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The movie tie-in edition of “20 Times a Lady”—now called “What’s Your Number?“—is now available wherever fine books are sold!
To celebrate its publication, a few of my favorite readers came up with these great reviews…
“What’s Your Number? is like Harry Potter minus the wizards, wands, and Lord Voldemort.” —Michelle Bell
“What’s Your Number? is like Gone With the Wind except with less hoop skirts and poverty and more beaus…” —Karen Meyer
”What’s Your Number? is like To Kill a Mockingbird without all the racism and children.” —Julie Stone
Thanks ladies!
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There was a screening in New York last night hosted by Marie Claire magazine. Here I am:
Milly Jacket, Theory blouse, J Brand jeans, Chloe shoes, Kate Spade earrings, and the handbag was a gift from my friend Caprice!
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Can you tell if a woman has ever flashed someone just by looking at her?
Not a question we pondered before today, admittedly, but Jimmy Kimmel got us thinking about it. The late night host interviewed people on the street and asked them that very question, then polled the audience to see if they could guess right.
The results were mixed in terms of accuracy, but all pretty funny:
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Khloe Kardashian plants one on her favorite little guy! Plus, check out more stars’ cute, candid and crazy Twitter photos
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‘American Idol’ judges aren’t looking to hop on the ‘Moves Like Jagger’ bandwagon with their own collabo, Lopez tells MTV News.
By Gil Kaufman, with reporting by Jim Cantiello
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The usual rule in Hollywood is that if something works once, it’s probably worth doing it again, and again, and again, and then maybe once more just to make sure the concept hasn’t run out of legs.
But even though “The Voice” mentors Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera smashed digital sales records with their collaboration “Moves Like Jagger,” don’t expect “American Idol” judge Jennifer Lopez to follow in their fancy footsteps.
“None of us are kind of followers in that way,” Lopez told MTV News when asked if she and Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler might consider putting their very different pipes together to see if they could capture their own lightning in a bottle. “We kind of do what feels right, and anybody that’s been in the business a long time knows that you don’t chase.”
You could see why they might consider it, though. Since joining the revamped “Idol” panel last year, Lopez and Tyler have helped set a standard for how career artists can reboot their fortunes by making a move to prime time. Aerosmith’s back catalog sales blew up, while Lopez scored her biggest hit in years with the “Idol”-promoted single “On the Floor.”
Despite that visibility, the singer said she’s not into leading from behind. “You set the trail. You go out front, and anything that we do is something that feels good to us,” she said, leaving the door open just a crack. “If that happened, it would happen. If a performance happened, it would happen. But it would have to feel real. … Last year, we talked about performing together on the show for the finale, and we just couldn’t agree on the same thing that felt good for all of us, so we just didn’t do it.”
Get your “Idol” fix on MTV News’ “American Idol” page, where you’ll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.
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Rihanna collaborating with Chris Brown has the newsroom up in arms — because everyone still remembers what he did to RiRi’s face. Are we crazy? (That was rhetorical)
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The What’s Your Number? premiere is tonight in Los Angeles! I have my dress and I’m super excited!
I’m gong to be tweeting live from the red carpet at 6:30 PM PST for US Weekly magazine, so make sure to follow them and me on Twitter:
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Bam Margera spent Fat Monday in the custody of the New Orleans Police Department … after the “Jackass” star got arrested for getting a little too crazy during a Mardi Gras party. TMZ obtained photos of Bam being escorted into a police station…
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Is Drew Barrymore Pregnant?: Spotted Leaving Dr’s Office With Ultrasound Photo!
Is actress Drew Barrymore expecting her first child? Rumors are swirling after Drew was spotted leaving a doctor’s office late last week with a holding [...]
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Grammy-winner Adele adds two trophies to her collection, while Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars and Coldplay also nabbed awards on Tuesday.
By Jocelyn Vena
Adele wins at the Brit Awards 2012
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On Tuesday (February 21), some of the biggest names in the music business headed to London’s O2 Arena for the 2012 Brit Awards, where Adele, Rihanna and Bruno Mars were among the stars who took home prizes.
Grammy winner Adele added to her award collection by nabbing two Brits, including British Female Solo Artist and the night’s big prize, Mastercard British Album of the Year, for 21. And on Wednesday, the U.K. singer will celebrate the one-year anniversary of her chart-topping 21.
“It’s been an amazing year,” she told the room as she accepted the Female Solo Artist prize. She then joked to presenter Kylie Minogue, “I feel like a drag queen next to you,” before thanking her record label for “for letting me be the kind of artist I want to be.”
There were also live performances from Florence and the Machine, Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and, of course, Adele, who sang “Rolling in the Deep” just a little over a week since her Grammy performance.
Meanwhile, just as One Direction seems poised for a U.S. takeover the U.K. boy band nabbed a British Single award for their track “What Makes You Beautiful,” which was released in the States last week.
Rihanna and Bruno Mars won International Female Solo Artist and International Male Solo Artist, respectively. “[Thanks to] all my fans who continue to support me no matter what,” said Rihanna, who made headlines on Tuesday (February 21) by adding Chris Brown to her “Birthday Cake” remix.
Coldplay took home the British Group prize for the third time. On the other end of the spectrum, Grammy winners the Foo Fighters beat out folks like Jay-Z and Kanye West (a.k.a. the Throne), Lady Antebellum and Maroon 5 to win International Group. Lana Del Rey won the International Breakthrough Act award, just weeks after she dropped her debut, Born to Die.
Other awards included Outstanding Contribution Award for Blur, a Critics Choice Award for Emeli Sande and British Male Solo Artist for singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, who also took British Breakthrough Act.
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MTV News joins Spidey supporters to spread the friendly neighborhood web-slinger’s insignia all across Manhattan.
By Josh Wigler
Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in “The Amazing Spider-Man”
Photo: Marvel / Columbia Pictures
NEW YORK — Spider-Man needs support. Sure, he’s better off than most: Spinning webs and climbing walls does have its perks. But a strong superhero is nothing without a strong base of supporters championing his every move — something that isn’t exactly easy for Spidey to accomplish with the Daily Bugle painting him as a menace on every other front page.
Perhaps MTV News can show the hero in a different light. On February 17, we were invited to join a small group of passionate supporters to spread the mark of Spider-Man all across New York City. Our mission: to travel to predetermined locations throughout Manhattan to tag specific walls with the Amazing Spider-Man’s famous insignia. “That’s kind of odd,” you might be saying to yourself. But there was nothing odd about it to Abigail Flynn, one of the carefully selected Spidey supporters out in full force on behalf of the amazing web-slinger.
“We’re supporting Spider-Man,” Flynn told MTV News of the campaign. “We’re putting up the mark of the Spider-Man around the city to spread awareness and spread his message.”
Fellow web-head Walter Sojda added, “He’s fighting for the little guy. We have to show that in New York, we care about Spider-Man. We’re supporting him here.”
New York isn’t the only place Spider-Man has recently found support. All last week, the superhero’s message was spread throughout five other American cities, including Los Angeles, Seattle and Atlanta. Clearly, the hero’s national awareness is on the rise — good timing, no doubt, considering he has a movie on the way!
Spreading the mark of Spider-Man isn’t the only thing that has our spider senses tingling here at MTV News. Early last week, MTV Splash Page received a mysterious backpack in the mail, with no explanation as to its origin other than a haphazardly attached piece of duct tape reading “Property of Peter Parker.” Spidey’s supporters were tight-lipped when asked about Parker’s identity, so the connection between the two remains unclear for now.
Here’s something that is clear: Despite what the Bugle says, there’s a whole lot of love out there for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man — and Manhattan has the mark to prove it.
Are you following the mark of Spider-Man? Let us know in the comments or hit me up on Twitter at @roundhoward!
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Most critics have panned the Nicolas Cage flick, citing mediocrity as its biggest crime.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Nicolas Cage in “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance”
Photo: Columbia Pictures
Nicolas Cage‘s Ghost Rider has received a makeover from “Crank” directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, but that’s not enough to keep the critics happy. Most have panned “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” citing mediocrity as its biggest crime.
We’ve rounded up a sample of the reviews of the film, so you can decide whether you’ll be making the trip to hell this weekend.
The Story
“It’s been five years since stunt rider Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) signed on the bloody line and became Beelzebub’s flaming-biker bounty hunter. Sniffing out evil and sucking the souls out of bad guys whenever his head catches on fire, Blaze finally wants rid of his cursed vigilante alter ego.” — Paul Bradshaw, TotalFilm.com
The Lead
“Returning as the eponymous not-quite-hero, Nicolas Cage spends stretches of the film on autopilot while waiting for scenes he deems worthy of his particular brand of crazy. They’re not frequent enough to please the Cage aficionado, but sequences in which the twitchy, inappropriately giddy actor tries to choke back transformations into a bloodthirsty skeleton-on-fire are welcome in a film where often-charismatic costars Ciarán Hinds and Idris Elba are singing off-key.” — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter
The Directors
“Of course, the 3-D is only of any use whenever the camera stays still, but as with the previous helming efforts of Neveldine/Taylor (the more proudly provocative ‘Crank’ 1 & 2 and ‘Gamer’), the action is often either jittery or roving, shot from behind with the swerving rhythm that comes from one filming on rollerblades, thus doing the format few favors. Their glib touches litter the screenplay, from quips about YouTube and the odd moment approximating a video game glitch to the aforementioned throwaway shot of Ghost Rider taking a flaming leak and nodding to the camera amid the unlikely inferno.” — William Goss, Film.com
The Supporting Cast
“It’s even hard to fully enjoy the mostly-great Ciarán Hinds as the Devil, a role he should be perfectly suited for. Unlike everyone else, he’s obviously trying to hold back and not look ridiculous, but that’s also tough considering how poorly his dialogue is written.
