November 1, 2024

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Trailer: Watch Now

Keep a tight grip on your pizza orders, ladies and gentlemen — the heroes in a half-shell are back, and they're hungrier than ever.

The first official teaser trailer for has arrived online, giving fans their first look at what producer Michael Bay and director Jonathan Liebesman have done with their interpretation of the "TMNT" mythos. No Vanilla Ice in sight this time, but hey, it's early days yet.

The new "Ninja Turtles" movie takes place in New York City, ravaged by crime and commanded by the iron-fisted rule of the sinister Shredder and his equally evil Foot Clan. Shredder's influence extends to the police and politicians of the town, creating what appears to be an unstoppable network of terror. "Appears" being the key word here, because Shredder and his soldiers haven't accounted for four heroes — giant, mutated, pizza-eating, hard-partying heroes, sure, but heroes all the same.

Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines, Raphael is cool (but rude) and Michelangelo is a party dude — at least, that's what we were led to believe once upon a time. It seems like many of those traits remain intact with the new vision of "Ninja Turtles," but we'll need a longer trailer focused on the individual Turtles to see how much the full film honors those classic characteristics.

At least one aspect from earlier "TMNT" incarnations has carried over to the new film: April O'Neil. The fearless reporter is played in Liebesman's "Ninja Turtles" by Michael Bay veteran Megan Fox. As a bonus, she's joined by "Arrested Development" alum Will Arnett as quippy ...

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Exclusive: Don Johnson Returns to ‘From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series’

If you were missing Don Johnson's character Earl McGraw in "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series," then good news: This week's episode, "Let's Get Ramblin,' " has got an extra helping of the tough-as-nails Texas lawman.

Adding to the surprising return: Johnson's character was believed to be dead at the end of the series premiere. So how, exactly, does McGraw return?

Though we won't give too much away, Johnson is back for at least part of the episode via flashbacks to help his partner, Texas Ranger Freddie Gonzalez (Jesse Garcia) follow the trail of the murderous Gecko brothers Seth and Richie (D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz). The episode is directed by series creator Robert Rodriguez.

With the Geckos planning out their next move in the hopes of getting across the border — and out of the reach of one ticked-off lawman — Freddie's having flashbacks to a deadly shootout where Ranger McGraw gets to show why bad guys should be scared of Johnson's character.

It's here where we also learn about Freddie's fear of blood, which might pose a big problem when the series gets around to its strip club full of vampires.

It's all part of a set of mysterious visions that both Freddie and the dangerously unbalanced Richie are suffering from, leading the lawman and the criminals on a collision course with one another at a seedy motel. There, the poor Fuller family will find themselves forced to help a pair of desperate criminals across the border.

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Lena Dunham Sends Bleachers To Therapy In ‘I Wanna Get Better’ Video

Jack Antonoff is not a licensed therapist. He just plays one in his new video.

In the debut clip from his Fun. side-project, Bleachers, Antonoff takes the chorus of quite literally, channeling every nebbish-y, ineffective therapist in NYC (because they only exist in NYC) and sitting in stoic silence while a bevy of his patients — including "Parks and Recreation" standout, Retta — pour through their various insecurities.

Of course, it turns out that it's Antonoff's character that's worse off than anyone; his live-in GF just left him, he's seemingly trapped by his own mind and he just dumped a gallon of coffee on his crotch ... yet he's the one tasked with fixing other people's lives.

That irony is played to maximum effect in the video, thanks in no small part to Antonoff's acting ability — much like his recent "Funny or Die" skit, he does uptight-with-a-touch-of-pessimism pretty well — the wonderful cast of characters who spend time on his couch, and the direction of his girlfriend, "Girls" creator Lena Dunham, who creates an erudite, perfectly-postured world that nearly buckles beneath the psychological turmoil.

It's all played for laughs, naturally — the grand resolution comes when Antonoff literally lets go and just starts rocking out — though there's also a subtle hint of sadness to the proceedings, one where screwed-up souls and broken couples struggle to find happiness, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. And like Antonoff's manic (sorta depressive) lyrics, "I Wanna Get Better" seems to suggest that struggle may be an impossible one ...

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Yo Gotti Appreciates 50 Cent’s Advice On Music And Business

One of the recent tracks 50 Cent shared from his Animal Ambition album includes a feature from Yo Gotti, and during his visit to on Wednesday, the Memphis rapper explained that his relationship with Fif extends beyond "Don't Worry 'Bout It."

Gotti said that 50 reached out about working together on his last trip to New York, but they met years ago.

"The first time I talked to 50 I met him thru Chris Lighty," he said. "Chris was my first real manager I ever had, so he took me to a 50 movie premiere, I bumped into 50, I chopped it up with him [and told him] I'm one of the biggest 50 fans too."

"I studied him," Gotti added. "Business-wise, I think he's one of the smartest business people in the rap game, as far as an artist. I [talked to him] on the phone two or three times, and he would just give me game about the game in general."

"To me, that was big. If I had never done nothing with him, just the fact that he reached out to me and was giving me game because he [saw] what I was doing."

And as far as recording, "Don't Worry 'Bout It," nobody broke a sweat. "That was nothing, we knocked that out easy."

Yo Gotti dropped his most recent album I Am in November, and 50 Cent's Animal Ambition LP is expected to arrive on June 3.

