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.
There are heroes … there are superheroes … and then there’s Hancock – a depressed, foul-mouthed, seemingly immortal superhero who causes more trouble than he’s worth when rescuing civilians.
In the opening scenes of the movie, I was already entertained by Will Smith’s portrayal of the atypical superhero. He’s homeless, dirty (literally), and constantly intoxicated. He’s deemed to be more of an A-hole than a hero and, in many cases, understandably so. Yet it’s these superhero “flaws” that make Hancock interesting. With the protagonist’s cheeky and funny one-liners, the audience is easily captivated and entertained — all within the first minutes of the film.
However, Hancock is not so loved by his people. The public has shunned their local hero due his constant disruptive behaviour. When Hancock means well, he does damage. When repatriating a beached whale, he angers Greenpeace. When trying to intervene and stop a police chase, he causes the city of Los Angeles millions in damages. For Hancock, no good deed goes unpunished.
But all changes when Hancock saves PR executive Ray (Jason Bateman) from getting killed. Ray is determined to change Hancock into the superhero everyone wants. When Ray brings Hancock home to taste his wife’s weekly meatball madness dinner, Mary (Charlize Theron) thinks Hancock is a lost cause. Besides Ray, the only other individual who seems to appreciate Hancock’s rescuing tactics is Ray’s son Aaron (Jae Head), who views Hancock as a true superhero.
Ray convinces Hancock that he needs to improve his image with the public – which is dealt with in the second part of the film. This superhero movie is not entirely unconventional and a villain does exist, although his purpose is not quite convincing.
Director Peter Berg and screenwriters Vy Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan do their best to provide a movie that captivates both drama and comedy and they succeed. Although Hancock appears he couldn’t care less about the people he saves, the audience learns that Hancock just wants to be accepted — like any average normal human.
One of the movie’s major flaws is a not very surprising plot twist that reveals the details of Hancock’s past. As Hancock transforms into a regular superhero, the writers have failed to keep Hancock interesting and he somewhat loses his edge.
Besides the movie’s setbacks, this feature will undoubtedly win over audience members due to its quirkiness, simplicity and relatively cool special effects. Will Smith has proven he is one of the most bankable actors in Hollywood. All of the actor’s previous Fourth of July movies (“Independence Day,” “Men in Black II”) have made big bucks, even though they were not great films. Although Hancock is a refreshing change from the typical superhero flicks we have been bombarded with lately, this film may indeed disappoint viewers who are expecting a genuine superhero film.
