Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Jessica Alba Gives Birth To Her Second Daughter
Snooki On Her Boyfriend Jionni: ?He?ll Be A Great Dad!?
Attention Gorillas and Juiceheads: Snooki is off the market ? again! The reality star brought her boyfriend of 10 months, Jionni LaValle, to an exclusive party to celebrate the Jersey Shore ladies? cover of YRB Magazine at District 36 in NYC, dispelling any rumors that their relationship was on the rocks, ever since it was revealed that she and Mike ?The Situation? Sorrentino had a one-night stand.
When we asked how things were going with Jionni, Snooki, 23, smiled and pointed to her attentive boyfriend, ?He?s just chilling over there!? Even though the couple seems stronger than ever, it was still hard for Jionni to watch Snooki?s indiscretion play out on TV. ?It?s obviously really hard for him to watch the episodes,? Snooki admitted. ?He knows that my heart is all for him. That?s it!?
According to Snooki, Jionni doesn?t harbor any ill will toward Mike because he?s above holding grudges. ?Honestly, he?s a better person than that,? Snooki added. ?He doesn?t give a s***!?
Snooki would love a house filled with little guidos and guidettes in the future, and is positive that Jionni will make an amazing dad. ?That?s my goal in life ? to have a beautiful family,? Snooki said. ?He?ll be a great dad. He?s a great friend and a great boyfriend. He?ll be an awesome dad.?
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'Arrested Development': Rumored Movie Plot Revealed?
Screen Rant reports on what they're describing as a rumored plot for the long-anticipated "Arrested Development" movie, though whether it is the official plot remains to be seen (there should be an announcement within the next month to confirm this, the site reports). Though [...]
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'Glee' Stars Tease 'The 3D Concert Movie' - In Song!
Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith and more give MTV News their very own musical preview of what to expect at the theater.
By Kara Warner
Chord Overstreet, Kevin McHale, Cory Monteith and Lea Michele in "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie"
Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Before we get to the nuts and bolts of "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie," it's worth noting that the cast of "Glee" may be the most hardworking group of actors in the business right now. They work almost year-round, filming and promoting the hit TV show and taking three months to go on tour. Now, a movie based on those live concerts is hitting theaters, just before the cast heads back to set to film the third season.
For the Gleeks out there counting down the days until the movie opens on Friday, MTV News recently caught up with the cast to get the lowdown on the concert film. In the spirit of the musical nature of the show, the movie, and even our own "Glee-caps," we had the very talented and energetic actors give us a quick recap — in song — of what "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie" is all about. (Click the embedded video for the sonic version!)
Lea Michele, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Ashley Fink, Darren Criss, Heather Morris, Kevin McHale and Harry Shum, Jr. were all game. (Hint: It's a movie version of the "Glee" castmates' live concerts, with a few fan testimonials thrown in for warm, fuzzy good measure.)
Simultaneously, Shum Jr., Morris and McHale each sang a snippet of a different song featured in the movie, which made for a curiously melodic moment. Meanwhile, Agron, Monteith and Rivera offered a spot-on re-creation of an a capella interlude heard throughout the Fox show and the film. And Colfer, Riley, Michele and Ushkowitz served up a speedy verbal summary of the "story line."
"Mr. Schue! Jane Lynch!" said Ushkowitz, using very short descriptors to highlight all of the elements rolled into the 88-minute flick. She was then joined by Colfer, Riley and Michele in an entertaining, verbally bulleted hit list of the film's showstopping numbers.
" 'Don't Stop Believin'! 'Dog Days Are Over'! 'Sing'! Solos, duets, choir room, more group numbers," Michele summarized. "Amber, waaaah!" she continued, mimicking Riley's powerful vocals. " 'Encore! 'Single Ladies'."
"Embarrassment, embarrassment," Colfer added, half-performing a few of the moves from his popular version of Beyoncé's hit.
" 'Safety Dance!' 'Somebody to Love' for the ten-thousandth time," the ladies continued. "And ... bow!"
Finally, Criss, Fink and Salling finished things up with a musical summary of their own.
"We went on this tour, we sang all these songs, we met all these fans and it was awesome," recited Fink, as she sat between Criss and Salling.
