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.
Marina and The Diamonds are working on some new music, but Marina is being very secretive about it. Although the release has been delayed, she let’s us in on some secrets about the new album, and how alcohol changed her life.
I am not the audience for this movie. I did not see the original Twilight. I read the novel and was horrified; how many teenage girls truly believe that men like Edward Cullen exist? (Fewer, probably, than the number of … Continue reading
Dunno if you heard, but a concert documentary, starring a little-known performer who died recently, opened across the country at 12:01 this morning. This performer, Michael Jackson, would likely have been plagued by scandal through much of his adult life … Continue reading
Here’s an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser; albeit, a crowd-pleaser with lots of blood spewing, limb-chewing, and bone breaking – but really, why would you see a movie called Zombieland if you didn’t want to see that? Here’s a horror film that acknowledges … Continue reading
Note: If you’re already interested in seeing District 9 – you know the setup, you’ve seen the posters – go see it. Like all good stories, the best way to experience it is to know nothing about it going in. … Continue reading
It’s a funny thing about life; even though we’re all (obstensibly) unique, certain experiences fall into distinct patterns. Most middle-class children in the western world, for instance, go through a period in their childhood where the world revolves around them, … Continue reading
I was shocked to discover that three women wrote this screenplay. (Or that, more accurately, two women wrote and a third re-wrote it.) I do not harbour any illusions of women being the “fairer” sex. I recognize that women are … Continue reading
I hadn’t seen the trailers for Year One. I wasn’t expecting a “Jack Black” movie; for me the most important name in the credits was director/co-writer Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day). Year One begins with a boar hunt; not as … Continue reading
“There are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new.” – Anton Ego, Ratatouille Here is the pitch for Away We Go that arrived in my inbox, and which put me to sleep … Continue reading
A few months ago I caught a 20-minute non-screening of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, where the most memorable thing that happened was me falling down a third of a long flight of stairs, injuring my shoulders in a way that … Continue reading
Is there any formula more credible than A Christmas Carol? Done correctly, the story plays on two primal aspects of human nature: that when it comes to remembering how we hurt others, our memories are fuzzy; and that we hate feeling … Continue reading
I saw Watchmen with a friend who had finished Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ masterwork last week, and both of us had the same reaction: what would someone who hadn’t read the novel think of it? It’s a meticulous, impressive-looking movie, directed with obvious reverence for the source material and care for the film being created, but it was impossible for us to be fully engaged by the story, because we kept comparing every shot, every line, every choice director Zack Snyder made, to the comic. Continue reading
I like Clive Owen\’s character in The International for the same reason I liked him in Children of Men: he\’s resourceful, reasonably intelligent, and despite the bitterness of experience retains an iron-clad belief in doing the right thing. At the same time he\’s never quite certain about what\’s going on either, and remains one step behind the enemy. He survives most situations because he\’s accompanied by someone smarter than he is, more skilled than he is, and/or more aware of what\’s happening than he is (yet who isn\’t willing to go through everything he\’s gone through), and this makes him an excellent cipher for the audience. Continue reading
Here was an odd assignment: “We would like to extend an invitation to you to join us for a Special Presentation of footage from our upcoming film STAR TREK.” It was sent by a publicist from Paramount. Now, screening 20 minutes of footage for an audience at a sci-fi or comic convention, I could understand. Screening said footage for folks like me, who couldn’t fill a page with their knowledge of Star Trek, seems a little… odd. After all, four scenes out of context can’t help but lose some of their impact when compared to the finished product. And what can I do except review said scenes as if I had seen the full-length movie? Continue reading
Bride Wars will entertain its intended audience. Its set-up (two best friends are forced to mount their dream wedding on the same day) is executed about as admirably as it can be. Only one plot contrivance stretches the boundaries of credibility. But every instance of “character development” brings the film to a screeching halt. Continue reading
It is not what a story is about, but how is it about it. I could summarize the plot of Seven Pounds for you in a paragraph and you\’d be rolling your eyes or laughing. Or scolding me for suggesting that you\’d roll your eyes or laugh. If you lapped up The Pursuit of Happyness (which I didn\’t), this movie\’s for you. And yet I liked Seven Pounds, because it doesn\’t reveal its plot as you would in a summary. Continue reading
Australia starts off well, justifying the reason for its existence by mentioning something about the Australian government’s policy during WWII to kidnap half-white/half-aboriginal boys and take them away to be trained for service – and to have the “black” stripped from them. These kids, according to the movie, became known as “the lost generation,” and the government didn’t issue a formal apology for them until this year. Australia is narrated by one of these lost boys, a “half-breed” known as Nullah, played by newcomer Brandon Walters. It quickly becomes clear, however, that Nullah’s place in history is just a backdrop for the old-fashioned romance he witnesses between Lady Ashley and Drover, a cattle driver played by Hugh Jackman. Continue reading
Throughout Bond movie history, one thing has remained constant: the plot of each new entry in the series has jack all in common with the others. Quantum of Solace immediately breaks with tradition by featuring a story that picks up 20 minutes after the last one. It even explains why Vesper Lynd betrayed Bond. Sort of. As Daniel Craig returns in the series’ first direct sequel, a number of predictable complaints will be made: – “It’s not as good as the last one!” Continue reading
I have mentioned before that I like studio films – good ones – but have also seen enough of them to recognize the off-the-shelf formulas, the test audience-driven elements, the ingredients calculated to elicit gasps, groans, cheers, arousal and – ideally – repeat business from various segments of moviegoers. Rare is the studio film that feels like its makers genuinely wanted to entertain you – most of them begin with a producer (or producers) deciding a given idea will attract a profitable audience, and everyone from the director on down making sure the resulting film does so. If moviegoers are lucky, it will be entertaining. Independent movies, on the other hand, are made with a greater purpose in mind. Profit matters – always has, always will – but independent filmmakers know that art house audiences are after quality, not predictability, and that a good movie will typically yield good business. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is not an example of why I see independent movies. Continue reading
I don’t typically mention video games in my reviews, but The Clone Wars unavoidably made me think of one: BioWare’s masterpiece Knights of the Old Republic, which offered an unforgettable take on George Lucas’s galaxy by taking place 4000 years before any of the movies and giving itself carte blanche to add to the series’ history, creating not only an origin story for Tattooine but for the entire Star Wars galaxy. More than one critic called it the best thing to happen to the series since The Empire Strikes Back. I love Return of the Jedi, but I wouldn’t dispute that. Continue reading
As a teenager, Amy Price-Francis had few dreams of becoming an actor. \”I had a wonderful teacher in high school who basically insisted that I audition for the National Theatre School of Canada,\” she says. \”I thought it was a waste of time.\” Price-Francis\’s teacher paid $50 for the application anyway, helped her fill it out, and sent it via express mail a day before it was due. Three auditions and a final interview later the NTS, which admits approximately 12 students into its acting program each year, offered Price-Francis a place at the school. Continue reading
