AHHH!!! So freaking cute!!!!
Nick Cannon has endured a helluva year, so we're SUPER happy he got to marry his boo all over again!
We know how much he LOVES her!! And it's just so fun to watch too, LOL!!
As we've discussed before, Nick and Mariah Carey renew their vows every anniversary, but this one was extra special because
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After four years of on-and-off romance, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are finally making it official. But since getting engaged, the couple have been butting heads over the details of their big day.
OK! NEWS: JESSICA BIEL REVEALS ENGAGEMENT RING FROM JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
And there's one demand jealous Jessica just won't drop: No invite for Cameron Diaz.
"Jess considers Cam her love rival," a pal of the couple tells Star. "It burns her up that Justin has stayed friends with Cam after breaking up. When they were going over the invite list, Jess crossed Cam off and told Justin, 'That woman's not coming to my wedding!'"
And Cameron — who split from JT in late 2006 — isn't the only persona non grata at the nuptials. "Jess warned Justin to not even think about inviting another ex, Britney Spears. And she's even limiting Justin's party friends."
OK! NEWS: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND JESSICA BIEL: HEADED FOR HEARTBREAK
Now Jessica's bridezilla behavior has Justin worried about life after the "I do's" He's putting on a brave face, but he feels like he's marching to the gallows," says the insider.
"Justin bitches about Jess behind her back all the time. If the wedding planning is any gauge, their future together hardly looks bright."
FOR MORE ON JUSTIN AND JESSICA, PICK UP THE NEW ISSUE OF STAR, ON SALE NOW!
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A comedian once said, “if you haven’t struck oil in the first three minutes — stop boring.”
Worry not, folks, Dallas strikes it rich in the first few seconds of the new extended trailer (above.)
This re-boot looks JUICY.
We love watching dysfunctional family drama!!
Especially when said family members are rich and hot like Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, and Charlene Tilton.
The original Dallas is one of the most celebrated primetime dramas ever so Dallas2K12 is obviously under pressure to perform.
Thankfully, this one has HIT all over it.
Will U guys hitch your ponies to this one??
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Did things get a little too up close and personal for you in 2007's "Knocked Up?" Well, you might want to steer clear of the first trailer for Judd Apatow's "sort of sequel" to his accidental pregnancy opus.
In "This Is 40," Paul Rudd expects wife Leslie Mann to inspect his private parts, explaining, "I saw you have babies. Payback time."
Indeed it is. In the comedy, Rudd and Mann reprise their roles as Pete and Debbie, who are now hitting the dreaded 4-0 and determined to revamp their lives. Glimpsed in the trailer: "Bridesmaids" star Melissa McCarthy as a school mom whom Rudd gets into a shoving match with, and Jason Segel as a personal trainer telling Mann he's "turned her body into a boner machine."
Apatow, who, apparently, has an affinity for gynecological exams, throws in a scene in which Mann lies about her age. Unfortunately, her doctor tells her he can determine how old she is by her... (shudder) rings. Well, you can watch the trailer for yourself.
We await further installments to see how Megan Fox, John Lithgow and Albert Brooks fit into the mix.
"This is 40" opens Dec. 21 and is, not surprisingly, rated R.
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Did things get a little too up close and personal for you in 2007's "Knocked Up?" Well, you might want to steer clear of the first trailer for Judd Apatow's "sort of sequel" to his accidental pregnancy opus.
In "This Is 40," Paul Rudd expects wife Leslie Mann to inspect his private parts, explaining, "I saw you have babies. Payback time."
Indeed it is. In the comedy, Rudd and Mann reprise their roles as Pete and Debbie, who are now hitting the dreaded 4-0 and determined to revamp their lives. Glimpsed in the trailer: "Bridesmaids" star Melissa McCarthy as a school mom whom Rudd gets into a shoving match with, and Jason Segel as a personal trainer telling Mann he's "turned her body into a boner machine."
Apatow, who, apparently, has an affinity for gynecological exams, throws in a scene in which Mann lies about her age. Unfortunately, her doctor tells her he can determine how old she is by her... (shudder) rings. Well, you can watch the trailer for yourself.
We await further installments to see how Megan Fox, John Lithgow and Albert Brooks fit into the mix.
"This is 40" opens Dec. 21 and is, not surprisingly, rated R.
