As the New Directions raise cash, we hold out hope for a bigger return next week. By Jim Cantiello Gwyneth Paltrow on “Glee” on Tuesday night Photo: FOX Our month-long wait for a new “Glee” episode ended this week, but we’ll have to wait a little longer for the full-fledged return of Klaine. At least Charice and Gwyneth Paltrow were back, right? The whole episode led to a slightly melancholy, acoustic recap. Sing along, and then cross your fingers for next week! “Glee” was back tonight. I’m sad to say it felt slight. Scraps of plot lines are not quite How you’re supposed to write. A concert to raise cash, Mercedes wants a big splash. She does so by being an ass. “Rachel, speak to her,” Quinn asks. Oh, the irony Of Lea Michele talking humility. But it works, Then Mercedes WERKS. Sue is out for blood, Rallies the troops to sling some mud. We’ve seen this before. Sue is making me snore. Stamos is gone, Will feeds Emma some grapes And then Holly sees flirting, She takes a job, leaves again. Rejects Cheyenne who wants to be her man, And then Mike was on “So You Think You Can Dance” (dance dance dance). Oh, I missed you, “Glee,” But you return and things are all wonky. It hurts, Only five seconds with Kurt. An hour of neglect, Why should I be surprised that they’d forget My Klaine For more of the same? Charice for no reason, Gwyneth’s Adele song Insane It hurt my brain and heart Next time will be good, At least I think it probably should Bring the “haha” 90 minutes for Gaga. I want you funny, But to also make sense. Me and “Glee” are in a bad romance. How come no parents at The benefit dance? Me and “Glee” are in a bad romance. “Glee” ‘s back tonight, Here’s hoping they get next week right. Related Videos Musical ‘Glee-Caps’ Of Season Two
As the New Directions raise cash, we hold out hope for a bigger return next week. By Jim Cantiello Gwyneth Paltrow on “Glee” on Tuesday night Photo: FOX Our month-long wait for a new “Glee” episode ended this week, but we’ll have to wait a little longer for the full-fledged return of Klaine. At least Charice and Gwyneth Paltrow were back, right? The whole episode led to a slightly melancholy, acoustic recap. Sing along, and then cross your fingers for next week! “Glee” was back tonight. I’m sad to say it felt slight. Scraps of plot lines are not quite How you’re supposed to write. A concert to raise cash, Mercedes wants a big splash. She does so by being an ass. “Rachel, speak to her,” Quinn asks. Oh, the irony Of Lea Michele talking humility. But it works, Then Mercedes WERKS. Sue is out for blood, Rallies the troops to sling some mud. We’ve seen this before. Sue is making me snore. Stamos is gone, Will feeds Emma some grapes And then Holly sees flirting, She takes a job, leaves again. Rejects Cheyenne who wants to be her man, And then Mike was on “So You Think You Can Dance” (dance dance dance). Oh, I missed you, “Glee,” But you return and things are all wonky. It hurts, Only five seconds with Kurt. An hour of neglect, Why should I be surprised that they’d forget My Klaine For more of the same? Charice for no reason, Gwyneth’s Adele song Insane It hurt my brain and heart Next time will be good, At least I think it probably should Bring the “haha” 90 minutes for Gaga. I want you funny, But to also make sense. Me and “Glee” are in a bad romance. How come no parents at The benefit dance? Me and “Glee” are in a bad romance. “Glee” ‘s back tonight, Here’s hoping they get next week right. Related Videos Musical ‘Glee-Caps’ Of Season Two
As the New Directions raise cash, we hold out hope for a bigger return next week. By Jim Cantiello Gwyneth Paltrow on “Glee” on Tuesday night Photo: FOX Our month-long wait for a new “Glee” episode ended this week, but we’ll have to wait a little longer for the full-fledged return of Klaine. At least Charice and Gwyneth Paltrow were back, right? The whole episode led to a slightly melancholy, acoustic recap. Sing along, and then cross your fingers for next week! “Glee” was back tonight. I’m sad to say it felt slight. Scraps of plot lines are not quite How you’re supposed to write. A concert to raise cash, Mercedes wants a big splash. She does so by being an ass. “Rachel, speak to her,” Quinn asks. Oh, the irony Of Lea Michele talking humility. But it works, Then Mercedes WERKS. Sue is out for blood, Rallies the troops to sling some mud. We’ve seen this before. Sue is making me snore. Stamos is gone, Will feeds Emma some grapes And then Holly sees flirting, She takes a job, leaves again. Rejects Cheyenne who wants to be her man, And then Mike was on “So You Think You Can Dance” (dance dance dance). Oh, I missed you, “Glee,” But you return and things are all wonky. It hurts, Only five seconds with Kurt. An hour of neglect, Why should I be surprised that they’d forget My Klaine For more of the same? Charice for no reason, Gwyneth’s Adele song Insane It hurt my brain and heart Next time will be good, At least I think it probably should Bring the “haha” 90 minutes for Gaga. I want you funny, But to also make sense. Me and “Glee” are in a bad romance. How come no parents at The benefit dance? Me and “Glee” are in a bad romance. “Glee” ‘s back tonight, Here’s hoping they get next week right. Related Videos Musical ‘Glee-Caps’ Of Season Two
