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.
With the MuchMusic Video Awards only less than 24 hours away, most reporters working the red carpet would be prepping questions for Selena Gomez and Lady Gaga. Well not Jordan from andPOP – he spent the day condom shopping as his preparation. But why does he need so many condoms for the event (besides the obvious). Check back Monday morning to see our MMVA coverage, and you will see why we are stocking up!
Kanye West’s new music video for “All of The Lights” has received an Epilepsy warning from a British organization called Epilepsy Action, according to MTV News.
The charity group provides support for people with epilepsy, and says that the video “should not be broadcast on U.K. television.”
“However, the Kanye West video is still available online, most notably on YouTube where it has had several million hits, and no such regulations exist for online broadcasting,” said the organization in a statement.
As a result of this outburst, the video, which features a barely-dressed Rihanna, has been pulled from many stations including MuchMusic. “We are pleased to see that YouTube and Kanye West’s representatives have listened to our concerns and are warning people that the video is a risk to some people,” Epilepsy Action campaigns manager Aimee Gee said to MTV.
It’s true that the online world of broadcasting has drastically different rules than the television world – meaning there really are no rules for online broadcasting. It’ll be much harder for the music video to be pulled from YouTube than it was to get pulled from television, simply due to the fact that the online world is a free, post-whatever-you-want world. Warning ads have been placed before the video, though.
Now, I don’t know if I just feel bad for Kanye, but the dude just can’t catch a break. Ever since the Taylor Swift fiasco at the Grammys, his career has never been able to fully recover. Although the song is currently at number 14 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart, his video now risks the chance of getting pulled from all media outlets. Poor guy!
I don’t know if pulling the video from everywhere is the solution, though. The obvious answer to this problem seem simple to me; if you have epilepsy, don’t watch a music video called “All of The Lights“. I mean, lights is your first clue that you probably won’t enjoy it. Secondly, I realize that maybe someone could stumble upon the video and have an epileptic seisure, but how about changing the channel if you see bright lights? How are these flashing lights different from Ke$ha or Britney Spears’ videos?
I’ve personally seen the video and I really enjoyed it. I thought it was different, unique, and a fresh change from the usual videos played today. It seems like all the good videos are getting censored nowadays. Just a couple weeks ago, Rihanna’s “S&M” video got pulled in some countries as it was too ‘risky’. I mean, we live in a modern century, a little risky or bright lights won’t hurt anyone. Well, maybe, but you know what I mean.
Does that mean all strobe light parties are at risk of extinction too? Will the world become an abyss of black and white? Will all creativity be banished from our lives, and we’ll be forced to watch Glee episodes on repeat for the rest of eternity?
I know I’m being rash, but I mean, I feel bad for the guy. The video is good. Let Kanye have his moment.
See the video below and be careful!
So it seems like this Twitter thing maybe around for a bit, and we are always looking to increase our followers. Jordan took advantage of the opportunity to meet Lucy Hale from Pretty Little Liars to see if he can increase his following. And of course we talked about the mad success of the show, and why Lucy, Troian, and Ashley were cast for the show. You can watch Pretty Little Liars on Much in Canada, and ABC Family in the U.S.
Sad news for music fans in Canada: MuchMusic wants to cut down the amount of music videos it plays even more, reports CHARTattack.
Last week CTV Limited, the company which owns MuchMusic, applied to change their current license with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The proposed changes would affect the amount of music videos played on the station as well as remove French language programming and increase music-related feature films.
MuchMusic has gradually been playing less and less music videos and moving more towards other kinds of programming. Now they want to cut the number of music videos they play in half.
The proposed new licence would change the number of shows which consist of music related programming and music videos from filling 50 per cent of each broadcasting week to just 25 per cent.
CTV’s reasoning? The application to the CRTC reads, “Music videos no longer distinguish the service as they are readily available through other sources.” This isn’t great news for music enthusiasts if the application for the new license is accepted.
What’s your take? Do you still watch MuchMusic or do you check out “other sources” for music videos?
Summer is almost here, and we all know what that means: Toronto’s biggest (well, most commercial) music party is coming back.
The MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVA’s), set to take place in June, will see Queen and John Streets transformed with celebrities, screaming fans, live performances, and, of course, awards.
This time around, Toronto’s own rap prince Drake is in the nomination lead with a total of seven, reports Yahoo! News. The awards show comes right after Drake releases his highly anticipated debut album, Thank Me Later.
