November 16, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Exclusive: Daft Punk And Durex Have Not Hooked Up

Daft Punk may have their own official action figures and Coke bottles, but what about official condoms? The Daft Punk helmet is practically ubiquitous at point, but when it comes to the "Get Lucky" condoms that popped up on the Web this week, those helmets are strictly off-brand, as Durex denies a team-up.

A Durex rep, however, told MTV News that they have not been working with the band. "We are aware of reports that Durex has launched Daft Punk branded condoms following their hit single 'Get Lucky,' " he said. "There is no Durex promotion or partnership with Daft Punk in the U.S. or any other markets and Durex is not posting free packs to the world's top DJs as suggested. However, we do hope that by using Durex condoms, music-lovers will continue to make sweet music together and have great sex!"

After Diplo posted a picture of an opened Durex-branded condom package to Instagram this week, word started flying around the Web that Daft Punk and Durex had a special-edition condom collabo.

"Thank god I had those daft punk condoms last night," Diplo wrote in the caption. The thin box was tricked out with the Random Access Memories cover art. Reports stated that Durex had started sending out these samples of the condoms to DJs ahead of release.

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It seemed a plausible match, as summer jam "Get Lucky" lends itself particularly well to activity of the lubricated variety. Durex also teamed up with ...

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Schoolboy Q Didn’t Ask Eminem For A Verse… Yet

Sure Schoolboy Q would love a verse from Eminem, but that wasn't the purpose of Black Hippy's meet-up with Slim Shady.

"We weren't trying to go in there all, 'Oh let me get a verse.' We hate when people do that to us, so we actually wanted to go in there and be cool and feel him out and see what was going on before anybody asked for a verse," Q told us of his June in-studio meeting with Em.

Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Royce da 5'9," Mr. Porter, Schoolboy and of course Eminem all linked up in Detroit. Fans — and news writers — hoped that there was an all-star recording session, but it was more of a hangout. "We just sat there, we chilled, we talked. We expressed what we liked about each other's music, we talked about Slaughterhouse, we talked about his artists, we talked about us individually. He's just a good dude, just chillin'," Q said.

Kendrick gave us a similar account after he performed at the Firefly Festival in Delaware. "That was me actually just meeting and greeting," K-Dot said. "I bumped heads with Eminem [in the past], but it was very brief, that was my first time really chopping it up with him, getting to ask all the questions I wanted to ask him."

Schoolboy, on the other hand, stayed quiet. "I sat in there and I didn't say nothing. I soaked up game, I didn't want to say too much," he told us. "I can't go in there running my mouth trying ...

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Britney Spears Makes Smurfs Say ‘Ooh La La’ In New Music Video

Britney Spears may be joining the blueberry-colored Smurfs family in her video for but she looks red-hot in a form-fitting cherry-colored dress.

The Marc Klasfeld-directed video, which premiered on Thursday (July 11), opens with Britney and her two sons, Jayden and Sean, sitting in a theater checking out a screening of "The Smurfs 2," the July 31 sequel to the hit 2011 flick. But before long, their trip to the cinema takes a turn for the wacky.

"Check this out! This is the best part right here," Britney tells Jayden and Sean before she becomes a part of the movie by getting zapped into the Smurfs' cartoon world.

Spears chills with the blue family, much to the delight of her children. "Cool!" they proclaim in unison when they see their mom up on the big screen.

Spears is all smiles as the feel-good track serves as the soundtrack for her romp around the Smurfs' tiny village. In between shots of the singer hanging out with the blueberry-colored stars (including Katy Perry's Smurfette), there are scenes straight from the flick. They give fans a taste of some of the action, including what's in store for stars Neil Patrick Harris and Hank Azaria, who plays bad guy Gargamel. It seems like once again these two will face off against one another with the Smurfs caught in the middle.

The singer recently opened up about her sons' love for the Smurfs, and how they served as her inspiration to record the tune.

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Lil Twist Arrested For DUI While Driving Justin Bieber’s Car

Rapper Lil Twist was arrested in Calabasas, California, early Thursday morning (July 11) after police stopped him for speeding around 3:30 a.m.

According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's department spokesperson Steve Whitmore, Justin Bieber's frequent sidekick (born Christopher Lynn Moore) was stopped at 3:26 a.m. on the road leading into Bieber's exclusive gated community when police spotted him driving between 60 and 70 m.p.h. in a 30 m.p.h. construction zone and then running a red light. During the stop Whitmore said the officers smelled marijuana and arrested the Young Money MC on suspicion of DUI. Whitmore confirmed that Twist, 20, was driving the high-end electrical car registered in Bieber's name.

