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.
Do you think rock n’ roll is dead? Well autotune Queen Ke$ha is determined to save rock n’ roll with her next album.
“I feel like I don’t necessarily agree, but people say that rock and roll is dead, and it is my mission and my goal to resurrect it in the form of my pop music,” Kesha told MTV News. “That’s the goal. We’ll see what happens. That’s a very ambitious and lofty goal, but that’s my goal.”
Ke$ha recently covered Bob Dylan, which might have influenced her thinking. “I’m really proud of that, but I have learned over the past three years of doing this that being vulnerable doesn’t mean you’re weak,” Ke$ha said of her debut. “I very much want to be seen as a strong woman, but I realize that vulnerability can also be a strength. So on my next record, you are going to hear probably a little more of that.”
So we will have to wait and see. Do you think Ke$ha can be taken seriously as a rock artist?
On the fictitious talk show “Today Now!”, two hosts introduce a new female pop singer to the audience: K’Ronikka. The 22-year-old is dubbed as the “latest pop monstrosity the music industry has ever sadistically forced down our throats”.
Okay, The Onion, we get it. You’re not a fan of Katy Perry or Fergie, neither are you a fan of Ke$ha.
The actress does a good job at spoofing Ke$ha’s wild personality, accent and over-the-top fashion choices. “People just love my ish!” she tells the hosts.
K’Ronikka appears on “Today Now!” to promote her new single, “Booty Wave”. She gets up from her seat to do the booty wave and name drops Pit Bull for appearing on her second single, “I’mma Slam Yo D”.
The Onion gets really snarky with their hate for pop music. They take it a whole new level when the headline “New K’Ronikka Duet With LMFAO May Cause Mass Suicides”.
Even though this is a big joke, it’s gut-wrenching to think that if there were a real K’Ronikka making music out there in L.A., “Booty Wave” would actually be a hit song on the radio.
Kesha has been recognized by the Humane Society as the first ever Humane Society International Global Ambassador. Within this role, she is responsible for promoting respect, protection, and compassion for animals around the world.
Kesha said, “I am honored to be the first HSI Global Ambassador because my music is inspired by the freedom and primal beauty of animals and the natural world. I take this opportunity incredibly seriously because we are ALL animals. One of the main underlying sentiments of my music is to respect all living creatures just as they are. I believe that together, we can change laws that allow innocent animals to be unjustly mistreated and abused all over the world.”
HSI vice president Kitty Block echoed Kesha’s sentiments, saying, “We believe compassion for animals is a basic human condition that needs to be encouraged and celebrated. Kesha, with her passion for animals and international recognition is in a unique position to help us create a worldwide culture of compassion for animals.”
Ironically, Kesha’s debut album is called “Animal.” How appropriate.
Natalia Kills has been slowly murdering her way through the music industry by working with industry heavyweights (Will.i.am, Akon, LMFAO) and her debut album “Perfectionist” debuted on North American shelves this past Tuesday.
Born Natalia Keery-Fisher, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter was signed onto Interscope’s Cherrytree Records label in 2008, after the Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am heard her “Wommanequin” EP. The demo was self-written and produced by Kills, showcasing talent that catapulted her into a promising direction that landed a feature on LMFAO’s single “Champagne Showers” and her debut EP.
Although she may be the best female-singer-you-haven’t-heard-of-yet, her single “Mirrors” has already cracked the top ten in Austria, Germany, Poland and the United States. A change of pace from her past-life as an actress.
Her sound is a pinch of Lady Gaga with a fiercer-punch of Kate Bush, and it has been labeled as ‘revenge-pop’, electropop and ‘synth-pop’, but she describes it as “pop with an opinion”. In other words, she delivers a much needed refreshing dose of attitude that the Christina’s and the Britney’s have faked.
“I’m a perfectionist. It’s the source of all my ambition, desire and drive. But, it’s also what destroys me sometimes.”
Her stage-name “Kills” defines that passion and mentality to commit herself entirely to her music. And as a singer-songwriter, that commitment to her art has drawn inspiration out of every aspect of her life.
“I wrote ["Free"] when I was broke and writing songs in my tiny apartment, trying to figure out how to pay the rent,” says Kills of penning her single, which she also notes as her favourite song to play live. “But, I was still happy. When I went out I felt fabulous and I wanted everyone to know that style is not dictated by how much money you have or where you shop. We should be free from our possessions and not let material things own us or effect our happiness.”