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The rebound is officially underway for Katy Perry, who was all about the PDA with her new man at Coachella. The guy is Robert Ackroyd, the guitar player for Florence and The Machine. The two were spotted together at the music festival last weekend holding hands. The new couple also kissed and cuddled, when Perry’s close friend Rihanna performed with Calvin Harris during a set for Coachella’s first weekend. Guess she’s finally ready to move on from her soon-to-be ex-husband Russell Brand, who filed for divorce back in December.
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Always sticking close by one another, sisters Kim and Khloe Kardashian were spotted leaving their posh New York City hotel alongside Lamar Odom this afternoon (April 27).
The E! reality ladies looked to be taking some fashion from the court as basketball wife Khloe donned a backward cap and a leathered-out Kim sported a pair of Michael Jordan sneakers for the outing.
Meanwhile, Kim is once again the center of an internet rumor, after a picture of a woman making eggs in the buff began circling the Web with her name attached to it.
And while she has been the subject leaked private moments in the past, Kardashian denies that the brunette girl in the graphic snapshot is her this time around.
Enjoy the pictures of Kim and Khloe Kardashian leaving their NYC hotel with Lamar Odom (April 27).
Testone wants Queen guitarist for her album: 'He's like, 'Call me up. Let's do it.' '
By Kelly Marino
Elise Testone
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Elise Testone might have wanted it all, but in Thursday night's "American Idol" elimination round, she was cut from the running after taking on this week's challenge of singing a Queen anthem as well as a song choice of her own.
With the finale less than a month away, it has been embedded in the contestants' heads that it's do or die when it comes to picking the right songs at this stage in the game. And while Testone's rendition of Queen's "I Want It All" on Wednesday night seemed to finally land her right back in her element, it was her personal pick of the less-familiar "Bold as Love" by Jimi Hendrix that might have caused her fall. Regardless, she stands by her decision wholeheartedly.
"I really don't have any regrets about that," the 28-year-old explained. "I feel like I sung it the best, maybe one of the bests I've ever sung it, because I sung it a lot of times with my band, and people are always requesting it, and I feel like it's a popular song. John Mayer just re-released it, and he is of our generation, so it's one of the most epic songs ever written.
"There is definitely a lot of give and take in the music environment," she added. "You have to please people, but you also need to be yourself. So it's always about finding a balance, and as we got closer to the show, I really just wanted to be myself and sing from my heart because if I try to please people then it might come across a little bit — I want to say fake, but not completely fake, but just you wouldn't feel that conviction as much if I did that all the time. So, yesterday, I just chose songs that I love, and I did the best I could. So, I feel successful in those performances and with whatever is going to happen now."
The South Carolina native has had a history — or should we say "a vacation home" — in the bottom three for weeks now, with Jimmy Iovine even declaring she was the underdog of the competition. Elise admitted she didn't take the comment too lightly at first, but she eventually learned to accept the criticism as part of the learning process.
"At first, it was kind of hard to hear those things just because I have worked so hard, I have a degree in music, and I've been in like six different bands," the rocker confessed. "I've done so much with music, so sometimes it was hard for me to take that criticism, but finally I realized that's why I'm here. I signed up for this, and I can take the criticism. Move on."
And moving on she is. Now that the show must go on without her, Elise is already thinking about recording her debut album. So has she had any communication with Stevie Nicks since the legendary vocalist claimed she would hire Testone in an instant if she ever needed a singer?
"No, no, but hopefully there will be," Testone said with a smile. "Brian May, I talked to him a lot off-camera from Queen. Super cool. I mentioned two or three times I would love for him to play on my album, and he's like, 'Call me up. Let's do it.' So, I'm definitely going to get that phone number."
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Apparently, not everyone enjoyed President Barack Obama's appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night — especially not Jon Stewart.
OK! NEWS: PRESIDENT OBAMA JAMS ABOUT STUDENT LOANS WITH JIMMY FALLON
In a special episode filmed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the president joined Jimmy Fallon for some political-themed humor (main topic: student loans, sure to be a hot-button issue with the college audience). The segment got big laughs from the crowd, but last night on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, the host argued that the whole thing was rather... unpresidential.
OK! NEWS: PRESIDENT OBAMA STILL THINKS KANYE WEST IS A JACKASS, PREFERS JAY-Z
"Someody's got to be the adult around here," he said. "Mr. President, you're the president — you don't have to do this s*** anymore."