Guest star Charice belts Eric Carmen’s 1975 power ballad in ‘Night of Neglect’ episode. By Aly Semigran Charice covers “All By Myself” on “Glee” Photo: FOX After weeks of being absent, both “Glee” and Charice were back at McKinley High on Tuesday. The latest installment, titled “A Night of Neglect,” was the first new airing since the Fox show’s March 15 “original songs” episode . It also marked the return of singer/ “Oprah Winfrey Show” phenom Charice . Last seen in the season-two opener “Audition,” the 18-year-old guest star revived her role as the talented rival glee club member, Sunshine Corazon. Wanting to prove that she wasn’t a spy for Vocal Adrenaline, that she was only there to contribute to New Directions’ upcoming benefit show, Sunshine took to the stage to sing the classic ballad about loneliness, “All By Myself.” Of course, it’s hardly the first time the song has been covered, as it’s been done by everyone from Sheryl Crow to Axl Rose to Celine Dion (who recorded, arguably, the most popular rendition of the song), and even a recently eliminated “American Idol” hopeful . So we thought we’d give you a brief history of Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself.” Although the song is now known primarily as a cover — not to mention a karaoke staple for the especially brave — it was written and performed back in 1975 by a newly solo Eric Carmen, appearing originally on his self-titled debut album. Released on December 1, 1975, “All By Myself” had hit #2 on the Billboard chart by December 20, making it not only one of his biggest hits, but also a pop/soft-rock radio mainstay. (Carmen, once part of the Raspberries before going solo, is also behind hugely popular singles like “Hungry Eyes” from the movie “Dirty Dancing” and “Almost Paradise” from “Footloose.”) During a 1991 interview , the singer/songwriter discussed how “All By Myself” was actually inspired by (and samples from) Rachmaninoff. “When I was writing that album, I was listening to my favorite music which was Rachmaninoff. ‘All By Myself’ incorporated a melody from his 2nd piano concerto as the verse,” he said at the time. Carmen also divulged that the song had three different titles before he settled on “All By Myself,” and explained that he borrowed the song’s first notes from the opening verse of his other lovelorn song, “The Way We Used to Be.” Granted, the song was a smash thanks to Carmen, but it took on a whole new life after Dion covered it. Dion already had hits from her 1996 certified-gold album, Falling Into You, including “Because You Loved Me” and “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.” She followed suit with her soaring take on Carmen’s ballad. The Canadian pop star’s version , released on October 6, 1996, features the songstress hitting (and holding) the staggering high notes in the song’s swelling conclusion. It topped the Hot Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dion put the David Foster-produced song on her ’99 greatest hits and 2008 compilation albums. And in that time, the song has only continued to gain in popularity. As Carmen put it, Dion’s version “pretty much established ‘All By Myself’ as a franchise.” The song has since been featured in films like “Clueless” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary,” as well as on television, particularly during reality competition shows. “X Factor” victor Leona Lewis sang “All By Myself” on her season’s finale, while recent “American Idol” contestant Pia Toscano performed it before her controversial exit. Interestingly enough, “Glee” had already paid homage to the song last season, when Jayma Mays (as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury) dramatically cried the chorus during the “Showmance” episode. While it did seem strange, even borderline inappropriate, that teen Charice was crooning the memorable opening lines, “When I was young/ I never needed anyone / And making love was just for fun / Those days are gone,” the song’s strength matched with the young singer’s stirring voice made it a number to remember during “A Night of Neglect.” What did you think of Charice’s “Glee” cover of “All By Myself”? Tell us in the comments!