Similarly, young Fergus Riordan may not be quite as annoying as Thomas Horn, but he introduces the same issues any kid character does when brought into a movie geared towards adults. Violante Placido does a perfectly fine job looking fine, making it plainly obvious that she’s basically another poorly-developed female character thrown into a male-driven action movie with very little actual purpose.” — Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net
The Final Word
“Like ‘Ghost Rider: Low Voltage,’ this is a surprisingly underpowered excursion into Marvel’s mad world by Neveldine and Taylor. More purgatory than hellfire.” — Helen O’Hara, Empire
Check out everything we’ve got on “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.”
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‘The Descendants’ and ‘The Ides of March’ earn the Academy Award-winner his sixth and seventh nominations.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
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At this point in his career, almost 30 years after he started acting, George Clooney has become not only one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, but a regular competitor at each year’s Oscars. This year’s Academy Awards nominations, his sixth and seventh, for “The Descendants” and “The Ides of March” represent the diverse work Clooney is now known for and the many different roles he takes on.
Clooney’s journey to Sunday night’s 2012 Oscars took a familiar path through the festival circuit with releases in the second half of the year, one carefully engineered to spell awards success, but the two films that got him there and the work he did cover a wide spectrum in filmmaking.
“Ides of March” took shape late in 2010, when Clooney signed on to wear three hats for the film: actor, producer and director. His fourth directorial effort to date, the political drama follows a young junior campaign manager (Ryan Gosling) as he struggles with the moral dilemmas of supporting a presidential candidate, played by Clooney.
Based on Beau Willimon’s play “Farragut North,” the script for “Ides of March” earned Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for the original author, Clooney and his frequent collaborator Grant Heslov. Though Clooney’s well-known political affiliations and beliefs stood in the foreground, the man himself took more of a backseat, limiting his onscreen role to a few keys scenes.
During awards season, the film made a small mark, after debuting to only mildly positive reviews. It did, however, take a spot on the National Board of Review’s top 10 of the year and earned four Golden Globes nominations, including Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director.
In “The Descendants,” Clooney took a familiar spot as leading man, but the role of Matt King required him to be anything but his usual model of suave confidence. As a soon-to-be widow, Clooney fully adopted the dopey mantel of an Alexander Payne hero in the tradition of Paul Giamatti in “Sideways” and Matthew Broderick in “Election.”
But unlike his predecessors as a lead in one of Payne’s films, Clooney’s character remained almost entirely sympathetic throughout the film, thanks in large part to the believability of the acting. He effortlessly took on the role of an utterly clueless father with good intentions, helping make “Descendants” such a true and touching film.
In the week leading up to Oscar night, Clooney stands neck and neck with fellow nominee Jean Dujardin as the favorite. It would be Clooney’s second win for acting, his first coming in 2006 as supporting actor in Stephen Gaghan’s “Syriana.”
However Sunday’s ceremony might shake out for Clooney, he has proven himself a mainstay for the Academy Awards, and — whether he’s acting, directing, writing or producing — someone who will continue to appear on shortlists for years to come.
The MTV Movies team has the 2012 Oscars covered! Stick with us for everything you need to know leading up to the awards show, and on Sunday, February 26, tune into MTV.com at 5:30 p.m. ET for our three-hour red-carpet live stream and updates on the night’s big winners.
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There?s nothing as cute as a little puppy, and Kate Middleton has announced the name of her and Prince William?s furry friend- Lupo.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been thoroughly enjoying pet ownership, and chose the moniker (Italian for ?wolf?) for their black cocker spaniel despite the apparent irony.
Kate slipped and shared the name while she was spending time with disadvantaged kids at Oxford?s Art Room charity locale.
A student approached Ms. Middleton with a stuffed animal dog, and she declared, ?Why don?t we call it after my dog? He?s called Lupo.?
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Arriving at LAX Airport in style, actress Kate Bosworth and her boyfriend, director Michael Polish, returned to the east coast today (February 21) after a trip to London.
Though the jet-setting couple just got off of an eleven hour flight, they both looked fashion forward in head to toe designer duds – as the “Blue Crush” bombshell wore a Burberry Prorsum jacket, sparkling Chloé studded ankle boots, a Burberry handbag and Ray Ban Aviators while her beau looked just as fashionable in a black coat, wayfarer sunglasses, denim jeans and black boots.
The couple’s clothes weren’t the only thing grabbing attention. Though both have denied the swirling rumor that they secretly wed last year, they were seen wearing their matching “bands” on their left hands while coming out of the airport.
While in London the pair attended the Burberry Autumn Winter 2012 Womenswear Show, where the blonde beauty took a front row seat next to other A-listers such as the lovely Rosie Huntington Whiteley.
And fashion is something that Miss Bosworth knows all about, as she’ll be starring in another video for Vanessa Bruno’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection. The video is set with the actress on the surface of the moon defying gravity in every which way (watch below!).
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‘Revolt TV is bringing that revolution that television needs,’ Diddy says in video announcing his cable network.
By Rob Markman
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Diddy television is official. After weeks of unconfirmed reports and unofficial announcements Sean “Diddy” Combs took to YouTube on Tuesday (February 21) to introduce Revolt TV, his music-themed cable network.
“The revolution will be televised,” the Bad Boy CEO dramatically began his three-and-a-half-minute announcement. Revolt, which will be distributed by Comcast, is part of the company’s commitment to put more minority-run cable networks on television. USA Today reports that NBA star Magic Johnson and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez are also developing their own networks with the cable giant.
“When I was growing up, I was watching television all the time — I used to wonder, ‘Why don’t those people look like me, or talk like me or walk like me?’ So thank you to Comcast; my hat goes off to you for being the first to step up,” Diddy said before inviting Time Warner, DirecTV and other cable providers to also pick up his channel.
During a January interview with MTV News, the music mogul responded to the premature reports, only going on record to confirm that Revolt will bring a “new energy” to television. He also gave props to music networks like MTV for paving the way.
“Revolt TV is bringing that revolution that television needs,” Diddy said in the clip. “I grew up watching BET and MTV and HBO and NBC, and I had a dream. I had a dream that one day I would get a chance, an opportunity to show my perspective coming from a musical standpoint.
Revolt TV is expected to go live at the end of 2012.
Are you excited about Diddy’s Revolt TV? Tell us in the comments!
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As Adele marks one year on the Billboard charts, we look at 21 amazing facts about the equally amazing 21.
By Gil Kaufman and James Montgomery
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Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
The traditional gift for a one-year anniversary is paper. Though, considering that Adele has sold more than 6 million copies of her breakthrough album 21 since its U.S. release one year ago this week, trust us, paper is the one thing the Grammy-winning British songbird has plenty of.
What she’s also racked up over the past 52 weeks is a gang of awards, records and amazing feats of music industry daring that most people thought just weren’t possible in the download era. So, on the anniversary of the unstoppable album’s chart debut, we thought we’d take a look back at the year that was, with 21 amazing facts about 21.
1. In February 2011, 21 debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with first-week sales of 352,000 copies. It stayed in the top three for 24 consecutive weeks and has never fallen out of the top 10 since its release.
2. In the year since its release, 21‘s lowest chart position was #7, in November 2011. The following week, it was back at #2, and it hasn’t left the top three since.
3. With her , Adele has broken the record previously held by the late Whitney Houston‘s soundtrack to “The Bodyguard” by notching 21 non-consecutive weeks at #1.
4. The album’s 21 weeks atop the chart also mean that it spent a staggering 40 percent of the past year as the country’s #1 album.
5. 21 was not only the best-selling album of 2011 in the U.S. — with sales of more than 5.8 million — it’s also the best-selling digital album of all time in this country, racking up more than 2 million downloads to date.
6. The album debuted at #1 in the U.K. upon its release on January 30, 2011, and held that spot for four weeks. After she sang “Someone Like You” on the BRIT Awards telecast, sales increased by nearly 900 percent on Amazon.co.uk within an hour of her performance. She also set a Guinness World Record in September 2011 by becoming the first female artist to have two singles and two albums in the U.K. top five simultaneously.
7. 21 was also the best-selling album of the 21st century in the U.K., passing Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black.
8. 21 has topped the charts in 27 different countries, including Switzerland, Sweden, Mexico, Poland and Greece, and has sold more than 17 million copies worldwide.
9. In the U.S. alone, 21 has sold more copies in one year than Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way, Rihanna’s Talk That Talk and Beyoncé’s 4 combined.
10. After canceling the remainder of her tour in October to undergo vocal surgery, Adele has played just 34 North American shows in support of 21.
11. Even more incredibly, she’s released just three official singles off the album in the U.S., with a fourth (“Rumour Has It”) set to hit radio next month.
12. One of those singles, “Someone Like You,” was released as a digital track in February 2011, right around the time the album hit stores here in the States, but didn’t take off until after Adele performed it at the MTV Video Music Awards in late August: In September 2011, it leapt from 19 to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving it the biggest jump to the top position in the chart’s 53-year history that wasn’t tied to the release of a single.
