September 23, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Britney Spears Opens Up About ‘Giddy’ Glee On ‘Ooh La La’

Britney Spears has that loving feeling on her brand-new single, The singer officially released the Dr. Luke-produced tune on Monday, serving as the lead single off the "Smurfs 2" soundtrack.

With its bouncy beat, the track has a summery vibe as Britney sings about her crush in her signature coo: "Ooh my my baby don't be shy/ I see that spark flashing in your eye/ My heart beats fast 'cause I want it all/ So baby come with me and be my ooh la la."

While the poppy track remains family-friendly and lighthearted, there is some edge thrown on there as it breaks down and gets synthier towards the end for the bridge section. In addition to working with Luke, she also recruited Ammo and Cirkut as well Bonnie McKee, J Kash, Lola Blanc and Fransisca Hall. The film opens July 31.

So, what does it all mean? Well, Spears called into Ryan Seacrest's radio show to explain. "Yeah it's definitely straight-up pop and it's really has a young feel to it," she explained. "But the main reason why I did it was because my boys. They're obsessed with the Smurfs. We've seen 'The Smurfs' movie a million trillion times and they were told they could be in the video and all this cool stuff, so that's the reason why I did it. It's about feeling good. Like when a guy makes you giddy. It's more of a feeling. When I eat chocolate I have that 'ooh la la' feeling."

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‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ Trailer: Kanye West Joins Scorsese/DiCaprio Brotherhood

"The Wolf of Wall Street" marks the fifth collaboration between actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese, and though we have enjoyed all of their work together to date, the first trailer for their new film has us thinking that their previous efforts have been missing something: Kanye West.

The sounds of "Black Skinhead," off of West's, Yeezus, back the entirety of the first trailer for "Wolf of Wall Street," Scorsese's look back at the outrageous decadence of '90s Wall Street. The out-of-control party scenes, one of which includes literally tossing a little person in a Velcro suit at a target, even recall the heightened world of DiCaprio's last movie,

DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort, a financial prodigy who made $49 million the year he turned 26, which "really pissed him off because it was three shy of one million a week." The story of "Wolf of Wall Street" comes from Belfort's own memoir, which recalls his meteoric rise and spectacular fall. The book's cover summarizes his story well: "Stock market multimillionaire at 26; federal convict at 36."

On screen, DiCaprio is joined by Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey, who play Belfort's partner and mentor, respectively.

The tone of the trailer hints that this might be one of Scorsese's more humorous looks inside of a criminal world, reminiscent of "Goodfellas" and "Casino" but focusing on white-collar crime. DiCaprio looks like he's having more fun, a trend that started with his turned as the villainous Calvin Candie in "Django Unchained."

"The Wolf of Wall Street" is set for release on November 15, the ...

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A$AP Rocky Wins Over Bonnaroo With His ‘Purple Swag’

MANCHESTER, TennesseeA$AP Rocky had the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival getting down Sunday night, as the Harlem rapper deftly presented cuts from his 2013 smash debut, Long. Live. ASAP.

Starting off with the album's title track, he announced, "I came to party ... Welcome to my world." Lead single "Goldie" and "PMW (All I Really Need)" also represented the release, and A$AP went back to his 2011 mixtape, Live. Love. ASAP, for "Peso," "Purple Swag" and "Brand New Guy."

The 24-year-old has his bravado down, proclaiming, "You're stoked for one of the best shows you're gonna see at this festival."

A$AP invited a few dozen fans onstage to share his view, bouncing "F---in' Problems" and leading the crowd in a "Long live A$AP" chant.

"Work (Remix)" closed out the set, as the rapper expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, world. Peace."

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Earlier Sunday, back-to-back sets from rappers Macklemore and Kendrick Lamar had the main stage bouncing.

On Saturday, R. Kelly brought his sexed-up soul to the farm with a perfect blend of feel-good party jams and gut-wrenching ballads, including his "I Believe I Can Fly" closer, backed by a robed choir.

Also Saturday at Bonnaroo, Jack Johnson filled in for Mumford & Sons, who canceled their appearance after bassist Ted Dwane had surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain. Earlier in the day, Nas and Bjork held it down on the main stage.

On Friday, the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Solange, Schoolboy Q and Chad Hugo of the ...

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‘Kick-Ass 2’ Set Visit: The Exclusive Inside Look

Dave Lizewski is about to kick Chris D'Amico's ass.

The two are face-to-face in a monstrously-sized hangar, with superheroes and super-villains surrounding them at all sides. Lizewski, with black body armor strapped to his aqua-colored wet-suit. D'Amico, clad in black leather belts, straps, boots and everything, with so much ferocious hair jetting out of his mask that Robert Smith would be jealous. The stakes are high. Tension is, too. Sweat trickles down from every forehead in the room, the heat swelling up and coating the entire area in a thick layer of danger.

