Monday 30 November 2009
NEW VIDEO: International Version Of Timbaland's Morning After Dark FT Nelly Furtado And SoShy
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JI: A Fan-Made Tribute To Britney's Circus Era
Undoubtedly one of the best comebacks this decade...
love. Love. LOVE.
Can't wait for Princess B's new album, set for June '10... and the one and only Darkchild already tweeted to say they'll be in the studio together come January!!
Have a nice couple of months break, Brit, you've earned it...
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PERFORMANCE: Alicia Keys On X Factor
We luh-uhved this performance. AK gave us one heck of a mini-concert; vocals on point, hair and make up on point, songs on point... What isn't there to love?
Doesn't Mean Anything is released today in the UK...
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PERFORMANCE: Rihanna On X Factor
This was actually quite a good performance - light years better than that ish she gave at the AMAs.
Thinking maybe Rhi should stick to these kind of performances where she doesn't really have to 'dance' and can carry it off on soul alone - cause you can't deny the girl's got at least that.
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TRAILER: St Trinians: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold Trailer
R.D. 16th December
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Saturday 28 November 2009
Friday 27 November 2009
WEEKS SUMMARY: Song, Interview And Trailer Of The Week
By now you guys know how this works. Every week, we pick what we think la semaine has offered us best. Then we post them all in one tidy section for you.
This week, we have Mariah's H.A.T.E.U, also known as her next single - which we personally can't get enough of. Understated, beautiful vocals, kick-arse beat... what's not to love?
And speaking of what's not to love, we have an excerpt from Jimmy Fallon's interview with the gorgeous and oh-so-nice Blake Lively, which just made us love her even more.
Last up this week, is the second international trailer for what must be one of the most highly anticipated movies of the decade - Toy Story 3.
Enjoy...
JUST RELEASED: Sneak Previews Of Alexandra Burke's Video For Next Single - Broken Heels
NJI: Gaga And Janet Jackson To Perform On X Factor
According to reports, both Lady Gaga and Janet Jackson are set to perform on the X Factor, 6th December.
While J.J. is set to make her only UK performance of the year with 'Make Me', the Gagita will at last perform, for the first time in Britain, her hit single Bad Romance (one of our favourite songs of this year).
Can you imagine our excitement when we first heard this? It's going to be sick!
And remember, come Sunday, both Rhi and AK are set to perform as well...
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VERDICT: Our Thoughts On Cheryl Cole's New Video For Three Words...
Directed by Vincent Haycock, and featuring a Gaga-esque C.C., the vid for 3 Words is far superior to that of her debut, with a better wardrobe and a partner in BEP frontman, Will.I.Am (who also produced the track).
Sadly we're not big fans of the song; it's nowhere near as good as Fight For This Love - which was by no means great, anyway- which has sold to date over 600,000 copies in the UK alone, and is on track to be the bestselling single of the year, and is considerably more annoying and lacks a basic beat.
Still, we were right about her last single going to #1 just 'cause she's on the X Factor, and watch this one also do well. Now, whether or not she'll still be doing well come April when the novelty's worn off, remains to be seen.
We love Cheryl, but we seriously doubt it.
(see vid here: http://tinyurl.com/ye3owjv )
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Cheryl Cole's New Single - Three Words
Directed by Vincent Haycock, and featuring a Gaga-esque C.C., the vid for 3 Words is far superior to that of her debut, with a better wardrobe and a partner in BEP frontman, Will.I.Am (who also produced the track).
Sadly we're not big fans of the song; it's nowhere near as good as Fight For This Love - which was by no means great, anyway- which has sold to date over 600,000 copies in the UK alone, and is on track to be the bestselling single of the year, and is considerably more annoying and lacks a basic beat.
Still, we were right about her last single going to #1 just 'cause she's on the X Factor, and watch this one also do well. Now, whether or not she'll still be doing well come April when the novelty's worn off, remains to be seen.
We love Cheryl, but we seriously doubt it.
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Thursday 26 November 2009
TRAILER: 2nd Daybreakers Trailer Released
Still not too sure if this movie is going to be even half as sick as it's making out...
Can't touch TTS: New Moon...
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PCD Have Broken Up?
Um, Ok. First question: 'Does anyone remember back in 05 when all the girls had solo scenes? If you don't, go back and watch the Beep vid with Will.I.Am - all six had a solo scene with him. Compare that to the Whatcha Think About That vid with Missy where only Nicole had a solo scene.'
