Kourtney Kardashian, Tori Spelling and Rachel Zoe have been with child on TV, but Snooki’s onscreen pregnancy should be unlike any other. By Gil Kaufman Snooki Photo: MTV There are whole reality genres devoted to chronicling the ups and downs of pregnancy. And plenty of stars have allowed cameras into their homes to mark the months as they wait for the blessed event. But none of them were “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi. On Wednesday (March 7), pint-sized, fist-pumping self-proclaimed “meatball” Snooki confirmed to MTV News that she is pregnant with her first child and engaged to boyfriend Jionni LaValle. Sure, you expect to see the trials and tribulations of young women dealing with baby bumps on shows like, duh, “16 and Pregnant.” But given the popularity of “Shore” and the upcoming spin-off Snooki will star in with “Shore” pal JWoww, chances are we’ve never seen anything like this before. So we decided to see how Snooks stacks up against other expectant reality-show ladies who’ve shared their joy with us onscreen. Kourtney Kardashian : The Kardashians are not known for their shy, retiring nature. From letting us into their bedrooms, weddings and subsequent bust-ups, they have shared it all. The star of no fewer than three family-focused features, Kourtney publicly agonized over whether to keep her first baby, Mason, born in December 2009. She’s since fully embraced being a preggo TV mom and is currently in the midst of her second onscreen baby watch. Rachel Zoe : The fourth season of the stylist-to-the-stars’ show, “The Rachel Zoe Project,” dealt with the departure of her right-hand man, Brad Goreski, and the pressure of keeping up her hectic cross-country travel schedule while taking care of herself in the lead-up to the birth of her first child, son Skyler. Tori Spelling : We don’t know what Snooki’s TV pregnancy will look like, but few stars have embraced being with child on the tube as much as this former “Beverly Hills, 90210” star and daughter of Hollywood royalty. Every one of her three pregnancies has been caught on tape to some degree, beginning with son Liam in “Tori & Dean: Inn Love,” her first reality series with husband Dean McDermott. The on-screen bump she sported during “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood” in 2008 resulted in daughter Stella. Daughter Hattie Margaret, who was born in October 2011, arrived following the first season of the pair’s latest show, “Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings.” While fans will have to wait and see what happens to Snooki as she embarks on this next chapter of her life on her spin-off with JWoww, fans can check out how this season of “Jersey Shore” will wrap up when the season finale airs on Thursday, March 15. Share your well-wishes for Snooki and Jionni in the comments below or on our Facebook page! Don’t miss “Jersey Shore” every Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on MTV. For continuing “Shore” coverage, be sure to check in with MTV’s Remote Control blog. Who is your favorite pregnant reality star? Let us know in the comments below!
In footage from her MTV documentary ‘Stay Strong,’ the singer/actress explains the meaning behind her ink. By Jocelyn Vena Demi Lovato in “Demi Lovato: Stay Strong” Photo: MTV Demi Lovato ‘s moving MTV documentary, “Stay Strong,” was named after the her two wrist tattoos, which pay homage to the mantra her fans would tell her while Lovato was in treatment. And in a special extra bit of footage, the singer/actress breaks down the meanings behind all of her ink. “I have about nine or ten tattoos. So, I have a lot of tattoos. The very first tattoo I got, I was sixteen. And I got ‘You make me beautiful’ on my ribs,’ she explains about the lyrics from the Bethany Dillon song “Beautiful.” “It’s one of my favorite songs ever and I got it because I was dealing with self-image issues.” Demi went on to tell the story behind her second tattoo, a feather behind her ear. “I got it a Warped Tour on a tour bus, and that just was stupid.” And that’s not the only tattoo she got on a bus at Warped Tour. Another year, she got a tattoo of a kiss mark on her wrist. “It’s my friend Heidi’s lips,” Lovato explained. “And then I have feathers down my ribs,” she said of another set of tattoos. “I have a cross on my hand and then I have ‘peace’ and ‘rock’n’roll’ on my fingers. My dad doesn’t know, but he’ll find out now.” While all of her ink means something to her, it’s the ones she got in the last year that really speak to her journey, such as the one on her right arm that reads “faith.” “It’s a matching tattoo with one of my friends I met in treatment. I didn’t think I was going to come out of treatment with a new best friend, but I did and obviously I believe in faith. Faith has gotten me to where I am today.” And Lovato shouts out her Lovatics, not only with the words “Stay” and “Strong” scrolled across her wrists, but with one other tattoo. “I got ‘Stay’ and ‘Strong’ on my wrists, and these actually were really meaningful to me,” she said. “My fans constantly said it the entire time I was in treatment … and while they said it they would also put a little heart. I have a signature heart that I dot my I’s with. So my fans would draw it on their wrists every day until I came out of treatment. And I thought, ‘What better way to thank them?’ That’s a connection I have with my fans I don’t see with many other people. And it’s really cool that I have that; it’s really special.” So, will she get more ink? “I have to stop! I am going to be covered in tattoos,” Lovato laughed during the live “After Show.” “I am so impulsive when it comes to it.” Want to win a copy of ‘Unbroken’ signed by Demi Lovato? Click here to enter! What’s your favorite Demi Lovato tattoo? Leave your comment below! Related Videos ‘Demi Lovato: Stay Strong’ — The After Show ‘Demi Lovato: Stay Strong’ Related Photos ‘Demi Lovato: Stay Strong’ After Show Related Artists Demi Lovato
‘He’s sexy, is the word I’m using,’ country singer tells MTV News about Maroon 5 leading man. By Jocelyn Vena Blake Shelton Anyone who has turned on “The Voice” for even a fleeting few moments can’t help but feel the love that judges Blake Shelton and Adam Levine have for each other. In between kindhearted jabs and playful digs, the two singers really seem to be involved in one of the small screen’s greatest bromances. And if you think you’re imagining it, Shelton told MTV News earlier this week at Cosmopolitan ‘s Fun Fearless Awards the affection you feel is very real. “The bromance with me and Adam?” Shelton said. “It’s funny, ’cause I get on Twitter, one of my routines during the day, if I’m home is, I wake up, get a cup of coffee, turn on the Weather Channel and I’ll look at what people are saying to me on Twitter on my phone, and it’s always something abbot me and Adam, the bromance.” Those tweets are always are in reaction to the cutesy back-and-forth Levine and Shelton shared the night before on their hit NBC reality singing competition, while fellow judges Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green look on. And Shelton has a message for his “Voice” bro: “All I have to say is, it’s true: I have a man crush on Adam,” Shelton admitted. “It blows me away people can pick up on that just by watching that on television. I want to kiss him. I want to kiss him so bad. I don’t care if it’s mutual or not. Can you honestly tell me that you don’t have a little bit of a crush on Adam? He’s sexy, is the word I’m using.” What are some of your favorite TV bromances? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Blake Shelton Adam Levine
Women of the Top 13 mostly overshadow the guys, who tackled Stevie Wonder’s songbook. By Adam Graham Whitney Houston was one of a handful of singers whose voice was so inimitable that “American Idol” judges would often discourage contestants from singing her songs. But the tables were turned Wednesday (March 7), when the ladies of the Top 13 were asked to sing songs from Houston’s catalog. Some were up to the task, including Jessica Sanchez, Skylar Laine and Erika Van Pelt, while others — Elise Testone and Shannon Magrane among them — proved why Whitney is often best left untouched. Guys, meanwhile, dug into the Stevie Wonder songbook, marking the first time Wonder’s songs have been used as a theme since the fifth season of “Idol.” But it was the girls who stole the show, and the season continues to look like it’s leaning in the ladies’ direction. “We might have a sing-off between two girls in the final!” Jennifer Lopez gushed after Hollie Cavanagh conquered Houston’s “All the Man That I Need.” Cavanagh’s performance was a highlight of the night, causing J.Lo to tell her, “You’re the one,” but it was Sanchez’s “I Will Always Love You” — the holy grail of Houston’s catalog — that stole the night and brought the three judges to their feet. “Jessica Sanchez is legit! Yo!” an enthused Randy Jackson beamed. “Best vocal of the night, one of the best singers in the whole competition!” Lopez said she was “speechless” following Sanchez’s big moment, and Steven Tyler — who said his two favorites of the night were “Jessica Sanchez and Jessica Sanchez” — told her, “You just made 40 million people cry.” (Apparently no one has told Tyler about the ratings slip this season, but that’s OK.) Laine’s country twist on “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” was another of the evening’s top moments, with Lopez calling her “amazing” and Tyler saying — as he often does — “that was beautiful.” Erika Van Pelt’s strong, vocally assured “I Believe in You and Me,” meanwhile, gave Lopez “goosies” and had Jackson praising her “unbelievable” tone. Magrane and Testone weren’t as lucky as the other girls. Magrane’s “I Have Nothing” hit a number of embarrassing miscues, especially during the big glory note at the song’s climax. The judges were mostly kind, blaming the mistakes