"It's gonna be in 3-D," Criss added in the same sing-speak tone. "You might see me and a lot of these guys."
Will you catch the "Glee" concert movie this weekend? Tell us in the comments!
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Jay-Z Spends A Quarter Of A Million Dollars Partying
The hip hop star pAArtied it up Sunday night at Miami nightclub Liv to celebrate his new album with Kanye West, Watch The Throne.
But the celebration wasn?t cheap, costing him over $250,000!
An insider reveals:
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Hello Rochelle Wiseman, hello Rochelle Wiseman?s toned abs?
So here?s Rochelle Wiseman making the majority of the population feel a tiny bit sick with envy with her oh-so toned abs and her strokably soft hair.
The Saturdays showed off her enviable midriff while at Whisky Mist last night, where she?d headed to following a gig with her bandmates.
Elsewhere at the same nightspot we also spotted Pamela Hasselhoff (as in The Hoff?s ex wife) who?s rumoured to be a Celebrity Big Brother contestant this year.
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P.S. Speaking of ASkars, what did U guys think of the True Blood episode last night?
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Is Jennifer Love Hewitt Obsessed With The Bachelorette?
It may seem odd that unlucky-in-love Jennifer Love Hewitt is now dating ABC?s The Bachelorette cast-off Ben Flajnik ? but considering her history of random connections to the show, these two actually make perfect sense as a couple.
This is not the first time the former Party of Five actress? name has been used in conjunction with the hit reality series. Last June, when Jennifer was single, she was spotted hanging out with former Bachelorette star Ali Fedotowsky. The two had a girls' night at Hamburger Mary?s and played bingo in West Hollywood.
And right around the same time she was palling around with Ali, there was talk of Jennifer becoming be the next Bachelorette contestant herself. Those rumors were eventually shot down, but no matter ? J. Love was able to get a date with a Bachelorette contestant without even having to go on the show.
Last week, the 31-year-old self-described "hopeless romantic" went public with her new man. On August 2, she tweeted "OMG! Ben F my final rose," during the finale of The Bachelorette, "joking" that she was going to "book a flight to Sonoma." By August 6, fans realized this was no joke. She was spotted in a full-on lip-lock with Ashley Hebert?s rejected winemaker while having dinner at the Lion Pub in San Francisco.
Ben, 28, may be in luck this time ? it?s doubtful Jennifer would ever reject his proposal. After all, she?s made no secret of the fact that she?s already picked out engagement rings and baby names. Let?s hope The Bachelor-obsessed star didn?t put J.P. or Ashley at the top of that list!
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Kid Cudi Gives 'Fright Night' The Music Video Treatment
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
'Harry Potter' Director, Writer To Adapt 'The Stand'
Director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves are 'the right team' to bring Stephen King's novel to the screen, expert tells MTV News.
By Terri Schwartz, with reporting by Josh Wigler
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Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images
Hot off the success of the "Harry Potter" franchise, director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves are teaming up again to adapt another major literary property: Stephen King's "The Stand," for Warner Bros.
For the uninitiated, "The Stand" is a post-apocalyptic novel that follows a group of survivors after 99.4 percent of the human race is wiped out by the effects of a biological weapon. The remaining survivors break off into two camps, one based in Boulder, Colorado, which represents good, and the other in Las Vegas, which represents evil. The two camps eventually face off in a stand that determines the future of mankind.
When it comes to bringing a beloved novel to the big screen, Yates and Kloves certainly seem like the go-to pair, but "The Stand" is a different beast than "Harry Potter" in many ways. For one, the adult-oriented material is much darker than "Potter." Drew McWeeny of HitFix, who broke the news, told MTV News he thinks the way Yates and Kloves treated the darker aspects of the "Potter" movies is a mark in their favor as they gear up for the "Stand" collaboration.
"I think they've demonstrated as a team that they are capable of making extreme darkness palatable and ably depicting the struggle between good and evil," McWeeny said. "It might not have been the first team I thought of to adapt that book, but it's a damn good team."
MTV Movies Blog editor and "The Stand" fan Josh Wigler doesn't think the movie can be made with anything less than an R rating. Similarly, McWeeny said the film won't be an easy project for Warner Bros. to move through the studio.
