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.
Marina and The Diamonds are working on some new music, but Marina is being very secretive about it. Although the release has been delayed, she let’s us in on some secrets about the new album, and how alcohol changed her life.
Once upon a time, long before the sold out stadiums and screaming fans, little Howie D was a self-proclaimed “Dough Boy.” Apparently, his first love wasn’t music, it was Twinkies. In all fairness, Howie went on to much better things, however, for this interview the guys reminisce about some of their more embarrassing moments.
Lifehouse almost disbanded after their sophomore album bombed.
“It was just so frustrating,” frontman and guitarist Jason Wade admits. “It almost felt like it was kind of over.”
The band’s first single, “Hanging by a Moment,” was the most played song on radio stations in 2001, leading their debut album to over 2 million copies sold.
But their second album, released in 2002, failed to go Gold.
Bass guitarist Sergio Andrade decided to leave the band. Wade considered doing a solo album. Drummer Rick Woolstenhulme started looking for other gigs.
After a few months off, Wade and Woolstenhulme decided to regroup.
“We realized how much we missed being on the road and how much we loved what we do,” Wade says from his home in Los Angeles. “I though we should just go for it and see where we could take it.”
The duo shared some ideas and realized Lifehouse was not yet ready to die.
“When we had that time off, I started writing some of these songs and I played them for Rick. We got inspired again to move forward, even though we hit some adversity.”
Despite the very low sales, Wade, 24, says he is proud of the band’s second album.
“The best thing to do is look at it as a piece of art. We did our best and we’re still proud of this record and even though it didn’t sell as much as the first doesn?t mean that it’s not a good record.”
He believes it failed for two reasons. First, it was released prematurely. When they started promoting the album, radio stations were still playing “Hanging by a Moment” on a high rotation and it was overshadowing new material.
Second, they were trying to create heavy music that would be played on alternative radio, yet their biggest supporters were those who heard their breakthrough song on more contemporary or hit music stations.
To Wade’s surprise, Universal, the band’s record label, decided to give Lifehouse another chance. Their self-titled third album will be released March 22.
“We’ve gone through so many changes,” Wade says, regarding the decision to use the band’s name as the album’s title. “It feels like we have a clean slate.”
Woolstenhulme and Wade recorded the album in Easton, Maryland, at the home of producer John Alagia.
“When you’re recording in a studio in L.A., you feel like you’re throwing away money,” Wade says. “This record, we lived in his house so we didn’t feel the pressure of having to check out at 7:00. We would record sometimes until four in the morning. It was more of an inspired environment because you feel like you could record any time you want to and the price is going to be the same.”
At the end of last summer, bassist Bryce Soderberg, former member of AM Radio, joined the band.
“He came down to the studio and we really connected musically and personality wise. We realized how talented he is as a bass player and as a singer.”
Wade hopes the band can one day surpass the success of “Hanging by a Moment,” perhaps with their new single, “You and Me.” But he’s realistic.
“I can’t control whether or not people are going to like it and buy it. What I can control is the music and making sure we do the best that we can. I think we’ve accomplished that and if it (doesn’t sell well), I’ll still be really proud of this record.”
Take a listen to the new single.
