What does the cast of Glee want for Christmas? The answer is made as clear as can be in the following performance video, courtesy of next week’s ” Extraordinary Merry Christmas .” The answer? YOU! Watch Mercedes and company in action now: Glee Cast – All I Want for Christmas As always, this track and all others covered on Tuesday will be available to download via our Glee music section. Those other… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Donkey Dish Discovery Date : 09/12/2011 13:23 Number of articles : 2
‘I generally get behind everything Ron does, no matter how extreme,’ Nick Offerman tells MTV News of his ‘Parks and Recreation’ antihero. By Josh Wigler Nick Offerman in “Parks and Recreation” Photo: NBC If ever there were a man deserving of all the eggs and bacon you have, it’s Ron Swanson. The Parks Department director of Pawnee, Indiana, is perhaps the manliest man on television, complete with what is indisputably the manliest mustache on TV today. There’s something else you should know about Mr. Swanson too: He’s the best television character of 2011! Swanson won the highest honor in our Top 50 TV Characters of 2011 countdown over the likes of cancer-stricken chemistry teacher-turned-murderous meth cook Walter White of “Breaking Bad” and our very own “Jersey Shore” favorite Snooki. All three could have easily earned that top prize, but in the end, there’s just no resisting the raw, hilarious awesome that is Ron Swanson. But Ron would be nothing without Nick Offerman, the actor, comedian and professional woodworker who has played the staunch anti-government government employee for four seasons of “Parks and Recreation.” Offerman spoke with MTV News about his status as 2011’s top television character, why Ron is such an appealing figure, his battle with the terrible Tammys and much, much more. MTV : Congratulations! Ron Swanson is our #1 pick for the best TV character of the year. It goes without saying that we’re all very big fans over here! Nick Offerman : Well, thank you. I’m over the moon. I’m so flattered. It’s crazy! MTV : When did it dawn on you that Ron was such a big hit? We’ve seen countless Internet memes about him, and he’s always the topic of conversation after a “Parks and Rec” episode airs. When did it hit you that Ron had really arrived? Offerman : It sort of came out of the blue around the holidays two years ago. It was the fall of our season two. My wife [Megan Mullally, who plays Tammy Two] and I don’t really cotton to the Internet too much, so people started saying to me, “You’re getting a lot of attention on the Internet. You might want to think about getting a publicist. I think you might have something here.” I said, “OK, that sounds like hogwash to me, but I’ll go along with it.” And I haven’t looked back. It’s been incredibly gratifying and astonishing. See our Top 50 TV Characters of 2011, 50 to 41, including a masked bachelor and dashing novelist/crime-fighter. MTV : You spend so much time playing this character, four seasons deep now. For you, what’s the appeal of Ron? What is it about this character that you love playing so much? Offerman : Well, I guess I spent so many years of my career utilizing a sense of humor that we see in Ron and being rejected for it. For so many years, people have been telling me to talk faster. “Try not to be so scary.” [ Laughs. ] To finally find writers that have such simpatico with me and my sense of humor has got to be my favorite thing about Ron. They write me a scene where the most important thing I can do is remain silent and immobile, and that’s the hilarious part. [ Laughs. ] It kind of feels like coming home after all these years. MTV : It’s been a big year for the character. Right out the gate in season four, we got to meet the other two Tammys in Ron’s life, Tammy One and Tammy Zero. What was it like finally getting to interact with all these legendary women in Ron’s life? Offerman : For me the actor, it’s such an embarrassment of riches to do an episode with Megan, Patricia Clarkson and Paula Pell. It’s like being told that you’re going to play in the World Series with the most incredible all-star team assembled as your teammates. I was really traumatized by the effects all these women had on Ron. His face was denuded of his mustache, much like Samson having his locks snipped off by Delilah, as well as his family jewels. It really felt like I was being simultaneously raped and fed a delicious meal. [ Laughs. ] See our Top 50 TV Characters of 2011, 40 to 31, including a “hootie hoo!”