November 29, 2024

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Chance The Rapper And Pia Mia Go All Four And Tris On ‘Divergent’ Track — Listen Now

"Divergent" may not be hitting theaters for a few weeks yet, but tracks from its accompanying soundtrack have been coming fast and furious of late. The most recent dance-y jam to hit the Web? Pia Mia's "Fight For You," which features Chance The Rapper and production by Clams Casino.

"Fight For You" is a stirring jam in the vein of Ellie Goulding's soundtrack contribution, the lyric video for which dropped earlier this week.

In the jam, Pia Mia and Chance, in a way, take on the personas of the film's lovers Tris and Four, with Pia declaring that she'll "fight for you tonight" and Chance cutting in to say, "You don't gotta fight no more/ This is my war."

Seventeen-year-old Pia Mia was recently signed to Interscope Records after garnering attention for cover songs posted to YouTube. Her debut EP, The Gift, is out now.

Previously, we've heard "Divergent" soundtrack contributions from the likes of Goulding, who lent her voice extensively to the film, as well as M83, whose epic track "I Need You" came out this week.

We also got a peek at the track list this week, a much more electro/rap-tinged affair than the soundtracks that accompanied fellow YA adaptations "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones."

The track list includes contributions from the likes of Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar, Skrillex and A$AP Rocky.

Check it out below. Which song do you want to hear next? The full record will be available on March 11.

"Find You," Zedd (featuring Matthew ...

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‘Fast & Furious 7’ To Resume Production In April

The production engines behind "Fast & Furious 7" will be roaring once again come April, according to a new report from the Hollywood Reporter. Studio execs have long insisted that the project will come back from its sudden hiatus after the death of star Paul Walker, but this is the first word with any specifics attached about when that might be.

Production on the blockbuster action franchise skidded to a halt immediately following Walker's November 30 death in a car accident.

Unnamed sources said that cameras would roll on or around April 1 in Atlanta and continue for six to eight weeks until filming is finished. At the time of Walker's death, sources said that filming was at least halfway done on the film, which has an April 15 release date.

Walker's character, federal agent turned drag racer Brian O'Conner, reps at Universal have said, will not die in the movie, but will instead be The script was reworked and additional scenes written to allow for the change in plot.

"Fast & Furious 7," directed by James Wan, is due in theaters April 15, 2015.

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6 Degrees Of Jennifer Lawrence: How Every 2014 Oscar Nominee Connects To JLaw

There's a truth that it's about time we all accept: Everything, and we mean everything, eventually comes back to Jennifer Lawrence. A butterfly in New Mexico flaps its wings and JLaw gets more awesome in China. Just call it the Lawrence Effect and go on with your life.

If this blunt statement isn't quite enough to convince you of the veracity of the JLaw effect, let this year's Oscars be the example that converts you into a true believer. (Science.) This year, Lawrence received a nod in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in "American Hustle," after winning the lead actress statue last year for "Silver Linings Playbook" and earning her first nod for her lead role in "Winter's Bone." It may not appear so at first glance, but it turns out that every single major category Oscar nominee this year (Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress, Screenplay, Best Picture, you name it) can be connected back to Lawrence in six degrees, and in most cases, even fewer.

Check out our infographic below (click to enlarge) and be sure to flaunt your newfound scientific knowledge at your Oscar viewing party this Sunday — or any time, for that matter.

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Young Thug Arrested For Drugs And Reckless Conduct

Young Thug has quickly become one of hip-hop's rising rookies, making headlines thanks to an impressive string of underground favorites like "Stoner" and "Donald Glover." On Wednesday, however, the Atlanta rapper made news of another kind after an ar... ...

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Could You Listen To Avicii’s ‘Wake Me Up’ For 1,000 Years?

Congratulations, world! You have succeeded in listening to Avicii's "Wake Me Up" for what basically amounts to more than 1,500 years. That's right, the country/techno classic is now the most-played track of all time on Spotify.

According to a release from the music-streaming service, "Wake Me Up" has been streamed more than 200 million times — on average 850,000 times per day. The cities most into the track? That would be Stockholm, Oslo, Gothenburg, London, New York, Madrid, Malmö, Barcelona, Copenhagen and Los Angeles.

200 million is a lot of streams, but it's also a lot of hours, days and years. The song is about 4 minutes long, so when multiplied by 200 million that's around 800,000,000 minutes, or 13.3 million hours, around 555,555 days or, finally, roughly 1,500 years.

"Wake Me Up," off of the musician's debut record True, was a surprise hit for Avicci. A collaboration between the DJ/producer and Incubus' Mike Einziger and Aloe Blacc, the song brought a kind of country twang into the realm of EDM. It was a genre crossover. Something entirely new.

