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Betty White Says ‘Yes’ To ‘Saturday Night Live’

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘I don’t know why or how, but it’s been wonderful,’ actress says of Internet campaign to get her on the show. By Kelley L. Carter Betty White Photo: Jamie McCarthy/ Getty Images Social media does work. A Facebook fan page implored NBC to hire White as a host of the show, saying that the comedic actress is universally known and admired. Apparently, the dreams of nearly half a million fans are coming true. Former Golden Girl, Betty White, confirmed to People magazine at Elton John’s Oscar viewing party Sunday (March 7), that she will in fact appear on “Saturday Night Live” in the near future. The drive for the 88-year-old actress to began shortly after her hilarious take in a Super Bowl Snickers ad, and fans joined up on a Facebook page, devoted to getting her on the NBC show. Just weeks earlier, she’d scoffed at the idea, calling it “ridiculous.” “I don’t even know where that came from,” she said then. “That just came out of left field. It’s ridiculous. I don’t think [“SNL” creator and producer] Lorne Michaels even knows about it, so we won’t worry about it. But on Sunday, when asked by the magazine, “Are you doing ‘Saturday Night Live’?” she answered, “Yes,” even if she remains perplexed by the groundswell of support. “I don’t know why or how,” she said, “but it’s been wonderful.” White didn’t say anything about the details of the “SNL” stint, not even when she might be appearing on the show. A publicist for NBC told MTV News they couldn’t confirm the news. White recently starred with newly minted Oscar winner Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy “The Proposal,” and she was recognized with a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild earlier this year.

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2010 Oscars: Red Carpet Arrivals

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood

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Paramore’s Hayley Williams Talks Josh Farro’s Wedding Plans

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘It’ll be kind of surreal and awesome to see one of my friends take that step,’ she says. By James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Anya Zadrozny Paramore Photo: Lester Cohen/ Getty Images Back in early February, Paramore guitarist Josh Farro surprised fans — and broke more than a few hearts — when he announced he was engaged and that he would be sitting out the band’s tour of the Pacific Rim to concentrate on all the things recently betrothed men tend to do in situations like this (read: meet with wedding planners, pretend to be interested in chair covers and table linens, etc.). In Farro’s absence, the band recruited guitarist Taylor York’s brother, Justin, and have pressed on with the tour. But they’re still missing their musical mate — and they sort of wish they could be back at home with him while he plans for his big day. “He’s the first person to get married out of the band, obviously, and out of a lot of our friends, so not only is it a big deal, I don’t think he wanted to leave and be trying to deal with it when he’s never had an experience with that sort of thing,” Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams told MTV Radio earlier this week. “He’s doing all the planning and all the work [involved] with it. … We’re all really psyched for him.” Paramore will return to the U.S. next week, and they’ll kick off a spring tour April 26. One would assume Farro would be back in the fold at that point (an e-mail sent to the band’s label — Atlantic/ Fueled By Ramen — for clarification was not responded to by press time), because it sounds very much like he’s going to be getting married in the time between tours. “We’re going to go home and, I think, five days after we get home from a little promo run in Europe, we’re all going to go to the wedding,” Williams said. “I’ve only had one best friend ever get married, and I was actually a bridesmaid, which is sort of bittersweet, I guess. But this should be really, really fun, because Josh has been one of my best friends since I was 12 or 13, and it’ll be kind of surreal and awesome to see one of my friends take that step. We can’t wait.” Related Artists Paramore

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Lady Gaga Says She Gave Up Drugs For Her Fans

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Pop star discusses her past, fame and fashion with the New York Times. By Joel Hanek Lady Gaga Photo: Kevork Djansezian/ Getty Images As she melds her pop music with performance pieces, Lady Gaga has managed to cultivate a sense of authority in art and fashion that goes beyond her enigmatic nebula of glamour and wigs. She did her best to maintain that authority, while also getting very personal, in an interview with the New York Times, fulfilling her new promotional duties for the M.A.C. AIDS fund and Viva Glam . “It’s hard knowing who to trust with your personal life,” Lady Gaga revealed to fashion reporter Horacio Silva in a piece that will run in this weekend’s T magazine. “When you cry in your room at night, you don’t always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.” The singer also touched on betrayal and the need to move on from elements of her past life, including drug use. “I left [my past] behind because I had to,” she said. “For many reasons, like drugs. It’s no secret that I have had problems with drugs in the past. And some places represent to me things in terms of my mental and physical health, so you learn to move on, to preserve what your mission in life is, and my greater mission is my fans.” Lady Gaga has consistently used the concept of fame as a motif in her art and music. “I believe in the glamorous life and I live one,” she said. However, the artist also expressed her distaste in “celebrities” and explained how she tries to challenge the paradigm of fame with her fans. “I think I have changed the way they look at and devour fame. It’s something that tastes a little too sweet but is not so difficult to swallow.” After discussing her “spiritual guide,” the interview highlighted another unique thing about Gaga: She refers to herself in the third person. “I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don’t live my life in the way someone like you does,” Lady Gaga explained. “I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans. And that way, I have to think about not what is best for my vagina but what is best for my fans and for me artistically.” Related Photos The Evolution Of: Lady Gaga Related Artists Lady Gaga

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‘Dancing With The Stars’ Will Help Shannen Doherty ‘Conquer A Fear’

