‘The Artist,’ ‘The Descendants,’ ‘The Help’ and ‘Midnight in Paris’ will also vie for SAG Awards’ top prize. By Kevin P. Sullivan Kristen Wiig in “Bridesmaids” Photo: Universal Pictures The Screen Actors Guild announced its nominees Wednesday (December 14) for the best performances of the year in both television and film. The SAG Awards are the only ones with actors choosing among their peers to select the winners, so they are considered to be among the highest honors in Hollywood. With the Golden Globe nominations arriving Thursday and the Academy Awards looming in the near future, everyone is eagerly searching for some hint of how things may shake out on Oscar night. Among the SAG nominations, there are plenty of the familiar names that have garnered awards attention this year, but also a fair number of surprises. Demi
Singer’s ‘Tonight Is the Night’ is featured in Pepsi campaign alongside footage of Kanye, Britney and Michael Jackson. By Steven Roberts Outasight In all honesty, most people are probably more familiar with Outasight ‘s song “Tonight Is the Night” than they are with him. And that is in no way a knock on Outasight. After all, the song is a big part of Pepsi’s “Who’s Next” campaign, having been featured in the soft drink company’s latest legacy commercial, which includes footage from past Pepsi ads featuring Kanye West , Britney Spears and the King of Pop, Michael Jackson . But hopefully those commercials will start to win Outasight some attention. The song actually debuted on the second episode of Fox’s reality competition show “The X Factor,” and it’s been slowly gaining momentum ever since. The Dori Oskowitz-directed video for the pop, party anthem was dropped early last month, and it features Outasight and friends preparing, embarking and wrapping up an incredible — or typical — night of fun in New York City. The Yonkers MC and singer is already seven mixtapes deep in his relatively short career, and his still-unnamed debut album is expected next year. He’s been making music for as long as he can remember, but it wasn’t until he discovered he could combine both of his talents of singing and rapping that he found he could really be Outasight. “Singing and rapping were separate entities,” Outasight said. “Then Mos Def and artists like that inspired me. I saw you can do it — you can sing and rap and make it gel. I started taking my craft more seriously and just kept working on it. It’s just a natural thing. It’s never planned out. It kind of flows.” Related Videos MTV News First Date Related Artists Outasight
Ain’t nothing wrong with a little self-awareness. Over the weekend, Kelly Rowland explained why she didn’t end her X-Factor UK run by falling into some man’s arms somewhere: it’s because she doesn’t have a man of her own. And she knows exactly why. “The desire to be in control and decide everything myself as much as possible gets in the way,” says Kelly.”The fact that I can act a little bossy has ruined quite a few dates. I choose the restaurant, I open the door myself, sometimes I’ll even pay the bill. I really have to learn to let a man be a gentleman. “That’s probably one of the reasons why I’m single. I get in the way of myself when it comes to men.” Luckily, Kelly – who has previously been linked to manager tim Weatherspoon – is pretty happy being single. She has also said in the past that being single doesn’t mean she doesn’t get any, er, ‘action’. “I’m actually single but, you know, you have your little things on the side,” Kelly confessed. “There’s nobody I’m dating but I have a special friend.” “We’re no longer in the 1950s,” Kelly also says. “At 30 I am still very young and still have a lot of time to settle down. I love to go dancing and partying, I pretend to be forever young.” Whatever. She probably cries herself to sleep to sound of Beyonce love songs every other night. Source
Trouble Man tracks ‘reminiscing on the days when I used to run wild and do my thing the way I used to do it,’ rapper tells MTV News. By Nadeska Alexis T.I. Photo: MTV News Immediately following his release from prison in September, T.I. got to work crafting his eighth solo album, Trouble Man , which he plans to debut early in 2012. During a recent stop in New York to promote his VH1 series, “T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle,” the Atlanta rapper and reality star told MTV News that he had 50 new songs recorded for the album in a matter of weeks. “My life inspires my lyrics at all times, so at that moment in time, when I first came home, I have about 15 songs just totally focusing on that,” T.I. said. “Out of those 15, I probably picked the two or three most significant, most compelling, impactful ones, and after I’ve been out for a minute, then I’ve got records totally focusing on speaking to people who can only focus on that and telling them I’m ready to move on.” The title of T.I.’s latest project is inspired by a 1972 Marvin Gaye song of the same name, which Tip felt was an accurate description for the body of work. “The name of the album is Trouble Man , and every song on here is about things that can get me in trouble,” he explained. “I’m reminiscing on the days when I used to run wild and do my thing the way I used to do it. I’ve got records that are just totally intellectually ignorant.” During his time behind bars, T.I. dropped his seventh album, No Mercy , and although it debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 chart, the Rubberband Man plans to top that effort without breaking a sweat. “I was able to release a project that did well considering the circumstances, but I wasn’t able to put my all into it, which made it only a fraction of my usual contribution to the game,” he said. So far, T.I. has released three singles from Trouble Man : “I’m Flexin’ ” featuring Big K.R.I.T. was the first to debut, followed by “Here Ye, Here Ye” featuring Pharrell Williams and his latest, “Pyro.” Are you looking forward to T.I.’s next album? Sound off below! Related Videos MTV News Extended Play: T.I.
