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.
Over the weekend when the rapper was performing down under in Townsville, Australia, his hotel room was raided after police got tipped that the room was smelling of “burnt cannabis”.
Flo Rida’s personal assistant, Dakari Dalawn Phillips was shortly taken into custody by the Northern Region Drug Squad and locked up for 14 hours.
The Herald Sun reports when cops came to bust the hotel party, they found a joint with 1 gram of weed, three grinders, a taser, a sealed bag with 16 grams of “leafy green material” and a few more weed related items. The most surprising of all: a Viagra tablet. No reports on whether it was for Flo Rida or one of his crew members.
Because Philips had no previous criminal records, he was let off with a $1,800 but missed his plane ride out of Townsville with Flo Rida and the rest of the pop-smokin’ crew. Here’s hoping they left the maid a really hefty tip.
While performing in Australia, Rebecca Black did an interview to warn people about YouTube.
“What you put on there is permanent, so make sure you have very much pride in what you put on,” Black told news.com.au.
“You never know what’s going to happen. It could get two views or it could get a million views.”
In the months since, “Friday” has gone to notch up more than 167 million views and Black has become the target of death threats.
Nevertheless, things seem to be working out for Rebecca.
Rebecca Black is proving she can last longer than 15 minutes. The YouTube star has been lured to Australia by a mobile phone company called Telstra.
Black tweeted, “I’m coming to Australia to perform live thanks to Telstra!! This is the best thing since microwaveable popcorn.”
The full details of what Black will be doing in “Down Under” haven’t been released.
This is the second piece of good news for Black, with the possibility of her releasing her debut album next month.
Although Cody Simpson may be a pop superstar with tons of money and fame, he is still 14 years old. That means if he wants to buy a hat, he still needs his Dad’s permission. We saw this firsthand during our interview. We also spoke with Cody about what life is like as a 14 year old Australian superstar.
Lady Gaga is one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Consequently you would think any artist would kill for the chance to work with her. Well Cut Copy was offered the chance to tour with Gaga, but they turned it down! Cut Copy explained that decision, along with their roots as a one man project.
Rumors have been circulating for a few days that Justin Bieber would be canceling his show in Australia because of a back injury, but Bieber doesn’t disappoint his fans. Bieber lived up to his commitment and tore the house down with Chris Brown.
“I don’t cancel … In route to Sydney!! THE SHOW IS ON!! I don’t let my fans down! LEGGO!! #myworldtour,” he wrote on Twitter before the gig. “Sydney … Leggo! #myworldtour”
Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, tweeted a picture of the two performing, writing, “Look At Them Now! @justinbieber and @chrisbrown 2nite in SYDNEY … KILL’T IT!”
The Daily Telegraph reports that the show was beyond belief. “By the time the countdown clock announced the arrival of the 17-year-old superstar, you would have thought these over-excited, sugar-fueled kids would be ready to relax and enjoy the show,” the review noted. “Nope, they blew the decibel reader into the red — reaching 110 decibels between songs — the equivalent of a chainsaw. Ear plugs were a matter of survival.”
Chris Brown could definitely use a boost on his Australian tour, and Justin Bieber might be his lucky charm. Bieber is performing this week in Australia, and he sent out a Tweet saying for everyone to expect a surprise, along with a video link to him performing with Chris.
Chris Brown could certainly use the help from Bieber considering ticket sales have been going poorly for the tour. They have been so bad that apparently promoters haven’t been able to even give them away.
Bieber to the rescue!
Australians love their surfing, their crocodiles, their Veggimite and taking cute cracks at winning the Masters, but one thing they evidently don’t fancy is Chris Brown.
Perez Hilton is reporting that Brown’s latest show is struggling so mightily to sell tickets in Australia, promoters have had to resort to things like 3-for-1 offers and virtual give-aways for his show at the Burswood Dome and several others.
Chris Brown’s people however refuse to move the shows to smaller venues. And after all, concert organizer Daniel Prichard claims ticket sales have tripled since Brown lost his cool on Good Morning America and trashed a dressing room.
Chris is scheduled to trash two more dressing rooms and punch Rihanna in the boob before heading to Aussie in an attempt to completely sell-out his shows.
