Do you really like movies? Lindsay Lohan wants to know.

In the new trailer for "The Canyons," the gossip-magnet actress questions whether the substance and meaning of movies is all it's cracked up to be. Directed by Paul Schrader (writer of "Taxi Driver") from a script by Bret Easton Ellis (writer of "American Psycho"), the film examines the underbelly of Hollywood in a way that both threatens to expose it and give it new meaning.

Lohan stars opposite adult film actor James Deen, who canoodles with Lohan in the clip as an off-camera voice reveals, "I make my own movies." While the footage doesn't quite reveal what kind of movies that disembodied voice makes, the wealth of bare flesh and writhing bodies suggests that they're not necessarily the kind that a young actress would be eager to write home about. Especially when she tells Deen, "there are some parts of my life I would like to keep private."

Deen responds, "Nobody has a private life anymore," as Lohan slips in and out of her clothes.

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The film's production attracted plenty of attention in 2012 as Lohan's legal entanglements — and her public antics — overshadowed what appears to be the story of an imploding starlet. But after being rejected, very publicly, from several major film festivals, it appears the film will eventually find its way into theaters. Now the only question is whether or not "The Canyons" will turn out to be "a movie that you thought really ...

NEW YORK — Growing up in Brooklyn, it was hard not to be a fan of Jay-Z. Even when the Notorious B.I.G. reigned atop the borough's food chain, there was something magnetic about Shawn Carter and his early records that only seemed to get played on Stretch & Bobbito's overnight Columbia University-based college radio show. So when Hov put the call out to purchase his independently released debut album Reasonable Doubt in 1996, I answered and hit BK's famed Fulton Mall after school and bought the eventual hip-hop classic.

Seventeen years later, I'm still answering the call. However the most recent one was more direct. "Jay is doing something cool, I can't say what, but you should come and be a part of it," one of those industry connects, who eventually turn to great friends, told me over the phone on Tuesday evening.

I arrived at the address I was given, 510 West 25th Street, shortly after noon on Wednesday (July 10) but didn't realize that I'd be taking part in Jay-Z's "Picasso Baby" video shoot until after I was asked to sign a waiver inside of the Pace Gallery. In my head I joked that I signed my life away to the illuminati, but in reality, I simply consented to having my image used and agreed not to sue if I turned up in the video. (Why would I do that?)

There were a few familiar faces; music executive Michael Kyser, Roc A&R Lenny S. and performance artist Marina Abramović. The crowd for the most part was largely unfamiliar to me. ...

Two days after Spike Lee released a trippy poster for " the director has revealed the first (NSFW) trailer for his adaptation of the popular manga and South Korean cult film fave. And if the preview's any indication, the American version isn't pulling any punches.

"Oldboy" tells the story of Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin), a man who wakes up imprisoned in a room — with no explanation. He stays there for 20 years, forced to watch television reports about the murder of his wife, a crime for which he was framed. One day, again without explanation, Joe is freed with a satchel full of cash and a whole lot of revenge to enact.

For fans of the original movie — directed by "Stoker" helmer Park Chan-wook — the concept of a remake, even by a filmmaker as respected as Lee, seemed like an impossibility. How could a mainstream American movie ever live up to the disturbing and violent nature of the original, especially that film's shocking conclusion?

Without venturing into spoiler territory, it looks like Lee has crafted a dark vision, one that bears a striking resemblance to the Park Chan-wook film. Fans will immediately recognize a gruesome scene involving a hammer as inspired by the South Korean version's most famous fight sequence. Moreover, a brief look at the actual scene in Lee's film seems to hint that it may take on a similar, long-take format.

On the topic of the ending (Warning: spoilers ahead), Lee's "Oldboy" could potentially pull off the same trick as the Korean flick. Fans familiar with ...

Little Mix know exactly what they will be doing during the hot summer months. In between festival gigs back in their native U.K., the singers will be hitting the studio to come up with a new batch of tunes to inspire their Little Mixers with.

The foursome dropped their debut album, DNA, in the U.S. back in May, but are already tuned into sessions for the follow-up album. They are hoping to take the lessons that they learned recording and promoting their debut (which dropped in the U.K. last November) and applying that to their in-the-works sophomore release.