on her nerves, but Tyler nailed it when he said she “crashed and burned in the turnaround.” Testone seemed thrown when her original choice of song, “The Greatest Love of All,” was switched at the behest of mentors Jimmy Iovine and Mary J. Blige to “I’m Your Baby Tonight,” a song Testone griped she wasn’t familiar with before being asked to sing. She was never able to find her pocket in the song, but she was equally undone by her sour attitude when dealing with her mentors and while talking with host Ryan Seacrest. On the guys’ side — yes, there are dudes in the competition this year too — Joshua Ledet turned in a soulful, blazing-hot version of Wonder’s “I Wish” that Jackson called “flawless” and had Lopez saying she felt through him. Colton Dixon offered up a stripped-down version of “Lately” that the judges were all behind, while Phillip Phillips’ “Superstition” was churned through the Phillip Phillips machine and came out sounding like, well, another Phillip Phillips creation. “We need you in this competition,” Jackson told him, complimenting his “alt-indie” sensibilities. Gentle giant Jermaine Jones’ “Knocks Me Off My Feet” fit him “like an Armani suit,” Tyler said, while Jackson said he needs to relax more in the context of his songs. DeAndre Brackensick’s “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” had Tyler referring to Brackensick as a “male Naima,” a reference to season 10 finalist Naima Adedapo, which was apparently meant as a compliment. Resident jokester Heejun Han had a memorable exchange with Iovine and Blige, giving the pair autographed pictures of himself (he gave Iovine a picture of himself frowning and Blige a picture of himself smiling, signing to Blige he liked her more than Iovine) but stood on his own vocally with a confident “All in Love Is Fair,” which was deemed “fantastic” by Tyler. Finally, Jeremy Rosado’s “Ribbon in the Sky” was the weakest of the male performances, with Jackson telling him he needed more “swag” to make the performance believable. Thursday’s episode will pit the male with the lowest number of votes against the female with the lowest votes, and the judges will decide who goes home. What did you think of the Top 13 “Idol” performances? Who’s going home? Let us know in the comments! Get your “Idol” fix on MTV News’ “American Idol” page , where you’ll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. Related Artists Whitney Houston Stevie Wonder
‘FINALLY, my MOVIE is coming out with Paramount this summer!’ singer tweets. By Kara Warner Katy Perry Photo: Robyn Beck/ AFP/ Getty Images Get ready for a Katy Perry concert movie because it is coming your way this summer — in 3-D, of course. The Grammy-winning pop star announced the news herself via Twitter on Wednesday that “Katy Perry: Part of Me” is headed to a theater near you. “FINALLY, my MOVIE is coming out with Paramount this summer!” Perry tweeted to her nearly 16 million followers. “It’s called “KATY PERRY: PART OF ME” Presented In 3D! KATYCATS-LETS TREND #KP3D” Back in early February, news broke that Paramount had approached Perry and her camp about doing a documentary-style 3-D film
Kim tells ‘RapFix Live’ she doesn’t ‘give a ish’ what people think about her, and she won’t say whether ‘If You Love Me’ is about Maino. By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway Lil’ Kim Photo: Uptin Saiidi / MTV News There is no female MC with a career trajectory quite like Lil’ Kim ‘s. When she first debuted alongside the Notorious B.I.G.’s Junior M.A.F.I.A. in 1995 on their hit single “Player’s Anthem,” Kim was a sexy temptress with lyrics as captivating as her looks. Kim grew to be a soloist and, after Biggie’s untimely demise, she became the Queen Bee of Junior M.A.F.I.A. There have been a number of ups and downs in her career, but today, the Notorious K.I.M. feels that she is at her artistic peak. “Creatively, as an artist, I think I’m in my Kanye West mode; you do whatever you wanna do and don’t give a ish what nobody got to say about it. It’s all about taking chances,” she told Sway when she appeared on Wednesday’s “RapFix Live.” If Kim’s daring new single “If You Love Me” is any indication, then it’s safe to say that she is in her 808s & Heartbreak period, the album on which Kanye traded in his rap bars for Auto-Tuned melodies. Ms. La Bella Mafia released the song this past Valentine’s Day on iTunes. While she doesn’t completely abandon her rap bars, she’s singing on the song’s hook. “If you love me, you would say it in front of the world,” Kim croons. Kim, who is working on a new album, revealed to Sway that the track was based on real-life experience. “It’s a true story. Somebody had allegedly made a record to me,” she teased without saying who that somebody is. Sway pushed further and asked Kim if the record was in response to Maino’s “That Could Be Us” single. In the past, the two have been linked romantically, but Kim wouldn’t reveal who “If You Love Me” was really about. “I plead the fifth,” she said, laughing. “There is a lot in my life, in my personal life, as far as dealing in relationships, that people don’t know,” Kim said, “and if they found out, they’ll be like, ‘What? You were with who ?’ ” What do you think about Lil’ Kim’s latest music? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ Welcomes Back Lil’ Kim Related Artists Lil’ Kim