13. According to Billboard, “Someone Like You,” was the first piano-and-vocal-only ballad to top the Hot 100 chart since its founding in 1958. That feat is even more incredible considering that 1,008 songs have made it to #1 on that chart, but all, even Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind,” featured additional instruments.
14. The runaway success of 21 set off a worldwide manhunt for the dastardly ex-boyfriend who inspired the amazing kiss-off “Rolling in the Deep.” According to the New York Post, that mystery man is a British musician/actor named Slinky Winfield. Legend has it she began writing the tune just hours after their nasty breakup.
15. How big a hit was “Rolling”? It was the biggest crossover song in the past 25 years, according to Billboard, showing up on a dozen different radio format lists — even Latin — and charting on the magazine’s Adult Contemporary, Alternative Songs, Hot Dance Club Songs, Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs, Rock Songs, Pop Songs and Adult Pop Songs charts.
16. Aside from its inherent awesomeness, some have speculated that “Rolling” became such a huge hit Stateside because of its intriguing title. Adele explained that she chose a British slang, “roll deep,” as inspiration, referring to knowing that someone always has your back in a fight. “And that’s how I felt in the relationship that the record’s about, especially ‘Rolling in the Deep,’ ” she told Rolling Stone magazine. “That’s how I felt, you know, I thought that’s what I was always going to have, and um, it ended up not being the case.”
17. All that heartbreak paid off at the 54th Grammy Awards, where Adele swept the top categories and went six-for-six on the night. The mark tied her with Beyoncé for the most wins in a single night by a female artist.
18. Included in her Grammy haul were the awards for Album, Record and Song of the Year, making Adele just the sixth artist ever to sweep the so-called Big Three, joining a list that includes Paul Simon, Carole King and Eric Clapton.
19. When combined with the Best New Artist Grammy she won in 2009, Adele is just the second artist to have won the Big Four awards, alongside Christopher Cross.
20. If you count Paul Epworth’s Producer of the Year win, 21‘s seven total Grammys make it the sixth-most-honored album in the awards’ history, trailing only U2′s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Santana’s Supernatural, Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me, Ray Charles’ Genius Loves Company and, uh, Thriller.
21. 21 was honored with exactly 31 pounds, 8 ounces of Grammys, a weight equal to 20 dozen eggs, four gallons of water or exactly one young emperor penguin.
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Akon is up to his neck in $51,000 of construction bills on his Georgia mansion … and he still hasn’t paid up — this according to a new lawsuit filed by a local contracting company.Southern Electric filed the lawsuit against Akon in Georgia…
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The years since Lohan’s last ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosting gig have been filled with turmoil.
By John Mitchell
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Photo: FilmMagic
For the first time in a long time, the universe seems to be working in Lindsay Lohan’s favor. The actress has been confirmed as host of the March 3 episode of “Saturday Night Live” and has reportedly booked the role of film legend Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie “Liz and Dick.”
Recently, she’s been lying low and working to finish the community service she was sentenced to following numerous probation violations relating to past DUI arrests and charges she shoplifted a necklace from a Venice, California, boutique in early 2011. Her most recent probation progress reports from Los Angeles Superior Court judge Stephanie Sautner have been “glowing,” and there’s been some indication she may even be on track to complete the requirements of her probation early, according to Radar.
Lohan last hosted “SNL” in April 2006. She’s hosted the legendary sketch-comedy show three times, receiving mostly positive reviews for her stints on the show. But a lot has happened to the starlet in the years since. Let’s take a look at where she was when she last hosted the show and the turbulent years since.
When Lindsay Last Hosted ‘SNL’
When Lohan last graced the famous Studio 8-H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, she was promoting her star vehicle “Just My Luck” and the Robert Altman-directed “A Prairie Home Companion.” Lohan received a career-high paycheck of $7 million for the rom-com, which was helmed by Donald Petrie, who was working in the genre that brought him great success with “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” and “Miss Congeniality.” The role was intended to be the bridge that carried Lohan from her child-star past into adult roles but failed to catch fire at the box office, grossing a disappointing $17 million.
While it didn’t perform particularly well in theaters either, “Companion” earned warm reviews and, importantly, landed the actress accolades from two of the film industry’s most respected veterans, the late Altman, the legendary director of “MASH,” “Nashville,” “Short Cuts” and “Gosford Park,” and Meryl Streep, who complimented Lohan’s acting skills in W magazine, saying, “She’s in command of the art form” and “completely, visibly living in front of the camera.”
While trouble was brewing in her personal life at the time, with rumors of drug use, hard partying and eating disorders already plaguing the then-19-year-old actress, Lohan still had some of the most highly esteemed people in her industry rushing to her defense. Later that same year, she earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as part of the sprawling cast of “Bobby.”
Just a month after her “SNL” appearance, concerns about her partying came to a head when she was hospitalized on the set of “Georgia Rule.” Her reps claimed “she was overheated and dehydrated,” but Morgan Creek Productions executive James G. Robinson famously called her bluff and did so very publicly, penning a letter that was quickly made public calling the actress “irresponsible and unprofessional” and stating, “We are well aware that your ongoing all night heavy partying is the real reason for your so-called ‘exhaustion.’ ”
The actress soldiered on, but not for long. In January 2007, production on her much-maligned and financially unsuccessful film “I Know Who Killed Me” was suspended when she entered the hospital to have her appendix removed and again less than a month later when she entered the Wonderland Center, a lavish treatment facility for substance abuse that caters to a celebrity clientele. It was the first of several court-ordered and voluntary stays in rehab.
Soon after, she withdrew from a planned film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “A Woman of No Importance” and was released from the independent film “The Edge of Love” after the director was not able to secure insurance for Lohan to star.
Lohan’s Legal Troubles Begin
The tumult that has plagued Lohan since early 2007 is as well-publicized as it is seemingly endless. For all intents and purposes, the legal troubles that continue to plague the actress really began in May 2007, when she was arrested for driving under the influence. We’ve briefly catalogued those troubles below:
May 26, 2007: Lohan is arrested after crashing her Mercedes into a shrub and curb in Los Angeles at 5:30 a.m. and is charged with misdemeanor DUI. She immediately re-enters rehab, this time at Promises Treatment Center in Malibu.
July 24, 2007: The actress is again arrested for DUI, this time following a brief car chase through Santa Monica. When police search Lohan, she is found to have a small amount of cocaine in her pocket. People reports that she was wearing an alcohol-detection ankle bracelet at the time of her arrest and was booked for DUI, possession of cocaine, transporting a narcotic into a custody facility and driving on a suspended license. In August, Lohan reaches a plea deal that includes one day in jail (though she ultimately only serves 84 minutes), 10 days of community service, completion of an 18-month alcohol-education program, hundreds of dollars in fines and 36 months of probation.
February 2008: Lohan re-creates Marilyn Monroe’s famous “Last Sitting” in a controversial photo shoot for New York magazine. Unable to secure acting roles, reportedly because production companies can’t afford the high cost of insuring her, she launches a line of leggings, 6126 (Monroe’s birthday), and a spray-tan line, Sevin Nyne, in collaboration with Sephora.
October 16, 2009: Lohan is more than an hour late to a probation hearing in Beverly Hills for a progress review on her two DUI cases and receives another year of probation due to failure to complete alcohol-education classes as required.
June 8, 2010: A judge issues an arrest warrant for Lohan after she violates a court order to not consume alcohol while wearing a SCRAM alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet. The warrant is recalled after she posts $200,000 bail.
July 6, 2010: Lohan is sentenced to 90 days in jail and 90 days in rehab for violating her probation in her DUI cases.
July 20, 2010: The actress is taken into custody to begin her jail term. She serves only 14 days of the 90-day sentence due to overcrowding and is taken immediately to UCLA Medical Center to begin her court-ordered rehab. She is again released early and permitted to continue her treatment on an outpatient basis.
September 24, 2010: Having failed a drug test, Lohan’s trial is revoked and she spends a day in jail before being released on bail. A few days later, she is sent on justice sequence to the Betty Ford Center, where she remains for three months.
February 9, 2011: Barely free for a month, Lohan is charged with a burglary after walking out of a Venice, California, boutique with a $2,500 necklace still around her neck. She pleads no contest, but as any violations of the law constitute a violation of her probation, she is sentenced to 120 days in jail, 360 hours of community service at a Los Angeles women’s shelter and 120 hours service at the L.A. County morgue. Due to jail overcrowding, she serves house arrest instead, wearing a tracking ankle monitor for 35 days. While underneath house arrest, her monitoring bracelet detects trace amounts of alcohol in her system, which under further investigation are not deemed a probation violation, so she receives no additional punishment.
October 19, 2011: After Lohan fails to complete her court-ordered community service, Judge Sautner revokes the actress’ probation and sends her to jail, telling the actress that if she wants to stay out of a corrections facility, she needs to complete 16 hours of community service at the morgue before her next hearing. She is again sentenced to jail November 7, this time for 30 days, but is released after just a few hours due to overcrowding.
Following her latest brush with the law, the actress seemed to decide that enough was enough. She’s reportedly been diligent about completing her community service so she can get back to work as an actress and has received positive notices from the judge.
