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.
The creators of “Alvin and the Chipmunks” surely expected that they would cash in on parents’ desires to introduce their own generation’s tiny musical heroes to their kids. So it’s surprising that there was essentially nothing in the film geared toward the older crowd. “Alvin” is really only suitable for small children, so it’s silly to overanalyze it, but here I go.
Firstly, Jason Lee is normally a very respectable actor. But the expression on his face in every scene practically screams, “Why did I agree to do this?” Or maybe he just never got comfortable talking to imaginary chipmunks. Cameron Richardson, who plays his love interest, was a train wreck of horrendous acting. The script didn’t give her much to work with, admittedly; in one scene she is randomly on her front porch inspecting the leaves of her hanging potted plant. Because that’s what all women do, all the time.
The only person who fully committed and worked it out was David Cross, as the desperately smarmy manager. It was the usual sort of role for him, but as he’s the only actor who actually performed well, I’ll take it. And give this movie two stars instead of one just for him.
As for the “stars” of the film, the chipmunks, they were definitely cute. Despite Alvin being the “awesomest” one, Theodore has the biggest role in the storyline. The animation is top-notch, and their songs are catchy with great harmonies… one hundred per cent computer-generated harmonies. But hey, isn’t that we’re used to in pop music these days? The singing is also as maddeningly high-pitched as you remember, and I pity the parent whose child asks for the soundtrack for Christmas.
The off-screen talent was also inadequate. Conversations were edited badly, and there was a general lack of creativity and effort. The classic Chipmunk gags (“Aaaaaalvinnnnnn!”) are shoved down the audience’s throat over and over again. Continuity with the music was also an issue. In the opening scene, the Chipmunks inexplicably sing “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter, but from then appear to only know the classic songs from the cartoons. It’s only later, when Cross’ character forces them, that they sing “hipper” songs. But then, when Cross states that the Chipmunks play “tomorrow’s music, today,” they immediately perform “Witch Doctor” – which came out in 1959! Lazy, lazy, lazy. Oh, there’s also some sort of washed-out lesson about unconventional families. How original.
“Alvin” is the kind of movie your 5-year-old will love. And the kind of movie that will eagerly take your $40 and give you a migraine in return. Enjoy!