"It all started with me and Mike Einziger from Incubus kind of playing around together in his studio in Malibu, and melodically we wrote the whole song, but we hadn't put any words to it," Avicii, a.k.a. Tim Bergling told MTV News. "I was working with Aloe Blacc on another project, and so I called him in and he kind of threw down some lyrics that he had written for something else, and he adapted it to this, and so he was in ...

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Throwback Thursday: Before The Oscars, Watch Jennifer Lawrence Impersonate Snooki

It was a television love affair for the ages that had viewers glued week after week to see what craziness would hit their screen next. No, not "Breaking Bad" ... we're talking

Back in 2011, the "Jersey Shore" was at its height and it seemed like it was the only thing people could talk about, including "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence. In this week's Throwback Thursday, we opened the vault to dig up some magic on J-Law to celebrate in her Oscar nomination and found the moment where she declared, and demonstrated, her true love for Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

While talking to our own Josh Horowitz at the National Board of Review Gala in 2011, Lawrence confessed that was indeed a fist-pumping fan.

"I love 'Jersey Shore'!" the actress said on the red carpet, adding that if they got any more crazy on the show, it would turn into an episode of "Cops."

Jennifer, being the good sport that she is, then played along when asked to give her best Snooki impression. Sans poof, Jennifer nailed it, reciting one of Snooki's most famous lines from the show, "Where's the beach?!" and then followed up with "Where's New York?!"

And proving once again that she is an actress with a wide range of talents, Jennifer concluded the interview by doing her best imitation of "The Situation," sticking out her tongue and mimicking him pulling up his shirt to show off those washboard abs.

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Watch Adam Sandler Serenade Drew Barrymore’s Boobs

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are pals from way back. The on-screen couple ("The Wedding Singer," "50 First Dates") dropped by "The Tonight Show" on Wednesday night to plug a new movie, but judging from their body language, it was hardly work at al... ...

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Diddy’s Over-The-Top New Single Proves He Has More Money Than You: Listen

Nobody talks smack like Diddy. The hip-hop mogul and sometimes rapper just oozes confidence and on his new single called "Big Homie," the Bad Boy CEO takes another opportunity to remind listeners of his greatness.

Rick Ross adds a verse and French Montana pitches in on the ad-libs on the first release from King Comb's upcoming MMM LP.

The ostentatious game spitter runs down his resumé over frantically paced drums, swirling synths, drawing a distinct line in the sand between him and other hip-hop personas. "Diddy go to any hood, big rollie/ Top down on any block, n---as know me/ The only one that's topping Forbes, I'm getting lonely," he brags.

The track is a departure from anything on Combs' moody 2010 release Last Train to Paris and falls more in line with his boastful guest appearances on songs like Future's "Same Damn Time" remix and Waka Flocka Flame's "O Let's Do It."


The flamboyant Harlem representative doesn't only brag about his bank; he shouts out his jewelry and all of the women he's bedded too. Ross follows a similar formula, though he takes a more sinister twist, boasting about his drug mules. "I make my bitches traffic dope, that's my profession/ She swallow dope and looking pregnant, down for C-sections," he spit between layers of his patented grunt.

At 44 and 20 years in businees, no one should be surprised Diddy's still going. After all thought he told you that he won't stop.

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Pharrell Has 6 Reasons To Be Very Happy Right Now

We can't wait until Pharrell Williams releases a second single from his upcoming G I R L
 album, because, frankly, we're a bit tired of the "Happy" puns. But you know what? Skateboard P is not sick of smiling, because after scoring the biggest year of an already hit-heavy career in 2013, he's looking at another smash with his star-studded
 second solo release.

In a new interview with GQ, the 40-year old singer/producer/hook heavyweight proved he has every reason to be content at this very moment in time.

He Writes Songs On His Phone

Acclaimed film scoremeister Hans Zimmer tells the magazine that when he was working on the soundtrack to "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" with Williams and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr he learned just how talented Pharrell is. While Zimmer and Marr were arguing over chord changes, "by the time we're finished, he's [Pharrell] written a fully formed song [on his phone]."

He Realized That His First Album Was All Ego, No Purpose

Reflecting on the failure of his first solo record, 2006's In My Mind, Pharrell said he realized it failed to launch because he wrote those songs, "out of ego ... Talking about the money I was making and the by-products of living that lifestyle. What was good about that? What'd you get out of it? There was no purpose. I was so under the wrong impression at that time."

Everything was too crazy then — the girls, the jewelry, the cars, the houses, the diamond-studded Rubik's Cube — and he realized the ...

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