November 12, 2026

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5SOS Release The ‘Unofficial’ World Cup Song With Help From One Direction

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5SOS are (unofficially) getting into the spirit of the World Cup.

The guys — Luke, Michael, Calum and Ashton — teamed up with BBC Radio 1 host Scott Mills to make their own “World Cup” song, “Hearts Upon Our Sleeve,” in celebration of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off Thursday, June 12 in Brazil.

The catchy track is all about overcoming adversity and landing on your feet, while also perfectly encompassing those moments right before a big game. This “generic football” anthem as 5 Seconds of Summer call it, is anything but. With its anthemic lyrics and chants, and a brief rap by the radio DJ, “Hearts Upon Our Sleeve” could potentially make its way into arenas.

“See the players run out and them anthems ring/ And you’re singing so hard you can’t hear a thing/ But the beat of your heart as it’s beating you up again,” the guys sing on the track.

BBC Radio 1 also released a behind-the-scenes clip of the making of “The Perfect Football Single,” which featured the guys in the booth, showing off their soccer skills and a little help from their tourmates, One Direction.

Harry, Louis, Niall, Zayn and Liam are seen together on a red carpet, passing a soccer ball back and forth. But clearly, they forgot how to play because, guys, you can’t use your hands in soccer!

5SOS are currently on the road with 1D as their opening act on the Where We Are Tour, which makes its way over to the ...

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Who Was Iggy Azalea’s Epic Subtweet Rant Aimed At?

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Iggy Azalea has one word for haters. Okay, she’s got lots and lots of words. Ig was on the rampage Sunday night, hitting out at mean “Internet Kids” and other bullies who’ve been “cracking jokes about artists.”

We’re not sure exactly what set Azalea off, but we do know that she got heated just a few hours after playing the parking lot stage at Sunday’s Hot 97 Summer Jam, which featured a high-profile reunion between 50 Cent and his estranged G-Unit crew on the main stage, as well as a moment of greatness from Nicki Minaj.

Maybe it was someone viewing the livestream of her performance and taking a shot at the rapper, who recently equaled a mark originally set by, you know, the Beatles? Or maybe it was just the usual trolling that finally got under her skin?

Either way, she made it clear, she’s got no time for bullies.

Okay, maybe it was a “positive but aggressive” point she was making. But she had to make it. And then she had to quit it, because it’s her man’s birthday and she has to go get some of that unconditional stuff.

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Protesters In Thailand Are Using The ‘Hunger Games’ Salute

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Thai citizens protesting the military coup in the country are catching fire — and international attention — by channeling Katniss Everdeen.

According to a report from Reason, protesters in Bangkok have taken up the three-fingered salute from the “Hunger Games” movies as a symbol of their own rebellion, demonstrating against the government overthrow by Thai army chief and now-self-appointed Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Protesters massed at a Bangkok shopping mall over the weekend, with at least one woman seen flashing the Panem salute out the window of a police car after being arrested.

The coup occured in late May, spawning a nationwide outcry and causing several performers including Taylor Swift to cancel upcoming tour appearances in Thailand.

Hopefully, a peaceful resolution to the protests will be imminent and the three-fingered salute will be the beginning and end of plot elements from “The Hunger Games” manifesting themselves in real life. Either way, the world is watching.

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Check Out Devonte Hynes’ Bummer-tastic ‘Palo Alto’ Track

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Get your dark ‘n’ twisted teenage angst on Monday (June 2) with a new track from James Franco’s “Palo Alto” soundtrack, courtesy of Devonté Hynes.

The soundtrack for the film — featuring Hynes’ first-ever score — is out today digitally and physically on August 5, with Hynes’ single “April’s Bathroom Bummer” streaming right now.

Replete with tense percussion and plaintive horns, the jam is reminiscent of Air’s soundtrack for “The Virgin Suicides,” evoking a kind of desperate-yet-mystical sadness. Hynes wrote and performed the entire score for the film, which is based on a series of linked stories by James Franco in which a teenage girl (Emma Roberts) begins an illicit affair with her soccer coach (Franco).

The soundtrack also includes tracks from Robert Schwartzman (Rooney), Coconut Records (Jason Schwartzman) and Nat & Alex Wolff, one half of which — Nat — also appears in the Gia Coppola-directed film.

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.
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Drake’s ’0-100/The Catch Up’: What We Learned

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Drake wasn’t even on the official lineup for Hot 97′s Summer Jam on Sunday night, but he still found a way to be one of the most talked about artists of the day. Not only did he come out during Nicki Minaj’s set, but Drizzy also dropped a brand new track, “0-100/The Catch Up,” just minutes before.

One of the distinguishing traits of Drake’s music has always been his willingness to talk openly about his life and feelings. He has lyrical ambiguities just like any other rapper, sure; but he’s also often pointed in his approach. That again proved true on his latest six-minute release.

With that in mind, we took another listen to “0-100/The Catch Up,” and here’s what we learned.

