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.
There’s a fine line between sampling a song and straight ripping off someone else’s artistic integrity. Imitation is recognized as the highest form of flattery – but at what point does it go too far?
Most recently, Madonna finally spoke out about her insane influence of Lady Gaga, with focus on ‘Born This Way‘ and it’s similarity with Madge’s 1989 hit ‘Express Yourself’. And in the spirit of that buzz – we’re delighted to bring you a little sampling, thirteen songs that famously ripped off others (and were pretty successful in their own right). Some of which dealt with court settlements and others were able to slip through the legal cracks. For those arguing that the likes of Hammer and Vanilla Ice had the right to sample – both were busted by the predecessors for their use. Ice even argued in an episode of VH1′s ‘Behind the Music’ that it was completely original and the sampling accusations were bogus.
Tell us what you think! Below are thirteen examples, first being the song that ripped off the following song:
Jennifer Lopez “On The Floor (Ft. Pitbull)” VS. Los Kjarkas “Lloranda se fue”
For the past several days, iTunes featured a massive advertisement on their template that warned music fans everywhere the company would shortly be making a massive announcement. The dorks on macrumors.com and other Apple tech forums thought the announcement was undoubtedly going to be about Apple’s new software storage mega-computer, the Cloud.
Long story short, the dorks were wrong. It’s not some hocus-pocus, metaphorical computer-cloud. It’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band!
That’s right. iTunes finally announced on Tuesday that The Beatles’ catalogue is now available for purchase for the first time.
I know what you’re thinking: Who in their right mind was waiting for iTunes to sell Beatles music so it could be incorporated it into their library? Were their really people out there before yesterday who sat around twiddling their thumbs just saying to themselves “Man I wanna listen to Revolver right now but I sold my record player and iTunes doesn’t sell it.” NO! There weren’t! My theory is that this is iTunes telling us we finally had time to isolate the most bland 30-seconds of every Beatles song so you can be turned off of their music forever. Thanks!!!
In 1968, The Beatles founded Apple Records. In 2010, Apple’s records finally found The Beatles.
CAD $34 million doesn’t go very far these days. Well, at least not in the hands of Heather Mills. The ex-wife of the legendary Beatle Paul McCartney has admitted that she has spent most of her CAD $34 million divorce settlement. It has only been 22 months since Mills received the money.
In an TV interview with psychologist Pamela Connolly, Mills said, “Most of it’s been given to charity, gone into ethical businesses or paid for a couple of properties for my daughter’s future security.”
Mills didn’t leave the interview without taking a few jabs at her ex-husband.
Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis’ 3-D remake of the Beatles’ famous animated Yellow Submarine has found its actors to voice the band, reports rollingstone.com.
The Princess Bride star Cary Elwes leads the cast as the voice behind George Harrison, with Dean Lennox Kelly voicing John Lennon, Peter Serafinowicz portraying Paul McCartney and Adam Campbell playing Ringo Starr. All four actors are reportedly in negotiations to appear in the Disney film.
For the performance footage needed in Zemeckis’ take on Yellow Submarine, the director has recruited “The Ultimate Beatles Band,” the Fab Four. However, producers for Yellow Submarine have secured the rights to the Beatles’ music, so the songs featured in the film will be the voices of the real Fab Four, not the tribute band. By having actors play the Beatles in the film, Zemeckis is actually keeping in tradition with the original version, which also hired voice actors in place of the actual foursome. The Beatles themselves only appeared in the film’s live-action epilogue.
In a highly digital age such as the one we are currently in, it’s hard to believe that not all music is legally sold online. However, with the Beatles, that’s just the case.
While you can play their songs on Rock Band and listen to their music on remastered CDs, you still cannot buy the Beatles’ music on iTunes and other digital stores. That is, not yet.
According to rollingstone.com, Apple Corps. and EMI Music will release a limited-edition USB drive featuring the entire Beatles in Stereo remastered discography on Dec. 7 in the UK and Dec. 8 in North America. While Apple Corps. had up until recently kept the view of not selling John, Paul, George and Ringo’s music digitally, 320 Kbps MP3s will house all 14 Beatles albums and 13 “mini-documentaries,” and will be available for public purchase. The 16GB USB drive will be shaped like the famous Apple logo, with “The Beatles” written on it. Only 30,000 of these Beatles USBs will be produced.
For a minute there, the entire history of pop music was hanging in the balance of some very unsteady hands. Michael Jackson’s esate, now in the control of his family, is famously known to include the entire Beatles discography but TMZ assures us the Fab Four’s musical history will not be included in a massive auction scheduled for April.