‘I love it as a show, and I love it with my roommates,’ Pauly D tells MTV News, holding out hope for another season. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Sway Calloway Pauly D Photo: Ian Spanier As the latest season of “Jersey Shore” wraps up next week, fans are wondering if the crew will head back to Seaside Heights, New Jersey, to bring their brand of fun to the famed locale. Well, for now, anything is possible. An MTV rep told MTV News in a statement, “No decision has been made yet on a sixth season of ‘Jersey Shore.’ ” One person who would definitely be onboard for another season is DJ Pauly D. “Absolutely! I’m there! I love summers on the Jersey Shore,” he told MTV News. “I love it as a show, and I love it with my roommates. I wouldn’t do it without [them]. I gotta do it with them. I want all of them, and I want the Jersey Shore.” Well, whatever the fate of “Jersey Shore” is, Pauly D is gearing up for his spin-off, “The Pauly D Project,” which kicks off March 29, the same night the brand-new season of “Punk’d” premieres. The show will follow Pauly’s life as a world-renowned DJ. And with celebrity pals like 50 Cent ( Pauly is signed to 50’s G-Note Records ) and Britney Spears (whom he toured with last year ) as cameo possibilities when the show kicks off, fans will get a real inside look at Pauly’s whirlwind life. “It’ll be probably along the lines of, I used to be this DJ in Rhode Island, DJing two sets a week, hustling, promoting,” Pauly explained to MTV News last year. “And all of a sudden, I’m on this show, and now they’re sending private jets for me to DJ for these huge crowds, yet I’m still the same guy that was DJing for 200 people, just loving life.” Snooki and JWoww are also currently filming their own spin-off, which will likely include Snooki’s next life chapter: She recently confirmed that she is pregnant and engaged to Jionni LaValle. Are you hoping for a sixth season of “Jersey Shore”? Let us know in the comments! Don’t miss “Jersey Shore” every Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on MTV. For continuing “Shore” coverage, be sure to check in with MTV’s Remote Control blog. Related Photos Jersey Shore (Season 5) | Cast
‘I’m just warning [Jionni]: two years,’ the now engaged and pregnant ‘Jersey Shore’ star told MTV News in January. By Christina Garibaldi, with additional reporting by Matt Elias Snooki, Deena, JWoww and Sammi Photo: MTV News Snooki officially has a baby onboard! The “Jersey Shore” star confirmed Wednesday (March 7) that she is expecting her first child and is set to walk down the aisle with fianc
Our Power of 12 team hit three crucial states in search of young voters. By Becca Frucht, Andrew Jenks and Jacob Soboroff Mitt Romney addresses a crowd in Boston, Massachussetts Photo: @jacobsoboroff BOSTON — MTV News’ Power of 12 hit the ground in Boston early on Super Tuesday to meet young Republican voters in a state best known for Democratic politicians like Kerry and the Kennedys. We didn’t know what to expect, and what we found was … not much. Voter turnout was horrendous in Mitt Romney’s home state among all voters — with only 6 percent turning out to cast ballots in Boston as of 6 p.m. — but seemingly most among young voters. After visiting the campuses of UMass Boston and Boston University, a local elections officials told me that turnout at noon was 2.5 percent citywide, a puny number by anyone’s standards. The young voters we did meet were Democrats, independents or Libertarians — no Republicans — and all were supporting Congressman Ron Paul or President Obama in an uncontested primary. After striking out looking for young voters at Northeastern and Harvard Universities, we headed to Mitt Romney’s home neighborhood of Belmont, where he voted and afterward told me that he wants to “save the future” for young people, which MTV News producer Adam Murphy pointed out sounded like something out of a “Terminator” film. Later in the evening, at Romney election-night headquarters at the Westin Copley Square, we met the first young Republicans of the day. Asked what “saving the future” meant, attendee Sally Geary said “insuring economic stability and growth for our country and making a better world for our young people to grow up in.” Is saving the world as easy as that, I asked? “It’s definitely as easy as that.” — Jacob Soboroff COLUMBUS, Ohio — I leave Ohio realizing that Governor Romney is probably the big winner tonight . But a larger question for many young people I spoke with today is his sincerity. Although he answered our own MTV Power of 12 team member