May 8, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Season 1 Of ‘Faking It’ Ends With Massive Truth Bombs

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In an ideal world, Amy and Karma‘s couple charade could have fizzled out slowly and quietly before leaving anyone badly burned. But on tonight’s “Faking It” season finale, the wrong strings were pulled, and in a few quick minutes, everything came undone.

Karma, who finally got her wish of sleeping with Liam at the end of last week’s episode, seemed to awaken genuine feelings in the high school lothario. The problem: Liam wanted to go public as an exclusive pair, but Karma hadn’t yet revealed to Amy that she and Liam were together. And, of course, Karma couldn’t risk upsetting Amy, who was especially sensitive to any mention of the heartthrob.

Unfortunately, Shane spilled the beans before Karma could come clean. Already privy to Karmy’s deceit, he felt obligated to set the truth bomb off when he sensed his best bro was in too deep. The result: Liam almost immediately swore Karma off. And he wasn’t the only one…

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Amy gave a touching speech at the wedding reception for her mother and Lauren‘s dad, speaking to the value of falling in love with one’s best friend. That’s when Karma finally realized Amy’s feelings for her were real — and she was suddenly forced to explain that they weren’t reciprocated. Karma admitted that the BFFs’ threesome kiss was exciting, but that’s where her romantic feelings started and ended. When Amy asked how her lifelong pal knew for sure, Karma ...

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Sia Engaged To Filmmaker Erik Anders Lang

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Get the chandeliers ready: Sia is getting ready to walk down the aisle.

The singer, whose full name is Sia Fuler, is reportedly engaged to filmmaker Erik Anders Lang.

2014 Wayuu Taya Gala Honoring Kimora Lee Simmons

At last week’s Wayuu Taya Gala, the “Chandelier” singer walked the red carpet wearing a ring on that finger and Lang — who works primarily in documentaries — later took to Instagram to confirm that it was indeed an engagement ring.

That's an engagement ring folks. @dontpanicdingaling 💍❤️

This will be the first marriage for Sia. Before dating Lang, Sia was in a long-term relationship with girlfriend JD Samson of Le Tigre. She has long been open about her bisexuality, telling the Australian gay and lesbian site SameSame that she sees past gender when it comes to love.

“Before I was actually successful I’d always said I’ve always dated boys and girls and anything in between. I don’t care what gender you are, it’s about people,” she said. “I didn’t just recently open up, I just recently got famous! I’ve always been… well, flexible is the word I would use.”

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‘Awkward’ Poll: Should Jake and Lissa Give Love Another Shot?

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It’s no wonder Jake Rosati has adopted a scorned singer/songwriter vibe this season on “Awkward” — when you think about it, he’s got a pretty unfortunate track record with the ladies.

Since sophomore year, he’s broken up with Lissa to get close to Jenna, then got his heart trampled on by J-Town (who decided to pick things up with Matty, instead). Finally, he broke up with recent ex-girlfriend Tamara not once, but twice.

On tonight’s episode, though, Jake got a couple of reminders why — in spite of their differences — he and Lissa once got along so well. One reason: Lissa is truly goodwilled, as evidenced by the fact that she pacified Sadie after her food truck shift freakout. In spite of a few exceptions (let’s not forget that she cold-cocked Jenna in the courtyard), Palos Hills’ newest head cheerleader was always eager to keep the peace. More importantly, Jake was proud of how she’d become so confident.

“You’ve changed, too, Jake,” Lissa replied. “Tamara used to yank you around, but now you’re just more you.”

Every love story ebbs and flows, so should Jake and Lissa, who genuinely reconnected on tonight’s episode, give their relationship another chance? Take the poll!

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Pittsburgh Rapper Hardo Welcomed Home By T.I. And Mac Miller After Beating Drug Charges

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By Maurice Bobb

Wilkinsburg rapper Hardo is finally back home after he was found not guilty Monday morning (June 9) of drug charges after appearing before a Common Pleas judge for a nonjury trial.

Hardo, who is affiliated with rap stalwarts Mac Miller and T.I., was arrested August 30, 2013 and charged with possession with intent to deliver after officers pulled him over for running a stop sign and discovered 250 individual stamp bags of heroin in a closed bag under the driver’s seat.

News of Hardo’s acquittal spread like wildfire, causing a litany of Pittsburgh’s biggest rappers to show their support via Twitter and Instagram.

T.I., who acknowledged Hardo’s talent while appearing on MTV News last year, took to IG to post a picture of his rap “potna” with a caption welcoming him back home.

