- Artist: Ke$ha
- Label: Photo Finish Records
- Director: Isaac Ravishankara
Adrianne Palicki Mena Suvari Halle Berry Maria Bello Tina Fey
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Usher's VMA-Nominated 'OMG' Inspired By '80s Sci-Fi Character
Director Anthony Mandler wanted to let R&B superstar take viewers 'on a journey, not a ride.'
By Jayson Rodriguez
Usher in "OMG"
For a video as forward-thinking as Usher's "OMG" -- with its laser beams and light flashes -- director Anthony Mandler actually looked back for inspiration.
"The original idea was kind of Max Headroom," Mandler told MTV News, citing the animated science-fiction character from '80s British TV. "That's where it came from — the TV flickering on and there's this character. We just wanted to bring it up to date."
"Max Headroom was always in his room," he continued, "this unidentifiable room, '80s shapes. I used that for inspiration."
The formula worked: "OMG" is among the Best Male Video nominees for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. The clip is up against Drake's "Find Your Love," Jason Derülo's "In My Head," Eminem's "Not Afraid" and B.o.B's "Airplanes." Mandler is a multiple nominee, having also helmed Drake's video.
"OMG" is the first time Usher and Mandler — who has worked with Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and Rihanna — collaborated on a project.
Usher said he knew the video would be a challenge and wanted to make sure the director was up to the task.
"When I first shot the song to him, I was like, 'Are you sure you're gonna be able to catch this one?' And he said, 'I got it,' " Usher explained.
"We wanted to bring Will.I.Am (the song's producer) into my world," he continued. "Obviously, the international sound and look and feel has already been set, but we wanted to do something theatrical, fun and energetic to show us working off of each other and playing off of each other as artists, but the cinematography would be artistic and incredible."
Mandler described the visuals as "Hitchcock-ian." Though the style of the shot was important to the director, he had a simpler goal in mind: to capture Usher in his element. He said the key to the clip was simply letting Usher's talent take over.
"The concept was to create a world where we put Usher in a space where he does what I think he does better than anyone else in the world, which is perform at a level and magnitude of a superstar and take us, the viewer, whether audible or visually, on a journey, not a ride," the director said. "And, in that, I wanted to create an unpredictability, so one set leads to another and another, and you never know what's gonna happen. Along the way, Usher becomes our guide. We're so focused on him, we don't notice the change. The thing is unfolding little by little, and you can't quite see far enough ahead to know what's gonna come next."
The 27th annual MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 12. The party starts with MTV News' VMA Pre-Show at 8 p.m., followed by the main event at 9 p.m. ET. Fans can go to VMA.MTV.com (or text VMA to 97979 if they are Verizon subscribers) to vote for Best New Artist from now through September 12.
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Break ke Baad : First Look
Break Ke Baad is upcoming romantic drama-cum-comedy starring Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone.
Break Ke Baad is a story of a couple who, after their break up, want to come together again.
Deepika and Imran shares superb on-screen chemistry. The music also sounds good. Break Ke Baad is shot in Delhi, Bombay and Mauritius.
The star cast also [...]
Break Ke Baad is a story of a couple who, after their break up, want to come together again.
Deepika and Imran shares superb on-screen chemistry. The music also sounds good. Break Ke Baad is shot in Delhi, Bombay and Mauritius.
The star cast also [...]
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Kristen Stewart was branded a ?b***h? at school
The “Runaways” star – who landed her first acting role in TV movie “The Thirteenth Year” when she was nine years old – hated the way she was teased by her peers over her early roles, in particular when she played a tomboy in “The Safety of Objects.”
She said: “I didn’t walk around talking about [...]
She said: “I didn’t walk around talking about [...]
Bipasha Basu turns to serious Cinema
Bengali Bombshell Bipasha Basu is working hard for image makeover.Bipasha is towards some serious Cinema highlighting social issues.