Jacob Soboroff’s question (and props to Jacob for getting that!), many of the Ohio State University students I spoke to today raised questions about the former Massachusetts governor’s authenticity. Their overwhelming answer? We want Ron Paul instead. Brian Bode told me something that I heard throughout the day from several young people who cast ballots: They wouldn’t even vote in this primary, or general election, if it were not for Libertarian hell-raiser and notorious straight-shooter Ron Paul. In many ways, this Ron Paul fervor reminded me of what we saw with Barak Obama in 2008. (And, in fact, a number of those voters I’ve met on the road said they had turned to Paul after becoming disillusioned with Obama over the past three years.) From what I have learned through my election travels so far, and reinforced today in Ohio, is the idea that our generation has grown up in a world with greater transparency than ever before. We have archived our lives through Facebook and Twitter and have an unusually astute perception of whether we are being told the truth, if it’s reality TV or politics. As a result, we strongly believe, almost subconsciously, that if we are taking part in politics, as we did in record numbers in 2008, it is only because we believe we have the power to enforce real change. Ron Paul, like then-Senator Obama, has a message that is about foundational change. Young Americans look for that, and the millennial generation will especially look for this in years to come. I went into Ohio thinking about Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney (running neck-and-neck at press time). And I was largely right: Currently, Ron Paul only has about 9 percent of the votes in Ohio, far behind the other three candidates, which may mean that although there is a dense population of Paul supporters here, it may not be enough to make any sort of real dent. But I leave knowing that Paul, one way or another, will find a way to stay in this race and continue to energize young voters. — Andrew Jenks ATLANTA — As a Southern girl, returning to my homeland to cover the Super Tuesday shenanigans in the Peach State has been a welcome whirlwind. From the Chick-Fil-A biscuit breakfast at the empty Georgia Tech Student Center polling place this morning to the open bar (I did not partake because I’m professional like that) at the fancy-schmancy Renaissance Hotel where I witnessed Newt Gingrich committing to a whole new quest for Obama domination (and moon colonization) — there’s no denying that today has been a political par-tay! But did Georgia’s youth know they were invited? Did the Republicans even ask them to RSVP? One man definitely did, although it didn’t make much difference in the end, as Newt’s roots run deep in the rural Peach State. We heard a ton about Ron Paul from young supporters in Georgia. The most eloquent defense came from the young Libertarians who spoke of the Texas congressman as if he were their own rock-star grandpa at a meeting of the College Republicans on Georgia Tech’s campus on Monday night before the vote-counting madness began. We hit Georgia Tech at the break of dawn today to check out the polling place action (or lack thereof), and the highlight had to be chatting with power pals Thaddeus and Briana before parting ways with the Yellow Jacket campus for the urban amazingness that is Georgia State University. It was like being on collegiate LSD walking into the hot mess of the GSU quad on its busy “strollin’ ” day — where stepping is a must — and it was the perfect setting to unpack how non-GOP go-getters were putting their power on display on a day reserved for Republican revelry. Kendra Kelly of the Young Democrats and Alison Fox from Students for Sensible Drug policy not only demonstrated why girls run the world, but also how withholding your vote can be just as powerful a message as giving it away. What to do next? Crash a class, of course. I barged into a fairly packed Principles of Marketing class to take an informal poll of the youth zeitgeist at GSU. I listened as students gave the real talk — Newt is “economically dumb,” Mitt’s flip-flopping ain’t that bad, all the Republicans can take a hike when it comes to women’s rights and more. Now I’m furiously typing in this cheesy lobby to the sound of “NEEEEEEEWT!” ricocheting off the marble as supporters file out of his victory party in cowboy hats and sequin dresses. “Lawdamercy!” as my grandma would say, it’s been a day and a half. I’ve seen apathy and engagement, ignorance and intelligence — and since this Republican race is gonna drag on for quite awhile, young people will have plenty more opportunities to show their power in 2012. It’s gonna be real, y’all. — Becca Frucht MTV had Super Tuesday covered, with reporters on the scene in Georgia, Ohio and Massachusetts! Stick with Power Of 12 throughout the presidential election season for more from the ground. Related Videos Super Tuesday: MTV News Is On The Ground!
