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.
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.
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has teamed up with DC Shoes to create a signature sneaker that will help send budding artists to school.
Dubbed the Xander, it is actually the third shoe that Shinoda has designed for DC Shoes’ Remix series and his fourth overall for the footwear company.
Proceeds from the shoe will go toward the Michael K. Shinoda Endowed Scholarship, which benefits graphic design or illustration students entering the Art Center College of Design in California. Shinoda himself graduated from the school in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in illustration.
Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda talks to andPOP about new project
Mike Shinoda has known success for a long time with his bandmates in the eclectic band Linkin Park. Now he hopes the success will rub off on his hip hop side-project, Fort Minor.
With the release of their first album, “The Rising Tied,” Shinoda?s nervous he won?t be able to live up to the expectations.
?I won?t pretend that I don?t hope (Fort Minor) does well,” Shinoda tells andPOP. “Everyone wants their work to be accepted and enjoyed by fans. But this album is a challenging one, in the subjects and music, so I don?t want to set unrealistic expectations.?
Shinoda says the idea to come out with a hip hop album stems from his days as an MC.
?Before Linkin Park, I pretty much only made hip hop. I think Fort Minor started when I began to wonder what it would sound like to bring it full-circle, to get back to my roots, but use all the tools I have learned since then,” he says.
For this album, released late last year, Shinoda admits he?s invested himself more emotionally because he?s doing it all on his own.
?The toughest part was being really hard on myself, knowing that I was responsible for all successes and failures of the record.?
Shinoda made an effort to produce a conscious hip hop album with songs that have a message or story to tell. Kenji, the track about his Japanese father?s internment experience during World War II, is one that was difficult but important for him to record.
?I had to do it, because I felt there isn?t very much awareness about the event, and especially with the racial tension and profiling still going on all over the world, I wanted to start the conversation.?
But whether or not the album is well received by fans, Shinoda says it was an experience he doesn?t regret.
?I wrote and recorded virtually every note on the album, wrote every singing part, and all my verses. I produced and mixed the album. It was a ton of work, but a very rewarding experience.?
The other members of Linkin Park, who recently had problems with their label, Warner Music, supported his decision to branch out.
?I told them up front, if they weren?t excited about the idea, I would have stopped right away. Obviously, since the album is now in stores, they were supportive!?
He says that problems with the label did affect the release of “The Rising Tied,” but things eventually went back on track.
?My album was finished when the whole thing with Warner started, and it had to be put on hold. Putting it out was the beginning of the road to recovery.?
He was able to call on his friend Jay Z, who he worked with on “Collision Course,” for some advice.
?It was good to have Jay on board as executive producer on the Fort Minor album. People ask if he wrote any lyrics or music, and the answer is no. But he did something that was very important?he helped me pick through my songs and decide which ones we should put on the album, which we should not, and which had potential, but needed work.?
Shinoda has faith in fans and thinks they?re ready to embrace a new kind of hip hop music, a genre that has so much potential to be more positive than negative.
?I simply think that people are ready for a hip hop album that has a story to tell, one that doesn?t involve guns, drugs, and strippers.?
