November 27, 2024

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Miley Cyrus Loses Bangerz Bus To Fire

Miley Cyrus has had plenty of epic adventures on her Bangerz tour
, but one unexpected surprise on Monday was no party.

Little sister Noah posted a series of videos on Monday night showing a fire raging through one of the Bangerz tour buses, burning it to the ground on the side of the highway.

"This is the bus we were riding on," says a unseen narrator Noah ID'd as "Larry" in another video. "Was the bus we were riding on. I don't think it's bus anymore."

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Judging from interior pictures, the devastation seems almost complete, with little left except some dangling wires and the charred remains of the bus' kitchen. It was unclear at press time if anyone was injured in the fire.

In keeping with the Cyrus family sense of humor, Noah noted that one of the casualties of the inferno was mom Tish's Cracker Barrel stuffed bunny.

While Miley reposted one of Noah's "tour bus down!" tweets, she hasn't officially commented so far and at press time MTV News could not reach her spokespeople for further details on the incident.

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DG Yola Arrested For Murder Of Atlanta Man

DG Yola has seen his rap career plagued by legal drama, and once again the underground Atlanta rapper is locked up, this time facing a murder charge. Yola, who was born Mario Talley, was arrested on Friday and charged with felony murder, aggravated a... ...

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Charlie Brown And Snoopy In 3-D? You Have To See This ‘Peanuts’ Teaser

The first teaser trailer for a new computer-animated "Peanuts" movie has hit the web, and I can already feel the outrage brewing. But in reality a CGI Charlie Brown and Snoopy isn't as bad as you might imagine.

The short clip opens with a riff-on "2001: A Space Odyssey" — you know, for the kids — and zooms out until we see the nearly bald head of Charlie Brown and his dog Snoopy, Charlie Schulz's most famous creations.

The look of animation is somewhere between 2-D and 3-D, and the characters move around in what look like purposely jerky motions, perhaps a throwback to the older movies. In fact, everything about the trailer seems like it was done with reverence to Schulz's work... with an added dimension.

Speaking with USA Today, producer Paul Feig ("Bridesmaids," "The Heat") suggested that we wouldn't see sacrilege on the levels of "The Smurfs." "Snoopy will not be rapping. No one will be twerking," he said. "We're in good hands."

But there's still the sense that the Peanuts are being needlessly modernized. If the computer animation is being handled in a way that respects the original format of the characters and their first movies, why take the extra step to render out the background with depth and add small hair details to Snoopy? The teaser looks good enough, but doesn't exactly justify itself.

Count me as undecided, but I would like to know what you think. Do the Peanuts look great in all three dimensions, or is this just too different? Tell me in the poll below.

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The Best ‘Divergent’ Moment You Won’t See In The Film

For fans of Veronica Roth's "

But also: Blaaargh, the torment of worrying that some of those scenes aren't going to make the cut.

Fortunately, a new Vulture interview with director Neil Burger has the advance scoop for avid "Divergent" fans on which moments from the literary source material they can look forward to seeing onscreen — and which ones, alas, did not make the final cut.

Keep reading for a roundup of the scenes you'll be sorry to miss, and the ones you'll be thrilled to see. Needless to say, there are spoilers ahead for those who haven't read the book.

The Unkindest Cut
First, the bad news: The gruesome, graphic scene from the book in which Dauntless initiate Edward wakes up with a butter knife in his eyeball? That was one thing that every fan of the book got chills imagining onscreen — and it's one thing you won't be seeing.

Though the scene was shot, Burger revealed that time and narrative constraints kept it from making it into the final product. The good news is, there's still a chance that you'll get to enjoy that eye gouge someday; it is, after all, some primo material for a DVD extra.

Everybody Into The Chasm!
Meanwhile, the deadly, whitewater ravine that bisects the underground lair of the Dauntless faction — and the scene in which Christina is nearly thrown into it by Eric — did make it into the movie. You can thank the director for insisting on that; the original script didn't include it, but he felt it was ...

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How Much Is. M.I.A.’s Super Bowl Middle Finger Going To Cost Her?

You know how sometimes you get into a jam and ask your friend with a swanky job to help you out, you know, with a bit of a loan?

Well, M.I.A. is in just such a jam, except her loan is major, like $16 million major and her pal just happens to be Madonna.

You see, the controversy-loving
 singer was hit with a $1.5 million fine for allegedly breaching her performance contract and tarnishing the reputation of the NFL when she flashed her middle-finger salute
 during a halftime performance of Madge's "Give Me All Your Luvin'" at the 2012 Super Bowl.

Now, according to the Hollywood Reporter, in addition to that fine, the league has added another claim, seeking $15.1 million more in "restitution" due to the alleged value of public exposure M.I.A. received by appearing during approximately two minutes of the Madonna performance.

The NFL arrived at that math based on what they said advertisers would have paid for spots during that time. M.I.A.'s lawyers, however, said those figures make no sense. "The claim for restitution lacks any basis in law, fact, or logic," her lawyers said in response papers filed on Friday. The Reporter said that M.I.A.'s lawyer, Howard King, has been trying to undercut the league's argument that its reputation has been damaged in the incident. He's even set up a special e-mail address (NFL#khpblaw.com) for the public to weigh in on what he says in the NFL's lack of wholesomeness.

As examples, he cites a number of "profane, bawdy, lascivious, demeaning and/or unacceptable behavior by ...

