by Caitlin White 26 mins ago

Chris Brown is just days away from the release of his new album X and today he’s dropped a video for the song “Don’t Be Gone Too Long” featuring a very special guest star—Ariana Grande!

The two singers appear as medieval, star-crossed lovers in the moody, dark video that was directed by Brown himself.

This is the second high-profile collaboration Brown has released this week, following the Kendrick Lamar-featuring “Autumn Leaves” that dropped on Wednesday. Brown is on a positive streak leading up to the album release, he recently spoke with MTV News about how he’s squashed his beef with Drake, and offered advice to Ray Rice on how to cope with the crisis Rice is currently facing.

But back to the fantasy at hand, Ariana and Chris definitely take things to a more romantic, longing level in the new visuals. Brown tweeted that he wanted to do something different for this clip and it seems like he succeeded.

Check it out below.

by Caitlin White 13 mins ago

Okay, so Miley Cyrus has been wow-ing us lately with her forays into the art and fashion world, but this is brand new music and it sounds pretty incredible. Her last album Bangerz was an eclectic smash of pop, country and hip-hop influences, but this song is straight-up classic rock.

She put the song out directly to her Soundcloud and tweeted the link, without any fanfare or talk of official release.

It’s a cover of a song written by Anne Bredon that Led Zeppelin made popular called “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You.” Miley performs it complete with the huge, riff-heavy breaks and vocal dramatics that made the original stunning.

Joan Baez also helped popularize the song, but Miley’s version clearly follows Robert Plant and Zeppelin’s take on the track. As a slight update, Miley changed her title to “Baby I’m Gonna Leave You.”

She also previously uploaded the cover art for the track to her Instagram at the beginning of the month.

Listen to the psychedelic, pure rock classic below. It just might change the way you think about Miley.

by Caitlin White 36 mins ago

Earlier this week, Mel Brooks decided to play a little joke on Hollywood, as an infamous comic obviously should.

On Monday, (September 8) Brooks officially participated in a handprint and footprint ceremony outside of the historic Grauman Chinese Theatre, but a closer look at his commemorative handprints revealed something fishy about the prints.

If you count them all up, there’s eleven fingers!

Brooks attached a prosthetic finger to one of his hands to achieve the six-finger handprint for the ceremony, which was held to honor the 40th anniversary of his film “Young Frankenstein.”

Later, in an appearance on Conan, Brooks talked about the prank.

“I wanted to do something just a little different, I didn’t know what,” he said. “So I got another finger. Somebody’s gonna come in from Des Moines, Iowa and say, ‘Mother… Does Mel Brooks have six fingers?’”

That’s one way to go down in history.

by Caitlin White 23 mins ago

Drake and Lil Wayne have already been killing it on their “Drake Vs. Wayne” tour, by performing Weezy’s new single “Grindin’” live together just hours after its release, and bringing a super stacked setlist on the road.

Now, they’re going to top things off even further by tapping Compton rapper YG for their next slew of west coast dates.

Previously, the “My N—a” rapper and PARTYNEXTDOOR opened a few dates on the tour, but the next dates only include YG. The Compton rapper is just off the completion of his own first-ever major headlining tour in support of his new album .

Here’s the September dates that will include an opening set from YG:

Sept. 16 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater
Sept. 17 – Sacramento, CA – Sleep Train Arena
Sept. 19 – Irvine, CA – Verizon Amphitheater
Sept. 22 – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Bowl
Sept. 25 – Phoenix AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
Sept. 27 – Pavilion, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell

by Caitlin White 27 mins ago

In the course of our lives, all of us have probably encountered beatboxing. You know, when enterprising humans decide that they can make better drum sounds with their mouths than literally any other possible way.

Generally, it’s a pretty annoying practice, but occasionally, ever once in a great while, it can be cool. Like say, when a baby totally spontaneously tops off a dude’s beatboxing with a final, perfect touch.

Hey, it’s Friday night and this is the perfect let-loose, cute moment to top off your week. Plus it’s a Vine so you can play it on loop for dramatic effect if you want. TGIF!

by Caitlin White 4 mins ago

You thought that furry creatures were the only ones who could cuddle, play and eagerly greet humans? Well Nova, an Australian radio station, posted a video of an eel on their Facebook page that proves sea creatures can be just as playful and loveable as their terrestrial counterparts.

In fact, you can even argue that this eel is cuter than most dogs and cuts (or sheep, goats, etc) because the diver talks about how she had to earn its trust before it would come out and play. Awww.

And even with a three-year-gap in between some visits, the eel still remembered her! A discerning, cuddly eel with a memory! Now I’ve seen everything.

Watch the underwater adorableness below. And remember, this is a professional diver who knows how to deal with critters—we do not advise cuddling up to the closest amphibian you see. But this is a Moray eel and it is definitely friendly, so let’s just live vicariously through the diver.

by Caitlin White 37 mins ago

Although “The Maze Runner” doesn’t hit theaters until September 19, we’ve got something to tide you over.

