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Christina Aguilera Promises ‘The Voice’ Judges Will Be Nice

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Pop star says she will join Twitter to promote the show, which premieres in April. By Gil Kaufman Christina Aguilera Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images Is the age of the mean judge over? With the new “American Idol” panel going pretty easy on this year’s top 13 so far, it’s starting to sound like there will be more of the same back-patting on the upcoming NBC singing competition “The Voice.” “There is no good and bad,” said Christina Aguilera , one of the show’s mentors, in her first public appearance since her arrest for public intoxication earlier this month. Aguilera sat in one of the oversize swivel chairs alongside fellow judge/coach Adam Levine on Tuesday to talk up the show, which premieres on April 26. “This isn’t about tearing people down. I want to bring these people up,” she added, according to Entertainment Weekly. ” ‘The

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Lady Gaga Gets ‘Bigger And Bigger’ On Born This Way, RedOne Says

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘She’s growing all the time, from the day I met her,’ producer tells MTV News. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias Lady Gaga Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images It’s only a matter of weeks until Lady Gaga releases the first single from her highly anticipated album Born This Way, due in May . Producer RedOne recently chatted with MTV News about their latest collaboration, saying it shows the next step in the evolution of the girl formerly known as Stefani Germanotta. “She’s growing all the time, from the day I met her,” RedOne said. “Of course, she’s an encyclopedia of music. She listened to all the Bruce Springsteens, all the legends, and she has music in her. But on her personal level, she’s always growing and growing and growing and becoming bigger and bigger, and her vision’s the same thing. She just needed this platform to put all her ideas and learning from what she’s been doing [into one place], and she’s doing her thing.” With work on the album close to complete, this is a very exciting time for Gaga and him. “It feels exciting. It feels very exciting,” he said with a smile on his face. “It’s really exciting, and I hope the world is going to enjoy this as much as we do.” RedOne also dished about the album’s forthcoming single . “It’s so beautiful, and Gaga is very special to all of us — to the world,” he said. “Honestly, the only thing we do is we get into the studio and suddenly magic happens. We never overthink, or we just do what we do. That’s how it all started. With ‘Just Dance,’ we did it in one hour. There was no overthinking. Even though I remember when we did ‘Poker Face,’ people said musically it brought something new to the music and you won’t be able to top it, we went into the studio and we did ‘Bad Romance’ on a bus. “That explains how we do it, so I can’t tell you anything about what’s coming, but that’s what we do. We just get in and do music we love and feel it, and thank God it comes out good.” What are you expecting from Gaga’s new music? Let us know in the comments!

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Tom Felton Has ‘Lots To Look Forward To’ In 2011

