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.
The music business can be a rough place, even if you were on ‘American Idol.’ Former contestant Kimberly Locke, who finished 3rd in 2002, has unfortunately had a rough time in the music business, after her stint on ‘Idol.’
Locke performed in a 2008 “American Stars in Concert” tour — featuring several AI alums, but never was paid by promoter Scott Stander, even after he was issued a court order.
Locke tells AI Now, “I worked very hard on that tour, and I was disappointed that Stander failed to pay me. This was not only unprofessional, but very insulting and completely unacceptable.”
So unless you are Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson, ‘Idol’ isn’t necessarily the path to riches.
Justin Timberlake is one of those celebrities that just can’t sit still.
Whether it be singing, acting, making tequila or designing a clothing line, the man simply can’t stick to one enterprise. It should probably come as no surprise then, that the singer (I will always refer to him as a singer) sponsored a car that won the Indy 500 in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday.
“What a Memorial Day weekend!” the singer tweeted. “The William Rast car just won the Indy 500!”
The winning car was driven by racing pro Dan Wheldon, who beat out 32 other drivers to win the Borg-Warner Trophy.
William Rast refers to the 30-year-old singer’s clothing line, which he founded in 2006 with best friend Trace Ayala. The line, which was named after a combination of the both Timberlake and Ayala’s grandfather’s names, sells premium denim as well as jackets and tops.
Even though JT is good at a lot of things, every time I hear about a new enterprise I can’t help but to think back to the 2007 MTV Music Video Awards, when he snubbed the cast of The Hills while accepting an award.
“Play more damn music videos,” said Timberlake, with presenters Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port standing just behind him. “We don’t want to see the Simpsons on reality television. Play more videos!”
Well, Justin – make more damn music. We don’t want to drink your tequila or buy your expensive jeans. Make more music!
Were you disappointed not to see Lee DeWyze included in the ‘American Idol’ finale? Well there are mixed stories on why that occurred.
Tradition for the show generally includes the last year’s winner presenting the winner’s trophy to this year’s winner. However that did not occur. You could only see DeWyze tucked away behind Ryan Seacrest’s shoulder.
Nigel Lythgoe took to Twitter to make clear that he had, in fact, asked DeWyze to join in the fun. “I was so upset Lee DeWyze wouldn’t present the winner’s trophy to Scotty,” he wrote. “Especially as he’d been on the show this season. I guess he was shy.”
DeWzye quickly shot back via Twitter.
“Hey everyone, first off I want to say congrats to Scotty & Lauren, awesome job,” Lee began. “Well done, Scotty! Secondly, just for the record… I was not asked to be involved in the finale. It wasn’t until about 2 minutes before they announced that Nigel had approached me and asked if he could ‘borrow’ me for a second.
“I didn’t feel a last second jump onstage was appropriate,” he continued. “It was Scotty’s moment. I appreciate ‘American Idol,’ and the opportunity it has given me. And the people who have made that show possible. I am not angry, or bitter etc. It was an amazing finale, and I would have loved to be a part of it. I just wasn’t asked.”
DeWyze concluded his tweet, “Good luck to all the contestants and stay true to yourself. Thanks everyone for your support, tour coming up… Good times 
I’ll talk to you all soon. Love ya!”
17 year old ‘American Idol’ winner Scotty McCreery has released his single on iTunes.
The Season 10 winner of the hit singing show has released his single “I Love You This Big” along with his Season 10 compilation album, which features full-length versions of 13 tracks that he performed while competing on the show.
Runner-up Lauren Alaina’s new single “Like My Mother Does” is also available for download, on its own or part of her compilation album as well.
That was quick – but I guess people want them while they’re hot! Download the singles and let us know what you think of them. Will they be hits, or duds?
Scotty McCreery is ultimate winner of ‘American Idol’ after Wednesday night’s finale.
After the public votes were counted, the country singer beat out competitor Lauren Alaina, despite an emotional performance that she dedicated to her mother.
20 million viewers tuned in to watch the country teen singers duke it out. Now in its 10th year, ‘American Idol’ has been a ratings boost for Fox and the nation’s most-watched TV show for the last seven years.
