At first blush, a role in may seem like a departure for actor Jeffrey Wright, whose resume is riddled with politically charged films like "The Ides of March," "W." and " and "The Manchurian Candidate," but anyone who's read the Suzanne Collins series upon which the blockbuster franchise is based knows the story is about much more than a televised death match. Wright said as much himself when MTV News caught up with him at San Diego Comic-Con, where a new trailer for the movie debuted.

"[I] read the books — not before being invited to be a part of it — but I read the books, and I realized that, yes, this is a huge movie and big-budget and a lot of action and sci-fi elements and all that, but at the same time the messaging within these books and within the movies is really interesting and really relevant, particularly for younger audiences," Wright said of signing on for the project. "Issues around war and the consequences of war and the consequences of war on warriors and people — the human elements of that I don't think we can address enough. And if we can do it in a way that's as thrilling as these movies are, more power to us."

Wright plays one such warrior — District 3 tribute Beetee, who's something of a whiz with electronics, earning himself the nickname "Volts." And as one of 24 tributes in the Quarter Quell, Wright spent a good portion of his time filming in Hawaii — a ...

One Direction are donned up in all sorts of disguises in their brand-new video for "Best Song Ever." And while it's their alter egos — based on all the one might find floating around L.A. — that may grab a few headlines, the video's director, Ben Winston, says the video is really about something else.

He says the visual is really about celebrating who the guys are, while also paying homage to their August 30 film release, "This Is Us." "The film that we've made 'This Is Us' is really the boys' story, and it's not trying to make them anything they're not. And that's what's incredible about One Direction, I think, is that they are a boy band that break all the rules and always do what they want to do," Winston told MTV News on Monday (July 22), the same day that the video premiered, which takes fans inside a terrible pitch meeting with the fivesome, where they face off against their Hollywood-based alter egos.

"And part of loving One Direction is sort of understanding they are their own men and they do what they want to do at all times," Winston continued. "They dance if they want to dance. They'll sing the tunes [they want]. They'll dress however they want to dress and that, I guess, is sort of a part of the video."

So while the studio executives try to make 1D into something they're not, including trying to get them dolled up in leather costumes and do dance routines, the video sets out to ...

SAN DIEGO — "X-Men: Days of Future Past" combines much of the casts from the first three "X-Men" films as well as the 2011 prequel, "X-Men: First Class," thanks to a time-travel plot straight out of the comics. But only Hugh Jackman — the dude who has held onto the same superhero role in more movies than anyone ever — had the opportunity to mingle with both casts.

"I'm so lucky in this film," Hugh Jackman gushed during his visit to MTV's studio at San Diego Comic-Con. "First of all, Bryan Singer is directing. He did 'X-Men' 1 and 2. He's the one who gave me the part. We're on set with him, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore — you name it. We're all there."

Omar Sy joined the future timeline cast as well, in the role of time-traveling law enforcer Bishop.

"It was like a reunion for about six weeks. We shot the future sequence," Jackman explained. "Because I'm the only actor who can play both time periods — because my character doesn't age — I actually play with all the younger actors."

Jennifer Lawrence, Paquin and Berry all have Academy Awards, to say nothing of the prestigious histories of Stewart and McKellen and the critic approved artistic bravery of Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. "For the last three and a half months, I've literally been with an Oscar caliber actor — like, literally, every actor. I mean, it's crazy," Jackman said.

"X-Men" was Hugh Jackman's first American movie, way back in 2000. At the time, Marvel ...

Dancing in your bedroom used to be a private thing — done with a hairbrush and aplomb behind closed doors — but now, thanks to a new video project from Bruno Mars and his dancey jam "Treasure," your moves could go viral.

Mars released his retro-style video for "Treasure" in June, shot on VHS and imbued with '70s glam, and Monday (July 22), he's added another layer — or should we say "filter" — to the jam. NYC-based technology agency OKFocus created a website that integrates fan footage shot using Instagram's video function with the official video.

When fans visit TreasureDance.com they'll be presented with an old-fashioned-looking TV — a nod to the retro quality of the "Treasure" video — outfitted with a pair of knobs. When they click play, the official video will begin playing, interspersed with fan footage that has been hashtagged with #treasuredance. Users can click the knobs to skip around footage, as well as click on Instagram usernames to see those dancers' accounts.

"The site looks for videos posted with the hashtag #TreasureDance on Instagram, takes the newest 100 videos and places them in a random sequence alongside Bruno Mars's preexisting music video for Treasure," OKFocus's Chief Technology Officer Jules LaPlace and Creative Director Ryder Ripps told MTV News, adding that the song's "tempo, temperament and general vibe" make it the perfect jam for the project.

This is the first such project to be created using Instagram's video functionality, which launched in June.

The selfie is an art — a delicate tightrope walk between posterity and vanity — which is why one posted this weekend by Fox News Contributor Geraldo Rivera sent currents of unrest throughout the Web.

Setting aside the fact that the 70-year-old TV personality appears almost in the nude, the snap was just not as artful as it could have been. So MTV News turned to the master of the selfie's photofeed — yes, that would be Justin Bieber — for some guidance on how Rivera could have made his photo POP.

Rivera has since taken down the photo, which he tweeted Saturday with the caption "70 is the new 50 (Erica and family are going to be so pissed ... but at my age...)." But if he ever decides to turn the lens on himself again, here's five Bieber-sourced tips he should heed:

1). Perfect Your Pout

We know that you're proud of your physique, Geraldo — "70 is the new 50!" — but that smile plastered under your 'stache is just so overt.

If you study the oeuvre of Justin Bieber's Instagram photos you will find that whether the Biebs is shirtless and chilling, or shirtless and bro-ing down with his homeys, not a smile dances across that face. No, instead he has perfected this soulful look (see above), one that speaks volumes with uttering a word.

Lush lips just barely parted, eyebrows raised slightly upward, the deep pools of his eyes shimmering with so many ... questions. The Bieber pout says: "I am shirtless. I don't know why I'm ...