Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladehawke’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.
Just in time for Halloween, a company called E-Poll conducted a survey to find out who gives America the creeps. The poll surveyed 1100 Americans and asked them to rate celebrities based on 100 different possible attributes. The following list indicates what percentage of the sample group checked off “creepy” for each celebrity.
1. Marilyn Manson..69%
2. Casey Anthony…57%
3. O.J. Simpson….56%
4. Spencer Prat….49%
5. Nadya Suleman…41%
6. Charlie Sheen…34%
7. Eliot Spitzer…34%
8. Woody Allen…..31%
9. Tim Burton……31%
10. Jesse James…..30%
Topping the list of creepy celebrities is a man who allegedly had a rib surgically removed in order to perform oral sex on himself (Marilyn Manson). Also on the list are two of America’s most famous accused murderers (Casey Anthony, O.J. Simpson) and a warlock from planet Awesome (Charlie Sheen). For the most part, the list is fairly predictable. The only real surprise is a neurotic film -maker who fell in love with his adopted daughter (Woody Allen). Perhaps that’s not as surprising as one may think.
Surprisingly, none of the cast members from Jersey Shore made the list. (Personally I thought The Situation was a shoe-in for the top spot.) None of the Guidos or Guidettes even broke the the top ten but somehow Eliot Spitzer has a strong hold on seventh spot.
In addition, the same survey also determined which celebrities have the most marketing potential. Of the top ten listed above, Spencer Pratt from The Hills and ‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman proved to have the least marketing potential, demonstrating that America will gladly watch these idiots but probably wouldn’t purchase a product they endorse.
These statistics are pretty reassuring. Americans show they haven’t lost the ability to think rationally and I agree with them. I would never purchase anything from a psychopath with a frozen sperm fetish. Nor would I buy anything from a delusional moron still caught in a shame spiral after he and his Franken-Bride were last seen on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
Well done, America.
Fizzled out pop icons of the 80′s better watch their back! Rihanna’s in it to win it. The 23-year-old singer has now beaten Madonna as the fastest solo artist to reach 20 Top-10 hits.
Rihanna’s newest single, “Talk That Talk” with Calvin Harris currently sits at #9 in its second week on the charts, giving her a total of 20 songs on the Top-10 charts in just six years and four months.
For the Queen of Pop herself, well it took her a little bit longer. Slow and steady didn’t win the race, it seems. Madge was beaten by just five months.
It appears Rihanna’s popping hit after hit since Pon De Replay. while Madonna’s giving us flop after flop. I mean, remember her urban pop album Hard Candy? Yeah, we don’t either.
At last, there is one thing that Oprah is not dominating! It seems as though Shakira bumped Oprah off the Twitter top 10 list this week.
Here’s the list:
Lady Gaga (10,307,549 followers)
Justin Bieber (9,849,628)
Barack Obama (8,169,294)
Britney Spears (7,940,896)
Kim Kardashian (7,578,928)
Katy Perry (7,451,618)
Ashton Kutcher (6,803,738)
Ellen DeGeneres (6,712,058)
Taylor Swift (6,475,026)
Shakira (6,156,469)
Oprah Winfrey came in at 11th with 5,856,790 followers.
You’d think with all the attention surrounding her final shows that Oprah would climb in followers. Maybe her demographic isn’t vested in the twitter world, though. Most of her fans are older woman, so I’ll give her some slack. Well, congrads to Shakira for beating out Oprah – doesn’t happen very often.
WEDENSDAY PERFORMANCE SHOW
In three weeks, Canada’s favourite dancer will be crowned. But if you want to see your favourite dancer rise to the top, you need to do one thing:
Vote.
Your Top 10 need you to call in or text five million times so that one of them, the one you want to see triumph over the others, can win.
Think of this as your civil duty. Be heard.
But back to the show.
Host Leah Miller introduced permanent judges Tré Armstrong and Jean Marc Genereux while special guest judges Blake McGrath and Luther Brown joined the panel.
