Janet Jackson is expanding her “Number Ones: Up, Close, & Personal” world tour. She is adding new dates due to high demand from her fans and will extend the show until the Fall. The legend’s website gave the deets: “As a result of massive sellouts for performances in Asia and North America, the JANET JACKSON ‘Number Ones: Up Close & Personal Tour’ is being expanded. JANET’s largest ever world tour will now be vastly extended to even more global cities in addition to the currently scheduled performances in London, Paris and Monte Carlo. The North American leg of the tour, which is currently underway, will be continued in the fall after a scheduled spring and summer in Europe. Originally slated as a world tour of 35 cities to match the 35 number one singles from her double-disc album, NUMBER ONES, JANET will now greatly exceed her planned dates. The high demand from key venues on several continents will bring Janet around the world and back again. Several of the concerts on the initial schedule were sold-out in the first ten minutes of availability.” Janet Jackson To Make History Performing In Paris Janet Jackson Turns Film Producer, Lands Deal With Lionsgate
It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday! And how do you do that? Solo Cups! Molly hits you with the history of this iconic beverage container. What’s your favorite use for Solo Cups? Leave us a comment below! Click here for show credits. Follow us on Twitter: @rocketboom Like us on Facebook: Facebook.com/rocketboom Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Rocketboom Discovery Date : 09/04/2011 01:12 Number of articles : 2
Will Smith was spotted shooting a “Men In Black III” scene in New York yesterday (April 7). He suited up again in his trademark black-and-white tux and walked the streets of Queens, New York as fans and extras watched on. Director Of Willow Smith’s “Annie” Remake Quits! Will Smith’s Wax Figure Unveiled To Honor Black History Month [PHOTOS]
Mikhail Saakashvili, left, President of Georgia, and real estate developer Donald Trump arrive at a news conference in New York, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Trump and a Georgian development group have agreed to build a Trump Tower in Georgia. Trump indicated he is seriously considering a run for the U.S. presidency. The 64-year-old also pressed his case that President Barack Obama may have perpetrated “one of the greatest scams in the history of politics, and in history period,” by being elected
In the latest episode of “The Bitter & The Sweet,” Kandi is joined by her fellow “Real Housewives of Atlanta” castmate Phaedra Parks. The two ladies touch on a topic that hits close to home for Phaedra: dating men with criminal records. (As we all know, her now-husband spent some time in jail). Phaedra (and her attorney instincts) advised formerly-incarcerated men to get educated on how to get their history expunged, but it got us wondering. Would you ladies date a man with a criminal record? If not, would an expungement change your mind? Terri Vaughn To Kandi: “I Met My Second Husband While Divorcing My First” [VIDEO] Kandi Answers How Celebrities Cope With Bullying [VIDEO] Take A Look:
Actor also tells MTV News he was ‘amazed’ seeing Radcliffe on Broadway. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Freddie Stroma Photo: MTV News “Insanely overwhelming. Really, really strange.” That’s how “Harry Potter” star Freddie Stroma described what he was feeling as he walked the red carpet during the New York premiere of “Half-Blood Prince” in the summer of 2009. Almost two years later, not much has changed for the self-deprecating Brit, who stopped to chat with MTV News at the hectic premiere for the “Deathly Hallows, Part 1” DVD and said, above the roar of the fans, “I can’t get used to this. It’s just bizarre.” To be fair, Stroma hasn’t had as much practice as some of his co-stars, as he only joined the franchise (as the young, cocksure wizard Cormac McLaggen) for the sixth film. Yet once he signed on, the cast welcomed him into the fold. “When I first met Dan [Radcliffe], I came in and I was just doing a costume check,” Stroma said. “He introduced himself to me and said, ‘Hi, Freddie, how’s it going?’ And then two weeks later, he came up to me again and remembered my name. He meets hundreds of people every day, so that’s amazing. You feel like you’re coming into a family.” And like any good family, the cast is there to support one another in non-“Potter” matters. While he was in New York, Stroma caught a production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” the Broadway musical in which Radcliffe currently stars. “Really good!” he said of the show. “Dan can dance, sing and act — who knew? I didn’t know. I was just amazed. And it was funny. It’s a funny show. Choreography is amazing as well.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos ‘Harry Potter: Live In NYC’: Watch The Interviews!
