November 25, 2024

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‘Captain America’ Stars Play ‘Most Likely To’… And It Gets Sexy

Don't challenge Chris Evans or Anthony Mackie to a dance-off.

The two revealed that they were the best dancers in the Avengers team on the 2014 MTV Movie Awards Takeover during a game of "Who's More Likely To...?" with the cast of the new hit.

Evans then officially changed Mackie to a dance-off, saying Mackie refuses to compete. He did refuse, but gave his reasons.

"I'm talking about just two-step and a twist all day," said Mackie. "Any man can make this sexy, that's dancing."

The cast also revealed some secrets about each other during the game, like who would wear their costume home.

"Chris," responded Mackie. "Definitely. I've seen it. It's very disturbing."

Co-star Sebastian Stan did his best Anthony Mackie impression of the actor taking his suit home, asking, "You don't mind if I take those wings home, do you?" (Though it sounded a little too Italian for Mackie.)

If Johansson and Jackson were playing the Newlywed Game, they wouldn't have done too well. Sam thought that Scarlett would be most likely to like a Taylor Swift song. Scarlett was not happy.

"Why, because I'm a girl?" said Scarlett. "Not to say anything against ... that's not my type of music."

There was one thing everyone in the cast agreed upon, though: Samuel L. Jackson would be most likely to curse in an interview, and Jackson agreed.

"That would me be," said Jackson. "It's f--king awesome, let's go."

Be sure to tune in to the 2014 MTV Movie Awards Sunday, April 13 at 9 p.m. ET on MTV.

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The Final ‘Daughter Of Smoke And Bone’ Book Drops — Meet The Author

Fans of the "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" trilogy, the day that you have been waiting for has finally arrived: The final book, "Dreams of Gods and Monsters," has hit the shelves, and to celebrate, MTV News chatted with Laini Taylor, compiling six essential facts to know about the author before diving in.

"Daughter of Smoke and Bone" tells the tale of Karou, a blue-haired teen who was raised by a passel of wish-granting Chimeras until a host of mysterious angels bent on war fractures her magic-soaked life — the host of angels, naturally, includes a handsome winged one named Akiva.

The final book promises to bring some kind of conclusion to the war between angels and beasts — notice I didn't say good and evil.

I know you're probably itching to crack the spine, but why not delay your gratification just a bit and savor those pages by reading up on Laini Taylor before. Be that cat, kids.

1. She Had To Learn To Let Go

"I had been knocking my head against a wall with this book I had been trying to write that refused to come alive and it was no fun at all. So one day I sort of -- with very low morale — said, 'I'm just going to write something for fun.' I just need to have a fun day and I had no plan and this thing was sort of magic waiting to happen. This character just appeared, this blue-haired teenage girl, and she's having this good-natured argument with her father who turned out ...

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Miley Cyrus Too Sick To Play Charlotte

Still grieving the death of her beloved Floyd
, Miley Cyrus was hit with another setback on Monday when she was too sick to perform a show in Charlotte, N.C.

"Excruciating pain," she tweeted late Sunday night hours before the show. Though a spokesperson for Cyrus could not be reached for comment at press time and her tweet didn't go into details about what was causing her pain, according to E! News Miley is suffering from a bad case of the flu and is having major "throat and sinus" issues.

"Cyrus has been diagnosed with the flu and doctors have ordered her to rest," promoter Live Nation announced in a press release. According to Billboard, a notice was posted at Time Warner Cable Arena a half-hour before for the show was supposed to start.

A rep told E! that while the Charlotte show has been postponed, the singer is still expected to take the stage in Raleigh, N.C. on Tuesday (April 8) night. She is also scheduled to perform in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. An unnamed source said that if Cyrus isn't feeling better, though, the Raleigh show could also be put off.

In addition to battling illness, Cyrus has been laid low over the past week by the recent death of her beloved dog Floyd. During a show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn over the weekend she paid tribute to the Alaskan Klee Kai by dancing around a giant replica of him.

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Archie RIP: CEO Explains Why Classic Comics Character Had To Die

Everybody has to die sometime. And in July, Archie Andrews, paramour of Betty and Veronica, denizen of Riverdale and all around good guy will finally meet the grim reaper in the pages of "Life With Archie #36" — just in time for the 75th anniversary of Archie Comics.

"Well, it was hard decision, there's no doubt about it. It's not something we took lightly," Jon Goldwater, Archie Comics CEO told MTV News on the decision to kill off Archie.