Jackson’s personal effects, many from his fabled Neverland ranch, will be auctioned to boost the assets in order to pay off the debt claimed by a number of creditors, according to the Guardian UK. But the Beatles catalogue, and the rest of Jackson’s publishing catalogue, will stay in the trust of his kids who can expect to profit more from it in the long-term than any immediate return if it were sold now.
In financial reports released in August, Jackson’s bottom line net worth was calculated to be $1,360,839,979, according to TMZ who viewed the documents. Of that, though, $1,150,000,000 is the Sony-ATV Publishing Trust holding the Beatles catalogue. The Jackson trust purchased ATV in 1985, after McCartney turned down the opportunity, and merged it ten years later in a deal with Sony. Now the third-largest music publishing company in the world, it owns the rights to music by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Willie Nelson and Taylor Swift, to name a few.
Apple Corps Ltd. along with EMI Music have announced September 9 will be the release date for the highly anticipated original Beatles catalog, the same day “The Bealtes: Rock Band” video game is due to hit stores.
The catalog has been digitally remastered for the first time and will feature replicated original album art for each CD.
The remastering process has taken four years to combine new recording technology with vintage studio equipment, all in an attempt to try to remain true to the original analogue recordings.
Shout! There’s a Beatles music game coming from MTV.
MTV and Beatles license-holder Apple Corps will join forces to create the first-ever Beatles-themed video game, set for release in the 2009 holiday season.
It’s not a Rock Band or Guitar Hero-typed game, according to Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos, but users can still expect to “twist and shout”. It’s a “creative exploration of their music and a celebration of their legacy.” It will also be a music-making game, – so users can wear their “blue suede shoes” and “shake, rattle and roll” with interactive performance. The game will take users “across the universe” of the band’s career, from first album to last, but it wasn’t stated whether or not the game will include every Beatles song ever written.
Apparently, Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison all gave input and back the project. In a press release from MTV, McCartney said, “The project is a fun idea which broadens the appeal of the Beatles and their music. I like people having the opportunity to get to know the music from the inside out.” Yoko Ono commented that she hoped the game would appeal to “young blood”, saying “I love it and hope it will keep inspiring and encouraging the young generation or many decades.”
Not many details were revealed, but the game is already in development and will be compatible with Rock Band instruments. No word of whether or not the game will come with a Yellow Submarine, either.
Five become four on tonight’s results show of Canadian Idol.
Starting the show with tired and contrived banter with the judges, Ben gives a recap of last night’s performances followed up with a Beatles medley from the top five. “Blackbird,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “Get Back,” “Revolution,” and “Let It Be” are the featured tunes.
In the first unnecessary video montage of the night, Jully Black visits the Idol mansion and asks what they’ve learned from being in the competition. “Just to be in this industry, you have to have such thick skin,” says Theo. “Get some lotion, baby,” replies Jully.
After asking Earl about Canadian politics from a text message question asked by “Hot Soup” Ben gets to the results. Theo is announced safe, along with Mitch.
Earl, Drew and Mookie are left. Drew becomes the first member of the bottom two. Earl is announced safe, and Mookie joins Drew on centre stage.
Ben asks the judges for advice on behalf of Drew and Mookie. “Drew, this show is a leg up. If you’re going home or not going home, keep doing what you’re doing. You can never get worse, you can only get better,” says Sass. “Mookie, we all know you’re a star and you have a huge future in the music business. Whether you stay or you go, call me Monday,” says Jake.
After a commercial break, Ben breaks the news that Drew is safe and Mookie Morris, the youngest singer on the show, has been eliminated. Looks like Mookie’s mother’s aggressive postering campaign in his Rosedale neighbourhood wasn’t enough.
Mookie Morris sings the show out with “Come Together.”
Drew Wright, Earl Stevenson, Theo Tams and Mitch MacDonald are the final four competitors and they’ll be singing from the Anne Murray song collection. Four faux indie rock guys singing Anne Murray songs? Comedic gold, people.
It’s down to the final five on Canadian Idol and they’re singing (or butchering) Beatles songs, handpicked by the judges.
Opening the show with “With a Little Help from My Friends” is Earl Stevenson. Half of the song is sung by the backup singers and it’s underwhelming. The judges, however, give him a standing ovation. “You did exactly what I thought you would do with it. It was spectacular,” says Jake. “It was like being transported into another world,” says Sass. “That was bang on,” says Zack.
