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.
For someone who wants to be a professional singer, stage fright is just about the worst thing you can get. Unfortunately for pop/folk singer Meaghan Smith, it was something she had to deal with.
“It’s just terrible and really frustrating because I felt that I could do a good job of my songs when I was alone,” the 30-year-old Smith told andPOP. “But I got in front of people and kind of just fell apart.”
Lucky for Smith, she was able to get over her fear. When the London, Ontario, native moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for a job, the fresh start helped her. That, and the fact that she was so determined to get over her fear that she Googled it. Smith stumbled upon an interview with Patty Griffin, also a victim of stage fright, in which Griffin said that the only way to get over the fear was to go through it.
“It meant getting up on stage and knowing that I was going to suck and be terrified,” Smith said. Eventually she could get on stage without shaking, and after four years of battling it, she became the confident performer she is today.
“I am now at the point where I don’t get stage fright,” she said with pride. “[Performing] is one of my favourite things to do now.”
And it’s a good thing, too, because Smith’s music career is about to take flight. Her first full-length album, The Cricket’s Orchestra, was just released on last Tuesday (Feb. 9).
But her career as a musician has been a long-time coming. Smith’s parents, both musicians, surrounded her with all types of music, from classical concertos to rock n’ roll tunes.
“I listened to everything I could get my hands on,” she said. “It was a really encouraging and creative environment to grow up in.”
When she was seven-years-old, Smith’s mother tried to teach her how to play the piano. Like many parent-child teaching attempts, it did not go over so well.
“I was a brat and my mom was just trying to teach me,” she said. Since the piano fiasco, Smith has never learned to read music. Instead she plays instruments by ear.
Still, Smith’s lack of music theory didn’t stop her from flourishing with musical talent. By the time she was in Grade 6, Smith had written her first full-length song. And that was just the beginning. Even when she was working as a storyboard artist in Halifax, Smith was writing songs. The result today is an orchestral 1920’s, ’30’s and ’40’s-infused album of pop songs based on personal experiences.
“I don’t think any of us are really alone in our experiences,” Smith said. “I think it’s good for us to go through stuff together.”
“Human behaviour is really what inspires me,” she added.
And it’s purely evident in her songs, such as “A Little Love” about a crush she had for seven years, and “I Know” about how her grandfather can never say that he loves her, but lets her know in different ways.
“I really try to let each song speak for itself,” she said. “I try to take each song as its own individual story and its own tiny little world.”
In a society where everyone wants to be a musician, it can often be hard to locate the real talent. But Smith has it, and she can’t wait to show it to the world.
“I’m trying to find my fans and I’m hoping they’re trying to find me too,” she said. “It’s been a really great experience for me [so far] and I’m only seeing good things in my future.”
And by the looks of it, she’s right.