We see Jon's point, although we must admit that the segment was amusing. Do you think the president's appearance made him seem more down-to-earth, or was this is a misstep? Watch Jon explain his opinion (on Obama's appearance and the presidential race) here.
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'It's gonna have a lot of aunts and uncles,' JWoww tells MTV News of Snooki's bun in the oven.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Snooki is preparing for motherhood. And that process will all be captured on television through her forthcoming reality show with "Jersey Shore" bestie JWoww. When Seaside's favorite meatball found out she was going to be a mom, it added a whole new set of ups and downs for the ladies to navigate on the show.
"When we film, it's all about reality and what's going on in our life," she told MTV News at the MTV Upfront in New York City on Thursday while premiering the "Snooki & JWOWW" trailer. "So it's not like we're going in there and staging things. It's what's really going on in our life. It just so happens that I got pregnant while [we were filming].
"I mean, obviously, it wasn't planned, so it was a surprise," she added. "But you'll see on the spin-off, my first trimester, me telling all my friends and just everything that's going on with the first trimester."
Snooki even said she's got a few boy and girl names picked out already. Even though she wouldn't get into name specifics, she did say that she would hardly be going about motherhood alone. She's got not only her pals, but also her fiancé, Jionni LaValle, to support her. And, it seems that everyone is dedicated to making it work.
"I was very excited [when we found out]. I don't know if I was more excited for what's to come or the fact that we finally moved in together," JWoww said. "But it's not a dull moment. All of us, all eight of us [are going to help out]. It's gonna have a lot of aunts and uncles."
Their pal Pauly D, who has been supportive of Snooki's growing family from the beginning, agreed that he wants to be there for the baby. He added, "We will take care of this baby with her."
What names do you suggest for Snooki's little one? Leave your pick in the comments!
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We've all had that red-faced moment when our mothers joke about our love lives in public.
Rihanna suffered the same fate last night when her own, Monica Braithwaite, chose the Time 100 Gala - an esteemed event honouring the 100 most influential people in the world - to discuss her daughter's headline-making alleged fling with Ashton Kutcher.
A cringing Rihanna told fans of her embarrassment by tweeting about the goings-on at the party: 'Well....2nt consisted of us singing Bob Marley, drinkin Vintage Scotch, and my mom thinkin a joke abt Kutcher was appropriate! #Thxtime100' (sic).
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Tied up in a bow: Rihanna arrives back at her hotel following the Time 100 Gala in New York
Red faced: Rihanna tweeted about her mother's joke afterwards
'Did you hear the one about Ashton Kutcher and my daughter?' Rihanna and her mother Monica at the gala
Her daughter being named as in company with some of the world's finest, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and the Duchess of Cambridge, didn't stop Monica from poking fun at her bedroom business.
Her mother's faux pas didn't annoy her famous offspring for too long, and the singer tweeted a picture of the pair together in a cosy snap in the back of their car.
Rihanna, 23, performed at the event, held at the Lincoln Center in New York.
All is forgiven: Rihanna didn't stay annoyed for too long, and tweeted a cosy picture of the pair
Star power: The signer performed on stage inside the event at the Lincoln Center
She had earlier walked the red carpet wearing a very girly pink Vivienne Westwood gown.
Rihanna's dating life has been the source of much speculation of late, following her appearance at Kutcher's home one night in March.
The rumour mill went into overdrive after the singer was spotted arriving at the actor's LA house at midnight, staying until 4am.
Pretty in pink: Rihanna wore a very girly gown to the gala
However in more recent weeks Rihanna denied a romance, insisting that she is single.
She then tweeted that she was about to go on her 'first date in two years,' which turned out to be with her best friend Melissa Forde.
Likewise, Ashton has been linked to his old friend Mila Kunis, after the pair were spotted on a number of alleged dates in the past month.
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We might not get to actually watch Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer's anticipated Disney flick The Lone Ranger until next May, but at least now when we try to imagine it, we have some idea as to what the background music might be like.
The Walt Disney Studios announced today at CinemaCon that Jack White, the White Stripes and Raconteurs musician, will write, produce and perform the score for the film.
MORE: First Look: Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger will be the first feature film-scoring project for White, but he had a small role in Cold Mountain, where he sang several tradition songs, including "Wayfaring Stranger." He also cowrote and performed the song "Another Way to Die" with Alicia Keys for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.
So what can we expect?
