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.
Look at the three judges for Popstars: The One, and one of them just doesn?t seem to belong. There?s a songwriter and former MuchMusic VJ in Erica Ehm. There?s the songwriter, performer, and producer in Paul Myers. And then there?s a comedian in Jason Rouse.
?I know about performing,? Rouse tells andPOP. ?It doesn?t matter if you have any singing experience. People know what they like. I recognize talent on all different levels, being a performer in this business.?
Michael Geddes, President of Lone Eagle, chose Jason Rouse to be a judge for the third season of Popstars, not only because he considers Rouse to be ?the fastest rising young comic in the country,? but also because he knows what the contestants are going through.
?We brought [Rouse] in to give an interesting twist to the show,? says Geddes. ?Nobody knows more about standing up and delivering then a comic.?
Despite that reason, Rouse will undoubtedly receive the criticism that he has no place judging a music contest, especially from people he doesn?t? select.
?I could care less what people say about me,? says Rouse. ?That?s their opinion like my opinion is to judge them.?
Geddes first met Rouse at the grand opening of the Yuk Yuks downtown Toronto location, where Rouse was performing. He asked Rouse to come into his office for an interview. A few days later, Rouse received a call from Geddes asking him to be a judge on the show.
?I?m like, ?well, I got to be honest with you. This isn?t really my thing, but I?ll totally do it.??
Rouse warned Geddes that it wasn?t his ?thing? because he is not at all a pop fan.
?I seem to like less and less stuff that?s on MuchMusic. The music that?s being manufactured, there isn?t really a unique voice behind it, which is like Popstars-type stuff. So it was an interesting situation for me to be in.?
Being a fan of pop music is one thing. Judging it is totally different, and something Rouse says he is capable of.
?I don?t buy that type of music and I?m not a fan of that but I?m really conscious of it. As a comedian, that?s my job more or less, to serve all different types of cultures.?
Rouse says after the first two or three days, he figured out exactly what to look for.
?Somebody who has talent, a unique look and product in themselves; charisma like ability,? are some characteristics he was searching for. ?All of those things are very important elements because in this business you?re a commodity on some level. The Popstar thing is just the extreme thing of the business.?
He was shocked when people showed up to audition unprepared and expecting to move on.
?I was kind of beside myself when some people just thought, ?well I?m good looking so I?m obviously going to get this,? but they couldn?t sing. First thing is, you have to be able to sing. You have to be able to move the room and then have the look and confidence and the other things that make a star.?
Rouse has been a comedian for the past six years and has won a Gemini Award for best individual performance in a comedy program/series. Although usually at the other end the table, he is used to having his act judged, which is why he can relate to the auditioners.
?Some kids would come in and they?d be super nervous and they were so overwhelmed by the situation so I?d make a joke or do something to break them up or freeze them up to get the best out of them.?
One such instance where Rouse has been judged is when he auditioned for Saturday Night Live. That was also when he met fellow judge Paul Myers, and his brother Mike, the star of Austin Powers and Wayne?s World, who were both backstage at a taping. He says he would not use Paul to get ahead in the business.
?I wouldn?t do anything to damage my relationship with Paul because his brother is famous.?
Rouse hopes to benefit off the show, even after it wraps up.
?It?s a good exposure for me and shows how versatile I am and how I could do a job and then bring my comedy voice to any situation, and do a good job and keep it entertaining. I tried to bring something Jason Rouse to the show and it seems like it worked.?
Rouse is a regular on the Ontario comedy club circuit. He will also be the subject of a documentary called ?The Next Big Thing,? by the National Film Board, scheduled to air in April.
