April 26, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Demi Lovato Debuts ‘IDGAF’ Haircut: See Her Half-Shaved ‘Do

Forget her dirty blonde country-girl days of "Made in the USA": Demi Lovato has gone full-on bad girl with her new haircut, and she couldn't seem to care less what people think about it.

"IDGAF💗💋😝 #NEONLIGHTSTOUR," Demi tweeted on Tuesday (March 4), with a photo of her new 'do, which features the left front portion of her head shaved, channeling Rihanna in a decidedly more edgy look.

Earlier in the day, she posted a picture of her chopped-off locks, accompanied by the equally impassive caption, "So.... This happened...... Oops."

Most of her bright-pink locks are still there, but it brings the "Let It Go" singer a fresh new look in the middle of her Neon Lights trek. And like she's given herself a makeover, when MTV News caught up with Demi last month, she and musical director Nick Jonas said her music will be getting a transformation too.

"What we did, we looked online to what her fans wanted to hear and what she's played on the last couple tours and just said, 'OK, these are the songs we should play, how can we re-imagine them and make them sound like her sound now?' " Jonas said. "So a lot of these songs aren't even the original arrangements. They've been completely reimagined."

Demi added, "We've made them more current too, so we've transformed songs that went from being made a couple years ago to actually sounding like today's music."

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‘South Park: The Stick Of Truth’: Read Our Hands-On Review

While "South Park" and its nearly two-decade run have proved that creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker know how to make funny, insightful and grotesque commentary on society, the series hasn't been as successful in the video game world.

But "Stick of Truth" seeks to finally conquer the gaming space by delivering a fairly solid interactive experience for die-hard fans. If you count yourself among them, it's a must-play.

The New Kid on the Park
"Stick of Truth" tells a grand tale of adventure and wizards and other high-fantasy stuff, from the view from the children of South Park. While it all seems innocent enough, the battle for the titular Stick of Truth — a legendary MacGuffin that grants the holder unlimited power — is causing chaos among the kids.

This is where you come into the fold. As "The New Kid"— a nameless, voiceless protagonist — you've recently moved to South Park and your parents force you to make some friends. You'll soon come upon Butters, where he'll take you to the Wizard King, Cartman. It seems you've been foretold as the chosen one and must resolve the conflict between the humans and elves. While at first the story is straightforward, eventually the fantasy tale becomes something much more with aliens, zombies, and government agencies hiding some dark secret about your past. Along the way, hilarious situations and references galore pervade "The Stick of Truth."

Hooowdy Ho!
From the go, you'll notice that the game is cut from the same cloth from any episode. It almost seems as if South Park Studios handed the keys ...

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‘The Voice’ Recap: Usher Makes Show History With The Foot Push

Week two of blind auditions began Monday night (March 3) on "The Voice," as the talent kept coming and coaches Adam Levine, Shakira, Usher, and Blake Shelton continued to fill the slots on their teams.

We thought it would have been hard for the Emmy-winning singing competition to tops its premiere week, but then we saw Blake's celebratory moonwalk, sat in on Shakira's impromptu history lesson, suffered a series a mini heart attacks because of Usher's last-minute button pushing, drooled over Adam's pleading puppy dog eyes, and realized just how wrong we were. Here are a few of the night's highlights.

Moonwalkin' With The Garbage Man
When 33-year-old Ryan Whyte Maloney hit the stage for his blind audition, it wasn't long until his smooth tone and high register got all four of the coaches to turn around. "I'm not from Vegas," Usher told the guitar-wielding garbage man from Las Vegas, "but I'm willing to gamble." In the end, rocker Maloney landed himself a spot on Team Blake, and Shelton gloated with a celebratory moonwalk.

Royal Nanny
Texas native Sam Behymer's unique and quirky sound resonated with Levine and Usher. The 25-year-old nanny's rendition of Lorde's "Royals" was a "breath of fresh air" to Levine, and left Usher reminding her that individuality was his "specialty" in this competition (referring, of course, to season four's Michelle Chamuel). Behymer chose to be on Team Adam.

Usher's Fleeting Feet See Double
The night's one and only duo to hit the blind audition stage was Brothers Walker. The 26-year-old identical twins took on Zac Brown Band's "Keep Me ...

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Who’s Taking Home An Oscar In 2015? Our Inappropriately Premature Predictions

Boy, weren't the Oscars fun? After months and months of writing about the same movies featuring the same actors winning the same awards, you almost wish that it would never end. That's exactly why we're officially kicking off the 2015 Academy Awards coverage right now.

Sure, I've seen only a couple movies so far that legitimately have a shot at winning any awards this time next year, but that's never stopped anyone from talking about the Oscars as if he or she was an expert.

So here it goes, Oscar season is only just starting, and these are the early, early, early contenders.


"Foxcatcher"
The true-life drama about the heir to the DuPont fortune and the Olympic wrestler he killed was all set to be a player in this year's award season, but a last-minute delay pushed it to 2014. If it connects with the critics, we could see a nomination for Steve Carell, who gave a chilling performance in the leaked trailer that the studio quickly took down but everyone saw anyway.


"The Imitation Game"
Benedict Cumberbatch has hung around the fringes of award season for a few years now, coming closer than ever this year by starring in the Best Picture winner, but this year will be his big one. He's starring as World War II code-cracker, computer scientist and persecuted gay man Alan Turing. The script topped the Black List in 2011 and is considered by most accounts to be great. It's pretty much a can't-miss, unless — you know — the movie isn't any good.


