Beyoncé has spent the majority of 2013 in full-blown promotion mode, performing at the Super Bowl, debuting a documentary, appearing in (at least) three high-profile ad campaigns, premiering new songs and, oh yeah, launching a world tour. The only question seems to be: Just what is she promoting?

According to her reps, it's not a new album. Earlier this week, they denied reports that Bey had scrapped upwards of 50 songs intended for the record, and shot down rumors that her label, Columbia Records, were growing concerned by the project's continued delays, adding that an official release date has never been set.

That may be true, though based on everything we've witnessed Bey do this year, it certainly appears as if she was setting up something. There were rumors that the follow-up to 4 was due in the spring, and her spate of early-year activity — the halftime performance at Super Bowl XLVII (which came on the heels of a Pepsi partnership), her highly-rated doc, the premiere of etc — certainly lends credence to those theories. But, as her legions of fans are well aware, all that momentum ultimately led nowhere, and spring came and went without news of an album.

And since then, there have been more soft-launches of songs, each tied to a particular advertising campaign: was teased in a Pepsi ad, and was released in conjunction with an H&M campaign. "Woman" was initially reported to be the first single off her album, ...

As fans have noted from early on, in the main portion of "The Wolverine" is based on the character's first standalone miniseries by Chris Claremont and "Sin City" creator Frank Miller. And while director James Mangold wanted to pull from the beloved classic, which tells the story of Wolverine in Japan, he also added another theme that fascinated him.

"I read the Claremont-Miller when it came out, and I loved it. I loved the world of it," Mangold told MTV News' Josh Horowitz . "The only thing I tried to bring to it was this idea, this theme about his immortality and about the idea of what it is to live forever."

Mangold's interest in immortality stemmed from a few sources, but the reason behind his fascination applied easily to the plight of Wolverine.

"I thought this is such an interesting aspect to this character," he said. "He's been alive almost 300 years and the exhaustion and pain of making connections with people and losing them. Not only has he been betrayed by nature and betrayed by science, but he's betrayed by love, because every time he loves someone, they end up dead or just fade away."

The film's opening — Wolverine living alone in the Canadian wilderness — was what Mangold felt most inspired to take straight from the comic book, but again, he wanted to shift it in a way that felt natural for the character. "Finding Logan in the woods alone, finding him as a ruminating alienated mountain man, I thought, was really evocative to me, the place that ...

With childhood flashbacks, touching family moments and boy-band bonding, One Direction fans are only a few weeks away from seeing the group as they've never seen them before in their upcoming 3-D movie,

Yet, there is one thing you won't be seeing during the film, and that is Harry Styles' high-profile, yet short-lived romance with Taylor Swift, known as "Haylor."

"It gets frustrating for them at times, because suddenly stuff gets printed that isn't even true," director Morgan Spurlock says in the September issue of Teen Vogue, which features 1D on its cover. "I saw an article that said, 'Harry Styles demands Taylor Swift be taken out of the movie.' But by the time we started filming in January, they had already split up."

Spurlock's timeline seems to be correct. The brief romance heated up in December 2012 after Styles and Swift were photographed walking through New York's Central Park. Shortly following were trips to tattoo parlors, birthday cupcakes in Europe and their very public New Year's Eve kiss. Yet, the romance came to an abrupt halt just one week later, following what was reportedly a "heated argument" while vacationing in the British Virgin Islands.

Even though there won't be any relationship drama on the big screen, there will still be plenty to satisfy every single Directioner, according to , who says One Direction's real-life story plays out "better than any fictional movie ever could."

"The doc of what's happened to them over the last few years is more exciting than any ...

BOOM, Belgium — It's finally here: Day 1 of Tomorrowland! MTV News has flown halfway across the world to experience this insane music festival firsthand. Celebrating the ninth year of the festival — which has expanded from a one-day, 10,000-person event to a three-day global blowout with over 180,000 visitors — Tomorrowland has a reputation to deliver some of the most over-the-top stage production on the planet.

The fantasy-themed event's 15 unique stages are decked out in intricate decor. Local superstars Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike were kind enough to give us another sneak peak at the highly anticipated stage designs, starting with locally sponsored Café d'Anvers.

"On this stage on Friday, you're going to find Jamie Jones; on Saturday, Cocoon; and on Sunday, Minus. The stage is hosted by Café d'Anvers, which is one of the best underground clubs in Belgium," Dimitri explained. "This is for sure one of the best places to be this weekend."

Next stop was the "Garden of Madness," a truly unique stage on a lake that will host Afrojack and his Jacked crew, YVES V with V-Sessions, and label parties Smash the House and Dirty Dutch on large interconnected floating blocks.