"We're going to have a little rock ‘n' roll score, and I can't wait to hear his rendition of the 'William Tell Overture,'" Jerry Bruckheimer said at CinemaCon.
Bruckheimer also revealed some more tidbits about the movie. "We have the classic elements, the big white hat for The Lone Ranger, though he's not wearing his blue suit. But he has his black mask, and he has silver bullets, and of course he has his horse Silver. Everything else is slightly different."
Are you excited to see what White does with the music? Let us know in the comments!
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Comic actor Kevin Farley -- younger brother of the late Chris Farley -- has been accused by his ex-GF of making death threats over the phone ... but Kevin is adamant she's lying through her teeth.
Farley's ex, Fayrene Byrd-Doig, filed a request for a restraining order in L.A. County Superior Court ... claiming Kevin called her up on March 23, 2012 and said, "he was going to f**king kill [me]."
In the docs, Fayrene also claims Kevin called back on March 29 ... saying, "he was going to 'bury me' and that he was going to make sure that I never saw my kids again."
Fayrene never explains why she believes Kevin made the alleged threats ... but suggests the 2Gether star is a loose cannon with anger management issues.
But Kevin tells TMZ ... Fayrene is simply a "sick woman" who has concocted dangerous lies in an effort to get back at him for breaking things off with her in 2009.
Kevin says "she's been blaming me and harassing me ever since."
"All I want is for this woman to leave me alone," Farley says.
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Lane Garrison seems to have caught a break—for the moment.
The 31-year-old Event actor has not been charged in connection with his arrest Saturday on suspicion of felony domestic violence, according to a rep for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, who says they met with Garrison's attorney this morning and are reviewing the case.
But could his run-in with the law still come back to haunt him? Say, in five days, perhaps?
MORE: Lane Garrison Arrested on Suspicion of Domestic Violence
Garrison's parole stemming from his 2007 vehicular manslaughter conviction is scheduled to end this Sunday. The D.A.'s office has indicated that his arrest will not be considered a parole violation.
The former Prison Break star spent 18 months behind bars, much of the time in a substance-abuse treatment program, for being behind the wheel in a DUI crash that killed a 17-year-old boy.
His ex-girlfriend has accused him of showing up at her apartment Saturday and leaving her with a bump on the head and multiple bruises. She also called the cops on Garrison in February, but no arrests were made.
—Reporting by Baker Machado
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Bringing some beauty to the June 2012 issue of Numero Tokyo magazine, Miranda Kerr is the featured cover girl!
The Victoria’s Secret stunner looks absolutely fabulous in a low-cut red dress with a sheer overlay as she works her magic for the camera.
In a recent interview, Miranda confessed that while she loves being a model, she also has a passion for singing.
“I have recorded a couple of songs, actually, that no one knows about! You probably won’t hear them but I love to sing!... I’m doing so much at the moment, modeling obviously, I have (cosmetics line) Kora Organics, my books, and my family, so I have quite a lot to focus on for the time being!”
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James Franco assumed we would write about this… and he's right! The actor and known lip-syncer talked to New York magazine's Vulture Blog about his new hobby.
James, who is promoting his film Francophrenia at the Tribeca Film Festival, opened up about the viral sensation.
"The first one was Selena Gomez. And we did a Rihanna one. The latest is Bieber, and I’m sure people will be writing about that."
James Franco singing Justin Bieber? We can't wait!
OK! NEWS: WATCH JAMES FRANCO SING TO CARLY RAE JEPSEN'S "CALL ME MAYBE"
"When I do something so stupid and simple as singing, like, one and a half verses of Selena Gomez’s song with cornrows in my hair, it blows up on the blogosphere and we get, like, all these viewers," he shared.
"Part of it is, 'Wow, I guess I just tapped into what they want!' You know, this pop, surface-level kind of thing, but done in a way where you feel like something else is going on. Or the fact that it’s me doing it is like … fascinating to people, I guess," James explained. "Maybe it’s more interesting than the shows we put a lot of time into."
OK! NEWS: WATCH JAMES FRANCO LIP-SYNC A SELENA GOMEZ SONG
The other things that he is putting his time into are on his website, Jamesfrancotv.com, which also features his lovely lip-syncing videos.
We can't wait to see what's next!
'Hunger Games' star may land a lead role in the film adaptation of Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir.