Secondly, it seems to have become the Nicole Show; does anyone recall Melody calling her out on it at one of their shows earlier this year, 'Thanks for supporting me... even if I'm not featured'... OOOH... And their latest single, Hush Hush, was all The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Nicole Scherzinger. Alright, then.
Sadly, we still can't bring ourselves to care really. Gone are the days of 05/06 when we were on PCD and actually gave two shits about whether they were splitting up or not. Love them individually, not sure about them as a group. Especially as this news comes as a surprise to no one.
Be honest; who actually expected them to see this decade out, anyway?
Still, the end of an era and all that.
We suppose.
UPDATE:
According to PCD's creator, Robin Antin, they are still very much 'alive'. She had this to say about the above reports...
'The Pussycat Dolls are very much ALIVE and there is NO truth to the silent treatment statements.
"Nicole and the Dolls have ALWAYS been close. Nicole is and always has been a strong creative force within this group and I cherish the way we collaborate."
She continued: "The Pussycat Dolls have proven their success over many years and will continue to do so.
Um, OK, sweetie. But, forgive us if that all sounds a bit iffy - like the Spice Girls excuses before Geri quite, so we won't hold our breath for another release from Nicole and co.
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Wednesday 25 November 2009
JFL: The Muppets - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen aside, the best version we've ever seen. LOL-worthy...
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Tuesday 24 November 2009
JUST RELEASED: Timbaland's Video Ft So Shy And Nelly Furtado - Morning After Dark
We actually love this song - and it's a good vid too.
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Monday 23 November 2009
PERFORMANCE: Every Performance From last Night's AMAs - J Lo, Shakira, Timbaland, Rihanna, BEP etc...
Rihanna
Shakira
Timbaland
Black Eyed Peas
Janet Jackson
Jennifer Lopez
Lady Gaga
Adam Lambert
Jay Z And Alicia Keys
Eminem And Fifty Cent
Whitney Houston
Alicia Keys
Mary J Blige
Daughtry
Kelly Clarkson
Green Day
Keith Urban
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Sunday 22 November 2009
SNEAK PEEKS: Four Gossip Girl Sneak Peeks Of Next Ep - Treasure Of Serena Madre
Yep, we know. We're all GG less for the next two weeks, so, to tide us over, we've posted below not one, not two, not three, but four sneak peeks of the next ep - Treasure Of Serena Madre, to be aired Monday 30th November.
The first has Chuck informing Nate about the affair Serena's having with his married cousin, Tripp, while the second has a v. funny conversation between Mr Archibald and Dan, the third sees thanksgiving at the Van De Humphreys (yes, we coined that), and the last, a discussion between our favourite adulterer and S.
Enjoy, ducklings...
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JUST RELEASED: Keri Hilson's Vid For New Single - I Like
We've always liked Keri if only for the fact that she seems to be one of those artists who is genuinely 'hungry' - she works hard and always gives 150%, even if she doesn't always perform that well, and she has more of a 'demo-singer' voice than anything else.
Still, I Like (off the German movie soundtrack, ZweiohrkĂĽken0 is a pretty nice song, and she looks nice in the vid.
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JUST RELEASED: Trailer For Vanessa Hudgens/ Alex Pettyfer's New Film - Beastly
Hmm...
Too short a trailer to tell, but it looks quite promising. Alex's accent is sounding pretty good, too.
R.D. July 2010
Saturday 21 November 2009
INTERVIEW: Mariah Carey On Alan Carr
Gawd...
Could we love MC any more than we already do?
Nope. Don't think that's possible...
(Below is her performance of I Want To Know What Love Is, as well... beyond sick as usual)
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JUST RELEASED: Another New Trailer For Percy Jackson And The Olympians
AAAAH!!
12.2.10 is tooo far away...
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JUST RELEASED: Janet Jackson's Vid For New Single - Make Me
Oh, we love. We love ah-lot.
With it's glamour shots and sick choreography, this is a holla-back to the Janet of the nineties - the Janet of Rhythm Nation, Pleasure Principle etc...
Glad to see she's back to doing what she does best, slaying the competition like Leonidas in 300...
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JUST RELEASED: Jennifer Lopez New Video For Fresh Out The Oven ft Pitbull
Looks like our favourite girl from the block can still dance like nobody's business. J-to-tha-LO is obviously still one of the best dancers out there, despite the two year long absence.
