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.
Quirky pop singer Regina Spektor has covered Radiohead’s “No Surprises” off of their hit OK Computer with all proceeds going to relief efforts in Haiti and Chile, reports Stereogum.
Her haunting take on the song is definitely worth a listen, which you can do here.
Spektor blogged, “i LOVE [Radiohead], and thank them for donating their proceeds too!!! they are the best!”
The song can be bought on iTunes. All proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders, who will then distribute the money to various aid projects for the earthquake victims in Chile and Haiti. On March 23, Spektor played at New York City’s Irving Plaza for a special Doctors Without Borders benefit concert.
It’s been a long time since I’ve purchased a brand new album on a whim. As a student, I have little disposable income so you had better believe I expect purchases such as this to pay off.
Well, my friends, I may have hit the proverbial jackpot. In the last two weeks or so, I’ve been carelessly shelling out my rent money for records, yet the return turned out to mean more to me than a roof over my head.
My purchases?
Regina Spektor’s Far. Manchester Orchestra’s Everything to Nothing. Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest.
It wasn’t planned in advance, I didn’t wait in line outside the doors of HMV the day Grizzly Bear’s third album was released, and I actually didn’t even know Regina had been in the studio. As for Manchester Orchestra, it was more peer pressure that led me to buy it. Peer pressure and a steal of a deal at Sonic Boom.
The moral of the story, though, is the pleasant surprise that quickly followed the first few listens of each.
Piano songstress Regina Spektor is set to release her third major-label album, “Far,” early this summer.
The 13-track album, the follow-up to 2006′s “Begin To Hope,” will hit store shelves on June 23 via Sire Records. The first single will be a track called “Laughing With.”
Spektor sought the talents of four different producers for the new album: Jeff Lynne (ELO, The Traveling Wilburys), Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem), David Kahne (Paul McCartney, The Strokes) and Garret “Jacknife” Lee (Weezer, REM). In a recent interview with Pitchfork, the singer/songwriter/pianist was asked if she was worried about creating a cohesive sound with such varied producers.
Regina Spektor used to reply when people left comments on her MySpace page. Now, with a busy touring schedule, she barely has time to write e-mails to her good friends. She doesn’t even have time to approve her ongoing friend requests. “Now my dad checks them in. He’s on there up to three hours a day,” Spektor said during a recent stop in Toronto.
She now has over 118,000 MySpace friends. To put things in perspective, Alanis Morissette has about 58,000 and Jay-Z has less than 15,000. “To see such a response is encouraging. It makes musicians happy to know their music is being listened to,” she said. And people are definitely listening.
Spektor’s most recent album, “Begin to Hope,” released in June, is still gaining a lot of attention. Her music has recently appeared on the hit shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “CSI,” her music videos are in rotation on MTV, and VH1 labelled her an “artist on the rise.”
Because of the recent attention, you may have just heard of her. But don’t think for a second that she’s an overnight success.
Spektor’s music career started in the Bronx, New York, after moving from Russia when she was nine. She spent years self-promoting and playing small venues in what some have called the “anti-folk” scene of New York City.
“I used to just give out burned CDs to whoever was at the bar that night, and they would give it to their friends,” she said in her quiet, innocent voice.
Although she’s signed to a large label now (Sire), she is a musician who resists conforming under industry pressure. Before leaving her days of playing coffee houses and being her own manager, she stepped lightly into the music industry. “It feels good to work hard for a long time and have it slowly come together… not being pimped out or manufactured,” she said.
Spektor brags about having a great lawyer in her corner when it came time to signing the big record deal. “My lawyer is one of a small group of lawyers that really cares for the artist,” she said, explaining how she “tortured” the label executives before signing anything. “I kept saying, ‘I’m an artist! I’m an artist!’” she said, painting a portrait of her views on artistic control. “If you’re doing it [making music] for the money, you might as well open a store. You shouldn’t bother with art. You don’t fuck around with that stuff, it’s sacred,” she said in a miniature outburst, before ending her rant with a gentle giggle, something she tends to do when speaking about her music.
Her particular brand of art — at times comparable to Feist and Joni Mitchell — is based around her soft voice and piano playing. On this album, she experiments with genre and with degrees of instrumentation. One of the most effective tracks on the album is “Samson,” a track with little more than Spektor’s piano and her voice. Other tracks use drums and other instruments for depth and variety.
“Every song on this album has been my favourite at some time,” she said, comparing the difficult task to choosing one’s favourite child. She likes them all, which comes out in her live performances. A show back in New York reportedly went on for more than three hours.
For the next few months, her life is on the road, finishing up her North American tour.
You can hear some of Regina Spektor’s music, watch music videos or become her friend at myspace.com/reginaspektor
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