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.
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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.
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Peak Season: Episode Nine
Some say you’ve made it in life when you pay off your mortgage. Others say it’s when you get married, or have children. Well I disagree. The surefire way to tell if you’ve made it is if your life has a censorship warning. How many other people in the world can say, “let’s hang out, but I gotta’ let you know, I may contain coarse language, sexuality and mature subject matter.” This should be Whistler’s new welcome sign.
What Happens:
Lauren: Muhammed Ali’s Ring Partner
In this day and age, it seems as though Facebook is the newest form of foreplay. Why put in the physical effort when a simple semicolon can do the trick? It seems to work for the hilarious Steph Weber and the newly-deserted Matt James. I like Lauren and Steph’s analysis of Matt as a potential prospect. Apparently he’s “cute but he’s Aussie and has a girlfriend.” Hopefully that statement isn’t in order of importance.
After Matt pushes Lauren’s hot buttons by insulting her and Scoot, she decides to abandon her anger management steps and let her fists do the talking. Unfortunately, I’ll admit to being notable distracted by the small dog growing on Matt’s forearm the entire time. After decking Matt with a right hook that would make Chuck Liddell’s knees quiver, Lauren is pulled away from the cursing Aussie. In fact, the whole spectacle is like a twisted version of Jerry Springer, but with better looking people. In fact, I was tempted to jump up and scream for Lauren to use her formidable hoop earrings as a weapon.
Scoot: The Social Butterfly
Scoot always looks so comfy in his oversized parka and hat. If I were to go strictly by clothing, the idea that opposites attract would be completely accurate. Lauren’s hard-edge leather jacket pairs perfectly with Scoot’s soft parka, and that, my friends, is my attempt at a relevant metaphor. These university classes are truly paying off well.
It’s too bad this eternal bliss doesn’t last forever, because Scoot can’t hide in the jacket forever. You know those couples in your group that seem to fight as a form of foreplay? They scream, yell, smoke fiercely and sulk, all the while having no clue what they’re mad about? Scoot and Lauren seem to have the textbook symptoms of being one of those couples. He leaves her in a sullen smoking mess to barhop to the Beagle (bar-hopping in Whistler is literally that, hopping a block away), and we’re left to wonder if this volatile couple will make it.
Steph Just: A wounded soldier.
Poor Steph just can’t cut a break. If there was a poverty line in the snowboarding world, Steph could officially be classified as a third-world country. Luckily, the ambassador of Just Nation, Fabia, comes bearing multiple gifts for the blonde snowboarder. I was half expecting her to pull our a feather earring and jamaican hair wrap to match the rest of her ensemble.
Sadly, after Steph limps off the gondola in a walk that resembles my 81-year-old grandmother, it’s apparent she’s either injured or has a really cruel sense of humor against the elderly. Turns out she has hurt her knee pretty badly, and it may be canes and walkers, not snowboards and bindings, in her future.
Dre: A man of many emotions.
You have to give the guy credit. Dre has been through the ringer in this season. After being hunted, hit, pushed and bitten, Dre decides to brave the 115-pound ball of fur (formerly known as Amanda) and admits that he still thinks of her every day at dinner. I mean, why does Dre think Amanda still wants to be with him? She hasn’t shown any signs all season of being interested in him… unless a marriage proposal constitutes as interest? Nope, I don’t see it. He’s obviously delusional.
Amanda: Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
In all recovery programs, the first step is to admit that you have a problem. It’s reassuring to see that Amanda has taken this step, and admits to her photographer, K that she is crazy. Another step has to do with social support, which Karolina offers with the classy advice of: “Don’t let f**cking Dre or any douche-bag that away from you.” I don’t know what’s more frightening, the fact that “douche-bag” sounded so much like “any dudes you bang,” I’m so comfortable and familiar with the steps of addiction counseling…
After this, Amanda proceeds to go on a date with the “babe,” Colton, who I strongly suspect smells overpoweringly of axe and hair gel. After some suggestive “handsies” under the table, I half expected the Grease look-a-like to break out in musical theatre. The romantic evening commences with a kiss. Don’t get too excited, the kiss resembled the ones I’m forced to give my aunties and uncles at family reunions after getting murderous threats from my parents.
Best Lines:
“Now that his girlfriend isn’t here he’ll just probably go bonkers.” -Lauren
“I almost had you deleted.” -Dre to Amanda
“I will bury you until you have no idea what you’re doing.” -Lauren to Matt
“He don’t like me at all.” – Colton, about Dre.