Rumored to be experiencing financial difficulties due to her inability to work, Lohan accepted a $1 million deal to pose for the January issue of Playboy. Her photo shoot for the men’s magazine was, unsurprisingly, inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s shoot for the same mag. The issue was released early after the photos leaked online and was enormously successful, reportedly even selling out in some markets.
Lohan’s March 3 appearance on “Saturday Night Live” will be her first acting gig since Robert Rodriguez’s 2010 film “Machete.”
Are you rooting for Lindsay’s comeback? Let us know in the comments!
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If you’re needing a daily dose of cuteness, you probably should check out Tuesday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On it, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax costars Zac Efron and Taylor Swift pulled out their guitars and sang a charming (and slightly modified) duet of Foster the People‘s "Pumped Up Kicks," once again proving that they’re two of the most adorable young celebrities in Hollywood. Watch their performance below!
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I was daydreaming at the office one recent afternoon when I started to notice all the “Star Wars” stuff I?ve got at my desk. Alongside representations of John McClane, Mal Reynolds and Kevin Costner as Robin Hood are: three Yodas (cute plush Yoda, figurine Yoda and Magic 8 Ball-type Yoda), one talking Yoda keychain, three [...]
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Welcome back to the first annual Tournament of THG: Couples Edition, where fans vote on the most popular celebrity couple in the entire universe!
The concept is simple: Pick your favorite of the two pairs in each poll. Done. YOUR VOTES will determine the winners of this tournament showdown.
After eight hotly-contested first-round battles, the quarterfinal bracket is set. Eight pairs remain with a chance to win the crown, so let the voting begin!
Tuesday’s matchup: #1 seeds Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart vs. #9 seeds Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel! Vote for your favorite duo below!
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‘I think Armie Hammer was always their #1 choice,’ he says of ending up alongside Kristen Stewart in ‘Huntsman’ instead.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Photo: MTV News
“Snow White and the Huntsman” star Sam Claflin apparently had enough charm to be up for the role of the prince in both big-screen adaptations of the classic Snow White fairy tale. In the end, the “Mirror Mirror” producers had their eye on a different young man.
“I think Armie Hammer was always their #1 choice,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” star told Teen.com. “But I kind of saw more similarities in their prince and the part I played in ‘Pirates,’ whereas [with this] I thought I wanted to pick up a sword and I wanted to do a bit of fighting and get a bit grittier and hopefully sort of open a few more doors for me.”
Claflin isn’t the only one adding some grit to his part: Kristen Stewart’s version of Snow is light-years away from “Mirror” star Lily Collins’. “She tends to sort of not be in any princess-like costumes, which is good for her and kind of gives her that badass sort of fighting spirit, I suppose,” Claflin said of the armor-clad heroine. “But she looks pretty damned awesome. Thumbs up.”
“Snow White and the Huntsman,” which also stars Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman and Charlize Theron as the film’s Evil Queen, opens this summer. A trailer for the darker take on the “Snow” story dropped back in November and gave fans an eyeful of what they should expect from the film, which includes snowy landscapes and even chillier emotions.
“Snow White and the Huntsman” follows Stewart’s Snow White and her hunting mentor. After the evil queen, Ravenna, calls for her death, Hemsworth’s Huntsman takes it upon himself to train Snow to fight off the Evil Queen after he disobeys her and allows her to live against the queen’s orders.
Check out everything we’ve got on “Snow White and the Huntsman.”
For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com.
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The darkest timeline has ended!
It’s time to celebrate Human Beings: a return date for Community has finally been set! Huzzah! The comedy was shelved by NBC during midseason to make…
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Nine films are nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards this year, begging the question: who deserved a tenth spot on that list? “Oscars 2012: 10 Spot” answers that question, as the MTV Movies team highlights some of 2011′s greatest films and argues why they deserved a nod as the tenth Best Picture nominee. [...]
Source: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/02/20/oscars-2012-best-picture-the-ides-of-march/
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Six days after Whitney Houston‘s death at the age of 48, her on-again, off-again boyfriend Ray J has broken his silence.
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Most critics have panned the Nicolas Cage flick, citing mediocrity as its biggest crime.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Nicolas Cage in “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance”
Photo: Columbia Pictures
Nicolas Cage‘s Ghost Rider has received a makeover from “Crank” directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, but that’s not enough to keep the critics happy. Most have panned “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” citing mediocrity as its biggest crime.
We’ve rounded up a sample of the reviews of the film, so you can decide whether you’ll be making the trip to hell this weekend.
The Story
“It’s been five years since stunt rider Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) signed on the bloody line and became Beelzebub’s flaming-biker bounty hunter. Sniffing out evil and sucking the souls out of bad guys whenever his head catches on fire, Blaze finally wants rid of his cursed vigilante alter ego.” — Paul Bradshaw, TotalFilm.com
The Lead
“Returning as the eponymous not-quite-hero, Nicolas Cage spends stretches of the film on autopilot while waiting for scenes he deems worthy of his particular brand of crazy. They’re not frequent enough to please the Cage aficionado, but sequences in which the twitchy, inappropriately giddy actor tries to choke back transformations into a bloodthirsty skeleton-on-fire are welcome in a film where often-charismatic costars Ciarán Hinds and Idris Elba are singing off-key.” — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter
The Directors
“Of course, the 3-D is only of any use whenever the camera stays still, but as with the previous helming efforts of Neveldine/Taylor (the more proudly provocative ‘Crank’ 1 & 2 and ‘Gamer’), the action is often either jittery or roving, shot from behind with the swerving rhythm that comes from one filming on rollerblades, thus doing the format few favors. Their glib touches litter the screenplay, from quips about YouTube and the odd moment approximating a video game glitch to the aforementioned throwaway shot of Ghost Rider taking a flaming leak and nodding to the camera amid the unlikely inferno.” — William Goss, Film.com
The Supporting Cast
“It’s even hard to fully enjoy the mostly-great Ciarán Hinds as the Devil, a role he should be perfectly suited for. Unlike everyone else, he’s obviously trying to hold back and not look ridiculous, but that’s also tough considering how poorly his dialogue is written.
Similarly, young Fergus Riordan may not be quite as annoying as Thomas Horn, but he introduces the same issues any kid character does when brought into a movie geared towards adults. Violante Placido does a perfectly fine job looking fine, making it plainly obvious that she’s basically another poorly-developed female character thrown into a male-driven action movie with very little actual purpose.” — Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net
The Final Word
“Like ‘Ghost Rider: Low Voltage,’ this is a surprisingly underpowered excursion into Marvel’s mad world by Neveldine and Taylor. More purgatory than hellfire.” — Helen O’Hara, Empire
Check out everything we’ve got on “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.”
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I’m here! I’m here! And I saw my first gang-banger get arrested yesterday so I feel like a total Angeleno.
I’m getting ready to go to the gym (again, like a total Angeleno!) so I will update later about my run-ins with Alexander Skarsgard, Pauly Shore, and Jeremy or Jason London (I’m not sure which one it was and seeing if I could force him to do drugs to find out seemed unfair. Besides, as it turned out, he was telling the truth?)
Anyhoo, I’ve got a lot to tell you about gardening! (Did you know if you get dirt wet it turns into mud? Yuck.)
And bumpers! (They don’t bump off anything… they go, “Scraaaaaaaatch!”)
And there’s probably more but, again, I have to go because I have to get to the gym!
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This warms our hearts!
Check out the photos (above, and below) of Madge totally TAKING OVER the press!
Madonna Mania is upon us!!!!!
Loves it!!!!!!!
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UM. WHAT!?!
So Jennifer Aniston shot a topless scene for Wanderlust, right…
Welll… according to word on the street, gurl decided to have it “removed” for the sake of her relationship with Justin Theroux!!
Say whhaaaa???? Her body may be a-mazing right now but if she wants to show ‘em off, she should do it [...]
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Akon is up to his neck in $51,000 of construction bills on his Georgia mansion … and he still hasn’t paid up — this according to a new lawsuit filed by a local contracting company.Southern Electric filed the lawsuit against Akon in Georgia…
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They’re ba-aaack!
The second season of Khloe & Lamar premiered tonight and it was off to a hot start (and this is before the titular stars relocate to Dallas), with…
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Supporting her man during his afternoon press duties, Jennifer Aniston joined Justin Theroux in dropping by ABC Studios in Hollywood on Monday (February 20).
The duo was escorted inside by security so that Theroux could tape a segment for Thursday’s (February 23) episode of “Jimmy KLimmel Live!” – in which he’s promoting his new movie “Wanderlust,” which also stars Miss Aniston.
The studio visit comes after Jen made an appearance earlier today on “Good Morning America,” during which she cleared up a pesky rumor regarding her current beau Justin Theroux and the timing of their relationship.
When asked by anchor Lara Spencer if she and Justin got together during the filming of ?Wanderlust,? Aniston told, ?Nothing happened on that movie? [That's] the easy rumor.?
?We were just friends,? she explained, adding, ?I?ve known Justin for a long time.?
Source: http://celebrity-gossip.net/jennifer-aniston/aniston-587525
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Young crossed paths with old on the red carpet of last night’s The Lorax premiere, as Taylor Swift and Betty White – who both voice characters in this animated big screen version of the classic Dr. Seuss book – both turned out at the plaza of Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City.