DJ Aero and Porter Robinson tell MTV News how Project Blue Book became one of dance music’s hottest tickets. By Adam Stewart Porter Robinson, DJ Aero and Tommy Lee When we talk about Project Blue Book , we’re not talking about the alleged top-secret government program said to be covering up things like Area 51 and little green men in Roswell, New Mexico. We’re talking about the hot music collective that’s been turning heads and making waves since their tour first launched back in February. But for Skrillex, Tommy Lee, DJ Aero, and up-and-coming beat-whiz Porter Robinson, the extraterrestrial connotation is apt too. The show these guys put on is totally out of this world. “It came together because we really needed a tour name to make this all work,” DJ Aero explained to MTV News. “We were going back and forth with [Skrillex] coming up with crazy names, and then he sent us an email with the history behind [the government’s Project Blue Book], and we were like, ‘Yeah, that sounds like us!’ ” “We were going to call it Meowington’s Tour!” Aero joked, referring to their pal deadmau5’s (a.k.a Joel Zimmerman) cat. “But we couldn’t put it together legally. [Joel] just wouldn’t give up the name.” “That would also be kind of tragic in light of recent events,” Porter added, making a jab about the injury deadmau5’s now-famous cat recently sustained. All kidding aside, though, as anyone who’s heard their music or been to their shows can attest, the group’s name fits their game. The Project Blue Book Tour has become nothing short of an invasion. After a successful U.S. trek during the winter months, the guys hit this year’s Miami Music Week with some spanking-new material. “We have five different tracks we’ve been playing out, especially for this Ultra Music Week,” Aero told us last month in Miami. “There’s a track named ‘Static’ and a track named ‘LFO Tool’ that we’ve been playing out every night.” Yes, you read that correctly, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero named a track after the audio plug-in tool developed by music mastermind (and longtime deadmau5 and Tommy Lee producer) Steve Duda. “I’ve been playing out two dubstep songs, one is called ‘The State,’ which is some libertarian bitchiness from me, and the other is called ‘Spit Fire.’ They’re just very high-energy, super aggressive dubstep songs,” Porter explained. “I’m also working this weird 100-beats-per-minute banger, which is very unusual. I don’t know many songs that are 100 beats per minute,” he continued. “It’s like slightly faster drumstep, and like slightly slower Justice music. It’s unique.” The trio of Tommy Lee, Porter and Aero, joined by Skrillex (with his infectious sound and obsessive following), have morphed into the one of the “it” acts to catch in 2011. But to paraphrase the old saying, behind all great men, is a great woman. In this case it’s Sofi Toufa , who tours and performs with the gang and has been making waves with her new Moguai collaboration on “Beat of the Drum.” So what’s it like for a girl in possession of one of the hottest voices in dance music to be on tour with all the boys? “Oh, ya know, it’s a little sweaty and smelly and stuff! No, it’s awesome. It’s fun, they’re awesome dudes!” Sofi gushed to MTV News about her Project Blue Book crew. “All these guys shower, which is awesome, so I’m really really happy about that!” “I’ve gotten told on more than one occasion that I smell good from Sofi,” Aero chimed in. “So I feel pretty good about it!” “I’ve gotten that too!” Porter added with a laugh. “It’s very practical; we hired her to get us cocky before our sets!” Unfortunately for Porter, he’ll have to find another morale booster as he says goodbye to Sofi, Tommy and Aero and hits the road with Skrillex and Zedd for the month long, 25-city OWSLA Tour, kicking off June 17 in Las Vegas. Have you caught any of the Project Blue Book shows yet? Let us know what you thought in the comments below!