By Fallon Prinzivalli
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With the success of "The Hunger Games," it's no surprise Jennifer Lawrence is a sought-after leading lady. With three films hitting theaters this fall — including "House at the End of the Street" and "The Silver Linings Playbook" — she has a busy schedule, but it looks like Lawrence might add another project to her repertoire.
Deadline Hollywood reports that Lionsgate's production president, Erik Feig, has acquired the rights to gossip columnist Jeanette Walls' best-seller "The Glass Castle: A Memoir." Gil Netter ("The Blind Side") is set to produce and Marti Noxon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "I Am Number Four") is attached to pen the script.
Walls' book follows her nomadic childhood as she grew up moving around the Southwest desert with her parents and three siblings. When he was sober, her father Rex nurtured his children's imagination and taught them to embrace life. Her mother Rose Mary was an artist who would rather paint and write than be responsible for her family. When their money was finally gone, they returned to West Virginia where her father drank and stole and Walls and her siblings were forced to support each other. While her tale seems grim, she paints her parents in a loving light because, despite her family's flaws, they played a huge role in her success. Upon its release in 2005, the book spent more than 250 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list, which was a first for any memoir.
The story is a departure from the male-centered movies Lionsgate usually releases. They're known for films such as "Warrior," "The Lincoln Lawyer," "Abduction" and "Conan the Barbarian." But perhaps with the overwhelming success of "Hunger Games" and its strong heroine, the company will focus on more female-lead narratives.
Check out everything we've got on "The Hunger Games."
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It's a man's world? Not where country music is concerned.
The nominations for the 2012 CMT Music Awards were announced this morning and it's safe to say the ladies are showing those fellas who's boss. Country cutie and perpetual crossover fave Carrie Underwood led the way, scoring a leading five nominations, including Video and Performance of the Year, closely followed by Miranda Lambert, who nabbed four nods for both her solo and group work.
Who else made the cut?
MORE: Carrie opens up on babies and her secret to a sexy marriage
Not to be outdone by his missus, country bad boy and Voice judge Blake Shelton earned himself three nominations for the music net's awards, joined in his triple-crowning by the genre's usual suspects—this time around, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Thompson Square and The Civil Wars.
Underwood, the frontrunner nominee, managed to nab two spots on the Video of the Year list, both for "Good Girl" and "Remind Me," her collaboration with Brad Paisley. Her Paisley duet also earned her a nod for Collaborative Video of the Year, while "Good Girl" scored her a Female Video of the Year nod. She's also up for Performance of the Year thanks to her "Just a Dream/Dream On" collaboration with Steven Tyler on their CMT Crossroads special.
As for Lambert, her video for "Over You" earned her two nods, for Female Video of the Year and Video of the Year, but it wasn't just her solo work she got honored for. As part of her band Pistol Annies, she's also up for Group Video of the Year and USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year for "Hell on Heels."
MORE: Check out Carrie Underwood's multi-nominated "Good Girl" music video!
Meanwhile, Swift has Hunger Games to thank for two of her three nods, as her contribution to the film's soundtrack, "Safe & Sound," earned her both Collaborative Video of the Year and Video of the Year nods.
Shelton's "God Gave Me You" earned him Male and Video of the Year nods, while his Invitation Only: Blake Shelton performance of "Footloose" earned him a nomination for CMT Performance of the Year.
As for other big-name nominees, Natasha Bedingfield, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Grace Potter and Zac Brown Band earned two nods apiece, while Sara Evans, Vince Gill, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Lionel Richie (really), Scott McCreery, Montgomery Gentry, Sting, Keith Urban, The Band Perry, Shania Twain and Sugarland all earned one each.
The 2012 CMT Music Awards are in their 11th year and air live from Nashville June 6. Voting for the winners is done by fans, and the five top vote-getters for Video of the Year will be announced at the start of the ceremony, with the ultimate winner announced at the end of the night.
Here's the complete list of nominees:
MORE: Missed Blake Shelton on last week's Voice? Check out our recap and catch up now!
