November 30, 2024

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‘Retromania’ Straps On A Snowboard With Matt And Kim: Watch Now

Matt and Kim have walked through Times Square naked, so learning how to snowboard should be no problem, right? That's why we sent the duo to Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, recently with 2006 Olympic halfpipe gold medalist Hannah Teter to get some lessons on how to carve sick lines in the snow.

While they described themselves to Teter as somewhere between "beginner to pro level," Kim clarified that while she had never snowboarded, she had a feeling she'd pick it up very quickly.

The basics are pretty, well, basic: make sure your bindings are nice and tight, bend your knees and keep your weight on your back foot. And, just like that, Kim picked it up pretty quickly! "Thank you so much for letting us live out our Olympic dream," said Matt. "We'll be watching you from the safety of our couch."

Once she learned how to grind on that snowboard, though, Kim had some bad news. "The band's no longer Matt and Kim," Kim told her longtime partner. "It's Hannah and Kim." So, Matt tried to do pull the cool move and nonchalantly snowboard away ... until he wiped out. Now which one was the pro?

Because we have the Sochi Winter Olympics fever just like you (except, seriously, enough with the curling already) MTV is celebrating , nodding to the Olympic spirit with current and former Team USA athletes revisiting and remixing some of their favorite music, movie, TV and cultural moments from the late 1990s through the mid-2000s.

"Retromania" will be celebrating the Olympics all week. Tune in to ...

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Skaters’ <i>Manhattan</i> LP Shows The Dark Side Of NYC

If you've always wanted to visit New York but can't currently hit up the Big Apple, you can always check out Manhattan, the debut LP from punk rock quartet SKATERS.

"If you listen to the record from start to finish you actually see the subject of the character kind of changing from someone who's like shocked by the lights of the city and ending with someone who has transformed into someone that feels like they belong here," drummer Noah Rubin told MTV News. "So I definitely think the newer songs are more like someone becoming a New Yorker, where the older songs are more about the excitement of being here."

SKATERS are all New York transplants, having come together in the city a few years ago. Barely settled, the guys — former members of Dead Trees, Paddingtons and Dirty Pretty Things — formed a band and penned an EP, Schemers, which caught the attention of Warner Bros, who signed the band soon after.

Manhattan, which is streaming now and drops in the U.S. on February 25, is a kind of culmination of those years in New York — a step up from the similarly city-centric EP.

"Schemers was the five songs that... encapsulated what we had experienced in New York in that brief time that we had been there," Rubin said. "The songs were written about the city and when songs are written about New York, they're very idiosyncratic to the New York thing. You can't really escape it."

As Rubin said, the LP takes a more immersive dive — from "To Be ...

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Drake And OutKast Top 2014 OVO Fest Lineup

OutKast will perform a string of shows this year, as part of their much-anticipated reunion tour, but not many artists can boast that they'll get Andre 3000 and Big Boi on stage at their own personal music festival. Drake can, though. On Tuesday (Feb... ...

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Taylor Swift Wants You To Get On The Bleachers: A Fun. Side Project

It's helps when your friends are into your work. It especially helps when one of your pals is Taylor Swift and she tells everyone to go out and buy the debut single from your new side project the day it drops.

Just ask Fun.'s Jack Antonoff, who unwrapped the debut song from his Bleachers side band, the noisy pop gem "I Wanna Get Better," on Tuesday (February 18).

"Been hearing songs from this project all year and am so excited the first single is out!!!!!," Swift wrote.

The song, which has the same triumphant uplift of Fun.'s greatest hits, features the chorus, "I didn't know I was lonely till I saw your face/I wanna get better, better, better, better."

It also features a provocative cover image supplied by famed photographer Autumn de Wilde.

With distorted sung/spoken verses and a jagged, new wavey guitar solo, the song is just the latest step outside the Fun. box for Antonoff, who sang, wrote and performed all the music on the upcoming Bleachers major-label debut.

He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for his collaboration with Swift on the song "Sweeter Than Fiction" and co-wrote Sara Bareilles' Grammy-nominated smash "Brave."

The Grammy winning guitarist wrote, co-produced and sings lead vocals on "I Wanna Get Better," which he created alongside producer John Hill (M.I.A.). The band's full-length album is due out this spring and they will make their network television debut on "Late Night With Seth Meyers" on March 26. The band's first live show will take place at a March 12 showcase during the South By Southwest Music ...