Dressed in an outfit reminiscent of the Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart’s Club Band, Mookie Morris sings “Come Together.” Mookie ends on the song on a terrible cracked note. “Just one great jumbo pot of mmm, mmm good,” says Sass. “You really captured the old blues soul funk of that thing. To be honest, that was the best version of the song I’ve ever heard,” says Zack.
Theo Tams is up next with “Long and Winding Road.” Back with the piano, Theo’s performance is more Broadway, less rock star. “My expectations for you and that song were through the roof and that’s exactly what you did,” says Farley. “I thought you made some really strong choices in the arrangement that you were able to show off that operatic training. I don’t know if we’ve ever had a male singer on this show with the kind of virtuoso skill that you have,” says Zack. “Strength, courage, melody, purity. Your voice reflects some of the most beautiful things about the human spirit. Thank you,” says Sass.
With “In My Life,” Mitch MacDonald performs alongside a harp that can only be described as epic. “Adorable is a good word. Luckily, thanks to the genius of the Beatles and the genius to us, you guys are having the best night so far,” says Zack. “That was probably the best vocal performance you’ve given so far,” says Sass. “That song is really naked and you handled the exposure really, really well. For the record, collectively, you guys are the best top five we’ve ever had,” says Farley.
Closing the show is Drew Wright with “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” The judges picked the song for Drew, hoping he would be more emotive than past performances. “Last, but certainly not least by far,” says Sass. “Fantastic,” says Farley. “We all learn different things from Idol and I hope in getting to sing that song, you learned some lesson about who Drew is. Dude, that was heartfelt and honest. That was phenomenal,” says Zack. The judges then give Drew a standing ovation.
That’s it for Monday’s daily dose of Canadian Idol. Tomorrow, one of the men will be the show’s next victim on the results show at 8 p.m. EST on CTV.
On Monday, NASA will beam a Beatles song into deep space — 431 light years away from Earth to be exact.
“Across the Universe,” appropriately enough, is the track chosen by the U.S. space agency to undergo the intergalactic transmission toward Polaris, the North Star.
The tune will be sent through the Deep Space Network, an international network of antennas used in space exploration missions, on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. ET.
That day will mark the 40th anniversary of the song’s recording, as well as the 50th anniversary of NASA and the 45th anniversary of the Deep Space Network.
In a message to the space agency, former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney said, “Amazing! Well done, NASA! Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul.”
John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono said, “I see this as the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe.”
Fans have been invited to take part in the historic event by playing the song around the world at the same time that NASA is transmitting it.
Though “Across the Universe” will be the first song ever to be beamed directly into space, NASA has sent up Beatles tunes before.
McCartney played “Good Day Sunshine” for a concert in 2005 that was beamed to the International Space Station.
Astronauts in orbit have also been woken up to the sounds of “Here Comes The Sun,” “Ticket to Ride” and “A Hard Day’s Night.”
If hearing the music of The Beatles in “Across the Universe” wasn’t enough for you, Cineplex has got just the thing: the real Beatles movie, “Help!”
Exclusively at the theatre chain, the restored and remixed film will be played in High Definition and 5.1 Digital Surround Sound. The one-time only event is on November 26th, at 32 select theatres across Canada.
That’s not all. Only at these screenings will fans be able to see a 15-minute interview with director Richard Lester and actress Eleanor Bron, which was shot recently in London. The interview does not appear on the “Help!” DVD, released Tuesday.
Advance tickets go on sale tomorrow on Cineplex.com
Has Yoko Ono finally done right by Beatles fans? Tuesday marked what would have been John Lennon’s 67th birthday, and Ono celebrated her late husband’s life and contributions by erecting a statue in his honour.
Standing 65″ tall, the “Imagine Peace Tower” in Iceland was unveiled for all to see. A blue light beams from the top of the wishing-well’esque structure into the night sky, in an island in Reykjavik. The installation features the words “imagine peace” in 24 different languages.
“I hope the ‘Imagine Peace Tower’ will give light to the strong wishes of world peace from all corners of the planet and give encouragement, inspiration and a sense of solidarity in a world filled with fear and confusion,” said the 74 year old Ono to a news source.
The ‘Imagine Peace Tower’ will be lit up every year from the date of Lennon’s birthday until the date of his untimely death on Dec. 8, as well as New Year’s Eve and all throughout the first budding week of springtime.
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY’s former WINGS bandmate DENNY LAINE is set to spill the secrets behind their turbulent friendship in a new book.
McCartney formed the group with guitarist Laine in 1971, but the pair fell out in January 1980 after the former Beatle was taken into police custody for marijuana possession at Japan’s Tokyo airport.