Others in attendance included Danny DeVito, Ed Helms and Zac Efron, but let’s focus on these two lovely ladies for a moment.
Study their outfits at the event now and vote on your favorite:
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Young Money Barbie had that ‘Super Bass,’ conquering pop and rap landscapes to land on Hottest MCs in the Game list.
By MTV News staff
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A few months before the release of his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West took to Hot 97′s Angie Martinez-hosted radio show to promote his G.O.O.D. Friday series, but also to make a seemingly odd proclamation. “The scariest artist in the game right now … the scariest artist is definitely Nicki Minaj,” West said. “I think she has the most potential out of everyone to be the #2 rapper of all time.”
While we won’t even wade into a “hottest MCs of all time” debate, MTV News’ Hip-Hop Brain Trust eventually voted Nicki into the plum #4 spot on the Hottest MCs in the Game VII list.
In the summer of 2010, Minaj was the acid-tongued “two” to Drake’s “one” in Lil Wayne’s Young Money one-two punch. With her debut album still on the way, she was murdering features left and right.
“When she hit the scene, she was just like the pretty girl alongside Wayne,” said Rahman Dukes, MTV News’ director of hip-hop news. “Drake was really the next one that everyone was looking out for.”
Want to join the debate? Just hit us on Twitter using the hashtag #HottestMC!
Album: Pink Friday
Selected Mixtapes: None
Singles: “Super Bass,” “Fly” (featuring Rihanna) and “Starships”
Street Bangers: “Did it on Em,” “Roman in Moscow,” “Stupid Hoe”
Key Guest Appearances: Big Sean’s “Dance (A$$)” remix, Birdman’s “Y.U. Mad” and Drake’s “Make Me Proud”
Meteoric Metrics: Nicki continued to dominate the singles chart thanks to “Super Bass,” which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Business Ventures: The Barbie starred in Mac’s Viva Glam campaign and linked with OPI to launch her own nail polish.
Tours: She hit the road with Lil Wayne on his I Am Still Music Tour and Britney Spears on the Femme Fatale Tour.
Monumental Moment: Nicki took home the Best Hip-Hop Video VMA for “Super Bass.”
Forecast: With Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded on the way, Nicki should once again rule the airwaves in 2012, but Roman is a different story …
But by the time she dropped her Pink Friday debut last November, the world was on notice. Now, Nicki’s success spans the pop and hip-hop worlds, and her fanbase is just as eclectic, with young girls and “Kens” all riding for the Young Money Barbie. Minaj’s song “Super Bass” was just a bonus track on the album, but it won over fans including squeaky-clean Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez, both of whom jumped on the record, rapping along line for line to the infectious track. “Bass” may have even helped Nicki score a spot opening for Britney Spears on her Femme Fatale Tour.
As far as our Hottest MCs criteria, Nicki meets them all. Her impact is undeniable and, lyrically, she holds her own when she’s playing with the boys: She stole the show on Big Sean’s “Dance (A$$)” remix and declared herself the Female Weezy on Birdman’s “Y.U. Mad.” Need more proof? Minaj shut down New York Fashion Week in September 2011. And she has conquered hip-hop’s digital landscape.
“Recently, she broke the record for the most followed hip-hop artist on Twitter; her social media following is incredible,” said Nadeska Alexis, MTV’s RapFix blog editor. “She dropped the song ‘Stupid Hoe’ — people didn’t necessarily love the song [but] a week later it’s at 15 million views on YouTube.”
While her songs may not always appeal to “the streets,” millions of her fans have bought into Nicki’s sound. And her performance at the 2012 Grammys, while controversial, was a huge honor and a testament to the lane she’s carved for herself.
After the roundtable votes were tallied, Nicki was initially slotted at #5 with Young Money boss Wayne clocking in at #4, but several members of the Brain Trust felt strongly enough about Nicki’s accomplishments that her position warranted a second look. Hottest MCs moderator Sway Calloway called for a vote and in the end, six of the nine experts elected to move Nicki up to the #4 spot, sending Weezy down to #5.
“Nicki Minaj doesn’t have to be Meek Mill, but at the same time she’s not Britney Spears,” said Steven Roberts, a segment producer/writer at MTV News. “I think Nicki Minaj is something special where she can be in the middle and she can be pop and hip-hop because I think hip-hop at this point is pop.”
What do you think of our list? Sound off on MTV News’ “Hottest MCs in the Game VII” using the hashtag #HottestMC!
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One day after tying the knot in Hawaii, Elizabeth Smart flaunted her brand new wedding ring while holding hands with brand new hubby Matthew Gilmour yesterday.This is the first pic of the 24-year-old Brigham Young student since her Saturday…
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It’s not known if there is a sex tape featuring Courtney Robertson from The Bachelor. But if there is, Vivid Entertainment would like to buy it. For $1 million.
Heck, they’d also pay her that to make one from scratch.
“There is no doubt that Courtney is the hottest girl ever on [the show],” Steve Hirsch, CEO / founder of Vivid and apparently not a longtime fan of the show, says.
“We would definitely like to buy an existing tape, or if she prefers, produce one with her … this tape could definitely be worth as much as $1 million,” he adds.
Seriously?! Maybe if it were auto-tuned like this viral hit:
Vivid is famous for releasing such material, including one starring Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, and of course the infamous Kim Kardashian sex tape.
For now, Courtney Robertson, a 28-year-old brunette who’s like, a model, is still in the running for Ben Flajnik’s heart on the hit ABC (sur)reality series.
Ben will meet her parents on tonight’s hometown date episode. He will also say the word “hometown” and “Courtney and I’s” relationship about 84 times.
Will Courtney last beyond this evening’s installment? The Bachelor spoilers we’ve pulled together shed some light on that subject, so read if you dare!
Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/02/vivid-offers-1m-for-courtney-robertson-sex-tape/
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MTV News thinks ‘Rango’ is the likely winner at this year’s Academy Awards, but who should win?
By Josh Wigler
“Rango”
Photo: Paramount Pictures
The Academy Awards are fast approaching, and it’s bound to be an animated show this year — if not a particularly “Adventure”-ous one.
For the first time in years, animation powerhouse Pixar has been shut out of the Oscar race for Best Animated Feature Film, leaving the field wide open for an unexpected newcomer to take the top prize. Two foreign flicks — “A Cat in Paris” and “Chico & Rita” — are in the mix, battling it out against popular favorites and proven franchise hits “Kung Fu Panda 2″ and “Puss in Boots.” But we expect that the Academy will skew toward the surreal this year, honoring the beautifully bizarre “Rango” with a shiny new golden statue.
Read on for our picks and wishes for Best Animated Feature Film.
Who Will Win: “Rango” takes it home. “A Cat in Paris” and “Chico & Rita” cancel each other out, as do DreamWorks Animation’s two offerings. That leaves the door open for the little chameleon that could, played to quirky perfection by seasoned veteran Johnny Depp. Reteaming with his former “Pirates of the Caribbean” captain Gore Verbinski, “Rango” stands out as one of the most original animated movies to hit theaters stateside in quite some time. It’s fully deserving of its impending victory. Having said that…
Who Should Win: “The Adventures of Tintin.” Clearly, it’s not going to win — it’s not even nominated! A travesty, I say. Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the adventure tales from Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi stands out as one of the greatest comic book films of 2011, and in my opinion, the best animated movie of the year. It deserves not just a nomination, but a win, for its fantastic score from John Williams, wonderfully inventive opening credits, astoundingly assembled action pieces and yet another all-star motion-capture grand slam from the incredible Andy Serkis. “Tintin” didn’t win its Golden Globe award for nothing, folks. This movie should already be polishing its Oscar by now — there are no excuses for its exclusion from the race.
The MTV Movies team has the 2012 Oscars covered! Stick with us for everything you need to know leading up to the awards show, and on Sunday, February 25, we’ll put you on the red carpet and bring you all the winners.
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‘I thought it was some cologne or something,’ Strap says of his bag being flagged by TSA at an Atlanta airport.
By Nadeska Alexis, with reporting by Sway Calloway
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Travis Porter member Strap was arrested at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on Wednesday when the Transportation Security Administration found a gun in the rapper’s backpack. During a visit to Shade 45′s “Sway in the Morning” show on Friday (February 17), Strap reiterated that the mishap was an “honest mistake.”
Strap was en route to New York City for a promotional show when his bag was flagged during a routine security checkpoint. The Atlanta rapper explained to MTV News correspondent and “Sway in the Morning” host Sway Calloway that it was a case of bad memory. “[I was] moving fast man, leaving the studio to catch an early flight,” Strap said. “[It was] an honest-to-God mistake.
“Ain’t no alarm go off,” Strap continued, explaining that he was confused when TSA agents approached him. “Ten people came over and they’re like, ‘Is this your bag? There’s a 9MM in this bag, sir.’ ”
Strap would not comment on whether he admitted to security that the gun belonged to him. Fellow Travis Porter member Quez was present during the ordeal and earlier in the week he told MTV News what took place. “It was crazy, because he was looking so confused,” Quez said, detailing the search and arrest. “He didn’t know what was going on, and they told him, ‘You got some business in your bag, bro.’ ”
Travis Porter first gained notoriety after appearing on Roscoe Dash’s 2008 hit “All the Way Turnt Up,” and in 2010, the trio broke kept the momentum going with their hit “Make It Rain,” which peaked at #9 on the Billboard rap charts and stirred up interest in the group’s delayed debut album, No Sleep to Atlanta, on RCA Records.