When McWeeny first broke the story, he said it didn't make sense to bring "The Stand" to the screen again if it didn't expand upon the 1994 TV miniseries — and he offered that the new element should be the very disturbing material that made the novel a hit.
The novel, which features a massive cast of characters, is divided into three "books," and the assumption is that Yates and Kloves wouldn't attempt to adapt the story into just one movie. The larger question is whether Warner Bros. would make two movies or a trilogy out of "The Stand." McWeeny thinks it could go either way.
"I've been hearing that three is the magic number, creatively, and they want a trilogy," he said. "[But] two films may just make better economic sense for them. I do think there's a way to pull it off in two films, but that's when you really start cutting this to the bone and that may not be best for the story itself."
With Universal having passed on Ron Howard's ambitious attempt to adapt another King classic, "The Dark Tower," it seems fair to presume that Yates and Kloves may worry about making "The Stand" too big. But there are many elements of "The Stand" that make it more adaptable than "Dark Tower" ever was, McWeeny said.
"Even though ['The Stand' is] very big and has a ton of characters, there is a much more linear storytelling shape, and a simple film trilogy is something that Hollywood understands," he explained. "Coming off the final 'Potter' film, I think Yates and Kloves are the right team to get almost anything made."
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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In "30 Minutes or Less," which speeds into theaters today, Jesse Eisenberg's character, Nick, has to rob a bank before a bomb strapped to his chest goes off. We won't tell you how it all ends up, but we will tell you that Mr. Eisenberg is in pretty good company -- plenty of [...]
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Nicola Roberts just debuted her new video ? we likey?
It?s not particularly fancy, it?s not even a even very exciting but for some reason we really like Nicola Robert?s video for her song Lucky Day.
It was filmed in New York and sees Nicola dance around the streets while lots of funny, coloured light effects pop up behind her.
We?re not describing it very well are we? Just watch the video for yourselves to see what we mean.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Check Out Batman's New Ride In The Dark Knight Rises!
This really is TOO EFFING COOL!
Check out the latest footage from the ongoing production of The Dark Knight Rises in Pittsburgh, this time featuring the crew as they film a scene with Batman's HARDCORE jet, the Batwing, flying through the streets of Gotham City (above)!
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Bruce Willis In Talks To Join 'G.I. Joe 2' Cast
Veteran action hero would play leader General Joe Colton in 'Retaliation.'
By Terri Schwartz, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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Bruce Willis is in talks to put the "Joe" back in "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation," if the latest casting rumors are to be believed.
The veteran action hero is just the latest actor to circle the upcoming "G.I. Joe" sequel, which is set to begin filming in New Orleans later this month. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Willis may join the cast of the recently retitled "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation" (formerly "G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes"), playing General Joe Colton, the man responsible for starting the G.I. Joe strike team in the 1980s comic books.
The sequel already has some big names attached to it, including leading man Channing Tatum and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as heavy machine-gunner Roadblock (the character sidelined as a cook in the "Joe" comics). When MTV News caught up with Tatum at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, he said he had yet to meet Johnson but was looking forward to it.
"I'm so excited to meet him. I hear he's literally one of the nicest people on the entire planet. I'm just excited to hear that he's that huge and that nice," Tatum said with a laugh.
"G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation" will also feature many new faces: RZA, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, Joe Mazzello, D.J. Cotrona and Elodie Yung are all new to the sequel. They'll join previous "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" castmembers Tatum, Ray Park and Lee Byung-hun.
In addition, "Retaliation" replaces "Rise of Cobra" director Stephen Sommers with "Step Up 3D" director Jon M. Chu.
"It's all going to be new," Tatum told us, "New director, new writers, new actors, so it's going to be fun."
It's also going to feature plenty of ninjas, so "G.I. Joe" fans can look forward to seeing their favorite American heroes facing off against some pretty nasty villains. "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation" will hit theaters on July 29, 2012.
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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Exclusive: Scary New Injury for Britney Spears' Son!