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At the opening of “The Catch Up,” following a beat switch from “0-100,” Drake admits he understands why there’s so much hate that comes his way. He brings the listener to a conversation with a woman named Lavish Lee, who challenges him to put himself in a competitor’s shoes: “She said they love me unconditional/ ‘Imagine how it feel to watch another n—a at the top/ You know that if it wasn’t you, you would be dissin’ you, dawg’/ Damn, okay, from that perspective/ I can see what you’re talkin’ ’bout.” Well, he’s got the humble brag down to a science.

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Kim And Kanye Celebrate Their Love By Blatantly Making Out, And Then Yawning At Someone Else’s Fancy Wedding

by 06/02/14

Kim and Kanye are still knee-deep (assuming that knee is dressed in leather jogging pants) in the honeymoon phase of their honeymoon. The newly married couple — and obvious Eastern European history buffs — are on the former Czechoslovakia leg of their post-marital Euro trip, making a stop at the wedding of Kanye’s stylist at a famous castle. That castle is now even more famous since North West’s daddy was photographed inspecting wife Kim’s tongue with his very own tongue while dressed in matchy-matchy, post-Memorial Day whites on a Louis XIV couch.

Let this be a strident message to all you skeptics, haters, and bitter Bettys — Kim and Kanye’s love: still going strong after 10 days!

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… Give them a break! Sometimes it’s exhausting being rich!

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Audrina Patridge’s Summer Camp Stay Leads To Huge Epiphany

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Most urbanites will insist there’s nothing quite like city life, but even the proudest among them need to escape the hustle and bustle once in a while. This weekend, longtime Los Angeles resident and “1st Look” host Audrina Patridge stole away to Camp Wandawega in Wisconsin for a bit of classic country livin’, and between a bonfire and tree house mansion, she definitely did adult summer camp in style.

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“Stayed off my phone and actually took in everything…participated in tons of fun activities and met some awesome people!” Audrina captioned an Instagram photo of the swankiest fort we’ve ever seen. And it seems the sounds of crickets chirping and clear views of the night sky did her some good, because the glam “Hills” alum apparently had a massive epiphany. “Traveling and having a lot of time to myself has really helped me look at life and my wants/needs differently…. #changes #forevermaturing” she tweeted on Sunday. But did she enjoy the excursion even more than Space Camp? It’s likely. After all, S’mores trump astronaut ice cream any day of the week, in our humble opinion.

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Maleficent Proves (Again) That People Want Female-Led Blockbusters

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Can we stop talking about how female-led movies are a novelty now? As “Maleficent” ably proved at the box office this past weekend, earning a much-better-than-expected $70 million domestically and over $100 million internationally, the days when Hollywood could get away with saying a box office success featuring a woman in the lead are a fluke are dead, gone and should never be talked about again.

And it’s not just “Maleficent,” either. For decades, Hollywood, in its infinite wisdom, looked at major releases led by women and said, “Well, that’s not what the audience really wants,” then proceeded to point to the next flop starring a woman as evidence that these “types” of movies were a passing craze.

This is, of course, ignoring that there are a few dozen more flops led by men released every single year.

That aside, let’s take a look at the past few months, and why this insanely faulty argument should be retired, ASAP.

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It all started with “Frozen” in November, which featured not one, but two female leads played by Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell. An article on BoxOffice.com wondered in the film could possibly reach the high, lofty level of animated hit “The Croods,” and grow beyond its, “core Disney female audience.”

I’d say pretty definitively, yes, the movie did grow beyond that audience. Not only did “Frozen” vastly over perform its opening weekend, it’s also gone on to become a global phenomenon grossing well over $1 billion.

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Lupita Nyong’o Joins Cast Of ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’

by 06/02/14

You wanted more female characters in “Star Wars: Episode VII?” You got ‘em. The J.J. Abrams-directed continuation of the saga has added two more force-to-be-reckoned-with actors in Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and “Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie.

“I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said via press release. “It’s thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape.”

Agreed, Kathleen! Lupita had been long rumored to be joining the cast, but Christie — who plays the morose female knight Brienne of Tarth on “Game of Thrones,” and will appear int he upcoming “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2″ — is a welcome surprise.

Though at the time we don’t know who the duo are playing, Lupita was previously rumored for the part of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s granddaughter, and we’re going to go out on a limb and say the gigantic Christie is playing a sexy Wookie.

Is that mean? It might be a little mean. Sorry. Christie is awesome. We love her. But she is very tall, just saying.

John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the Saga Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

“Star Wars: Episode VII” is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as ...

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LEGOs Recreating ‘Star Wars’ Are Better Than The Real Thing

by 06/02/14

Pretty much everyone who played with LEGO sets based on their favorite movies remembers recreating scenes, expect with minifigs.

But you’ve probably never taken it to the level that Vesa Lehtimäki has.

The photographer uses high-quality lighting and camera equipment to bring iconic “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” scenes to life with minifigs standing in for Han Solo, Boba Fett and many others. The shots are truly incredible and you can see a few below, but please check out the rest of Lehtimäki’s work over on his Flickr page.

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