After a long day of screenings, we’ve got more skinternational nudity for you from Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas! Raunchy comedy ruled on days 4 and 5 of the festival, with the gleefully filthy comedies Clown: The Movie and Boys on the Run stepping up to challenge The Hangover 2 ‘s shock-value supremacy. Nothing is taboo- accidental pedophilia, unbearably awkward threesomes, even lending your cute coworker a bestiality porn DVD- in these films that show that sex jokes are truly the universal language. Get nudity reports from Clown: The Movie , Boys on the Run , and the Brazilian Western Polvora Negra after the jump!
Really, Kelly Bensimon is not upset about getting the boot from The Real Housewives of New York City . She’s just getting started , after all! But if any reality TV show producers out there are reading this and they wanna make Kelly an offer, what the heck, she’ll listen. “I get approached all the time about doing different shows and everyone always has a different angle,” Bensimon claims to E! News. “But this is the time for a bigger and better deal… Whoever gives me the greatest deal that is synonymous with my brand, that’s something I want to do.” Bensimon, of course, was let go by Bravo this month, along with Jill Zarin, Alex McCord and Cindy Barshop. They will allegedly be replaced by Carole Radziwill, Heather Thomson and Aviva Drescher . How will Kelly possibly cope with the loss of this six-figure paycheck? She pauses, takes a deep breath a says: “Tomorrow is a new day.”
Still not very long removed from her divorce, Jennifer Lopez is diving into work. She performed last weekend at the iHeart Music Radio Festival and Randy Jackson confirmed at the event that his pal is “doing [ American Idol ] auditions and rising above.” It helps when you might be dating Bradley Cooper , of course. Jennifer Lopez – On the Floor (Live) “She’s strong, she’s a trooper, she’s a great girl. She’s amazing,” Jackson told People . J. Lo performed a 25-minute set at the Las Vegas event, which included the above performance of “On the Floor.”
Singer premieres uplifting ‘A Place of My Own’ during Friday set at Las Vegas fest. By James Dinh Alicia Keys performs at the iHeartRadio festival Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Alicia Keys has been hard at work on a new album, and she was eager to offer fans something to hold them over at this weekend’s much-hyped iHeartRadio music festival in Las Vegas, which also featured sets from Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Coldplay . Click for photos from the iHeartRadio festival. “I’ve been in the studio working on some new music, and I thought tonight would be the perfect night to play something new for you,” the singer said during her Friday set. “Is it OK for me to play something brand-new? Yes, let’s do it.” The R&B songstress then delivered “A Place of My Own,” an uplifting, piano-driven tune about building up the courage to overcome struggles and find happiness. Despite some hoarse vocals, Keys did her best to perform the cut and continue on with her set list, which included hits like “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart,” “Unthinkable” and, of course, “Empire State of Mind” with special guest Jay-Z. ” ‘Cause I’m lookin’ for a place to call my own/ I’m lookin’ for a house to make a home/ I’m lookin’ for a seat upon a throne/ I’m lookin’ for a place to call my own,” the singer belted alongside her live band. Keys had earlier taken to her Twitter to share her excitement over the two-day music fest, writing , “Summer n vegas! 2nights show is gonna b insane!! Kinda wish I was n the audience! đ the @iHeartRadio Music Festival!” Earlier this summer, Keys’ husband and musical collaborator Swizz Beatz teased even more new music when he gushed to MTV News about a potential duet between Keys and British belter Adele . “I just thought that, man, this would be a great moment for both of them, because they have amazing styles and they both respect each other,” he explained. “They’re fans of each other. So let’s make this good for music.” What do you think of Alicia’s new tune? Share your reviews below. Related Photos iHeartRadio Festival Rocks Las Vegas Related Artists Alicia Keys
The woman flashing her hump in Vegas in this picture is a mother of two. And a Latina. Can you guess who it is? That would be none other than La Lopez on day two of the iHeart Radio Music Festival, doing her best to prove that she doesn’t need to retire from the music game and focus on movies, motherhood and fashion. And she did A LOT to prove it. More pics below.