Britney Spears was spotted with her dad and son Sean at a Long Island, N.Y., beach on August 1, but it wasn't a happy reunion. Britney demanded both of her boys be flown out to her after Jayden suffered a serious eye injury under Kevin Federline's care!
According to a source, "Jayden was playing at Britney's ex Kevin's house earlier this week when he fell face-first into the edge of a cabinet. It just missed his eye."
The injury required six stitches, and when Britney heard, she flipped out. "She was so upset," the insider says. "She thinks it's because they weren't being watched carefully. She blames Kevin, and she demanded the kids be flown out to her in New York."
But secretly, says the source, Britney's overreaction may also have to do with the fact that Kevin's girlfriend, Victoria Prince, is due to have her baby girl any day now, as In Touch has exclusively reported. "She knows the baby is coming soon, and she's jealous," the source explains. "The kids were so excited and wanted to be there to welcome their little sister, but now it looks like they'll have to miss it and be with Britney."
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Coming Up This Season On The Vampire Diaries?.
WE'RE ABSOLUTELY SALIVATING!
Check out the just-released new promo for the upcoming season of The Vampire Diaries, which debuts September 15th (above)!
More! More! More!
And if Smolderhalder wants to get naked and bubbly again, that's fine, too!
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Is Jennifer Love Hewitt Obsessed With The Bachelorette?
It may seem odd that unlucky-in-love Jennifer Love Hewitt is now dating ABC?s The Bachelorette cast-off Ben Flajnik ? but considering her history of random connections to the show, these two actually make perfect sense as a couple.
This is not the first time the former Party of Five actress? name has been used in conjunction with the hit reality series. Last June, when Jennifer was single, she was spotted hanging out with former Bachelorette star Ali Fedotowsky. The two had a girls' night at Hamburger Mary?s and played bingo in West Hollywood.
And right around the same time she was palling around with Ali, there was talk of Jennifer becoming be the next Bachelorette contestant herself. Those rumors were eventually shot down, but no matter ? J. Love was able to get a date with a Bachelorette contestant without even having to go on the show.
Last week, the 31-year-old self-described "hopeless romantic" went public with her new man. On August 2, she tweeted "OMG! Ben F my final rose," during the finale of The Bachelorette, "joking" that she was going to "book a flight to Sonoma." By August 6, fans realized this was no joke. She was spotted in a full-on lip-lock with Ashley Hebert?s rejected winemaker while having dinner at the Lion Pub in San Francisco.
Ben, 28, may be in luck this time ? it?s doubtful Jennifer would ever reject his proposal. After all, she?s made no secret of the fact that she?s already picked out engagement rings and baby names. Let?s hope The Bachelor-obsessed star didn?t put J.P. or Ashley at the top of that list!
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Hollywood A-list plus UK Z-list attend Cowboys & Aliens premiere?
Whenever a big Hollywood film premieres in the capital, there are always a couple of random z-list celebrity stragglers who manage to bag themselves an invite to the event.
And last night at the Cowboys and Aliens premiere those z-list stragglers came in the form of Ali Bastian (ex Hollyoaks), Nikki Sanderson (ex Coronation street), Julia Bradbury (some TV presenter) plus someone who?s in Eastenders.
Other more notable celeb arrivals on the red carpet came in the form of Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde and Jon Favreau.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Kristen Stewart Is 'Gorgeous,' Other 'Snow White' Director Says
'Nobody's backed off,' Tarsem tells MTV News of competing 'Snow White' projects.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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Photo: Universal
In one corner of the fairy tale-meets-Hollywood world, there is Kristen Stewart and mighty Universal Pictures. In the other, there is Julia Roberts and upstart Relativity Pictures. Both sides are pushing forward with "Snow White" adaptations. Only one can boast of having, in Stewart, one of the biggest young names in the business.
But the director of the other "Snow White," Tarsem, not only isn't worried, but paid Stewart a high compliment when we caught up with him at San Diego Comic-Con. "She's gorgeous," he told us, adding that he'd only seen her onscreen work in David Fincher's "Panic Room." "She's great."
For his Snow White, Tarsem cast up-and-comer Lily Collins, looping her into a production that has already kicked off and which will hit theaters months ahead of Stewart's in 2012. "For me, when I looked at it, I thought there's only room for one of these," he explained of the two competing films. "And it looks like there's more. Nobody's backed off. I just know that we were ready so much earlier. And thank God for Julia, because when she came in, I got everything my way."