"What's the matter, Chris?" Dave asks his old friend and new nemesis, once known as the superhero Red Mist. "You sh---ing your shorts?"

D'Amico stiffens his jaw, straightens up. "Yeah," he answers menacingly, "and I'm going to wipe my ass with your face."

Welcome back to the wonderful world of

Much has changed since last we saw Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the feel-no-pain vigilante. He's joined a super-team called Justice Forever. He's upgraded his combat skills thanks to rigorous training from the purple princess of pain, Hit-Girl, played once again by Chloe Grace Moretz. And he has deadly new foes in Christopher Mintz-Plasse as The Mother F---er and his super-villain team, The Toxic Mega C---s.

As you can see, the language in "Kick-Ass 2" is just as foul as ever, thanks to writer-director Jeff Wadlow.

"[He's] taken it a whole step higher," Taylor-Johnson told MTV News during our exclusive visit to the "Kick-Ass 2" set last October. "It's got all of the elements of the first 'Kick-Ass,' but there's ...

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‘Man Of Steel’ Crushes Box Office With Largest June Opening Ever

is one of the biggest movie events of the summer, so no one doubted it would have a super opening weekend. Industry estimates ranged from a conservative $75 million to a generous $139 million for the Superman reboot, and in the end, it enjoyed the largest June opening in history.

"Man of Steel" surpassed June record-holder "Toy Story 3" when it collected $113.1 million over the weekend, with Thursday-night screenings adding another $12 million for a total domestic gross of $125.1 million. It was also the fourth biggest non-sequel opening in history, behind "The Hunger Games," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Spider-Man." 3-D showings made up a somewhat unimpressive 41 percent of grosses. This year, only , and its $175.3 million debut was the second biggest of all time.

Henry Cavill's first flight in the Superman suit had no problem beating the last flick to feature the iconic DC Comics character, "Superman Returns." "X-Men" veteran Bryan Singer's 2006 film was for the most part a direct sequel to 1980's "Superman II" and ultimately made than $391 million total worldwide. "Watchmen" director Zack Snyder's reboot, produced and co-written by "Dark Knight" trilogy mastermind Christopher Nolan, will undoubtedly crush the box office of all previous iterations. DC parent Warner Bros. hopes to setup a "Justice League" film to rival the $1 billion-plus grosses claimed by "Marvel's The Avengers," which united many of their standalone heroes.

"Man of Steel" made $71.6 million in 24 overseas. It had the top debut for the studio ever in United Arab Emirates and Malyasia and did ...

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Jay-Z To ‘Write The New Rules’ With ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ Album on July 4

Jay-Z has revolutionized the business of hip-hop time and again throughout his illustrious career, and it looks like the Marcy Projects native raised the bar once again with the upcoming July 4 release of his 12th solo LP, Magna Carta Holy Grail.

Hov captivated television audiences on Sunday night when he debuted a three-minute commercial for Holy Grail at the start of half-time of the NBA Finals game 5 between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. The spot was backed by Samsung in an effort to promote their Galaxy smartphones and tablets and it featured Jay in the studio conceptualizing his new LP alongside esteemed producers Rick Rubin, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams.

It's all pretty fancy, but the impressive part is that the LP is already platinum before even hitting the stores. Here's the hook: Samsung has purchased one million copies of Magna Carta and will give them to users of the Samsung Galaxy III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II users or free, three days before the LP drops. Samsung reportedly paid $5 apiece for the albums; you can download the mobile app for the album beginning June 24.

The clip began with a majestic piano hook and Jay asking, "What the hell is that?" as he got more and more into the hypnotic groove. He then explains to super-producer Rubin (who, of course, also executive produced Kanye West's Yeezus), "Pretty much what the album is is it's this duality of, 'How do you navigate through this whole thing, through success through the failures, through ...

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Jay-Z To ‘Write The New Rules’ With <i>Magna Carta Holy Grail</i> Album on July 4

Jay-Z has revolutionized the business of hip-hop time and again throughout his illustrious career, and it looks like the Marcy Projects native raised the bar once again with the upcoming July 4 release of his 12th solo LP, Magna Carta Holy Grail.

Hov captivated television audiences on Sunday night when he debuted a three-minute commercial for Holy Grail at the start of half-time of the NBA Finals game 5 between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. The spot was backed by Samsung in an effort to promote their Galaxy smartphones and tablets and it featured Jay in the studio conceptualizing his new LP alongside esteemed producers Rick Rubin, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams.

