November 15, 2026

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Justin Bieber’s Song With The Wanted Just Wasn’t Their ‘Style’

The Wanted have been patiently waiting more than two years for their third album, so they were unsurprisingly disappointed when they had to push back the release date.

But when the boy band stopped by MTV News, they said Word of Mouth will be well worth the wait.

"We had a very busy year. We decided to do a TV program [E!'s "The Wanted Life"], which took up a lot more schedule then we thought, and then all this stuff that we planned to do kinda had to move back as well," Jay McGuiness explained. "And then we thought the album was good to go, and last minute a few quite cool gigs and a couple other things popped up that we thought, 'It's probably worth waiting for the album a little,' I mean, the fans have waited a few years, so what's a couple of weeks?"

The guys did admit that they are getting back in the studio, but aren't adding any other songs into the mix because they feel they are finally at a place where they are putting their best material forward.

"I think that we weren't ready a year ago. It just wasn't ready; the songs weren't finished," Siva Kaneswaran said. "We want to put out the best us and we are ready now and every song is so personal and we've all aged as writers, and it's very mature... and it's the best album yet."

And even though it may be their best yet, there is something that won't be on the album: collaborations. The ...

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Justin Timberlake Previewing ‘More Dangerous’ Music This Weekend

Justin Timberlake has a few tricks up his sleeve going into this weekend's iHeartRadio Music Festival. And some of the rabbits he's pulling out of his top hat are unreleased tracks off The 20/20 Experience -- 2 of 2 out September 30.

"It's gonna be fun to play this year. Well I have not put the set list together yet because, as you know, I procrastinate on things like that. We're looking at playing some new material from the second half of this record," the "Take Back The Night" singer said of the follow-up to March's The 20/20 Experience in an interview with Ryan Seacrest on Thursday.

Timberlake has already teased to MTV News that the second half will be the "more dangerous" older sister, saying, "The first half the sun is out the second half the moon is out, I don't know."

In addition to new music, Timberlake will soon hit the big screen in "Runner Runner" alongside Batman himself, Ben Affleck.

"It's an exciting movie it's a lot of fun too. I got excited when I first read the script because it reminded me of a certain genre of thriller that you and I probably grew up with," he said of the film, which hits theaters on October 4. "The characters are really intelligent. It just felt like a nice little twist but also an homage to the thrillers that I love growing up. And then Ben Affleck signed on. We had a lot of fun shooting it. It's smart and it's got ...

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Chris Hemsworth Doesn’t Get A ‘Rush’ From Nude Scenes

Chris Hemsworth is trading in Thor's hammer for a Formula One race car in the upcoming drama directed by Ron Howard. Based on a true story, the film follows the rivalry between drivers James Hunt (Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl) during the 1976 season.

While the risky sport required a certain amount of mettle from its entrants, Hemsworth insists Hunt was anything but a superhero. In fact, as movie-goers will see in the film, the driver suffered from such intense pre-race nerves, that he often vomited right before the starting flag.

"This guy had an incredible amount of cockiness and confidence, but there was a conflicted, anxiety-ridden kind of human there, and he was scared to death about racing because there was a 20 percent chance you'd die when you got on the track," Hemsworth explained. "Four or five of the guys would die in a year in the '70s and prior. So he lived with that — they all did — that looming threat. Some of the guys, Niki Lauda would study the fear and face it head on. James would distract himself from it. He'd drink and smoke and party to avoid the issue. Then he'd throw up before he raced."

Though Hemsworth confirmed that he isn't much of a "chucker" as he put it, he did admit to feeling a certain level of anxiety before auditions — or baring his bottom on screen, like he does in "Rush."

"It wasn't my idea. It was on the page," Hemsworth insisted, with a big grin. "It's an indication of ...

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‘Breaking Bad’: Why AMC’s Show Will End With An Even Bigger Bang

We thought that there was nothing that could get us more excited for the final two episodes of "Breaking Bad." The drama has been on a killer hot streak in the back half of the fifth and final season, peaking with last week's emotionally charged hour. There was no reason to expect anything different from the final two — that is, until co-executive producer and writer Peter Gould tweeted about a new development.

"I checked & it's official," Gould tweeted. "Last 2 #BreakingBad eps are 75 minutes each w/commercials. Set your DVRS accordingly. Better still, watch live!"

That's right! For its last two episodes, "Breaking Bad" will be super-sized. Even after everything that went down in the last episode, two hour-long episodes weren't enough to finish the story of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. But what is there left to happen that could be so important as to merit longer episodes? Let's take a swing at it.

Minor spoilers ahead

We last saw Walter hopping into that magical red minivan that promises a new identity and a life free of whatever horrors you're running from. As hinted by the cold opens during this season, it appears that Walter ends up with hair, a beard, and new glasses in New Hampshire, the state that appears on his new driver's license on his 52nd birthday.

It would appear — especially considering the title "Granite State," New Hampshire's official state nickname — that the next episode will cover the period between Walter's sudden departure from New Mexico and his return.

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Miley Cyrus’ ‘The Movement’ Trailer Has Her ‘Army’ Saying ‘Yessss Yes Yes’

If you're a Miley Cyrus fan there are a lot of things to be excited about right now: her first #1 Billboard single ("Wrecking Ball"), the October 4 release of Bangerz and the other date circled on your calendar, October 2. That's when MTV's documentary premieres, and based on the flood of social media freak-outs after the first trailer for the one-hour special was unveiled on Wednesday, there's a lot to be psyched about!

Some, like @Willieleathers, picked up on what was the instant pull quote from the trailer, posting, "There's an army. We're all part of the movement."