‘I suspect the studio is going to be reluctant to let it die,’ David Heyman tells MTV News. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” Photo: Warner Bros. “Harry Potter” producers may have ditched plans to release “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1” in 3-D last November, but they haven’t abandoned bringing three dimensions to the film. The flick is currently being converted to 3-D for a Blu-ray release . What’s more, we just might see the rest of the franchise get the 3-D treatment too. “We’re doing 3-D for the DVD of ‘7, Part 1,’ and there’s been no discussion of anything else yet,” producer David Heyman told MTV News recently. “But I suspect the studio is going to be reluctant to let it die, and if there’s an opportunity to maybe enrich … ” Heyman left it at that, but those hints jibe with what he told us as far back as March 2010 , when he said of converting the entire series, “I’m sure it’s just a matter of time.” For now, filmmakers are racing to finish “Deathly Hallows, Part 2” ahead of the July release and working on the conversion of the first part for the Blu-ray. “We’re very pleased with the way ‘Part 1’ is going — the 3-D for the Blu-ray,” producer David Barron said. “It’s really exciting, really involved.” “I was surprised at how wonderful it is,” Heyman added. “It is different in some ways [than the theatrical release], but it’s enriching.” Additionally, they’re continuing to work on theatrical 3-D effects for “Part 1,” a process that has not yet been finished. “We haven’t completed the first part in 3-D for film release, for theatrical,” Barron said. “The quality is quite different,” Heyman explained. “It’s much easier, in a way, to do 3-D for a smaller screen for a bigger screen.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos ‘Harry Potter: Live In NYC’: Watch The Interviews!
Actors rejoin ‘Inception’ director Christopher Nolan for ‘Batman’ film. By Kara Warner Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images After months of rumors and speculation, “The Dark Knight Rises” has officially named two more members to its already-impressive cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard. Both actors have long been assumed to have joined Christopher Nolan’s third highly anticipated “Batman” film, but were not confirmed in an official capacity. According to the announcement from Warner Brothers, Gordon-Levitt will play John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon. Cotillard will appear as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham. Curiously enough, both characters are brand new to the world of the caped crusader: They did not appear in the DC comic upon which the film and character are based. Nolan, who worked with Gordon-Levitt and Cotillard on last summer’s blockbuster “Inception,” said about the film’s new additions, “When you collaborate with people as talented as Marion and Joe, it comes as no surprise that you would want to repeat the experience. I immediately thought of them for the roles of Miranda and Blake, and I am looking forward to working with both of them again.” “The Dark Knight Rises” is set to begin production soon in Pittsburgh, a departure from Chicago, the setting used for Gotham in Nolan’s “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight.” Gordon-Levitt and Cotillard join recently added actors Diego Klattenhoff, Daniel Sunjata, Ben Gorman, Josh Pence and Juno Temple , in addition to fellow “Batman” newcomers Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy. Check out everything we’ve got on “The Dark Knight Rises.” For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com . Related Photos Who Will Be In ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Cast?
E-40 has been in the game for more than 20 years and has never seemed to take time off. He first hit the scene in ’88 as the lead member of The Click. He is most known for his ability to create new slang which always seems to catch on globally right after the words leave his mouth. In 2011 E-40 has released two albums “Revenue Retrieving: Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift” on the same day. E-40 spoke with @ JazzyF about the new album, being independent, the state of West Coast hip-hop music and more. Check it out below! TUD: Would you say E-40 creates the slang or are you just responsible for making it mainstream? E-40: You know it’s a little of both. I’m from the bay area where it started, we trend setters. You got words like Po-Po, Captain Save a Hoe, Fo Shizzy, Fo Shizzle. I make up many words but we can go on for forever about slang words that E-40 created. That has always been one of my things since was youngster. I have always being creative with my words. Do you feel you’re under-rated and overlooked in the rap game? I’m under-rated off top, I feel I am the best game spitter. I talk about things that real street cats can relate to. If you ain’t around it or in it, I feel you should not be listening to me. The songs they hear on the radio are watered down, they haven’t heard my ghetto anthems. I speak to the real cats and females because