Vancouver band Hedley follows behind with six nominations, and GTA pop sensation Justin Bieber comes in with four nominations. Other notable nominees include Katy Perry, Adam Lambert, and Miley Cyrus, who will also be hosting the awards show along with MuchMusic VJs.
Cyrus, Bieber and Perry are also scheduled to perform at the show.
It’s a Monday night in Golden, British Columbia, and Crush Luther have just finished playing for a crowd of one person – the creepy bar owner.
There were three girls around earlier in the show, but they left because the bar owner was drunk and hitting on them. There was also a drunk named Kurt, but he got thrown out minutes into the show.
“[Kurt] was the drunkest human being I have ever seen,” Luther Mallory, lead singer of Crush Luther, told andPOP. “He was on the stage with us, just swaying back and forth, ready to pass out.”
After the show, at around 2 a.m., Crush Luther was hanging out at the bar and having a couple of drinks. Then all of a sudden, a giant crowd of people wandered into the bar and demanded some live music.
Crush Luther answered the call.
The giant crowd of people had been at the local strip club, where a new stripper had come to town for the week to dance.
The people of Golden called this night, “fresh meat night,” which Mallory said is horrible and horrifying as anything.
MUCHMUSIC has just announced that pop sensation Miley Cyrus will be co-hosting the 2010 MUCHMUSIC Video Awards.
The 17 year old sensation has sold more than 15 Million albums worldwide with her fame continuing to grow.
In December 2007, Cyrus’ first trip to MuchMusic sent fans at home and in the MUCHONDEMAND audience into decibel leveling chaos, leaving them wanting more of the singer/songwriter/actress.
“I’m so excited to co-host the MuchMusic Video Awards,” said Miley Cyrus.”I can’t wait to get back to Canada and perform for all of my fans. It’s going to be an awesome night!”
The 2010 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS airs Sunday, June 20 at 9 p.m. ET live from MuchMusic HQ in Toronto.
For the past year, comedy segments featuring Paul Telner have been airing on MuchOnDemand. The ‘best of’ appear in a half-hour special on Thursday, March 25 at 10PM on MuchMusic.
Fast-paced, fun and silly, The Paul Telner Project is co-hosted by popular musician Karl Wolf and comedian Paul Telner.
Paul thrives on real-life interaction, something under-tapped in the online video arena. In addition to his pranks, Paul stars in character-based segments featuring real people interacting with Paul as character, believing the character to be real.
The edgy and fun look of the show, which helps pace the comedy and move it along, belongs to director Jason ER Fisher (jasonerf.com). While most shows try to be cool by using old techniques, Fisher takes Telner’s goofy, nerdy and likeable style and personality and translates it to screen.
Before a camera begins recording on a film set, there’s an iconic chant that is heard time and time again.
“Lock it up. Rolling sound. Sound speed!”
If you’re an actor, then you know it’s a verbal-cue that tells everyone on-set to shut-up and listen because a scene is being recorded. And it’s also an acting reference that a few actors from Degrassi: The Next Generation have taken to heart in their new venture into the music scene as one of Toronto’s up-and-coming alternative bands, dubbed SoundSpeed.
But with such a unique sound, combination, and debut EP, it can be said that the six-man band has the same message in mind as that of the chant back on the film set. Before you judge, question, or make an opinion, first…just shut-up, and listen.
“I think we represent something different,” drummer Shane Kippel, 23, tells andPOP. “We have such a refreshing sound, yet you can’t really figure it out. It’s just a blend of all of our input and musical interests.”
Wait, you mean all those ridiculous reality TV shows weren’t always shown on MTV?
Popular American television network MTV has finally admitted what most people have alluded to for quite some time now: that it is no longer “music television,” reports CHARTattack.com.
The network, which launched in 1981 with the specific purpose to air music videos, launched a new logo yesterday (Monday, Feb. 8), which no longer houses the “music television” tagline that has been part of their original logo for nearly 30 years.
Popular Canadian rapper K-OS has announced that he is going to stop releasing albums, reports CHARTattack.com.
The MC, born Kevin Brereton, told MuchMusic that after 10 years of spending time in the recording studio he wants to change things up and “stay immediate” instead.
