Artists will take the reins from Lady Gaga for the line starting in February 2012. By Jocelyn Vena Nicki Minaj at a MAC Viva Glam in-store event in November Photo: Jamie McCarthy Lady Gaga will be giving up her spot as the leading lady of the MAC Viva Glam campaign . After working with the company for the last two years (in 2010 with Cyndi Lauper and in 2011 on her own), Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin have been confirmed as the new faces for the makeup line that raises money for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Martin and Minaj’s campaign will launch in February 2012, and they are currently hard at work on the photo spreads for it. The stars are shooting with famed celebrity photographer David LaChappelle for the ads in Miami on Monday, a rep for the cosmetics brand confirmed to MTV News. “Viva Glam Photo Shoot. Ur gonna GAG!!!!!” Minaj wrote on Twitter . “Can’t wait for my barbz & ken barbz to wear this new shade of lipstick! Wait til u see it! Sickening!!!! #VivaGlam2012.” Martin and Minaj join an ever-growing list of A-list celebrities who have helped raise money for the MAC AIDS Fund through the sale of lipstick. Fergie, Christina Aguilera, Eve, Mary J. Blige and Lil Kim have all helped sell the lipstick line, which MAC started in 1994, donating every dollar of its sales to help men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS. “When MAC originally started, it was truly a place for all the misfits of the world, where they could feel comfortable and know that they wouldn’t be criticized,” James Gager, SVP and creative director of MAC, said earlier this year of the company. “We’ve always been all about welcoming everyone into our universe.” Related Artists Nicki Minaj Ricky Martin
Wearing blush for Black women can be a daunting task, considering that almost any wrong swipe can make our makeup look clown-like, or just plain unnatural. But there’s a time, place, and way to wear blush correctly. Just read the tips below from Allure . 1. FIND THE RIGHT FORMULA For normal to dry skin: Try a cream blush. It blends in more easily than other formulations and generally looks a little more natural. It’s almost like an added layer of moisture. For normal to oily skin: Go with a powder formula. It will last longer than a cream blush, which can migrate and fade. For oily skin: A gel (which can be hard to blend on drier skin) stays put. How To Get Rid Of Black Heads & White Heads 2. LEARN PROPER PLACEMENT For the most natural look, begin your blush application at the top of the apple of your cheek. The idea is to deposit most of the pigment where rosiness would first appear naturally, if you were simply flushing. If you can’t see where that spot is, smile to push the apples up. Then, placing the color on the part that lies directly below your pupil, blend outward, toward the ear. Will You Be Buying Supermodel Jessica White’s Cosmetics Line? [VIDEO] 3. FLATTER YOUR FACE SHAPE To thin a round face: Start your blush at the apples, then brush it along the cheekbones all the way up to the temples. To fill out a thin face: Using circular motions, apply your blush to the center of your cheeks and blend it along the cheekbones and straight back to your ears. On a narrow face, use a bright pink blush with highlighter on the apples. To shorten a long face: Dust your blush from the apples up toward the temples, then a little across each eyelid and on the chin. Having the same shade on your eyes, cheeks, and chin will make your face look shorter. To soften a square face: Apply a soft shade of blush on the apples and down into the hollows of your cheeks. Then lightly skim your brush over your temples to very subtly contour. To create higher cheekbones: Choose a contouring powder or a matte bronzer a shade or two darker than your skin. Starting at the outer cheekbones, lightly sweep it over them. A dot of highlighter on the tops of the cheekbones creates a lifted effect. Top 4 Newest Frizz-Fighting Hair Products 4. PICK A FINISH First, think of the lighting: Certain lights reflect more than others—fluorescent especially—so skip anything too sparkly at the office. Then consider your skin: Blushes with shimmer bring sallow skin back to life, while matte blushes are ideal for oily skin, eliminating shine and staying put longer. Sheer blushes, which tend to be creams or gels, look best on very dark or very pale complexions, since they allow the skin to show through. GET THE REST HERE!