While we have seen photos of Stewart, as well as co-stars Liam Hemsworth and Charlize Theron, in "Snow White and the Huntsman," thus far from Tarsem's film, we've only seen Collins in character. So what type of evil queen will Roberts end up being?
"A mixed-up queen," Tarsem told us. "I don't know how to do for the 'now you shall' kind of person. For me, [it's] the personality of a person who looks into the mirror and does all the evil deeds she needs to do. Like serial killers, you outsource your evil: The devil made me do it or I hear voices. It's kind of one of those people. She does what she does, but she thinks it comes from a place where the person in the mirror tells it to her."
Check out everything we've got on "The Brothers Grimm: Snow White."
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Mercede Johnston Shares The Naked Truth About Bristol Palin?s Plastic Surgery
Levi Johnston's younger sister Mercede is appearing in a nude pictorial in Playboy's September issue and she is holding nothing back about Bristol Palin, including the details surrounding her plastic surgery.
The 19-year old aunt of Bristol's son, Tripp, reveals Bristol has had more than just jaw surgery. Bristol, 20, who admitted in May that she had corrective jaw surgery for "medical reasons," has been shy to admit to having any other cosmetic surgery done, but Mercede tells Playboy otherwise. ?She?s had numerous surgeries on her face, her chin twice or three times? Before Tripp was born she had liposuction here and liposuction elsewhere," but, when asked to reveal the locations of the additional procedures, "Sadie," as her friends call her, adds, "where, I?m not supposed to say because Levi made me promise. And she had something else done after Tripp was born."
In the scandalous interview, she confesses how her hopes of reconciling with Sarah Palin's daughter were crushed when she was sent an allegedly mean text from the former star of Dancing With the Stars, saying, "Don?t contact me ever again.?
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Josh Duhamel?s Hometown Rescue
Josh Duhamel and wife Fergie are wealthy superstars now, but that doesn?t mean they've forgotten their humble beginnings. A flood that destroyed thousands of homes and displaced 12,000 residents recently devastated Josh's small hometown of Minot, N.D. Now, the actor has taken it upon himself to set up a website and organize a huge concert fundraiser on September 3 featuring Fergie and The Black Eyed Peas.
On the website minotrising.com, Josh asks fans and celebrities to help support the cause. ?I spent the first 22 years of my life in Minot and still have family living there, including two sisters who have been displaced by flood waters," he wrote. "Minot will always be home to me, and it breaks my heart to see the devastation the city and its residents are going through. People from Minot are strong and come together in a time of need, and I know they'll get through this. But with everyone's help, we can make it easier for them to restore their lives and the surrounding Minot area. I can't express how grateful I am to The Black Eyed Peas for their incredible support.?
Tickets will be available starting on August 12, and all concert proceeds will go to the Minot Area Community Foundation's Minot Area Recovery Fund.
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'Hunger Games' Sequel Set For November 2013
'Catching Fire' is only movie scheduled for 2013 Thanksgiving weekend so far.
By Terri Schwartz
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and Liam Hemsworth as Gale in "The Hunger Games."
Photo: Murray Close/ Lionsgate Entertainment
Get your fire extinguishers ready, because the world is going to be "Catching Fire" on November 22, 2013.
Lionsgate announced the release date for the second installment in the "Hunger Games" film series Monday (August 8), following two new stills from the first flick hitting the Web. "The Hunger Games" is still in production and is slated for a March 23, 2012, release. "Catching Fire" is the only movie slotted for the prime 2013 Thanksgiving weekend spot.
No word yet on whether "Catching Fire" will maintain Gary Ross as director or whether it will follow "The Twilight Saga" and "Harry Potter" trend of getting new directors for its four installments. But, considering "The Hunger Games" is close to wrapping, the timing of the announcement leads us to assume that Lionsgate is attempting to maintain some continuity from the first movie to the second.