Catch MTV News’ Sway Calloway on “Sway in the Morning,” on Sirius XM Radio’s Shade 45, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon ET.
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Just when it seemed like Chris Tucker’s tax debt couldn’t get any bigger … the government has tacked on another half a million dollars to his already outrageous bill … meaning he’s broken the $12 million tax lien barrier. Congrats?As TMZ…
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Elton John had a crappy weekend … a very crappy weekend … because the Rocket Man came down with a nasty case of food poisoning … TMZ has learned. E.J. was supposed to perform at Caesars Palace in Vegas this past Friday and Saturday night ……
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My good friend Caprice Crane’s new book, With a Little Luck, is out today. Yay, Caprice!
It’s gotten great reviews:
“Crane is one of the funniest writers of popular fiction around. The dialog (inner and outer) is laugh-out-loud, snort-inducing hilarious . . . Readers will want to cross their fingers and spit while throwing salt over their shoulders if it helps Berry reach her dreams. Highly recommended.”
—Library Journal
“Fans of Stacy Ballis and Cara Lockwood will appreciate Crane’s effortlessly funny style, which is often attempted in popular fiction but is rarely this well executed…Lighthearted and charmingly honest.”
—Booklist
“[A] satisfying romantic comedy…[with] real character growth.”
—Kirkus Reviews
And even better blurbs:
“Romantic, poignant and funny—this book is a lucky find for lit fans. Caprice Crane is a nimble and gifted storyteller.”
—Diablo Cody, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Juno
“A hilarious romp that oozes charm and giddy fun. Caprice Crane is a true talent.”
—Molly Jong-Fast, author of The Social Climber’s Handbook
“Witty, fast-paced, and sheer fun. Caprice Crane is a master of dialogue. Half the time I was reading this book I was smiling, which made me look like a crazy person on the subway.”
—Jancee Dunn, author of Don’t You Forget About Me and Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?
“Absolutely charming and hilarious.”
—Missy Peregrym, star of the movie Stick It and ABC’s Rookie Blue
“With a Little Luck scores in humor, head, and heart. In other words, it’s a perfect trifecta.”
—Karyn Bosnak, author of 20 Times a Lady (soon to be the major motion picture What’s Your Number?)
(Omg, who is that last fantastic blurber?) (I meant every word of it.)
And most importantly, she has the cutest dog ever (who likes to video chat with Bev):
Anyway, check it out, buy it—it’s fantastic!
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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting fame are campaigning hard for Rick Santorum, calling the Republican the “Man Of God” to lead the United States.
The ultra religious Duggar family backed the GOP presidential candidate early on, and have been emboldened by the underdog’s recent surge to the top of many polls.
“We want a man that honors God to lead our nation,” Michelle Duggar said about the former Senator and why she’s supporting him for the Republican party nomination.
“We have been praying to the Lord that if you want the heart of the voters to turn to Rick Santorum then please do so,” she said. “We prayed that more people would take a closer look at him, and more people are getting behind him.”
Jim Bob Duggar said he was impressed with Santorum, who recently gained another celeb endorsement from Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, throughout his career.
“He has a backbone of steel and a heart of gold,” Jim Bob said. “He’s the family values candidate with a proven record. He honors life and stands for what is right. He’s on a shoestring budget, but we hope he will go from a pickup truck to Air Force One.”
In the coming weeks, Jim Bob and Michelle will keep spreading love for Santorum. NOTE: Google Rick Santorum for an interesting take on “Spreading Santorum.”
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Tune in to MTV at 7:56 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, to see the sneak peek, and then the duo answer your questions on MTV.com.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
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Photo: Universal Studios
Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston are going to leave it all behind for “Wanderlust,” but before they do, they’re answering your questions.
On Wednesday, February 22, Rudd and Aniston will sit down with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz to present a clip from their brand-new movie “Wanderlust” during “MTV First.” At 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV, the two will introduce the clip. Immediately afterward, the interview will continue for 30 minutes on MTV.com, where Rudd and Aniston will answer more of your questions.
To get your question answered, all you have to do is send it via Twitter, using @MTVNews and the hashtag #MTVFirst or #AskWanderlust.
“MTV First” will give you a chance to see a never-before-seen clip from “Wanderlust,” two days before it hits theaters February 24.
In “Wanderlust,” Rudd and Aniston play two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who look for a new way of life. After first seeking refuge with relatives, the couple stumble across Elysium, a commune of free-spirit people who welcome them with open arms — a little too open.
“Wanderlust” comes from director David Wain and co-writer Ken Marino, two of the guys behind the cult classic “Wet, Hot American Summer,” and comedy super-producer Judd Apatow. Justin Theroux and Malin Akerman co-star.
Be sure you get your questions in to MTV.com or via Twitter, using @MTVNews and the hashtag #MTVFirst to get your questions answered by Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston. Then tune in to MTV at 7:56 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 22, to see if your question made the cut.
Check out everything we’ve got on “Wanderlust.”
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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Bentley, who plays Seneca Crane, tells MTV News his beard ‘took two hours to groom every day.’
By Kara Warner with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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Photo: MTV News
For those of us who’ve been following the news surrounding all the comings and goings of the lucky “Hunger Games” castmembers, one of the most intriguing is Wes Bentley in the role of Seneca Crane. Not only does Bentley bring a sense of gravitas to the character, but as we’ve seen in the released photos, his costume and makeup design is especially interesting.
MTV News recently caught up with the “American Beauty” actor to discuss his pivotal role in the film and how much fun he had sporting that curiously shaped beard, which, sadly, he no longer has.
“I would have loved to have kept the beard but that beard took two hours to groom every day,” Bentley said. “I don’t want to spend that much time in the bathroom.”
We then brought up the fact that the beard has caused quite a stir among fans, spawning its own Facebook page as well as our own tongue-in-cheek interview with the fancy fuzz.
“I saw that. I had no idea my beard was so clever,” Bentley said of the interview, adding that he is flattered by all the attention the beard has received. “It’s such a cool look. Ve Neill, the makeup designer, did such an amazing job. It’s exciting that it’s getting that kind of attention.”
Bentley insisted that all the credit for the design of the beard goes to Neill, and that all he did was grow out everything as much as it could go.
“I usually come to set with a beard and my hair as long as I can get it so there are options. I saw Ve before we started shooting and she was excited I had a beard because she had something special in mind. It was all her. She went at it for like three hours trying to find the right shape; it was cool.”
Bentley joked that having the peculiar design on his face did half of his acting work for him and that he sometimes wishes he kept it.
“The beard did half the work,” he joked, later admitting that he got a few curious glances whenever he ventured out to run errands during filming.
“I did go into Target a few times late at night with the beard, because my son was there, it was a little odd buying baby formula with this beard and some of the makeup on.”
What questions do you have for Wes Bentley’s beard? Let us know in the comments section.
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Fans line streets near New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, where funeral service is under way today.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Raynold D. Fabre-Jeune
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NEWARK, New Jersey — With her music, Whitney Houston brought joy to the lives of her family, friends and fans, so it is only right that exactly one week after her death, on the day of her funeral, all the love Whitney gave is given right back.
Fans lined the streets of Newark, New Jersey, in hopes of getting as close as they could to the New Hope Baptist Church, where the funeral for Houston, who was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel on February 11, is being held. It is the same church the pop diva grew up attending and where she built a loving fanbase even as a youngster with her powerful church choir vocals.
“Everybody, I want them to know that God sent us an angel, and now his angel has gone back home to rest and sing in heaven,” Patricia Copeland Williams, a Houston family friend, told MTV News on Friday upon leaving the pop star’s wake at New Hope Baptist. “We will always love her and we’ll always remember, and we’re never going to forgot Cissy, the woman that birthed her.”
The Houston funeral is a private affair and only invited guests are allowed into the church and the surrounding city blocks. Before the ceremony, fans gathered outside of police barricades on the corner of Orange and Nesbitt streets, about four blocks from the church, singing Houston’s hits including “Greatest Love of All” and “I Will Always Love You.” Media outlets lined the block on the corner of Lock Street and Essex Avenue, but without an invite, that was about as close as anybody would get.
Musical luminaries and close friends Clive Davis, Stevie Wonder and CeCe Winans are all expected to attend. Kevin Costner, who starred with Houston in the 1992 hit film “The Bodyguard” and ex-husband Bobby Brown are also among the expected attendees.
Aretha Franklin, who is Whitney’s close family friend, had been scheduled to sing “I Will Always Love You” at the service but canceled due to illness, according to CNN. Franklin performed in Whitney’s honor Friday night at Radio City Music Hall.
Stay with MTVNews.com all day Saturday for continuing coverage of Whitney Houston’s funeral services.
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Kobe Bryant is making a full court press to save his marriage … and has sworn up and down to Vanessa he will never stray again if she takes him back.Sources connected with the couple tell TMZ … Kobe has “aggressively” pursued Vanessa over the…
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‘We’re not done with ‘Friday Night Lights,’ ‘ executive producer Peter Berg tells MTV News.
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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Photo: NBC
The last time we checked in on a potential movie based on the “Friday Night Lights” TV series, star Taylor Kitsch told MTV News that he knew just as much as we did. “I hear hearsay and all this kind of stuff,” Kitsch said, adding that executive producer Peter Berg could always make it happen. “If Pete sets his mind to something, he’ll usually get it done.”