Bipasha is more than happy to be associated with this thinking film (like Aakrosh, Lamha…) because she truly believes that mainstream actors should devote time to films that talk about political crisis (Lamha) and social evils (Aakrosh).
Aakrosh is [...]
Bipasha is more than happy to be associated with this thinking film (like Aakrosh, Lamha…) because she truly believes that mainstream actors should devote time to films that talk about political crisis (Lamha) and social evils (Aakrosh).
Aakrosh is [...]
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Daniel Radcliffe is ?not sure? he can stop himself sleeping with dancers when he performs on Broadway
The 21-year-old actor – who is to appear in New York-based musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” from March 2011 – doesn’t want to get romantically involved with anyone in the foreseeable future, but admits he is unlikely to stick to his plan.
He told Dazed and Confused magazine: “I’ve been in relationships [...]
He told Dazed and Confused magazine: “I’ve been in relationships [...]
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Usher - There Goes My Baby
- Artist: Usher
- Label: LaFace Records, JLG
- Director: Anthony Mandler
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Mallika Sherawat Hiss Movie Trailer
Mallika Sherawat and Irfan Khan starrer forthcoming Bollywood flick HISSs? official trailer has been unveiled.
Director Jennifer Lynch’s movie HISSs is based on curse of a snake Goddess.
Hot and Sexy Mallika Sherawat has played the role of snake woman in the movie.
The trailer of the movie will definitely create curiosity among the cinegoers. As [...]
Director Jennifer Lynch’s movie HISSs is based on curse of a snake Goddess.
Hot and Sexy Mallika Sherawat has played the role of snake woman in the movie.
The trailer of the movie will definitely create curiosity among the cinegoers. As [...]
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Katy Perry and Russell Brand are planning to marry in India next weekend
The couple are set to wed next Saturday (October 23, 2010) in a traditional Indian ceremony at the luxury Taj Rambagh Palace hotel in Jaipur – where they got engaged on New Year’s Eve (December 31, 2009) last year – in front of 85 guests.
It is believed the pair – who have been dating since [...]
It is believed the pair – who have been dating since [...]
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JWoww: From Shore to chic!
Goodbye, fishnets and ripped jeans ? hello Valentino gowns! In Touch gave Jersey Shore?s Jenni ?JWoww? Farley a head-to-toe makeover ? and the transformation was stunning. ?I feel like a little princess,? gushed the reality star. With help from celebrity stylist Robert Verdi, makeup artist Leonora and Garren New York hairstylist Patrick Ferrara, the feisty brunette could now pass for a Hollywood It Girl. Check out In Touch?s exclusive photos here. 
Britney Spears - Piece of Me
- Artist: Britney Spears
- Label: Jive/Zomba Label Group
- Director: Wayne Isham
- Album: Blackout
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Friday, October 29, 2010
My Generation ABC Premiere ? New Teens Documentary Drama
My Generation ABC Premiere. ABC broadcasts My Generations on Thursday nights. It was new documentary show about nine high school students. My Generations was originated 10 years ago when the characters were 18 years. Each of them has a camera to document their life as high school seniors in Austin, TX. Then, in the present, [...]
Chandra West Brooke Burke Eva Mendes Ananda Lewis Gina Carano
Britney Spears - Circus
- Artist: Britney Spears
- Label: Jive
- Album: Circus
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Braless Miley Cyrus does a Britney
Miley Cyrus gave onlookers an eyeful when she wore a white T-shirt sans bra. The Hannah Montana star, 17, wore the clinging top with denim hotpants as she nipped out for lunch with her family in Los Angeles, reports the Sun. She seemed to be shaking off her squeaky-clean image – like singer Britney Spears [...]
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Jennifer Hudson?s fiance getting ?pleasantly adjusted? to her new body
Singer Jennifer Hudson has revealed that her fiance is keeping a close eye on her slimming figure, and that he is getting ?pleasantly adjusted? to her new body. Hudson, 29, who has lost 80 lbs., told Extra at Andre Agassi?s Foundation for Education event in Las Vegas that she too likes the new change. ?He?s [...]