“I’m not going to make any more albums,” K-OS said on Thursday (Jan. 28) in a press release. “I think we’re just going to drop singles for a couple years and see what happens. If those singles are successful, maybe put out a compilation of the ones that people like and call it an album, like what Elvis and The Beatles did.”
The rapper added that Lil Wayne and Drake, who put more time and effort into releasing mixtapes and singles rather than proper full-length albums, are proof that “you don’t have to make an album” if you’re a musician these days.
Eight seasons running. A cult in Canadian pop culture. Winners of the Gemini, Teen Choice and Directors Guild of Canada Awards.
And now Degrassi: The Next Generation finally boasts its first red-carpet TV movie.
But known as a “show of the people”, the season 8 finale Paradise City: Degrassi Goes Hollywood premiere last Wednesday night at Toronto’s Bloor Cinema, allowed tons of lucky special-bracelet-wearing fans bask in Degrassi glory. A free-for-all for snagging autographs and pictures from their favorite cast members, and what’s more- the opportunity to enjoy the movie side-by-side with them too.
And the word got out not only to lucky fans. Among a packed-to-the-brim theatre audience was Camp Rock 2 stars Jordan Francis and Matthew “Mdot” Finley, So You Think You Can Dance Canada winner Nico Archambault, MuchMusic VJ Devon Soltendieck and MTV Live‘s Nicole Holness.
To celebrate the life of the pop icon, MuchMusic is hosting a live broadcast from MuchMusic HQ allowing Canadian fans to pay tribute to the self proclaimed “King of Pop”. The live broadcast will continue to at least 11 p.m. EST, and guests include Danny Fernandes, Stereos, Traci Melchor, Jully Black, Protest The Hero, K-OS and Natalie Thomas of Us Weekly.
Can anybody decipher what Aaron Carter is saying? He seems like a really nice guy but we are lost. Please translate for us in the comment box.
Everyday Canadians get pranked as hidden cameras roll in a new show debuting on MuchMusic Monday.
“The Paul Telner Project” promises to push the boundaries of ordinary people by mixing a “goofy and wacky style with edgy concepts” for comedic results.
“Paul interacts with unsuspecting people through a variety of original characters to create fresh and lively takes on traditional pranks,” the promotional statement continues.
Click here to get a sneak peek at the new show.
Telner has already made a name for himself as a popular comedy personality on the Internet. His YouTube channels have over 30,000 subscribers and 6+ million views, with YouTube.com/PaulTelner ranking as the 8th most subscribed Canadian comedy channel.
“The Paul Telner Project” premieres Monday, Dec. 29 at 8 p.m. ET on MuchMusic.
MuchMusic has announced a long list of celebrity presenters for this year’s Video Awards.
The award-announcers include 90210′s Tori Spelling, Tricia Helfer of Battlestar Galactica “fame” (and more recently, the host of Canada’s Next Top Model), and Paris Hilton.
The world of music is also well represented in the list of presenters, as Evanescence, Theory of a Deadman, and The Trews will dole out awards.
The ceremonies will take place on June 18th at MuchMusic’s Queen and John headquarters in downtown Toronto.
Here’s a full list of presenters:
Paris Hilton, Tori Spelling, Sam Roberts, Evanescence, Amanda Bynes, Elisha Cuthbert, Mobile, Kardinal Offishall, Tricia Helfer, Shawn Ashmore, Jesse Metcalfe, Theory of a Deadman, Massari, Jay Manuel, The Trews, and T.I.
Punk-rockers Fall Out Boy, pop’s sad boy Nick Lachey and R&B songstress Rihanna are among the artists who will perform at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards, the station announced today.
Also set to perform are Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland, Hedley, Simple Plan, City And Colour and Metric.
The MMVAs will be handed out on June 18.
The list of nominees for 2006′s MuchMusic Video Awards was announced Wednesday, with Billy Talent, Kardinal Offishall and Massari leading the pack.
Billy Talent’s video for “Devil in a Midnight Mass” received nominations in five categories, including best video. Kardinal Offishall’s track “Everyday (Rudebwoy)” also received a best video nod, along with four other nominations.
Of this year’s 16 award categories, four will be decided by voters on MuchMusic’s web site: favourite Canadian artist, favourite Canadian group, favourite international artist and favourite international group
The 17th installment of the annual awards show will take over MuchMusic headquarters at Queen and John in Toronto on June 18.
