In his latest movie, The Woman In Black, Dan traded his Hogwarts uniform for a totally new role as a Dad.
Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
The release of Ms. Jade’s ‘Girl Interrupted’ gives a breath of fresh air to the rap scene and she can rap with the best of them. Ms. Jade?s vocals are stronger than any other woman rapper in recent memory. In each song, she uses her powerful and exciting voice to portray her message.
Timbaland, who signed Jade to his label, produced nine tracks for the album, including the first single, ?Feel the Girl.? The song is an instant club hit, with a unique dance beat, complementing Ms. Jade?s fast rhymes.
?Jade?s a Champ? features a certain Neptunes ambiance, while she self proclaims herself as a true player in the rap industry. Your head will sway back and forth listening to ?She?s a Gangsta.? Her voice is actually convincing enough that it is believable that she might actually be a ?gangsta?.?
?The Come Up? is produced by the Neptunes, but Pharrell William?s background spooky sound, which plays every two seconds, is annoying. As good as the Neptunes have been in the past, they messed up with this song. It?s hard to ignore that ghostly sound of Williams and it puts a big shadow over Jade on this song.
?Ching Ching,? which samples Nelly Furtado?s ?Baby Girl,? has more of Furtado and Timbaland performing than Jade, but the song is one of the best on the album. Jade, in her limited raps, and Furtado, give listeners a one-two punch that they thrive for. ?Ching Ching 2,? which is without Furtado, sees Timbaland rapping almost as much as Jade. It does not even compare to the former.
In another collaboration, Jade holds her own with Jay Z in ?Count it Off.? The constant holler of the song?s title in the background almost ruins the song, but she saves it with her hyper assonances. Those same hollers continue at the beginning of ?Really Don?t Want My Love? with Missy Elliott, ironically illustrating the phrase ?disaster from the start.? Elliott?s staleness offers nothing and the lyrics could have been written by a toddler (well, a pot smoking toddler). The song is uninspiring and gives no justification to both artists? true abilities.
?Big Head? has a certain trance-like feel to it, with the same 4-note bar playing throughout the song, and no real message to the lyrics other than to start dancing. Jade sounds tired and the song will make listeners want to sleep, not party.
Since Puff Daddy had a rock aspect to ?It?s All About the Benjamins,? there has been few rock/hip-hop songs. Jade tries her hands at the art with ?Different,? where she sings ?People look at me wrong/think I?m so different.? While the lyrics are unclear (does she want to be different or not?), Timbaland succeeds at combining the two genres.
Her passion is heard in ?Why U Tell Me That,? lashing back at an ex-lover who left her. ?If you here when I come back/I?m still on your ass/I?m mad as s***/I?ll probably wind up killing your ass.? She talks about hiding drugs for this guy, miscarrying his baby, and then unexpectedly thanks guys like him for making women understand ?how strong we are as women;? quite the twist to the mostly lyrically dependant song.
?Keep Ur Head Up,? a male-bashing song, doesn?t follow the same formula as other gender hatred songs of the past. She encourages women to look for better men, and more importantly, to have protected sex, as she deals with the issue of aids. Nesh sings the chorus with the same passion Ms. Jade has in her raps.
Timbaland certainly wants it known that he?s the man behind Ms. Jade. His multiple raps on the album would imply Jade couldn?t make it by herself, but that is by no means the case. Timbaland?s offerings are great, but Jade could have done just as well without his vocals.
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