Guns N' Roses played a bowling alley in Brooklyn last night.

That sentence says all you need to know. Was the Gunners' pre-Governors' Ball gig at Brooklyn Bowl particularly revelatory? No. Were there moments when the throngs of diehards who shelled out $150 to witness the spectacle looked bored? Absolutely (mostly during the Chinese Democracy songs). Did Axl Rose — who wore a fedora that made him look like Van Helsing, and didn't take his sunglasses off once — seem to care? Have you been paying attention for the past two decades?

So, yes, GNR tore through Brooklyn on Thursday, shutting down the lanes for the night (bowling is not permitted when Axl is doing his thing) and powering their way through a set meant for stages far larger that this one. The hits came fast and furious — "Welcome to the Jungle" was the second song they played, and they made sure to do "Mr. Brownstone," "Sweet Child O' Mine," and "Paradise City" too — and there were showcase solos for all three of the guitarists (former Replacements man Tommy Stinson even got to do a couple of tunes). But the most fascinating thing about their set was how resolute Axl was. Simply put, he wasn't going to let a tiny room stand in the way of delivering an arena-sized set.

That's not exactly surprising. But once the initial thrill of seeing a band so huge in a venue so small wore off, well, there wasn't much left to get excited about. Every instrument on the stage — and there ...

There's still one more week before arrives, so things should be relatively low-key at the box office.

Low-budget horror flick "The Purge" is likely to steal the #1 spot away from "The Internship," which boasts not only a bigger budget but bigger stars, as well. The new comedy might even have to settle for #3 behind two-time champ

Last weekend, it was big-name stars Will Smith and his son Jaden that flamed out at the box office, despite their status in Hollywood. This weekend, the "Wedding Crashers" team of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are poised to follow suit. Despite its R rating, "Wedding Crashers" cleared nearly $210 million back in 2005, thanks to a clever premise and great reviews. "Marley & Me" was a hit for Wilson, and Vaughn scored as part of "The Break-Up," "Four Christmases" and "Couple's Retreat."

However, "The Dilemma" and "The Watch" — both starring Vaughn — and "Hall Pass" and "The Big Year" — featuring Wilson — all bombed. Wilson was part of the critical and commercial hit "Midnight in Paris" as well as a critical misfire but $191 million hit. As BoxOfficeMojo.com pointed out, the stars in those cases were really Woody Allen and Pixar, respectively. Fox has predicted a $12 million opening for about a pair of middle-aged interns stuck in a sea of youth at Google.

Despite being less raunchy than the comedic pair's big collaboration from eight years ago, the PG-13 romp Vaughn described to MTV News as having a lot of "optimism" and ...

Just one night after turning the 2013 CMT Music Awards with a dramatic performance, Taylor Swift headlined the first night of Nashville's CMA Music Festival and shared the stage with a pair of country giants.

Swift's five-song set at LP Field stadium on Thursday night included her hits "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," "Mean," "Love Story" and "Red." But for her encore she brought out some extra firepower in the form of Tim McGraw and Keith Urban for a cover of McGraw's "Highway Don't Care."

Pulling off her red acoustic guitar, Swift invited McGraw out on stage to perform the song from McGraw's Two Lanes of Freedom album. As he sang the first verse, Swift shimmied in place, swinging her hips and coming in with her refrain, "I can't live without you baby."

By the second verse, the pair gave a longing look and then separated, going to either end of he stage and singing across the expanse before Swift swung her hips back toward McGraw and stood beside him as Keith Urban ripped off the song's guitar solo. The energetic performance ended with all three stars hugging it out center stage as the audience hollered their approval.

Check out Taylor Swift's outfits from the CMT Music Awards red carpet and performance!

The brief set during the fan-focused CMA's was just a teaser for Swift's diehard followers, as she told USA Today that she's already working on her next album. "It's starting," she said backstage at the CMA gig. "All the anxiety is starting. When the ...

From "Bug" to "The Runaways" to "Premium Rush," Michael Shannon has made a successful career for himself playing larger-than-life characters. But in taking on his biggest role to date, the villainous General Zod in "Man of Steel," Shannon said that he always felt like he was working seriously and quietly on a very real and believable character.

"It never really felt like a comic-book movie to me," Shannon told MTV News. "Because of the approach, it was so serious. And I don't mean that to make it sound like it's not [fun]; I mean, at the end of the day, it's meant to be an entertaining movie and I think it is. But from the beginning where they're on Krypton, there's some real serious issues being discussed, and real dire circumstances. And just the scope of it kind of took me by surprise — I think it's unusual."

In "Man of Steel," Zod is a complexly rendered adversary for Superman and the hero's last vestige of contact with his home world. He's an opponent who wants to rebuild Krypton at the expense of humankind, which Superman has sworn to protect. Shannon said that he enjoyed the opportunity to play a role where the character's motivations were well-established and even sympathetic.

