November 27, 2024

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‘Avengers’ Set Photos Offer First Look At Scarlet Witch And Quicksilver

Listen, I know you're probably super excited for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" after that, but there's something else in the Marvel Universe, across the Atlantic, that demands your attention.

First unit production on "Avengers: Age of Ultron" began on March 22, and already things are looks big, explosive and scarlet.

Mild spoilers below

The first snapshots from the set show northwestern Italy doubling for Eastern Europe and a chaotic scene with at least two recognizable characters from the pages of Marvel comics suiting up. Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) run out of a building with a crowd others, away from an unseen threat.

Olsen's Scarlet Witch is one of the two newest additions to the team, along with her twin brother, Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). The characters made their debut just last week on the TV special, "Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe," in the form of concept art.

Scarlet Witch's costume matched the looks from the special pretty closely. Olsen sports high black books and a red jacket— much more practical than the unitard comic fans are used to see her in.

As the only returning Avenger on set today in Italy, Renner's Hawkeye looks more or less the same than when we last saw him shooting up Chitauri in New York City. According to early talk about the story in "Age of Ultron," Hawkeye is expect to have a much bigger role this time around and — hopefully — not get brainwashed immediately.

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Lady Gaga’s ‘G.U.Y.’ Video: The 22 Most Gaga Moments

Lady Gaga doesn't do subtle. We can say with almost 100 percent certainty that there will never be a day when she releases an unplugged video where she's sitting in a white-walled room, with no makeup and just jeans and a boyfriend t-shirt on, strumming a beat-up acoustic guitar under fluorescent lights.

It's just not her thing. What is her thing are the kind of epic, over-the-top, million-dollar blow-out music videos that Michael Jackson used to make. (Bonus: an MJ impersonator makes a cameo!) And that's exactly what she unveiled Saturday night with the a nearly 12-minute epic that is not only the longest of her music videos, but also kind of a Gaga greatest hits montage.

From the winking, fabulous cameos to the luxurious setting (the famously opulent Hearst Castle), Gaultier outfits, obligatory nude shots, strident cultural commentary and well, so much more. Here are our picks for the 22 most Gaga moments of "G.U.Y."

1. Why is it raining money and why are these businessmen fighting over it?

2. If it's Gaga, you know she's going to be naked ... with an arrow in her back, no less.

3. And, now she's topless, crawling from a smoldering money pit dressed as a kind of California-condor-meets-Icarus.

4. Gaga pulls an arrow from her chest ... and sings to it.

5. She collapses in front of the gilded Hearst Castle and two beefcakes in designer garbage bags scoop her limp body up.

6. And now she's like Jesus.

7. Why is that woman wearing ...

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‘Spider-Verse’ Event Teams Up Every Spider-Man – Ever

Are you ready to see a team-up featuring every Spider-Man, ever? Marvel Comics sure hopes you are, because starting in November they'll be launching the epic event "Spider-Verse," teaming up every incarnation of Spider-Man in comic book history to fight an evil being who is killing anyone with a spider logo on their chest.

The event kicks off in November, in "Amazing Spider-Man #9," by writer Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel. That said, fans will get the "first hints" of "Spider-Verse" in the April-launching "Amazing Spider-Man #1."

"The scope of this event is so big, the word 'epic' just doesn't do it justice," Nick Lowe, editor of the "Spider-Man" books said via press release. "The story is just huge and heartbreaking and has necessitated spreadsheets to organize all the Spider-Men. Luckily we have a writer who has proven time and time again he can thread impossible story-needles [Slott] and the most versatile character artist in the business [Coipel]."

To give a sense of how huge the event is, Marvel released a graphic by artist Gabriele Dell'Otto featuring a large chunk of the main cast: Spider-Man of course; but also all of his different incarnations over the years; and several incarnations of Spider-Woman and Spider-Girl thrown in for good measure.

In case you can't figure out exactly who everyone is, don't worry we annotated the graphic for you; though even with our vast Spider-Man knowledge, there's still a few more gaps to fill in. Help us out, readers, and let us ...

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Do 5 Seconds Of Summer Really Wear American Apparel Underwear?

With its catchy lyrics and can't-get-out-of-your-head chorus, it's no surprise that I've been blasting 5 Seconds of Summer's single on repeat for the past few weeks.

The song also has me thinking, how does one come up with a line like, "She looks so perfect standing there in my American Apparel underwear?" Well, when I got on the phone with half the Australian pop-punk group, Michael Clifford and Ashton Irwin, who are releasing their debut EP in the U.S. on April 1, I just had to find out.

"We wrote [the song] in L.A. with our friend Jake Sinclair, and he's worked with some of our favorite bands, like Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco," Ashton said. "So it was amazing to work with him. He had this idea of a song 'she looks so perfect standing there in my American Apparel underwear,' and he's like, 'Bear with me — it's kind of weird.' And we are like, 'We love weird.' "

It looks like being weird has paid off. The video for the song has been viewed more than 7 million times on YouTube since its release three weeks ago, which may or may not be due to the fact that everyone in the clip (excluding the bandmembers) gets naked.