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Another Busy Day on the "Drive" Set
Gathering together to continue work on their new movie, the stars of "Drive" were spotted in Los Angeles, California on Thursday (October 28).
Leading things off, "Mad Men" beauty Christina Hendricks donned a pair of high heels and dark skinny jeans while carrying a large, black duffel bag into a Money and Loan store as cameras rolled.
Meanwhile, Ryan Gosling looked focused as he passed the time in between shooting scenes by trying to solve a Rubik's cube.
Last, but not least, Carey Mulligan looked pretty in pink while talking to crew members - with the freshly-blonde beauty having recently made headlines for breaking up with Shia LaBeouf and being linked to Tom Sturridge in a budding romance.
Due out in 2011, the film "Drive" is about "a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovering that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong."
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Michael Jackson's Nephew Austin Brown Releases First Single
'I can't help where I come from, but I love where I come from, so I just do music and I create,' Austin Brown says.
By Steven Roberts
Austin Brown
Photo: MTV News
The name Austin Brown may not ring any bells, but he is the youngest son of Rebbie "Centipede" Jackson, and, of course, the nephew of the late Michael Jackson. Brown, a talented and versatile singer, songwriter, producer and dancer, is ready to carry on the Jackson family business for the next generation. But he isn't necessarily looking to live off the family's fame.
"Music is in my heart," Brown said. "It's what I love to do. I can't help where I come from, but I love where I come from, so I just do music and I create."
Brown said he grew up listening to everything from Boyz II Men and George Michael to the Beatles. And while such a diverse musical taste isn't uncommon with the iPod generation of today, the singer said he loved to sit around and dissect what makes each artist special. He'd listen and wonder what about the Beatles inspired Brian Wilson's (of the Beach Boys) work, which in turn inspired the Beatles.
Brown also loves to perform, which he said started when his mom first took him onstage. "She was doing a show in Japan and I was about 3," said Brown. "When I first looked up, there was all of these things onstage — gargoyles and all this weird stuff at the club. And I got scared and kind of ran off, but I paused when I ran off. So my mom tried it again the next day, and I danced my heart off after that."
Some 20 years later, Brown has teamed up with super-producer Rodney Jerkins and is set to release his debut album, 85. The title represents what Brown has learned from music throughout his life.
"He had the vision," explained Jerkins. "He said, 'It's going to be called 85.' Why 85? 'Because that was the year I was born and in '85 this artist came out, and the music sounded like this. We've got to be inspired by this.' The whole thing we kept trying to do was create a sound that makes you want to dance and feel good."
The album's first single, "Target Practice," debuted Monday on Brown's website, and the video will follow. Brown said it doesn't look anything short of stunning.
"It was directed by a man by the name of Tom DeSanto, who is the producer of 'Transformers' and 'X-Men,' and it was such a blessing to get him for my first video," he said.
"He's downplaying it for me," Jerkins said. "Your first video and you've got the producer of 'Transformers'? How did you get him from the movie world? Most people go from making music videos to the movie world. He's coming from the movie world to the video world."
What do you think of Brown's new single, "Target Practice"? Tell us in the comments below.
Related ArtistsDrake, Usher, Alicia Keys Top Soul Train Awards Nomination List
Nicki Minaj, B.o.B, Ne-Yo scored two nods apiece at this year's show set to air November 28.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Alicia Keys
Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images
Alicia Keys, Usher and Drake lead the list of nominees for the 2010 Soul Train Awards, it was announced on Monday (October 18).
New mother Keys and Usher are tied for the most nods with four apiece; Keys is up for Best R&B/Soul Artist Female, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Record of the Year, while Usher is up for Best R&B/Soul Artist Male, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Dance Performance.
Drake is just one nom behind the pace-setters. The Toronto lyricist scored nods in three categories: Best Hip Hop Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Record of the Year.
Nicki Minaj, Ne-Yo, B.o.B Erykah Badu, Monica, Sade and Fantasia are among the other big nominees, each scoring two nods apiece. This year's Legends Awards recipients are veteran singers Ron Isley and Anita Baker.
R. Kelly is set to open the show, hosted for a second-straight year by actor Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. Rick Ross, Cee-Lo and Keyshia Cole are among the acts scheduled to perform. The 2010 Soul Train Awards are set for November 10 at Atlanta's Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and will air November 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on BET and Centric.
Last year marked the return of the seminal awards show, founded by "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius, after a two-year hiatus. The 2009 production also took place in Atlanta and featured tributes to Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, L.A. Reid and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds.
For the full list of nominees, visit BET.com.
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Britney Spears - Piece of Me
- Artist: Britney Spears
- Label: Jive/Zomba Label Group
- Director: Wayne Isham
- Album: Blackout
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
"Glee" Stars Keep It Stylish On the Set
Taking a breather from another full day of filming, the stars of "Glee" were spotted out on lunch break in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday (October 27).
Both looking lovely in stylish red dresses, Dianna Agron and Lea Michele both strolled to and from the trailer area with Miss Agron keeping hydrated as she sipped on a thirst-quenching iced water.
As for the fellas, both Matthew Morrison, who spent the past weekend partying with Cameron Diaz, as well as a candy bar munching Cory Montieth went about their personal business during the short respite from work efforts.
On a side note, it was recently revealed that the "Glee" cast is releasing a holiday album coming up on November 16, with the track listing including classics such as We Need A Little Christmas, Baby, It's Cold Outside, Jingle Bells and You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
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Britney Spears - Gimme More
- Artist: Britney Spears
- Label: Jive/Zomba Label Group
- Director: Jake Sarfaty
- Album: Blackout
David Beckham Cheating Scandal ? David: It?s Untrue and Ridiculous
David Beckham Cheating Scandal. Is David Beckham a cheater? Is the rumor true? The buzz has been widely spread online, but immediately the husband and wife, David and Victoria Beckham argued that the gossip is just a threat. Just now, InTouch Weekly has reported that the England?s soccer player had affair with a former high-class [...]
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Angelina Jolie's Budapest Night Shoot
Finishing up a full day of work efforts, Angelina Jolie was spotted partaking in a night shoot in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday (October 13).
The "Wanted" actress, who received a visit from partner Brad Pitt earlier in the day, busily directed her leading characters as the crew members captured all of the action for the upcoming movie.
Meanwhile, it seems as if Ang's new flick has hit a bit of a snag, as AP reports tell that Bosnian authorities revoked permission to shoot in their country after complaints from a women war victims group.
Gavrilo Grahovac, the Culture Minister of the Muslim-Croat federation, told press, "They no longer have the authorization to shoot in Bosnia. They will have it if they send us the scenario with a story which will be different from what we have been told by people who read it."
Source: http://www.gossipcenter.com/angelina-jolie/angelina-jolies-budapest-night-shoot-424488
Miley Cyrus?s favourite Hang Out
Miley Cyrus is very much like girls of her age. Miss Cyrus’s favourite hang out spot is shopping mall.
Miley was quoted saying, “Sure I’m pretty busy when I’m out on tour or making movies, but whenever I get a chance, I get a bunch of my girlfriends together and we go hang out at the [...]
Miley was quoted saying, “Sure I’m pretty busy when I’m out on tour or making movies, but whenever I get a chance, I get a bunch of my girlfriends together and we go hang out at the [...]
Source: http://www.celebrity-gossips.net/2010/10/miley-cyruss-favourite-hang-out/
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Blonde Ashlee Simpson: Leopard Print Lovely
Back out flaunting her stylish new hairdo, Ashlee Simpson was spotted leaving her hotel in New York City on Wednesday afternoon (October 13).
Looking sleek and sexy, the former "Melrose Place" actress donned a cute leopard print jacket with a brimmed hat sitting atop her blonde pixie cut.
The outing comes as Miss Simpson flew into the Big Apple from Los Angeles with her growing son Bronx the previous day.
As for her new haircut, Ashlee's hubby Pete Wentz broke the news via Twitter, as he wrote last evening, "Yah fam headed out tonight stoked! Cute hair mama!"
Source: http://www.gossipcenter.com/ashlee-simpson/blonde-ashlee-simpson-leopard-print-lovely-424417
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Hayden Panettiere: Victimized by Burglar
It’s always sad to see the celebrities we love endure hardships. And the latest Hollywood hottie to be victimized is Hayden Panettiere. The “Heroes” cutie was reportedly burglarized while on holiday, returning to her home on April 15th to find a large amount of jewelry missing. Miss Panettiere has estimated her losses to be around [...]
Source: http://hotcelebgossip.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/hayden-panettiere-victimized-by-burglar/
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Selena Gomez talks UNICEF
Selena Gomez was on CNN talking and supporting UNICEF for their work. Selena has designed a shirt to show her support.
Selena, being 18, is the youngest ambassador UNICEF ever had.
Selena Gomez is really upset due to ending of her show.
She was quoted saying,
“There?s a lot more magic and a lot more love stories. I?m currently [...]
Selena, being 18, is the youngest ambassador UNICEF ever had.
Selena Gomez is really upset due to ending of her show.
She was quoted saying,
“There?s a lot more magic and a lot more love stories. I?m currently [...]
Source: http://www.celebrity-gossips.net/2010/09/selena-gomez-talks-unicef/
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Bandage-Wearing Amy Winehouse's London Pub Crawl
Up to her old tricks again, Amy Winehouse was spotted at the Dublin Castle pub in London, England last night (October 12).
The ?You Know I?m No Good? songstress looked a bit rough due to her stained shirt and a medical bandage on her right wrist as she strolled past the paparazzi.
According to her rep, Amy?s injury occurred at her house and there?s no cause for concern after all. It?s nothing serious. She tripped at home and broke her fall with her hand.?
As for Amy?s relationship with Reg Traviss, her father Mitch explained, ?Reg is great. But he's in Scarborough all the time. She barely sees him. It's making it really difficult for her.?
Source: http://www.gossipcenter.com/amy-winehouse/bandage-wearing-amy-winehouses-london-pub-crawl-424210
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
?Wonder Woman? Heading Back To TV
Iconic comic book hero Wonder Woman is heading back to the small screen. A live-action TV series based on the comic book hero is reportedly in the works.
According to Deadline.com, David E. Kelley, the mastermind behind Alley McBeal and Boston Legal, has been hired to write and produce the new series for Warner Bros.
No word [...]
According to Deadline.com, David E. Kelley, the mastermind behind Alley McBeal and Boston Legal, has been hired to write and produce the new series for Warner Bros.
No word [...]
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Friday, October 1, 2010
Usher - Fed Up (featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Drake, Rick Ross)
Fed Up (featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Drake, Rick Ross)
- Artist: Usher
- Label: We The Best, E1 Music
- Director: Gil Green
Julia Roberts gets over her problems quickly
The 42-year-old actress – who has twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, five, and three-year-old Henry with second husband Danny Moder – admits she couldn’t relate to author Elizabeth Gilbert’s decision to take a year-long sabbatical to travel the world in order to find herself after her divorce.
Julia – who portrays the writer in new movie “Eat, [...]
Julia – who portrays the writer in new movie “Eat, [...]
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Britney Spears - Gimme More
- Artist: Britney Spears
- Label: Jive/Zomba Label Group
- Director: Jake Sarfaty
- Album: Blackout
Claudette Ortiz Natasha Bedingfield Lindsay Lohan Diane Kruger Olivia Wilde
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