Toronto — For years, the Toronto International Film Festival has been a veritable breeding ground for Academy Awards hopefuls, and from the looks of the first few days of reviews, the year’s slate has been no different. Critics, nearly unanimously, have declared 2013 to be a strong year for the TIFF selection, … Read more
Toronto — Paul Giamatti is not an idiot. Anyone who has seen the Academy Award nominee acting can attest to that, but when it comes to talking about his role in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” he has found himself in a complicated position. Take, for example, when he sat down with MTV … Read more
Directioners flocked to theaters this weekend to see their favorite boy band, One Direction, light up the big screen in “One Direction: This is Us.” The 3-D documentary gives fans an all-access look at what goes on behind-the-scenes during their world tour. The boys get candid talking fame, fans and family as … Read more
Labor Day is essentially a closing ceremony for the greatest season of the year, leaving us with little to look forward to including, dwindling daylight hours, plummeting temperatures and school looming closer. So what better time to look ahead to see what our favorite artists have in store for the rest of … Read more
As if her opening set at last weekend’s 2013 MTV Video Music Awards wasn’t proof enough, Lady Gaga made sure the world knew she was back on Sunday (September 1) with a fierce album-preview performance to kick off the monthlong iTunes Festival. Taking the stage at London’s Roundhouse to play her first … Read more
The last day of Electric Zoo was canceled on Sunday (September 1) after two festival goers died and at least four more were placed in intensive care. The recommendation to cancel the final leg of the three-day EDM festival came from the city of New York. While a cause of death has … Read more
Judging by her tweets about her upcoming iTunes Festival performance, Lady Gaga is looking to get nautical at the event she’s dubbing “Swinefest” in honor of her new ARTPOP track, “Swine.” When Gaga takes the stage on Sunday at the month-long London festival, she will likely play “Swine” and “MANiCURE,” two tracks … Read more
Considering that director Morgan Spurlock banked hours– nearly 1,000 of them — of One Direction footage while shooting their new concert film/documentary, “One Direction: This Is Us,” fans might get to see even more shirtless antics featuring the fivesome on DVD. “We shot for six months. We shot 963 hours of footage … Read more
One Direction, often sans shirt, hit a theater near you this weekend in their 3-D flick, “One Direction: This Is Us”. The film follows the boy band around the globe as they travel the world on their Take Me Home tour. And, while there are many tears shed in the flick, there … Read more
One Direction, often sans shirt, hit a theater near you this weekend in their 3-D flick, “One Direction: This Is Us”. The film follows the boy band around the globe as they travel the world on their Take Me Home tour. And, while there are many tears shed in the flick, there … Read more
When hip-hop fans first heard Kendrick Lamar‘s electric verse on Big Sean’s “Control,” there was a collective gasp. Eager rappers hit the studio in response, but not Drake. “[I] went about my day, went and got dinner and kept it moving,” Drizzy told Billboard magazine in their latest issue of the verse … Read more
When hip-hop fans first heard Kendrick Lamar‘s electric verse on Big Sean’s “Control,” there was a collective gasp. Eager rappers hit the studio in response, but not Drake. “[I] went about my day, went and got dinner and kept it moving,” Drizzy told Billboard magazine in their latest issue of the verse … Read more
Mark Ronson, who has produced for musicians like Adele, Lil Wayne, Nas, Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse, lent his producing talents to Paul McCartney‘s new, very Beatles-esque single “New,” which dropped late Wednesday ahead of the October 15 album by the same name. In a funny twist of fate, however, one missed … Read more
Rico Love is a master at putting himself in other people’s shoes. The producer/songwriter has made a lasting impression penning hits for Beyoncé, Usher, Trey Songz and Diddy, but now Rico is ready to embark on a new mission as he sings, raps, writes and produces on his debut EP Discrete Luxury. … Read more
From the opening frames of Jay Z’s “Holy Grail” video, you notice something is amiss. Rather than seeing Justin Timberlake belt out his A cappella intro, the viewer instead gets Hov delivering a verse. His performance plays out over a series of nightmarish images — serpents, shadows, silhouettes shafts of light — … Read more