Archie Comics has been taking numerous chances with their characters in the past half decade, still publishing the gag strips and Double Digests readers probably most associate with the brand; but also adding a popular gay character named Kevin Keller, interracial relationships, a zombie invasion book called "Afterlife With Archie" and more.

In 2010, the company took what many considered the most bold step yet: marrying Archie to his long time crush Veronica. And in a case of having their cake and eating it too, they also married him to the blonde-haired Betty. The parallel universe stories ran side-by-side in a comic called "Life With Archie," and it's in those pages that Archie will also meet his end.

"We made the decision that in this universe, in the 'Life With Archie' universe, the way for it end, and end in a manner that's consistent with 75 years of what Archie is all about, and what he stands ...

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Avicii Says The Party’s Over For Now

Sometimes, the party does have to stop. And in Avicii's case, that time is now. After canceling his appearance at the Ultra Festival
 last week due to an emergency hospitalization, the superstar DJ said his doctors have told him to rest and postpone a string of upcoming shows.

"I'm sorry to postpone the shows this month," he wrote on Monday night. "I sincerely rly wish I didn't have to but unfortunately theres no going around it."

The Swedish DJ was unexpectedly hospitalized just before his Ultra appearance and rushed to a Miami Beach hospital suffering from abdominal pains, nausea and fever. He was later diagnosed with a blocked gall bladder and his rep said he was being evaluated for potential surgery to remove the organ.

In March of last year, the 24-year-old was hospitalized in Australia for six days for acute pancreatitis, but persuaded doctors to postpone his needed gallbladder surgery so he could perform the Future Music Festival.

On Friday, he informed fans that he was "feeling a lot better" after having his appendix and gallbladder removed. He was slated to play a show in Boston on Thursday and Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

And though he's on the mend, his doctors have told him to chill for now. "Health must always come first and in this case especially after my ruptured appendix that got removed doctors orders have been really strict."

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Avicii Says After Surgery The Party’s Over For Now

Sometimes, the party does have to stop. And in Avicii's case, that time is now. After canceling his appearance at the Ultra Festival
 last week due to an emergency hospitalization, the superstar DJ said his doctors have told him to rest and postpone a string of upcoming shows.

"I'm sorry to postpone the shows this month," he wrote on Monday night. "I sincerely rly wish I didn't have to but unfortunately theres no going around it."

The Swedish DJ was unexpectedly hospitalized just before his Ultra appearance and rushed to a Miami Beach hospital suffering from abdominal pains, nausea and fever. He was later diagnosed with a blocked gall bladder and his rep said he was being evaluated for potential surgery to remove the organ.

In March of last year, the 24-year-old was hospitalized in Australia for six days for acute pancreatitis, but persuaded doctors to postpone his needed gallbladder surgery so he could perform the Future Music Festival.

On Friday, he informed fans that he was "feeling alot better" after having his appendix and gallbladder removed. He was slated to play a show in Boston on Thursday and Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

And though he's on the mend, his doctors have told him to chill for now. "Health must always come first and in this case especially after my ruptured appendix that got removed doctors orders have been really strict."

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‘Spider-Man’ Spinoff: Here’s Your ‘Sinister Six’ Director

In a few short weeks, Peter Parker battles three of his deadliest enemies yet: Max "Electro" Dillon, Harry "Green Goblin" Osborn, and Aleksei "Rhino" Sytsevich.

But in a matter of years, Spider-Man's villain count will grow even larger and deadlier. That's because Sony plants to unveil a new "Amazing Spider-Man" spinoff, in theaters, as part of the studio's new initiative to expand its line of "Spider-Man" movies.


Drew Goddard, the director and co-writer behind cult horror classic "Cabin in the Woods," was previously tapped to write the "Sinister Six" screenplay. And now, it looks like he'll swing into action as the film's director, based on new information revealed by The Hollywood Reporter.

Even with Goddard writing and directing "Sinister Six," several questions still surround the "Spider-Man" spinoff. For one, which villains will we see in a "Sinister Six" movie? Virtually every Spider-Man villain has occupied a "sinister" seat at some point in time, and one has to wonder if upcoming baddies Electro, Goblin and Rhino will survive long enough to make it to "Sinister Six."


Could Curt "Lizard" Connors come out of retirement for Goddard's take on the Sinister Six? How about Doc Ock, or the Vulture, as both of those characters have been teased in the "Amazing Spider-Man 2" marketing?

No matter who populates Goddard's "Sinister Six," it will likely be a while before we receive any official confirmation one way or the other. Sony has plans to release "Amazing Spider-Man 3" and "Amazing Spider-Man 4" in 2016 and 2018, so unless "Sinister ...

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