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Christopher Nolan Reluctantly Opens Up About ‘Interstellar’

CinemaCon, a convention where studios and filmmakers show off upcoming features to theaters owners, is going on right now, and a lot of info about highly anticipated movies, like "50 Shades of Grey," has made it onto the web.

The "Christopher Nolan's M.O., but the secretive director did open up more than ever before about his outer-space epic.

In a conversation with Todd McCarthy, the film critic for The Hollywood Reporter, Nolan discussed very broadly who he hopes to reach with "Interstellar" (everyone) and what he thinks about the McConaissance (he totally called).

One of the more exciting things about what Nolan said is that he wants to achieve with "Interstellar" is to return the "family film" to its former glory, when movies like "Star Wars" could have a wide appeal without being backed into a corner with "kid stuff."

"I grew up in an era that was a golden age of the blockbuster, when something we might call a family film could have universal appeal. That's something I want to see again," he said. "In terms of the tone of the film, it looks at where we are as a people and has a universality about human experience."

That last quote might literally be the most vaguely describe theme ever. Bravo, sir.

On the Matthew McConaughey front, Nolan said that it was the actor's seriously underrated turn "Mud" that convinced the director that he could pull off the lead in "Interstellar."

"['Mud'] showed me a side of Matthew's capabilities that I never knew was there. It was a transformative performance. From when ...

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‘American Idol’ Recap: Caleb Johnson Is The Frontman To Beat

On Wednesday's the theme was "I'm With the Band," and the top nine contestants performed songs with Rickey Minor and the "Idol" band ... just like they do every other week. Only this time, the band was onstage with them, so it was different? Sort of?

While it wasn't exactly the night's theme, the evening's best performers treated it like Rock and Roll night, turning up and letting loose with the band. That's what Caleb Johnson and Jena Irene did, and they closed out the evening on a head-banging high.

Here's how the night went down:

Caleb, Jena On Top
On a night that was tailor-made for him, Caleb Johnson stole the show by taking on the night's biggest song, Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused," and giving it the sort of outsize, over-the-top presentation it needed. Johnson ripped the stage, and cameras cut to copious Jennifer Lopez reaction shots like they were cut-ins of Taylor Swift at an awards show. J. Lo wound up calling the performance "sexy," while Harry Connick Jr. remarked, "It's tough to follow that."

Jena Irene was the one tasked with following the performance, and she too delivered, continuing her winning streak with an energetic rendition of Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life." Despite her assertion that she was "crappin' pants" backstage having to follow Johnson, she lived up to the task and gave one of the night's most confident and radiant performances. Irene's past three songs have been by Paramore, Zedd featuring Foxes and Evanescence, which gives her perhaps the best range of any of the finalists.

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‘Walking Dead’ Star Promises ‘Great’ Terminus Reveal

Only one episode remains in the fourth season of Throughout the back half of the season, everyone from Rick Grimes to Daryl Dixon has been scattered to the nine winds, walking down their own paths of destiny. But all roads lead to one place: Terminus.

"All who arrive, survive," they say. But is that actually the case? Compelling theories suggest that Terminus is not a safe haven as advertised, but a trap set up to do horrible, unthinkable things to visitors — visitors like Glenn, Maggie, Sasha, Bob, Abraham, Rosita and Eugene, all of whom ended last week's episode, "Us," in the belly of the beast known as Terminus.

Of course, it's entirely possible that Terminus is the hopeful place these survivors need it to be. Speaking with MTV News about the true nature of Terminus, actor Josh McDermitt, the man who rocks the mullet as scientist Eugene, promised that viewers are just days away from some great answers.

"I think people are going to be really happy with how it turns out," he teased. "This group just lost the prison. They're on railroad tracks, they're in the woods, they're on the road. They're just trying to find each other. Hopefully, Terminus becomes this thing where everyone can regroup and rebuild their lives. We know Rick and Michonne and Carl are on their way there. Are we going to meet them there? What's going to happen? I don't know."

McDermitt is one of the newer members of the "Walking Dead" cast. As Eugene, he's also one of the show's most ...

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Need To Know: Did Zac Efron Get Beat Up In L.A.?

Zac Efron Comes To Blows In L.A.
The "sources, the men roughed up Efron's guard and punched Efron in the face. ""It was the hardest I've ever been hit in my life," Efron is quoted as saying.

The alleged fight comes only a few months after Efron broke his jaw from a mysterious fall at home and about a year after he presented at the MTV Movie Awards with a hurt hand.

Ellie Goulding Debuts 'Beating Heart' Video
The Brit babe premiered the video for her "MTV First and now it's finally available online for you to watch again and again. Watch Goulding wander through woods spliced with romantic scenes from the dystopian thriller. And then go see "Theo James.

Green Goblin Is, Indeed, Terrifying
The first look at "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" villain Green GoblinGreen Goblin is just as scary as you would expect. Dane DeHaan is unrecognizable with rotten teeth, facial scars and decaying skin. The hype is reaching new levels for this flick. Can't believe we have to wait over a month to see it in full.

'Jupiter Ascending' Gearing Up To Be Next 'Matrix'
The second trailer for the Wachowski siblings sci-fi thriller premiered on Wednesday and left us with more questions than answers. Who is Eddie Redmayne's villainous character? What makes Mila Kunis' Jupiter destined to be the next Queen of the Universe? Why is Channing Tatum ref="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1724846/jupiter-ascending-mila-kunis-channing-tatum-posters.jhtml">such a babe? Looking forward to July 18th when at least some of these questions will be answered.

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