"Even though people think I'm really good at being evil or something, if the job was just to show up and be mean to people, I would get confused, I think," he said. "It was nice to have a very clear objective."

Shannon is also well-known for his portrayals of bad ...

These days, Khloe Kardashian is satisfied being an aunt to her big sisters' kids. But with Kim only weeks away from giving birth to her daughter, viewers might be wondering when Khloe plans to start her own little brood with her basketball player hubby, Lamar Odom.

The short answer: she has no intentions at the moment to become a mom herself. So that means, for now, Kourtney and Kim will be the main moms in the bunch.

"I don't think anyone's ever really 100 percent ready. I definitely want to have kids, but I think, and I don't regret doing anything; I don't regret exposing anything about my life or my personal wishes for babies. I just think people really took that and spun with it. And [they] wanted to say I'm desperate to have a baby," she told MTV News about letting fans into her life on her many E! reality shows, on which she sometimes struggles with the decision to start a family with Odom.

The reality starlet married Odom in September 2009, after dating for only a month. So, given how quickly they moved to walk down the aisle, fans just assumed they'd work just as quickly to add kids to the Kardashian-Odom clan.

She continued, "I'm 28 years old [and] I've been married almost four years now. I'm still in my newlywed phase is what I call it, so whenever it's time for me to have a baby, that's when it's gonna be time."

She's feeling relaxed about it, even as the eighth season of "Keeping Up" ...

So much of hip-hop music is driven by personal aspirations and rags to riches stories. The Notorious B.I.G. once bragged he "went from ashy to classy" while Drake is currently singing "started from the bottom, now I'm here." Meek Mill has also come a long way, but the Philadelphia lyricist is focused on upward mobility. That's the concept behind his new single .

"I always realized it's levels," Meek told MTV News on Monday when we sat with MMG to discuss their upcoming Self Made, Vol.3 compilation. "When I went to Ross' house for the first time, he had every car in the driveway and I ain't ever really know nobody that had all that stuff at one time. So you personally knowing somebody like that, you're like, "They're really levels out here man.' "

On the Cardo-produced track, Meek thumbs his nose at lower-tier rappers, but when speaking on the concept of "Levels," he is much more humble, noting that as far as he has come, he has room for growth. "People really doin' it at another level. I stay in my lane but I always try to graduate to the next level," he said. "I stay hungry and that's what I do. I see somethin', I like it and I stay hungry and try to graduate to that level."

Mill even applies the concept beyond rap. "No matter if you work at a job, or you play basketball, or you cut here, there's levels to everything you do [and] how hard you work," he finished.

It's been eight years since Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson made some bad decisions in the blockbuster comedy and the two will reunite this week — as washed-up watch salesmen hoping for a fresh start at Google — in the film But just don't expect "Wedding Crashers: Office Edition."

For one, the raunch-factor has been ratcheted down for this PG-13 rated film; for another, "The Internship" touts an uplifting message that probably would have been lost on perpetual-partiers John and Jeremy.

"The audience reaction to the film has been tremendous, and the thing we keep hearing about is all the optimism and heart that the movie has," Vaughn told MTV news. "The movie is really funny with a lot of great turns."

Perhaps what's resonated most with audiences isn't the laughs but the film's examination of the pursuit of the American Dream in the midst of a fraught, unfriendly economy.

"The movie is really about what's going on now," Vaughn continued. "A lot of young people who are entering the workforce — there's a lot of fear about what kind of jobs are out there, and people who are older are losing jobs. So I think the movie really takes people who are put in a position that feels fearful or things have gone against them, that they're willing to kind of humble themselves and not give up on a dream and try to believe in themselves even when things present themselves not to be so easy. And I think that's something that all of us can really ...

Fans of Nickelodeon stars Ariana Grande and Jennette McCurdy know that along with killer comedic timing, the two multi-hyphenates also have some awesome singing pipes.

So, as they prepare to premiere their "iCarly"/"Victorious" spinoff, "Sam & Cat," on June 8 on Nick, they are opening up a bit about why they won't be singing on their series. And, it has something to do with Miley Cyrus.

"We didn't want to sing on the show. We had the option," Grande, who has recently launched her solo music career with her single explained to MTV News. "I think we just wanted to do like a TV show because I feel like since 'Hannah Montana,' it's been so cool for kid's shows to be musically driven. I don't think there's a show for kids out there now that doesn't have music."

McCurdy added, "This show, I think, is about being funny and making people laugh."

The show might not have singing, but it will certainly have plenty of LOL-worthy moments for fans of "iCarly" and "Victorious." The series follows the actresses reprising their roles of sassy Sam and ditzy Cat as they embark on their own babysitting service to make some extra dough. The premiere of "Sam & Cat" airs Saturday on Nick at 8 p.m. ET.

The ladies share the series is the perfect vehicle for them since it not only celebrates their small-screen friendship but also their real-life besties status. "We were super excited. We've been friends for a long time, before we heard about the show idea," McCurdy ...