“People always want to put in low-lights to make [my hair] look more natural. I am always, like, addicted to bleach.” For makeup, the blogger turned to Karen Dupiche, who works for Sherri Shepherd, too. “I met her at The View, and I just loved the makeup that she did,” Meghan McCain shared. Blake Lively‘s red hair may have been the talk of the TIME 100 Gala Tuesday night, but another star hit the carpet with a new hue, too: a noticeably blonder Meghan McCain. “Blonder is always better, fo
“I#39;ve heard I#39;ve been called a bad boy, or difficult,” the actor Alex Pettyfer, 21, says in a profanity-laced interview with VMAN magazine. “Maybe that#39;s because I don#39;t take any bulls—.” Alex Pettyfer isn#39;t making any excuses for his rebellious image in Hollywood. If anything, he#39;s embracing it. The Beastly star, who used to date Glee#39;s Dianna Agron, calls Los Angeles a “s— hole,” and uses a misogynistic expletive to describe the females who inhabit the city. “I wish
‘One-hundred years later, people gonna thank me, because people are going to be free,’ the Based God tells MTV News. By Rob Markman Lil B Photo: Isaac Brekken/ Getty Images In his steady rise to rap notoriety, Lil B has relied heavily on his viral fanbase. His multiple MySpace pages, Facebook “likes” and army of Twitter followers have helped propel his music and message. But ever since Lil B announced at Coachella last week that the title of his next album will be I’m Gay, some fans have turned on the Based God. A few have even sent digital death threats. “People been hitting me up like, ‘I’m gonna bash your head in,’ ‘you f—-t,’ ‘I’m gonna kill you,’ ” Lil B told MTV News on Thursday (April 21), as he drove to a show at the Mezzanine in San Francisco. With upcoming shows lined up in Chicago, Detroit and at the Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey in the next few weeks, Lil B showed no signs of fear and said he’d proceed with his scheduled dates. “I’m not gonna stop and I’m not scared of anybody on earth,” he said of the Twitter backlash. “That’s why I [titled the album I’m Gay ] and nobody gonna stop me.” B insisted he’s not a homosexual, but that he is gay, i.e., extremely happy, flipping the word and focusing on its other definition. “I’m very gay, but I love women. I’m not attracted to men in any way. I’ve never been attracted to a man in my life. But yes I am gay, I’m so happy,” he said. “I’m a gay, heterosexual male.” A spokesman for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) told XXLMag.com that they hope Lil B’s album title is “not a gimmick, and is really a sincere attempt to be an ally.” B stressed to MTV News that he is in fact a supporter. “I got major love for the gay and lesbian community, and I just want to push less separation and that’s why I’m doing it,” the Based God said. “I hope GLAAD sees that I’m taking initial steps to break barriers.” When we asked about the makeup of his fanbase, B said hadn’t noticed whether there was any significant portion of his following that identifies as gay, but that some have already had a negative reaction to his title selection. “A lot of my supporters have turned on me. It’s been a few supporters that’s saying, ‘I’m not gonna rock with you anymore,’ ” the controversial MC revealed. “That’s fine, because you know what? They didn’t love me for real anyway.” Although the rapper has yet to begin recording the album, he expects to have it ready and available on iTunes in the next month or two. Lil B also believes that even though he’s facing resistance now, in the future he’ll be hailed as a hero. “One-hundred years later, people gonna thank me, because people are going to be free. And that’s the main thing. Even if it’s 1 percent of the people that listen to me and are gonna be free, that’s better than none,” he said. “That’s better than not speaking up at all … and I spoke up and I did it.” What do you think of Lil B’s decision to call his album I’m Gay ? Share your thoughts in the comments below! Related Artists Lil B