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean, "Dirt Road Anthem"
Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, "You and Tequila"
Toby Keith, "Red Solo Cup"
Lady Antebellum, "We Owned the Night"
Miranda Lambert, "Over You"
Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood, "Remind Me"
Rascal Flatts featuring Natasha Bedingfield, "Easy"
Blake Shelton, "God Gave Me You"
Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars, "Safe & Sound"
Carrie Underwood, "Good Girl"
MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean, "Dirt Road Anthem"
Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"
Eric Church, "Drink in My Hand"
Toby Keith, "Red Solo Cup"
Blake Shelton, "God Gave Me You"
Keith Urban, "Long Hot Summer"
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Sara Evans, "My Heart Can't Tell You No"
Miranda Lambert, "Over You"
Martina McBride, "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"
Kellie Pickler, "Tough"
Taylor Swift, "Ours"
Carrie Underwood, "Good Girl"
GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Eli Young Band, "Crazy Girl"
Lady Antebellum, "We Owned The Night"
Pistol Annies, "Hell on Heels"
Rascal Flatts, "Banjo"
The Band Perry, "All Your Life"
Zac Brown Band, "Keep Me in Mind"
DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Love and Theft, "Angel Eyes"
Montgomery Gentry, "Where I Come From"
Sugarland, "Tonight"
The Civil Wars, "Poison & Wine"
Thompson Square, "Glass"
Thompson Square, "I Got You"
USA WEEKEND BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Lauren Alaina, "Georgia Peaches"
Brantley Gilbert, "Country Must Be Country Wide"
Hunter Hayes, "Storm Warning"
Scotty McCreery, "The Trouble With Girls"
Pistol Annies, "Hell on Heels"
Thompson Square, "I Got You"
COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, "You and Tequila"
Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood, "Remind Me"
Rascal Flatts featuring Natasha Bedingfield, "Easy"
Lionel Richie with Shania Twain, "Endless Love"
Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars, "Safe & Sound"
Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett, "Knee Deep"
CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean, "Tattoos on This Town"
Lady Antebellum, "Dancin' Away With My Heart"
Little Big Town, "Fix You"
Blake Shelton, "Footloose"
Sting and Vince Gill, "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood, "Just a Dream/Dream On"
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PIGEON droppings lie almost an inch thick in most of Building 69. It is a long red-brick storehouse, built during the Civil War and afterward in what used to be the Mare Island Naval Shipyard here. The interior is a filthy warren of tiny rooms, most empty, except for the pigeons, at least since the shipyard was decommissioned in the 1990s.
But a corner on the south side has been cleaned up. There just enough sunlight breaks through a window to illuminate what looks like a film-prop chalkboard marked with an elaborate schedule. It records the coming and going of freighters that are nowhere in sight.
With some imagination, and a dozen extras, this could pass for the maritime hiring hall where Freddie Quell, a drifter played by Joaquin Phoenix, looked for work back in about 1951, before stumbling through the docks of San Francisco to his much stranger destiny in a movie that is expected to be called “The Master.”
Clearly, Paul Thomas Anderson was here.
Somewhere in Los Angeles Mr. Anderson, 41, is now finishing what will be his sixth feature film. Fiercely protective of his process, he has declined to speak publicly about the movie. But the details suggest a story inspired by the founding of Scientology, and that has provoked industry whispers. With that church’s complicated Hollywood ties and high-profile adherents like Tom Cruise, a film even loosely based on it will guarantee discussion upon its release, on Oct. 12, by the Weinstein Company.
Directing a movie, Mr. Anderson once told The New York Times, is only half the job. “The other 50 percent,” he said, “is this gene of protectiveness and parenting and evil that safeguards your movie.”
That spirit still prevails. When Mr. Anderson’s crew shot for a month on Mare Island last year, using the wing of an old hospital for some scenes, an empty admiral’s mansion for others, the picture was blandly described as an “untitled western.” Mr. Anderson avoided publicity and left few traces — other than the fake shipping schedule, perhaps — of what promises to be a notable piece of period filmmaking.
But as Mr. Phoenix joined Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman and others in evening clothes on an antique motor yacht, the Potomac, which had belonged to Franklin D. Roosevelt, it became obvious that something serious was afoot.
“The Master” is ambitious though not vast. It cost about $30 million, according to business associates of Mr. Anderson, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their relationships. So the movie is larger, perhaps, than “There Will Be Blood,” his California oil-boom drama. That film received eight Oscar nominations, including one for best picture, in 2008.
“The Master” is of a piece with the Anderson oeuvre, which remained personal even as it grew. “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “Punch-Drunk Love” described life in the San Fernando Valley, where Mr. Anderson was raised in a family that mingled nine siblings from a pair of marriages. (He lives there still with his partner, Maya Rudolph, and their children.)
