May 6, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Shailene Woodley Admits She’s Made Out With Just About Everyone In ‘Divergent’

Some people consider themselves foodies, connoisseurs of gourmet goodies and experts of what's good to put in your mouth. Still others are style mavens, always ready to rock the next trend and willing to share fashion tips at the drop of an en vogue hat.

Shailene Woodley, however, star of the upcoming "

"I feel like I hit the jackpot, they're all great kissers," Woodley confided, though she declined to pick a favorite co-star to plant a wet one on.

Though the 22-year-old makes it look easy — after all, there's a reason she's nominated alongside Teller for Best Kiss at this year's MTV Movie Awards — there's a method to the makeout madness. According to Woodley, it's all about making the moment authentic. She called her kissing scene with James in "Divergent" one of the movie's hardest scenes, because of the importance of making it realistic. As James said, they didn't want his character to "fall into the trap of being Cheesy McHunkerson."

"He has to take his shirt off in that scene and we didn't want it to feel like, oh, attractive male lead taking his shirt off in a young adult franchise," Woodley said.

See whether Woodley and James succeeded when "Divergent" hits theaters March 21.

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Justin Bieber Tops ‘Most Overexposed Celebs’ List… To The Surprise Of No One

Thanks to the oh-so-wonderfuly World Wide Web, you can easily watch Justin Bieber get sassy during a deposition, doing push-ups in jail, and, most disturbingly, peeing — actually, you have two options for that.

There aren't many people whose most private moments are at your beck and call, which is precisely why the Believe singer has found himself at the top of Forbes' Most Overexposed Celebrities list.

And while anyone with Internet access would find Bieber worthy of the unwelcome crown, Forbes teamed up with E-Poll Research to make it official — ranking 6,600 celebrities by asking the masses who they thought was "overexposed."

Sixty-seven percent of respondents said they believed Bieber was overexposed. That's enough to put him on top of reality star darling Kim Kardashian, who came in at #2 with a 61 percent rating.

Coming in at #3 was fellow troubled star Lindsay Lohan, while Miley Cyrus and her tongue took #4 and MTV star Snooki took seventh. Also on the list were Honey Boo Boo (#5), Paris Hilton (#8), Kourtney Kardashian (#9), and Khloe Kardashian (#10).

The delegation comes as an exclamation point for months of in the media — the most recent being the circulation of a video of the "Boyfriend" singer using a jail restroom. It's behavior Bieber has berated as "sad."

"Love how some people love to twist and justify the horrible action of others," Bieber tweeted to his more than 50 million followers after videos from his deposition were released on Monday. "We all have a right to defend ourselves and feel ...

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Ellie Goulding And The Cast Of ‘Divergent’ Debut ‘Beating Heart’ Video: Watch Now

The time to come together over the awesome soundtrack for "

Tonight, at 7:53 p.m. ET, musician Ellie Goulding will appear live on MTV to debut the music video for her new song "Beating Heart," which is featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie. Goulding will be joined by Shailene Woodley and Theo James, who star in "Divergent."

Following the live unveiling of the video on MTV and MTV.com, the fun will continue online. MTV News correspondent Christina Garibaldi will moderate a discussion between Woodley, James and Goulding about the upcoming movie and its music, streaming live from MTV's New York City studio.

"Divergent" follows the journey of Tris Prior, a teenage girl in a ruined future Chicago, one in which society is divided into virtue-based factions. After learning a potentially life-threatening secret about her true nature, Tris (played by Woodley) abandons her family and their selfless faction, Abnegation. Instead, she turns to the brave crew of Dauntless. It's there that she meets Four (James). As the duo explore their feelings for one another, a coup is brewing in the wider city, one they will play an integral part in. "Divergent" is the first movie in a series based off of author Veronica Roth's bestselling books of the same name.

Be sure to keep an eye on the livestream to catch your first look at Ellie Goulding's new video and even more new info on "Divergent," and check back at MTV News for everything you need to know before the movie's March 21 release.

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Jaimie Alexander Teases ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Appearance, And Solo Sif Series?

We've already had a touch of Thor's home world Asgard on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.LD." But starting tonight, it's a full-scale invasion as Sif (Jaimie Alexander) guest stars, teaming up with the Agents to find a runaway sorceress named Lorelai (Elena Satine).

After appearing in two "

"Well, funny enough I had seen Clark Gregg at a party about two weeks before I got the call from Marvel," Alexander told us over the phone in advance of the episode. "And he said, 'Hey, so I was curious if ever 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' ever wanted you to appear, would you be game? Would you do it?' And I said, 'Oh yeah, Clark, you know I'd do anything for ya.' Two weeks later I got this phone call, and I said, aw, he was buttering me up."

Though Alexander has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe multiple times, Lady Sif hasn't been the best developed of characters. She's often turned up to offer some advice to Thor, or fight in a big battle sequence. Here on TV, Alexander finally got to bring some of the promise that always existed on screen.

"In the films we would shoot many scenes with Lady Sif, but they would end up getting cut for story purposes, or for time purposes," Alexander recalled. "It was one of those things where I've done things before in the films but they haven't aired. So for me, it was showing more vulnerability, showing more compassion. You do get to see that side in the films, but its very short lived. ...

