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.
I would probably have enjoyed “Ghost Rider” more if I were a 13-year-old pyromaniac who’s really into motorcycles, but walking into the movie with absolutely no expectations, I found them pleasantly exceeded.
Nicolas Cage’s melancholy face spontaneously combusts into a flaming skull in this gas-guzzling, tarmac-shredding adaptation of the Marvel comic. He plays Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who makes a Faustian pact in order to save his dying father. Although he does this at the age of 17 – apparently selling your soul to the devil is so easy that all it takes is a paper cut – Mephistopheles (a cane-wielding, scenery-chewing Peter Fonda) takes a couple of decades before he comes back to claim his dues. Turns out even dark lords need some help disciplining their kids. I mean, how can you rule Hell when you can’t rule your own household? Tsk.
So Blaze must transform into a burning bounty hunter to stop the devil’s rebellious son, Blackheart, from usurping his father and ending the world… or something. The plot is just a backdrop for the eye-searing action sequences in which our Ghost Rider causes extensive property damage as he metes out his vigilante justice, roaring across water and racing up the sides of skyscrapers. Eva Mendes and Sam Elliott are along for the ride, as the love interest and the wise mentor, respectively. Wes Bentley plays Blackheart like a petulant teenager dressed in a fashionable trenchcoat and flanked by a power-hungry posse. Why would the devil need a bounty hunter to punish his kid? Why are the villains dispatched so easily? Who cares when the FX are good and everyone looks like they’re having fun?
And fun is to be had. I usually enjoy Nic Cage in more muted films – Matchstick Men and Lord of War come to mind – but he can be interesting in loud, slightly campy vehicles too (see National Treasure). Here, he infuses Blaze with a deadpan humour that works in the midst of all the smoke and flames and explosions, because he embraces the cheesiness. Director Mark Steven Johnson, who brought us such comic book crapfests as Daredevil and Elektra (both of which took themselves too seriously), also penned the script’s many cringe-worthy lines. “He can take my soul,” Blaze intones at one point, “but he can’t take my spirit.” More power to you!
Ghost Rider can be deconstructed as a movie about daddy issues – after all, Blaze is haunted and driven by the memory of his father, and Blackheart is obsessed with escaping the shadow of his – but where’s the motor-revving fun in that?
3*