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Harry Potter’ star branches out with ‘The Apparition’ and ‘Rise of the Apes,’ making him one of MTV News’ 11 for ’11. By Kara Warner Tom Felton Photo: MTV News Over the past week here at MTV News, we’ve been highlighting 11 people you’ll be hearing about in 2011. From Kim Kardashian’s plans to take over the pop world to self-proclaimed future “best artist of the year” Wiz Khalifa , we’ve selected a wide variety of folks who will be making waves and headlines this year. Now, MTV News is proud to recognize Tom Felton. Yes, he had a lot going for him in 2010, with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” and everything that comes along with promoting a billion-dollar film franchise. He also picked up his first Golden Popcorn trophy at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, where he was named Best Villain. When we caught up with Felton recently, we chatted about why this year will be even bigger than the last, what to expect from his performances in “Apparition” and “Rise of the Apes,” as well as an update on his budding music career. MTV : Have you seen any finished scenes from “Rise of the Apes” or “Apparition” yet? Tom Felton : They have been very, very tight with both films. I’ve seen maybe half a scene of “Apparition.” We were doing some for that, and it looked great. It looked really beautiful, the way it was shot. “Rise of the Apes” they’re keeping very much under lock and key, so I’m exceptionally excited. When I was there [during filming], I experienced so many fantastic performances around me. I’m excited to see it come to life onscreen. It’s going to be a great film. MTV : What about the “Deathly Hallows – Part 2” reshoots for that heavily hyped epilogue? Felton : Believe it or not, I got left off the hook. Apparently, the shot setup didn’t require my presence, so I was let off the hook at the last minute. I got all excited about going back, but I heard everything went swimmingly and everything is looking fantastic. MTV : You once mentioned a brilliant potential scene between you and Dan Radcliffe where you, as Draco and Harry, run and hug. You should make that happen. Felton : [ Laughs. ] I may get Dan around here one day this weekend and we may just shoot that ourselves and send it in. It needs to be seen, doesn’t it? MTV : Obviously, we here at MTV News have been fans of yours for quite some time , but it seems like a lot of other people have jumped on the Felton fan bandwagon. Do you feel a sense of that at all? Felton : I’ve been exceptionally lucky, with lots of aspects of my life. The people around me have been fantastic, and I feel we’re in a great position with some really exciting films to come out this year. I’m enjoying L.A. when I go there as well. That was a bit of a foreign town for me at first, but I’m thoroughly enjoying my time out there, so I’m looking forward to getting out there at some point next year. There’s lots to look forward to. MTV : What’s the latest with your music ? Felton : It’s all going very well. We’re currently in development with a few artists that we’re hoping to get out next year and just promote this idea that low-key music can be some of the best. I’m hoping to do some other recording later on in the year. It’s a massive passion project of mine, and the fans’ response has been fantastic, and MTV has been good to me there as well. I thoroughly appreciate that. MTV : What can you tell us about working with Ashley Greene (who is also one of our 11 for ’11 )? Felton : I was hugely excited about working with her [on “Apparition”], and her talent was exceptionally easy to notice very quickly. One of the first scenes I saw her do, she was in a very sort of panicky state and she jumped straight into it after lunch. It was amazing to see. I thoroughly enjoyed working with everyone on “Rise of the Apes” as well. Andy Serkis to me is one of the most memorable people I worked with this year. He’s truly amazing to watch and an absolute gentleman offscreen as well, which is always nice. I’ve been very lucky in working with nice people. MTV : Are you still playing golf with your “Potter” co-stars, Rupert Grint, James and Oliver Phelps? Felton : Yes, most certainly. We haven’t teed up in a while, but I’m definitely on for that. We occasionally swing the clubs. It’s always nice to get the Weasleys out for a quick round of golf. MTV : You guys should film that sometime. I’m sure fans would want to see it. Felton : It’s very funny you should say that. I don’t want to speak ahead, but we have actually done that, and I’m not sure if James is putting together a little video or if it’s going to end up on something — I haven’t seen anything yet — but I have a feeling that one day that video may make it to air. Check out MTV News’ 11 for ’11 — actors, musicians and TV stars who are about to have a huge year — all week long. For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos MTV News’ 11 for ’11

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Avril Lavigne ‘Excited’ That Rihanna Sampled Her Song

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘She’s a really great singer, so yeah I was excited,’ Lavigne says of Rihanna sampling ‘I’m With You’ for ‘Cheers (Drink to That).’ By James Dinh Avril Lavigne Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images During “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special, Avril Lavigne will unveil her brand-new single “What the Hell.” However, before she debuts any new music, fans can listen to the Canadian singer’s signature yodel from her 2002 hit “I’m With You” on Rihanna’s new drinking anthem, “Cheers (Drink to That).” In a Q&A session with Entertainment Weekly, Lavigne spoke about the celebratory party track, admitting that that the Barbadian songstress has some great vocal chops. “It was really exciting because ‘I’m With You’ is one of my favorite songs that I’ve done, I always love performing it,” the punky popster admitted. “And I think Rihanna’s awesome, she has great songs, she’s a really great singer, so yeah I was excited. I think it’s really cool.” When MTV News spoke to Rihanna about “Cheers (Drink to That)” in November, the red-headed star told us that the cut is one of her favorites off her latest release, Loud . “I love that song,” she gushed. “That is one of my favorite songs on the album. It makes you feel like celebrating. It gives you a great feeling inside like you want to go out and have a drink. … People can’t wait for the weekend.” When asked why the she didn’t just ask Lavigne to come into the studio to re-record the song’s signature yodel, Rihanna explained, “I asked the same thing, but when I heard the track, it was already embedded in the music, so the producers already had it that way.” As for Avril’s own celebratory music, the 26-year-old singer/songwriter described her new single as “more pop and uptempo and kind of reminiscent of my old stuff.” The songstress also confessed that her next album, Goodbye Lullaby – due in stores March 8 – will be “more stripped and raw and a little deeper.” What do you think of the Avril-sampled “Cheers (Drink to That)”? Share your reviews in the comments. Related Artists Avril Lavigne Rihanna

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‘Never Say Never’ Director Was ‘Nervous’ About Justin Bieber Flick

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ‘Never Say Never’ Director Was ‘Nervous’ About Justin Bieber Flick

