November 26, 2024

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‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Footage Revealed: Where’s The Sex?

While we may be just less than a year away from the highly anticipated flick, some very lucky people got their first glimpse of Mr. Grey in action.

Those at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday were treated to a five-minute look at E L James' erotic novel turned movie. Their reactions have already been making the rounds from CinemaCon attendees. Here's what they're saying:

What's Missing
It's no secret that probably everyone watching this footage was hoping for some steamy sex scenes, but it looks like we will have to wait until it hits the big screen for some action. The clip focuses on the romance developing between Christian Grey, the billionaire tycoon and the good-girl college student Anastasia Steele. Studio chairman Donna Langely promised the crowd of viewers that stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson "have the kind of chemistry that could turn this into the next iconic romance."

"While the movie promises to be filled with all kinds of taboo carnal relations, what was shown in the clips was very PG-rated (they didn't even mention the word "sex"),"CinemaBlend's Eric Eisenberg writes, "Of course, there was plenty of innuendo and suggestion of Christian Grey's habits behind locked doors, but none of it was explicitly shown. The closest is came to showing anything even remotely R-rated was Ana tied to a bed with a blindfold on, but even that shot lasted only about a half a second."

What Made It
While they may have opted to keep the footage PG, they didn't leave out everything.

"The clip showcased the burgeoning romance, filling ...

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Gwyneth Paltrow And Chris Martin Separate

Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin have announced they are separating. The couple broke the news Tuesday (March 25) on Paltrow's Goop website, in a statement titled "Conscious Uncoupling." "It is with hearts full of sadness that we ha... ...

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Rick Ross Reveals Meaning Behind Diddy’s <i>MMM</i> Album Title

How do you keep a bunch of rap fans in suspense? You do what Diddy (or is it Puff Daddy?) did and cryptically hashtag your album for months.

The Bad Boy CEO has been teasing his MMM album for some time now, without ever divulging what the three letters stand for, but on Tuesday (March 25) his buddy Rick Ross finally spilled the beans — and it doesn't Musical March Madness.

"He in the studio working on his new project Money Making Mitch," Rick Ross told Trace.TV in a short video clip on Tuesday (March 25).

The title is a reference to 2002 street drama "Paid in Full." The Dame Dash-backed film stars Cam'ron, Wood Harris and Mekhi Phifer, who plays Mitch, a fictional character based off 1980s Harlem drug dealer Rich Porter.

In a pivotal scene in the film Mitch confronts his drug-addicted uncle Ice, who throws out the Money Making Mitch, before the two exchange blows. Porter's street legacy is continually celebrated in rap music, so it makes sense that a Harlem-bred rap star like Diddy would choose to throw a nod to the fallen drug lord.

The first release off of Money Making Mitch is an over-the-top brag-fest that also features Ross and French Montana. Turns out that in the song's second verse Diddy gave a hint to his album title and no one even noticed: "More 80s than the 80s n---a, I'm money Mitchin.' "

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Are Keyshia Cole’s New Songs Really About The Divorce Rumors?

We've been watching Keyshia Cole's life play out in her music and the media since the soulful songstress dropped her unforgettable 2005 debut The Way It Is. But when it comes to the split between her and her husband, basketball star Daniel Gibson, Cole would rather let the music do the talking.

"I just want to do my music, instead of saying how I feel. I just want to get it all out and not really speak about it, because it's a different thing when you speak about it," Cole told MTV News on Friday. "Especially when you have a son and that being his father."

On Monday, Cole took to her Twitter account to swear off all interviews after a call-in to Atlanta's V-103 went terribly wrong. "I'm done wit interviews for a minute! That interview with V103 left a very bad taste. And to be honest, I don't deserve that kinda treatment," she wrote.

Last week Cole dropped two singles from her upcoming LP, the aggressive Juicy J-assisted "Rick James" and the slow balled "Next Time (Won't Give My Heart)." Both songs, though drastically different in sound, deal with a hurtful breakup, so it's easy to see why fans (and the media) would think the records are about Gibson, who is rumored to have cheated on Cole.

But Cole won't say that the new records are about her real-life situation. She points to her 2008 single "Heaven Sent," which she says was written about her cousin. "It just depends on what's around me, what I see, what ...

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Miley Is Teaching Republican Girls How To Twerk, Pharrell Says

Pharrell Williams is a man at peace. He's got a hit album and a career-defining mega-single with 
 he's, yes, happily married and even his goofy hats are a meme that just won't quit.

But after two decades of cranking out hits, he knows better than to rest on his laurels and put it on coast. Which is why in a new GQ profile Skateboard P has so much on his mind, including revealing who our next president will be.

We skimmed over the article to find the 8 best moments of pure Pharrellitude, in no particular order:

1. Bad News, Tea Party: Your Daughters Love To Twerk
After all those n-word jokes in 2014, Pharrell says "good luck" to the ultra-conservative GOP offshoot party. "They're all trying to learn how to do the Dougie. Please. While their daughters are all twerking," he said. "Trust me: Miley tells me all the time: All those little girls, all those girls with their Republican daddies, they're twerkin' somewhere listening to Jay Z and Beyoncé and doin' the 'Happy' dance. And that's black."

2. Regrets? He's Had A Few, But Trucker Hats Aren't One
"No," Williams said when asked if he regrets his former headgear. "I always did the same thing. I've dressed like I make my music. 'No one's doing that: I'm gonna go do that.' With the trucker hat, it was just a different time. And it was just N.E.R.D. time for me, you know? And that's what we represented — like, the anti-media image. We represented the real: black kids that skated."

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Mack Wilds Graduates Early With His Sophomore Album

Mack Wilds made a pretty smooth transition from acting to music, scoring a coveted Grammy nomination for his debut album, New York: A Love Story, so it's no surprise that the Staten Island native doesn't want to stray far from the successful formula, on his sophomore LP.

"[The album] is definitely still gonna be very hip-hop, because I'm more than an R&B artist," he told MTV News of the next project, on set at his "Henny (remix)" video shoot last week. "I consider myself [to be]a hip-hop artist. That's the culture that embraces me the most. I don't consider myself [to be] the R&B crooner, singing to a girl."

"I'm definitely more of the hip hop, tell-my-story, where I'm from, and probably bag your chick type of stuff. So with that aspect, it's gonna be very hip-hop orientated but very musical."

New York: A Love Story was heavy with nostalgic 90s-era rap melodies, and it sounds like fans can expect more of that coming up.

"[I] love messing around with instruments and stuff so it's gonna be a very creative album," he added. "It's pretty much the finding of me as a man — the different stories and trials and tribulations one goes through, looking for themselves, on their way to being a man."

No word yet on when we'll hear new music from the album. In the meantime, look out for the "Henny (remix)" video, which features cameos from Busta Rhymes, French Montana and Mobb Deep. The clip was inspired by Craig Mack's 1994 star-studded video for "Flavor in Ya Ear ...

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