‘It’s a very, very tricky part, and he was really at home with it,’ co-star Paul Giamatti tells MTV News. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Robert Pattinson Photo: FilmMagic We’ve got a load of questions about Robert Pattinson’s “Cosmopolis,” chief among them how director David Cronenberg intends to adapt a novel, penned by postmodern wizard Don DeLillo, which takes place in one day, largely within one traffic-stalled limousine. It all makes sense on the page, with so much of the action in this novel of ideas taking place in the head of Eric Packer, a young and rich asset manager who every so often hops out of his ride to sleep with women and get into violent confrontations with menacing strangers. But how all this plays out — and how strictly Cronenberg, who also penned the script, sticks to the source material — remains to be seen. If we can read into co-star Paul Giamatti’s recent comments to MTV News, it seems the film and book will retain one key similarity: It’s all about Packer. “He’s in every second of this movie,” Giamatti said of Pattinson while promoting “The Ides of March” at the Toronto International Film Festival. “The whole thing is him.” That’s a lot of pressure for a young actor who has shined in the “Twilight” films and taken on romantic dramas like “Remember Me” and “Water for Elephants,” yet has never worked with such dark, cerebral material — and a director so comfortable with such things. Nonetheless, Giamatti says Pattinson nailed the role. “He seemed absolutely great. It’s a very, very tricky part, and he was really at home with it,” he told us. “I was really impressed.” The novel intercuts, every so often, the psychotic musings of Benno Levin, the character played by Giamatti . “I get to stalk him,” the actor told us at Sundance back in January. That’s not all he does. We’ll leave it at that, lest we dive into spoiler territory. But the story gets dark. Really dark. And that’s right up Cronenberg’s alley, a director who made his name in the horror genre and has lately taken on brashly violent material like “Eastern Promises.” Cronenberg the man, however, is very different than Cronenberg the filmmaker, Giamatti assured us. “[He’s an] incredibly sane man, when you think about the movies he makes,” he said. “He’s an incredibly grounded and sweet, sane guy. It was pure pleasure. I had a great time doing it. I’m a big fan of his, so that was a very exciting thing.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Cosmopolis.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos Take A Peek Inside The Toronto International Film Festival
Black Hollywood came out in full force at the 15th annual Urbanworld Film Festival .  The opening film Brooklyn Boheme , which documents the rise of  black artistic talent during the 90′s in Fort Greene, was the brainchild of director Diane Paragas and author Nelson George , who witnessed (and was a part of) this late 20th century urban renaissance.  ”It was this amazing community that so many artists came out of, who ended up affecting the world.” Director Spike Lee, comedian Chris Rock, and actor John Boyega ( Attack The Block ) , were in attendance to show support for the film.  Boyega, who was recently cast as the lead in the the highly anticipated HBO drama “Da Brick” (loosely based on Mike Tyson’s early years), had just spent most of his day undergoing a grueling workout session, in order to prepare for his role as a boxer.  When asked about the media dubbing him the ‘British Denzel Washington’ Boyega replied “I still have a lot of growing to do before I can be a Denzel, but he’s very inspirational.” Spike Lee, who is directing the pilot episode of “Da Brick”,  immediately cast Boyega after seeing his breakout performance in Attack The Block , called him a âgreat young actor.â Chris Rock, who also co-stars in Brooklyn Boheme recalled some of his favorite memories of living in Fort Greene. âI remember a lot of artists living there like Spike, Halle Berry, Wesley Snipes Mos Def, Erykah Baduâjust an interesting time. It was kind of like living in Detroit during the Motown years.” The star wattage continued to shine brightly Friday night as director Mario Van Peebles , 50 Cent and Lynn Whitfield were on hand to promote their film âAll Things Fall Apart.â  50 hit the red carpet with his own entourage of eye candy, posing for pics with the cast. Van Peebles originally intended to play the lead role, but after meeting 50 âa bright, affable young brother,â he opted to take up directing reins for the project instead. Reality star Tami Roman pulled double duty promoting two projectsâas an actress in Noel Callowayâs Life, Love, Soul and as a producer in Jerry LaMotheâs film short, The Tombs which follows a young manâs experiences in the New York City central booking jail system. Spoken word legend Sonia Sanchez was also in attendance to promote her documentary Shake Loose Memories . At the Q&A which took place after, Sanchez gave a call of action to the youth of today, by reminding them of the sacrifices of the generation before.  ”We didn’t live our lives just so you could be pretty.” The HBO dramedy, âHow To Make It In Americaâ screened their second season premiere, followed by a Q&A with author/culture critic Toure and the cast, which included Victor Rasuk and Luiz Guzman . The film festival closed out Saturday evening with the premieres of Life, Love Soul, Kinyarwanda and Yelling To The Sky. Radio host Egypt Sherrod, who makes her acting debut in Life, Love, Soul confessed she was a bundle of nerves the first day on set. Luckily her co-star Jamie Hector calmed her down her with some very simple advice, âJust breathe.