He was booked for suspicion of DUI and Whitmore said he will be cited and released and ordered back to court on September 11. It was unknown at press time if Twist had been released from custody; a spokesperson for the rapper could not be reached for comment at press time.

The arrest came hours after Twist tweeted that he was going into radio silence for the time being. "Attn all media outlets ....." he wrote. "I'm done with all interviews for a good minute !!! My movement is only gonna get bigger !! If you have any questions .... From now on come ask me in front of my whole team on ustream.tv/liltwistv every Tuesdays & Thursdays!! Uhohh #Newrules."

Twist, who is part of the Young Money crew, has run into trouble
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Next Bond Movie Locked And Loaded For November 2015

In traditional James Bond fashion, "

"Bond 24," as it will be known until an official title is announced, will open in U.S. theaters on November 6, 2015 with Daniel Craig back as 007 and Academy Award winner and "Skyfall" director Sam Mendes returning to helm. John Logan, the co-writer of the last movie, is writing the script.

"I am very pleased that by giving me the time I need to honour all my theatre commitments, the producers have made it possible for me to direct Bond 24," Mendes said in a statement. "I very much look forward to taking up the reins again, and to working with Daniel Craig, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli for a second time."

If release dates remain the same, "Bond 24" will face stiff competition at the box office, since Marvel's "Ant-Man" is currently slotted for the same November 6 release date.

Thursday's announcement most likely came as a relief to many of the fans who were hoping to see a "Skyfall" reunion. Producers originally planned on releasing the flick in 2014, but later pushed it back a year after Mendes said "theatre and other commitments" prevented him from getting to work right away.

"Skyfall" celebrated Bond's 50th anniversary last year in a very big way, taking in $1.1 billion at the global box office, marking the highest take for the series to date. Craig's current contract with EON Productions has him locked into the role through "Bond 25," which Logan will also write.

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Adam Lambert Joining Cast Of ‘Glee’

Adam Lambert is coming back to the Fox network. No, the perpetual rumors about him joining
 "American Idol" as a judge aren't true. The season eight runner-up has signed up to join the cast of "Glee" for the upcoming fifth season.

Show runner Ryan Murphy announced the news on Wednesday, writing, "I am thrilled to announce that the super talented Adam Lambert is joining the cast of 'Glee' this fall."

Lambert will be the second "Idol" alum to sign up for the show, following in the footsteps of season 11 second-place finisher Jessica Sanchez, who had a two-episode arc last season as rival diva Frida Romero. There was no information at press time about what role Lambert would play and whether he'll be a new series regular or, like Sanchez, have a brief role.

The role is perfect for Lambert, who told the Hollywood Reporter earlier this year that he's a big fan. Before the Murphy invite, Lambert said the show was "so cute" and praised it for really painting, "a picture of what it's like to be an arts kid in high school ... 'Glee' is really irresistible — it's charming." He told the magazine that he'd love to play himself on the show, much as he did on "Pretty Little Liars" last year.

"Glee" has a long track record of sprinkling in guest stars among its regular cast, including story lines involving Britney Spears, Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Neil Patrick Harris, Kristin Chenoweth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Eve, Charice, Molly Shannon, NeNe Leakes, Josh Groban, Ricky Martin, ...

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‘Pacific Rim’: Guillermo del Toro Is ‘Romantically Embracing’ His Film

Front-loaded with massive monsters and building-sized robots assembled to battle them, "Pacific Rim" promises the kind of spectacle that you absolutely cannot miss. But director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro told MTV News that he deliberately constructed much of the action with the opposite intent — to obscure the action and capture it off-center. He wanted to give it a real-world believability in spite of its fantastical foundations.

"I think that the amount of construction we put in the visuals of the movie and the sensibility that guides the special effects is quite unique," del Toro explained. "We not only create a world that feels dented and injured and sort of oxidized and rusty and all that, but we also create a unique approach to effects. There are no super special shots going around the building through the eye of the Kaiju."

Del Toro's previous work includes both "Hellboy" movies, "Blade II," and the acclaimed Spanish film "Pan's Labyrinth." Working on his biggest canvas to date, the filmmaker explained that he and his creative team deliberately tried to shoot the robot-on-monster action as if it were actually happening in front of a cameraman who was hanging on for dear life trying to capture it all.

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"We shot with ILM [company Industrial Light & Magic] saying, 'OK, where is the camera? Is it in a boat? Is it on a helicopter?' " he revealed. "We often cut back to the same angle, so you get a sense that this fight was shot for real. We splash the ...

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