they can relate to me. I speak the real and a lot of people don’t understand because they haven’t been a part of the hustle to make ends meet. They don’t know it’s a whole new generation right now and I’m not knocking the young generation because some of them listen to me but a lot don’t because they haven’t been sat down and schooled. Why does it seem like E-40 been on chill mode? On the west coast we don’t hear a lot of songs get on the radio or BET and MTV because of the formats. Some of the networks go by how many spins you have on radio. We don’t have urban stations here on the west coast, the closest thing we have is top 40 crossover radio so you don’t really see us on MTV or BET. Last year I had the biggest song on the west coast called “Bitch” and we cleaned it up and called it “Trick.” 50 cent hopped on the remix and we sent it out independently. My thing is that I might not be a part of the major but I get the fan base of an artist that’s on a major and I have the same distribution of a major. I use my outlets now that I’m already famous so I don’t need a major. People want to know who signed me, I signed me years ago. We sold tapes out the trunk of the car. We had no internet, no radio no nothing. It was just word of mouth, hood shit. All the people across the country were messing with E-40 and the click. I never took my foot of the brake and if I did take a break I must of put a lot of ketchup on my fries. I put out 2 albums out last year “Day Shift “and “Night Shift.” I sold 8,000 records in Dallas, that’s a lot for one city and it’s independent. I got “Revenue Retrieving/Overnight Shift” and “Graveyard Shift” dropped on the same day March 29th as Wiz Khalifa and Snoop’s album but I’m not trying to compete with them. I know Wiz is the new kid on the block, not like the group. He is doing his thing so I take my hat off to him. It’s all about maintaining. I don’t have to sell a million records to make the same amount as a artist that sell a million records. I’m independent, ghetto golden. If I sell 100,000 I get goudaed up ya feel me. How do feel about west coast music not getting the amount of radio play it use to? We guilty by affiliation. Everybody wants everything to sound the same. DJs set tripping like that’s west coast music. No disrespect to the song “Make It Rain” but if you aint making it rain on your song it’s like you ain’t getting no love. It’s like you got to go out of your element to get love. It’s nice to have video play, radio play but as long as I can work my virals on the internet or yet get it out to where people hear it and can see it anytime, I’m cool. As long as everytime you pull up to a gas station and you got people from all different walks of life bumping my music from the hood to the suburbs, I’m not tripping. I’m good because I’m eating. I always been ahead of my time. I masterminded independent grinding with this rap shit. I was independent in ’88 when my first album came out and I got gold and platinum albums and singles. Now I’m ghetto gold, f*ck double platinum. I’m trying to go double profit. I just hope one day all the DJs stop saying “aww thats west coast music, “when they know they was on it back in the day real talk. I’m not begging them to play me because it’s a lot some fake DJs and radio programming thats closed minded and don’t like nothing different but it’s some real ones out there that f*ck with me. How did you come up with the album titles? Revenue Retrieving came from paper chasing so it was like “what’s another name for paper chasing ?”cuz we been saying that for years. I came up with “Gouda collecting,” “fetti fetching.” Gouda is money, that’s cheese and chasing is getting it. So revenue is money and retrieving is bringing it back so we “Revenue Retrieving.” People don’t understand that everything I say has a meaning and they’ll be using it years from now. Remember I had everyone and their momma popping their collar. I was the first one popping my collar. Why did you choose the artists you collaborated with on this album? I got some people I wanted to make music with for a while. I ain’t tripping about how big your name is and if your popping right now. I had T-Pain on one of my singles before anyone really knew of him. I was the first one to put that to life of having T-Pain on the hook. I got T-Pain, Devin the dude, Bun B, Slim Thug & Tech N9ne. I worked with a lot of my friends. I got my potnas Black sheep, Juice and we just doing it man. The albums are ridiculous. Whats going on with the Hifey movement? Not on a mainstream level, hifey is a real movement. The word hifey is a street name for a wild ass motherfucker. It originated in Oakland where I shot the “tell me when to go” video. I, too short and click started the mob music. That’s a sound that a lot of cats in the bay grew up on and aint nothing really change. You can get dumb on any type of tempo just doing your thing. But when people hear up tempo they automatically think it’s hifey music. Aint nothing new under the sun. What are your thoughts on the new generation being criticized by the vets? I don’t think old cats really have any control over the new cats, as far as letting them in. What are the old artists supposed to do just quit? I work with a lot of the new cats. They keep me fresh and I keep them fresh. An OG need a young dude around and a young dude need a OG around. They keep me fresh and I keep the gamed up. I like when a youngster has a lot of talent and self-esteem towards their hustle. Related Post: SLANG EDITORIAL: E-40 Says You’re “Game Doofy” If You Don’t Get His Music E-40 “Me & My B*tch” [VIDEO]