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How Kanye West Inspired ‘Divergent”s Dystopian Soundtrack

Kanye West can add one more jewel to his sparkling crown of accomplishments: the rapper's Yeezus inspired the soundtrack for the upcoming film Divergent.

"One of the great creative breakthroughs we had was that we, talking to Neil Burger the director, really looked at Kanye's Yeezus record and 'Black Skinhead' in particular and said, 'You know what, musically this sounds like the world of Dauntless,'" music supervisor Randall Poster told MTV News, referring to the most brazen of factions in the "Divergent" universe.

"Obviously, the lyrical topicality was not going to work for us and so doing some exploration we sort of landed on this producer Gesaffelstein who worked with Kanye," he said.

The French producer/DJ's contribution, a collaboration with A$AP Rocky titled "In Distress," hit the Web a few days ago. It's a pounding, almost spooky track that I could easily see scoring more than a few of the characters' fear landscapes. And perhaps it will.

According to Poster, the soundtrack of the film is intrinsically woven throughout, a choice that stands in sharp contrast to soundtracks for the likes of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," which were released almost as companions to the films itself.

"I think that was one of the reasons why I was invited to work on 'Divergent,'" Poster said, referring to his predilection for making music a prominent force in film.

The music supervisor is well-known for having an eclectic musical palette, choosing striking tunes, in particular, for Wes Anderson's films.

"It was our intent at the outset to really try to create a cohesive soundtrack where the film ...

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Scarlett Johansson Pregnant With First Child?

Scarlett Johansson is pregnant with her first child.

After all the Oscars buzz had died down, it was announced on Monday (March 3) that the actress is expecting with her fiancé, Romain Dauriac, according to E! News and Us Weekly. A rep for Johansson has not returned MTV News' request for comment by press time.

Johansson, 29, and Dauriac, a French journalist, had been dating for about nine months until September 2013, when they decided to tie the knot. She was previously married to actor Ryan Reynolds. Ironically, she told Elle U.K. last year: "I'm not having kids any time soon. I'm in a nice relationship, I'm working a lot and, like I said, [marriage is] not important to me...To me, being in a functioning relationship doesn't mean you have to be married."

There is no word on when the wedding will be, as Johansson is currently filming "Avengers: Age of Ultron." "Avengers" is set to hit theaters in 2015. As for how pregnancy might affect her Black Widow character or alter the filming schedule, we'll have to wait and see.

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What’s Next For Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o And The Other Oscar Winners?

With the 2014 Oscars safely behind us, it's time to turn our attention to the future. So what's next for the big winners from this year's Academy Awards?

Matthew McConaughey
All right, all right, all right. The McConaughnaisance hit its potential peak with McConaughey's win for Best Actor, but can the star keep up his rejuvenated streak? First up is the highly anticipated last episode of HBO's "True Detective," something that is sure to spark numerous buzzy discussions online.

Then in November, McC anchors Christopher Nolan's mysterious "Interstellar." Given Nolan's track record, we don't expect this will screw up anything, and neither will his rumored role in "Magic Mike 2..." Though last we heard, his part was limited to being a bust inspiring writer Channing Tatum.

One thing that's not in his future? A second season of "True Detective," as the actor definitively told the Oscars' pressroom he wouldn't be revisiting Rustin Cohle any time soon.

Cate Blanchett
As usual, when you ask what Blanchett is up to next the answer is, "so much." She's voicing the part of Hiccup's mother in the animated sequel "How to Train your Dragon 2," appearing as elf Galadriel in "The Hobbit: There And Back Again," co-starring with Natalie Portman and Christian Bale in Terrence Malick's "Knight of Cups," and that's just 2014.

Then in 2015 Blanchett has already filmed parts in a thriller called "Blackbird" for David Mamet, and is co-starring in Kenneth Branagh's "Cinderella;" plus whatever she's going do with the other 11 months. One guess: not reteaming with Woody Allen, despite ...

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Girls On ‘Girls’: Nina Would Save That Talk For Another Time

If you're a human with a premium cable subscription and even a slight interest in pop culture, chances are you had a little June Squibb in your life last night. Yes, Squibb was nominated for (and lost) an Academy Award for her role in "Nebraska," but in case you felt like pulling a Mia Farrow, she also had guest role on "Girls" as Hannah's ailing grandmother.

New Yorker Nina Riddel, a 31-year-old film festival organizer, caught up with the March 2 episode, "

Are You a Girl?
I'm a woman.

Do You Relate to 'Girls' in General?
Yes. Especially in the first season I found it confrontingly, sometimes painfully accurate. Now I am feeling that way about Broad City, which is somehow a more soothing recognition.

Are You a Hannah/Marnie/Shosh/Jessa/Charlotte/Carrie/etc?
Hannah, but I also think Shosh will grow into a Hannah.

What's Your Baggage?
Ooh, thats a big question. A high genetic risk of breast cancer, a gaslight-y ex, an estranged father who left my mom for someone younger than me — for starters. Life is full of surprises!

Share a Sample Chapter Title For Your Mindy Kaling-Style Memoir.
Revenge Fantasies While... Not Jogging.

What's a Moment From Sunday's Episode That Felt Most Like Something You'd Do?
Take family negativity in stride. I love how real and dysfunctional everyone was. Shows that insist on sentimentality are so oppressive. Or maybe refuse to listen to good advice from a family member? (I thought Hannah's mom was very right about Adam.)

And Something You'd Never Do?
Have that commitment conversation! Especially by phone when the other person is working!

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