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Lady Gaga's Secret Polaroid History
13 hours ago
Earlier today, Lady Gaga announced that she would be embarking on a new collaboration — not with another artist, but rather with Polaroid, the venerable instant-camera makers. She'll be assuming the role of "creative director" for a specialty line of products for the company.
"Well, I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl," she told people earlier today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where they unveiled the news to the public. "I really believe in the lifestyle and injecting the things that I love into [this]. ... For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid."
For anybody who has grown up in the digital age and doesn't have any experience with Polaroid cameras, they provided instant gratification when you wanted to capture a moment and immediately have it in your hand. Just as often, the girl at the party with the Polaroid camera »
- Kyle Anderson
Colbie Caillat Wants To Get 'Lucky' And Collaborate With Common
14 hours ago
With "Lucky," her collaboration with Jason Mraz, up for a People's Choice Award last night (Spoiler Alert: They lost to Jay-z, Rihanna and Kanye West's "Run this Town"), Colbie Caillat is hot to get another duet under her belt. This time, the laid-back singer/songwriter would love to get one time rapper Common on a track with her. One catch: She hasn't asked him yet.
"I think we're going to be reaching out to him and see what happens," she told MTV News' Larry Carroll at the People's Choice Awards about her desire to work with him, saying that her love for soulful R&B gives her the right credibility to musically hook-up with the rapper. "I think it will be a nice mix."
Colbie has already done a lot of the work to making this happen. She has a song in mind that she thinks Common would be perfect for, »
- Jocelyn Vena
Mariah Carey Likes To Celebrate: The MTV News Quote Of The Day
15 hours ago
"We were celebrating and having little splashes [of champagne], and I hadn't eaten, and that's what it was. We were celebrating the movie and all the exciting stuff going on. There's a time for celebration and a time for not — but really, technically, it's a party atmosphere. We had splashes of champagne. I love Lee, but he's a bad influence."
-Pop star and actress Mariah Carey, talking to reporters at Wednesday (January 6) night's People's Choice Awards about the acceptance speech she gave at Tuesday (January 5) night's awards ceremony at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The video of her performance while accepting the prize for Breakthrough Actress spread all over the Internet, causing a great deal of speculation about what caused her to be so loopy. But now we know: The combination of excitement over seeing "Precious" director Lee Daniels, a lack of food and a little bit of champagne made her extra-bubbly. »
- MTV News
Why Alabama Will Beat Texas Tonight (And It's Not Why You Think)
15 hours ago
This evening, the college football season will come to a close at the conclusion of the Bcs National Championship Game, the contest that will decide who is the best team among the handful of schools allowed to participate in a broken system.
But like it or not, either Alabama or Texas will be able to raise their collective fists and be called the last team standing. Despite the fact that we have a number of hardcore Florida Gators fans in the MTV Newsroom (including the people behind Hollywood Crush and Splash Page), we don't know a whole lot about college football. But what we do know is music, which is why we think we know exactly who is going to take the title.
Tonight isn't just about two football teams — it's about two bands that have never waged war before but really, really should. We're talking about country-rock legends Alabama and Scottish future-poppers Texas. »
- Kyle Anderson
Spotted: Karen O Glows Down Under
16 hours ago
Every day a multitude of stars wanders through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with our intrepid correspondents. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.
All across the United States, cities are experiencing record low cold snaps. Normally reasonable places like Dallas and Los Angeles are experiencing record lows, and you can forget about Minneapolis (currently feels like -14 degrees) or Fargo (currently feels like -34 degrees). It's not weather, it's a national emergency. But on the other side of the equator, Australia is enjoying its summer, which also means they are knee-deep in their festival season. Earlier today at the Sunset Sounds Festival in Brisbane, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs took the stage and blew through a rugged set of tunes. Singer Karen O didn't disappoint, as she »
- MTV News
Katy Perry And Russell Brand: Their Best MTV Moments
17 hours ago
Russell Brand proposed to his lady love Katy Perry over the holidays while in India (in case you haven't heard, she said yes). And in case you didn't know it, MTV has been there during the couple's entire history with each other. Not that we like to take credit for these sorts of things, but we hope to see our wedding invite in the mail. MTV did play matchmaker for these two crazy kids. And, here are some of our favorite MTV moments with the couple.