-hollering chef and funnyman talk-show host. MTV : Do you think we’ve seen the last of the Tammys? As in, are there any other Tammys lurking about out there in Ron’s life? Offerman : I can’t imagine. I think the power of this triumvirate is so all-encompassing. I think we have more than enough fuel for many more seasons with the Tammys we’ve established. MTV : You brought up something that I was going to touch on: Ron losing his mustache really was a Samson moment. Could Ron ever truly be Ron Swanson without that mustache, or is it critical to who he is? Offerman : I think if, God forbid, Ron was in some sort of disfiguring accident that disallowed him to grow whiskers anymore, I don’t think he could bounce back. I think Ron is an accessory to the mustache, or the mustache is an accessory to Ron. My friend is this genius artist named Pat Roberts, and he has a painting of a wimpy-looking sheriff with a sheriff’s badge on, and there’s a balloon with this mean look on its face, hanging next to the sheriff. It says: “For obvious reasons, Staticky Pete wore the badge, but everyone knew the balloon was the sheriff.” I think everyone knows that the mustache carries the thunder for Ron. Check out our Top 50 TV Characters of 2011, 30-21, including a depressed meth cook and a football coach with a heart of gold. MTV : One of the reasons we love Ron so much is that he gets away with things that we only wish we could get away with in our life. For example, when he discovers how much personal information can be learned about him through Google — that you can see a satellite image of his property — his response is to throw his computer in the trash. I can certainly relate to that. Do you relate to Ron’s view of the world? Offerman : Absolutely. I’m very much a Luddite by choice. I grew up on a farm out in the middle of a cornfield. You’d go for days without being reached by people. Now, in the information age, you have everyone at your beck and call — or, more to the point, to be at the beck and call of the world — on a device in your pocket, and it’s incredibly distasteful. I often fantasize about throwing the whole thing in the ocean. Unfortunately, I’m in a business where my agent tells me I have a meeting with Patricia Roberts next week. MTV : You’re hooked in, sir. There’s very little you can do. Offerman : There is, but look, what my wife and I do is eschew as much as we can. We don’t do Twitter, we don’t do Facebook. It’s all we can do to answer our e-mails; that already takes up too much time, so we don’t do much [Web] surfing. MTV : On the flipside, is there anything about Ron that you can’t relate to? Are there things he does that you just can’t see yourself pulling off in your life? Offerman : In principle, no. I generally get behind everything Ron does, no matter how extreme. But when Ron exhibits superhuman abilities, that’s when it crosses the line. We shot an episode recently where I have to jam an entire hamburger into my mouth. We did a take and it was obviously really hard — bun and all, I had to shove the whole thing into my mouth! We did a take, and the director said to the prop lady, “Was that the small, medium or large burger?” It was the small. “Can we get another one?” And I go, “Hey! I understand that Ron could get the whole slab of a cow in his mouth and pull out a bone like Fred Flintstone, but I’m an actor in the physical world!” [ Laughs. ] There’s only so much grub I can cram into my mouth! Check out our Top 50 TV Characters, 20-11, featuring a sword-wielding 9-year-old and a Trouble Tones teen. People will also ask me … there’s this one episode where Ron makes an Irish harp in one night after drinking an enormous amount of whiskey. People will say to me — and this is the power of TV — did you really do that? [ Laughs. ] No! No one can really do that! That’s ridiculous! It’s a hilarious comedy! Even my brother who works in my shop with me, there’s one episode where I’m carving a chunk of wood, and in the next scene there’s a big, wooden swan that I’ve ostensibly carved in about 40 minutes. And my brother said, “Did you really carve that?” [ Laughs. ] He’s familiar with my work! He’s familiar with my method! It would take me a day and a half if I hustled. For shame! MTV : “Parks and Rec” is one of the funniest shows on TV. I think a lot of that owes to the fact that, obviously, the writing is incredible, but the cast is so strong. These characters play off each other so well. What’s that dynamic like on set, four seasons into the game? Offerman : It’s so fun. We never stop talking about how lucky we are that we get to do this for pay. We’re shooting an episode this week where the whole cast is in a recording studio recording a song for Andy Dwyer. That situation is so goddamn enjoyable, and everybody gets to add their flavor to this incredibly steamy goulash that we’re serving. It’s so fun to look around and watch one person after another hit a home run. Don’t miss our Top 10 Characters of 2011, including a “Jersey Shore” guidette and a real daughter of New Jersey. MTV : Final question for you: We know what Ron’s capacity is … but what is the most bacon and eggs you’ve ever eaten? Offerman : Gosh … I’d have to go back to my youth when my dad and I would have bacon and eggs every morning. I’d say five eggs, and I take those over medium, and close to a pound of bacon. MTV : Wow. Offerman : I can pack it away, but my capacity pales in comparison to Mr. Swanson. Only Ron Swanson could stomach all of the eggs and bacon you have. MTV will reveal the best artists, songs and movies of the year. Come to MTV News each day to see more big reveals and check out more of MTV’s Best of 2011 music, TV, movies and news coverage.