‘[It’s] always scary when you try to show someone the story of their life,’ Jon Chu tells MTV News of screening for teen star. By Jocelyn Vena Justin Bieber Photo: John Shearer/ WireImage In February fans will finally get the chance to see Justin Bieber’s long-awaited “Never Say Never.” And the flick’s director, Jon Chu, recently dished to MTV News that things are coming along fine as he puts the finishing touches on the February 11 release. “Oh, we stand pretty tall. It’s nuts! This is a world that I have never experienced before,” he laughed to MTV News about the 3-D film. Chu, who was promoting the DVD release of “Step Up 3D,” said getting the fans’ support has been invaluable. “Again it’s like dance, where music tells the story. It’s really interesting and his fans have been amazing, shooting him in 3-D in Madison Square Garden , exploring his life, going to his hometown. We’re almost done with our cut right now and I’m really proud of it. I think people are going to be surprised about the story that they’re going to get. Something is really special.” Bieber tweeted about seeing the film recently and gave it his seal of approval. And Chu admitted to us that he’s feeling the pressure now to make the best possible film. “I mean, I’m always nervous. We’re always trying to make our movies better,” he explained. “We’re never done with it though. I just keep going until they tell me I’ve run out of time. So [Justin] got to see it this week, which was really exciting and he loved it, which is always scary when you try to show someone the story of their life, but he’s been very supportive, he and his family and his team. I’m excited to share it with the world and show another side of 3-D. With ‘Step Up 3D,’ we learned a lot of lessons and we discovered a lot of things, and it’s just the beginning.” Are you excited to see Justin’s “Never Say Never” movie next year? Tell us in the comments! Related Photos Justin Bieber’s ‘Never Say Never’: Alternate Movie Titles Related Artists Justin Bieber

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Diddy-Dirty Money Ladies Talk ‘SNL’ Debut, Vogue Mixtape

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Diddy-Dirty Money Ladies Talk ‘SNL’ Debut, Vogue Mixtape

‘We were … like, ‘Oh my God, that’s Robert De Niro!’ ladies say of sharing ‘Saturday Night Live’ episode with Hollywood veteran. By Mawuse Ziegbe Sean “Diddy” Combs onstage with Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Diddy-Dirty Money’s long-awaited concept album, Last Train to Paris, will finally arrive in stores December 14, and the trio are about make their “Saturday Night Live” debut. But there’s one thing in particular that makes this time especially thrilling for the Dirty Money ladies, Dawn Richard and Kalenna: meeting Hollywood heavyweight Robert De Niro. “What’s crazy is that Kalenna and I are both huge Robert De Niro fans and he’s hosting, and so it’s really exciting, because it’s a time when the album is coming out December 14,” Richard told MTV News on Friday (December 3), the day before the crew is slated to rock the “SNL” stage. “We only got a week and a half left [before the album’s release]. It’s a really good time for us. Our album … just really hit the Internet airwaves, and it’s crazy because everyone’s giving us positive feedback.” Even though one of their screen idols was milling about Studio H8, the ladies resisted the urge to pounce on the Hollywood legend — for now. “We did get to speak in the hallway. We didn’t get any pictures. We didn’t want to be groupies or anything. We were inside groupies like, ‘Oh my God, that’s Robert De Niro!’ But we was just trying to get it all contained and stay pretty professional. We were moving. We were trying on clothes that day. We had rehearsal, so we wanted to get the lighting right, the sound,” Kalenna explained, adding with a laugh, “But we’ll see him tomorrow. We’re gonna jump on his back when we see him.” Aside from tackling Oscar-winning actors, the songstresses are readying for the release of the long-delayed Paris project. But judging by the album’s star-crammed lineup and creative relationship with a bevy of game-changing celebs, they’re probably not the type of broads you’d slap with the “groupie” label. “It’s kind of a payoff for us,” Richard said of the album’s release. “I know when Kalenna and I speak, we sometimes feel giddy because people like Grace Jones, Trey Songz, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Usher — I mean pioneers of the game said, ‘You know what? We want to be on your album,’ ” the ex-Danity Kane star said, adding that Lil Wayne and Drake also contributed to the record. The ladies maintain that more than just being a collabo-fest, Paris is a labor of love that has been years in the making, pegging the origin of the project years before the trio’s team-up was announced . “December 14 is gonna be a really big day for us because it’s not one year of saying, ‘Oh, we’re gonna just decide to put an album together.’ It’s three years of making sure that people digested what we wanted to give them and they really appreciated the sound that was given,” Richard said. After such a long incubation period, the album deserved a stunningly fabulous introduction to the fans. The crew cooked up an exceedingly fierce “prelude” to the record by releasing a collection of sleek Paris snippets this week hosted by fashion’s go-to publication, Vogue, and features drops from sartorial superstars like Isaac Mizrahi and longtime Vogue contributor Andr