The new photos from "The Hunger Games" show that the cast is well into filming. The first still shows off Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in the middle of the titular Hunger Games. It is a familiar image from the previously released photos, but the "X-Men: First Class" star looks ready for battle with her quiver full of arrows. If you look close enough, you can even see her mockingjay pin peeking out on her jacket.
Photo number two features Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, one of the two leading men in the movie. He looks a bit worse for wear and a lot less concerned than Katniss about the fight to the death he's embroiled in. It appears that this photo takes place about halfway through the movie, after Peeta suffers a serious injury.
According to Elizabeth Banks' interview with ComingSoon.net, there's only about a month of filming left on "The Hunger Games." Banks, who plays Effie Trinket in the series, had nothing but wonderful things to say about the project. "We're really making a provocative movie that's also highly entertaining. It's gonna be fun," Banks said. "It's really great to make something that you know people are excited about and also that you know is gonna deliver. I really think the fans are gonna love it."
Check out everything we've got on "The Hunger Games."
For young Hollywood news, fashion and "Twilight" updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Josh Duhamel?s Hometown Rescue
Josh Duhamel and wife Fergie are wealthy superstars now, but that doesn?t mean they've forgotten their humble beginnings. A flood that destroyed thousands of homes and displaced 12,000 residents recently devastated Josh's small hometown of Minot, N.D. Now, the actor has taken it upon himself to set up a website and organize a huge concert fundraiser on September 3 featuring Fergie and The Black Eyed Peas.
On the website minotrising.com, Josh asks fans and celebrities to help support the cause. ?I spent the first 22 years of my life in Minot and still have family living there, including two sisters who have been displaced by flood waters," he wrote. "Minot will always be home to me, and it breaks my heart to see the devastation the city and its residents are going through. People from Minot are strong and come together in a time of need, and I know they'll get through this. But with everyone's help, we can make it easier for them to restore their lives and the surrounding Minot area. I can't express how grateful I am to The Black Eyed Peas for their incredible support.?
Tickets will be available starting on August 12, and all concert proceeds will go to the Minot Area Community Foundation's Minot Area Recovery Fund.
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CC Sabathia Teams Up With Pepsi Max's Field Of Dreams
Imagine you and your friends form a team next spring to play a baseball game in your hometown. The opposing team: Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey Jr., Ozzie Smith, Cal Ripken Jr., Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt. Someone is about to become the most popular person in his or her community! From now through August 31, baseball fans across the country can cast votes at MLB.com for their favorite players at each position. For each ballot cast, fans will be entered to win the chance to take on the winning Pepsi MAX Field of Dreams Team on their home turf next spring.
?It?s pretty cool, having a chance to have 11 of these guys come out and play in the community, and have these fans get involved,? New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia tells In Touch. ?I know these guys are excited about getting a chance to get voted on.?
But you do have some challenging decisions to overcome along the way, as the ballot is filled with 30 living Major League Baseball greats, many of them Hall of Famers. For CC, his pick of Randy Johnson as pitcher seemed to be a no-brainer. ?He was one of my favorite players growing up, he?s a lefty, and he?s from the Bay Area, like I am. He?s probably one of the best pitchers ever,? CC says. ?That list is unbelievable, those guys are all great players. Hopefully one day I can get on that list.?
The idea doesn?t seem too outlandish for the Cy Young Award recipient, who has led or tied for the American League lead in wins in each of the past two seasons and is currently tied for first with 16 wins. Yet the pitcher remains humble, sharing that the most memorable moment of the season for him was watching fellow teammate Derek Jeter join the 3,000 hits club. ?To watch him go through it? if you wrote that up, people wouldn?t watch it!? CC jokes.
And the most important message he hopes to send to fans? Just keep up the support. ?I love the fans here in New York. There's nothing like the fans in the Bronx and the energy they give us every night.?
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'Harry Potter' Star Tom Felton Stays 'Loose' At Teen Choice Awards
'If it's over-prepared ... it's not going to be any good,' he tells MTV News of presenting an award.
By Terri Schwartz, with reporting by Kara Warner
Tom Felton at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
The "Harry Potter" series went out in style Sunday night at the Teen Choice Awards, with Tom Felton and Rupert Grint hitting the stage to accept the coveted Choice Summer Movie award.