Hugh Jackman is a showman, so it’s not surprising he would want to make a dramatic entrance into Oprah’s show at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. However, he created more drama than was initially anticipated.
The plan was for Jackman to zip line from the top sail of the Opera House down to the stage. Unfortunately reports suggest he was doing roughly 80km/h by this point, and hit the brakes too late. This then caused him to bash his eye into a lighting rig, causing a minor injury.
When taping continued, Jackman commented, “That was so much fun until the end,” he said. Referring the Winfrey’s previous guest, he added with a laugh: “Bono was meant to do this, but they couldn’t afford the insurance.”
See the video below for footage of the incident.
It looks like Oprah’s going to be doing more than just taping a few shows during her trip to Australia this week.
Radar Online is reporting that the queen of middle-aged women everywhere took a break from her show’s special taping schedule in the land down under to take a yacht cruise with the ever-charming Russell Crowe.
O and Crowe took a quick sail through Sydney Harbor followed by a flotilla of smaller boats carrying the hundreds of lucky women and fans. The ladies were winners of the talk show’s dream trip giveaway and were invited to accompany Oprah on the landmark trip and taping.
We imagine this was a segment for the show and not just some spontaneous yachting jaunt…right?
Fellow Aussies Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are also due to hang with Winfrey during the trip, though what exactly they’ll be doing with her and her guests is unclear.
Come on, Nicole! We want to see Oprah go scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef!
Brace yourself for sky-high ratings amongst your Australian audience, Ms. Winfrey!
On the season premiere of the 25th season of her talk show, Oprah announced to her entire audience that she was taking them all to Australia. Better yet, Oprah has also made it clear that she’ll be picking up the tab on the taxes too.
According to TMZ, the last time Oprah gave away something huge—a car for everyone in her audience—it wasn’t such a great experience, as the “lucky” audience members got slapped with up to $7,000 in gift taxes.
TMZ also spoke to Larry Edema, one of the lucky audience members going to Australia, who said that a certified public accountant was at the taping of Oprah and was also told that all of the taxes for the Australia trip will be “handled by the Oprah show.”
All we can say is that these people are extremely lucky.
Paul Hogan, star of the “Crocodile Dee” franchise is in deep tax trouble with the Australian government. Hogan is saying he can’t even afford to pay 10 percent of what the Australian government says he owes in back taxes.
In an interview with the news program “A Current Affair,” Hogan explains that he is barred from leaving Australia and that the government is on a witch hunt.
“I actually came out here at the request of the Australian Crime Commission at my own time and expense to assist them with their inquires,” he said in the interview. “If I was a tax evader, which I’m not, I must be the dumbest one in the world, because they gave me five years notice that they have seized every piece of paper that my tax advisers and lawyers and accountants have ever had. I kept coming back here.”
The Australian government claims he used offshore bank accounts to conceal earnings since his low-budget “Crocodile Dundee” movie became an international hit in 1986. The government is claiming he owes 38 million Australian dollars in back taxes.
Miley Cyrus’s boyfriend and Australian heartthrob Liam Hemsworth has been awarded the “Breakthrough Of The Year” Award for the HollywoodLife’s Young Hollywood Awards on May 13th.
According to HollywoodLife.com, Liam first broke out in Australia with roles on two popular Australian shows. After moving to the United States in 2009, he was the male lead in The Last Song – as well as getting Miley Cyrus as a girlfriend. Next up for Liam will be the 3D action film Arabian Nights!
Teenage girls all over Australia must be crying their eyes out after pop sensation Justin Bieber cancelled his performance in Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia.
Several young girls fainted and were trampled by a crowd of about 5,000, reports New Zealand Herald. Paramedics were forced to deal with a huge crowd of unruly girls in order to help the injured. All of those who suffered injuries were treated at the scene.
The free concert was cancelled after concerns over further injuries. Many of the fans had slept there overnight for Bieber’s only Australian gig, due to be held at 7.40am (AEST).
Beibers has tweeted that he is “just as disappointed as everyone else.”
“I woke up this morning to the police cancelling the show for safety reasons.”
“I love my fans … I love it here in Australia … and I want to sing.”
By the way, in case you haven’t seen it, check out our interview with Justin Bieber below!
