November 26, 2024

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What Does The Rock Yell In The New ‘Hercules’ Trailer? Watch Now

The first trailer for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's was released earlier today, and it's exactly as badass as you'd expect, with the title character fighting lions and some kind of wooly mammoth with his bare hands.

The trailer also raises a big mystery: What does The Rock yell in the very last shot? The yell itself is drowned out by the trailer's music, and so we're left with one of the biggest cinematic mysteries since Bill Murray whispered in Scarlett Johansson's ear in "Lost In Translation."

Well, it took some careful study and consultations with numerous lip-reading experts, but we think we narrowed it down to the most likely suspects.

Check out the video to see for yourself, and get even more of The Rock as the man, the myth, and the legend himself when "Hercules" opens everywhere July 25.

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Emma Watson’s Guide To Getting That Gross ‘Noah’ Look

Emma Watson, star of the upcoming "

She's such an icon, in fact, that Watson will be taking over the MTV Twitter account on March 26 to give you an exclusive look at the red carpet premiere of the film, from getting ready, to chatting with fans and beyond.

For the biblical fantasy epic, though, Watson took a different tact.

"[I was] a bit greasy, didn't shower too much," Watson joked when MTV News asked her about her "Noah" look, in Los Angeles.

When she came to set for the epic fantasy shoot, she was sporting a hairstyle that wasn't exactly period appropriate for the character of Ila.

"I actually had a bob at the time, and obviously that's not going to work for a biblical movie," Watson said. "So we had to figure out how we were going to adapt that."

In the film, Watson plays the wife of Noah's (Russell Crowe) firstborn son, Shem (Douglas Booth), who has to survive not only a supernatural deluge, but also battles against armor-clad warriors and the wrath of the unseen Creator.

Watson worked with "American Hustle" and "Watchmen" costume designer Michael Wilkinson, alongside the film's makeup department, going through multiple hairpieces to get the bob to work. But sadly, Watson's natural haircut wasn't meant to make it to film.

"You could see that it didn't look very real because I had short hair," Watson continued. "My hair and makeup artist was like, 'Why don't we just give you dreads?' "

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Rixton May Not Be Naked In New Video, But They’re ‘Still A Lot Of Fun!’

Rixton have already showed us that they are talented musicians, but in their latest music video, the guys are about to show us that they're pretty good actors, too.

The U.K. band is set to release the video for the lead single off their recently released EP, on Wednesday (March 26) on MTV.

The foursome invited MTV News behind the scenes of the shoot, which took place at a Los Angeles boxing ring, to get an inside look at what fans can expect.

"This girl kind of sets us up and we invest our own money in a poker game and we get set up, like, ripped off," lead singer Jake Roche said. "We wanted to make like a Guy Ritchie-type film and get our acting heads on."

In what looks to be shaping up as quite the gambling story, the guys, who admitted they were having "the time of our lives" while on set, are seen around a poker table engaging in a high-stakes card game with a short-haired blonde woman, presumably the one who ripped them off.

If you're expecting nudity, however, like we saw in their breakout hit, then you might be disappointed. The boys, who are MTV's Artist to Watch, are keeping things covered up since the song "has a bit more of emotion."

"It's just totally the opposite of 'Make Out' — like, I am not naked and swinging on a wrecking ball. That would be weird," Roche said.

Drummer Lewi Morgan added, "I don't think we wanted to ever step away from that ["Make ...

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Schwarzenegger Reveals The Secret Of His ‘Terminator: Genesis’ Character

He said "I'll be back," and he wasn't lying: Arnold Schwarzenegger will return to the role that made him famous in the upcoming "Terminator: Genesis." But as MTV News found out when we sat down with the actor to discuss his upcoming movie "

"It will be challenging because it will be a new director, and it will be a really action packed movie," Schwarzengger said of the movie, which starts shooting in April. "And sometimes it does get more difficult when you're 66 years old and doing this kind of action, versus when you're in your 30s or in your 40s."

Which brings up an interesting question. "Terminator" introduced Schwarzenegger's time-traveling killer robot in 1984, when the actor was a mere 37 years old. He last played the T-800 model in the 2003 threequel "Terminator: Rise of the Machines," which was over a decade ago. And robots don't age — right?

