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.
“Area code 204,” Mark Bryan says into the phone immediately after our initial greetings have been exchanged. “Hmm. I’m going to guess Philadelphia?” the lead guitarist of Hootie and The Blowfish asks enquiringly.
“Nope,” I tell him. “Manitoba.”
“Manitoba! My lord, how cold is it up there?” Bryan exclaims into the mouthpiece of his cell phone, while he climbs out of his car in Carolina. “What are you doing in Manitoba?!”
After I explain that I’m only temporarily enduring the arctic Winnipeg temperature for one week while I visit my family, he laughs, and assures me that he understands – home is where the heart is, or in his case, where the magic happens.
It was precisely there, at home, where Mark Bryan recorded his highly anticipated solo album, End of The Front.
“It’s very similar to being in a regular studio. You’ve got musicians coming in and out all the time,” Bryan says of his basement space. “But the difference is, at the end of that day, you just go upstairs and suddenly you’re home.”
The album is a compilation of 10-years-worth of songs that didn’t quite make the cut for Hootie and The Blowfish. However, Bryan doesn’t look at the songs as a collection of the band’s toss-outs.
“[These songs] had their chance with the band, but they just didn’t work with Hootie,” says Bryan. “I want to give them a life outside the studio, so other people can have the chance to hear ‘em, and dig on ‘em.”
His solo album, his second, is set to hit retail and digital stores (and his web site) on March 11.
His first single, Fork in The Road, has been receiving some encouraging feedback from fans and critics alike.
“I wrote that song two months ago for a movie. I had the honour of doing the title track for the film,” recalls Bryan. The film Fork in the Road, still in production, stars Josh Cooke (Big Day, Four Kings) and Jaime King (The Class, Sin City). “I read the scripts, got to know the characters, and then related their experiences to a recent one in my own life – the toughest thing I have ever gone through – a divorce.”
Playing instruments for nearly 26 years, the 40-year-old guitarist and singer has collected over 30 string instruments, and can play all of them. The mandolin, the banjo and a plethora of different brands and styles of guitars make up his massive musical repertoire. But it isn’t just his strumming abilities that made him an invaluable asset to Hootie and The Blowfish. Bryan also tested his chops on vocals for many of their biggest tracks, and in doing so, discovered his ability to belt it out, and belt it well.
“I used to feel that I was a dreadful singer,” admits Bryan lightly. “But as the years went by, I found my voice with [the band]. This will be my first time touring alone though.”
According to Bryan, he is both nervous and excited to get up on stage as a solo performer.
Albeit, his pre-show ritual might help him with those nerves.
“We always used do a shot of bourbon before going on, but now I’ve gotten into this drink called Baronjager,” he explains with animation. “It’s a German liquor, and it tastes like a shot of honey, with a bite!”
With an album teetering on the verge of release, and a tour in the coming months, Bryan sounds surprisingly calm about the future, ten years down the line.
“If I’m not writing music, then I’ll be producing someone else, and hopefully the band will still be cracking,” he says.
And if not? If Hootie and The Blowfish sink and never sell another album?
“At least I’ll have another batch of songs to do a solo album with,” he says with what sounds like a smile.