“Hard Eight,” a first feature that grew from his work at a Sundance filmmakers lab, included a brief appearance by his father, the television personality Ernie Anderson, who also narrated a predecessor to “Boogie Nights,” a short called “The Dirk Diggler Story.” Though set in Reno, Nev., “Hard Eight,” like the other movies, was wrapped around some core California myths about the desert and its characters, and portrayed a kind of loose, defective family of drifters that seemed to replace real families that had fallen apart.
“There Will Be Blood” added scope with its historical story, which is based loosely on Upton Sinclair’s novel “Oil!” and an archetypal robber baron who might have been based on the real Edward L. Doheny. But it remained a story about California and Californians, as if Mr. Anderson — not unlike the young François Truffaut — were using film to examine both his own life, and, layer by layer, the lives around him.
With “The Master” Mr. Anderson will tell a dual tale. The first is that of a boozy Navy veteran, played by Mr. Phoenix, who shares what Mr. Anderson’s associates say are accidental similarities with the filmmaker’s father, who died in 1997. The elder Anderson was a Navy vet who served in the Pacific during World War II, and, like Quell, was born about 90 years ago.
The second story is that of Lancaster Dodd, who is eerily referred to in a screenplay Mr. Anderson initially wrote for Universal Pictures only as “The Master” or “Master of Ceremonies.” Played by Mr. Hoffman, he is the red-haired, round-faced, charismatic founder of that most Californian of phenomena, a psychologically sophisticated, and manipulative, cult.
Dodd was inspired by — though not entirely modeled on — Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard.
“TRUST ME, IT’S NOT ABOUT Scientology,” Mr. Hoffman told the journalist Jeffrey Wells, when asked about “The Master” at a party last September.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: April 18, 2012
An earlier version of this article misstated where the movie “Hard Eight” is set. It is set in Reno, Nev., not Las Vegas
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New York dancer gives MTV News his professional opinion on how authentic the 'Magic Mike' trailer is.
By Jocelyn Vena
Channing Tatum in "Magic Mike"
Photo: Warner Bros
Bachelorette parties, beefy dudes and dollar bills — oh my! It must mean that the "Magic Mike" trailer dropped.
And, yes, the trailer is filled with lots of Channing Tatum goodness — read goodness as: he's shirtless, a lot — as well as cameos from fellow hunks Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer.
The trailer follows the story of Tatum's character, Magic Mike, as he tries to balance his life as a stripper with a budding romance and his dreams of designing furniture. It seems that the Steven Soderbergh-directed flick, which opens in June, will have lots of heart and lots of laughs.
Now, after watching the trailer several (hundred) times, MTV News decided to track down a real-life male stripper to rate just how authentic it really is. Here's what we learned.
The Bachelorette Party
"The bachelorette party, the whole thing is totally legit," New York-based dancer Steve Stanulis, who goes by the stage name Steve Savage, told MTV News about the trailer's opening scene. "I mean, with the guys coming in as cops and the girls, like, getting all nervous. So, that's pretty authentic. It looks pretty good."
The Money
"The whole thing with the singles? The funny thing is when I used to go to the bank, they'd be like 'Oh, my god. Why do you have $500 in singles?' " Savage, who runs Savage Men and helped create "Stripped, The Play," recalled of hitting the bank after a night of dancing like Magic Mike. "And that would be like the ongoing joke."
The Dancing
"The show looks pretty good, the guys dancing and the whole shtick with each guy coming out with a different routine," he said of several teased strip-club scenes that feature McConaughey and Tatum getting their shirtless grooves on. "They're a little overly elaborate, with all the smoke and spinning, but again that's not something you would really see. I mean we're not going to see Fosse. I mean, they did a great job. All the guys look great as well. They're totally believable as dancers."
The Relationships
"The whole rigmarole, as far as being in a relationship and being a stripper, 95 percent of the comments of the girlfriends or the significant others give are like, 'When are you gonna give this up? When are you gonna get a real job?' or what have you," he said of Tatum's onscreen love interest, Paige, played by Cody Horn. "So, they really captured that as well, which is really funny."
The Ambition
"I also like the fact that he's talking about being an entrepreneur because all these guys, well most of these guys, are not just strippers, they're doing other things," he explained of Tatum's dream to make furniture for a living.
The Bottom Line
So, will Savage see the flick? "I would definitely go see it," he said. "I would def recommend it. It looks good."
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