The winner was announced in a two-hour broadcast which featured performances by Lady Gaga, U2, Judas Priest, Tony Bennett and country superstar Tim McGraw, among others. New ‘Idol’ judges Jennifer Lopez and ‘Aerosmith’ frontman Steven Tyler also took the stage in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
McCreery, 17, was predicted the winner by a clear margin by DialIdol.com, which measures the busy signals on telephones used to cast votes and text messages.
I see a bright future for both stars. McCreery is so different from any past winners, so I’m glad he won. The runner-ups always go on to do huge things too, so I don’t think Alaina should be too disappointed in herself. They both deserved to be there and did a great job.
U2 is set to perform on the ‘American Idol’ season 10 finale this Wednesday, reports Billboard.
While backstage at the Billboard Music Awards, the band’s longtime manager, Paul McGuinness, revealed that the group would be rehearsing for the ‘Idol’ finale on Monday before performing on the show two days later.
In between the rehearsal and performance, U2 will perform at Salt Lake City’s Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday. Talk about a busy schedule!
The four members of U2 also took the stage yesterday at the Billboard Music Awards to accept the Top Touring Artist Award for its record-breaking 360° tour. U2 guitarist the Edge admitted that it was an honor receiving the award.
“It’s always a thrill to win an award, but something about this really connected when I realized that more people had come to this tour any previous tour. Seven million people — I still can’t quite get my head around that figure. It’s so astonishing, and just feels really good.”
U2′s ‘Idol’ performance will be part of the episode that reveals whether Scotty McCreery or Lauren Alaina is the season 10 champ. It’s going to be an exciting episode, so be sure to tune in to see which country star will win the title.
Country singer John Rich went all the way to winning ‘The Celebrity Apprentice,’ reports Billboard. Rich won $250,000 for charity.
Rich was up against actress Marlee Matlin on Sunday’s finale of the NBC reality show, but proved victorious.
Host Donald Trump said it was his toughest ‘Apprentice’ ruling yet. ”I’ve never had to go through something like this… You’ve both been amazing,” Trump told the pair before announcing his choice on the live portion of the program.
This season began in March with 16 contestants, each competing in business-oriented tasks around Manhattan to raise money for and publicize their favorite causes. The final challenge had called for competing promotional campaigns for a brand of soda.
Rich of the duo ‘Big & Rich’ won a $250,000 check for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Matlin had been playing for the Starkey Hearing Foundation.
‘Celebrity Apprentice’ will be back yet again next season. I personally wanted Star Jones to win this season – her ruthlessness was both admirable and entertaining.
“Well, the time has come!” announced actress Barbra Streisand as she pulled the winner’s name out of the small white envelope.
Last night at the Oscars, history was made as Kathryn Bigelow became the first female director to win an Academy Award for directing The Hurt Locker.
Bigelow beat out Canadian ex-husband James Cameron, director of Avatar, to win both Best Director and Best Picture. In addition, her nomination last night was the very first time she was recognized by the academy.
“Jersey Boys,” the musical about Franki Valli and The Four Seasons, topped the 60th annual Tony Awards last night to win Best Musical, Reuters reports.
Winner of the best play went to “The History Boys.” The play set a record for the most awards won by a dramatic play. It also won for leading actor for Richard Griffiths, set for Bob Crowley, lighting for Mark Henderson, director for Nicholas Hytner and featured actress for Frances de la Tour.
Despite not winning best musical the Canadian production, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” did not walk away empty handed. It won awards for best set, costumes and best featured actress for Beth Leavel.
Besides winning best musical, “Jersey Boys” also won for best performance by a leading actor in a musical for John Lloyd Young, Christian Hoff won for best supporting actor in a musical and Howell Binkley took home the award for best lighting.
Other award winners include:
- Kathleen Marshall for choreography for the musical “The Pajama Game,” which also won as best revival of a musical.
- John Doyle won for his direction of “Sweeney Todd,” Sarah Travis for her orchestrations of the musical.
- Best leading actress in a musical went to LaChanze for “The Color Purple”
- Cynthia Nixon won best leading actress in a play for “Rabbit Hole”
- Ian McDiarmid won best featured actor in a play for “Faith Heale”
- Lincoln Centre Theatre won for their production of “Awake and Sing!” which was also named best revival of a play and best costume design for a play.
