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Gaga performs the much anticipated “Born This Way” at the Grammys. She may say she was inspired by Whitney Houston when she wrote “Born This Way” but boy does it sound a lot like Madonna’s… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Feast of Fun Discovery Date : 14/02/2011 07:54 Number of articles : 2
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Sharon and Kelly Osbourne at Pre-GRAMMY Gala
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Whitney Houston and Kim Burrell perform “I Look To You.” Steve must be there to repent. Whitney does looks healthier, though.
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Reality starlet tells MTV News veteran video director focused on Kim ‘the artist’ for upcoming ‘Turn It Up’ clip. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi Kourtney and Kim Kardashian Photo: Devan Pratt/ MTV News Kim Kardashian is pretty clear about her music career: It’s a one-song deal. Even so, the project is already high-profile, with everyone from Kanye West to The-Dream to music-video maven Hype Williams playing some role in the creation of Kim Kardashian, pop star. And with the song, “Turn It Up,” gaining lots of buzz, fans of the reality starlet are eager to hear the full single and see how the video turns out. From the looks of things, her “one song” idea could wind up being bigger than she envisioned. MTV News caught up with Kim on Wednesday and she revealed some details about the upcoming video. “Hype Williams directed the video. It is so crazy,” she teased. “I mean his looks that he put me in [are crazy]. He really had say in what he wanted, I guess, [for what] Kim ‘the artist’ that I was playing in this role would look like, as opposed to the everyday glam Kim that you’re used to seeing. So, it was really fun to play dress up and have all these other looks that I never really tried before.” Big sis Kourtney was at Kim’s side during the shoot, giving props to her “Kourtney & Kim Take New York” co-star. “Love it! And I was there with her throughout the whole process, which was fun,” Kourtney told us. “Going to the studio and, you know, just everything we did. It was a really fun process.” Kim has been reluctant to give up info about the song, but a source recently told MTV News that the song is a club joint. It’s like “back-in-the-day Jennifer Lopez … a little bit of a Jennifer Lopez feel. It’s totally a dance song,” the source explained. “It’s good and it definitely sounds like [Kim] in my mind. You know it’s her voice. She definitely can sing.” Are you looking forward to Kim’s first official music video release? Tell us in the comments!
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Mariano Vivanco says, ‘It’s one of my favorite films I’ve done.’ By Jocelyn Vena Lady Gaga Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images Mere hours after completing the edit for the Lady Gaga/Mugler Born This Way collaboration that debuted in full Thursday (January 20), the short film’s director, fashion photographer Mariano Vivanco, spoke to MTV News about the film, which not only debuts Nicola Formichetti as the line’s creative director, but also gives fans a taste of a fresh Gaga song , remixed especially for Mugler. The finished version of the track will appear on Gaga’s album, to be released in May. Vivanco explained that what was supposed to be a small-scale Formichetti/Vivanco fashion video to display Mugler’s new looks became a full-scale music video-like shoot once they knew Gaga would be involved — even if they didn’t have the actual song until after they did most of the work. “OK, I’ll be 100 percent honest with you: We didn’t get the music until after the video,” Vivanco revealed. “Nicola hummed it to me and tried singing it to me. It was hilarious. And described it to me in a really articulate way. He said, ‘It’s techno meets Whitney Houston, in a really good way.’ “When he described that to me, I thought the best treatment to that would be to film it in slow motion ’cause I think house music with slow-moving images works,” he continued. “I filmed a lot of scenes that were in my heart and in my mind.” It’s hard to believe that Vivanco hadn’t heard the song when he shot the eerie, moody scenes. But, he notes that a lot of the work to mesh the video and audio came in post-production. After having a few hours to digest the dark, black-and-white art-house music video, Vivanco admitted that he loves the clip and said it was made only more special with the addition of the Gaga track. “A short film for me is like a relationship: You have to love all the imperfections. Hell, I love the film. I think it’s one of my favorite films I’ve done,” he said. “Of course, words can’t express the honor that [Gaga] would give us something so nice to work with. When I hear that song, and you hear it live like we did at the show, I’m like, ‘She’s done it again.’ ” So, how does Gaga feel about it? “She called Nicola, and she said she loved the video,” Vivanco said. “She’s the queen of our times.” Have you seen the Born This Way short film? Give us your review in the comments! Related Photos The Evolution Of: Lady Gaga Related Artists Lady Gaga
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‘It’s undeniable,’ Travie McCoy says of the track that topped MTV News’ Top 25 Songs of 2010. By Jocelyn Vena Usher Photo: Getty Images 2010 had some great jams, and all week, MTV News has been counting down some of its best. Everything from Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” and Rick Ross’ “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast)” to two of Kanye’s West’s killer My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy tracks, “Power” and “Runaway,” made the top 10. But it was Usher’s bombastic party jam “OMG” that rose to the top and came in at #1. So what made that song such a party anthem? “Oh my God! That’s exactly what I would say! Oh my God!” Pauly D joked about 2010’s top party jam. “Dope, dope track. I love playing it. The crowd goes crazy when I play it. Usher’s the man!” Travie McCoy added: “It’s a great song. It’s undeniable, you know what I mean?” “Dancing With the Stars” pro Lacey Schwimmer admitted that “OMG” was the track that got dancers, both professional and amateur, on the dance floor. “You guys got a great dance anthem,” she said. “So be prepared for people who do not know how to dance just going to town!” Producer Alex Da Kid gave props to will.i.am for the song’s epic beat. “I love ‘OMG.’ I think it’s definitely something different for Usher,” he said. “And it still has all the dance performance elements Usher’s known for, but it’s something slightly different and done in a will.i.am kind of way, and it’s different and that’s why it connected to so many different people. It’s a great song.” Celebrities also weighed in on their favorite jams of 2010 , choosing everything from Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” and Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” to B.o.B and Hayley Williams’ “Airplanes.” Why did you love “OMG” in 2010? Tell us in the comments! Related Videos MTV News’ Top Songs Of 2010 Related Photos MTV News’ Top 25 Songs Of 2010 Related Artists Usher
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Usher’s ‘OMG’ Gets Celeb Endorsement As Song Of The Year
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Gaga becomes just the seventh woman ever to take home the magazine’s highest honor, which she dedicates to her fans. By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: Getty Images On Thursday, Lady Gaga capped off a tremendous 2010 by being named Billboard magazine’s Artist of the Year, becoming only the seventh woman ever to take home the honor since the magazine began handing it out in 1981. And in true testament to her meteoric rise to the top of the charts, Gaga’s Artist of the Year nod comes just one year after she was named Billboard ‘s Top New Artist, making her only the third act ever — after Chris Brown and Whitney Houston — to accomplish that feat. Gaga beat out heavyweights like Taylor Swift, Eminem and Lady Antebellum to take home Artist of the Year, which, according to Billboard, was bestowed upon her “thanks in part to the chart performance of her first two albums, The Fame and The Fame Monster, which rank at numbers 4 and 13 on the year-end Top Billboard 200 Albums … [and] four singles from that album, [which] appear on the Hot 100 Songs roundup, led by ‘Bad Romance’ at number 8.” The other women previously named the mag’s Artist of the Year are Swift (2009), LeAnn Rimes (1997), Alanis Morissette (1996), Mariah Carey (1991), Houston (1986) and Madonna (1985). The Billboard honor comes exactly one week after Gaga picked up six Grammy nominations , and early Friday morning, she took to her Twitter account — remember, she had been digitally dead for nearly a week — to dedicate her accolades to her fans. “Monsters have 6 Grammy nominations and Billboard award [for] ‘Artist of the Year,’ ” she wrote. “Thank you for fighting for artistic freedom and self-invention.” Related Photos The Evolution Of: Lady Gaga Related Artists Lady Gaga
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The pop star is looking forward to reaching new audiences on the crime drama’s September 23 premiere. By James Dinh Justin Bieber appears on “CSI” Photo: CBS While he may cause a little mischief now and then , Justin Bieber is far more wholesome than the troubled teen he plays on the season premiere of “CSI.” In a behind-the-scenes video that also contains a few teaser clips from the September 23 episode, the pop star and “CSI” actor George Eads talk about working together. The teen sensation said he was confident that his legion of Bieliebers would enjoy the premiere — as well as the episode later in the season that would find him reprising his role as Jason McCann. “It’s going to be fun. There’s two episodes that I’m doing. It’s high energy,” he said. Bieber said that he has always been a fan of the show, as well as its spinoffs. “I liked it because you never knew what was going to happen. Now that I’m on it, it’s pretty cool,” he said. He added that his cameo would be boundary-crossing for both him and the show. “It opens a different audience to the show,” he said, “and it also helps me because a new audience that might not know me is now going to see me. So it works both ways.” The singer noted that working with Eads, who plays forensic scientist Nick Stokes, was his favorite part of the process. Eads returned the compliments. “He’s very popular and I know he’s very gifted,” said the actor. “But I think it’ll be cool for fans of his and the show to see him do some acting. And I’m kind of getting in his face, so it’s really cool.” The character of Jason, who the pop star describes as “kind of like a bad kid,” gets in Stokes’ face as well. In one scene, Jason tries to flip the script on an interrogation, asking Stokes, “Where’s your gun, your vest, your badge? You off work or something?” Another scene shows the teen watching a grueling fight. While Bieber says he had a little trouble remembering his lines, he definitely gave Eads a good first impression. “I told him, ‘Sorry we have to rehearse so many times,’ and he goes, ‘No, that’s all right. I’m a perfectionist,’ ” the actor recalled. If the “CSI” cameo doesn’t cure fans’ Bieber fever, they can look forward to seeing the pop star on the big screen in 2011, when his 3-D concert movie hits theaters . What do you expect from Justin’s “CSI” episode? Share your thoughts below! Related Photos Justin Bieber And His Many Lady Friends Related Artists Justin Bieber
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We’re testing celebs on their VMA memories, and now you can play at home. By Amy Wilkinson Madonna at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic There’s a reason we’re all excited for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. Artists from Michael Jackson to Kanye West, Madonna to Lady Gaga have made some pretty memorable appearances on the VMA stage. How memorable? Well, we put together a little quiz and sent our reporters out to test celebrities on their VMA trivia knowledge. Take the quiz yourself, and then come back soon for the answers and see how well you did compared to the folks in Hollywood. 1. Madonna has won the most Moonmen in VMA history. Who’s the runner-up? A) Michael Jackson B) Peter Gabriel C) Beyonc
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