As of this week–to mix things up–the format has changed. Not only have dancers changed partners, but all will also perform both duets and solos from now on. Instead of voting for your favourite couple, you will now need to call in to keep individual dancers from elimination. Gone are the days where there was a bottom three. Dancers with the lowest number of votes get automatically voted off.
So like I said before. Go vote.
Up first were Natalli Reznik and Izaak Smith. The two got grooving to boxing-inspired hip-hop choreography. While judges were impressed with Natalli, they expected more from Izaak.
“Izaak you did a good job. But this is Top 10, you don’t need to be good, you need to be great,” said Luther.
Performing the oh-so-sexy Mambo routine were Kaitlyn Fitzgerald and Danny Arbour. The two lit the stage on fire and the judges felt the heat.
“Danny brought the mambo, Kaitlyn brought the Tabasco,” joked Jean Marc.
Even to this day, I still don’t fully understand his jokes.
Allie Bertram and Nico Archambault were ready to perform the waltz. While Arassay and Nico had unbreakable chemistry with their partnership, Allie and Nico were no different.
“You’re the perfect partner,” Luther said to Nico. “It was effortless.”
However, Blake was sad to see Nico split from Arassay. I concur. The two were a match-made in SYTYCD heaven.
“But what better new girlfriend than Allie!” Blake added. “It looked easy and effortless.”
Meh. Still like Nicassay better. Ooh, you like that portmanteau don’t you? Catchy. Move over Brangelina, TomKat and yeah you too Jenniyer
Up next were Arassay Reyes and Vincent Noiseux. The two were ready to strut their stuff through disco. With their fast and sharp movements, the two won the judges approval.
“You two are showing Canada what it takes to be in the Top 10,” Blake said. “You’re so seasoned professionally — like jerk chicken and spicy sauce. You’re saucy and I love it,” he said.”
Lisa Auguste and Mile Faber were ready to set the mood with contemporary. The sensual and emotional performance really moved the audience and judges. Well, some of them.
“I think you’re a great dancer,” Luther told Lisa. “There’s so much more to you. Show them everything.”
However, Blake thought otherwise.
“It fell a little flat for me,” he said. “Lisa, you’re so gifted,” but wanted her to push herself further. “I wanted to see more technique,” he said to Miles.
That’s all for the performance show ladies and gents. But who moves on and who goes? Find out…below!
THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTS SHOW
The results show started off with the entire cast dancing to Mia Michael’s choreography – a well-known judge on the American version of SYTYCD.
Let’s get it out there. Michael’s is the goddess of contemporary. Her routines are not only breathtaking but they take to you to a whole new world. I actually feel emotion when I watch her work – and, coming from me, that says a lot.
Which ladies and which boys were the bottom four? Natalli Reznik and Kaitlyn Fitzgerald well as Miles Faber and Danny Arbour faced elimination.
After all four performed solos that would not change the results, Natalli and Danny said their goodbyes.
Stay tuned next week to watch your Top 8!
It’s Top 10 night on Canadian Idol and the Idols are singing hits by David Bowie.
Ben opens the show and we hear from the judges. “I think there’s no sense in crying over spilled contestants. It is what it is. You have to put on some make up and do some David Bowie,” says Zack. “Canada made some really astute choices. We got some really dynamic performances ahead of us,” says Farley.
With a brand new set jam packed with huge screens and more lights than ever, Drew Wright kicks off the show. This week, the pre-performance clips are the Idols visiting their hometowns. From Collingwood, ON, Wright sings “Five Years” while playing the drums. “You looked amazing on T.V. Aside from that, when you went into the higher register, you really killed it,” says Sass. “It was a creative thing to do, you took it to another level. You’re not very animated when you perform and sitting down on the job so-to-speak didn’t really help that,” says Farley.
Arriving on the stage riding a white motorcycle, Adam Castelli, from Hamilton, ON, performs “Rebel Rebel.” “I spent half that song being nervous that thing was going to fall on your toe. That is the perfect song out of Bowie for you to sing,” says Sass. “I feel like I’m on ‘What Will They Think of Next?” says Farley. “Certainly the best thing you’ve done on the show so far,” says Zack. “I thought that was the perfect song. That’s who you are. That was everything we hoped from you and next time, when you ride a bike, wear a helmet,” says Jake.
