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.
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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.
Not too long ago, Brendan James was a struggling artist in New York. He was without a record deal. He had no piano.
“I thought, ‘Hey, hotel ballrooms have pianos!,’” he said.
So after his night shift at Urban Outfitters, James would sneak into hotels like The Plaza, dress like one of the guests and play the piano in the dark for usually three to four hours before getting the boot.
“I would say I got kicked out half of the time,” he said during an interview with andPOP last week.
The fruit of James’s hotel incognito is an EP appropriately entitled “The Ballroom Break-In.” His latest album, “The Day is Brave,” features 11 tracks and drops on Tuesday (June 3).
The content ranges from personal songs like “The Other Side,” which talks about James’s childhood in Derry, New Hampshire, to “Hero’s Song,” a track from the perspective of an American soldier in Iraq.
“["Hero's Song"] feels the best,” he said. “It’s amazing to have that song in my body of work.”
He alludes the wide array of topics in his album to musical influences such as Simon and Garfunkel and Bob Dylan. “I was listening to their phrasing, their content,” he said. “They didn’t always write about love songs.” His lyrical inspiration, on the other hand, comes from everywhere and at any point in time from “a well inside” of him. It is then surprising to know that the 28-year-old singer didn’t start writing songs until his second year at the University of North Carolina.
“I didn’t really know what was inside of me,” he said.
James majored in classical music at UNC but switched to the communications program after a year. His lack of interest in a musical education, however, didn’t stop him from pursuing a career in the industry. He taught himself to play the piano, started to write songs and moved to New York.
“It was a little scary, but I think I was born to live in New York City,” he said.
In his first Big Apple apartment, James was the lone man amongst his roommates. “I lived with four girls in a five-bedroom apartment,” he said. “One word that comes to mind is drama.” But James is quick to confess that living with four New York natives was a great way to learn about the city.
In his pursuit, James went through “a trial and error at some point” to find the best people to work with. “It’s not just about meeting producers; it also takes time to meet the right ones.” And James met some of the finest. Mikal Blue, the producer for “The Day is Brave,” has worked with Colbie Caillat and One Republic. James’s manager also gave his demo tape to Carly Simon. Simon was impressed with his sound and asked James to perform a duet for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in 2003. James said, “It was one of the most amazing things that ever happened in my life.”
But it’s just the beginning for this up and coming artist. After all, he was recently featured on Perez Hilton’s blog. His future goals involve nothing but “music, music, music.” It may have taken him a while to get here, but it seems this former undercover hotel ballroom pianist doesn’t intend to leave anytime soon.
