The Miami MC gears up for the summer early with new EP in Mixtape Daily. By Rahman Dukes Trina Photo: MTV News This Week’s Main Pick Queen of Hearts : Trina Holding It Down For : Miami Mixtape Album : Diamonds Are Forever Real Spit : Taking a page out of Kanye West’s notebook, Trina still insists that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. While fans wait for the Miami starlet to unveil her sixth untitled studio album later this year, the Slip-N-Slide flagship artist is feeding her heavily dedicated fanbase with a 12-track EP of all new original material. A few weeks back, Miss MIA dropped the Rick Ross collabo “Waist So Skinny,” providing a glimpse of what was to come on Diamonds. To give her Diamonds Are Forever mixture the official stamp of approval, Trina has partnered with the good folks here at Mixtape Daily for the official mixtape release . “The concept of the mixtape is just a new direction of music,” Trina told us on the phone from the Sunshine State. “It’s really fun and energetic, a different drive. I tried different types of music. I worked with a bunch of different artists, different producers, different sounds. I just wanted to do something that was fun and energetic. It’s the summer. It’s, like, the mini-CD to my new album. And I just wanted to have fun.” Joints to Check For
We take a look at the eclectic list of roles the Oscar-nominated actress, and new Superman love interest, has played. By Eric Ditzian Amy Adams Photo: Getty Images Henry Cavill might have been getting a little lonely in Metropolis. Two months after landing the role of Superman in Zack Snyder’s reboot of the superhero franchise, the 27-year-old actor still hadn’t found out who’d become his Lois Lane. The answer arrived on Sunday: Amy Adams will be play the Daily Planet reporter and Superman love interest . In a statement, Snyder called Adams “one of the most versatile and respected actresses in films today.” That’s hardly an overstatement: The 36-year-old star has performed in indies and blockbusters, musicals and animated fare, solemn dramas and bawdy comedies. Along the way she’s managed to earn three Oscar nominations, the latest for her supporting turn last year in “The Fighter.” A former Hooters waitress, Adams made her debut in 1999’s “Drop Dead Gorgeous” as a dim and cheerful beauty-pageant contestant. Supporting roles on the big and small screen followed, but her next step up the Hollywood food chain didn’t arrive until Steven Spielberg cast her as Leonardo DiCaprio’s love interest in 2002’s “Catch Me If You Can.” While things were undoubtedly going well for the actress, she then took a step back from the spotlight over the next few years and only fully resurfaced in very unlikely fashion. “June Bug,” a sort of “Meet the Parents” for the art-house crowd that starred Adams as a wide-eyed gal named Ashley who’s days away from giving birth and seemingly miles away from planet earth, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005. The performance won her a special jury prize for acting — and a year later she earned her first Oscar nod for the part. The decision to avoid mainstream fare turned out to be just what Adams’ career needed. “If you love the project, you love the project, and you could be making millions of dollars and have millions of dollars to spend or no money to spend and making no money,” Adams told us at the time . “But it’s about the script and it’s about the people and it’s about the story.” From there she began mixing studio pictures (“Talladega Nights”) with indie roles (“Sunshine Cleaning”), and ended up wowing critics and audiences in “Enchanted,” a film that managed to breathe new life into movie musicals while at the same time paying deep respect to the genre. There was also a short but satisfying arc on “The Office” as Jim Halpert’s (John Krasinski) handbag-slinging girlfriend. By the start of 2009, Adams would earn her second Oscar nod — this one for playing a 1960s-era nun in “Doubt” — and yet she couldn’t quite get used to the idea that she was indeed a movie star. “You see yourself onscreen, or you see pictures of yourself, and it can get really heady. I don’t think human beings are supposed to look at themselves that much,” she said in a 2009 Allure interview , adding that she used to think of herself as “homely” and “painfully small, short, with too much blue eye shadow because I thought, ‘It matches my eyes, so why not?’ ” Perhaps by now, following her third Oscar honor, she’s more comfortable with the notion of celebrity. Hopefully. Because her star is about to rise to a whole new level. There’s her turn as Jason Segel’s girlfriend in “The Muppets,” set to premiere later this year, and she wrapped production last year on “On the Road” opposite Kristen Stewart. In addition, she’s attached to play Janis Joplin in a big-screen biopic . But none of that will compare to the exposure the new “Superman” movie will bring her when it premieres in December 2012. Snyder, for one, couldn’t be happier with the choice. “Amy has the talent to capture all of the qualities we love about Lois,” he said. “[S]mart, tough, funny, warm, ambitious and, of course, beautiful.” What’s your favorite Amy Adams performance? Tell us in the comments. For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