This has been quite a year for Pitbull, with his solo work and collaborations with Ne-Yo, J. Lo and others burning up all conceivable music charts and airwaves. Next year, it looks like he’s breaking into acting with a high-profile guest spot. TV Fanatic reports that Pit is in talks to appear on Glee as Santana’s brother. Santana came out of the closet to her parents this season, off screen, but her only family member that we actually met was her grandma, who threw her out. No word on whether she and Pitbull’s as-yet-unnamed sibling are close. In other casting news, Glee is reportedly casting Rachel’s gay dads, while Ricky Martin is coming on board as a Spanish teacher in early 2012, and Gloria Estefan is very close to signing on as Santana’s aforementioned mother. So much for the producers’ promise of less stunt casting in Season 3 …
First, George Lucas loaned Yoda to a Japanese instant noodle company in need of a marketing face (and wisdom applicable to ramen). And now, in an even bigger burn to U.S. Star Wars fans, the franchise creator has shipped Chewbacca to the set of Glee for a one-episode arc. What is this world coming to?
If you weren’t already jealous of Brad Pitt and his free (presumably) lifetime pass to Angelina Jolie naked, then you’re about to be. In a new interview with 60 Minutes about her directorial debut, The Land of Blood and Honey , the reporter asked Angie about her days as the ’90’s most skinfamous blood-drinking, model-banging, brother-kissing wild child: “I went through heavy darker times and I survived them. I didn’t die young, so I’m very lucky. There are other artists and people who didn’t survive certain things,” she said, alluding to something a notch above knife play (she once gleefully told reporters that she and Billy Bob Thornton kept a knife in their bedroom for vampiric kicks). Angelina declined to elaborate on what exactly put her life in danger back in the day, but she did say that the tiger hasn’t totally been tamed: “You think of those too many times where you came close to too many dangerous things, too many chances taken too far,” she mused. “I’m still a bad girl. I still have that side of me…It’s just in its place now…it belongs to Brad. Or…our adventures.” We probably shouldn’t be surprised- Angelina was dolled up in a dominatrix outfit when she bagged Brad on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), after all. Skintroduce your one-eyed monster to your green-eyed monster with Angelina Jolie nude, right here at MrSkin.com!
