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.
North America audiences are continuing to import British talent in film, on TV and on stage, and one of the newest names is London-based stand-up comic James Mullinger.
“My first gig was in the backroom of a Caribbean bar in East London at the excellent Amused Moose comedy club chain. It’s a great way to prepare for your first gig and for the perils of the open mic circuit. It went brilliantly which set my hopes way too high. The next six gigs I died which was a far more realistic depiction of how that first year would go. But as they say, you learn much more from a bad gig than a great one. I’ve now been going four years and have performed over 500 gigs. It’s the best job in the world.”
One of James’ breakout milestones was being a part of Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol. Carr is one of Britain’s biggest comics, and was the first Brit to do a Comedy Central special. He will also be performing again this year at Just For Laughs (hahaha.com) in both Montreal and Toronto.
Carr held a Canadian Idol-like contest to find the best new comedian to perform with him.
“Hundreds of us auditioned and it was extremely nerve wracking. When people audition for Canadian Idol under the same circumstances (big room, three judges, lots of cameras) they are praying they don’t laugh, we were obviously praying they did. Thankfully they all laughed hysterically at my shocking one-liners and I was put through to the final.
James had only been performing for six months at the time. “To be performing at The Comedy Store (London’s biggest club) alongside the biggest comedian in the country and being filmed for his DVD was a dream come true. Jimmy’s support at that early stage of my career is what kept me going through the bad gigs and tough nights. I owe him a lot.”
Londoners and tourists can find him performing consistently at Upstairs at the Masons, the club he runs. “It’s a small above pub gig every Tuesday night. It holds about seventy people and is always packed due to the fact we attract the biggest names in stand up who drop in to try out new material. Russell Brand, Reginald D Hunter, Jimmy Carr, Michael McIntyre, Jason Rouse and many more have all performed here. I MC it every week which I love doing. I also like to offer spots to hot, new talent. The club is my baby and I love it.”
Internationally Montreal’s Just For Laughs is known for being the best comedy festival on the globe. James performed in 2005 and 2006. “When I performed in 2005 I had been performing for less than a year and was invited to write a piece for GQ Magazine about what it is like performing there. The following year I was invited back to pitch my sitcom idea in their annual open pitch session. Again, I performed at the lovely Comedyworks club. They are two gigs I have enjoyed more than any other.”
Another major comedy event is the Edinburgh Festival. The biggest difference is that anyone can perform at Edinburgh. “While you have a lot of great comedians at Edinburgh, there’s no screening process. You pay for a venue, you play. Conversely, comics are invited to do Montreal. It’s a huge, huge honour. Only the best comics in the world play there and that’s why it’s not only the greatest festival on earth but possibly the most fun anyone – punter or comic – will ever have.”
“I would do there every year for my summer hols if my wife would allow it. Unfortunately, as stand up consumes every moment of my life for 95% of the year, come holiday time she wants an escape from it. Although I always try and find a local club to do a set at while we are away. I actually did a set at a club in LA on the second night of our honeymoon. She is very understanding!”
Instead, James spends most of his summer holidays in Canada. His wife is Canadian, and lived in Toronto for eight years before moving to London. “I love it, it has everything that is great about New York and London (great restaurants, bars, comedy clubs) but without any of the pretension. Her parents live in Saint John, New Brunswick so we are often there. It’s a beautiful place and has a wonderful comedy festival in October. I saw the Trailer Park Boys do a rare live show there a few years back. I am hoping to get invited to perform there this year!”
On television James hosted a live viral clip show on Sumo TV, and now hosts The Movie Show. “It’s a dream come true. We do red carpet interviews at all the big premieres, interview the stars and do funny movie–related clips and sketches. My director Mark Murphy also directs films so the production values are extremely high. I’ve been a huge movie geek since I was about six. I collect memorabilia, photos, rare videos and I have written about film for GQ for nine years. So to combine my two loves, writing and performing and get paid for it is a real treat.”
James would love to be back in Canada asap, specifically at Yuk Yuk’s. “It’s undoubtedly the best comedy chain in the world. Mark Breslin is a genius and knows more about comedy than any other promoter I have ever met. Also, I plan to do Montreal’s Comedyworks again soon. Most comics agree it attracts the most comedy savvy audiences around.”
While he loves Seinfeld and Chris Rock, Louis CK is the comic he aspires the most to be like. “His ability to say the unsayable and his profound honesty make him the most important comic working today.”
This August James’s London solo show is called ‘James Mullinger Is The Bad Boy Of Feminism’ and is about how he studied Women’s Studies at university and why we need feminism now more than ever. “Trust me, it’s a lot funnier than it sounds!”
Check in with MySpace.com/JamesMullinger for more local dates, his stand-up act and TV performances.