After a brief hiatus from the spotlight, Fefe Dobson is back with a new album and a new outlook on life. Bossip spoke to the “black rock chick” about rebounding after being dropped from her label, what she was like as a little kid and how we can all find more joy. BOSSIP: What’s up Fefe? Tell us about your new album, why did you call it Joy ? Fefe Dobson: I called it Joy because making the record was a joyful experience, but the reason it was a joyful experience was in the process of making it. I made my first record in 2003 when I was 18. I got the chance to do tons of great things – a tour withe Justin Timberlake , a show with Janet Jackson and there was so much that came out of it and then there was the trials and tribulations, parting ways with my label, which was Island Def Jam at that point. I had like 500 dollars left to my name, no boyfriend and bought a dog and wrote Joy . What joy has brought me is liberation and it was very therapeutic and a turning point in my life, that’s why it’s called Joy . Bossip: You seem to have matured – your style has changed a lot, was it the experience of seeing the “bad side of the industry?” FD: Definitely, being so young, getting all the amazing opportunities and kinda having to scale back and start again with nothing. Learning about myself in general. My dad came back into my life. On my first record there was a song called “Unforgiven” because my dad was never in my life. And now my dad has come back in my life – because of that I’m learning about my Jamaican side. I’m biracial so my mom is white and my dad’s black and I never got to know that side. Realizing I’m related to Donald Quarrie – who is an Olympic national hero in Jamaica – that has helped bring me to this point as well. Life… Naturally you have to go through every day and learn in order to fill in those missing pieces to be the person you need to be. Bossip: What goals have you set for yourself for 2011? FD: A lot of goals. My goal for 2010 was to get my album out and to spread Joy and for 2011 it’s to tour this baby like crazy and line up my own shows and hopefully next year go to the Grammys and do my thing. I really want to play big stadiums and stuff like that and hit the masses and meet more people and gain more followers in my career. Bossip: What kind of kid were you? FD: I was a little female Eddie Murphy. I was really crazy and made fun of everybody and made jokes when I shouldn’t have probably. Bossip: What experience led you to this? FD: Music made me do this. From a musical point of view – The Wizard of Oz and Michael Jackson. Music was my only outlet and escape. Bossip: What would you be doing otherwise? FD: I couldn’t do anything else. I was asked that in elementary school when I was a little kid. You know how they go around – there were kids who wanted to be firemen, there were kids who wanted to be lawyers, and I was like “Uhhh rockstar, singer?” and my teacher looked around and was like “What do you really want to be?” and I said “Uhhh I just told you” I didn’t know I had to have a Plan B. You didn’t ask the fireman if he should have a Plan B. Bossip: What was your scariest moment and how did you get through it? FD: My scariest moment was definitely not being with Island anymore. That was probably my scariest moment because I was signed when I was 18 so I was so used to being signed to a major label. At first not being with a major label was the scariest thing. I’ve come from nothing growing up as a kid to being something to now having to start again. That was scary for me. At the same time it was liberating because it was my chance to recharge and restart and not many people get the opportunity to restart with a clean slate. So I think everything happens for a reason even if it’s scary. Bossip: Is there a public figure that you’ve always admired? I really look up to like, you know, Jimi Hendrix – because I’m a woman of color and my foundation is rock and roll and my energy is rock and roll I’ve always looked up to artists that are like myself. Why? I was on rock radio in Canada and the minute they found out I was touring with Justin Timberlake they took me off rock radio and things like that and then I was told “Black girls can’t rock” so I have to look up to any artist that’s going out of their comfort zone and what people think is not the right way for them. That’s day to day – anyone being told they’re doing what they’re not supposed to do. It takes a lot of strength to break the mold. Bossip: What issue should people be more aware about? FD: One of my heroes was John Lennon and the reason I love him so much is John and Yoko’s motto about peace and that if everyone stayed in bed for the day there’d be peace. Maybe he’s a dreamer but it starts with the dream. I think we as humans if we were just a little more considerate of the person next to us. It starts with the person beside you, it starts with not tossing something on the ground, it starts with breaking the mold. Children are going to make the world. There’s abuse and all those things and it starts with a cycle. We have to start with ourselves and the person next to us and that’s where it starts. Bossip: Do you think race is or isn’t important in the U.S.? FD: That’s everywhere, that’s not just the U.S. Where ever there is someone ignorant that doesn’t realize they’re in 2011. Bossip: If you had a fortune to give away where would your money go to? My little brothers. Bossip: Is there any one book, film or album that changed your life? FD: The Alchemist [by Paulo Coehlo]. It’s amazing. It will change your life. Bossip: What has been the biggest story this year so far? FD: What hit home to me, because I could relate to it, was Kelly Williams-Bolar, the mom who got in trouble for putting her kids in a better school.For me it’s an emotional thing because I grew up with a poor mom who would have done anything to put us in a safer school district. For her to get slapped on the wrist for it? On an emotional level that hit me. Bossip: Do you have a celebrity crush? FD: Aside from Spongebob Squarepants? Kate Moss… She’s awesome. At the moment I’m like, I can’t think of any dudes. I haven’t really kept up with who is sexy, but I know Kate Moss is sexy! Bossip: Anything you are an absolute sucker for? FD: Im a sucker for cowboy boots and leather pants. But not at the same time. Bossip: Best advice you ever received? FD: Mainly just heard it throughout from people I met and that’s “Don’t Blend In.” Don’t conform, don’t try to be something you’re not because I’d rather people, even in school, I’d rather them to laugh at me because I wore something different than to accept me because I was being them. Bossip: What question are you sick of being asked? FD: Nothing really yet. Bossip: Not the Rihanna question? FD: I used to get that, not really anymore. I think people are starting to see that musically we’re very different. I think people used to ask because we’re both women of color who are edgy and we’re on the same label, I guess it comes into play for that. No one really asks me what my favorite color is… It’s black. Keep clicking to check out shots of Fefe below!
