Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladehawke’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 are a couple of reasons why you should see Gran Torino: the story line is original and the acting is authentic.
And, take note, the movie shows that Clint Eastwood has mastered the art of growling.
Eastwood, who also directs the movie, plays a slightly grumpy Korean War vet named Walt Kowalski who has just lost his wife. In fact, the film opens on a not-so-bright note with her funeral and Kowalski eying his grandchildren in an unpleasant way, to say the least.
Kowalski has every reason to dislike his family. In fact, they’re barely part of the film, and when they do appear, it’s to ask something along the lines of “what are you going to do with that car when you die?”
But the man isn’t your typical “old fellow.” At 78, Eastwood proves intimidation has no age limit. Kowalski is as racist and intimidating as possible, making every imaginable racial slur under the book, and jokes about countless ethnic groups. “I thought Asian girls were supposed to be nice” is just an example.
Yet you can’t help but feel for the old man, and the reason is the way Kowalski interacts with his Hmong neighbours.
At first, the movie resembles Freedom Writers with Hillary Swank. There are gangs based on ethnicity and culture, and fights caused by cultural differences. But there’s much more to the film.
Gangs and violence play a secondary role to Kowalski’s interactions with teenage neighbour Thao (played by newcomer Bee Vang). Their relationship changes drastically from when they first meet when Thao attempts to steal Kowalski’s glimmering 1972 Gran Torino, to developing a grandson-grandchild bond.
It’s impossible to hate Eastwood’s character because of the way he defends his neighbours. The first time, Kowalski points a gun at gang members trying to lure Thao, claiming they were on his lawn, but later on he clearly develops a bond with his neighbours and rescues the family more than once.
Eastwood proves in the film why so many actors want to work with him. He adds just the right dose of humour, sympathy and bitterness to make his character come to life. Newcomer Ahney Her, who play’s Thao’s older sister Sue Lor, steals the scene at moments, and her fictional brother Bee Vang does a great job developing a relationship with Eastwood in the movie.
An interesting sub plot is Kowalski and the priests who he calls “padre,” and their encounters. The two always talk about life and death and how Kowalski’s wife made him promise her that he would keep an eye on the old man and bring him to confess something. Their scenes will keep you wanting to know exactly what Kowalski has done, and their conversations and metaphors about life and death are very cool.
It’s Eastwood’s portrayal of the old man that makes this movie great. Everyone has a grandfather or a neighbour that is exactly like Kowalski, and a part of this is owed to the screenplay by Nick Schenk. Many times Kowalski comes off as blunt, but it adds to the reality of his character. The fact that not just him, but even some of his Hmong neighbours have prejudices in the beginning, make the movie original.
At times the pace is slow, but the acting makes up for it. Still the movie may not satisfy die-hard action fans who need racing cars and splattered blood, but for everyone else, it’s a must see. Eastwood proves he can drive this Gran Torino.