‘One-hundred years later, people gonna thank me, because people are going to be free,’ the Based God tells MTV News. By Rob Markman Lil B Photo: Isaac Brekken/ Getty Images In his steady rise to rap notoriety, Lil B has relied heavily on his viral fanbase. His multiple MySpace pages, Facebook “likes” and army of Twitter followers have helped propel his music and message. But ever since Lil B announced at Coachella last week that the title of his next album will be I’m Gay, some fans have turned on the Based God. A few have even sent digital death threats. “People been hitting me up like, ‘I’m gonna bash your head in,’ ‘you f—-t,’ ‘I’m gonna kill you,’ ” Lil B told MTV News on Thursday (April 21), as he drove to a show at the Mezzanine in San Francisco. With upcoming shows lined up in Chicago, Detroit and at the Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey in the next few weeks, Lil B showed no signs of fear and said he’d proceed with his scheduled dates. “I’m not gonna stop and I’m not scared of anybody on earth,” he said of the Twitter backlash. “That’s why I [titled the album I’m Gay ] and nobody gonna stop me.” B insisted he’s not a homosexual, but that he is gay, i.e., extremely happy, flipping the word and focusing on its other definition. “I’m very gay, but I love women. I’m not attracted to men in any way. I’ve never been attracted to a man in my life. But yes I am gay, I’m so happy,” he said. “I’m a gay, heterosexual male.” A spokesman for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) told XXLMag.com that they hope Lil B’s album title is “not a gimmick, and is really a sincere attempt to be an ally.” B stressed to MTV News that he is in fact a supporter. “I got major love for the gay and lesbian community, and I just want to push less separation and that’s why I’m doing it,” the Based God said. “I hope GLAAD sees that I’m taking initial steps to break barriers.” When we asked about the makeup of his fanbase, B said hadn’t noticed whether there was any significant portion of his following that identifies as gay, but that some have already had a negative reaction to his title selection. “A lot of my supporters have turned on me. It’s been a few supporters that’s saying, ‘I’m not gonna rock with you anymore,’ ” the controversial MC revealed. “That’s fine, because you know what? They didn’t love me for real anyway.” Although the rapper has yet to begin recording the album, he expects to have it ready and available on iTunes in the next month or two. Lil B also believes that even though he’s facing resistance now, in the future he’ll be hailed as a hero. “One-hundred years later, people gonna thank me, because people are going to be free. And that’s the main thing. Even if it’s 1 percent of the people that listen to me and are gonna be free, that’s better than none,” he said. “That’s better than not speaking up at all … and I spoke up and I did it.” What do you think of Lil B’s decision to call his album I’m Gay ? Share your thoughts in the comments below! Related Artists Lil B
MTV News spoke with filmmaker Zack Snyder and the cast about the making of the fantastical battle movie. By Kara Warner Abbie Cornish in “Sucker Punch” Photo: Warner Bros. At long last, Zack Snyder’s mysterious, “Alice in Wonderland With Machine Guns” film “Sucker Punch” has arrived in theaters. MTV News has been on the case since its humble beginnings, bringing you all the news, videos, scoops and interviews … in a nutshell, everything you need to know . To celebrate the film’s opening day, we present a few more fun facts about the film that we learned directly from the film’s director/writer Zack Snyder and the cast. 1. Snyder’s original plan for the movie was to build it around a big musical number. “I had this idea that it’d be cool if we used the musical number for the spine of the movie or the spine of the action sequence,” Snyder told MTV News during the film’s press day. “And then getting in and out of it would be like, the music would start and that would draw us in. That would be the sort of mechanism for the fantasy to begin, and when the music ended, that would be the mechanism for it ending. And that was sort of how it started.” 