‘It is very different, and I’m growing up,’ she says of the yet-untitled summer record. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi Selena Gomez Photo: MTV News Selena Gomez isn’t a little girl anymore. She’s 18, in a high-profile romance and has left Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” behind for less tween fare. Her next step also includes her forthcoming album and the empowering first single “Who Says.” “We haven’t decided [a] title [yet for the album] and we’re dealing with the album artwork, ’cause it is very different and I’m growing up,” she told MTV News. “It’s a lot more mature.” Gomez admits that she really loves stepping out of the Disney shadow to grow up in a big way on this album. “I’m growing,” she said. “I’m constantly changing, and it’s fun being able to express that for my fans. So this album is a huge rave; it really is. It’s funky, it’s different. I’m liking it.” The album will not feature any duets or collaborations, but Gomez does have a wish list just in case she feels the need to throw someone on one of the tracks between now and the summer release date. “All of it is pretty much me,” she said of the yet-untitled album. “I love Bruno Mars; I’m obsessed with him. I love B.o.B. I love Adele’s new record; it’s insane. I would love to even just meet her.” Gomez has previously shared that “there’s a lot more depth [on this album].” She has tracks on it that fully express the wide range of emotions she feels as a young woman in the spotlight. “There is one [song] that I’m completely in love with, and it was written by Pixie Lott, who I am obsessed with,” she said. “And it’s my mom’s favorite song. It’s very sweet. It’s kind of a ballad, but not really. It’s basically about living in the moment; it’s about enjoying right now. I’m very much enjoying right now. I’m in a good place.” What are you expecting from Selena’s next album? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos MTV News Extended Play: Selena Gomez Related Artists Selena Gomez
‘I took a little break to get my production right,’ the ‘Sexy Lady’ MC tells MTV News about his new mixtape. By Jayson Rodriguez Yung Berg Photo: MTV News Yung Berg’s been a big hit on the blogs during his career, but not always for having big records (though he has more than a couple of those on his musical r
In an interview with Australia’s ACA Channel 9, 15-year old Casey Heynes finally tells his story. After a lifetime of bullying, Heynes opened up on television about the viral video in which he body-slammed a bully, about losing his friends to bullies, and about his lowest moment yet: “I contemplated suicide.” Speaking of the bully, Heynes said, “He just came up out of nowhere and grabbed me by the… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 20/03/2011 17:59 Number of articles : 2
PITTSBURGH – The NBC Game of the Week matched the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers in an Atlantic Division battle, but over the next 24 hours the spotlight will shine brightest on Penguins winger Matt Cooke after his elbow to the head of Ryan McDonagh in the third period of a 1-1 game: The Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Hockey Writers Discovery Date : 20/03/2011 20:25 Number of articles : 3
PITTSBURGH – The NBC Game of the Week matched the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers in an Atlantic Division battle, but over the next 24 hours the spotlight will shine brightest on Penguins winger Matt Cooke after his elbow to the head of Ryan McDonagh in the third period of a 1-1 game: The Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Hockey Writers Discovery Date : 20/03/2011 20:25 Number of articles : 3
For the first time, a pair of Jonas brothers have spoken out about long-time friend Demi Lovato. The young female singer has been battling personal demons for months now, recently exiting rehab and thanking her fans via a new wrist tattoo . When asked in the latest issue of Details about his ex, Joe Jonas was understandably quiet, simply telling the magazine: “I wish her the best.” However, as posted below, Nick Jonas was a little more open about Demi at a charity event for the Alzheimer’s Association last night, saying: “I think that I’ll always wish her the best and hope that she’s had a good recovery and just all of our thoughts and prayers are with her.” Nick Jonas Talks Demi Lovato
With her face plastered on tabloids and with a recent arrest on record, Christina Aguilera faced the press yesterday. The singer made her first public appearance since being booked for public intoxication, telling journalists gathered for an event to hype NBC’s The Voice that life can be difficult in the spotlight. “We’re only able to be seen through the microscope of the media and what people gossip about,” Aguilera said. On the panel, Christina joked around with fellow judge Adam Levine and played with son Max throughout the interview. She continued: “You take the good with the bad. It’s by telling our stories, sharing our experiences and really giving a first hand look at us as human beings [that shows] who we really are, apart from what we seem to be.” Her goal as a judge on this American Idol -like competition? To inspire contestants. ” The Voice isn’t about tearing people down. I want to bring people up. I want to empower them and give them all the tools I had. I love that I get to be apart of that.”
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