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘I have a huge fear of live audiences,’ actress says of the panic attacks she suffers. By Eric Ditzian Shannen Doherty Photo: Jamie McCarthy/ Getty Images Incapacitating anxiety, skin rashes, stage fight: all these conditions kept former “90120” star Shannen Doherty from accepting past invitations to tap her toes on the set of “Dancing with the Stars.” Until, that is, the occurrence of a life-changing event that will have her cutting a rug to a much different tune come the new season’s premiere on March 22. “I have a huge fear of live audiences,” Doherty told People magazine . “I break out in hives, full-blown panic attacks and everything else.” The 2010 Cast Of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Then last Christmas, the 38-year-old actress’ father suffered a stroke. While watching his recovery, Doherty decided that she too could overcome her perceived limitations. “He lost his speech, he wasn’t mobile,” she explained. “He was really struggling and still is. When I mentioned this to him, he got really excited and he wanted me to do it. I thought, If my dad can fight through having a stroke and the loss of being able to communicate, I think I can do this for him. So I figured I’m going to get over my fear for him.” Helping her fight those fears will be two-time “DWTS” winner Mark Ballas , who has partnered with past champs Kristi Yamaguchi and Shawn Johnson. Doherty will certainly have to put in some serious work to compare favorably to both those Olympic gold medalists. The actress said she hasn’t been to the gym since leaving “Charmed” in 2001 and hasn’t taken a dance lesson since some tap classes as a child. “I don’t work out,” she said. “I need to get my endurance up.” “I’m going to get in great shape and everyone who I know who’s been on the show has had a great time,” she added. “It’s with hesitation and fear, but it’s going to be good to conquer a fear.” Related Photos The 2010 Cast Of ‘Dancing With The Stars’

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Keyshia Cole Has Baby Boy

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Dancing with the Stars: Meet the Season 10 Cast

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood

Jake Pavelka For Him: Momentum. Fresh off The Bachelor , he’s as talked-about as ever. Against Him: If his stiff slow-dancing to “On the Wings of Love” on The Bachelor: After the Final Rose is any indication, he has a long road ahead of him. [11 photos] Continue reading →

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Gang Starr MC Guru In Coma

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

MC suffered heart attack over the weekend. By Jayson Rodriguez Guru Photo: Virgin Gang Starr MC Guru suffered a cardiac episode over the weekend and is currently in a coma, according to multiple reports. Details were unavailable at press time about the rapper’s condition and when the incident occurred. Hot 97’s News Director Miss Info reported that Guru is currently in a New York-area hospital where he’s expected to undergo surgery. Gang Starr’s was scheduled to appear on Sirius XM’s Hip-Hop Nation satellite radio station late Sunday night to speak about Guru’s condition. At press time the status of that interview was unclear, but according to the producer’s blog, the sensitivity of the situation prevented him from speaking publicly. In the same post, Guru was described as “fighting for his life.” Comprised of Guru (born Keith Elam in Massachusetts) and Premier (born Christopher Martin in Texas), Gang Starr teamed together to help define the New York underground rap sound in the early ’90s. Premier’s production palette featured sampled jazz records and scratched vocals on the choruses, complimented Guru’s uncompromising rhymes. Although the pair would work separately as often as they did together — Guru’s Jazzmatazz series of albums and Premier’s work with Nas, Jay-Z, and underground act Group Home — Gang Starr continued to release critically acclaimed material throughout the late ’90s and early 2000s. Their 1998 album Moment of Truth was among their most critically lauded collections and Gangstarr’s biggest selling project to date. Gang Starr’s last group project, The Ownerz, was released in 2003. Guru recently re-released his 2005 solo debut as a digital download and re-christened it Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures . Guru spoke with MTV News at the time, noting the pair’s penchant for working on outside projects, but ultimately continuing to stoke the Gang Starr flames. “You went on your little vacation, but you come back home with a bunch of skills and other things to add to the table,” he said. “When we do Gang Starr it always gets more and more intense.” Related Artists Gang Starr

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Justin Bieber Meets Crying 3-Year-Old Fan For ‘Jimmy Kimmel’

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Cody rules,’ Bieber tweets about his encounter with the YouTube celeb. By Jocelyn Vena Justin Bieber Photo: Getty Images Monday (March 1) is Justin Bieber’s 16th birthday, but before he opened his own presents, he gave a huge gift to one of his youngest, but most enthusiastic, fans. Last week, 3-year-old Cody became an Internet sensation when her sister posted a video of her crying over the teen heartthrob on YouTube. In a pretaped segment for Monday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Bieber came face to face with the toddler. And in a fortunate turn of events, the encounter didn’t make Cody cry at all. Bieber posted a photo of their meeting and wrote, “Makin faces with Cody, Ciera, and @chynanny325 !! Awesome family and Cody isn’t crying..haha. Happy to surprise them.” He later tweeted about how much he loved meeting his little fan. “I met Cody. She is even cuter in person,” he wrote in response to Perez Hilton. And he wrote to Joe Jonas that the meeting occurred last Thursday. “Yep, Cody rules. Actually met her yesterday.” Cody’s older sister, Cheyenne, also wrote about the meeting on the Twitter account she started in response to Cody’s fame. “Hey guys watch us meet Justin on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Monday night…At midnight… He kissed me BTW… ahhh.” Related Videos 2010 Winter Olympics: From The Athletes’ Perspectives Related Artists Justin Bieber

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Lady Gaga Wants ‘Telephone’ Video ‘To Be Perfect’

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Gaga tweets that long-awaited video is still being edited. By Jocelyn Vena Lady Gaga Photo: Kevork Djansezian/ Getty Images The “Telephone” video is coming! The “Telephone” video is coming! Lady Gaga took to her Twitter to let her little monsters know that the much-anticipated “Telephone” video is on its way. Although no date was announced, she did say that the video, shot last month in California and directed by Jonas

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