The soundtrack for the entire movie is debuting exclusively with MTV, so you can get a sense of the dramatic twists and turns that will haunt Dylan O’Brien and co. as they attempt to find their way through the daunting maze in the film.

The music was composed by John Paesano and spans twenty-one track names that definitely correspond with different sections of the film. With song names like “Banishment,” “Into The Maze” and “Trapped,” fans can guess which part of the plot certain songs will accompany.

Stream the whole thing below, and don’t forget to check out our Million Dollar Maze Runner show that premieres this Sunday (September 14). You can even get to know the teams. Maybe some of them will be listening to the soundtrack to get pumped up? Might be a good call.

Listen to the soundtrack below.

by Caitlin White 14 mins ago

The doctor who performed the endoscopy that led to Joan Rivers’ cardiac arrest and eventual death in early September has been asked to step down at Yorkville Endoscopy.

Dr. Lawrence Cohen, who performed Rivers’ procedure, “is not currently performing procedures at Yorkville Endoscopy; nor is he currently serving as medical director,” according to a statement given to ABC News reports. Previously, Dr. Cohen was the clinic’s medical director and gastroenterologist.

After a procedure on August 28, the comedian spent a week on life support in New York’s Mount Sinai hospital and died on September 4 at age 81.

Although the clinic gave no reason for Cohen’s freeze, a source said it was because he let a specialist who was unaffiliated with the hospital examine Rivers, even though that doctor wasn’t authorized as a practitioner at Yorkville Endoscopy.

A representative from the hospital pointed to privacy laws as a reason for their lack of information.

“HIPAA laws prevent us from disclosing any information about patients,” the rep noted.

The New York State Health Department announced a little over a week ago that they would be investigating the procedures that led up to Rivers’ death, and this announcement may have stemmed in part from that.

As for the procedure, a close friend of Joan’s, Deborah Norville, described it as “a diagnostic procedure… [to] see why her voice had gotten raspy.”

Rivers’ funeral was held this past Sunday, on September 7.

by Caitlin White 9 mins ago

On Thursday (September 11), a New Jersey federal appeals court upheld the state’s ban on counseling and therapy services that seek to change sexual orientation in LGBT children.

The unanimous 3-0 vote by a panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared that the ban didn’t violate the religious rights or free speech of the counselors who seek to alter the behavior and beliefs of homosexual minors.

Republican Governor Chris Christie signed the ban into law in August of 2013, and the decision made today upholds his decision.

Circuit Judge D. Brooks Smith said that the ban lined up with the state’s interest in protecting minors from treatments that are unprofessional or ineffective. He also cited concerns voiced by the American Psychiatric Association and other groups, who link this kind of therapy with anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.

Continuing on, Smith notes that lawmakers can “rely on the empirical judgment of independent professional organizations that possess specialized knowledge and experience… particularly when this community has spoken with such urgency and solidarity.”

Related: GOP Spokesman Comes Out In Emotional Letter: ‘Let Me Get Married’

For years, homosexuality was legally classified as a mental disorder, but in 1973 the American Psychiatric Association moved to declassify the condition. Still, many Conservative and religious group are against it and believe that sexual orientation can be altered.

Plaintiffs challening the ban included two organizations—theNational Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality and the American Association of Christian Counselors—and two counselors.

Their lawyer, Mathew Staver, said that they will appeal ...

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by Caitlin White 22 mins ago

17-year-old Kai Kloepfer’s invention might’ve just solved one of America’s biggest issues—accidental gun deaths.

The teen has invented a device that uses fingerprint sensors to prohibit anyone but certified users from firing the weapon. The main focus of the device is to prevent children and teens from injuring or killing themselves after accidentally stumbling upon firearms.

“Since 1979, two and a half times as many children and teens have been killed with firearms as the total number of US military casualties in the Iraq, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars combined,” Kloepfer told Fox 31 Denver News, who interviewed him about the invention. “That’s a statistic that we could fix.”

Kai Kloepfer/Smart Tech

Last year, the Colorado teen entered his biometric touch sensor in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and placed 34th out of 7 million student entries. Now, Smart Tech Challenges Foundation has awarded him $50,000 to make the invention into a reality.

The grant is in conjunction with Smart Tech for Firearms Challenge, a program that seeks to improve firearm safety and reduce gun-related tragedies by emphasizing personalization features and locking devices on firearms.

“All you have to do is pick the firearm up and the way you naturally rest your hand on the firearm unlocks it,” Kloepfer said. “So you don’t have to swipe or anything like that.”

Kai Kloepfer/Smart Tech

The sensor can be programmed with multiple fingerprints, so it would work for police forces or military use, in addition to protecting ...

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