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.
The day after being released from prison, after spending almost two years locked up on gun charges, Tony Yayo was sent right back.
In January of 2004, Yayo – who founded G-Unit in the mid-’90s with his friend 50 Cent ? was free, but he was caught flying to Peru with a fake passport.
Four months later, he was released again. He had fame, courtesy of Eminem wearing a “Free Yayo” shirt while performing on the Grammys. He had money, courtesy of his G-Unit posse, who found success while Yayo was locked up and set him up with a bank card and a million dollar account. He even had girls waiting for him.
He could be spending the next decade enjoying life, milking off 50 Cent’s success, but he feels he has something to prove.
“I don’t only think I have something to prove to the world and 50 and my whole team,” he tells andPOP. “I think I have something to prove to myself.”
Yayo will be the fourth and final member of the G-Unit core (which also includes 50, Young Buck and Lloyd Banks) to release a solo album, when “Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon” drops on Tuesday.
From the moment 50 released his first album in February of 2003 to the second Yayo’s album is released, G-Unit has dominated the music scene. Each and every release scores platinum results, and it’s no accident, Yayo explains.
“While all the other rappers are out partying, we’re working. I’m tired as hell but I know I got to do what I got to do.”
The moment he got out of jail ? after he said his good byes to the ladies ? he headed to the studio to begin working on the album.
Fans can expect more of the same G-Unit flavour that was heard on the other members’ albums, Yayo says, but he brings aggressive energy.
“I bring the life back to G-Unit,” he says. “G-Unit was a successful group in my absence but I think I make them stronger.”
While incarcerated, he heard about how big 50 and G-Unit were becoming, but he didn’t have time for regret.
“When you’re in jail, you have to worry about what’s going on on the inside,” Yayo says. “I can’t really worry what’s going on on the outside. I’ve been the only member of G-Unit who hasn’t been shot, knock on wood. I have to watch my ass.”
Now that he’s out, he still doesn’t think about his missed opportunities.
“For all the moments that I missed, I could never get them back. I’m here now. I’m happy.”
He’s making sure he never returns to prison. Yayo ? which is slang for cocaine-says a lot of people have tried to bring him back to a troublesome environment, but he doesn’t feel the pressure to return to the street life.
One way he’s staying out of trouble is by surrounding himself with people he can trust. These are also people who aren’t “yes-men.” Yayo recorded countless tracks for the album, and one way he narrows the list down is by testing them out on these people. If they tell him a song is ok, he trashes it. He’s only looking for gems.
Yayo’s hoping the tracks on the album are all capable of being singles. His first release, So Seductive, featuring 50 Cent, remains in high rotation on radio. Other tracks include appearances from Eminem, Joe and Jagged Edge, and production work from Dr. Dre.
Half the songs were written while he was on the street; the other half while he was locked up.
“The things that you go through makes you who you are as an individual,” he says. “I had thoughts like a real convicted felon on this album. When you hear my album, you hear the harsh realities of my life.”
With those harsh realities behind him, Yayo is focusing on his career, making sure he never returns to his old life. In a perfect world, he would be rapping and partying all day. But he knows that if he wants to continue having the life he has lived since being released from prison, he needs to keep working.
“It’s not just the bling bling and the raps,” he says. “It’s the machine. This game is 70 per cent politics and 30 per cent rap.
“I waited a long long time for this. Now it’s my time.”
Check out Part 2 of the interview on Friday, where Yayo speaks about beefs with Fat Joe and The Game.