It's all pretty fancy, but the impressive part is that the LP is already platinum before even hitting the stores. Here's the hook: Samsung has purchased one million copies of Magna Carta and will give them to users of the Samsung Galaxy III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II users or free, three days before the LP drops. Samsung reportedly paid $5 apiece for the albums; you can download the mobile app for the album beginning June 24.

The clip began with a majestic piano hook and Jay asking, "What the hell is that?" as he got more and more into the hypnotic groove. He then explains to super-producer Rubin (who, of course, also executive produced Kanye West's Yeezus), "Pretty much what the album is is it's this duality of, 'How do you navigate through this whole thing, through success through the failures, through ...

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Andrew W.K. Attempts To Drum Up World Record At O Music Awards

Over the years, the O Music Awards have played host to world-record setting efforts like Chiddy Bang's 9-hour, 16-minute freestyle and the Flaming Lips' superhuman eight-show effort.

But both of those endeavors pale in comparison to what profound partymeister Andrew W.K. has in store for Wednesday's O Music Awards, where he'll attempt to set a new (and very specific) world record of his own: Longest Drum Session in a Retail Store.

Yes, for the duration of this year's awards — 24 hours (!) — W.K. will man the kit in Oakley's flagship Times Square store, being joined by the occasional surprise guest (the Roots' metronome ?uestlove will serve as his co-pilot for the first leg of the journey). But mainly, he'll be going it alone, and, as he explained to MTV News ... he's actually slightly terrified about the task at hand.

"Despite my apparent confidence, inside I am actually a very small, trembling shell of a person, who is not only intimidated, but completely mortified and horrified by the ramifications of this challenge," he said. "When I signed up for it, I was like 'Alright, 24 hours of drumming!' and then it started to set in: 24 hours of drumming. Just drumming for an hour — just drumming for 24 seconds — can be quite intense ... I can't even play one of my own songs on the drums all the way through without my arms burning.

"So let it be said, I'm not taking this lightly," he continued. "I think it will push me to the very lengths ...

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‘True Blood’ Returns With Hair-Raising Threesome

It's good to be Packmaster.

Though Joe Manganiello's wolfy alter ego Alcide Harveaux didn't get a significant amount of screentime during Sunday's season six premiere of "True Blood," viewers did get an eyeful of the leading lycanthrope. Alcide's first order of business as top dog: a celebratory threesome with Rikki (Kelly Overton) and Danielle (Jamie Gray Hyder).

"It's gotta be a first," Manganiello told MTV News of his werewolf ménage à trois (which, in case you missed it, occurred while the characters were in their human form). "I think they looked at the sex scene last year and went, 'OK, where do we go from there? They figured it out. Unfortunately, it was about 18 degrees outside when we filmed that."

Despite the harsh conditions, little of Manganiello's fine form was left covered during the brief scene. In fact, the actor didn't even bother wearing shoes.

"No, I didn't," he confirmed. "I went method ... I had a strategically placed foot warmer."

We'll let your imaginations run wild with that one for a moment.

For Manganiello's co-star Jamie Gray Hyder, this was her first time dropping trou for "True Blood," yet she called the scene "surprisingly comfortable."

"Joe and Kelly have both experienced nudity on the show in the past, and this is my second season working with them. I love them both and trust them so much that going into it, I knew it was going to be OK," she recalled. "The crew is experienced in dealing with it. The network is. I trust them 100 percent. It's not an easy decision to make, but they ...

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‘Man Of Steel’: What’s Next For Superman?

Although the "Dark Knight" films created an amazing universe for DC Comics characters to flourish, there have been precious few successful adaptations of other DC characters — "Green Lantern," anybody? — as the company is trying to mobilize its cinematic canon. As such, it seems appropriate that there was a small reference to that Bat-world in "Man of Steel" as DC attempts to get its own "Avengers"-style team-up, "Justice League," off the ground.

"There's no conference I had with DC where they said, 'is there any way we can get Lexcorp in there? Or Wayne Enterprises'," "Man of Steel" director Zack Snyder told MTV News. "I'm just like, this is cool stuff — we need to put it in the movie. Because I feel like it shows that there's a big DC Universe is out there."

Even before the release of "Man of Steel," Hollywood rumbled with rumors that a "Justice League" movie is imminent. But Snyder insisted that Superman is the character that the DC Universe needs to get right before that can occur — which is probably why he's directing its forthcoming sequel, as it was reported Thursday.

"Superman absolutely is the king daddy of the DC Universe. If Superman works, you can really make a lot of other stuff work," Snyder admitted prior to the announcement he would be tackling "Man of Steel 2." "And when we have conversations about 'is there more to do in the DC world?' my answer always is, well, when Superman works, then you can talk about it. But until that, you can't really ...

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