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.
If you go into “Bandslam” with very low expectations, you’ll be pleasantly surprised that this PG movie isn’t half bad. In fact, there’s some great lines, characters and story arches (for a Disney-style movie).
The key word here is Disney-style because Bandslam is definitely a step up from its Disney Channel predecessors. And don’t let Mickey Mouse alumna Alyson Michalka (“Phil of the Future”) and Vanessa Hudgens (“High School Musical”) discourage you from seeing this movie because tween, tween parents and everyone in between can take something out of “Bandslam” (including a lesson by Michalka’s character on how to kiss).
Hudgens plays Sa5m (the five is silent and no, I’m not kidding). Sa5m’s a high school misfit with an artistic personality, who speaks slowly and with little tone because she used to stutter as kid. Charlotte (played by Michalka) is her complete polar opposite. The former blond cheerleader (who has her own wikipedia page) ditches pom poms for music during her senior year.
The one thing these two girls share in common is Will Burton (Gaelan Connell), a music geek who’s new to the school and has a tough time making friends wherever he goes — and by tough I mean it’s impossibly hard (his best friend is his mom, just so you have an idea).
Then again, I think most of us could deal with our moms as best friends if only she were Lisa Kudrow (“Friend’s” Phoebe). But Will can’t seem to deal with his friendless life, so he writes everyday to his idol — rocker David Bowie — and fills the singer in on the events that unfold during the day, which becomes the movie’s narrative.
The first of the two leading ladies Will bumps into is Sa5m. When Will’s teacher says the two words he dreads the most (“buddy up”) for a project to showcase one another to the class, he teams up with Hudgens and their relationship kicks off from there.
Be warned: If you were expecting the bubbly sweet Hudgens from “High School Musical,” you’re out of luck because this time, she plays a slightly darker character with a small sense of humour and and an even smaller range of emotion (which the role demands). Sure this character isn’t completely out of her comfort zone, but it proves the former Disney star is able to pull off movie roles outside of the franchise that made her famous.
Sa5m’s relationship with Will is put on hiatus when he meets Charlotte, who asks him to manage her band after witnessing firsthand Will’s extensive knowledge of music.
Their goal is to perform at Bandslam, a regional battle of the bands, and place first to win the ultimate prize: a recording deal. Now, before you say “been there, done that,” because after all, “School of Rock” and “Camp Rock” have already charted into the “kids who rock” category, “Bandslam” shows that there’s still some unexplored territory (as little as it may be).
For starters, it gives the “unpopular kids” personality of their own and shuns away from the archetypical “popular kid” with Charlotte. It’s rare to find a high school movie where the popular girl isn’t as transparent as a glass of water. Charlotte remains mysterious by saying she doesn’t “do why’s” (meaning she doesn’t answer too many questions) and there’s a very funny scene where she claims not to signal on the road because no one needs to know her business.
The movie manages to combine the right dose of drama and comedy. Most of the drama comes from side plots involving Will and Charlotte’s fathers, but depending on your mood there’s actually a few laugh-out-loud moments, like when Will tries to kiss Sa5m and ends up petting her instead of touching her gently (now that one deserves a pat on the back).
The major downside of this movie is its length (it’s close to two hours, so at points, it drags) — and its credibility. Bands like “Pink Floyd,” “The Clash” and “Red Hot Chili Peppers” are name-dropped throughout the film but odds are, the movie’s tween audience won’t clue in on all of these references. And for some reason I just couldn’t buy Charlotte’s rendition of Cheap Trick’s “I Want You To Want Me”.
Still the verdict is see it. The kids will enjoy their favourite disney starletts and oddly enough, the older crowd may well enough enjoy “Bandslam” more than their younger siblings and/or kids. If anything, you should see it for a David Bowie cameo (apparently he does kids movies).
