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.
Beautiful and talented. And, the best part is – there are two of them.
22-year-old twins Brit & Alex Smith are no strangers to the spotlight. Although their sound has been recently recognized by the North American public for their work on the Step Up 2: The Streets soundtrack, their blonde-topped faces are also recognized by many from their former John Frieda fame.
After moving to England as adolescents, the girls were snatched up by John Frieda’s Sheer Blonde campaign, only to grace the pages of just about every fashion magazine in production. Seeking a change of pace, the twins hit the recording studio in 2006, taking a break from Sheer Blonde to showcase their sheer talents on vocals.
“We call our music melded pop, it’s like a fusion of pop, urban and rock,” says Brit, who claims to be the more outgoing of the two.
“We grew up listening to Michael Jackson and Prince, lots of Motown, but also Bonnie Rait, Whitney Houston, you know,” chimes Alex as she and her identical twin pass the phone from one to the other.
As the questions are asked, the girls – who are releasing music under the moniker Brit & Alex – transfer the receiver back and forth, giving each other a fair turn to speak. Just as they share the interview, the girls claim to have no problem sharing their fame.
“I’ve sometimes thought it would be interesting to see what it would be like performing or recording alone,” confides Brit, with her sister well within earshot. “It’s hard because we do have to share our ideas when we work together, and we each have our own strengths. But I do think that it’s a lot easier being on the road with another person.”
Brit uses fellow performer Britney Spears as an example. “Like, Britney was young and touring on her own, staying in hotels and eating by herself. That couldn’t have been easy,” Brit says with genuine sympathy. “It’s sad to look at her now. She’s such a talent. I hope she can get it together.”
The girls’ single entitled Let It Go is featured on the soundtrack for Step Up 2, along with urban all-stars Flo Rida, Missy Elliott, T-Pain and Cassie.
“The song is just about being free and not caring what anyone else thinks. You know, letting go of inhibitions and worries, and about dancing,” says Brit of the song that has generated upwards of 27,000 hits on Youtube since it was posted just a few weeks ago.
Both girls agree that the message in the song applies both to the plot of the film, which focuses on classically trained dancers who long to break free from the mould, and to their own experiences in the music industry. According to Alex, finding their place in the biz was anything but easy. The girls felt that when it came to their music, everyone else put in their own two cents regarding the direction their tunes should take – without the twins getting a meagre penny for their own thoughts.
“This song couldn’t have come at a better time. Right now, we need to be ourselves and we need to do things how we feel, and the way we want to do them. We felt [the message] when we were singing the song,” adds Brit, commandeering the phone again.
The girls have also had the opportunity to work with famed hip-hop producer Dallas Austin. Austin has worked with Janet Jackson, Pink and Madonna, and has now taken Brit & Alex under his wing. But before putting the microphone in their hands, Austin offered them paintbrushes.
“He had us come to his place and paint with him before we got started with anything [in the studio],” explains Alex. “We just painted what we felt, and so did he. He had paintings up all over his place, all done by other artists he had worked with in the past. It was really cool.”
The twins are identical in appearance (with exception to their haircuts), but claim to be uniquely different. They further contend that these differences between them are what make them so special. Alex suggests that she is the shyer of the two, while Brit boasts about being the bigger flirt – although neither have had time for dating lately.
“If I had time,” Brit says with a pause, “I’d like to go on a date skiing and be in a lodge, I love skiing but I haven’t been in so long.”
“I think a salsa dancing date would be a fun atmosphere,” adds Alex, quick to jump in on the subject of dating.
“She’d want to go [dancing] with Tony Almeida from the show 24,” Brit squeals in the background, divulging a secret shared between sisters. The twins erupt briefly in laughter proving that aside from being singers, models and performers well on their way to fame, at the end of the day, they’re just two girls having the time of their lives, living, and growing, but above all learning how to just be themselves and “let it go.”
