“Choose Your BST FRND.” No, go ahead. Spirit Animal wants you to in order to properly enjoy their “BST FRNDS” video which premiered today on mtvU. And it’s a fitting introduction to the video’s playful sense of whimsy as well as a nod to the variety of ways you can experience the song itself. (Kind of like a choose-your-own-adventure where the options are: video game, a trip to The Max, punk rock pep rally, and Spirit Animal show.

“We really got a kick out of this idea of flipping the ‘aren’t we all just having a raging blast together!’ party anthem on its side by excluding this one imaginary person,” frontman Steve Cooper told me previously.

When it came time to bring that concept to life, a fortuitous meeting set things in motion.

“The ‘BST FRNDS’ video is actually the result of one of those mythical stories about SXSW actually helping a band,” Cooper joked. “I met the video’s eventual producer, from Humble TV, at a Stop Light Observations show there, and once back in New York she said she had the perfect director, Kris Mercado, with some incredible animation work on his reel. Kris was able to merge this desire with a glossy, bubblegum high school experience.”

Mercado’s CGI-style Lisa Frank-style totally ’80s graphics color in the cartoonish action, with the band teaming up with team some pugnacious cheerleaders for an effect that’s equal parts lo-fi “We Can’t Stop” and “Saved By The ...

Last week gave us the glorious, wondrous news that Rian “Looper” Johnson is in talks to write and direct “Star Wars: Episode VIII.” (Deadline originally reported that he’d do the same for “Episode IX,” but other sources don’t agree.)

And no tweet captured our excitement for the announcement quite like this one from Aaron Paul.

Fans of “Breaking Bad” probably know that Paul and Johnson have worked together on three occasions in the past. Those occasions happen to be three of the best “Breaking Bad” episodes ever made, so suffice it to say that their collaborative track record is strong.

Now, here’s my question: Why not continue that synergy in a galaxy far, far away?

The hard truth is that, like many actors in television’s current golden age, Paul has had a tough go of planting his flag in the film world. “Need for Speed” was his first attempt at a big-budget crossover, and while that didn’t earn Paul the notoriety that Jesse Pinkman fans know he deserves, his upcoming projects including Ridley Scott’s biblical “Exodus: Gods and Kings” and the ensemble crime film “Triple Nine” could change that.

You know what would definitely change Paul’s box office fortunes? Hitching his wagon to the “Star Wars” universe with a previous collaborator, that’s what.

“Episode VII” is poised to make huge stars out of actors like John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Domhnall Gleeson. That’s just the kind of power that the franchise currently has, so barring any disasters with J.J. Abrams’ trilogy opener, ...

With “Game of Thrones” officially off the tube again until 2015, one English company is filling the void left by the series by recasting some of its key characters as viral video stars.

You might have seen this video before, in which a terrified man flees across a green, pursued by two angry swans, while his hysterical friend films the ordeal and urges him to “Just f—ing charge it!” (Obviously, said friend does not realize that swans are literally winged demon beasts who murder people every year.)

The video was a major hit, but now there’s a new version: in this ad for the UK on-demand video service Blinkbox, the golfer’s terror gets taken to a whole new level, with the swans replaced by two of Daenerys Targaryen’s fire-breathing, goat-mauling dragon kids.

Kat Rosenfield

Robin Thicke’s quest to win back estranged wife Paula Patton continues today (June 23) with the release of “Get Her Back,” a vulnerable piece of work that leaves the “Blurred Lines” singer bloodied and alone by video’s end.

As Thicke swirls through a series of emotional states — from defeated to enraged — some highly personal text messages flash onscreen, like “I kept trying to warn you you were pushing me too far…” and “I don’t even know who you are.” Refusing to throw in the towel, Thicke texts back with “This is just the beginning,” and then the screen goes white.

Just the beginning, eh? While we’ll just have to wait to see what moves Thicke has plotted next, we do know that his seventh studio album, Paula, drops on July 1. Lead single “Get Her Back” isn’t the only track inspired by Patton if the track list — containing songs titles like “Love Can Grow Back” and “Still Madly Crazy” — is any indication.

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The moviegoing public won’t be seeing the credits roll on “Mockingjay: Part 2″ until late in 2015, but for the three young stars of the blockbuster franchise, their time in Panem is officially over.

Nina Jacobson, a producer on all four “Hunger Games” films, tweeted out this pic of Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson in an emotional embrace after shooting their very last scene.

The central trio weren’t the only ones getting emotional for the occasion. The day after Jacobson’s post went up, Sam Claflin, who plays District 5 golden boy Finnick Odair, made his own series of statements about the conclusion of his work on the franchise.

And Jena Malone, a.k.a. the axe-toting and often nude Joanna Mason, marked the moment with this photo taken of her on her last day on set.

Meanwhile, we won’t be seeing Katniss and company on the big screen again for many months yet with the first installment of “Mockingjay” due out in theaters this November. But do any superfans want to guess which moment from the book was the last to be filmed? That big column in the background might be a tip-off. DISCUSS.

Kat Rosenfield

RALEIGH, North Carolina — Attending a Katy Perry concert is about 40 percent pop music explosion, 10 percent Broadway musical and a hefty 50 percent total fan meltdown (in a good way). Perry’s KatyCats are much more loyal versions of your average, purring housecat — and the “Roar” singer is undoubtedly their lovable, crazy cat lady.

Perry peppered the kick-off to the North American leg of her Prismatic World Tour — which included tons of tracks off Prism, along with fan favorites like “Firework” — with shout-outs to fans of all ilks. She praised her KatyCats who have been with her since the “Mannequin” days — off of 2008′s One Of The Boys — and asked if they would still be around when she debuted at “#90″ rather than “#1″ and “can’t afford couture.” The answer was a resounding roar that exploded my eardrums and made me deaf and sounded like the below:

Despite the manic screaming, though, Katy Perry’s return to the U.S. had the distinct feel of hanging with all your pals in your arts camp bunk — times a few thousand. She handed out pizza to the front rows while gabbing about the rivers of post-performance sweat pouring down her sides — thanks, shiny costumes — and inspected the hand-drawn signs many a KatyCat lifted toward her in supplication (“We will love you unconditionally!” many said). She also brought one lucky fan born this month onstage during “Birthday” and gave her the royal treatment — throne, ...