â Victoria Mahoney , director of the coming-of-age feature, Yelling To The Sky was in high spirits, as her project was recently picked up for distribution by MPI Media Group. Asked how she was able to round up some of the best and brightest young talent ( Zoe Kravitz , Gabourey Sidibe , Yolonda Ross , Shareeka Epps ) Mahoney replied âwith a lot of beggingâŠand persistence!â As for her advice to up and coming female directors, Mahoney had this to say âNever take no for an answer. If they close the door on you, go through the side window.â On Sunday, the awards luncheon was hosted by model/actress Liris Crosse and Vibe Magazine’s Datwon Thomas in downtown Tribeca.  There was a true sense of community amongst the directors, actors/actresses, and screenwriters, as past Urbanworld alumnae like Qasim B. ( Mooz-lum ) and Ava DuVernay ( I Will Follow ) mingling freely with this year’s new crop of talent.  Jamil Walker Smith, actor and director of “Make A Movie Like Spike” (featured in this year’s festival) eloquently expressed his wish for aspiring black filmmakers: “Hopefully the more personal we make our films, the more universal our stories become.” The list of winners is as follows: Best Narrative Feature MAMITAS Written and Directed by Nicholas Ozeki; Produced by Adam Renehan, Andrew Daniel Wells Honorable Mention: Make a Movie Like Spike (Written and Directed by Jamil Walker Smith) Restless City (for Cinematography â Bradford Young; Directed by Andrew Dosunmu) Best Narrative Short WAKE Written and Directed by Bree Newsome; Produced by Valerie Champagne, Bree Newsome Honorable Mention: Counterfeit (Written and Directed by Geoff Bailey) The Man in the Glass Case (Written and Directed by Maxwell Addae) Best Documentary Feature ZERO PERCENT Written and Directed by Tom Skousen; Produced by Robert Fernandez, Tom Skousen Best Documentary Short LOVE LOCKDOWN Directed by Nadia Hallgren; Produced by Jamie-James Medina Honorable Mention: Common Ground (for cinematography â Eduard Jakaj, Stephen Dwight; Directed by Hollie Fifer) Best Screenplay AFTER THE STORM Written by Cole Wiley Honorable Mention: Blackbird (Written by David Polk) The Divide (Written by Rashmi Singh) Best Teleplay WHITEHALL Written by Dawn M. Green and Aliza Pearl Kennerly Audience Award LIFE LOVE SOUL Written and Directed by Noel Calloway; Produced by Allen J. West, Benny Pough, Dedra N. Tate Honorable Mention: Brooklyn Boheme (Directed by Diane Paragas and Nelson George)
Cee Lo Green, Chiddy Bang and many others also featured at weekend’s Austin City Limits Festival. By Gil Kaufman Kanye West performs at ACL on Friday Photo: Flanigan/ Getty Images AUSTIN, Texas — It was a weekend of epic beginnings and endings at the 10th annual Austin City Limits Festival, among them: Kanye West shut the lid on the operatic My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy tour (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles//kanye-west-essence-festival-performance.jhtml), Coldplay played one of the final American festival dates in the run-up to the release next month of Mylo Xyloto and perhaps most importantly for locals, Texans danced in ecstasy as the worst drought in Lone Star history got a brief reprieve thanks to some intermittent showers. Yes, there were three days of amazing music, ranging from folk to house, blues, rock, soul and hip-hop, but along with crowd-pleasing headline sets from such legends as Stevie Wonder and rockers My Morning Jacket and festival-closers Arcade Fire , what a lot of people will remember is the blessed rain. Friday The weekend got kicked off in style on Friday with electro rapper Theophilus London , who charmed the early afternoon crowd with the rolling pop of “Why Even Try,” the hard-spitting “Last Name London” and a brand-new trunk-rattler, “Big Spender.” Most fans show up to a festival like ACL looking to rock, but fey British ambient/dubstep king James Blake made them take a chill pill, sitting at his electric piano and keyboards and crooning wordless sounds amid droney synth washes and minimal, machine beats. Just after parched, wildfire-licked Austin got its first taste of rain in as long as anyone can remember, the Smith Westerns played some mellow humidity rock, with just enough energy to make you sway and bounce so a trickle of perspiration drips down your back during tunes like “End of the Night.” Outkast’s Big Boi had no such problem, fronting a 10-piece ATL soul rap revue that got asses shaking to “Rosa Parks,” a Parliament-Funkadelic-thick “Ms. Jackson,” and the triple-time sprints of “Ghetto Musick” and “B.O.B.” A short time later, dynamic duo Nas and Damian Marley wound up their main-stage set with a dancehall-spiced take on papa Bob’s iconic “Could You Be Loved,” which spread some loving vibes as the sun finally began to set. And with a psychedelic, pulsing cityscape backdrop, DJ Pretty Lights dropped some gut-shaking deep bass samples, mixing in stoned reggae beats and looped blues wailing for a soul-soothing set of head-bobbing “dance” music you didn’t have to sweat to. Kanye didn’t disappoint either, holding down the stage during all three parts of his relationship power-play ballet. He commanded the dramatically lit stage for 90 minutes, tearing through a roster of hits including “Runaway,” “Power,” “Jesus Walks,” “Monster,” Flashing Lights” and “Good Life,” occasionally joined by a troupe of ballet dancers, but