A lot of fans clipped the iconic shot of Miley and Britney Spears in the studio, or made collages with the pic, along with shots of Miley and her mom, Tish, or Miley at her computer.

Jordan Lynn tweeted, "Had chills the entire time I watched the trailer for #MileyTheMovement. Can't wait for October 2nd."

And then there were the Smilers who did all of the above, like Bianca, who Instagrammed a homemade collage with the title of the show and the "army" quote. Or Zerbrandao, who posted his own cut of the trailer with the simple message, "Yessss yes yes #MileyTheMovement."

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Jake Gyllenhaal Went With His Gut For ‘Prisoners’

Jake Gyllenhaal is a relatively young actor whose character has yet to fit into any predetermined mold. He earned critical acclaim with films like "Donnie Darko" and "October Sky," earned an Oscar nomination for "Brokeback Mountain," and he dabbled in misguided tentpoles with "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time."

But in the last few years, Gyllenhaal has made a business of starring in mid-sized, well-received projects like "Source Code," "End of Watch," and this week's "

It was the recent string of strong films that MTV News' Josh Horowitz want to know more about when he sat down with Gyllenhaal at the Toronto International Film Festival, but even to the man himself, the reason is elusive.

"It is a mystery in a way. I've had this privilege of being able to act since I was very young. I had this long career. I'm at the age where I think most of my contemporaries are beginning their career," he said. "I think of it in the same way. I think of it as a beginning too, understanding who you are as a man, understanding who you are as an artist or whatever you do in your life."

Part of achieving that understanding was learning to go with his gut when it came to picking roles. "At a certain time in your life you start to say, 'Yeah, that moves me. I'm into that.' You trust your instinct," he said. "I think all of those instincts become honed. There are a lot of things I'm not afraid of anymore. There are a lot ...

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Nirvana’s ‘Live And Loud’ Concert: Watch ‘Rape Me’ Now

When Nirvana took the stage at Seattle's Pier 48 in December, 1993 to film MTV's "Live and Loud" concert, their In Utero album had been in stores for three months ... though not all of those stores were happy about that fact.

Especially big-box retailers like Wal-Mart and Kmart, who deemed the title of the In Utero track "Rape Me" offensive, and declined to stock the album unless a change was made. Eventually, Nirvana would relent, re-naming the song "Waif Me" on the album's packaging, but the controversy would continue for months — to the point where, during an interview with MTV News, the band were forced to clarify that it was "an anti-rape song."

"I thought we made our stance on rape clear within the last year-and-a-half," Kurt Cobain deadpanned. "Most anyone who knows about us knows we're pretty much anti-rape at this point."

So, yes, Nirvana clearly had a complicated relationship with "Rape Me" ... which probably explains why they derived some perverse pleasure from performing it during "Live and Loud." And, as the iconic concert is set to be released on September 24 as part of the deluxe, 20th-anniversary edition of In Utero, we're bringing you the full performance of the song.

Witness, for example, the way the Seattle crowd cheers wildly when Cobain rifles through "Rape Me's" opening chords; it's pretty clear most of them thought they were about to hear "Smells Like Teen Spirit," something he was no doubt aware of. Or the way he launches headlong into the song, yowling through the chorus and ...

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Miley Cyrus Gets Bold, Brash In ‘The Movement’ Trailer: Watch It Now!

"I was born to become who I am right now. ... I'm at a point in my career where I can be exactly what I want to be, who I want to be."

That's what Miley Cyrus says in the new trailer for her upcoming MTV documentary and based on everything we just saw, she's prepared to back up those words. Opening with her backstage at the Video Music Awards — moments before taking the stage for her much-discussed performance — "The Movement" follows Miley into the recording studio, out onto the road, and just about everywhere in-between. We see Miley's quest to redefine her career (and her image) on her terms, from her defining VMA moment and continuing on through the completion of her Bangerz album.

And, as you'd probably expect, she's not about to let the naysayers stand in the way.

"I have this freedom to do whatever I want, because I'm starting as a new artist now," she says. "Every time I do anything, I want to remember: This is what separates me from everybody else."

But it's not all brash attitude. There are tender moments in the "Movement" trailer too. Like when Cyrus cuddles up with her mother, Tish, or jokes with producer Mike Will Made It. And then there's the scene where she chats in the studio with Britney Spears (who appears on the Bangerz track "SMS"), and jokingly lays out her plan for the VMAs.

"I just want to go out and shoot a hot dog gun," she laughs.

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Lady Gaga’s <i>ARTPOP</i> Isn’t An Album, But ‘A Night At The Club’

Lady Gaga's ARTPOP may be almost two months away, but you may want to start get your outfit ready now: she says it's going to be a non-stop party.

"It's my intention for you to have a really good time," Gaga told KIIS FM Tuesday night. "I designed it for it to be fun from start to finish, like a night at the club in terms of the DJing aspect of it. When you listen to it, it really flows nicely. It's really fun to pop in with your friends. I really wrote it for me and my friends to pop in from start to finish."

She continued, " 'Applause' is the last song [on there]. We put that out first so you have lots of time to learn the lyrics so when you're completely inebriated by the end of the album, the first time you listen to it, you, at least, know how to sing the last song."

Gaga did have some bad news for Little Monsters hoping for more than one ARTPOP disc to spin at their upcoming house parties. She confirmed that it won't be more than one album. "Well it'll just be one release the first time, but again it comes with an [ARTPOP] app for free," she explained. "The app actually has games on it. The games are free and the music helps to make the games more fun."

In addition to the KIIS FM interview, Gaga opened up a bit about on Twitter on Wednesday (September 18), sharing what inspired the ...

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