2. Inspiration for the look of the film came from the adult fantasy magazine Heavy Metal . “I still read it, actually,” Snyder said. “It’s got little short stories in it and they’re illustrated. And so it’s like a comic strip that has more sex and violence than you would get from a normal comic book,” Snyder said, adding that he started reading the magazine in his youth. “I think it influenced this movie in a pretty big way.” 3. For the high-action “train sequence,” Snyder used hundreds of shots to look like one, which took seven days to shoot. “[The train sequence] is a sequence that’s broken up into maybe 120 shots that look like one shot,” Snyder explained. “So you just kind of have to know where the cameras are going and knowing where it came from, and put these little camera moves in and all these shifts that have to happen. … You shoot one angle and then you shoot the other angle and then it’s going to be stitched with the CG section. So you have to know what you’re capable of,” he said. “How far you can push the CG stitch so it doesn’t break the shot. There’s a whole bunch of things like that.” 4. Everyone in the cast is wearing a ton of makeup. Even for Oscar Isaac, who plays creepy institution overlord Blue Jones and has the privilege of being one of the only men in the cast, the makeup process was extensive. “I remember they would spray-tan me and then put an extra coat of shine on it,” he recalled. “Then blush and then tons of eyeliner. My hair was basically glued tight to my head.” But compared to what the ladies endured, Isaac’s process wasn’t that bad. Carla Gugino told us the filmmakers wanted the makeup to make a statement, and that she spent at least two hours in the makeup chair every morning. “We definitely had so much fun,” Gugino said. “Rosalina [Da Silva] designed the look of the film makeup-wise. And we did ‘Watchmen’ together as well,” she explained. “She’s amazing. But there was a point when she said, ‘Carla, guess how many sets of lashes you have on your eyes?’ and I was like, ‘Including my real ones?’ and she was like, ‘Yes.’ And we realized that it was four.” 5. Snyder had to cut back on the violence in the movie, particularly a few scenes that involve implied or attempted rape. “Those [scenes] of course got trimmed away,” he said. “It’s really delicate because even that subject matter, you have the harder version that is sometimes better because it actually makes the point a little bit more directly. The PG-13 version was difficult for me,” he revealed. “I would say that the very things that they didn’t like were the very things that you needed to see in order for you to understand the content of the scene. You know, to know how to feel about it, because otherwise you’re sort of left in this weird middle ground,” he said. “So it’s difficult. It’s tricky.” Snyder went on to explain why the sexual violence and lobotomy images were necessary to include in the film, juxtaposed with the idea of women not being victims and being able to defend themselves. “For me it was all about having incredible threat in that world. Like, what is the most dangerous thing? What is the worst possible thing, and to me being lobotomized and then raped is probably the worst possible thing,” he explained. “I like the idea that the verdict or the … like if someone were to make a sacrifice, and you have two alternatives and one is just go back to jail. OK. You know, I get that. And one is you know, be lobotomized and then possibly raped for the rest of your zombified life. You know, you really need to think about that. You’re giving up a lot, I guess, is my point.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Sucker Punch.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘Sucker Punch’ ‘Sucker Punch’ Clips Related Photos ‘Sucker Punch’ Premiere In Los Angeles “Sucker Punch”
Spears tweets photo from set of clip for Femme Fatale ‘s second single. By Jocelyn Vena Britney Spears’ “Til The World Ends” cover art Photo: Jive Just one day after announcing she was set to begin work on her latest Femme Fatale music video, for “Till the World Ends,” Britney Spears tweeted a photo of herself on the set late Thursday. Donning ripped tights, a studded leather jacket, matching fingerless leather gloves and a black bralette, Spears is pictured drinking a bottle of water. Her hair is mussed, her makeup sexy and smoky, and she is looking out onto the set. “Day 1 of the #TTWE Videoshoot,” she tweeted. “Just wrapped my first big dance number. Taking a well deserved break people!” She is working on the video for her second single with Norwegian director and photographer Ray Kay , who has worked with Lady Gaga, the Backstreet Boys, Beyonc