Kills has come a long way from that tiny apartment, going on tour with big names like Bruno Mars, Ke$ha, Black Eyed Peas and will be supporting Katy Perry on her California Dreams Tour later this month.
When we spoke with Kills, the sudden passing of Amy Winehouse was fresh and she felt a strong connection to the pop-singer.
“I’ve always been a huge fan, and not just because I’m English. She’s truly one of the greats, and I relate to all other artists like myself who write about personal afflictions and deeper darker places. I know from experience that when you write about your true pain it has to be because you battle with it. We were lucky to have her, and at least she gets to escape her pain now.”
Her album “The Perfectionist” can be streamed on her website and is also available in stores and on iTunes now.
Alice Cooper is releasing “Welcome 2 My Nightmare”, the sequel to his 1975 album ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’ on October 17. The album features a guest appearance by Ke$ha on “What Baby Wants.”
“I think a lot of my audience is going to go KE$HA!?, but she probably wrote the most disgusting lyrics in the song – we had to rein her in. I like people to know that just because artists are put in a pigeon hole, that doesn’t mean that’s what they are. Give people a little room,” Cooper told NME.
Outspoken actor Zach Galifianakis has dissed Ke$ha, reports Canoe Jam.
Galifianakis says he has constantly denied Ke$ha’s requests for dates, and flat out bashed her music upon meeting the singer.
Ke$ha has previously stated that Galifianakis is her ideal man, admitting she has the hots for fat and bearded men, but Galifinakis apparently doesn’t have the same penchant for sleazy blonde popstars.
“I saw that Ke$ha woman the other day. She was sitting by herself, and I walked up to her and said, ‘Listen, I got your e-mail. Your music is really bad! I don’t know who listens to it, but I imagine it’s, like, six year olds – and it’s a bad message,’” he tells Rolling Stone Magazine.
This isn’t the first time the ‘Hangover’ star has publicly dissed a celebrity. Just recently, he took aim at actress January Jones, calling her “rude” and stating she is an actress “everybody’s going to forget about… in a few years”.
I love his outspoken nature! It’s not often celebrities are so open. I can’t say I blame him for denying a date with Ke$ha, I can only imagine how classy that evening would be.
It seems as though electro-pop queen Cascada has ripped off a Katy Perry song, as noted by Perez Hilton.
Her new song, ‘San Francisco,’ seems awfully familiar to Perry’s ‘California Gurls.’ From the beat, to the location-based lyrics, the song is a clear rip-off. I even hear some of Ke$ha’s ‘Tik Tok’ in there. I mean, really.
Cascada has been around long before Katy Perry or Ke$ha, so why is she ripping off their songs? Surely, she can make hits on her own. I know she’s capable.
Listen to the song below, and compare with Katy Perry’s song. I think you’ll agree.
Moby has revealed that he does not consider songs by Britney Spears and Ke$ha to be music.
The singer-songwriter says he enjoys the popstars’ fun dance tunes, but believes that they should not be labelled “music.”
“It’s fun, but I don’t think of it as music,” Moby said. “It’s manufactured. I appreciate it as a pop culture phenomenon and some of the songs I like if I hear them in a shopping mall or something, but it doesn’t function as music for me.”
The 45-year-old went on to describe what he considers to be true music.
“Music is something that communicates emotion and integrity in a really interesting, direct way,” Moby said. “And when I listen to the pop music you’re describing, it’s hyper-produced corporate product. That isn’t really even a criticism, but I just think calling it music is a misnomer.”
That’s pretty harsh coming from someone who collaborated with Spears on her 2003 album ’In The Zone.’ He also recently described her as “broken,” claiming that the singer’s damaged nature is part of her appeal. Tell me how you really feel.
Sure, Britney and Ke$ha are no Aretha Franklin, but their music is music – pop music. It’s fun, it’s danceworthy, and it’s not meant to be taken too seriously. I think he’s taking it too seriously.
Ke$ha is suing Wimo Labs company for copyright infringement, reports Perez Hilton.
The singer’s lawyers are going after the makers of a rubber watch strap for the iPod Nano called “TikTok” because it apparently ‘infringes on her rights.’
If Ke$ha’s team gets their way, Wimo Labs will have to turn over their entire supply of straps.
Property expert David Leichtman doesn’t believe this will happen, though. “She’ll have to show consumer studies to show people are making an association between her and the product,” he says.
Yeah, somehow, we don’t see Ke$ha sitting down with her lawyers discussing consumer studies. Jumping on the table and making it rain glitter, maybe. But not this.