The video's cute... not her best, but she can save that for her official single - Louboutins - which we will post up momentarily...
But, we still couldn't be happier that she's back. We missed you, J.
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Thursday 19 November 2009
JUST RELEASED: Shakira's Video For Next Single - Give It Up To Me ft Lil Wayne
Shakira!
Love the song, like the video - ah-lot. We weren't sure about that whole Ray Of Light thing she had going on in the middle, initially, but then we were like 'Come one! This is Shakira! She can pull off anything...'
And the rest is history...
Ish...
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Wednesday 18 November 2009
JUST RELEASED: Brand New International Trailer For Percy Jackson And The Olympians
OMG!!!
Could we be any more excited for this movie? Been waiting for-bloody-ever....
R.D. 12.02.10
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SNEAK PEEKS: Tomorrow's Ep Of Vampire Diaries- The Turning Point
After Thurs' ep, The Turning Point, there is sadly no more Vampire Diaries till Jan 14.
So, we're holding you down tight with the sneak peeks to make up for it. The first sees Damon have a little convo with the sheriff, while the second sees Elena not wanting to talk about Stefan's upcoming departure... with a nasty surprise at the end.
Enjoy, ducklings...
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Tuesday 17 November 2009
SNEAK PEEK: Taylor Lautner Give Us Another New New Moon Clip ...
(skip to about the 4.01 mark for the clip)
ONLY THREE MORE DAYS TO GO!!
AHHHHH!!
WE CAN'T TAKE IT!!!
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JUST RELEASED: Queen B And Lady Gaga's Vid For Video Phone
No words are needed...
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Monday 16 November 2009
NJI: The Beautiful Life Back From The Dead
SNEAK PEEKS: Three More Of Tonight's Gossip Girl Ep - The Last Days Of Disco Stick
Just a few more sneak peeks of tonight's much anticipated 'Gaga Gossip Girl'. The first sees Vanessa quickly realise that that 3some is to have some far reaching consequences, while the second sees Jenny agree to show the son of one of Chuck's clients around, and the third sees Serena and Tripp share some awkward moments....
Enjoy, ducklings...
Saturday 14 November 2009
SNEAK PEEK: Kate Hudson Proves She Can Blow In Nine Movie
Damn!
We did not know Kate could blow like that! Get on wit your bad self, K!
Can't wait for this movie...
R.D: 25.12.09
JUST RELEASED: Brand New Photos Of Lady Gaga And Queen B In Video Phone Video
God, could we be any more excited for this video? Looks like it could be one of their best yet... Hype has come hard!!
It's set to be released 17.11.09 at 12.01 am you can log onto any MTV website worldwide and see an exclusive clip, followed by the video showing on all MTV channels worldwide later in the day...
CAN'T WAIT!!
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JUST RELEASED: Chris Brown's Video For Crawl
God, we love this video. Filled with emotion, beautifully directed (Joseph Kahn has come hard once again) and with some sick dancing at the end. And the song has to be one of our favourite Chris Breezy tunes, yet.
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JUST RELEASED: Mariah's New Video For I Want To Know What Love Is
Now, you guys know that we stan for Mimi all day, every day, but this is hardly her best video. Not bad, obviously, but nothing to shout about either.
Then again, what else can you really do for this kind of song? And we did enjoy all the different kinds of love she shows in the vid - v. appropriate.
We just can't wait for her H.A.T.E. U vid, directed by the genius Brett Ratner (Rush Hour Series, Heartbreaker, It's Like That, We Belong Together, Obsessed etc) which should be coming out very soon.
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Friday 13 November 2009
JUST RELEASED: Rihanna's New Video For Russian Roulette Leaks
Ok, plus points:
The video is 5x better than the actual song any day of the week and is hella lot better than the one for Wait Your Turn.
It's actually pretty good and the various outfits she's sporting are v. nice...
Now, minuses...
At first, we could follow the story pretty easily, but this didn't stay the case for long. It got very confusing towards the end - what with the tiger flashing up every now and then (WTF was that about, anyway?), the random car crashing into her, her getting shot by bullets in the water (though that was our favourite scene - very visually pleasing).
We were just puzzled...
Still, overall, a pretty good video and maybe it'll become clearer the more we see it. Or, then again, it could be like JT's vid for Sexyback... which got more and more confusing the more we saw it...
