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    In his latest movie, The Woman In Black, Dan traded his Hogwarts uniform for a totally new role as a Dad.

  • #freshpresslive – feb 10/12

    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!

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 8/12

    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!

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 7/12

    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.

  • Small Talk – The Kooks (2 of 2)

    When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.

  • Small Talk – The Kooks (1 of 2)

    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.

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 2/12

    Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 1/12

    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.

  • #freshpresslive – Jan 31/12

    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.

  • #freshpresslive – Jan 30/12

    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.

  • Small Talk – Daniel Radcliffe (1 of 2)

    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.

  • Small Talk – Graffiti6 (2 of 3)

    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?”

  • Small Talk – Graffiti6 (1 of 3)

    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.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (3 of 3)

    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.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (2 of 3)

    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.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (1 of 3)

    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.

  • Small Talk – Hedley (2 of 2)

    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.

  • Small Talk – Hedley (1 of 2)

    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.

  • Small Talk – Marina and The Diamonds (2 of 2)

    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.

  • Small Talk – Neverest

    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.

 
 


MTV VMAs Set for Miami on Sunday

Posted by Adam Gonshor on August 31st, 2004

The MTV Video Music Awards show is the most unpredictable, the most entertaining, and the least important of all award shows. Unpredictable because anyone can show up (as Michael Jackson and Guns N’ Roses has done in the past), and things always go unplanned (such as a power failure in U2′s set or a member of Rage Against the Machine climbing the set). Entertaining because they have the best performances of any show (much better than the boring Grammys). And least important, because think about it — the music videos are being awarded, not the artists. The music, the lyrics, the singers, and the drummers all take a back seat to some directors we’re unfamiliar with.

This year for the first time, the awards will be handed out in Miami, the newest home of Shaquille O’Neal, who is just one of dozens of celebs scheduled to present. Sunday’s VMAs will also see performances by such acts as Hoobastank, Kanye West, Yellowcard, and the Lean Backers themselves, Terror Squad with Fat Joe.

Although the awards themselves are somewhat meaningless, andPOP will run down its predictions for some of the main categories.

Video of the year
Who should win: Outkast “Hey Ya”
Who will win: Outkast “Hey Ya”

Best Rap Video
Who should win: Jay-Z “99 Problems”
Who will win: Jay-Z “99 Problems”

Best R&B Video
Who should win: Beyonce “Me, Myself and I”
Who will win: Usher “Burn”

Best Dance Video
Who should win: Beyonce “Naughty Girl”
Who will win: Usher “Yeah”

Best Rock Video
Who should win: The Darkness “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”
Who will win: Hoobastank “The Reason”

Best Pop Video
Who should win: No Doubt “It’s My Life”
Who will win: Britney Spears “Toxic”

Best New Artist
Who should win: Kanye West “All Falls Down”
Who will win: Kanye West “All Falls Down”

Outkast and Jay-Z have the best videos this year, and judging by the number of nominations each received, they could be in line for the top prizes. However, Missy Elliott has received many nominations in past years that have amounted to very little. Another interesting award is the Viewer’s Choice, since this year more then others, the artists’ street teams have stepped up big time. Yellowcard even offered every member of their team a free DVD with their name in the liner notes if they win.

The VMAs could also be the first public appearances for two power couples (well, one power couple, the other a bizarre tale of rags and riches): Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, and Britney Spears and Kevin Federline.

Miami is the place to be on Sunday.


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