‘Saturday Night Live’ gig ‘really is [a] dream come true,’ singer says. By Jocelyn Vena Katy Perry on the set of “Saturday Night Live” Photo: MTV News On Saturday night, Katy Perry took the reins of “Saturday Night Live,” hosting the long-running sketch-comedy program. Displaying her flair for comedy and her budding acting chops, the singer shared with MTV News that she intended to celebrate her latest achievement the way hosts before her have: by attending the legendary “SNL” afterparty. “Sunday morning? … I’m still spinning ’cause I drank too much. I’m just kidding,” she joked days prior, at Thursday’s rehearsals for the show. “Sunday morning is gonna hopefully be, ‘Ahh, that was so much fun, and we had a great time, and we all danced together on a dance floor.’ … I know we’ll go till like 8 [a.m.]. I’ll be hopping on that plane [after the party] with a hat, sunglasses, like, ‘Hello! Yes! Wee!’ ” It’s been a great year for Perry: She had a hugely successful tour , tied a chart-topping singles record held by Michael Jackson, took home a number of big prizes, starred in the big-screen version of “The Smurfs” and found out she’s up for two Grammys come February. And, that’s just a few of her accomplishments. The “SNL” gig, she said, was the icing on her 2011 cake. “It’s a cherry on top,” she gushed to MTV News. “Most definitely, you hear with different monologues of different hosts every week, it sounds a bit repetitive and stereotypical about how this is their dream come true to host ‘SNL,’ but it really is each and every one of our dream come true to host ‘SNL,’ to just have fun, goof off, try and make some people laugh. And, we’ll see. Hopefully, I don’t embarrass myself ’cause if I do, I’ll stick to music.” Regardless of her future on the show (or in comedy, for that matter), Perry said the “SNL” women are truly inspiring. “I like females that are OK with making fun of themselves, and they don’t always have to have the best lighting or they can play all kinds of different characters,” she explained, owning up to a slight obsession with “SNL” star Kristen Wiig. “They don’t have to play gorgeous and serious all the time: They can play stupid and funny and self-deprecating. I love that.” On the episode, for which Perry explained she got some advice from hubby and previous “SNL” host Russell Brand , she was joined by former tourmate Robyn as the night’s musical guest. Share your review of Katy Perry’s “SNL” appearance in the comments below!
Lindsay Lohan is feeling the call of nature these days. The star, who poses nude in Playboy in a Marilyn Monroe-inspired layout, says that was the simple reason she decided to bare all for the men’s magazine. The nearly seven-figure payout probably didn’t hurt, either. “Sex and sexuality are a part of nature, and I go along with nature,” Lohan told Playboy . “I think Marilyn Monroe once said that. I certainly agree with her.” To guys everywhere, the Lindsay Lohan Playboy pictures are either arousing or amusing. But to the “actress” herself, they are completely empowering. “It’s a very male-dominated world we live in to begin with, so knowing yourself and being comfortable with your body is an important thing for me as a woman.” Lohan, who is vacationing with her sister Ali Lohan in Hawaii, puts great importance on “knowing yourself and your body because it gives you confidence.” Amid a slew of legal problems that have landed her in jail over the last few years, says she now knows how to make better decisions with her brain, too. “Looking back, I probably would have listened to and taken more advice from the people whom I admire and would have followed through with it more.” “My stubbornness at 18 and 19 years old got in the way,” she adds . “During the past five years, I’ve learned that time flies faster than you think, and you only live once. You have to learn from your mistakes, live your dreams and be accountable,” says one of the least accountable people to have ever lived. The Playboy spread will be released early (it’s now coming out late next week) after the cover and some of the inside photos were leaked online.
This just in: Adele had a very good 2011. The singer – who is recovering from throat surgery and said this week she may not release a new CD for a couple years – sat atop the music world this year with the number-one single, number-one video and, unless something miraculous takes place in the next four weeks, the number-one album. Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Live Performance) “21” is on pace to be the the first album to sell five million copies in 12 months since Usher’s “Confessions” in 2004. Based on Nielsen SoundScan, here are the top-selling albums of 2011: Adele, 21 – 4,817,000 copies sold Lady Gaga , Born This Way – 1,973,000 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV – 1,776,000 Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party – 1,389,000 Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More – 1,328,000 Jay-Z/Kanye West, Watch The Throne – 1,124,000 Michael Buble, Christmas – 1,038,000 Beyonce, 4 – 956,000 Lady Antebellum, Own The Night – 908,000 Katy Perry – Teenage Dream – 907,000
It’s well-known that ballet dancers have to suffer physically for their craft, but if a ballerina had to prance around in Lady Gaga’s ballet slippers, they wouldn’t be able to survive one full routine. Gaga performed her single “Marry The Night” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show wearing the most ungodly dangerous ballet slippers ever created, … More » Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Idolator Discovery Date : 09/12/2011 17:00 Number of articles : 2
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