"We always wanted nudity in our video," Ashton said. "So we sort of were like, how do we get this video treated properly? The underwear line was an obvious thing, and the director, Frank Borin, came to us with the idea that the song puts people into a ...

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MTV’s Musical March Madness Moves To Round Two: Vote Now!

Round two of MTV's Musical March Madness tips off Monday (March 24), and after one week, the 2014 tournament is already proving to be one for the ages.

We started with 64 bands, and now the field has been whittled down to 32 ... as the quest for total supremacy — and one very toned trophy — continues. Voting in all second-round matchups is now underway, and polls will remain open until Monday, March 31 at noon ET.

Vote Now In All #MMM Second-Round Matchups!

Much like the actual NCAA tournament (farewell, Duke), #MMM has already seen plenty of upsets, as two #1 seeds were sent packing, and no shortage of nail-biting, down-to-the-wire battles ... and if we've learned anything from the first round, it's that every vote counts; so, if you want your favorites to survive to the Sweet 16, well, hit the polls early and often!

But before you do, let's recap the week that was ... and look ahead at the second-round matchups in #MMM 2014!

Midwest Region

Top-seeded Fall Out Boy weren't one of the early favorites shown the door, as they crushed #16 St. Vincent to advance. They'll take on Jack Antonoff's Bleachers in round two, as the newly-formed sideproject proved they're no flash in the pan, outlasting #9 Grouplove in a back-and-forth opening-round battle.

#4 Blink-182 and #5 the Fray will face off in the other second-half matchup in the Midwest's top half, as both took down lower-seeded opponents (#13 Sleeping With Sirens and #12 Taking Back ...

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‘Divergent’ Owes Its Big Box Office To This One Major Change

Every good hero needs a better villain. But in Veronica Roth's "Kate Winslet's take on Matthews, but made sure the movie significantly amped up the stakes — and may have led to the film's major box office haul this past weekend.

In the book, Erudite leader Jeanine Matthews is the equivalent of Voldemort. She's the baddie who brings down Tris' world, kills most of the kind people in the Abnegation faction and controls the more violent Dauntless faction with a brainwashing serum. She even captures good guy Four, and forces him to control the whole situation from Dauntless headquarters.

Only problem is, she does this from the safety of Erudite headquarters. And before the last third of the book, she's barely mentioned. She isn't referred to until a passing remark in chapter four, and then not again until chapter 25. In fact, other than a brief scene in Tris' fear landscape she doesn't appear "on-screen" until six chapters before the end of the book.

Then as mentioned, at the end of the book — the Luke fighting Darth Vader moment, if you will — Jeanine isn't even around. The climax is a fight between Four and Tris, where the heroic Divergent manages to un-brainwash her boyfriend through the power of love.

The movie is decidedly different, and better for it. Undoubtedly having a star like Kate Winslet helped flesh out the part — you can't have Winslet in the movie and only have her show up in the last 10 minutes — but Jeanine is present throughout, from the choosing ceremony at ...

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#MCM: How James Maslow Went From Big Time Rush to Big Time Hottie

He first caught our eye as the shaggy-haired brown-eyed cutie in the boy band Big Time Rush. Yet, in the past few months, James Maslow has turned into a Big Time Hottie, which is why he is MTV News' pick for this week's Man Crush Monday.

James is currently cha-cha-ing his way into our hearts on showing off his very impressive moves alongside partner and former flame Peta Murgatroyd. Somehow he is making those sparkly dance costumes work in his favor.

Of course Rushers aren't too surprised that James can work the dance floor since he is a member of a boy band. Back in 2009, James, along with bandmates Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena and Logan Henderson, joined Nickelodeon's TV sitcom "Big Time Rush," and since then they have released three albums.

In his spare time James can be seen showing off his ridiculously fit body on the beach while surfing or spending time with his dog, who is probably the cutest thing I have ever seen.

Need more proof as to why James should be our #MCM? Well, take a look at the GIFs below!

He's Got the Moves

He's Got the Voice

He Works Hard on His Fitness

And It Sure Pays Off

He's Swerving on That Surfboard

Which Has Us Going

He's Basically the King of Our Hearts

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Justin Bieber Looks <i>Exactly</i> Like James Dean In This Pic

Justin Bieber is a "Rebel Without a Cause."

Taking a page out of the 1955 film, Bieber showed off his best James Dean impression on Instagram over the weekend, imitating the Hollywood icon's famous photo from the movie.

In a black-and-white picture, Bieber is seen sporting a white T-shirt and a gold watch with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. But don't get too worked up over that cigarette, Beliebers, because Bieber made sure to mention in the caption of the photo that he does not smoke.

Bieber later posted the original photo of Dean, whose hair was not unlike Bieber's (but who had no tattoos), to highlight the similarities.

Imitating Hollywood's original bad boy isn't the only thing keeping Bieber busy: The "All That Matters" singer has been spending a lot of time in the studio. Despite Bieber's legal woes, he's been teasing fans with snippets of what appear to be two new songs. The first is a track called which many have speculated is about on-again-off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez, with whom he was spotted earlier this month in Texas. The second snippet, which was posted on his Instagram, features Bieber dancing to a song that sounds like it was produced by DJ Mustard.

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