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JUST RELEASED: Rihanna's Rated R Album Sampler/ Preview
After nigh on months of recieving nothing but hype about the 'massive' new Rihanna LP from some of the hottest artists (JT, Ne-yo) and producers/writers (The Dream, Tricky Stewart) in the game, it's understandable that we've been expecting an album at least on the level of the sick GGGB.
But, after hearing Russian Roulette - which we still don't really like -, Wait Your Turn (which has actually really grown on us), and the admittedly pretty good Hard, we weren't sure if Rated R would live up to the hype. And, after listening to the below, it seems like we were right.
While it's admittedly alright, compared to her last offering, most of the admittedly sick music she (used) to come with, and the high expectations we had of both J Brown and the many A-List songwriters/producers, it's just not on that level. While we like a couple of tracks - the two mentioned above, Cold Case Love and Rude Boy- the rest isn't quite ringing with us. Yes, there is a possibility the tracks may grow on us, but there are no immediate stand out smash hits like GGGB had - Sell Me Candy, Don't Stop The Music, Rehab... we could go on.
Overall, for us, it's quite disappointing and not up to par with either A Girl Like Me or GGGB.
Anyway, see what you think of the below.
TRACKS TO SKIP TO: Hard, Cold Case Love, Rude Boy, Wait Your Turn.
1. Mad House
2. Wait Your Turn
3. Hard featuring Young Jeezy
4. Stupid In Love (written by Ne-Yo)
5. Rockstar 101 featuring Slash
6. Russian Roulette (written by Ne-Yo)
7. Fire Bomb
8. Rude Boy (written by Ester Dean)
9. Photographs (featuring will.i.am)
10. G4L (Gangsta For Life)
11. Te Amo
12. Cold Case Love (written by Justin Timberlake)
13. The Last Song
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JUST RELEASED: Queen B And Lady Gaga's Two Collaboes...
After weeks of anticipation and our breathless wait for a video (don't get all excited, it still hasn't been released yet), we finally have both collaborations between the fantabulous Queen B and Lady Gaga below.
After discovering that the Gagita was to feature in the remix vid for B's Video Phone, we were ecstatic on finding out that the latter was to feature in the former's next single off the sure-to-be-crazy Telephone. So, when we found the below, we knew we had to post them up asap.
Needless to say we love both, but beware that Lady Gaga's verse is reportedly as of yet unmastered. Both sound like they're going to be hits and, after seeing the vid for Bad Romance, and knowing the legendary Hype Williams has directed Video Phone, the anticipation for the videos of both is killing us...
Enjoy...
Video Phone
Telephone
SNEAK PEEKS: Gossip Girl Previews Of Next Week's Ep - Last Days Of Disco Stick
The below 3 previews see Dan and Nate discussing the now infamous 3some, and Mr Archibald informing him of just how stupid he has been; our favourite couple, Chair, having one of their infamously witty conversations; and a sneak look at the Gagita's performance...
Enjoy, ducklings...
FAVE FRIDAY: Song And Video Of The Week - A Gagita Fest
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Thursday 12 November 2009
JUST RELEASED: Skins Series 4 First Look
Being that we love Skins like a fat kid loves cake (thanks 50), as soon as we saw this posted up on youtube mere seconds ago, we knew our first priority was to share it with all of you.
The above features clips of what looks a kick-arse new season; the writers just seem to get better and better every season... which means that the nine months a year where there is an absence of new Skins episodes (the seasons only run for three months at a time) are definitely worth the wait cause we'll be getting some sick stuff when January rolls round...
Enjoy...
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Wednesday 11 November 2009
SOMETHING MESSED UP: Another Crazy Li-Lo Tape Released
Whereas some people seem to think criticising Michael Lohan is the best way forward, we are of the opinion that he's the only one who seems to care enough about Lindsay to be trying to get her help. Yes, his methods maybe questionable, but the girl seems like she's got some serious issues. And her mother's always seemed like a bit of a fame whore to us - like, who goes clubbing with their daughter? Mom-ager yes, club-hopping bff no.
Listen to the below and see if you agree with us...
JUST RELEASED: First Kick-Ass Trailer Arrives
Just days after the first Kick-Ass posters were released, we've been blessed with a trailer. Now, not to jinx it, from the looks of this, the movie could be the Superbad of 2010. It seems to be getting it right where the horrendous Superhero Movie got it so horribly wrong - this trailer alone is 100x funnier than that entire movie...
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Moretz
R.D. 16.4.10
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