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Rick Ross Scores Another #1 Album With <i>Mastermind</i>

The numbers are in, and it's official, Rick Ross has scored another #1 album with Mastermind.

The album was released on March 3, one day ahead of its planned drop date, and that clearly wasn't a bad move. According to HitsDailyDouble Rozay sold just short of 185, 000 copies to land in the top spot, comfortably beating out Pharrell's #2 album G I R L by approximately 74, 000 copies.

Though the album still hasn't had a radio hit, Ross has rolled out "The Devil is a Lie," featuring Jay Z, "War Ready," featuring Jeezy and "Nobody," featuring Diddy and French Montana.

He recently dropped visuals for the latter tracks, and went all out for "Nobody." In the clip Ross recreates the January 2013 drive-by shooting attempt on his life, while French sings the hook from a police interrogation room.

On Mastermind Ross got a little more personal than usual, even addressing his previous employment as a corrections officer.

"That particular line [on 'Rich is Gangsta'] most definitely referred to me being a C.O.," Ross revealed, during a visit to "RapFix Live." "And that being a job and just understanding the grind and the hustle and anything else I may have done. It's just a job, it's a hustle. And right now, to feed my family — I'd do it again." Well, with these sales, Ross doesn't have to worry about doing it again.

Schoolboy Q's Oxymoron album, which debuted at #1 with 140, 000 copies sold, moved an 30,000 additional units this week, landing at #9 on the charts.

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Zedd’s ‘Divergent’ Track All Started With A Text To Miriam Bryant

Miriam Bryant is the name behind the robust vocals on Zedd's latest track "Find You." The 22-year-old Swedish singer may be new in the States, but with one of the best producers in the world behind her, Bryant's career is already swelling.

After hearing Bryant's song "Finders Keepers" on the radio back home in Germany, Zedd knew he needed to work with her. A quick phone call and they were soon creating what would soon be their hit "Find You."

"He sent me like a piano memo, he just recorded it onto his iPhone and he sent it to me like a text message," Miriam told MTV News. "I just fell in love with the chords and the melodies and I just knew that I wanted to be a part of it."

The two spent a year working on the track before bringing in Matthew Koma, the second voice on the song, who fit in right away. "It's been very organic and natural and sort of just very relaxed," she said of the creative process.

Now, in addition to positive reviews and live performances, the song will be featured on the official . Luckily, Miriam is a fan.

"I wanted to know what it was about before I started writing for it, so I read all the books and I just fell in love with the story and the characters." The track is a great addition to an already EDM heavy roster.

Miriam is now in LA hard at work with Zedd on her U.S. album, which sounds promising. "It's ...

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Skrillex Is Streaming His New Album: Yeah, We Didn’t Know It Was Coming Either

Skrillex just pulled a Beyoncé. While we all knew he was working on his full-length debut, we had no idea he was just going to drop it out of the blue on Monday night via his old school video game-like app, Alien Ride.

After revealing the songs one-by-one, Skrillex is now streaming Recess on iTunes until its official March 18 release date.

The album opens with "All is Fair in Love and Brostep," a dancehall-style dubstep-meets-Jamaica thumper featuring the Ragga Twins on the song's in-your-face hook. The tune, which, yes, is a totally by-the numbers brostep banger, also features a spoken word bit about how much power is needed to get 1,000 miles from Earth. In other words, everything you'd want from a Skrillex song.

He gets into a more uplifting, party mood on the title track, with ethereal falsetto vocals from Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos and shouted "put your hands in the air" exhortations from hyped radio DJ Fatman Scoop. The ethereal, darker "Stranger" features Sam Dew, along with Milo and Otis and KillaGraham, while "Try It Out (Neon Mix)," with Alvin Risk is packed with glitchy digital scratching and hammering laser effects.(Risk, Milo and Kill the Noise are all signed to Skrill's OWSLA label.)

Things get trippy on "Coast is Clear," which acid MC Chance the Rapper gives a hyped jazzy vibe, with sung/spoken lyrics over a double-time beat accented with horns and piano. "What's your interest/Who you be with/Can I ask a question/Can you keep a secret?" Chance wonders in his raggedy voice, when the ...

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One Direction And Little Mix On Tour Together?

Although their time on Demi Lovato's Neon Lights Tour is almost up, Little Mix's schedule won't be letting up.

The British girl group — Jesy, Leigh-Anne, Perrie and Jade — will head back to England, where they're set to kick off the Salute Tour on May 16, their first headlining arena tour.

"I think with our own tour ... we get to have tour outfits and stage production — it's gonna be, like, a million times more vamped up," Jesy said during our special on Monday. "We are so excited because we've worked so hard on our ideas and everything that we want and how we want it to be and the theme."

And fans lucky enough to attend the show in England in May just might get to enjoy another U.K. band, also on tour. One Direction will launch their Where We Are Tour world tour in April, and the guys, of course, have some history with Little Mix.

Both groups competed on the U.K. version of "The X Factor," and ever since, their fanbases have been dying for Little Mix and 1D to join forces and head out on the road together. We asked the girls if that might become a reality soon.

"There was talks about it but it just clashed; we are so busy," Jesy said of a possible tour with 1D. "And, god, they are really, really busy. But you never know though, but for now, no."

So it doesn't seem like we'll get a co-headlining run from the U.K. chart-toppers, but fans will see a Mixer ...

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