If you’ve watched any video that could be described as ratchet or a hot mess in the last couple of years, chances are pretty good that you saw it on WorldStarHipHop.com. The site has become synonymous with videos featuring big booties, fights, and just plain ignorance. Celebrating Black Marriage Day 2011 Vibe.com has posted a thorough article about the website and it’s founder, Lee “Q” O’Denat, and his history as a G-Unit satellite affiliate, his current beef with 50 Cent, his ties to Kat Stacks, and much more. On Kat Stacks: He has signed her to World Star as a celebrity/rapper/villain, and she isn’t earning anything behind bars. But this afternoon was a bust. After Q, a cameraman, the lawyer, Kat’s mother and Kat’s son drove out to the courthouse at the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex in Oakdale, they learned she wouldn’t be freed for a few more weeks. Q has polished off a plate of chicken tenders when Kat calls from prison. They exchange pleasantries. “Four months without d*ck?” says Q. “Your p*ssy is gonna be like your a**. Gotta make sure your first dude isn’t a dirtbag—he’s gonna love you.” On Being Asked To Take Down An Embarassing Video Q rarely misses an opportunity to squeeze a buck from his brand and beyond. One girl begged him to take down a clip in which she stripped naked while rapping along to Nicki Minaj’s verse from “Monster.” Like many humiliating moments inspired by alcohol and caught on camera, the clip ended up on WorldStarHipHop.com. She was desperate to get the footage off the Web, so she contacted Q and tearfully begged him to remove the clip. “She had been disowned, kicked out of her house,” Q remembers, sounding sympathetic. Eventually he relented and took down the video, but only after she coughed up $500. “She had to pay up!” he cackles, rubbing his thumb and forefinger together. Q’s Past Affiliation With G-Unit Among humans, Q’s best ally turned out to be lifelong friend Yves Ceac, better known as DJ Whoo Kid. (He declined to comment for this story.) When the G-Unit juggernaut began picking up steam in 2001, Q founded NYCPhatMixtapes.com as Whoo Kid’s official Web site. He was living in public housing in central Pennsylvania but selling New York’s hottest hip-hop commodities: 50 Cent Is the Future, Guess Who’s Back? and other mixtapes featuring 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. “I was just another part of the entourage,” says Q, of his relationship with G-Unit. “50 used to see me and say, ‘What’s up?’—he recognized my face—but he didn’t give a f*ck about me.” 50, who says he’s in litigation with World Star for incorporating his likeness into the original WSHH logo has been disturbed by the platform Q provided to 50’s opponents. “If there’s a dispute between me and another artist, there’s more online traffic. People trying to keep up with it. Almost like a soap opera,” says 50. “When that happens, he tries to cover the other side of it as much as possible so he can have exclusive content. Because he can’t have exclusive content with thisis50.com being in existence.” Read the whole article at Vibe.com! RELATED: Deelishis Stars In Mini-Film For WSHH RELATED: 50 Cent Releases Video Of Him Arguing With CEO Of WorldStarHipHop
Large Professor & Neek The Exotic held a listening session for Neek’s upcoming album, Still On The Hustle. Nodfactor.com caught up with the Mad Scientist to discuss his history with Neek, who is producing on the album and what his plans are for a new project in 2011. RELATED POSTS: True School Tuesday:Large Professor Is Hip-Hop’s Main Source An 18-Year-Old Nas Changes The Game In 60 Seconds
Large Professor & Neek The Exotic held a listening session for Neek’s upcoming album, Still On The Hustle. Nodfactor.com caught up with the Mad Scientist to discuss his history with Neek, who is producing on the album and what his plans are for a new project in 2011. RELATED POSTS: True School Tuesday:Large Professor Is Hip-Hop’s Main Source An 18-Year-Old Nas Changes The Game In 60 Seconds