In 2008, Katy sang the classic Madonna tune "Like a Virgin" while Russell played host at the VMAs that year. It's to be noted that Katy also hosted the EMAs in 2008. The couple that hosts in the same award season stays together. These are facts.
However, they kicked off their love affair at the 2009 VMAs in NYC. He may have given her some hosting advice, »
- Jocelyn Vena
President Obama's 'Lost' Controversy: The Solution!
18 hours ago
Throughout the first year of his historic presidency, Barack Obama has stared down a number of high-profile issues: His health care reform bill, national security, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and that whole beer summit dust-up. But he may be facing his most heated controversy yet.
Because he wants to have the health care bill signed into law by the time he delivers the State of the Union, the President announced that this year's speech would be pushed back to February 2. For fans of the hit TV show "Lost," that poses a big problem, as that's the same night that the show rolls out the premiere of what promises to be the final season. Hardcore fans have been waiting years for their questions about Oceanic flight 815 to be answered, and they are already up in arms about whether or not ABC will preempt their favorite show (the hash tag #NoStateofUnionFeb »
- Kyle Anderson
Christopher Lee's Concept Album About Charlamagne: Top Shelf Wizard Rock
19 hours ago
Christopher Lee isn't actually a wizard, he just plays one in the movies (and sort of looks like one in real life, now that we think of it). But still, that hasn't stopped him from diving headlong into the mystical, magickal world of Wizard Rock, with a full-blown symphonic concept album he's calling Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross.
And, yes, we know the real Charlemagne wasn't technically a wizard (just the subject of an awesome Steely Dan song and most of the Hold Steady's Separation Sunday) but Lee's album is still a prime example of bearded, bong-glazed Wizard Rock, full of trilling strings and rolling timpani drums, songs with titles like "The Iron Crown of Lombardy" and "The Bloody Verdict of Verden," and Lee's booming voice, which, much like the legendary Sword of Erdrick, is strong enough to cleave even the heartiest of steel. Not to mention, you know, »
- James Montgomery
Lady Gaga Continues The Proud Tradition Of Polaroids In Pop Culture
19 hours ago
In addition to being a fashion icon, a remarkable live performer and a musical genius, Lady Gaga just added another line to her ever-growing resumé: She's the new creative director for "specialty products" at Polaroid, the venerable instant camera company. They'll be unveiling their partnership at the Consumer Electronics Show and hope to have both old-school and digital products available by the end of the year.
Gaga's involvement in Polaroid adds yet another chapter to the company's involvement in pop culture. From Outkast to "Clueless," Polaroids have shown in all corners of the pop culture landscape.
"Memento"
Director Christopher Nolan first grabbed the attention of the masses with this twisty noir flick, which centered around a guy named Leonard (played by Guy Pearce) who has a brain condition that doesn't allow him to make new memories. What does he do to supplement his brain? He takes a ton of snaps with his trusty Polaroid camera. »
- Kyle Anderson
Ke$ha Brings Funk, Feathers To 'The Tonight Show'
21 hours ago
2010 is only seven days old, but it is already a pretty good year for Ke$ha. Last week, she set a new record when her chart-topping single "Tik Tok" sold 610,000 downloads, making it the biggest-selling single week for a female artist ever. Her debut album Animal just hit stores and has been sitting on top of the iTunes charts since Tuesday. Trends even suggest that she could even be the artist to unseat Susan Boyle on top of the Billboard album chart.
And on Wednesday night (January 6), she stormed the stage of "The Tonight Show" for a performance of "Tik Tok" and a brief chat with host Conan O'Brien. Following the run-through of the song (which featured a whole lot of confetti and pelvic thrusting), she sat down next to fellow guests Matthew Broderick and Robin Tunney and showed O'Brien her show-specific T-shirt. "Have you seen my shirt?" Ke$ha asked, »
- Kyle Anderson
Paramore's Hayley Williams Tweets Her Way Through The People's Choice Awards
21 hours ago
Wednesday (January 6) night's People's Choice Awards saw big victories from the "Twilight" crew, Taylor Swift, Johnny Depp and "Glee." It was also a big night for Paramore, who beat out Daughtry, Green Day, Kings of Leon and Muse to take home the title of Favorite Rock Band. As she is wont to do, singer Hayley Williams kept fans abreast of her developments and reactions via her Twitter account.