"This stage is designed by Daniel Ost, one of the most famous florists in the world," Dimitri said. "And this stage is actually, really floating on water. As you can see, it's humongous, and after this weekend, there's going to be nothing left of it except water, so let's hope we don't make this baby sink."

Unfortunately, it might be a rainy weekend here in Belgium. For most, ...

In Hugh Jackman returns as the mega-jacked superhero, this time avoiding epic action in favor of a quiet, remote life in the wilderness. Perhaps needless to say, fate intervenes when a man from his past gets in touch and offers him the one thing that he cannot have: death. From there, he gets into a bunch of fights, finds a love whose life is constantly in danger, and is forced to decide whether or not he wants to live. Sounds like a cheerful film, huh?

Critics were mixed about the film's overall effectiveness but celebrated its complex and much more nuanced portrait of a superhero's life (and death). Keep reading to see what they're saying.

Hugh Jackman
"Thirteen years after his mutant debut in Bryan Singer's terrific 'X-Men,' Jackman, also a producer here, owns the Wolverine character. The charismatic Aussie has added some martial arts moves to his character's slice-and-dice repertoire, is buffer than ever and shows no sign of flagging." — Meghan Lehmann, The Hollywood Reporter

Real World Vs. Superhero World
"There have been films that tried to realistically portray what reality would be like if ordinary people put on a cape and mask ('Super' and 'Kick-Ass,' namely) but this reverses it. 'The Wolverine' doesn't show our world with a comic book injection, it shows a comic book world with an injection from our world." — Jordan Hoffman, Screencrush

Compared To 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'
"While hardly on par with Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins' trilogy, this movie represents Fox's attempt to repair damage done to the most iconic of those characters ...

Marvel Studios packed a lot into their San Diego Comic-Con panel last week. They brought out castmembers and showed footage from their next three movies: "Thor: The Dark World," "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Guardians of the Galaxy," which had been shooting for about two weeks at that point. And they capped off the evening with Joss Whedon teasing the "Avengers" sequel, "Age of Ultron."

But, for some people, that still wasn't enough.

Fans speculated that Marvel Studios could unveil one or two yet-to-be-announced films at Comic-Con or, at the very least, preview Edgar Wright's "Ant-Man," the beginning of the so-called Phase Three, and when none of that took place, there was arguably a small sense of disappointment. Now, Marvel Studios co-president Kevin Feige, speaking with Collider, confirmed that we probably won't hear about solid Phase Three plans until this time next year at the earliest.

So, what can we expect from Phase Three, aside from "Ant-Man"? There are a few things we know for certain:

"Doctor Strange"
This tale of an egotistical neurosurgeon who severely damages his hands in an accident, then becomes the universe's greatest practitioner of magic was confirmed as a Phase Three film by Feige to MTV Splashpage in January. Since then, Feige has made no secret of the fact that "Doctor Strange" will happen; it's just a matter of when.

Not "Iron Man 4"
During the promotional circuit for "Iron Man 3," talk of Robert Downey Jr.'s contract with Marvel became a big topic of conversation. Would ...

Avril Lavigne has given Winnie Cooper a makeover! The singer has enlisted former "Wonder Years" actress turned New York Times bestselling author and mathematician Danica McKellar to star alongside her in the "Rock N Roll" video, which she shot Thursday.

In a photo posted on Twitter, McKellar — best known as the crush of Kevin Arnold (played by Fred Savage) on the late-'80s coming-of-age sitcom "The Wonder Years" — looks quite comfortable all done up like Lavigne. Her makeover to Avril levels of pop-punk came complete with heavy eye makeup, an ab-baring top, short shorts and bright-blue fishnets. Lavigne, who declares herself "the motherfreaking princess" on the track, isn't sporting a crown, but instead an army helmet and camo-green bustier.

How the two ladies know one another remains a mystery, but they have exchanged posts on Twitter about the clip. Lavigne shared, "My partner in crime @danicamckellar on the set today of my music video for #ROCKNROLL... Thank you @danicamckellar for acting in my video. You are beautiful and so sweet. We kicked butt today! #ROCKNROLL."

McKellar added, "Just had the best time shooting @AvrilLavigne's new video. And she is so sweet and fun! Made me feel like a rock star."

"Rock N Roll" is the second single from Lavigne's upcoming album, slated to drop in September. She also worked not only with her hubby, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, on her album, but also with Marilyn Manson.

No word on when the "Rock N Roll" video will hit the streets, but the single will hit iTunes on Tuesday. The song is the ...