mostly stalking the boards alone. Saturday Day two dawned hazy and new wave with New York band Twin Shadow’s guitar-heavy New Romantic psychedelia. VMA performers Young the Giant got an extra dose of energy from above when the skies opened up for a brief, torrential sun storm, making the most of it by pumping out their radio-friendly, impassioned rockers “Guns Out” and “Cough Syrup” to the soaked audience’s delight. Los Angeles’ Fitz and the Tantrums kept the sweaty audience raindancing during such Motown-esque jams as “Rich Girls” and “Don’t Gotta Work It Out,” and the gut-quaking bass of wildly popular DJ Skrillex sounded like thunder across the way, as he shouted along to the party-pumping refrain of his signature tune, “My Name Is Skrillex,” while mixing in bits of Robyn and Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock. Cee Lo Green, known for his outrageous stage costumes, kept it tame, dressing down in a black Adidas track suit with red piping while his all-female band modeled skintight red jumpsuits and minidresses. He didn’t dial down the funk, though, blasting through “Bright Lights, Big City” and “Freak” as the setting sun blazed away on the main stage. He also did some gender reassignment with the Pussycat Dolls’ signature hit “Don’t Cha,” dedicated “Satisfied” to the victims of the recent Texas wildfires and played a slow, beat- and turntable-heavy version of the Gnarls Barkley hit “Crazy.” Elastic talkbox freak funkers Chromeo dedicated “I Am Somebody” to their recently passed collaborator, DJ Mehdi . And with a large portion of the sold-out crowd down at the other end for a rare festival set from soul icon Wonder, My Morning Jacket cranked their energy up a notch, blasting off with the slowly building “Victory Dance,” then segueing into the fierce reggae rock jam “Off the Record” and the majestic interstellar overdrive anthem “Gideon.” As usual, lead singer Jim James was in fine falsetto wailing voice, working the whole stage as he shook his mound of neon-lit curly hair. The fierce Southern gospel rock set included such favorites as “Wordless Chorus” and ended with a three-song mini-set featuring former tourmates New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band. One of the givens at ACL is that you will get a chance to see a legend (or two), and this year’s Hall of Famer was Wonder, who soothed an exhausted crowd’s mind with a velvety lounge take on “Ribbon in the Sky” and a slow-dance grand piano stroll through “Overjoyed.” Then he picked it up like nobody can, pivoting into the sing-along “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” and the rubbery disco groove of “Sir Duke,” his keening vocals seemingly unchanged after half a century. They boogied hard to “Do I Do” and “My Cherie Amour” and lost their minds when he busted out the harmonica during “For Once in My Life.” Sunday Graffiti6 had the unenviable task of opening the final day, trying to draw a crowd with their Maroon 5-meets-Crosby, Stills and Nash blue-eyed acoustic pop soul, while downtown punkers-turned-rancheros Mariachi El Bronx cooked up some authentic really down South jams on tunes like “Cellmates.” But with their embroidered black suits, they won the race for the weekend’s most weather-unfriendly stage wear. Festival vets the Airborne Toxic Event pumped out muscular arena rock, including fiddle-assisted covers of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire” and the Bobby Fuller Four’s “I Fought the Law.” Philly’s Chiddy Bang proved their freestyle skills once again, as rapper Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege took requests from the audience and strung together verses about Texas, “Saved by the Bell” and, shockingly, weed. Canadian collective Broken Social Scene just had to play their syncopated rocker “Texico Bitches,” but the weekend’s most intense visual spectacle was courtesy of Australia’s Empire of the Sun. Lead singer Luke Temple emerged in a blue glittery tunic and towering feathered headdress, along with four dancers in pink catsuits and frilled masks accented by oversize light-up cardboard guitars. Pounding new-wave dance rock tunes like “Standing on the Shore” amid multiple increasingly outrageous costume changes, the set felt like the sexy psychedelic space musical Duran Duran never mounted. Like a lot of bands, Canada’s Arcade Fire said Austin is their second home, and they were welcomed to the festival’s closing spot like favorite sons and daughters by a massive crowd that seemed to spread to the horizon. Their cinematic tour through the stations of teenage rebellion — complete with movie theater marquee showing black-and-white flicks — included stops at such ravers as “Ready to Start,” “No Cars Go,” the widescreen shout-along rouser “Wake Up!” and the live rarity, “Speaking in Tongues.” They were not going to send them home gently into that good night, though, instead charging through “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” as a goodbye memento worth keeping more than that wicked farmer’s tan and nasty heat headache. Beginnings, endings and one hell of a middle, ACL had plenty of all three. Related Artists Kanye West Arcade Fire
Kanye West hit the stage last night for the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas. Word is Yeezy had a sore throat but that didn’t stop him from putting on for the city. Santigold and Theophilus London were able to get it in as well as Nas who got the crowd going by bringing Damien Marley on his set. Check out the photos below:
