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- Demi Lovato Gets Personal With 'Rowdy' New Jersey Crowd
'X Factor' judge talks breakups and goes 'old school' on the latest stop of her summer tour.
By Jocelyn Vena
Demi Lovato performs at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ on Friday
Photo:HOLMDEL, NEW JERSEY — Not even rain showers could scare away the Lovatics who crowded the PNC Bank Arts Center to catch the latest stop on Demi Lovato's summer tour Friday night. The star, who's fitting in the trek between her judging duties on the "X Factor," brought out some of New Jersey's most devoted Demi fans.
The star swaggered out to a killer guitar riff before busting out the night's first song, "All Night Long." She shimmied all night in red shorts, a black-and-white blazer and a sheer top, never once stumbling in her sky-high platforms.
She displayed her rock-star bravado when she teased and flirted with her band during tracks that were hardly audible over all the screams.
"Thank you so much for coming," she told the crowd, "You guys are amazing. Let me just tell you guys, I love being in Jersey. It is one of my favorite places. You guys are the rowdiest fans." Several tracks in, Demi displayed her musicianship by strapping on an acoustic guitar for "Catch Me," only to switch over to a yellow electric one mid-song, proving that a '70s rock goddess lurks inside the 19-year-old. Soon though, it was time to slow it down and she showed off her R&B princess side for the Unbroken ballad, "My Love Is a Star," her vocal pyrotechnics mirrored by the lightning and thunder taking place just feet away from where the singer was performing.
"This next song is a pretty personal song for me," she told the room. "How many of you guys have been through a breakup? As you all know I've been through a few. I've been there and I made it through. I love you and I'm always there for you."
She then launched into an emotional version of her track, "Fix a Heart." The intense moment, in which Lovato looked as though she was struggling to hold back her emotions, was met with cheers. She followed it with her now famous cover of Lil Wayne's "How To Love."But, things didn't stay slow for long. "Who's That Boy" picked up the pace followed by "You're My Only Shorty," "Here We Go Again," and "La La Land."
And then came the perfect time for her big (albeit fleeting) plug of the night when she reminded room, "Recently I've been working on a show 'X Factor' [and I get to sit] next to Britney Spears ... I'm gonna slow it down a little bit. Basically I just want to see you guys," she added, requesting that the room hold up a cell phone or glow-stick or lighter if "you're old school." The firefly effect only made the impact of her slow jam, "Lightweight," more grand.
Next she sat at the piano and said, "Before my concerts I get to do a meet-and-greet with some of my fans, and some are brave enough to share some of their stories," however as she got personal a guitar fell and she joked, "Well there goes that moment. ... You don't realize I got through my issues and my problems [because of you guys]." That was the perfect set-up for her defining power ballad, "Skyscraper."
Then, in an interesting twist, she went into the cover of Chris Brown's "Turn Up the Music." And to wrap up the first act of the show she did her own tracks "Together" and her rock-tinged "Remember December."
She came back out for her encore to deafening screams where she kept the energy turned up to a big 10 thanks to her disco anthem "Unbroken" and her current single, "Give Your Heart a Break."
Lovato will be on the road through September 1, with her special guests Hot Chelle Rae. The tour wraps up just in time for the premiere of "X Factor" September 12.
Related Videos Related ArtistsПереслать - Katy Perry Doesn't Want To 'Hide' From Divorce
'I couldn't avoid the elephant in the room,' she tells MTV News of including Russell Brand in 'Part of Me.'
By Kara Warner
Katy Perry
Photo:Katy Perry's feature-film debut is every bit a concert movie as it is an emotional biography of sorts. For every scene that features her pop-star persona and killer stadium performances, there are several quieter, much more emotional scenes surrounding Perry's very public split with Russell Brand that make "Katy Perry: Part of Me" a wholly moving film.
When MTV News caught up with Perry on Friday (June 22), we asked why she wanted to include footage of the moment when Perry realized her relationship with Brand was over and she couldn't do anything but sob.
"In my personal struggle, you see me not changing and not giving up on this dream that I've had my whole life. Hopefully people are inspired by that," Perry said. "You don't always see me with all the gorgeous lighting and makeup on and all that. I think it's fine. Hollywood is so fake and people need to realize that people are just people, and you, too, don't need to be born into something or have money or have whatever product someone is hawking on you. Find out what your gift is and nurture it."
Because the film is her film, there is naturally only one side of the Perry/Brand breakup shown, so we asked the "Wide Awake" singer if she felt pressure in revealing what happened to her and whether she wonders when and if another side to their story will come out in the media.
"The truth will always prevail," Perry said. "Everything has to be handled with integrity and appropriately, and it's not nice to air all your dirty laundry, because that stinks, so I had to be very delicate with the situation, but I couldn't avoid the elephant in the room," she explained. "If you were to have seen that movie and walked out and [my breakup] wasn't at all mentioned like it never happened, you'd be like, 'Eh, this is weird, what is she trying to hide?' I don't like to hide."
Check out everything we've got on "Katy Perry: Part of Me."
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Related ArtistsПереслать - Chris Brown: 'Look At Me Now' Gave Me Hip-Hop Cred
'I didn't sing on the record at all. It just was a rap song,' budding MC Breezy tells MTV News.
By Rebecca Thomas
Chris Brown
Photo:When we caught up with Chris Brown last March, he was still rocking a blond crop (remember that?) and he'd just dropped what he jokingly called his "first rap video," "Look at Me Now." Breezy's bars were cheeky, with allusions to yellow Lambos ... among other things yellow — and surprisingly adept.
Still, while featured guest Lil Wayne gave the pop&B singer a co-sign, the YMCMB captain also famously told Rolling Stone that he would stop at letting Brown spit on his own record, insisting, "I cannot have Chris Brown rapping on Tha Carter IV." Weezy offered this by way of explanation: "Do you know how many rappers would be like, 'I can't get on Tha Carter IV, but this n---a put Chris Brown on that bitch? Rapping?' "
Well, Chris wasn't going to sit around waiting Wayne to give him a feature. Having made enough believers out of the chart-topping track, he decided to keep it coming.
"I didn't sing on the record at all. It just was a rap song," Brown told us when he visited the MTV Newsroom last week, incidentally, hours before he found himself at the center of a bottle brawl with rapper Drake. "So I was like, 'Cool, if they going with it, I'm gonna keep going.' "
Freestyles followed as Chris shored up his rap cred. And on the upcoming Fortune, he put the growth on display, teaming up again with F.A.M.E. collaborators Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa for the drum-laced "Till I Die."
But Team Breezy shouldn't worry that Chris plans to quit crooning. Though he has the full blessing of his (initially reluctant) management team to craft sweet 16s, he's just having a good time. "With the hip-hop and the rapping, it's more of — I wouldn't say [a] hobby — it's just me expressing myself.
"I'm not going to sit here and say I'm the best rapper or I'm a rapper," he added with a big smile. "I'm just saying I could do it, I guess, if y'all like it."
How do you rate Chris' skills as an MC? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Related Videos Related ArtistsПереслать - Pauly D Fully Supports 'Snooki & JWoww'
'Jersey Shore' star, who just wrapped up his own spin-off, says there is no rivalry among the cast.
By Jocelyn Vena
Pauly D
Photo:Don't expect there to be any tension among the "Jersey Shore" crew as they film the next season of their hit show. According to the cast, there are no hard feelings between since they fully support one another's spin-offs.
Pauly D just wrapped up his own MTV series, "The Pauly D Project," just in time for the network to welcome "Snooki & JWoww" to its lineup. The show, which premiered Thursday, will follow the girls as they have one final fling before Snooki welcomes her first child into the world. Before it even kicked off, Mr. Delvecchio himself expressed his excitement about the show.
"Oh, no way [is there any rivalry]. No way!' he told MTV News back in April at the network's upfront. "I'm actually dying to see their show. I want to see it 'cause we've all been through this together too, so were experiencing all the spin-offs together."
The love goes both ways, with the mama-to-be also agreeing that no matter what anyone in the crew does, whether it be a TV show or any other project, the "JS" family will always have one another's backs.
"Every time something happens with any of us we're always happy for each other," Snooki said. "We're never like 'Ugh, they got that.' We're very genuine about it."
But just because the cast only shares love, doesn't mean that sometimes they won't get into an argument or two.
"We have a couple fights, it's pretty amusing now that we're over them," JWoww told MTV News in June about her new show. "It's just typical relationship ... me and him are hotheads. We go from zero to sixty, and he's the first boyfriend that I've ever had that won't back down ... Roger's like 'you're out of your mind.' You kinda saw it last season when I tried to give him sh-- and he was like, 'I don't know who you think you're talking to.' "
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Переслать - Cee Lo Looks To Please Fans Old And New With Goodie Mob Album
'Our coming together after a 12-year hiatus is somewhat of a testament to our elasticity,' Cee Lo Green tells MTV News of the Goodie Mob reunion.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Felicia Morris
Cee Lo Green
Photo:Goodie Mob defined hip-hop's dirty south sound before such a descriptor even existed, mixing uplifting raps with bass-heavy funk. Cee Lo Green, Big Gipp, T-Mo and Khujo, along with their Dungeon Family affiliates OutKast, were largely responsible for making Atlanta rap's southern capital. The last time the Mob dropped an album as a quartet was 1999's World Party, but now they are back.
"The Goodie Mob, we definitely are reunited. And we've been working on that album really vigorously and it's coming out very well," Cee Lo Green told MTV News while at a Los Angeles taping for TV Land's new sitcom "Soul Man." "I think people are going to be very pleased. You know our core audience and also this new audience that we are aspiring to acquire."
The comeback LP, which is titled Age Against the Machine, doesn't have a release date, but in April the group gave fans their first taste of the album when they performed their new single "Fight To Win" on "The Voice." The televised performance showed a Goodie Mob quite different from what their day-one fans may remember. While singing the motivational ode, Khujo, Gipp and T-Mo donned gold battle armor and matching capes, resembling a squad of triumphant Roman soldiers. The song has been catching on: It was chosen as the official theme for the 2012 NBA Playoffs and ran on television spots throughout the two-month sporting tournament.
It's been over a decade since we've seen Goodie together, but Cee Lo says it was bound to happen. "Well, you know, it was just a matter of time, it's very faithful and we're a family," he explained. "And you know we were never separate from each other completely. So our coming together after a 12-year hiatus is somewhat of a testament to our elasticity if you will. That's what I call it."
Are you looking forward to the Goodie Mob comeback album? Let us know in the comments!
Переслать - Wiz Khalifa And SpaceGhostPurrp 'Definitely Cool'
'Wiz is a positive dude,' SGP tells Mixtape Daily, denying any beef in wake of his Taylor Gang dis track.
By Rob Markman
SpaceGhostPurrp
Photo:Behind the Beats: SpaceGhostPurrp
SpaceGhostPurrp may currently be at odds with A$AP Rocky, but the Miami rapper/producer doesn't exactly come off as a troublemaker. Many thought that SpaceGhost and Wiz Khalifa had a problem after Purrp released a track called "F--- Taylor Gang," but together they proved a little conversation can go a long way.
"Me and Wiz, we definitely cool, and the song that I made last year about the Taylor Gang thing, it was basically about me saying F the neighborhood," SGP told Mixtape Daily during a May interview.
Khalifa's reach is wide, and his passionate Taylor Gang fanbase doesn't just reside in Wiz's native Pittsburgh. "It's a neighborhood where there were a bunch of kids reppin' Taylor Gang and they were disrespecting my Raider Klan, so we had a feud back then, so I made that towards them," SpaceGhost said of the dis track that he aimed at the unaffiliated Taylors.
After hearing A$AP Rocky's "Pretty Flacko," a track that Purrp produced, Wiz reached out to the rising rap talent. "I love that beat. I'm like, 'Man, that beat is hard as hell,' " Wiz said when he appeared on "RapFix Live" back in April. "After that he sent me that crazy beat, and me and Juicy [J] went in."
The two were quickly able to hash out any misunderstandings and get to work. The beat that SpaceGhost sent would eventually become "T.A.P.," one of Khalifa's favorite songs from his Taylor Allderdice mixtape.
"Wiz is a positive dude — the Taylors that was down in Miami, they were ruthless," Purrp said. "I just wanted him to know that song wasn't directed to him; it was for the negative people who support his movement in my neighborhood."
Purrp is looking to keep the positive vibes rolling. He recently released his independent debut album, Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp, a collection of his best mixtape tracks over the past year.
For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines.
Related ArtistsПереслать - Justin Bieber: Six Degrees Of Believe
MTV News dissects how Drake, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean and Ludacris ended up on Bieber's new album.
By Jocelyn Vena
Justin Bieber's Believe
Photo:Justin Bieber reached deep into the hip-hop community for the collaborations on his just-released Believe.
But, his producers on the album leave just as much a stamp on the sound of the recording as his lyrical comrades do on what it says. For that reason, while Bieber remains the star of the release, it's hard not to hear the ladies and gentlemen who worked with the 18-year-old. The collaborations stand as one of the hallmarks of the album.
Believe sounds like a who's who of music's A-list elite, who give Bieber the backup he needs to make a more mature musical statement. With names like Big Sean, Nicki Minaj, Drake and his old pal Ludacris all making cameos, their appearances are highlighted by production credits with pop and hip-hop masters like Diplo, Rodney Jerkins, the Messengers, Mike Posner, Max Martin and Hit-Boy.
Looking at the roster of talent who wanted to work with the maturing pop stud, you find they are mostly artists and producers who have not only been circling Bieber for some time, but also each other.
In fact, it's easy to connect these folks in six degrees of separation: Drake and Nicki Minaj are no strangers to working with one another, having appeared most recently on "Make Me Proud" off Drake's Take Care. Nicki has also hooked up with Hit-Boy for several tracks on her Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. And, Hit-Boy's association with G.O.O.D. Music was famously catalogued on Jay-Z's and Kanye West's "N---as in Paris," which makes him a close, personal friend of Big Sean. Big Sean's Believe track, "As Long As You Love Me," got the production treatment from Rodney Jerkins, who previously worked with Ludacris on his song "What Them Girls Like," which brings us back to Bieber: Bieber and Luda originally laid the foundation for a beautiful friendship on the teen's defining tune "Baby."
Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, explained the generation of all of the collaborations to MTV News:
"Kanye was like, 'You should get Big Sean on that record.' And we're close with Sean, and Sean just jumped on there. It was very natural," Braun recalled. "Luda, of course, we did 'Baby.' We played 'All Around the World,' and we were like, 'Who would make sense?' And Justin's like, 'Luda would kill it.'
"Nicki was getting on another one of our records, and then we did 'Beauty and the Beat,' and she heard it, and she was like, 'I want to get on that.' And, actually, we were gonna put Usher on it at first, but then we heard Nicki's verse, and we were like, 'Damn.' "
Of course, those collaborations came up a bit more spur of the moment, but there's one that had been long in-the-works. "The Drake thing is something he and Drake have been talking about for like two years," Braun said. "And then they finally went into the studio, and they wrote that song together. ... I'm glad that 'Right Here' came about. ... Drake was like, 'I don't want to do just a rap song. I want to sing with you, do a song for the ladies.' Everyone seems to love that song."
Which is your favorite collaboration on Believe? Share your pick below!
Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsПереслать - Kings Of Leon's Caleb Followill And Wife Welcome Baby
Dixie Pearl Followill was born on Thursday in Nashville.
By Gil Kaufman
Lily Aldridge and Caleb Followill
Photo:Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill and his wife, model Lily Aldridge, welcomed their first child, Dixie Pearl Followill, on Thursday in Nashville.
According to People magazine, the bouncing bundle of joy arrived at the rock-star hour of 1 a.m., weighing a healthy 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 22 inches long.
"Mom, dad and baby are happy, healthy and enjoying their new addition," a spokesperson for the band told the magazine. The couple were married in Santa Barbara, California, in May 2011 at San Ysidro Ranch after dating for more than two years.
The birth of the couple's daughter puts a happy cap on what was, by all accounts, a rather tumultuous year for the Kings. After releasing the Come Around Sundown album to modest reviews and sales, the band picked a fight with "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy (who would subsequently apologize for calling the band "self-centered a--holes") and released the well-received documentary, "Talihina Sky."
Last summer included a much-publicized incident at a Dallas concert in which Followill claimed to suffer a bout of "heat exhaustion," leading to the band scrapping the remainder of their U.S. tour and calls from his bandmates to enter rehab to deal with a reported alcohol problem. They returned to the road in September for a run of Canadian shows.
They wrapped the year with a tour of Australia and a pair of Grammy nominations: Best Rock Album for Sundown and a Best Long Form Music Video nom for "Talihina Sky."
Related ArtistsПереслать - Lil Wayne Explains His Latest Skateboarding Injury
'I broke my clavicle, like, two months ago,' Weezy tells MTV News at Atlanta's Birthday Bash.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by FLX
Lil Wayne
Photo:Lil Wayne takes his skateboarding seriously, so the Young Money cash king doesn't really mind the bumps and bruises that come along with the sport. Actually, Weezy describes it as "fun."
MTV News caught up with Wayne on Saturday after he got offstage at Birthday Bash in Atlanta. Tunechi joined Kelly Rowland to perform their hit collaboration "Motivation," but instead of simply walking out to the crowd of 20,000 like the rest of the night's acts, Wayne rolled out onstage riding his board. Backstage, a shirtless Tune was riding around the Philips Arena, and those lucky enough to get close to him may have noticed a bright yellow bandage on his left shoulder.
"I broke my clavicle, like, two months ago. What happened was, I didn't go to the doctor when I broke it, so it healed on its own," Weezy explained. "Whenever you let a break heal on its own, it don't heal right, so I got a lot of bone callouses around it.
"So this tape keeps my bone from popping out of my skin," Wayne said, pointing to his shoulder with a childlike grin. "It's fun."
This isn't the first time the multiplatinum rap god has injured himself while skating. Last August, Weezy had to get nine stitches after he took a spill in a St. Louis skate park. "The Lou was good, but I busted my fuggin head at the sk8park! 9stitches! Gnarly gash over my left eye! Luv the people," he tweeted after the fall.
Related ArtistsПереслать - 'Brave,' 'Hunger Games' And The History Of Lady Archers
As Princess Merida joins the big-screen leagues of Katniss Everdeen, we look at the sport's storied past, in Hobnobbing.
By Amy Wilkinson
Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games"
Photo:A fiery bow-and-arrow-wielding heroine not named Katniss Everdeen? Color us intrigued!
This weekend, Pixar will take aim at the box-office bull's-eye with its first foray into the fairy-tale princess pic. "Brave" follows a young Scottish royal named Merida, who bucks her parents' wishes, insisting on paving her own path — with bow firmly in hand.
Of course, the animated flick is only the latest this year to feature an adept bow-woman (or bowman). There was Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) in "The Avengers," William (Sam Claflin) in "Snow White and the Huntsman" and, our obvious favorite, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) in "The Hunger Games." Unsurprisingly, this slew of big-screen portrayals has helped revive interest in the ancient sport, with more and more amateur archers sizing up their targets.
But let's be clear about one thing: Bow-besotted babes are nothing new. Lady archers have been around practically since the dawn of time. Follow me down their storied path:
Like most grand ideas, the concept of a woman and her bow has roots in Greek mythology. "Amazon" may be a compliment for a leggy lady nowadays, but maybe it shouldn't be, considering the ancient archers were often depicted with their left breast cut off to make wielding their weaponry simpler. The Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis, was also frequently pictured holding a bow and arrow (sans missing mammary glands).
Throughout the Middle Ages, archery served dual purposes: fending off enemies and hunting prey for sustenance. But by the Elizabethan era, it had become a posh pastime, with proper ladies learning the sport — along with dancing and riding — as part of their studies. (P.E. was soooo much cooler back then.) In fact, Queen Elizabeth I herself (daughter of Henry VIII) is said to have been a skilled archer.
A few hundred years later, the sport made its Olympics debut in 1900, with women taking up arms at the 1904 games. The event took a hiatus from the Games between 1920 and 1972, reappearing at the Munich Olympics. And while plenty of Hollywood heavyweights have learned the skill for a movie, one took it upon herself to learn for the sport of it. Actress Geena Davis made it all the way to the semifinal rounds of the Olympic trials in 1999, hoping to compete in the 2000 games in Sydney. The games and a gold medal were not in Davis' future, but she already has one gilded goody (namely, an Oscar) to console herself.
And speaking of actresses and archery, the last few decades have offered up a bumper crop of bow roles, from Gwyneth Paltrow in "Emma" to Saoirse Ronan in "Hannah." And, of course, Lawrence in "The Hunger Games."
All we have so say is, may the odds be ever in your favor, lady archers!
Is Katniss your favorite fictional archer? Do you plan to see "Brave" this weekend? Sound off in the comments below and tweet me @amymwilk with your thoughts and suggestions for future columns!
Earlier "Hunger Games" columns:
» "Catching Fire" In IMAX: Time To Embrace The Big, Big Screen?
» "Hunger Games": Five Things We Learned At Movie Awards
» How "Catching Fire" Could Set Taylor Kitsch's Career Ablaze
» "Hunger Games" At The Movie Awards: Dos And Don'ts
» "Catching Fire" Countdown: What to Watch While You WaitCheck out everything we've got on "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."
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Переслать - Laura Jane Grace And Against Me! Answer Your Questions
Fans submitted questions about Laura's new transgender life and the future of the band ... here's how they answered.
By James Montgomery
Laura Jane Grace
Photo:When Against Me! agreed to sit down with MTV News for their first on-camera interview since frontwoman Laura Jane Grace announced she was transgender, they made two things abundantly clear: No topic was off limits, and they wanted to hear from their fans.
And all week, we've been rolling out prime examples of the former — Laura's frank discussion of her life-long struggle with gender dysphoria, her bandmates' acceptance of her new life, and the painful process of coming out to family and friends. But today, we're going to focus on the latter.
Because we asked AM! fans to submit questions for Laura and the band, and they delivered. And, true to their words, Against Me! answered as many as they possibly could (they did have to soundcheck for the night's gig). And we can think of no better way to wrap up the week than by bringing those answers to you now.
From questions about how Laura's new life will affect Against Me!'s new album — "It's a huge part of it," bassist Andrew Seward said, though Laura was quick to add "I think it's up to us to make a record that speaks for itself" — to how her life would have changed if she'd been born a woman on the outside ("I think I probably wouldn't have gotten arrested so many times when I was younger," she laughed), the band's fans made it clear that, not only have they been following this story from the beginning, but they can't wait to see what happens next.
Tellingly, though, we received questions from young men and women who, like Laura, were struggling with their own gender — many of whom now look up to her as a role model. And as she did throughout our interview, Laura did her best to answer with the kind of humility and honesty that made our chat so compelling in the first place.
"I've been completely blown away; the most amazing part for me is the amount of trans men and women who have been coming out to the shows and meeting them after and talking with them. I'll have a lot of them come up to me and be like 'It's amazing, what you're doing, and I look up to you so much,' " she said. "And it blows me away, because I look at them, and they're so much further along in their transition, and it's like 'What you're doing for me, by being here right now, is beyond whatever you think I'm doing for you.' Just being able to make that connection ... because I had no friends in that world. And to make those connections, that is half of what I wanted to accomplish by coming out, to be part of that community."
Related Videos Related ArtistsПереслать - Exclusive: Hit-Boy Teams With Kid Cudi On OutKast-Inspired 'Old School Caddy'
Hit-Boy reveals to MTV News that his next single will feature Kid Cudi and a bit of OutKast vibe.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Vanessa Whitewolf
Hit-Boy
Photo:G.O.O.D. Music producer Hit-Boy surprised fans with his rap skills on "Jay-Z Interview," but his soulful debut rap single was no fluke: Hit is serious about his craft.
"I definitely have more stuff coming out very soon," the multi-platinum hitmaker told MTV News in Los Angeles.
"I have a song called 'Old School Caddy' that I'm going to be putting out very soon, featuring Kid Cudi," he revealed.
Hit-Boy, who has produced for Kanye West, Lil Wayne and most recently Justin Bieber, on his Believe LP, assured us that he has rap records stacked up. He isn't planning to release an entire project just yet, however. He is just working on songs right now.
It was veteran rap producer Bink who made the beat for Hit's "Jay-Z Interview," but for "Old School Caddy," HB got behind the boards himself. He described the track as "classic hip-hop," and while that term may mean different things to different people, Hit-Boy specifically drew his inspiration from OutKast for his next single. "Aquemini is one of my favorite albums by OutKast. I wanted to do a record that felt like it could've been on there but for our generation," Hit said of the iconic duo's 1998 album. "I did the record and I let Cudi hear it, and he asked to be a part of it, so it was just an organic, great thing."
Hit-Boy wouldn't say if he was going to appear vocally on G.O.O.D. Music's upcoming album Cruel Summer, though he did admit that he laid down verses for the highly anticipated project. "I'm just making music with them, so stuff will end up where it is supposed to," he said. "That's family and they're the best in the world in my opinion, so I can't lose. Being able to get advice from those guys is priceless."
What do you think of Hit-Boy's rapping? Sound off in the comments!
Related ArtistsПереслать - Adam Levine, Jessica Lange 'American Horror Story' Details Revealed
In 'AHS' season two, Lange is 'a bride of Christ,' writer tells MTV News.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tami Katzoff
Jessica Lange in "American Horror Story"
Photo:While there have been scant details regarding the second season of "American Horror Story" floating around since it was announced it would be rebooted in a new time and place with spanking-new characters, what fans have been most clamoring to know about is how season one bad girl Jessica Lange will be re-imagined for the series.
"She's not playing this kind of ersatz Tennessee Williams character this time," "AHS" writer Tim Minear told MTV News about Lange in season two. "She's playing something that's a little more East Coast, a little more patrician."
While she was a bit of a darkly motivated, self-involved floozy in season one, her new backstory seems to paint a different picture for the character. "She's playing a nun," he said. "She's playing an administrator of a facility. It's different. In this instance, she's a bride of Christ."
Season one of the FX horror series took place in sunny Los Angeles, which served as the backdrop to Murder House and its disturbed inhabitants, both living and dead. But, season two will take place in the 1960s on the East Coast with a mental institution as the locale for all the creepiness. Lange will call the shots, which is sort of what she did in season one as well, but it seems she'll be motivated in a whole new set of ways.
"We thought it would be cool. I mean, the truth is, when I first met with [creators] Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk about the show, I came in, I read the pilot script, and I'm like, 'OK guys, this is all very well and good — I don't know how you make this into a TV show. I don't know how you sustain this,' " Minear recalled.
"And Ryan immediately had the answer, and that was, 'Oh, the way we sustain it is by the end of the season, we have killed off every character.' And I'm like, 'I'm in!' And then you revamp it. Basically, in season two, you have a whole new story, a whole new location, a whole new time frame. You just do something different," he added. "The reason we're doing it in the 1960s is because that fits the story that we want to tell."
Given that anything is possible in the "AHS" world, there's a chance that the infamous Murder House just might make a cameo. "I wouldn't rule anything out," Minear shared.
Sure, everyone has been salivating over details about Lange and her newly learned good-girl character, but there's another casting that has everyone intrigued: Maroon 5 leading man Adam Levine has been cast as one of "The Lovers." "Let's say that Adam's character is kind of a nod to contemporary sensibilities, as opposed to something from the mid-century," Minear noted.
Levine joins other returning castmembers Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Lily Rabe as well as Lange.
Levine and his bandmates will drop Overexposed on Tuesday. They will sit down with MTV News for an "MTV First" on Monday to discuss the new album, and perhaps Levine will share more details about his "AHS" role.
Don't miss the premiere of Maroon 5's "One More Night" video during "MTV First: Maroon 5" on Monday, June 25, at 7:53 p.m. on MTV, followed by a 30-minute Q&A with the band on MTV.com.
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In 'All Around the World' NBC special, Bieber shares, 'It's important I never forget where I came from.'
By Jocelyn Vena
Justin Bieber on his "All Around The World" special
Photo:Last time on Justin Bieber's primetime special, "All Around the World," the singer's camp worried about him after he fell down some stairs following a concussion he suffered running into a glass wall during his performance in Paris.
Well, on part two of the NBC special, fans get to see just what happened next. "He's got a nice little bump. Doctors said he should be OK," his manager, Scooter Braun, shares. "It just scared me in general when he was nonresponsive. ... In that moment, when he was not waking up, that was scary."
While Braun was concerned about the star's wellbeing, later on, Bieber is shown being mostly concerned about whether you can see the bump he got in the process.
After wrapping up his time in Paris, Bieber embarks on more dates in Italy and Spain, where he meets more screaming, crying fans. "The team is definitely like a family. There's never a dull moment," Bieber says of his tour crew.
"Seeing fans is always the most important to me," he later says of his devotees. "I wouldn't be in this position without them. Sometimes it can get really chaotic ... but I go out of my way."
In addition to traveling the globe with his tightknit road family, in Spain, Bieber is joined by his little sister and dad. "Just being able to come back at the end of the night and see my little sister, it's amazing," he shares.
While he has folks like his crew and family to keep him grounded, the pandemonium he causes everywhere he goes never lets up. Mexico City is next on the schedule. "I miss home ... but it's all worth it. I get to do so many other things that I wouldn't get to experience. It's been really a blessing," he says. "I have definitely changed over the last few years, and I think it's for the good. I think that I'm getting more mature. But as far me as a person, I think I'll always be the same person."
Later on, Bieber visits his hometown in Canada. While there, he performs on the same street corner where he used to play before he was famous, noting how "weird" it is to do his own song there rather than a cover. "For me, it's important I never forget where I came from," he says.
His trip around the globe ends in the Big Apple, where he prepares for a number of appearances and shows, including his now-infamous performance at the Apollo Theater, which he finished unplugged after losing power. "I want to go someplace Michael [Jackson] performed," he says in the lead-up to the performance.
Instead of shutting it down, Bieber continued the show with a sing-along and a dance battle, much to the delight of his fans. "My fans, to me, mean the world. I'm very blessed, and I have all my Beliebers to thank for that," he notes. "I never thought that I would be in the position that I am now. I think that it's so important that if you have a dream to just believe."
While in New York City, he also appeared on his very own MTV special, "Bieber Live," where he opened up about his just-released new album, Believe.
Did you watch "All Around the World"? Share your favorite moments in the comments below!
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'At the end of the day, mom took care of home,' 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' star Scrappy tells 'RapFix Live.'
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway
Lil Scrappy on "RapFix Live"
Photo:One episode in, VH1's "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" already has captivated audiences with its wild cast of characters. Perhaps the most magnetic of the bunch is Momma Dee, mother to rap star Lil Scrappy.
Momma Dee comes off as overprotective and overbearing, but it is clear that there is nothing she wouldn't do for her children, including selling drugs and pimping to make ends meet. When Lil Scrappy appeared on Wednesday's "RapFix Live," he opened up about the lengths his mother went to to provide for him.
"Mom dukes was layin' it down hard back in the day when I was coming up," Lil Scrappy said. He recalled a time when a prostitute who was working for his mother left to join with a rival pimp. When Momma Dee finally met up with her ex-worker, violence ensued and a young Scrappy was there to witness it all.
"My mama caught her slippin' in traffic and bust her across the head with a crowbar," he recalled. "That crowbar was stuck in her head and she was sittin' there shakin'."
While the incident affected him at the time, the ATL rapper now awkwardly laughs it off. While Scrappy admits that he had to see some pretty awful things as a youngster, he doesn't resent his mom for any of it.
"I had to sleep in a room with mom dukes, and my little sister because all the whores was using the rooms to do their thing," he said. "But at the end of the day, mom took care of home. Me and my sister ain't never had to hurt for nothin'."
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Suit against W.i.P. club was filed on Monday in connection with injuries NBA star suffered in the melee.
By Gil Kaufman
Tony Parker
Photo:One of the most high-profile victims to emerge from the shattered glass wreckage of the nightclub brawl between members of Chris Brown and Drake's crews at New York nightclub W.i.P. has filed a multimillion-dollar suit against the SoHo night spot.
San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, claims in a $20 million lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court earlier this week that the club's owners are responsible for the "corneal laceration of the left eye and other injuries," according to the New York Post.
A spokesperson for the club told MTV News on Friday (June 22) that they were unable to comment on the suit because they have not yet been served with any papers. In addition, the club, whose owner, Jonathan Cantor, was arrested on unrelated charges tied to two outstanding warrants, continues to be closed on a temporary basis.
Parker's suit claims that W.i.P.'s owners should have known better than to let the two romantic rivals for Rihanna's affection into the club at the same time. Lawyer David Jaroslawicz added that the extent of Parker's injuries are not yet known, but that eye injuries "certainly don't improve your outside shot." The NBA star and one of the key members of the championship team is slated to play for his native France in this summer's Olympics.
Neither musician is named in the lawsuit, but it does mention them as being the catalyst for the fight. "The defendants were reckless, careless and negligent in permitting Drake's entourage and Brown's entourage to be in the club at the same time despite known tension between the two," the suit reads. "She's been known, like Helen of Troy, to cause trouble," Jaroslawicz said of Rihanna.
According to the suit, Parker wasn't sitting with either party, but has said he was with "my friend Chris Brown" when the troubles started and claimed that he and his friends took some blows before "they started throwing bottles everywhere."
The baller said he's been sidelined for a week as he recuperates from the injury with the help of a "therapeutic" contact lens. While he said his eye felt better at first, it began to hurt when he landed in France to practice with his team for the games, forcing him to visit the ER for more treatment. "I'll be missing the start of the French team because I can't do anything for a week except keep the lens in and then take drops," he told the paper.
Police have not made any arrests over the incident, but they have subpoenaed the security tapes from the club and are reviewing them.
Related ArtistsПереслать - 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter': The Reviews Are In!
Critics says Benjamin Walker brings 'backbone' to an otherwise 'fake and cartoony' retelling of the Civil War.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Erin Wasson and Benjamin Walker in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"
Photo:"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" reimagines the Civil War as a struggle between the living and the undead with our 16th president as a slayer of the bloodsuckers. It sounds like a fun premise, but critics certainly wish the filmmakers had stuck to the history books.
Here is our roundup of what the critics are saying about "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
The Story
"The story opens with young Abe witnessing the murder of his mother by a vampire. He swears vengeance, and some years later is lucky to be getting drunk while standing at a bar next to Henry Sturgess (Dominic Cooper), who coaches him on vampire-killing and explains that it is a high calling, requiring great dedication and avoiding distractions like marriage. Against Henry's advice, Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) marries Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and the story moves quickly to his days in the White House, where he discovers that the vampires are fighting on the side of the South." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-TimesBenjamin Walker
"He lucked out big time nabbing Benjamin Walker to play Lincoln from 8 to 80 (not exactly, but you get my point). Walker, 30, was a dick-swinging smash on Broadway in the 2010 musical 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,' playing Old Hickory as a genocidal horror in sexy pants. Walker brings backbone and flashes of humor to the guy on the five-dollar bill." — Peter Travers, Rolling StoneThe Direction
"To stand a chance of pulling this off on film, you need wit and a deft touch, and, boy, is Timur Bekmambetov the wrong man for the job. (Tim Burton, who produced, would have been the better choice.) The director came out of Russia some years back with a pair of showy fantasy thrillers, 'Night Watch' and 'Day Watch,' and has since made the Angelina Jolie shoot-em-up 'Wanted.' Bekmambetov's filmmaking style manages to be both frantic and ponderous, and he has the humor of a nightclub bouncer." — Ty Burr, The Boston GlobeThe Script
"Adapting his own richly embroidered novel, which is a lot more fun than the movie, Seth Grahame-Smith (who also wrote 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies') strips his book for parts and ditches the most interesting cockamamie detail and context." — Michael Phillips, Chicago TribuneThe Final Word
"Unfortunately, director Timur Bekmambetov and writer Seth Grahame-Smith, adapting his own best-selling novel, take this concept entirely too seriously. What ideally might have been playful and knowing is instead uptight and dreary, with a visual scheme that's so fake and cartoony, it depletes the film of any sense of danger." — Christy Lemire, The Associated PressCheck out everything we've got on "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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Lovato shuts down rumors that she and Horan are dating in a recent radio interview.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Photo:So, are they or aren't they? Well, according to Demi Lovato herself, she and One Direction's Niall Horan aren't dating.
While he called her a "cool girl" in a recent interview and there's even been suggestion that they've Skyped with each other — the mark of any true romance — the singer herself, in a new radio interview, says he's nothing more than a pal.
"I don't even know who One Direction is ... it's so crazy. I'm kidding," she told B104 Radio. "No, Niall's a friend of mine. I do know who he is and everyone knows who One Direction is."
While they are just friends, she does note that his "cool" feelings for her are reciprocated. "But, yeah, we're just friends," she said. "And he's awesome."
Regardless of where Demi and Niall stand in the romance department, Niall's bandmates hinted he might want to be more than friends in a recent appearance on the Canadian entertainment news show "etalk." In a game called "Rapid Fire Romance," a photo of a female celebrity would show up, and the guys had to pick which of their bandmates would be the best match. When Demi's photo came up in the pile, Horan's bandmate, Louis Tomlinson, joked, "Niall. 100 percent."
