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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.
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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.
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It’s tough to turn down Steven Spielberg.
“When the Great One calls and summons you, you better show up,” says director D.J. Caruso.
Spielberg, the Oscar-winning director and founder of DreamWorks Pictures, asked Caruso to oversee the teen-thriller “Disturbia,” which opens in theatres on Friday.
As Caruso explains, the ultimate decision was, of course, to accept the job, but he admits it wasn’t exactly a no-brainer.
“I was originally on the fence because I don’t want to just get labelled as a thriller guy,” says Caruso, who has directed “Two for the Money” (Al Pacino) and “Taking Lives” (Angelina Jolie). “But ultimately I’m glad I did it because I hadn’t made a movie like this before or for this age bracket. And when he calls, he’s so passionate about it and he really infused me with his enthusiasm.”
It was that enthusiasm that got him hooked. It was the possibilities with how he could shape the film that sealed the deal.
“Disturbia” stars Shia LaBeouf (“Holes,” “I, Robot”) as Kale, a once average teen, who becomes problematic after his father is killed in a car crash, in the car Kale was driving. He is sentenced to house arrest for the summer after hitting his teacher.
A pair of his father’s binoculars becomes his best friend. With them, he spies on – and falls for – his striking new neighbour, Ashley (Sarah Roemer). They also lead him to discover the sinister man across the street (David Morse). Girls are disappearing around the city. Kale thinks he found the culprit.
But Caruso ignores the thriller aspect of the film until midway through. He’s seen effective teen dramas, and he’s seen almost plotless, yet successful, horror films.
“I wanted to see if you can combine the genres,” he explained.
“Take the teenage-angst love story about a kid who is damaged because of a the tragedy, and he falls in love with the girl next door who the audience and he probably doesn’t think he could get. If we can combine that with the classic thriller element, would it work? And that’s how the storyline evolved.”
It’s the binoculars that have naturally led to comparisons to “Rear Window,” the 1954 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In “Rear Window,” James Stewart’s character is convinced a neighbour has committed a murder. Caruso admits he sought to contemporise the film, but says the comparisons should stop at the binoculars.
“It’s not a remake. We definitely are paying homage to Hitchcock and the idea of a man trapped in his house looking out, but there are a lot of other movies that influenced me much more than ‘Rear Window.’”
One of those films, not coincidently, is the Spielberg-written “Poltergeist,” the 1982 horror about a family haunted by ghosts, who appear friendly at first but then reveal their true malice.
“If people are pissed [about the 'Rear Window' comparisons], I think if they see the movie, they’ll think differently.”
Directing a film for teens was something new for Caruso. At 42, still relatively young though far removed from his teenaged days, he often asked LaBeouf for help with the dialogue and LaBeouf altered some lines to make them sound more appropriate.
To get into the minds of teens, Caruso thought back to when he was a teen. Like Kale, Caruso was infatuated with the girl next door.
“I immediately fell in love so it was easy for me to apply what I knew and exhibit that through Shia’s character.”
Caruso also shares another trait with Kale.
“Oh heck ya, of course I spied on her,” Caruso says. “It was a one-sided relationship.”
Read more about “Disturbia” as D.J. Caruso tells andPOP about using System of a Down’s music in the film.
