Ed Sheeran has previously said that his new album would feature and a strong dose of Durst.

Yes, asking him for album updates has always resulted in, uh, interesting answers, so now that the record is nearing completion, we posed the question to him one more time. So, Ed, what should fans be getting ready for?

"Fans can expect songs. Good songs," Sheeran deadpanned. "Though I'm not 100-percent through with the production yet, I keep changing my mind about the songs."

So there you have it: Ed Sheeran's new album will feature songs. Good ones. Unless he changes his mind about them, that is. Sheeran added that the album is "finished," and joked that "I should be putting it out soon, [but] I keep adding songs to it." So, really, it seems like there's still a fair amount of uncertainty surrounding the follow-up to his + album ... though Ed is adamant about one thing: It most certainly won't feature any new collaborations with Taylor Swift.

"There's been no talks with Taylor about writing tunes, because when we both have time off, we just want to have time off," he said. "And she's got a beautiful new house, which is always fun to hang out in. I don't want to pick up a guitar and be like 'Hey, let's write another hit song!' I just want to chill; she's got a pool table, I quite like that."

And though he's been working with several hip-hop producers on the new album, Sheeran also said that his new music probably won't ...

Ryan Gosling will make his directorial debut next year with the fantasy "How to Catch a Monster" (which he also wrote), but in the meantime, he's re-teaming with "Drive" auteur Nicolas Winding Refn for the crime thriller

Set in Bangkok, the film centers around drug smuggler Julian (played by Gosling), who is convinced by his mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) to avenge the death of his brother. It's a dark, blood-tinged drama, to be sure, and much like Gosling and Refn's previous collaboration, finds the actor relying more upon his body language and facial expressions to convey emotion rather than lengthy lines of dialogue.

As Gosling explained to MTV News, this largely silent, stoic approach called to mind a certain video game.

"I feel like it reminded me of a video game, you know?" Gosling mused. "Like, you know, in a game like 'Grand Theft Auto.' Like, if you don't play the game, you can still, you can cause an accident. The extras in the game are still walking around in their little computer lives, and you can just follow them around."

And much like, "Drive," "Only God Forgives" will likely be a divisive film — you'll either love it...or not. Regardless, Gosling said he was impressed that, with all of his options, Refn chose a follow-up project a bit more intimate than a summer blockbuster.

"You know, we're pretty good friends," Gosling said of Refn. "I know he had a lot of options after 'Drive,' and there's a lot of, you know, big names and budgets being thrown around, and he still ...

Kanye West's acting chops were put on display Tuesday (July 16) when a 4-minute clip from his unnamed, never-aired 2008 HBO show circulated online. West has been called "awkward" and told "don't give up your day job," but West's co-star Alison Quinn told MTV News that "he was a good improviser."

The clip — which features an awkward encounter between Kanye West, a Make-A-Wish kid and his supervisor, played by Quinn — surfaced this week on the Web, originating from Quinn's YouTube channel, where it had previously gone unnoticed for the last three years.

The video was taken off YouTube on Tuesday due to copyright right claims from HBO. Still, there is a shorter version of the scene still available on Quinn's channel.

The actress, who also appeared on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," has no idea how the video started spreading around the Web. "I didn't think it was that big of a deal," she said. "My manager had wanted to put it up, because it didn't air, so that they could send a link to the casting directors. I didn't really think anyone would ever see it."

After auditioning for "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Quinn was picked up for the unnamed pilot. The Kanye project was intended to be a single camera show in the style of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and writer and producer Larry Charles, who executive produces "Curb," was also tied to it. Kanye, at the time, called himself "the black Larry David," according to Charles.

Back in 2008, however, Charles said that the show ...

The aftermath of Saturday's not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial has left many young people asking: Where do we go from here?

"RapFix Live" will attempt to tackle that tough question and address other communal concerns with rapper and activist Wyclef Jean, Prodigy, Styles P, DJ Khaled and many more on Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. PT on MTV Jams and RapFix.MTV.com.

After two days of deliberation, a Sanford, Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the February 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, igniting protests from New York to Los Angeles. Artists and celebrities have expressed their thoughts through social networking sites and some through song.

Young Jeezy released his Trayvon dedication Raheem Devaughn and Styles P put out and Wyclef dropped the video for The latter follows a teenager walking down the street in a hooded sweatshirt, talking to his girlfriend on the phone, in an effort to mirror Trayvon's last moments before he was fatally shot. "He could've been the next president, he could've been the next Steve Jobs," 'Clef sings in a reggae-tinged melody.

Last year, a month after Trayvon's death, Killer Mike and Prodigy appeared on to discuss their feelings on the case. Mike called it "an assassination," and Prodigy, who checked in to the show via Skype, believed that Zimmerman murdered the teen. "The dude, Zimmerman, I don't know what he thought he was doing, but he murdered that kid for no reason," Pee said.

Prodigy will return to the ...

Victoria Justice knew that when she heard her latest single she had some pop-music gold on her hands. The track, aptly titled perfectly encapsulates the empowering message the singer/actress is hoping to spread on her in-the-works debut album, set for release later this year.

"From the moment I heard it, I just thought it was a really fun, catchy pop song, and I also liked how it came from a place of female empowerment," she told MTV News about the song, on which the former "Victorious" star tells her crush to "man up" because she's gold and he should make a move.

She continued, "I'm all about girl power, so that was important for me. I just thought it would be perfect as a summer release. It's a lot of fun to perform live ... For me, I'm not coming from a place of being cocky, it's more female empowerment."

As Justice preps her , she feels this track not only sets the tone for her album, but has just enough mass appeal to keep all of her fans listening. "I think it's a song that appeals to all ages. And it is, like, a little bit edgier and a little more mature, but not anything that was going to turn off younger fans as well," she said.

She also shows off a sassier, flirtier side in the video, which she dropped last Friday. It features "Teen Wolf" and "Arrow" star Colton Haynes as her love interest. Justice, however, has a more colorful way of describing his role in ...

Bonnie McKee proudly declared her independence as a solo artist on her feisty single, proving that she's ready to step out from behind the shadows and top the charts herself.

"I kind of like to fuse the singer/songwriter thing with a modern pop stuff because I do love pop music," she told MTV News. "I was raised on Michael Jackson and Madonna and Prince and all these people [and] that's what I want to hear. I hear Janet Jackson and I get psyched; and I hear Carole King and I get psyched. But I like to dance, personally, so that's where I'm trying to go."

McKee's decision to be her own artist comes at a time when a number of songwriters, like Bruno Mars, have emerged from the studio and crafted their own pop success. She credits him, as well as a handful of other A-listers, for making it acceptable to make the leap. "I think that people like Bruno Mars and even Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Pink, Alicia Keys — all of these people were signed and dropped songwriters as well," she said. "I think I'm just another in a long lineage of songwriters turned artists, and I'm proud to be one."

However, she still holds her strictly songwriter days close to her heart, using a lot of what she learned working alongside super producers like Dr. Luke and Max Martin to help shape her album. "Absolutely, all of the experience that I've had behind the scenes has taught me so much," she said. "I'm so grateful to have ...