The arrest forced the group to cancel international tour dates and Laine reportedly never forgave McCartney for what he saw as an act of betrayal.
Laine has since teamed up with a professional ghostwriter to work on his autobiography, which is expected to shed light on his fractured relationship with the Let It Be hitmaker.
A source close to Laine says, “Denny has been approached by one of music’s most reputable authors about a much-anticipated biography. In the past, questionable motives. Denny would have none of it.
“But this time, the project will be done on Denny’s terms.” (MT/WNTEX/LJ)
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The son of late BEATLE JOHN LENNON has blasted the current state of the music scene, insisting “rock and roll is dead.”
Singer Sean Lennon is adamant the popular musical genre has lost its relevance in modern-day music, but admits he is happy to follow in the footsteps of his famous father – and isn’t out to be a “pioneer”.
He says, “I mean rock ‘n roll is already kind of played out. I wouldn’t even be doing it if my mission was to be a pioneer.
“I’m only worried about creating beautiful songs. I’m not trying to reinvent songwriting. Pop music and rock ‘n roll, it’s not such a vital art form anymore in the way that it was in the ’60s.”
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JOHN LENNON and PAUL McCARTNEY have beaten MICK JAGGER and KEITH RICHARDS to the top of a new internet survey to find the Best Songwriting Duo of all time.
The Beatles stars beat the Rolling Stones pair and Clash heroes Joe Strummer and Mick Jones to claim the crown in the new Rolling Stone magazine online poll.
Music fans offered their best duos over the weekend and the final top five is:
1. Lennon/McCartney
2. Jagger/Richards
3. Strummer/Jones
4. John/Taupin
5. Marr/Morrissey.
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Music legend SIR PAUL McCARTNEY will celebrate his landmark 65th birthday with estranged wife HEATHER MILLS and their daughter BEATRICE, according to reports.
The former Beatle called a truce with Mills for the sake of their three-year-old daughter following their split a year ago.
According to British magazine Hello!, Mills will not attend the official birthday party on June 18 but will mark the event with McCartney privately.
A source says, “She’s not going to his party, because she feels that is inappropriate and would cause too much ill feeling among the family.
“But Paul, Heather and Bea will have a special celebration with cake and presents. Their celebration will take place on the day of his birthday and Heather will buy a present from Bea, but also one from herself.”
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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY’s entire back catalogue is heading online, prompting reports THE BEATLES’ archive of hits will also be following in the singer’s footsteps.
The announcement by record label EMI means all of the former Beatle’s solo albums, including releases with his rock group Wings, will now be made available for download via the internet.
McCartney’s deal has led to increased speculation over when fans can expect The Beatles’ back catalogue to hit online stores, with EMI boss Eric Nicoli recently saying the label was “working on it.”
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The surviving members of THE BEATLES are to release a new single compiled from archive recordings.
The track, called Now And Then, is based on a John Lennon recording given to McCartney by the late musician’s widow Yoko Ono.
Archive tracks from George Harrison will also be woven into the new song, along with vocals from Sir Paul McCartney and drumming from Ringo Starr, reports British newspaper the Sunday Express.
ELO musician Jeff Lynne, who produced the track’s original sessions, says, “The song had a chorus but is almost totally lacking in verses. We did the backing track, a rough go that we really didn’t finish.
“It was sort of a bluesy sort of ballad, I suppose, in A minor. It was a very sweet song; I liked it a lot, and I wish we could have finished it.”
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The ‘fifth BEATLE’ has stunned the music world by quitting his job as Apple Corps chief executive.
NEIL ASPINALL, a longtime friend of SIR PAUL McCARTNEY and GEORGE HARRISON – and the Fab Four’s first road manager, gave no reason for his decision to walk away from the group’s Abbey Road headquarters in London when he quit yesterday.
The 64 year old, known as the guardian of the Beatles’ commercial interests, was the mastermind behind the BEATLES ANTHOLOGY package and the BEATLES 1 hits album.
In a statement confirming his departure, an Apple Corps spokesman has announced that former Sony BMG executive vice president JEFF JONES has been appointed as Aspinall’s replacement.
The Apple Corps spokesman added Aspinall “had been with John, Paul, George and Ringo for a spectacular 40 plus years, during which he played an indispensable role for the four.
“He was there since the inception of the band in Liverpool and has meant so much to the Beatles’ family for all these years, and still does.
“He has decided to move on. Apple, as a whole, and each member of this company, wishes him great success in whatever endeavour he chooses to pursue in the future.”
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