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‘Spider-Man’ Star Andrew Garfield Bares His Soul In ‘Never Let Me Go’

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Before his high-profile roles in ‘Social Network’ and ‘Spider-Man,’ Garfield stars in ‘a very human story.’ By Rick Marshall Andrew Garfield Photo: MTV News In “Never Let Me Go,” director Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s award-winning novel, Andrew Garfield plays a character whose emotions are never far from the surface, faced with the frustrating certainty of his impending death. While the basic premise for the film is set firmly in the realm of science-fiction, the narrative itself shares little in common with the average futuristic story filled with robots and advanced technology. Instead, “Never Let Me Go” offers an intimate look at three people whose lives have a very public expiration date and what they do with the time they’re given. “What is at the core of the story is a very human story, discussing what it is to have a soul, and how you prove what a soul is,” Garfield told MTV News. “Do we have souls? It’s actually [a story] about being human.” For Garfield, the film is likely to be the calm before the storm, of sorts. The actor will appear next in David Fincher’s “The Social Network” before swinging into theaters as the new star of the “Spider-Man” movie franchise in the 2012 blockbuster. Whether any of his upcoming roles will afford him the same emotional journey as “Never Let Me Go” is uncertain, but Garfield seems keen on getting the most out of his roles — like the chance to let loose with the occasional raw, primal scream. “It was intense to do,” said Garfield of the scenes in which his character, no longer able to contain his anger and frustration, erupts with a heart-wrenching wail. “I think those screams are inside all of us, I just got a chance to let mine out,” he said. “At one point during every single day, you want to do that, but you don’t express that — you keep everything locked in. And that’s OK, that’s what it is to grow and not be a baby anymore. But when you’re first born, you don’t know why you shouldn’t scream. To react in that very childish, free, expressive, instinctive way of being was kind of beautiful to do. “I think it’s kind of important that we find a room where we can do that once a week, once an hour,” he laughed. “I think that’s kind of necessary.” With “Never Let Me Go” kicking off a limited release in theaters this week, audiences have the chance to see Garfield flex his acting muscles well ahead of his mainstream gigs, but the actor seems intent on keeping perspective, describing his debut as Peter Parker as “just another role.” However, he admits that his experience during last weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards offered him a chance to observe what happens once you’re firmly rooted in the spotlight. “It was surreal, man,” he said. “It was surreal to be there, and it was surreal to be with Justin [Timberlake] in his element, so to speak. It was really exciting. I felt like I could be a fly on the wall, because no one knows who the hell I am. I could just be there and observe all this weirdness going on all around.” In the end, it might be a good thing that Garfield has “Never Let Me Go” behind him before Hollywood makes his life even more surreal, as the lessons he learned from the experience bode well for avoiding potential “weirdness.” “[The story of ‘Never Let Me Go’] is reminding us hopefully that we do have a choice to we wake up in the morning and think, ‘What do I want to do?’ Not ‘What should I do?’ and ‘What am I obliged to do?’ but ‘What do I want to do with this very unique day?’ “I think it can be a call to arms for that kind of excitement about life,” he said. “And I love the story for that.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Never Let Me Go.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .

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Jason Derulo Plans To ‘Light’ Up VMA Stage

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Best New Artist nominee says idea for laser-lit gloves came in a dream. By Kara Warner, with reporting by James Montgomery Jason Der

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It’s Lady Gaga’s ‘Moment’ At The VMAs, Celebs Say

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Record-breaking nominee ‘made music really exciting,’ Jason Der

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Eva Longoria’s Shitty Little Kid Tits of the Day

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

I know 12 year olds at the local pool who have better tits than this. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t check out 12 year olds on a sexual level, I just have eyes and they have bikinis on. I also don’t hate small tits, I just don’t like when they look pubescent, like the little bee stings I didn’t find hot back when I was in elementary school, and that I don’t find hot now, especially on a grown woman…. Seriously, I don’t know if I am getting my point across properly. I love small tits. I have cum on flat chested girls, a-cup girls, b-cup girls, E-cup girls, and I’ve got no issue with small tits, there’s just something weird going on here as the shit is jacked up on her chest, whether from the bra or the shirt or just shitty tits…but I figure I had no choice but to post this weirdness…esepecially since it’s on a bitch who should be stripping or cleaning hotel rooms and not a Hollywood star making Mexicans look bad…or at least look awkward cuz these tits aren’t right…they are fucking strange.

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