The average Canadian wears one coat at a time in winter. Granted it’s probably the warmest coat ever known to mankind, but it’s still just one.
But to get Cameron Potts, one-fifth of the Sydney, Australia’s band Dead Letter Chorus, through the season, he needed three.
“It’s been a shock for sure,” Potts told andPOP of the Canadian cold. “I’m a bit of a wimp … I think I brought three jackets and at one stage I was wearing all three.”
Dead Letter Chorus, made up of Potts and four others, is on a cross-Canada tour in support of their debut album, The August Magnificent. It was the band’s first time seeing snow fall from the sky.
“It was pretty overwhelming,” he said. “We were just sitting having breakfast, and all of a sudden it started snowing!”
Maybe Miley Cyrus is the young American sweetheart she appears to be. The young lucky pop star is dating Australian hottie Liam Hemsworth, her Last Song costar. They are quite official and E! Online reports that when she met his parents they totally fell in love with her too.
“Yeah, they loved her,” Liam tells Michael Yo on tonight’s Daily 10. His parents met the 17-year-old on a recent visit to his hometown Down Under.
“It was really cool to show Miley where I’m from and how I grew up, and it’s a completely different world to where she’s from,” Liam continued. “We don’t have shopping centers or traffic lights or anything like that, where I live at least.”
Miley said she loved it too but for different reasons. Apparently the paparazzi was her selling feature to the continent.
Orianthi was working in-studio when she got the email from Michael Jackson.
“I remember being in a room writing a song with a bunch of people and I got the email and was like, ‘Is this for real?’ It was really crazy. He wanted me to come in and learn Beat It. I was super nervous,” Orianthi told andPOP from her L.A. home.
The 24-year-old female electric guitarist was personally invited by Jackson to play lead guitar in his final tour “This Is It.” The King of Pop spotted Orianthi’s prodigious talent in a video guitar solo posted on her MySpace account.
However anxious, Orianthi didn’t let her nerves shake her at the audition. Jackson selected the fresh-faced Australian to join him and a group of some of the most talented musicians across the globe for 50 shows that have been dubbed “the greatest concerts that never happened.”
Wait, so you’re saying she doesn’t really sing at her shows? Well, that is shocking.
After a frenzy of negative reviews for her Circus tour, Britney Spears is speaking out over the lip-synch scandal that started in Australia following her first two shows there, according to rollingstone.com.
“I hear there is a lot of controversy in the media about my show,” a statement by Spears said yesterday. “Some reporters said they love it and some don’t. I came to Australia for my fans.”
The Australian press reported that concertgoers for Spears’ first two concerts in Perth began leaving the venue after only a few songs of Spears’ set, when it became evident that she was lip-synching. Spears has also been criticized for what the media has reported as a lack of engagement with the crowd. She only talked to the audience once, telling them how beautiful Australia was.
Britney Spears’ first show of her 14-gig Australian tour was a bigger spectacle than expected.
A review in the Sunday Telegraph claims fans stormed out halfway through the show in Perth in an outrage over her lip-synching. But today, News.com.au filed an article giving the other side of the story: that one Australian reporter fabricated the whole thing.
It’s a case of “you had to be there”, but for Spears, it’s still hurtful. Paul Danity, her Australian tour promoter, says she is “extremely upset” and has been holed up in her Perth hotel since the incident on Friday night.
Reports were circulating the fans walked out of the show, despite having paid up to $1,500 for tickets and driving more than two hours to get there.
“It’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard,” Dainty told The Australian.
“I’m so angry. We can take heat if there’s something wrong and people can review shows badly — that’s something you have to live with — but to say people stormed out of the show was an absolute fabrication.”
The Perth Burswood Dome released a statement in Spears’ defense.
Jane’s Addiction have cancelled an upcoming Australian tour due to the hospitalization of Stephen Perkins, the band’s drummer.
The 41-year-old band member has been admitted to Cedars-Sinai Hospital’s Infectious Disease Ward to receive treatment for an infection in his elbow, according to a press release issued by the group’s spokesperson.
“Doctors expect to keep him there for the next few days for further diagnosis and observation while anti-biotic treatment continues,” read the statement, which also said the drummer is expected to fully recover over the next couple of weeks.