Up next is Mark Day, from Portugal Cove, Nfld, with “Dancing In The Streets.” He finishes the performance with a kiss to the crowd and an awkward wiggle. “You certainly shook your cod cheeks there, boy. That was campy, vampy and right up my alley,” says Zack. “I thought you sang it pretty decent. I found it really hard to watch. It wasn’t one of David Bowie’s finest moments,” says Jake. Ben further asks Jake why it was hard to watch. “I don’t think the guy’s much of a dancer. I think the whole thing comes off as really camp. It ends up making a mockery of it,” says Jake.
With “The Man Who Sold The World” is Mookie Morris from Toronto, ON. “You chose a really fantastic song but not much of a vocal range to it,” says Zack. “I didn’t think the vocal was that good. I thought off the top it was a little harsh. I just don’t think it was a great song for you,” says Jake. “Just looking at you is enough,” says Sass. “This was a little more mellow for you. The vocal wasn’t pitch perfect but it showed a different side of you and I think that’s a good thing,” says Farley.
Amberly Thiessen, from Seven Persons, AB, sings “Space Oddity.” “You chose to do Natalie Merchant’s version of that song and I think it’s an okay version but it just doesn’t have the intensity to what that song is all about,” says Jake. “I think you did it the way you would do it. I find it relatively uninspiring for me,” says Sass. “If you had sang it with more intensity, it would’ve made up for what was lacking in energy,” says Farley. “I radically disagree with them. I think your voice sounded great, you look like a million bucks. You totally sold it as an Amberly thing and I bought it,” says Zack.
Sebastien Pigott, from Toronto, ON, sings “Let’s Spend The Night Together.” “That’s what we call a clam fest. A bit of a mess up. You still have the amazing intensity that you always have,” says Sass. “You did mess up the song, but you don’t get off track with your intensity and purpose,” says Farley. “You pooched the first three chords on guitar and then you pooped the bed with the vocal there on out. You can fool people some of the time but you can’t fool me, that was awful,” says Zack.
With “Rock & Roll Suicide” is Lloydminster, AB’s Earl Stevenson. “I’m thinking I’m really glad that you’re having me on your show,” says Farley. “It was mad cool. I’m totally down with it,” says Zack. “At times, I thought I was watching Tom Waits do David Bowie. It was really fun to watch and you sang it the way Earl would sing it,” says Jake. “You’re riveting to watch,” says Sass.
The sole Quebecer in the competition, Katherine St-Laurent sings “Cat People (Putting Out Fire).” “I couldn’t hear every note perfectly because the band was super loud but the things that you did and the stuff you really killed, you could make a huge rock record,” says Zack. “I did hear the notes off the top and they were perfect. You sang so well and in my mind, from vocals alone, best performance of the night,” says Jake. “You have just amazing stage presence and you remind me of a young Deborah Harry but you sing even better,” says Sass.
Theo Tams, from Lethbridge, AB, sings “Silly Boy Blue” while playing the piano. “I thought I knew every David Bowie song but I didn’t know that song. Thank you for introducing me to it. After watching the 8 performances, outside of a couple, you’re in a completely different league than everybody else,” says Jake. “It’s very hard to talk to you without gushing,” says Sass. “Without question, the most well-rounded contestant we’ve had on this show,” says Farley. “I thought the singing was good, if predictable. While it’s really strong and solid, it’s not very exciting to me,” says Zack.
Singing last is Mitch MacDonald, from Port Hood, NS. He sings “Moon Age Daydream.” “I love the version but I sure love you,” says Sass. “I thought you pushed really hard and that was really good. It wasn’t pitch perfect but overall, you have a nice presence,” says Farley. “You did something slightly obscure but by doing that, it felt like a Mitch song and just by that perspective, you’re the most improved player,” says Zack. “Perfect song for your range. I didn’t think you could rock like that but it was a really strong performance,” says Jake.
The first cut from the top 10 will go down tomorrow night at 8:00 P.M. EST on CTV.