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How Carol’s Deadly ‘Walking Dead’ Twist Happened In The Comics

Warning: Massive spoilers from this week's "Walking Dead," and even bigger spoilers from the "Walking Dead" comics, are ahead!

Did you see Sunday's "Walking Dead" yet? If so, how are you holding up? That was fairly traumatic, wasn't it?

Carol's decision to execute Lizzie after Lizzie's decision to execute her little sister stands out as the bleakest moment on an already very bleak show. And while it came as a major surprise to fans who only watch the TV series, it wasn't a total curveball for folks who have read the "Walking Dead" comic books penned by Robert Kirkman and drawn by Charlie Adlard. A very similar event takes place in the comics, even if it plays out a bit differently. Here's how it shakes down, in case you're curious.

(And one last spoiler alert for good measure. If you don't read the comics but you plan to some day, we're about to spill some serious beans — or deer nuts, as it were. Seriously, final chance!)


So, to start, it wasn't Carol who pulled the trigger.


She was busy.


Tyreese wasn't there, either.


He, too, was busy.


And Lizzie and Meeka don't exist in the comics.


Instead, there are two twin brothers named Ben and Billy.


Billy's a sweet kid, but Ben? He's got some "Lizzie" problems.


After that, it doesn't take long for Ben to go "full Lizzie" on his brother.


The group agrees that something must be done about Ben. But one person takes matters into his own hands.

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Emma Watson’s ‘Noah’: Check Out An Exclusive Excerpt From ‘Ila’s Story’

"Emma Watson's character, Ila. And exclusively for MTV News readers, we have an excerpt from the book below.

The daughter-in-law of Noah (Russell Crowe) anchors this junior novelization written by Susan Korman, and released by Titan Books. Based on the biblical story of Noah's Ark, the movie is written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, and stars Russell Crowe, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connolly and Watson.

The young girl moaned, her eyes flitting open. A deep gash had pierced her belly, and blood was soaking through her dress.

Ila tried to sit up, but it hurt too much. She had no idea how long she'd been lying here, alone in the dark and cold. Right now the camp was silent and still. But earlier it had been filled with sounds, loud, terrifying sounds...

First hoofbeats and loud cries from a band of raiders. Then desperate screams from her mother and her aunts. The men in Ila's family had tried to fight back, but the raiders had arrived so swiftly, and with no warning... Even Ila and the other children had quickly seen that there was almost no chance of overpowering them.

"Mother," Ila whimpered now. But she knew her mother was dead. A brutal raider, his eyes gleaming like a snake's, had grabbed Mother. When she'd tried to fight, he had swiftly stabbed her with his spear.

Perhaps Father will find me, Ila thought. Father had rushed back into their tent for a weapon. He was very strong — able to lift Ila in his arms as ...

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Lady Gaga’s Vomit Artist Responds To Demi Lovato’s SXSW Slam

Artist Millie Brown's performance with Lady Gaga at SXSW has had a lot of tongues wagging these past few days — including her own. You know, since she purposefully vomited colors all over the pop icon during her ARTPOP-packed Austin debut.

The messy display has earned its share of Web-time over the ensuing week, drawing criticism from the likes of Demi Lovato, who said that the performance glorified bulimia — criticism that Brown roundly negates.

"I can understand why people would make that association, but my performance really is not a statement about eating disorders themselves," Brown told MTV News. "It's like using my body to express myself. I think a lot of people understand that I'm not trying to punish myself and my body in that way."

"I obviously do not intend to promote bulimia," she added. "I think a lot of people who actually have suffered from eating disorders have found my performance very liberating — have come up to me personally and expressed that. So I think it has actually affected a lot of people in a positive way rather than negative."

Lovato, after seeing Brown do her thing on stage, felt differently. "Sad... As if we didn't have enough people glamorizing eat disorders already. Bottom line, it's not 'cool' or 'artsy' at all," Lovato tweeted. "Would you let someone bring a needle and shoot up on you? Addiction is addiction."

She then called herself a "little monster," affirming her Gaga fandom.

Although Lovato dismisses Brown's work — saying, "Putting the word ART in it isn't a ...

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‘Game Of Thrones’ Author Has A Plan To Outrace The Show

"Must go faster. Must go faster."

These are not just the immortal words of Doctor Ian Malcolm in "Jurassic Park." It's also the mantra of fans of "A Song of Ice and Fire," the epic novel saga penned by George R.R. Martin, and the template for HBO's "Game of Thrones."

As it stands, Martin has released five of seven planned books in the "Ice and Fire" series. As it stands, HBO has aired three seasons of "Thrones," with a fourth premiering in just under three weeks. The TV series is on pace to catch up with Martin's novels in as little as one or two seasons, depending on who you ask. As a result, the possibility that the TV show might finish the story before Martin gets to do it on his own terms has caused some fans to lose their heads with worry.


(Too soon?)

But Martin has a plan. The author spoke with Vanity Fair about how the "Game of Thrones" novels and TV series can exist side by side at a similar pace.

"The season that's about to debut covers the second half of the third book," he said. "The third book ['A Storm of Swords'] was so long that it had to be split into two. But there are two more books beyond that, 'A Feast for Crows' and 'A Dance with Dragons.' 'A Dance with Dragons' is itself a book that's as big as 'A Storm of Swords.' So there's potentially three more seasons there, between 'Feast' and 'Dance,' if they split into two the way ...

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