MTV News was lucky enough to catch up with Berg himself at a “Battleship” preview at Toy Fair in New York, and we asked for an update on the movie.
“Jason Katims, who was our super talented show-runner, is about done with the script,” Berg said. “You never know. So much of these things become scheduling. Kyle [Chandler] is busy, Adrianne [Palicki] is busy, Taylor is busy, Connie Britton is busy, but if we can get everyone in the same room at the same time, we all want to do it. We’re not done with ‘Friday Night Lights.’ ”
Speaking to a potential plotline, Berg said they plan to involve some real-life elements pegged to former Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach but that things will revolve around Coach and Tami Taylor from the TV series.
“[Katims] has come up with a really great storyline that parallels what happened to Mike Leach, one of my heroes, a coach at Texas Tech who was unjustly fired and unjustly accused of mistreating a player with a concussion, which was proven to not have been the case. He’s now at Washington State getting ready for what I think will be a great redemption story,” Berg explained. “It would be critical that we get Kyle and Connie [onboard for the film] — we anchored the show around them — and then bring in Riggins, Tyra, Lyla and all other characters as we could get them. But the idea is to really revolve it around the coach.”
Kitsch seemed to have reservations about returning to his beloved character, but he’s open to a cameo. “I loved the way I left Riggs,” Kitsch said when asked if he’d like to continue on with the character. “You never know. Maybe a little cameo or something. We’ll see if he even wants me in it.”
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1679274/friday-night-lights-movie.jhtml
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May Whitney Houston find the peace that eluded her in life.
Friends and family said a final farewell to the iconic pop singer Sunday at a private, invite-only burial at Fairview Cemetery…
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May Whitney Houston find the peace that eluded her in life.
Friends and family said a final farewell to the iconic pop singer Sunday at a private, invite-only burial at Fairview Cemetery…
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Remember when I wrote this post about how my nephew Jack can sleep anywhere?
Well, here’s the latest:
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‘We’re not done with ‘Friday Night Lights,’ ‘ executive producer Peter Berg tells MTV News.
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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Photo: NBC
The last time we checked in on a potential movie based on the “Friday Night Lights” TV series, star Taylor Kitsch told MTV News that he knew just as much as we did. “I hear hearsay and all this kind of stuff,” Kitsch said, adding that executive producer Peter Berg could always make it happen. “If Pete sets his mind to something, he’ll usually get it done.”
MTV News was lucky enough to catch up with Berg himself at a “Battleship” preview at Toy Fair in New York, and we asked for an update on the movie.
“Jason Katims, who was our super talented show-runner, is about done with the script,” Berg said. “You never know. So much of these things become scheduling. Kyle [Chandler] is busy, Adrianne [Palicki] is busy, Taylor is busy, Connie Britton is busy, but if we can get everyone in the same room at the same time, we all want to do it. We’re not done with ‘Friday Night Lights.’ ”
Speaking to a potential plotline, Berg said they plan to involve some real-life elements pegged to former Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach but that things will revolve around Coach and Tami Taylor from the TV series.
“[Katims] has come up with a really great storyline that parallels what happened to Mike Leach, one of my heroes, a coach at Texas Tech who was unjustly fired and unjustly accused of mistreating a player with a concussion, which was proven to not have been the case. He’s now at Washington State getting ready for what I think will be a great redemption story,” Berg explained. “It would be critical that we get Kyle and Connie [onboard for the film] — we anchored the show around them — and then bring in Riggins, Tyra, Lyla and all other characters as we could get them. But the idea is to really revolve it around the coach.”
Kitsch seemed to have reservations about returning to his beloved character, but he’s open to a cameo. “I loved the way I left Riggs,” Kitsch said when asked if he’d like to continue on with the character. “You never know. Maybe a little cameo or something. We’ll see if he even wants me in it.”
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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Khloe Kardashian plants one on her favorite little guy! Plus, check out more stars’ cute, candid and crazy Twitter photos
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Looking dapper in a black tuxedo, Jake Gyllenhaal was on-hand for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival festivities on Saturday night (February 18).
The “Source Code” stud hit the Berlinale Palast red carpet on the tenth day of the festival to attend the closing ceremony alongside his fellow jury members, Anton Corbijn, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mike Leigh, Francois Ozon, Barbara Sukowa, Asghar Farhadi and Boualem Sansal.
At an earlier point in the German festival, the “Love & Other Drugs” star doted Meryl Streep a “Valentine’s Day” gift presenting her with the golden honorary bear.
Prior to the festival, the actor talked about accepting the invitation to join the panel of jury members, saying, “I was incredibly excited to be asked because I am a big fan of Mike Leigh. I loved his films when I was a young boy. Being in a room with a number of artists and just talking about other work, I consider it a privilege and honor to be part of it.”
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‘Having blockbusters in your life is never a bad thing,’ he says at press conference.
By Jocelyn Vena
Christina Ricci and Robert Pattinson in Berlin on Friday
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Robert Pattinson appeared at the Berlin International Film Festival on Friday (February 17) to promote his latest effort, the big-screen adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant novel “Bel Ami.” During the press conference, the actor opened up about making the film, which follows a manipulative young man who romances various women in 19th-century Paris.
“To work as a journalist? It’s funny. I kind of like the idea, especially when he gets into the gossip section of the newspaper,” the actor said about his character’s job in the flick and how he related it to his own headline-making life.
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“Something that was written in … 1885, for it to be the exact same situation as it is now, where you have a template article and you just replace the name and it could be about anybody, I thought that was really funny. But he’s not really a journalist. … It’s basically like being a reality TV star now,” he said. “It was one of the jobs where you could kind of [get ahead]; he found a loophole in life where he could get money and a reputation by basically doing nothing. It was fun; it was interesting.”
As for the film, Pattinson said that he agreed to do it because he thought he might never get the chance to play a character like that again. “It’s funny, the structure of ‘Bel Ami’ and the character of Georges really rarely comes up in movies anymore because he’s completely unrepentant, and normally a movie has to teach somebody a lesson nowadays. It was quite fun playing that,” he said. “They both have their good sides.”
He added that when he first read the script, he related to Georges’ motivations. “I read the script a long time ago. I was pretty young. I think I’ve changed a little bit,” the actor said. “I kind of understood that. You create an empire just so you can sh– on someone else. I think I’ve grown up a little bit. I’m not as horrible.”
The film is much different in tone than “Twilight,” and Pattinson addressed any concerns he might have about bringing that audience along to this film, which opens in March.
“I guess my responsibility, I think, it’s not necessarily to give anything back other than try and do the best work you can. You get an audience for doing certain jobs, so I think the biggest disservice you can do to your audience is trying to repeat the same thing and to come just to get money or whatever,” he said. “If a ‘Twilight’ audience would come watch ‘Bel Ami,’ it’s a movie that I wouldn’t have thought that audience would go to, so I think that in some way, it’s kind of doing a service to someone. I felt like I learned a lot from it.”
Pattinson spoke about balancing smaller films with big ones like “Twilight.” “Having blockbusters in your life is never a bad thing,” he said. “When you’re making it, if everyone is expecting it to be a blockbuster, it’s kind of lame.”
Check out everything we’ve got on “Bel Ami.”
For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com.
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Amanda Knox was arrested on murder charges in 2007, convicted in 2009, freed in 2011 (after that initial conviction was overturned) — and now, she’s ready to tell her story. The New York Times reports that Knox, 24, has sold her memoir to HarperCollins for nearly $4 million after a heated, days-long bidding war between publishing houses.
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‘Part 1′ of ‘Twilight’ finale also racks up 50,000 downloads and 80,000 video-on-demand transactions.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Photo: Summit Entertainment
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 DVD is, unsurprisingly, flying off the shelves. After the film was released to disc at midnight Saturday morning, it reportedly sold 3.2 million discs over the course of two days.
But, that’s not all: The flick also snagged 50,000 downloads and 80,000 video-on-demand transactions during the two-day period when the sales were tracked, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The numbers make “Breaking Dawn” the top-selling release so far this year. It bows at #1 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert overall disc sales chart, followed by “Lady and the Tramp” and “A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas.”
Now that it can be played on repeat, Twihards are certain to be memorizing every sweet and saucy moment of “Part 1″ before the final installment hits theaters this November. A scene from the Bill Condon-directed “Breaking Dawn – Part 2,” played at a special Target in-store event just before “Part 1″ dropped.
Fans were treated to five minutes of footage, including behind-the-scenes shots of “Twilight” hunks Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner preparing for battle in the woods. The exclusive scene followed Bella as she finds a note in a book with instructions from Alice, explaining what to do to get new passports.
The clip then cut to an emotional conversation between Edward and Bella, who share a juicy kiss. But, perhaps the scene fans most wanted to sink their teeth into was the first shot of vampire Bella, which included those famous red eyes and special-effects-aided speed.
Check out everything we’ve got on “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1.”
For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com.
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Go see Captain America this weekend! Support our Colin!
