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.
Hilary McRae has been called a younger Stevie Wonder or Fiona Apple and even a PG-rated version of Amy Winehouse, before she even released an album.
The 21-year-old McRae released her debut disc, Through these Walls, last week on Hear Music, the label developed by Starbucks, and is receiving praise for her strong voice.
Not only does the Boca Raton, Fla., native sing, but she also wrote most of the tracks. McRae has been writing since she was 13 or 14 years old, and all the songs on the album deal with personal experience.
“I wrote a lot about heartbreak because of a lot of situations that I had,” McRae tells andPOP. “[Songwriting was] the first thing that helped me get through it. A lot of the songs are about overcoming adversity.”
McRae studied at the Berkley College of Music after winning a scholarship on the strength of her audition. She says she always knew she wanted to write songs, but was undecided about whether she would give her songs to other artists or sing them herself.
“The writing aspect of it definitely spoke to me a lot more for a long time. I kind of came to a crossroads when I left school and I had to decide,” she says. “I wanted to write for myself, but I knew I wasn’t a performer so I had to get that experience.”
So McRae went on tour with Christian Castro, a Latin music star, to cut her performing chops. When the tour of South and Central America was completed, McRae knew she wanted to be a singer-songwriter like her musical idols Don Henley, Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters) and Fleetwood Mac.
When it comes to the comparisons – some also compare her to soulful Alicia Keys – McRae says she is grateful but believes her music can stand on its own.
“I think my sound is very different than the music of today, especially with the horns, it has a very distinctive sound with the horns,” she explains. “It’s different music. At the same time, I wouldn’t be offended if I was compared to any of those artists because I’m inspired by them, and I think that’s a great thing. But at the same time, I think we’re different.”
McRae is right. The sound backing her is a mix of R&B, filled with an old school vibe, drenched with horns.
The title of the album’s first single, “Every Day (When Will You Be Mine),” immediately makes the listener believe they are in for a heart-strung ballad, but instead it is an up-tempo declaration to a potential lover. McRae’s vocals kill the song, but she does not overdo it, like a Celine Dion ballad. Rather, she allows the emotion to come out in her voice evenly.
“The guys in the band are in the video and we had a lot of fun with that. It was a great afternoon. There was a lot of magic in the air. It was a really great experience, a lot of fun.”
As the music industry continues to find its footing in the peer-to-peer downloading that has rocked the industry for 10 years now, McRae is hopeful that things will turn around and people will stop downloading music for free.
“It’s a fear, but we’ll see what happens. I hope people will come around and realize that someone has put their heart and soul into this and it’s not fair that it’s given away for free.”
Even with these concerns, McRae is looking forward to continuing the only career she has ever had her eyes on. Well, almost the only career she has only had her eyes on.
“I worked in an airport as a hostess for a while. I’ve always been fascinated with planes. I did have dreams of becoming a pilot, but I never really succeeded,” she admits.
That’s OK because it looks like her second choice is working out.