Williams, who was at the show with boyfriend and New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert, opened the night wishing that she got the opportunity to meet one of her favorite stars. "Dear God, please let today be the day that I meet Michael C. Hall," she wrote about the star of "Dexter" (a show she often tweets about). "And let him be wearing a lab coat and goggles. Amen."
After announcing that she was en route, Williams a picture of the cosmetic »
- Kyle Anderson
The Harlem Globetrotters Tip Off: Wake-Up Video
23 hours ago
Long before Gilbert Arenas was yelling "Hibachi!" (and, uh, carrying firearms) or Kobe Bryant made videos of himself leaping over cars, all of the stunt work and comedy in the game of basketball was handled by one crew of talented outsiders: The Harlem Globetrotters. They've become legendary for their comedy antics, worldwide travels and constant pounding of the poor Washington Generals, but the got their start rather humbly on this day in 1927, when they played their first game.
The team was created by a guy from Chicago named Ape Saperstein. So why weren't they the Chicago Globetrotters? At the time, only white men were allowed to play professional basketball, so Saperstein wanted to give his team of black players a stronger identity, which is why he put the group's origins in New York's most famous black neighborhood. (Ironically, the Globetrotters didn't actually set foot in Harlem until 1960.) When they began, »
- Kyle Anderson
Katy Perry And Russell Brand: A Romance Video Timeline
6 January 2010 3:21 PM, PST
First off, a big congrats to Russell Brand and Katy Perry. We love to see two people fall in love. And, in the grand old rock'n'roll tradition, the pair had quite a quick courtship. So let's take a look at the timeline of their relationship.
They shared a kiss on the set of his upcoming flick, "Get Him to the Greek" (she says she loved the kiss they shared in it), before he made his intentions clear at the 2009 VMAs, where he more or less professed his crush on the singer. She paid tribute to him at the show, where she opened the VMAs and sang the Queen anthem "We Will Rock You" as Brand took to the stage.
Quickly, they began tweeting about each other and going on lavish vacations around the world: London, Thailand and even Paris during Fashion Week. In October, she celebrated her birthday with Brand »
- Jocelyn Vena
An Open Letter To Rihanna About Matt Kemp And Fantasy Baseball
6 January 2010 2:05 PM, PST
Dear Rihanna,
Nice work snagging Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp for your fantasy baseball team. Way to get ahead of everybody who will be drafting in March. We personally wouldn't have used our first-round pick on him — especially since outfield is about the deepest position in fantasy ball — but any time you've got the opportunity to lock up a guy with 30-home run, 100-rbi power (not to mention 40+ steal potential and a career .826 Ops), we suppose you gotta make that move.
Still, we'd be lying if we said we weren't a bit concerned about the rest of your fantasy team. Taking an Of that high basically means you're gonna be screwed in the later rounds, especially when it comes to middle infielders. Trust us, you don't want to head into 2010 with Ronnie Belliard as your everyday second basemen.
So, to help salvage your season, we've gone ahead a made »
- James Montgomery
Michael Cera Stars In New Islands Video 'No You Don't'
6 January 2010 1:35 PM, PST
By Rya Backer
Unless you've been living under a rock (and by "living under a rock" I mean "haven't checked a music blog") in the past 24 hours, then you've seen the very good, very weird video for Islands' "No You Don't." (If you haven't, scope it out at their official Web site.) It stars a rhinestone cape, nature and Michael Cera tripping really hard, all in the guise of a fake anti-drug PSA.
On Tuesday night (January 5), we caught up with Mr. Cera (looking decidedly different from when we last saw him) on the red carpet for the premiere of his latest flick "Youth In Revolt" and asked him about his foray into music videos.
"I'm friends with Nick [Diamonds], who's in the band, and I'm friends with Derrick Beckles, who directed the video," he explained. "They wanted to do a video together and asked me to be in it, and »
- MTV News
Adam Lambert's Ama Show Was 'Obscene And Disgusting': The MTV News Quote Of The Day
6 January 2010 11:56 AM, PST
"My family and I were extremely offended by the 'musical act' of Adam Lambert. ... The imitation of oral sex with men and women during the performance was obscene, disgusting and uncalled for."