R. Les tells MTV News ‘supergroup’ partners Fabolous, Ne-Yo bless remix, ‘Look at Her,’ with peek at what’s to come. By Rebecca Thomas Ryan Leslie Photo: MTV News NEW YORK — For any girl who takes her style seriously — like, blow the rent on a striped concoction from Prada’s spring/summer 2011 collection serious — 2010 was a good year for primpin’-ain’t-easy rap. Big, tag-flaunting singles like Drake’s “Fancy” and Rick Ross’ “Super High” expressed shock, awe and appreciation for girls and their fashion. And, for coining the word “shoe-icide” alone, the Ryan Leslie-produced Fabolous single “You Be Killin’ ‘Em” earned monster status on that playlist. Now, Leslie is aiming to follow up the radio smash with another heater. We ventured downtown last week and caught up with R.Les just before he headed out for his Coachella festival debut. He gave us a preview of Les Is More, his first post-Universal, indie release due July 4, teased his much-discussed supergroup and let us in on “You Be Killin’ ‘Em” — the sequel. “We just did a ‘You Be Killin’ ‘Em,’ part 2 called
Recently released stills of Dreamworks’s The Help looked stern, but the new trailer for the film stamps smiles on Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Emma Stone’s faces. But is this film set in early ’60s Mississippi too lighthearted to convey racial tensions without that Blind Side soupcon of condescension?
Movie experts weigh in on why Ghostface didn’t scare up impressive returns for the franchise. By Eric Ditzian Courteney Cox in “Scream 4” Photo: Gemma La Mana/ Dimension Films Unlike Indiana Jones and John McClane, Ghostface has not aged particularly well. While Indy’s franchise and McClane’s “Die Hard” films took lengthy breaks from the multiplex and returned with impressive box-office debuts, “Scream 4” got off to a start that fell on the low end of projections. The horror flick’s $19.3 million debut on more than 4,400 screens was, in fact, a major fall from the previous installment in 2000, which Box Office Mojo points out was $52 million when adjusted for ticket-price inflation. While insiders were hardly expecting “Scream 4” to live up to the performance of the original trilogy, the movie nonetheless failed to widely reconnect with moviegoers. So what happened? A combination of factors, according to industry experts, conspired to hold back the film and cast doubt on the idea that the Weinstein Company will be able to launch a fresh “Scream” trilogy. “Part of the reason that ‘Scream 4’ didn’t connect with audiences the way previous installments have is because of the overall climate change of horror films over the last decade,” said Jeff Bock, box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. “Whereas grisly deaths, bloodbaths and torture porn were once the order of the day, creepy and spooky — ‘Paranormal Activity,’ ‘Insidious’ — seem to be what horror audiences die for these days.” What’s more, it wasn’t just a matter of failing to link up with horror-movie trends but with broader changes in the entertainment landscape. ” ‘Scream’ was a pop-culture phenomenon of the late ’90s and it lost its relevancy soon after,” said Gitesh Pandya, editor of BoxOfficeGuru.com, pointing to that decade’s often heavily ironic humor. And then there’s a matter of Ghostface himself, a recognizable killer, to be sure, but one who’s by design changeable and thus potentially less iconic than other horror-movie villains. “The fact that Ghostface is a different person from movie to movie is both a good thing and a bad thing,” said Phil Contrino, editor of BoxOffice.com. “It creates suspense, but it also stops the character from becoming as powerful as Freddy Krueger or Michael Myers.” To all these issues add in the generally weak critical assessment, and you’ve got a recipe for a perfectly fine box-office debut but one that’s hardly impressive. While some insiders suspect the weak opening will dash plans to kick-start a new trilogy, others expect overseas ticket sales to compensate for subpar domestic business, increasing the likelihood of “Scream 5” shifting into production down the road. “This could end up grossing $100 million worldwide, which may lead to another sequel or reboot despite its lackluster Stateside debut,” Bock said. “Ghostface will likely terrorize audiences again, because the number-one rule for franchise fright flicks is: You can never keep a horror icon buried for long.” What did you think of “Scream 4”? Share your reviews in the comments below! Check out everything we’ve got on “Scream 4.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘Scream 4’ Related Photos Scream 4: Red Carpet Arrivals