Mag dubs her ‘America’s #1 Party Girl.’ By Aly Semigran Snooki on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine Photo: Mark Seliger/ RollingStone.com Pint-size reality star/published author Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi made the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine — doing her best “Dr. Strangelove” imitation, no less — which hits newsstands this Friday. But the cover shot already hit the Web on Wednesday (March 2), prompting Polizzi to tweet , “THE NEW ROLLING STONE COVER : Nicole Snooki Polizzi ♥ #loveitorhateit =).” In the issue, the 23-year-old, who is currently riding the success of the record-breaking third season of “Jersey Shore,” poses with pickles, discusses life in the limelight and announces her plans for total reality-television domination. While the magazine has dubbed her “America’s #1 Party Girl,” it may not be a title she is entirely comfortable with. Polizzi, who said she watches the show every week, has noticed how her partying ways have caught up with her. “If I do something stupid, which is pretty much the whole time, I hate it,” she reveals, “I just hate it. Obviously, they’re only going to put the good stuff in, and the good stuff is us drunk, so all I’m seeing is me drunk and falling down. That’s how I am when I party, but some of the stuff I do is, like, ‘Really, Nicole?’ I look like a freakin’ alcoholic. I’m like, ‘You’re sweating, your makeup is running, you look gross.’ I just look like sh–.” Still, those less-than-flattering moments and the effects of being on camera all day, every day (“There’s no normalcy,” she gripes) don’t seem to stop Polizzi from seeking out a life in front of the cameras. “When ‘Jersey Shore’ ends I’m going to do more spin-offs,” she told the magazine. “What I’d like is to turn out like Jessica Simpson, with her whole brand. She makes millions … I’m trying to build an empire, because after this I can’t get a normal job. I mean, how do I go and sit behind a desk?” But before those future endeavors, Polizzi is more than willing to talk about what’s currently going on at “Jersey Shore.” In addition to releasing excerpts from the interview, a video has been posted at RollingStone.com featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the multi-outfit (including a pickle barrel) photo shoot with Polizzi, who discussed everything from heading to Italy to her occasional friend-with-benefits, “Jersey Shore” castmate Vinny Guadagnino. Polizzi, who said she was excited but surprised that Rolling Stone chose her for the cover (“I’m like, ‘Okay, who am I? Like, I don’t sing, I don’t do anything like that”), also theorized on why she’s the most-liked castmember on the series. “I think everyone gravitates towards me more on ‘Jersey Shore’ just because I think I’m more relatable and … I’m real and I don’t care [if I] show my real side.” Still, Polizzi will likely bond with her fellow castmembers as they head to Italy for the upcoming fourth season. “I’m definitely excited to go to Italy for the new season,” Polizzi says, but acknowledges her limited capabilities of the language. “The only thing I really know in Italian is ‘Ciao, bella.’ ” Polizzi also brought up a certain castmember after riding the RS cover rocket (which she later signed, “Goodbye rocket, you hurt my ass”): Vinny Guadagnino. “Vinny definitely compares to the rocket I sat on,” Polizzi said of her co-star, with whom she’s shared some, er, intimate moments on the show. “I would probably call that rocket Seabiscuit because that’s the same size as Vinny’s ding-dong.” Don’t miss “Jersey Shore” every Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. What do you think of Snooki’s Rolling Stone cover? Tell us in the comments! Related Videos Jersey Shore (Season 2) | Ep. 18 | Highlights Related Photos Jersey Shore (Season 2) | Snooki
Lady Gaga never fails to get people talking with her unique style, or fails to promote causes she holds dear. Her new M.A.C Viva Glam Campaign accomplishes both. Gaga’s AIDS-awareness charity partnership with the makeup brand features the star in an ethereal dreamscape of screen-siren waves, crystal-encrusted skulls, etc. What’s not to love about a martini glass with a goldfish swimming inside, or Gaga’s eponymous lipstick, of which 100 percent of profits go directly to fight AIDS? Not a lot if you ask us. Check out the video below … Lady Gaga – MAC Viva Glam