-A complaint sent to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the controversial Adam Lambert performance at the American Music Awards back in November. A Web site posted a handful of complaints that were apparently sent to the FCC following the "American Idol" runner-up's controversial performance, which featured simulated oral sex and a liplock with his (male) keyboardist. All told, around 1,500 complaints were filed, ranging from the disappointed to the utterly outraged. A parent of three children wrote, "This was not tasteful watching another man go down on him, [making] out with a person who was either a man or a woman, touching the [crotch]. I cannot believe that they are not going to be fined for this behavior. ... I cannot believe »
- MTV News
Six Collaborations Britney Spears Should Do In 2010
6 January 2010 10:33 AM, PST
As you've probably heard by now, there's a fairly good chance that, come March, we'll have a new Britney Spears single on our airwaves. Not much is known about the song, except that it's apparently produced by current "It" guy David Guetta (perhaps you've heard "I Gotta Feeling," the ultra-ubiquitous song he did for the Black Eyed Peas).
There's reportedly also an album due this summer, featuring work by Darkchild and 21-year-old producer/musician Jon Asher, who recently told the New York Post that it will be "Epic … music that has meaning. Something that truly moves you."
Sounds epic indeed. So while Spears' label, Jive Records, told MTV News that they "cannot confirm" anything, we here in the Newsroom figured that it's never too early to begin rampant speculation about Brit Brit's new project. Which is why we've complied a wish list of artists and producers we can only dream she'd collaborate with. »
- James Montgomery
Spotted: Mariah Scores Award, Delivers Amazing Speech At Palm Springs Film Festival
6 January 2010 9:38 AM, PST
Every day a multitude of stars wanders through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with our intrepid correspondents. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.
Each new year brings a new movie awards season, and frontrunners like "Up in the Air," "Avatar" and "Precious" are already collecting wins. The latter was honored at the Palm Springs International Film Festival — specifically for the performance of Mariah Carey, who scored the prize for Breakthrough Actress at Tuesday (January 5) night's ceremony. When she received her statuette, she gave a rather ... inspired acceptance speech. Director Lee Daniels handed her the award and said, "For you Mariah! Kitten!" To which Mimi responded, "I don't think they understand the kitten-cotton thing." She spent the next two minutes talking about reading "Push" (the novel upon »
- Kyle Anderson
Green Day's 'American Idiot' Musical Headed To Broadway
6 January 2010 9:07 AM, PST
After a successful run at the Berkely Repertory Theatre and a ton of speculation about its future, the Green Day-penned rock musical "American Idiot" will be coming to Broadway in the spring. The show will begin previews at Manhattan's St. James Theatre (former home of the hit "The Producers" as well as the current home of the critically-acclaimed revival of "Finian's Rainbow") on March 24, with its official opening coming on April 20.
The show, which is directed by Michael Mayer (who won a Tony for his work on "Spring Awakening," another musical with roots in rock), tells the loose story of love, loss and war first presented in the band's breakthrough 2004 album American Idiot. It pulls together songs from that record as well as their 2009 opus 21st Century Breakdown and features a song the band have never released called "When It's Time."
"Green Day's iconic album is one of the most brutally honest, »
- Kyle Anderson
Beastie Boys, Sade And Against Me!: The Newsroom's Most Anticipated Albums Of 2010
6 January 2010 8:07 AM, PST
By Matt Harper
Recently, we at MTV News laid out some of what we considered to be the most anticipated albums of 2010. These high-profile releases included Christina Aguilera, Eminem, and Blink-182. But who did we forget? We took a quick (and highly unscientific) poll around the office, and realized there were a few players not yet accounted for. So without further adieu, here is our list of the three most hotly-anticipated albums of 2010 that you may have forgotten about.
Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1
Yes, the new Beastie Boys album was slated to come out September 15th, 2009, but due to the unfortunate discovery that Adam "McA" Yauch had cancer, the album's release had to be indefinitely postponed. But things are looking up: Adam has been receiving treatment and promises that it shouldn't affect his voice. So let's all wish Yauch a speedy recover, and look forward to finding out »
- MTV News
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