"The way that the character is written, it's a machine underneath," Schwarzenegger continued. "It's this metal skeleton. But above that is human flesh. And the Terminator's flesh ages, just like any other human being's flesh. Maybe not as fast. But it definitely ages."

As far as we know, this is a new wrinkle in the continuity of the "Terminator" franchise, and potentially one to accommodate the self-admittedly older Arnold. So we'll get to see an older robot, and not a younger one Ô right?

"Terminator deals a lot with time travel, so there will be a younger T-800," Schwarzenegger added, blowing our minds, "and then what that model does later ...

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Logan Lerman Says ‘Percy Jackson 3’ Is Officially Dead

Logan Lerman won't be returning to the role of Percy Jackson in a third film based on the long running YA fantasy series of the same name. In fact, a third movie won't be happening at all.

"It's not happening," Lerman said when MTV News asked about a threequel at the junket for Darren Aronofsky's upcoming biblical fantasy "

Lerman starred as the title character in 2010's "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," as well as last year's "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters." The first two movies followed the title character, the demigod son of Poseidon as he survived the life of a hero-in-training at Half-Blood Camp while battling the forces of the Titan Kronos.

The award-winning "Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse" would have been the next book in the series coming to the big screen — presumably in 2015 or 2016, if the pace of the first two films' release was continued — following Percy and his allies' attempts to rescue the goddess Artemis and Percy's long-time friend Annabeth from the clutches of their kidnappers.

"It's been a great experience for me," Lerman said of the role. "It's opened up a lot of doors for me, but I don't think it's happening." One of those doors is playing the role of Ham, middle son of Noah (Russell Crowe) in Aronofsky's ("The Fountain") epic flood fantasy. It was a role that he wasn't even sure he'd be offered.

"I was interested in this movie before I even knew what it was. I heard that Darren Aronofsky was making a ...

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Hey Lorde, The Black Lips Will Probably Never Collaborate With You

Lorde may have sported a Cramps shirt on the cover of Rolling Stone, but don't except fellow deep-dark punk band the Black Lips to collaborate with her any time soon. According to guitarist Cole Alexander, "Royals" is his least favorite song — ever.

"We'd probably say no [if Lorde asked us to collaborate]," Alexander told the A.V. Club as part of the publication's "Hatesong" column, in which musicians explicate why they're not down with a certain tune.

"We've said no to stuff like that before. Sometimes I'll try to open myself because some things will be so ridiculous that I might actually do it, but I don't think I'd do it with her," he said.

Ridiculous — and awesome — decisions include the band's stop at this year's Hangout Festival and their upcoming tour for Underneath the Rainbow, during which the band will pump manufactured smells into venues around the globe.

Alexander emphasizes that he doesn't dislike Lorde herself, just the naïveté and style of the popular song. "It's hard to say I actually hate it, but it's a bit confused," he said, pointing to the familiar lyrics decrying pop stars' and rappers' fascination with Maybachs and diamonds.

"Most of the people that are rapping about Maybachs and diamonds come from really 'torn-up towns,'" Alexander said. "I feel like they come from worse parts and they aspire to get Maybachs and diamonds because they come from ratchet-ass 'hoods where they have no hope. I think it's a bit righteous of her."

Still, he amended, "I feel like she's ...

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Lil Wayne Says Euro’s Currency Is On The Rise

When it comes to mining rap's underground for new talent, Lil Wayne's track record is golden. Running a label that boasts artists like Drake, Nicki Minaj and Tyga hasn't curbed Weezy's expansion, not in the least bit.

On March 11 Wayne dropped Young Money's Rise of an Empire, a label compilation that features contributions from YM veterans as well as new label artists like Chanel West Coast, PJ Morton and Christina Milian. Weezy is supportive of all of his artists, but excited about one YM rookie in particular.

"We have my young boy Euro, and that's my secret weapon right there," Wayne boasted to MTV News while on set at the in Los Angeles on March 12.

Euro, who was born in the Dominican Republic but made his rap bones in Rhode Island, made a splash on Wayne's Dedication 5 mixtape last year and is featured on three tracks off of Rise of an Empire. It was his straight-to-the-point lyrical style that first attracted the YM Boss.

The youngster held his own alongside Wayne on "We Alright" and even landed a solo track on the compilation titled "Induction Speech." Still, Tunechi promises that there is more in store.