I went to the premiere on Tuesday and it was the coolest thing ever. First, the movie is AMAZING and Chris Evans is a superstar. Second, there were so many damn people there it was insane. I have been to movie premieres in New York before and they were nothing like this. I mean, they closed down Hollywood Boulevard. I would’ve taken photos to show you, but the invite said to leave phones in the car. But here’s a photo of me in my cool Captain America 3D glasses:
(Sit down, stop jumping around, it’s an awesome picture, I know. And the quality is amazing. It’s not grainy or reddish… it’s perfect.) (No, it’s not.)
(And you can totally see the Captain America logo on the side of the glasses.) (No, you can’t.)
Anyway, Captain America is pulling a strong 71% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes right now so GO SEE IT! IT’S FANTASTIC!
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Critics aren’t buying into the love triangle between Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy.
By Kara Warner
Tom Hardy and Chris Pine in “This Means War”
Photo: 20th Century Fox
“This Means War” has all the makings of a perfect romantic comedy/ action flick, including the very attractive and high-caliber stars Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy, the capable direction of McG, comic relief from Chelsea Handler and a script from the guys whose combined talents have brought us “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Sherlock Holmes,” “Role Models” and “Just Go With It.”
The story revolves around two best friends and highly skilled CIA agents who fall in love with the same woman and go to war with each other in an effort to win her heart. We imagine the filmmakers set out to make a fun, if only slightly farfetched, popcorn flick, but the critical masses couldn’t seem to suspend their disbelief. The film has a 30 percent Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Read on as we fight through the “This Means War” reviews!
The Story
“Having great-looking stars who have the added bonus of actually being able to act makes the noisy romp ‘This Means War’ more tolerable that it ought to be. It’s essentially a love-triangle version of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” rendered even more bombastic in the hands of “Charlie’s Angels” director McG. (Simon Kinberg, who wrote the 2005 film that spawned Brangelina, shares script credit here with Timothy Dowling.) So you’ve got your sport utility vehicles tumbling in slow motion, your gravity-defying shootouts and your obligatory explosions galore. Naturally, the premise is the most high-concept, contrived confection: Two CIA agents (Chris Pine and Tom Hardy) who happen to be best friends also happen to fall in love with the same woman (Reese Witherspoon), who has no idea these guys know each other. They promise their shared pursuit won’t ruin their friendship, but good luck with all that.” — Christy Lemire, The Associated Press
The Bromance Factor
“The relationship that truly sizzles — from the sentiment to the satire — is the one between FDR (Pine) and Tuck (Hardy), with Pine and Hardy pulling off one of the better bromances in recent memory. … Hardy (‘Inception’) and Pine (‘Star Trek’) are the heart of the film — proving to be excellent opposing sides of the same coin. Both balance their characters’ cynicism with a certain sweetness, their chemistry fairly crackling, electrifying the screen almost any time they’re sharing it, whether taking down a bad guy or squabbling about who is more lovable (it’s a tossup). With Lauren, on the other hand, they are basically gentlemen, so not electrifying.” — Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
The Suspension of Disbelief Factor, or Lack Therof
“And in the film’s opening minutes, it feels as if that might be the desired effect: It’s loaded with overblown action chestnuts like from-the-hip gunplay, people dangling from the sides of skyscrapers and a gruff commanding officer. (That would be Angela Bassett, who shows up periodically to growl at her charges in a role that might have been hilarious had anyone thought to write anything legitimately funny for her.) But a good parody takes a finesse that isn’t in the vocabulary of McG, a bargain-basement Michael Bay more concerned with cool than coherence. Instead we get utter nonsense like a video store with a database that conveniently includes customer photos for the CIA to tap into. (Related: These characters are, in 2012, going to a video store?) In another scene, FDR wrestles on the floor with a small dog that has just attacked him, as Lauren stands 5 feet away, oblivious. The Farrelly brothers should sue the producers not for stealing the scene outright from ‘There’s Something About Mary,’ but for imitating it so badly.” — Ian Buckwalter, NPR
The Final Word
“Part spy caper, part buddy picture, part romantic comedy, part raunchy-girl-talk sex farce, This Means War has been assembled with all the haphazardness of an amateur science experiment. The project was directed by the amped-up industry go-getter McG (Charlie’s Angels), and it’s had a long trial-and-error history. The initial script dates back a century — or at least about a decade — and the string of famous guys who didn’t take the dual lead male roles reportedly includes Bradley Cooper, Seth Rogen, Sam Worthington, and, stretching even further back, Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence. All this fiddling and fumbling shows on the screen. And yet, and yet … I confess I enjoyed everything that’s all over the place about the finished product. ‘This Means War’ may have been hammered together by brute Hollywood force, but there’s this going for it: It’s game to throw in anything that’ll keep the motor running.” — Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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‘She meant a lot to us, she never forgot where she came from,’ a fan tells MTV News on the day of her funeral.
By Rob Markman
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NEWARK, New Jersey — It was a day of both sadness and celebration as Whitney Houston‘s fans gathered in her birthplace to mourn the death of the fallen pop diva on Saturday (February 18).
Police set up blockades on the streets surrounding New Hope Baptist Church, keeping the public several blocks away from the private funeral in every direction. On the corner of Orange and Nesbitt streets, a group of fans gathered to sing some of Houston’s biggest hits like “The Greatest Love of All” and “I Will Always Love You”.
On Sussex Avenue, about four blocks from the church, another group of fans gathered. A Philadelphia artist who goes by the name Mark G. drew a portrait of Houston, which he had fans sign. By the time MTV News interviewed him he had gathered hundreds of loving notes and signatures, and the artist said he plans to give the portrait to Whitney’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, as a present through a connection he said he has with the family.
“Whitney was connected to the fans, and when she left, she shined her light and this is something creatively that I did that connects the people to Whitney,” Mark G. explained of the artwork he created in ballpoint pen.
“My heart goes out to the Whitney Houston family,” Miami native Karin Collins said. “I feel so bad, I was crying all last night. I’m blasting her music in my car everyday and I just feel so bad and my heart goes out to Bobbi Kristina as well as her grandmother [Cissy Houston].”
While fans were mostly upbeat and positive, some Newark residents were upset by the decision to keep the service private without holding a bigger public send-off at the much larger Prudential Center, as was first rumored.
“It was sad that they didn’t have it in the Prudential Center, I don’t know why they didn’t do that,” Brian Collins said. “All the fans in Newark could’ve came out and just gave their all in all out to her, pay tribute to Whitney Houston. She meant a lot to us, she never forgot where she came from and I love you Whitney.”
With things as they were logistically, fans might have been more comfortable watching the invite-only funeral from home anyway. But the crowds that assembled at each police check-point wanted to feel closer to the ceremony. On Norfolk Street off Central Avenue, about 75 people surrounded a CNN transmission truck and watched as R. Kelly sang a spirited rendition of “I Look to You,” a song that he penned for Houston in 2009.
After the funeral an excited group waited on Central Avenue hoping to see some of the ceremony’s high-profile guests as they filed out. There were no sightings of Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Kevin Costner or any other celebrity from the fans’ vantage point, but when Whitney Houston’s golden hearse turned onto Central, fans gave the musical icon one last cheer.
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Filling her weekend with a little sporting entertainment, Bar Refaeli joined a few friends in making their way to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday (February 18).
The Israeli supermodel and co. entered the facility and took their seats to watch the hometown Los Angels Clippers take on the visiting San Antonio Spurs.
“96 clippers 95 Spurs!,” Bar enthusiastically tweeted upon game’s end – as she was there to cheer on Clippers point guard Chris Paul.
Refaeli’s attachment to Paul comes as the two paired up for a sexy shoot included in the just-released 2012 issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
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Tune in to MTV at 7:56 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, to see the sneak peek, and then the duo answer your questions on MTV.com.
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Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston are going to leave it all behind for “Wanderlust,” but before they do, they’re answering your questions.
On Wednesday, February 22, Rudd and Aniston will sit down with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz to present a clip from their brand-new movie “Wanderlust” during “MTV First.” At 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV, the two will introduce the clip. Immediately afterward, the interview will continue for 30 minutes on MTV.com, where Rudd and Aniston will answer more of your questions.
To get your question answered, all you have to do is send it via Twitter, using @MTVNews and the hashtag #MTVFirst or #AskWanderlust.
“MTV First” will give you a chance to see a never-before-seen clip from “Wanderlust,” two days before it hits theaters February 24.
In “Wanderlust,” Rudd and Aniston play two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who look for a new way of life. After first seeking refuge with relatives, the couple stumble across Elysium, a commune of free-spirit people who welcome them with open arms — a little too open.
“Wanderlust” comes from director David Wain and co-writer Ken Marino, two of the guys behind the cult classic “Wet, Hot American Summer,” and comedy super-producer Judd Apatow. Justin Theroux and Malin Akerman co-star.
Be sure you get your questions in to MTV.com or via Twitter, using @MTVNews and the hashtag #MTVFirst to get your questions answered by Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston. Then tune in to MTV at 7:56 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 22, to see if your question made the cut.
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The show mustn’t always go on. Thursday’s surprising news that The Colbert Report would be put on hiatus for the remainder of the week due to "unforeseen circumstances," prompted one question: Why? Now we may have the answer. A source close to the show tells the New York Post that host Stephen Colbert, 47, asked that production be temporarily halted so that he can care for his ailing 91-year-old mother, Lorna Colbert.
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We all have those moments when our parents say something that makes us cringe. In Cuba Gooding Jr.‘s case, one such moment involved his dad and his Jerry Maguire costar Tom Cruise.
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