At worse, I think the company will just change the name of their product. They are kind of stupid for naming it that, I mean, I could have told them this would end up in a lawsuit. Maybe I should go into marketing.
Ke$ha’s former management company is claiming she owes them millions of dollars from her hit album. Ke$ha has fired back saying she doesn’t owe a dime because she fired the company in 2008.
TMZ reports DAS Communications managed the singer in 2008, and they have filed a lawsuit against Ke$ha for $14 Million. Ke$ha has fired back and filed for the lawsuit to be thrown out of court, saying she was in her legal rights to fire the firm.
A source close to Ke$ha says this event is “a sad cynical attempt by a manager trying to profit off his former client’s recent successes.”
“POP” music is a misinterpreted genre. Often times people discredit Pop-stars, believing there is a trade off between success and credibility. Korey and Jordan go beyond the superficial exterior to investigate the anatomy of pop music and the people who sing it. From The New Kid’s On The Block to New found glory this installment seeks to find substance in “Top 40.”
‘The Simpsons” introductory animation sequence has been a staple in pop-culture for over twenty years. It has always been a reliable comfort for me. It indicates that for at-least twenty-two minutes a day I would be thoroughly entertained.
The hit cartoon has built legion of fans that have immersed themselves so deeply into the series that the writers imbed hidden messages into the opening credits. These subtle nuances (In my opinion) are a wink and a nod to ‘The Simpsons’” super fans. Every Sunday, “The Simpsons” introduction has been slightly different. From the variation in Bart’s disciplinary lines in detention to how the family inevitably ends up on the couch, each opening has started with a bang.
This week, however, started with a pop and short after the sound of creativity slowly deflating from the show. For what I presume is the first time in the show’s history, somebody replaced the iconic harmonized theme song with Ke$ha’ “Tik Tok.” The switch was apparently part of a new week long promotion entitled “FOX Rocks.”
To be honest, I’m concerned. Either Matt Groening has finally run out of ideas for America’s longest running show or Ke$ha broke into his house and offered to blow him. Either way, the choice to use ‘Tik Tok’ as a substitute for the Simpsons theme song was a scary indication that no one is safe. Even an American institution, with over two decades of immense popularity, is vulnerable to Ke$ha’s infectious auto-tuned pop hooks. I have nothing against Ke$ha, however, this PR stunt was a feeble attempt by the Simpsons organization to stay relevant and gain the attention of today’s youth. I fear the writer’s may have finally lost touch with popular culture and it may be time to end the series before this gets worse.
BTW – check out my interview below with Ke$ha in case you are interested.
Barbados-born pop singer Rihanna is hitting the North American roads this summer, with two rising stars as her opening acts.
On July 2, Rihanna will kick off her “Last Girl on Earth” tour in Seattle and will wrap up in Chicago on August 25, rollingstone.com reports.
The tour, promised by the singer to be a “massive production that I cannot wait for,” has two up-and-comers joining her: crazy-wild pop singer Ke$ha, and Lil Wayne protege Nicki Minaj. Tickets go on sale through LiveNation on April 9.
Rihanna is also scheduled to perform on American Idol on April 7.
News of her tour pops up after spending three weeks on the Hot 100, where she is enjoying her longest stint at Number One with “Rude Boy” since her super-hit “Umbrella” was on the charts.
Ke$ha, notorious for waking up in the morning “feelin’ like P. Diddy,” has a viral video making its Internet rounds that shows the rising pop singer and her friend posse sneaking into the heavily guarded area that surrounds the famous Hollywood sign and hijacking it last week, reports rollingstone.com.
In the video, the “TiK ToK” singer and her entourage, accessorized with everything from fuzzy hats to animal masks, use spray-painted bed sheets to cover some of the letters of “Hollywood” and replace them to spell “Ke$hawood.”
It’s interesting – often times when we go out and shoot interviews there are always a couple of people asking if they can come along (which we always say no). But when people found out we were interviewing Ke$ha, there was a mob of people asking to come! And not only that, it was all types of different people from different age groups, different sexes, income brackets, etc. That just shows how huge she is! By the way, Ke$ha also asked Jordan before the interview if she looked like a tranny. He said no. What do you think?
Although she is new on the scene, Ke$ha is already breaking records. During the last week of December, there were 610,000 copies of “Tik Tok” downloaded, making it the most downloaded track for a female in one week.
Her album “Animal” drops January 5th and stay tuned for an andPOP Interview with this rising star.
Check out her music video here.