We take a look back at how this Kristen Stewart/ Charlize Theron fractured fairy tale came to be. By Kevin P. Sullivan Kristen Stewart in “Snow White and the Huntsman” Photo: Universal Pictures After what has seemed like a very long wait, we finally have the first trailer for “Snow White and the Huntsman.” The trailer’s insane visuals won over movie fans when it premiered Thursday, and anticipation for the June 1 release is higher than ever before. But it’s important to remember how we got to this point. “Snow White and the Huntsman” traveled a long road filled with casting rumors, on-set injuries and rival productions, and as we celebrate the release of the trailer, let’s take a look back at everything that’s happened up until this point: Casting Calls For a long time, “Snow White and the Huntsman” was centered on the casting of Charlize Theron as Ravenna and Viggo Mortensen as the Huntsman, but even before then, talk had involved Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie . Negotiations to get Mortensen into the picture eventually broke down. Kristen Stewart joined the equation soon afterward . Eventually, Chris Hemsworth got the nod, giving us the cast we see today . Rival Projects You’ve most likely heard by now, but we are in the midst of a full-out Snow White war. Two productions based on the classic fairy tale are slated to hit theaters next year, within three months of each other, nonetheless. Though the recently titled “Mirror, Mirror,” starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts , will be aimed at a much younger audience, according to director Tarsem Singh, such closely related projects are bound to draw comparisons. Earlier in development, the struggle came down to which movie would make it out of the gate first, the win ultimately going to “Mirror, Mirror,” which hits in March. We’ll just have to see which Snow White is the fairest of them all. The Injury A single tweet from “SWATH” co-star Max Manganello set off a wave of panic among Kristen Stewart fans . “It’s a wrap for today. Kristen has hurt herself … nothing scary. We shoot on Friday,” the tweet read, but that was enough to set the Internet abuzz with rumors about the injury. In the end, it came out that Stewart had torn a ligament during a fight scene with the dwarves. Luckily, Stewart recovered, and filming wrapped without incident. Check out everything we’ve got on “Snow White and the Huntsman.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos Experts Break Down ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’
‘The cast is amazing, and I’m just honored to be a part of it,’ JoBro tells MTV News. By Jocelyn Vena Nick Jonas Photo: MTV News At 19, Nick Jonas is a musical-theater vet, having already starred in “Hairspray,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Les Mis
Post-Conrad Murray trial projects include Fan Fest in Las Vegas, Bad reissue and Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Immortal’ soundtrack. By Gil Kaufman Michael Jackson Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Michael Jackson has remained just as big a star in death as he was in life — if not bigger. Like Elvis, Bob Marley, Frank Sinatra and Tupac Shakur before him, interest in all things Jackson spiked following the singer’s death and continues to be strong two years after his shocking passing on June 25, 2009. Jackson’s name has been in the news on a daily basis over the past month thanks to the involuntary manslaughter trial of his former physician, Dr. Conrad Murray , who was found guilty , the jury announced Monday. It’s not the kind of publicity the Jackson estate is looking for, but with the trial now over, the focus will likely turn to the next projects from the singer’s vaults. To date, the estate has been busy lining up one project after another, beginning with 2009’s This Is It, the documentary on Jackson’s planned comeback tour that grossed close to $200 million worldwide on its way to becoming the #2 music documentary of all time. That was followed by the release of Michael , a posthumous album with unreleased Jackson tracks that sold more than 500,000 copies, alongside more than 1 million units of the This Is It soundtrack . There were also 3 million units shifted of the Ubisoft video game “Michael Jackson: The Experience,” which helped rack up the more than $1 billion the estate has brought in since Jackson’s death through a combination of music sales, film/TV revenue, music publishing, licensing and a $31 million recording contract with Sony. Cirque du Soleil’s traveling MJ extravaganza, “Immortal,” made its American debut this month, boasting a soundtrack that features a number of mash-ups and reimaginings of the singer’s music, plus some previously unheard bits. The show’s soundtrack is slated to hit stores November 21. When the show hits Las Vegas in December, it will coincide with the annual Michael Jackson Fan Fest (December 3-14), the ritual gathering of the flock that this year will include a raft of never-before-seen memorabilia from the King of Pop. Among the items at the first-ever estate-authorized fest at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino are the actual gates of Neverland