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Madonna Or Her 8-Year-Old Son: Whose Grill Glitters The Most?

Oh, the joys of mother/son bonding: Talking about love, life and one's hopes and dreams — and, of course, gumming golden teeth otherwise known as grills.

Yup, Madonna seems to have gone ahead and gifted her son, David Banda, with his own pair of dental bling — just like mom.

When Madge stepped out on the Grammy red carpet last month she was sporting a mouthful of glitter, as well as an outfit to match that of 8-year-old son David.

"It pisses everyone off when I wear my grill, so that's why I wear it -- when it matches my outfit," Madonna told People at the time, confirming that she would be buying her son a matching set soon. Banda dressed the duo that evening in snappy suits as well.

Well, it seems as though Madonna might have made good on her promise. Monday, she posted a photo of David all blinged-out to Instagram with the caption: "Someone stole my Grilzzzzzzz!!!"

We're not sure whether the falsies in question are really his and not loners, but they certainly do shine. I'm pretty sure even veteran grillers like Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus would be left in the shade.

Who do you think wore it best: Madonna or her son? Take our poll below!

Who Rocks The Grill Harder?

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The Likelihood of Jimmy Fallon’s Guests Carrying $100, Ranked

Even if you were unable to brave the post-midnight hours to watch Jimmy Fallon's debut spin around the block as host of "The Tonight Show" last night, by now you've most definitely heard about the coterie of famous friends who stopped by to throw cash — and kind words, in many cases — at the host.

As much as we loved seeing the carousel of fame spin 'round (Kim! Tina! Rudy! Hello!), we can't help but raise an eyebrow of disbelief at the notion that all of them would a. have a hundred dollar bill on hand and b. touch it with their actual hands. You've read the articles about the coke, herpes and general filth they're finding on money all the time, right? We're sure Mariah Carey's handlers have, at any rate. Those "Honey" hands are coming anywhere near actual currency.

In the name of realism, here's our ranking of the likelihood of Jimmy Fallon's celeb friends having, touching and presenting money the way they did.

Kim Kardashian
Likelihood: 1,000 percent
"Yeah, sure. You want this? Okay. I don't have any pockets, but I'm sure I've got some bills stashed some— ah, here it is!"


Lindsay Lohan
Likelihood: Definitely.
La Lohan and her formal shorts came and went so quickly on last night's "Tonight Show," like a fever dream. Did that really just happen? We assume that's the way a real-life encounter with her would go too.

Tina Fey
Likelihood: Definitely.
Tina's a smart lady, and gives hundies where hundies are due. She just probably also gave Jimmy a wedgie backstage, just because. Take that, Fallon.

Mike ...

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Whose Boobs Has President Obama Seen?

Are you featured on a buzzed about pay-cable show with frequent male or female nudity? Then there's a good chance that President Obama has seen your boobs. Or at least, that's what Alexandra Daddario found out when the Commander in Chief requested screeners of her show, "True Detective."

While Daddario clearly has a good sense of humor about it — and shooting her first-ever nude scene in general, as we found out when we interviewed her — this also points out that the leader of the free world has seen a lot of bazongas and ding-dongs.

So as a helpful public service, and heads-up to any actresses (and actors) who have dropped trou on any of Obama's favorite shows, here's a list of whose boobs (and manhoods) have been on display in the White House after hours:

"Boardwalk Empire"
Boobs: Gretchen Mol, Paz de la Huerta

"Game of Thrones"
Boobs: Esme Bianco, Oona Chaplin, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Natalie Dormer, Rose Leslie, Natalie Tena, Carice van Houten
Manhoods: Alfie Allen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kristian Nairn

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Boobs: Morena Baccarin

"House of Cards"
Boobs: Kristen Connolly, Kate Mara

"True Detective"
Boobs: Alexandra Daddario, Michelle Monaghan

As a helpful reference tool, we put together a guide of how nudity breaks down in frequently naked TV shows. Just a suggestion, but perhaps the President should start checking out "Masters of Sex," "Girls," True Blood," and "Orange is the New Black."

If he's into that sort of thing.

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