"We're so proud of [the] DNA album. We don't want to let it go, but we've had a bit of fun. We've only literally just started writing and stuff," Jade Thirlwall explained to MTV News about the follow-up. "I think we probably might mature slightly for this album, but we want to keep the kind of uplifting message we had on the last one. Why am I saying last one? It's still out. Isn't that weird?"

"We're just gonna make it better; step it up," Leigh-Anne Pinnock added.

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Their debut gave fans a taste of what exactly makes up Little Mix's musical DNA, with feisty anthems and empowering lyrics coursing through the album. And the ladies are hoping to recapture that magic this time around. "Maybe another 'Wings' kind of a thing. Like Jade said, we want it to be a little more mature 'cause we feel like our fans grow with us," ...

Britney Spears released a passel of interactive teaser images Wednesday (July 10) for the video for her "Smurfs 2" track "Ooh La La," and it looks to be a family affair for the family movie. The vid features her sons Jayden Jaymes, 6, and Sean Preston, 7.

Spears spoke about the Marc Klasfeld-directed music video, which will officially premiere at noon on Thursday, and her sons' involvement on Ryan Seacrest's radio show last month: "[My sons] were actually really, really good on set," she said. "They play themselves ... [but when] we did the actual shoot of the video I didn't see [them]. I was in hair and makeup, so later on I got to see what they actually did on camera and it was adorable."

Spears also told Seacrest that her sons were the reason she contributed to the film's soundtrack in the first place. "They're obsessed with the Smurfs," she said. "We've seen 'The Smurfs' movie a million trillion times, and they were told they could be in the video and all this cool stuff, so that's the reason why I did it."

Accordingly, the boys got ample play as Brit started building anticipation for the vid's release. Wednesday morning, she fired off the following tweet and Instagram image, featuring the pop star and her sons munching popcorn in a movie theatre ("Omg. How CUTE are my boys?!" she gushed.) The lyric video hit VEVO at the end of June.

She then followed up with even more snippets from the video — this time ...

With San Diego's Comic-Con International just around the corner, Entertainment Weekly has devoted its latest issue to the pop culture event — which includes the first reveal of Jamie Foxx's Spider-Man bad guy, Electro.

While Spider-Man is sporting a look that veers closer than ever to the character's comic-book origins, the same can't be said for Electro. There's not a single lightning-bolt-shaped mask to be found on director Marc Webb's set. The bad guy was first glimpsed way back in April when "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" visited Times Square for Electro's public debut. But while those photos revealed the biggest change to Electro's look — the bad guy's blue now — it was apparent that a few CGI tweaks were needed to finalize the charismatic actor's full turn to the dark side.

The EW cover illuminates Foxx's heavily made-up face while giving his pronounced veins an almost lightning-bolt effect. The cover also shows off part of Electro's uniform, and it's a bit different than the character's signature green and yellow tights. Here, the villain sports a high-tech and rubbery-looking jump suit, complete with a lightning-bolt symbol on the arm.

Foxx jumped at the chance to play a comic-book bad guy. As Foxx told EW, "To get to be the villain and get to say all the cool stuff? Of course!" He expressed similar sentiments to MTV News last month, saying that he enjoyed the role so much that he improvised a catch phrase on set.

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Justin Timberlake got all Bob Dylan in a teaser video Wednesday (July 10) for a brand-new track off of his upcoming follow-up to The 20/20 Experience. With a series of scrawled cue cards, Timberlake introduced us to "Take Back the Night," but left it hazy as to when exactly that jam will come to the masses.

In the black-and-white (Timberlake's signature colors) teaser, Timberlake exits a convertible and holding up a series of cue cards reading: "'Suit & Tie,' January 14," "'Mirrors,' February 11," "The 20/20 Experience, March 19," "Take Back The Night," and then, a mysteriously blurred cue card that presumably bears the release date of the as-yet to be released single.

Timberlake then swaggers into a club as the scene changes from black and white to color, and we hear the hook of the jam in question: "Take back the night / C'mon use me up until there's nothing left / Take back the night / Dizzy, spinnin', sweatin', you can't catch your breath."

The followup to The 20/20 Experience is slated to drop on September 30 and this short teaser offers up some clues as to what we can expect, in addition to the music.

For one, the vid is titled The 20/20 Experience Continues..., which could very well be the album title. Secondly, the color change at the end could hint at an aesthetic change for volume one, as the first iteration of the album saw Timberlake for the most part adopting a black and white/grayscale look -- from music videos to the majority of Read More →