“Ya dumb beetch!” -Matt to Lauren
Overall:
The season is almost over, and I’m not sure if I’m ready to say bye to our new friends on Peak Season. This episode was fairly decent, but the whole time I was fighting the foreboding feeling that it was all almost over. The only complaint I have is that there wasn’t enough camera time for the always-amusing Mr. Ian Ross. Otherwise this, the adventure and drama in Whistler has taught me a few life lessons that I shall not take lightly.
Lesson 1) Jersey’s and oversized hats land the hunnies
Lesson 2) Share the love: spitting alcohol in each others mouths is twice as fun
Lesson 3) Grow a male ponytail. It’s irresistible to vampires.
Lesson 4) Insulting someone in an accent doesn’t make it any less offensive.
These are only a few handpicked tips of the many I’ve acquired throughout season one of Peak Season. It’s a great situation: instead of learning from my own mistakes, I can learn from theirs. I’m sure the finale will be brimming with the usual quota of adventure, spewing alcohol, shots, snowboarding and drama to top off the end of a great season.
andPop insider interview with Scoot:
Scoot has been one of my favorite characters of Peak Season. His laid-back attitude and closeness with his boys makes him extremely likeable, as well as extremely easy to talk to. Listen to what Scoot has to say on the emergence and success of Peak Season.
What’s your actual name?
“My actual name is Craig. The story behind Scoot is the high school I went to, we always spoke a lot of slang, like most high schools. It was just random one day, one of my buddies was like ‘you’re Scoot’ and it stuck. When I moved out here to Whistler originally, I moved out with some friends that were from back home. So the nickname kind of followed me out here. I’ve more than gotten used to it now.”
Where’s home?
“Home is Peterborough. Just outside Toronto! I try to go home at least twice a year. I try to go home for summer and I try to go home for Christmas. I’m actually not going to be able to go home for this Christmas, which sucks.”
Did you know anything about Peak Season before filming?
“I didn’t actually. Lauren and Ian filled out for it and I’d kind of heard about it through the grapevine once word spread through Whistler that they were thinking of doing a show here. It wasn’t something I applied for or that I checked out.”
Has being on the show changed your life?
“Originally, it was something that I was probably the most skeptical about. Like I said, I didn’t sign up for it and it was just one of those things that I got thrown into them mix for. Lauren and I weren’t together when they started the filming and we were starting to get back together and I wasn’t really a big fan of having my personal life aired on national television! When I filmed with Ian and the boys it was super natural, and really easy, and it was just one of those things that I fell into and I was like ‘you know what, might as well just go with it.’ It’s not every day that you get to be on television.”
What brought you to Whistler?
“I finished high school, and I didn’t know what I wanted to do in college. One of my best friends was out here at the time and he had come out here the month before me and he was like ‘Dude, you gotta’ get out here, you have to check this place out.’ My parents were supportive and I came out for a couple months, went back home, saved every penny I could, moved out and haven’t went back since.”
So do you board as well?
“I do. I snowboard, I skateboard and I fish a lot.”
How long have you been buddies with Ian and the crew?
“We’ve been friends for probably about three years now. Ian, Colin, Denny and I, it’s a great pack of guys and it’s all about having a good time with those boys.”
Do you think Ian has a tiny man-crush on herself?
“On himself? (laughs) No. I think Ian is just confident. I don’t think that there is anything wrong with that, and if you’re not confident yourself, you know, who’s going to be? Ian can use it a lot.”
We’ve seen Amanda’s treatment of Dre during more intoxicated moments. Anything like that between you and Lauren?
“Um, no. Thankfully. I haven’t been hit in the bar, or outside the bar, which is definitely a good thing. Lauren definitely has a fiery side to her sometimes, but never anything violent like that.”
We haven’t seen much of you outside the boys place, the bar and with Lauren. What do you do for a living?
“I have my own cleaning company in town. I’ve just started it since the show actually finished!”
Favorite moment?
“I really like the fly fishing scene with Ian and I. It’s good. And that bar fight from last week was pretty awesome too. I was off to the side enjoying it, so I just sat back and soaked it all in. I’m not a fighter, unless the situation calls for it. I was dating Lauren when we were filming that season, so she’s got that under control.”
Least favorite?
“That would be thoroughly enjoying my salad on national television. Taking such a small bite…”
Anything else you would like to say to your fans?
“It’s been a shock, and a little bit crazy to see everything. People come up and recognize us in town, it’s just been awesome and something that I’m really glad that I did. I would just like to thank all the fans for their support, and it made the show what it’s been. Yeah, it’s just been something else, and I’m really glad that I’ve been a part of it. It’s just been crazy.”