From there, Harry Styles, had a bit more fun at Horan's expense, further joking, "Niall dreams dirty things!"
Since the guys dropped their chart-topping debut, Up All Night, there have been a number of romance rumors about them floating around. Most notably, Harry Styles had been famously linked to Taylor Swift for some time. When MTV News chatted with the guys earlier this year about all the love they have been receiving from the pop world's biggest princesses, they admitted they didn't mind all the attention.
"[It's] really exciting, I suppose," Liam Payne said back in April shortly after they performed at the Kids' Choice Awards. "And even following Katy Perry on the stage as well was a big thing for us. It's just amazing to be in the same room as these sort of people, for us to just come over from England and just be involved."
Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsПереслать - Why Did Justin Bieber Almost Quit Music?
'He just broke down, and he said, 'I can't do it anymore,' ' Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, recalls to MTV News.
By Jocelyn Vena
Justin Bieber
Photo:It's not always easy being Justin Bieber. In fact, there has been a moment or two when the Believe singer had his doubts about embarking on a life of celebrity.
He recently opened up to Fabulous magazine about questioning his life of fame after he found himself smack dab in the middle of a paternity scandal with a fan, Mariah Yeater, who claimed he fathered her child. He remained steadfast that he never even met the woman, and she eventually dropped her claim.
But, as it turns out — according to Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun — when Bieber needed a pick-me-up and some convincing to stick to the music game another time, he looked to a pro athlete for some wisdom.
"There was a show in Orlando, [Florida] ... It was a day where he had to make a decision if he was going to continue on or not, 'cause he was fighting," Braun recalled to MTV News. "We were in Orlando. We had a sold-out arena show, and it had gotten to a point where kids were surrounding hotels, and you're talking about a kid who is 15, 16 years old, and he went and did a show 20,000 people, sold out, but right before he went into the show, he was having a little bit of an attitude." (Bieber played Orlando on his My World Tour in August 2010.)
"And he goes in the show, and he was fine, and he comes off, and I go, 'What was that before the show?' and he just broke down, and he said, 'I can't do it anymore. I can't go outside. I can't go anywhere ... I feel like a spectacle all the time.' And he was really struggling with it. You got to remember he didn't want to be a star: I found him, and it happened."
Bieber and Braun had a major heart-to-heart as he struggled with his superstardom, but the teen did offer one suggestion on how he might be able to come to terms with how he was feeling. "So, we had a long talk about 'Is this what you want?' He sat there, got real quiet, he looked at me and goes, 'I want to meet Kobe Bryant.'
"And I was like, 'Kobe Bryant? We just had this emotional conversation.' And he goes, 'No, I just feel like no matter what Kobe does, he'll always be chasing Michael Jordan's ghost, and someone the other day told me I could grow up in front of the entire world like Michael [Jackson] did, and I just want to know how you handle always chasing someone's ghost that you'll just never going to be able to catch.' It was actually a pretty profound moment."
Three weeks later, the encounter happened. Braun recalled, "They had a pretty intense conversation and something that I think Justin will never forget."
Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsПереслать - 'Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World': The Reviews Are In!
Cataclysmic comedy starring Keira Knightley and Steve Carell has critics divided.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Patton Oswalt and Steve Carell in "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World"
Photo:Critics are decidedly split on Lorene Scafaria's "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" and whether its cataclysmic hijinks are cute or phony.
Here is our roundup of reviews for "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World."
The Story
"At least it's an ambitious misfire from the filmmaker, screenwriter Lorene Scafaria making a rocky directing debut. The movie ponders what people would do with their final days if the end were a fait accompli. Will anarchy reign or will humanity win out? Will Dodge (Carell) and Penny (Knightley), relative strangers living in the same apartment building, find each other, and love, before the planet and the asteroid collide? Or will they die alone? Lots of potential for a really tragic love story — from here to eternity, literally." — Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles TimesSteve Carell
"The sad sack in question is Dodge, a New York insurance salesman played by Steve Carell with the air of melancholy that serves, in his big-screen roles, as the functional equivalent of a 'Don't Call Me Michael Scott' T-shirt. Mr. Carell has a penchant for wounded and wistful romantic roles. Here, as in 'Dan in Real Life' and 'Crazy, Stupid, Love,' he is a nebbishy guy so far out of the Darwinian sexual rat race that he becomes irresistible to women." — A.O. Scott, The New York TimesKeira Knightley
"Penny feels equally underwritten, which leaves the awkward sight of Knightley, evidently still stuck in 'A Dangerous Method' mode, straining to appear girl-next-door cute while her facial expressions scream 'mental patient.' "— Peter Debruge, VarietyThe Director
"Screenwriter Lorene Scafaria (the similarly fey 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist') is over her head in her feature directing debut, unable to establish a consistent tone in a movie that flirts with black comedy, satire, romantic comedy and touchy-feely earnestness without really delivering any of them." — Lou Lumenick, New York PostThe Final Word
"What it doesn't have is a way of making sense of its comic and dramatic strains, together, in the same movie. Carell and Knightley work hard to bring life and truth to each stage of a dawning friendship. By the end, though, Dodge and Penny have had one too many affirming encounters that feel engineered, not lived." — Michael Phillips, Chicago TribuneCheck out everything we've got on "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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