“@trapnhardo found #NOTGuilty yest. “IM doin dis for black & yellow FREE HARDO!!!!” Guess God was listening. Come home & let’s get back to da GRIND my guy!!!!!! #lifeisgood #godisgreat #hustlegangovererrrrthang,” he wrote.

Others in Hardo’s inner circle like Chevy Woods followed suit.

As for Wiz Khalifa, he was just holding down Steel City until Hardo came home.

Not one to waste time, the rapper born Joseph Barnett hit the studio immediately after his release and dropped a taste of things to come with the new single, “Thug Motivation.”

Produced by Stevie B, the piercing track sizzles with street pathos, with the Wilkinsburg representer spitting lines like, “N—a f–k the same page, I’m in a different book/they think we see the ...

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‘Pretty Little Liars’ Recap: Everything We Learned In ‘EscApe From New York’

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Was that worth the wait, or what? “Pretty Little Liars” returned for its fifth season premiere on June 10, delivering a whopper of an episode that included a brand new murder, the resolution of an old one, and Broadway, baby! Let’s dig in to the night’s biggest reveals:

Baby’s First Murder
Well, that was quite the shock!

Our main gal Aria Montgomery — she of the hair streaks and forbidden love — became a murderer (in self defense!) at the end of the night, after it was revealed that Shana was A… well, one of the A’s, anyway. She was A-ish.

How did this all go down? Simple. After the ambulance came to collect Ezra, the Liars split up to coax A out of the hospital. Spencer, Hanna, and Emily went first and scouted him or her out in the lobby, then Aria and Alison arrived and somehow had the front desk call Alison over the loudspeaker. A perked up at this and followed Ali out of the hospital, with the non-Aria girls running behind to keep an eye on their friend/hopefully ambush A.

But of course, A was ten steps ahead of them, and when the ladies surrounded him in an abandoned playground, everything went straight to hell. “Are you sure that’s A?” a male voiced hissed. “Maybe I’m A… or maybe it’s one of them!”

At this, approximately 30 jerks dressed in black and donning “V For Vendetta”-ish masks closed in on the Liars, but thankfully they weren’t violent — they pretty much just danced ...

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Eminem Just Shared This Denzel Movie Poster, And We Have No Idea What It Means

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Honestly, we really don’t know what it means. But Eminem posted this image below on Instagram on Tuesday evening (June 10), with the caption, “More Thursday. #Equalizer.”

Maybe he contributed to the soundtrack for “The Equalizer”? Or possible has a role? A producer credit? Maybe he just wants to support Denzel Washington?

What do you think?

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Why Didn’t Jay Z And Beyonce Attend KimYe’s Wedding? Kris Jenner Speaks

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There were two celebrities missing from Kim and Kanye’s blowout wedding in Italy: Jay Z and Beyoncé.

On the big day, Bey sent her blessings via Instagram, then she and Mr. Carter camped out in the Hamptons, instead of making the trip overseas. Of course there were lots of questions about why Kanye’s “Big Brother” didn’t attend, and Kris Jenner has the answers — sort of.

On Tuesday (June 10), the Kardashian matriarch addressed the issue in an interview with Australian radio station KIIS 106.5 FM. And by “addressed,” we mean that she wormed her way out of giving a straight answer, pretty skillfully.

“There was so much commotion and excitement, I never really gave that a second thought,” Jenner claimed, via US Weekly. “If you had been there, you would have thought that was the last thing on anyone’s mind.”

“[I] just assumed they were working,” she added. Sure.

There was plenty of speculation that Jay and Bey were simply trying to keep a low profile after that elevator fight on the night of the MET Gala. Rachel Roy was rumored to be at the center of the drama, and the designer was definitely a guest at KimYe’s wedding.

“Wishing you a lifetime of unconditional love. God bless your beautiful family,” Bey wrote to KimYe on Instagram, ahead of the wedding.

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This Map Shows The 74 School Shootings Since Sandy Hook

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On Tuesday (June 10), a gunman opened fire at Reynolds High School, nearly Portland, Oregon, killing one student and himself. Just five days earlier, on June 5, a man killed one student and injured three others at Seattle Pacific University.

These two incidents are only the most recent in a string of school shootings over the past couple years. In fact, in the year and a half since Sandy Hook, there have been at least 74, according to Everytown, a group aiming to end gun violence in America. That number includes assaults, homicides, suicides, and accidental shootings.

To put that in perspective, that’s right around four shootings per month, and more than one a week. This map shows those 74 shootings, with those in red representing shootings at K-12 schools.

