film’s premiere on a rather hot and steamy night in New York City. MTV News was right in the middle of the action, catching up with the billion-dollar franchise’s brightest stars. Aside from commentary about the heat and humidity on the star-studded red carpet, a lot of chatter centered on the bittersweet end of the “Potter” road — and, more importantly, what each castmember might be up to next. During our live-stream coverage, when we chatted with Emma Watson — who we most recently caught up with in the middle of filming an epic dance-party scene on the set of her next film, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” — we asked the lovely lady if dancing might again be on her mind later in the evening. “Yes!” she exclaimed. “I’m like, ‘Get me to that dance floor,’ that is exactly what I need right now,” she said, hinting that she’ll be getting down at the afterparty. And what will she be up to tomorrow? How will she relax and wind down now that everything “Potter” is complete? “I’m usually working and going on to the next thing, but it really is over now, so I don’t know,” she admitted. “I think I’ll go and have a really big brunch. A really big brunch, and sleep and reflect on the whole thing.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ Red-Carpet Highlights MTV Rough Cut: ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ Scenes From ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2’ Related Photos ‘Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ Brings The Magic To New York Premiere “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2”
Actress tells MTV News at ‘Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ premiere that she hopes to ‘sleep and reflect on the whole thing.’ By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Emma Watson Photo: MTV News In the midst of a mass of screaming fans, many of whom had camped out overnight, the beloved cast of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” walked a lengthy red carpet at their final film’s premiere on a rather hot and steamy night in New York City. MTV News was right in the middle of the action, catching up with the billion-dollar franchise’s brightest stars. Aside from commentary about the heat and humidity on the star-studded red carpet, a lot of chatter centered on the bittersweet end of the “Potter” road — and, more importantly, what each castmember might be up to next. During our live-stream coverage, when we chatted with Emma Watson — who we most recently caught up with in the middle of filming an epic dance-party scene on the set of her next film, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” — we asked the lovely lady if dancing might again be on her mind later in the evening. “Yes!” she exclaimed. “I’m like, ‘Get me to that dance floor,’ that is exactly what I need right now,” she said, hinting that she’ll be getting down at the afterparty. And what will she be up to tomorrow? How will she relax and wind down now that everything “Potter” is complete? “I’m usually working and going on to the next thing, but it really is over now, so I don’t know,” she admitted. “I think I’ll go and have a really big brunch. A really big brunch, and sleep and reflect on the whole thing.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ Red-Carpet Highlights MTV Rough Cut: ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ Scenes From ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2’ Related Photos ‘Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ Brings The Magic To New York Premiere “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2”
MC also tells MTV News that hit ‘How to Love’ was inspired by Tupac’s ladies’ anthem ‘Keep Ya Head Up.’ By Rob Markman, with reporting Rahman Dukes Lil Wayne Photo: MTV News Tunechi’s back and Tha Carter IV is done! During an interview with MTV News last week, Lil Wayne confirmed that the recording of the highly anticipated fourth installment of his Tha Carter series is finished and will drop at the end of August, a day after the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards air live on August 28. “The album is done and it’ll be out August 29. It’s totally done,” Wayne told us. While the MC’s upcoming mixtape, Sorry for the Wait, will no doubt feature Wayne spewing rapid-fire rap over concussive beats, judging by the latest Carter IV single, the album will offer even more diversity. According to Wayne, the acoustic-flavored, sing-songy “How to Love” was actually inspired by Tupac Shakur. “That song is just sweeping the world. It’s touching every woman, that’s what it was for,” Wayne said. “It was like Tupac had ‘Keep Ya Head Up’ and it was a message to women and little girls across the world just to keep your head up even though things are hard. That’s what my song was.” ‘Pac’s 1993 song became one of his biggest hits. On it, Shakur rapped about the plight of single mothers and battered women. For “How to Love,” Weezy also lends a sympathetic ear. “A lot of women don’t know how to love because there’s deep reasons for them not knowing how to love,” he explained. “And what I mean by deep reasons is deep and dark reasons. A lot of people don’t open up that can and I figured that I can open up that can of worms and see what happens.” How do you think Wayne’s “How to Love” compares to Tupac’s “Keep Ya Head Up”? Sound off in the comments! Related Artists Lil Wayne
‘We had to look like we wanted to do it, when in reality we really didn’t,’ he tells MTV News of lip-lock with Emma Watson. By Terri Schwartz, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Rupert Grint Photo: MTV News While fans have long been waiting for Ron and Hermione to lock lips in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,” Rupert Grint and Emma Watson have said that it was not so much fun to film the highly anticipated scene. And, according to Grint, it was not any easier watching said kiss on the big screen — “especially in 3-D.” MTV News caught up with the “Harry Potter” star over the weekend, and he seemed to find it just as difficult discussing the scene now as he and Watson did after they filmed it in 2009. In fact, Grint couldn’t even remember how many takes of the kiss they had to go through before director David Yates finally yelled, “Cut!” “I have no memory of that day. I’ve kind of erased it,” Grint said. “I think it was about four.” After seven films of buildup, Grint’s Ron Weasley and Watson’s Hermione Granger finally culminate the romance that has been budding since their characters first met inside the Hogwarts Express. But as Hermione and Ron grew to love one another romantically, Watson and Grint became more like brother and sister, making the snogging scene all the weirder for them. “It was a tricky one, because it had to be believable. We had to look like we wanted to do it, when in reality we really didn’t,” Grint said. “We were soaking [in the scene], and that kind of made it a little bit easier, I think, because it was kind of this outburst of adrenaline.” When MTV News chatted with Watson about the kiss back in 2009, she echoed similar uncomfortable sentiments. In fact, she said she was so nervous during the first take of the kiss that she ended up pouncing on Grint in order to get the scene over with. “The only good side to it was the fact that we were both in the same boat,” Watson said. “We were both just like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe we have to do this. This is so awkward. Really awkward.’ So I could take comfort in the fact that Rupert felt the same way. We were both giggling. We were like 12-year-olds. We were like giggling children, where you just couldn’t keep it together.” We’re streaming live from the red carpet at the New York premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” on Monday (July 11) at 4:30 p.m. ET. Visit MTV.com to watch interviews with the stars and see the winner of the “Harry Potter” World Cup announced live. Tweet your questions for the cast @MTVNews using the hashtag #AskPotter. Check out everything we’ve got on Related Videos ‘Harry Potter’ Star Emma Watson On ‘Awkward’ Kiss With Rupert Grint The ‘Harry Potter’ World Cup Related Photos “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2”
