November 27, 2024

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Exclusive: Giant ‘Godzilla’ Toy Reveals First Clear Look At Monster

A massive star like the monster at the center of Warner Bros. and Legendary Picture's deserves a colossal toy... And thankfully, JAKKS Pacific has delivered with the longest Godzilla figure on the market; a figure we're exclusively revealing here on MTV News.

The enormous, articulated figure (12 points total) stands 24" high (measured diagonally), and is 43" long. In addition, his tail swings back and forth, his mouth opens and closes and he comes packaged with the ability to drive Bryan Cranston totally crazy.

Godzilla first appeared on screens in 1954, spawning nearly 30 separate films, cartoons, toys and more. In 2014 director Gareth Edwards is rebooting the series (in association with original Japanese studio Toho) for a new generation. The movie stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen... And other than that, we don't know too much about the mysterious movie.

Though Godzilla is glimpsed in trailers and magazine covers, this toy — which was based on the movie character in conjunction with Warner Bros. — is our first truly unobscured look at the giant monster.

Diehard fans will surely pick out more details from the nuanced figure, but a swift eyeballing seems to confirm that this Godzilla is more barrel-chested than his man-in-suit version. Otherwise he hews pretty closely to the traditional design. Given the radical revamp in the much-maligned 1998 American remake, this ...

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2014 Woodie Awards: The Most OMG Moments From The Show

In case you didn't hear, the 2014 mtvU Woodie Awards were a hell of a show, with performances from the likes of Lil Wayne, Childish Gambino and Iggy Azalea. In case you weren't at Austin's SXSW Music Festival for the show — or weren't able to catch it on replay during Sunday night's "mtvU Woodie Awards Special" on MTV — here's the most outrageous moments that went down.

Lil Wayne's Show-Opening Freestyle

Lil Wayne got things off to a legendary start, kicking off with the opening lines of his 2008 estandout track "A Milli," then busted into an impromptu freestyle insisting "I'm the one the tiger better have his eye on." "My name is Lil Wayne," he told the crowd, as if an introduction was necessary."Welcome to the 2014 mtvU Woodie Awards. Make some noise." And indeed they did.

Iggy Azalea Left Everyone 'Clueless'

Her Woodie-nominated clip for "Fancy" was an ode to the 1995 high-school classic, and she brought that "as if" attitude and oh-so-fetch wardrobe onstage to perform the track with Charli XCX. She and her backup dancers channeled Cher and Dionne in their sexy-schoolgirl garb - Azalea donning yellow-and-black plaid barely-there bottom and a sassy pair of knee-highs.

And not only was it stylish, fans at home and in the audience decided she "slayed it."

Vic Mensa's Epic Stage Dive

While viewers at home weren't lucky enough to catch it, the Woodies audience couldn't stop talking about Chicago-based rapper Vic Mensa's performance. And it wasn't just his bars that had the audience proclaiming he "murdered" the stage -- but ...

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Childish Gambino Takes The Woodies Stage Covered In Christmas Lights: Watch Now

Talk about an entrance. Draped in color-shifting Christmas lights, Childish Gambino walked to the stage during Sunday night's (March 16) 2014 mtvU Woodie Awards special singing the hook to his song "3005," while giving dap to audience members gathered in Austin, Texas for the 10th annual show
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"Girl why is you lying, girl why you Mufasa," he rhymed. "Yeah, mi casa su casa, got stripper like Gaza/Got so high off volcanoes, now the flow is so lava." With his face illuminated only by the lights, Gambino (aka comedian Donald Glover), was joined by a marching band similarly lit up, as they made their way to the stage like a New Orleans crew marching in a nighttime Mardi Gras celebration.

As the hook of the song played out, Gambino shed his light vest and jumped right into "Sweatpants," hitting the song's lyrics hard in just a white T, board shorts and sneakers. "Hip deep in the Pepto/I got five on her like Ben Folds/I got more tail than that Petco/You faker than some Sweet'NLow," he quick-fire rapped, dropping more product placement in two lines than Hova himself.

His band grinding away behind him, Gambino wound things up by breaking into a dancehall-style patois, bouncing his way across the stage and getting so hyped he just had to drop the mic and walk off. Now, that is how you end an awards show.

The 2014 mtvU Woodie Awards were a blast! Watch the full show on demand featuring epic performances from Iggy Azalea, The 1975 and Childish Gambino!

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Watch The 1975 Spread ‘Chocolate’ All Over The mtvU Woodie Awards

The 1975 singer Matthew Healy may look retro with his all-black ensembles, fishnet shirt, half-shaved head and 1980s-style New Wave pop vocals.

But during Sunday night's special celebrating the 2014 mtvU Woodie Awards his band did something very right here, right now: They won one of the show's biggest trophies and put on one of the night's hottest performances.

The Manchester, England, rockers, whose self-titled debut stormed the British charts in September, not only ruled the stage during Sunday night's special, they also took home the Breaking Woodie

. Presented to the emerging act that made the biggest noise this year, the band proved their mettle during a performance of their smash hit, "Chocolate."

Healy's shaggy male model looks, earworm melodies and winsome lyrics about a car that smells like Hershey's and girls who dress in black from head-to-toe and hide guns under their petticoats showed why the band took home some lumber at the show
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"Well I think we better go/ Seriously better go/ Said the feds are here you know/ Seriously better go," he sang as the crowd in Austin, Texas, went nuts.

Shortly after leaving the stage, Healy said he really enjoyed the audience's wild reaction and, oh, what do you know? He also didn't hate getting his hands on the Breaking Woodie trophy. "That's really cool ... let me compose myself," he said. "Thank you very much for our award. We're very happy with it. We don't endorse the idea of music being a competition, but if you're going to give us an award, then give it here!"

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