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Source: Mark Gongloff

Date

City

State

School Name

School Type

1. 1/08/2013 Fort Myers FL Apostolic Revival Center Christian School K-12
2. 1/10/2013 Taft CA Taft Union High School K-12
3. 1/15/2013 St. Louis MO Stevens Institute of Business & Arts College/University
4. 1/15/2013 Hazard KY Hazard Community and Technical College College/University
5. 1/16/2013 Chicago IL Chicago State University College/University
6. 1/22/2013
Houston TX Lone Star College North Harris Campus College/University
7. 1/31/2013 Atlanta GA Price Middle School K-12
8. 2/1/2013 Atlanta GA Morehouse College College/University
9. 2/7/2013 Fort Pierce FL Indian River St. College College/University
10. 2/13/2013 San Leandro CA Hillside Elementary School K-12
11. 2/27/2013 Atlanta GA Henry W. Grady HS K-12
12. 3/18/2013 Orlando FL University of Central Florida College/University
13. 3/21/2013 Southgate MI Davidson Middle School K-12
14. 4/12/2013 Christianburg VA New River Community College College/University
15. 4/13/2013 Elizabeth City NC Elizabeth City State University College/University
16. 4/15/2013 Grambling LA Grambling State University College/University
17. 4/16/2013 Tuscaloosa AL Stillman College College/University
18. 4/29/2013 Cincinnati OH La Salle High School K-12
19. 6/7/2013 Santa Monica CA Santa Monica College College/University
20. 6/19/2013 W. Palm Beach FL Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts K-12
21. 8/15/2013 Clarksville TN Northwest High School K-12
22. 8/20/2013 Decatur GA Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy K-12
23. 8/22/2013 Memphis TN Westside Elementary School K-12
24. 8/23/2013 Sardis MS North Panola High School K-12
25. 8/30/2013 Winston-Salem NC Carver High School K-12
26. 9/21/2013 Savannah GA Savannah State University College/University
27. 9/28/2013 Gray ME New Gloucester High School K-12
28. 10/4/2013 Pine Hills FL Agape Christian Academy K-12
29. 10/15/2013 Austin TX Lanier High School K-12
30. 10/21/2013 Sparks NV Sparks Middle School K-12
31. 11/1/2013 Algona IA Algona High/Middle School K-12
32. 11/2/2013 Greensboro NC North Carolina A&T State University College/University
33. 11/3/2013 Stone Mountain GA Stephenson High School K-12
34. 11/21/2013 Rapid City SD South Dakota School of Mines & Technology College/University
35. 12/4/2013 Winter Garden FL West ...

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Ice Cube Wants Dr. Dre To Make New Tracks For N.W.A. Biopic

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With reporting by Josh Horowitz

N.W.A has given us some unforgettable tracks, and if Ice Cube has his way, the World’s Most Dangerous Group may bless fans with some more new music on the soundtrack for the upcoming “Straight Outta Compton” biopic.

“I’m trying to convince [Dr.] Dre that we should do some new tracks for the movie,” Ice Cube told MTV News correspondent Josh Horowitz last week in Los Angeles when he sat to talk about the upcoming “22 Jump Street.”

Though Cube is busy promoting “Jump Street,” he is about to dive into the F Gary Gray-directed flick shortly. “It’s in very good shape. ‘Straight Outta Compton’ will be shot in August. So we have a director Gary Gray, he’s our director. We have a cast that’s going to be announced in the next week or two, so [it's] full-steam ahead,” he said.

There have been reports that Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr. will play his dad in the film, but the casting has not been confirmed by Cube or Universal. Cube did tell MTV News that the cast will consist of all unknown actors and confirmed that they will be shooting in L.A.

“I’m totally involved, I’m engulfed in it. This is our legacy, you can’t play with this, there’s no cutting corners,” he said. “I’m fully engulfed in that movie, very anal about it. It gotta be right.”

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Watch Miley Cyrus Sing ‘FU’ To A Cutout Of Selena Gomez

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Miley Cyrus brought out a fun new stage prop during her Bangerz World Tour stop in Milan, Italy, this past weekend — a cardboard cutout of Selena Gomez wearing a poorly scrawled black bikini.

Cyrus usually only busts out the sleekest of props during her shows — tongue slides, hot dogs and horse heads included — but during her Italy performance, she went a little DIY with the Gomez-emblazoned piece.

Cyrus danced with the cutout during a rendition of angry jam “FU,” as evidenced by video on TMZ, leading some outlets to speculate that she and the fellow former Disney star are feuding in some way.

However, halfway through the jam, she tossed the cutout into the crowd (from which we’re guessing it came) and sang to the giant, furry bird thing that was also sharing the stage. Perhaps she’s PO’d at Big Bird 2.0 as well? Only Twitter and time will tell.

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich ...

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