Ranch, Jackson’s personal book collection, the 1999 Rolls Royce Seraph limousine with 24-karat gold embellishments designed by the singer, the 10-foot-tall HIStory statue, the spaceship set from the “Scream” video, the throne from the Egyptian-themed “Remember the Time” clip and the tank from the “Earth Song” live performance. Also reportedly due soon is a repackaging of Jackson’s 1987 Bad album, which, like previous reissues, is expected to feature previously unearthed bonus material. The original album featured landmark songs such as the title track, “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Man in the Mirror,” “Smooth Criminal” and “Dirty Diana.” Given the amount of unreleased material that was reportedly left in the vaults at Jackson’s death, there is a strong possibility that another album of unheard tunes could be in the offing soon as well. Are you excited to hear more unreleased tracks from the King of Pop? Tell us below! Related Videos Michael Jackson’s Former Doctor Found Guilty Related Photos Michael Jackson: A Life In Photos
‘Potter’ up for nine awards, Perry has seven nominations. By Gil Kaufman Katy Perry in her “Last Friday Night” video Photo: Capitol Records Katy Perry and ” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ” were the top nominees on Tuesday for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards. Harry and the crew racked up a total of nine nominations for the 38th annual event, which will take place on January 11 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Other big names on the initial list of nominees include LMFAO, Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, Adele and Beyonce. “Potter” was the headline, though, with nine nods, including Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie, Favorite Actor (Daniel Radcliffe), Favorite Movie Star Under 25 (Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Emma Watson), Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast and Favorite Book Adaptation. Perry was just behind with seven nods, including Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Song of the Year (“E.T.”), Favorite Pop Artist, Favorite Animated Movie Voice (“The Smurfs”) and Favorite Music Video for “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).” The high school musical hit “Glee” also had seven nominations for Favorite Network TV Comedy, Favorite TV Guest Star (Gwyneth Paltrow and Kristin Chenoweth) and love for stars Chris Colfer, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Jane Lynch. Voting for the awards ends on December 6. Kaley Cuoco will be the host for the show. Other Favorite Movie nominees include “Bridesmaids,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” while Ryan Reynolds, Robert Pattinson, Johnny Depp and Hugh Jackman will vie with Radcliffe for Favorite Movie Actor. It will be Anne Hathaway, Emma Stone and Jennifer Aniston up against Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon for Favorite Movie Actress, while “Thor,” “Fast Five,” “Transformers” and “X-Men: First Class” will face “Hallows” for the Favorite Action Movie title. In the music categories, the Favorite Male Artist race includes Eminem, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Enrique Iglesias and Blake Shelton, while Perry will be fighting Adele, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift for Favorite Female Artist. The Song of the Year race includes Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory,” Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” and Perry’s “E.T.” Album of the Year includes discs from Adele, Beyonce, Gaga, Britney Spears and Lady Antebellum, while Favorite Hip Hop Artist is a battle between Eminem, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull and B.o.B. Related Artists Katy Perry Beyonc
Every day there are events that I am not invited to…I’m talking around the globe, events I am left out of, because either people don’t know me, or don’t want me, or forget to include me….From birthday parties, to club nights, to even meetings at the bowling alleys…..and the neglect or rejection reminds me of high school and would hurt me if I actually cared to go…I don’t need your stupid parties…especially not celebrity events…cuz free drink and free food with famous twats hasn’t got shit on couch sitting……and here are some pics of the sluts at the Glamour Gala event I wasn’t invited to… Beverly Johnson and her See Through Shirt…..she’s the first black model to ever be on the cover of American Vogue back in 1974, a 60 year old revolutionary showing off her nipples works for me… Alba in what I thought was some latex fetish suit – you know like a little catholic or AMISH or Mormon orhan you can wipe the cum off role play suit – but turned out to be some sequined shit you’d expect to see on a Golden Girl in 89….proving yet again that starting a family makes a bitch really suck…. J.Lo and her Leg trying to be sexy, forgetting she never was sexy…. That dude from Glee How about some Blondie Deborah Harry turned Whitie……for no reason than to post a bad joke… Chelsea Handler in Some Cat Suit…that hugged her vagina and tits like the whore that she is…..or that she was to get to where she is.