Felton also presented the Choice Movie Actress award alongside Christopher Mintz-Plasse. As a relative newcomer to the awards-show circuit and first-time Teen Choice Awards presenter, MTV News asked the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" star how much he had prepared for his big day.
"If it's over-prepared, you see sometimes that it's so clearly scripted, and it's not going to be any good," Felton said. "I'm trying to stay loose at the tongue and see what comes out."
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Still, he had planned a bit of a skit with Mintz-Plasse to make their presenting duties memorable. When they came out onstage, Mintz-Plasse told Felton that he had a fling with one of the five nominees but had been avoiding her for a while. Felton comforted him by saying that there were five potential winners, so the odds of Mintz-Plasse's lady being chosen were pretty low, but it turns out that winner Cameron Diaz had been the slighted lover all along. After a cute interchange with Mintz-Plasse, Diaz accepted her award.
But that wouldn't be the only time Felton was called up to the microphone that night. He won the Choice Villain award for his work in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," and then he and Grint took the stage to accept the Choice Summer Movie award for the "Potter" cast.
"It's been nearly 11 years since we were cast, so thank you so much for really sharing the journey with us and making these films such a success. None of it would have been possible without you guys," Felton said in his acceptance speech.
The last we saw of Grint and Felton, the man better known as Ron Weasley had crashed the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" premiere wearing a shirt proclaiming his love for Felton. When asked if he was excited to see Grint again at the Teen Choice Awards, Felton had to stop himself from expressing his eagerness.
"Don't — you'll get me started then I'll be gushing," he said with a laugh.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
'Planet Of The Apes' Parties Like It's 1968 At Box Office
'The Change-Up' fails to similarly revive old premise.
By Ryan J. Downey
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The "Planet of the Apes" franchise was all the rage in the late 1960s, and this past weekend, what's old was new again as "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" dominated the box office.
The latest installment of the "Apes" series (itself a loose prequel to the 2001 reboot) enjoyed the fifth-biggest August opening ever (ninth when adjusted for ticket price inflation) with $54 million across 5,400 screens in North America, according to studio estimates. It also earned much more favorable reviews than the Tim Burton-directed "Planet of the Apes," released a decade ago and starring Mark Wahlberg.
Released in 1968, the original "Planet of the Apes" was based on a novel by Pierre Boulle and spawned several sequels, a cartoon series, action figures, lunch boxes and more through the early '70s. Several of the late Charlton Heston's lines from the sci-fi classic are often quoted in film-fan circles and the first movie's climax is regarded as one of the greatest twists/reveals in modern cinema.
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"The Change-Up" also looked to revive a dormant premise but failed to deliver. The comedy opened at number four with just $13.5 million. When asked what made this "body swap" movie different from flicks like "Freaky Friday," co-star Jason Bateman told late-night host Jimmy Fallon it's the R-rating given to his team-up with Ryan Reynolds. "Face/Off" director John Woo, the crew behind "The Hot Chick" and "Switch" writer/director Blake Edwards would likely beg to differ. The movie was dismissed by 80 percent of critics, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
"The Smurfs" — based on the hit '80s Saturday morning cartoon, itself originated by a series of comic strips from the late 1950s — was number two with $21 million, for a 10-day total of $76.2 million. "Iron Man" director Jon Favreau's "Cowboys and Aliens" was number three with $15.7 million for a 10-day total of $67.4 million. The Marvel Comics "Avengers" prequel of sorts "Captain America: The First Avenger" rounded out the top five with $13 million for a $143.2 million total.
Next weekend's new releases include the comedy "30 Minutes or Less," starring Jesse Eisenberg and former MTV Movie Awards host Aziz Ansari, and "Final Destination 5."
Check out everything we've got on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Cowboys and Aliens."
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Ronan Parke covers Gaga?s ?Edge of Glory??
This video of Ronan Parke singing Lady Gaga?s hit single, Edge of Glory, has been online for almost a week, but some strange reason people have suddenly started buzzing about it today, so we thought we had better share it with you.
Meanwhile, the Britain?s Got Talent finalist recently signed a record deal with Syco and his debut album is scheduled for release 24th October 2011. Wow, that didn?t take long, did it?