"Please, please, I tell the fans out there, don't judge the Young Money album as his starting, as his platform to start, because he's in the trigger," Wayne said so excitedly that he tripped up his gun metaphor. "He's in the barrel, loaded, and man, man, man, man, man."

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Rock-quaman? Dwayne Johnson Confirms His DC Comics Movie Role

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson held a Twitter chat today in advance of the release of his "trailer; but other than plugging the "original superhero" in his upcoming movie, another surprising detail came out about an upcoming role:

While it's not a shocker that The Rock is collaborating with DC/Warner Bros. on an upcoming movie &#8212: the actor confirmed as much back in January — what is interesting is that Mr. Johnson will be portraying a "never played" character.

We're assuming that The Rock is referring to in a theatrical feature, as pretty much every DC Comics character ever has been put on screen in animated form, or on live-action TV. So that rules out Superman, Batman, Steel, Jonah Hex, Green Lantern, and, er, Swamp Thing. Also Catwoman.

Of that list, Green Lantern is the only one fans had The Rock pegged for, specifically the character's third iteration, John Stewart. Stewart popular on the animated "Justice League Unlimited," and is considered one of the more recognizable characters of the modern era. But as The Rock later confirmed, no, that's not the character you're looking for.

The Rock has also been associated with Captain Marvel villain Black Adam (as he mentioned in his tweet), but that character, while "extremely complex" is far from well known.

It's possible he could be referring to Justice League hero Cyborg, a half-man, half-machine who's been heavily featured recently in the comics, and on TV in "Teen Titans GO!" But again, it's not like Cyborg is a household name.

No, we're going with Aquaman.

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50 Cent Is As Fly As Ever In New Video For ‘Pilot’: Watch

The album cover for 50 Cent's upcoming Animal Ambition includes the written credo "an untamed desire to win." And if his latest single and video are any indication, the rapper plans to earn that victory by being both the hardest and the flyest out.

Late Monday night, the newly independent MC released his newest track, "Pilot," on iTunes. Proving there's no stopping his grind, 50 came right back Tuesday morning (March 25) with the official video for the song. In it, the mogul splits his time between a dimly lit club and holding court in the driver's seat of an aircraft — dressed in a full-on pilot's outfit to boot.

"Overall, the project is about prosperity," the G-Unit frontman recently revealed to MTV News about his June 3 album. "The first joint I put out was 'Hold On,' and it's about the envy or jealousy connected to doing too well in front of people in the environment I grew up in."

As for his latest, it opens with the sound of a plane taking off, before 50 kicks his catchy chorus: "Me, I'm like a pilot, G5 Jet I'm fly as sh--/ You cannot deny it, oh no, no-no, no-no."

Before long, though, he reminds you why he first earned a rep more than a decade ago as one of the grittiest out. Chomping at detractors with sizeable threats, he warns in the first verse, "From N.O. to N.Y., I got shooters bitch, don't act cute and sh--." He follows up in similar fashion in the second: "Your f--kin' head, I crack ...

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Shakira’s Marriage Goes Up In Flames In ‘Empire’ Video: Watch Now

Shakira is a girl on fire!

In her music video for "Empire," the second single off her self-titled album, out Tuesday (March 25), the Latin songstress is overtaken by the power of one man's love, but he is not the man she is set to marry.

Shakira is seen at the start of the clip as a blushing bride ready to walk down the aisle. Once the church doors open, however, doubt crosses her face as she drops her bouquet of flowers and runs out of the church, leaving her guests and groom behind.

"Like the empires of the world unite/ We are alive/ And the stars make love to the universe/ You're my wildfire every single night," Shakira sings.

The video — directed by Darren Craig, Jonathan Craven and Jeff Nicholas from the Uprising Creative — then takes us on a visual journey as Shakira breaks free from her past relationship, literally setting it on fire. After fleeing and dancing in an open field, the singer is seen in front of the church singing the powerful rock-pop song as the veil and back of her traditional white wedding dress go up in flames.

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It's not just her dress that suffers the burn: The church does as well. Ditching what was left of her wedding dress, Shakira rocks a low-cut black dress as she dances her way through the ruined church matching the pulsating beat of the emotional power anthem.

We never do come face-to-face with the man who holds Shakira's heart in the video, ...

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