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MTV News’ Jim Cantiello offers his first-week take on Simon Cowell’s latest singing contest and suggests some upgrades. By Jim Cantiello Simon Cowell Photo: FOX After a year of hype and the promise of a revamped singing competition that will blow everything else out of the water, Simon Cowell’s “X Factor” debuted and turned out to be, at best, “American Idol” in an arena and, at worst, “America’s Got Talent” without the jugglers. Comparisons to other reality competitions are unavoidable, not only because “X Factor” marks the TV return of beloved duo Simon and Paula, but because Cowell has taken elements from many competitive series and put them in a giant blender: the auditions in front of a live audience of “Talent”; the small-town-hero angle of “Idol”; former “Sing-Off “judge Nicole Scherzinger; and an impossibly tall, foreign-born, hug-happy host,
Daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love turns 19 a month before Nevermind ‘s 20th anniversary. By Gil Kaufman Frances Bean Cobain Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage From the moment of her birth, she was instantly the most famous baby on the planet. Frances Bean Cobain , now 19, is the only child of late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love . As we were digging through the tape archives this week in the midst of the 20th-anniversary celebration of Nirvana’s landmark Nevermind album, we unearthed some footage of the rock offspring spending quality time with her parents and thought it was worth catching you up on what Frances has been up to lately. Born August 18, 1992, Frances — whose godfather is former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe and godmother is actress Drew Barrymore — had a childhood that was unusual even by Hollywood standards. While Love tried her best to keep the young Frances out of the spotlight, the toddler would occasionally make the papers on Love’s arm at a movie premiere or public event. Photos: Growing Up Frances Bean Cobain. As she grew older, Frances continued to mostly shun the spotlight, giving only a handful of interviews to date, including her first one in 2005 as a 13-year-old to Teen Vogue. Here are five facts you may not know about Frances Bean:
Singer will debut the film during the Mugler fashion show. By Jocelyn Vena Lady Gaga in a tease for her short film Photo: Mugler Lady Gaga is set to give her Little Monsters a big surprise at Paris Fashion Week next Wednesday. MTV News can exclusively announce that Mother Monster will debut a brand-new short film during the spring/summer 2012 fashion show for the Mugler Women’s Wear Collection in Paris next week. The film was directed by “Yo
Unbroken singer tells MTV News she ‘tried to make it a little more empowering.’ By Jocelyn Vena Demi Lovato Photo: MTV News Demi Lovato is back to performing live. And in addition to singing tracks off of her just-released album Unbroken , she’s also dazzling crowds with her stirring first-person rendition of Lil Wayne’s “How to Love.” Video of her singing the track has become a viral smash, and when MTV News caught up with the “Skyscraper” singer on Wednesday afternoon (September 21), she seemed pumped to talk about the cover. “I just loved the way that Lil Wayne took a risk doing the song ‘How to Love,’ and when I really listened to it, it’s such a great song.” The song is about a damaged young woman who has never really known the power of true love, but finds strengths in her experiences as the song closes out. Lovato found a female empowerment theme in the single and decided to perform it as the female character. “It has such a deep meaning to it and I wanted to perform that and I put a little spin on it and tried to make it a little more empowering,” she explained. “And I think it fit with the platform and the message that I have with my fans.” So, has Lovato heard from Wayne about her acoustic version? “No, I haven’t,” she said. “If I did, I would die of happiness.” Lovato was equally excited when we asked whether fans might soon catch her performing the track onstage with Wayne. “Oh, I don’t know,” she said. “Oh my gosh, that would be amazing. I’ve never met him in my life, so if I got to be on stage with him, I would just die.” Do you think Wayne and Demi should perform the song together? Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Related Photos The Evolution Of: Demi Lovato Related Artists Demi Lovato Lil Wayne
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