Despite reports that he may have died following the fatal effects of a spider bite, Slayer announced on Thursday that original guitarist Jeff Hanneman
 succumbed to the effects of fatal alcohol-related liver disease.

The band said Hanneman, who died last week at the age of 49, suffered from alcohol-related cirrhosis, which causes irreversible scarring of the liver.

"We've just learned that the official cause of Jeff's death was alcohol related cirrhosis," Slayer wrote in a statement. "While he had his health struggles over the years, including the recent necrotizing fasciitis infection that devastated his well-being, Jeff and those close to him were not aware of the true extent of his liver condition until the last days of his life. Contrary to some reports, Jeff was not on a transplant list at the time of his passing, or at any time prior to that. In fact, by all accounts, it appeared that he had been improving -- he was excited and looking forward to working on a new record."

Hanneman and Kerry King founded the group in 1981 after King was trying out for another band. The two bonded over their shared love for Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, going on to release their first album Show No Mercy in 1983. They went on to release 11 more albums over the next 26 years; their last release was 2009's World Painted Blood. He contributed both lyrics and music to every one of those albums, and wrote iconic songs like "Raining Blood," "War Ensemble," "South of Heaven" and "Angel of Death," which ...

What might be in store for the kids of "Glee" now that the fourth season has wrapped up? Well, Darren Criss doesn't know all that much, but he's got some big dreams for Blaine and the crew.

While much of this past season involved working out the kinks of having the Gleeks scattered across the country, Criss is proposing a plan for season five that would bring the band together.

"I always joke I want the show to go, like all great teen comedy clichés, I kind of want to go to the summer job land," he told MTV News, referring to a turn "Saved by the Bell" took in season three when the characters worked together at a beachside resort. "They all have the same summer job, preferably someplace nice like a beach ... so that'd be cool. Maybe a cruise ship? Maybe a wacky cruise ship, and we can spend a season on the ocean. Actually that sounds kind of bad. Something nice and exotic would be pretty cool. We can be the entertainment on the boat."

With that scenario unlikely to unfold anytime soon, Criss tried to imagine what life might look like for Blaine come season five and beyond.

"I don't know. The problem is anybody who watches the show knows there's so much going on; there's a lot of characters. It's a lot of kids in various different places. And the reality is when you're shooting a television show, there are real hard, fast things you can and cannot do," he explained. "You have to build ...

It's been seven long years since we last heard from the Bluth family. Ever since — the low-rated but critically acclaimed cult comedy — ended its run on Fox in 2006, the show's dedicated fans have held out hope that the dysfunctional clan would make a comeback.

In its time off the air, "Arrested Development" has managed to do what few canceled shows have done before: expand its fanbase beyond that initial audience. With the help of robust DVD sales and binge watching, via streaming services like Netflix, people are constantly discovering (and rediscovering) the crazy adventures of the "Arrested" gang.

And those efforts paid off: On May 26, Netflix will release 15 brand-spanking-new episodes all at once, and fans will finally be able to see what insanity the Bluths have been up to.

When we caught up with the cast to talk about the show's long-awaited return, they proved to be some of the show's biggest fans. We asked them to name their favorites lines from the series, bons mots they undoubtedly are asked to quote to fans all the time, and without missing a beat, they were able to list off a number of memorable one-liners. (Click on the embedded video to see for yourself!)

Now that creator Mitch Hurwitz has crafted 15 new scripts filled with even more choice lines, we wondered where the series goes from here. Is there a finale in mind?

"I don't think Mitch has that in his head," Michael Cera, who plays George Michael, told MTV News when asked about a potential series end.

"He's so ...

Wondering how director Baz Luhrmann recruited Jay-Z to create much of the music for his adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's ? The filmmaker told MTV News it was a super early screening of the film that got the rapper into an empire state of mind.

"Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz were two of the first people to see a rough cut of the film," Luhrmann revealed. "Jay watched it, and he was fantastic. He and Swizz were talking. I'm like, 'What are they talking about?' And at the end, [Jay-Z] said, 'This story is not about how Jay Gatsby made his money; it's is he a good person or not.'

"He totally nailed that the book was aspirational," Luhrmann observed. "That the book was really about, if you've got a cause, you can move towards a green light. That you don't reach it isn't the point; that you aspire is."

Luhrmann explained that he wanted the film to update the energy that Fitzgerald's novel captured by placing its story within the context of "the jazz age."

"I showed [Jay-Z] my little video of how we had to find a way of making the jazz, blend it between hip-hop and all kinds of music," he said. "And I was about halfway through it, and Jay [seemed really into it]. And I said, 'Maybe you'd be interested?' And he looked up like, 'What are you talking about interested? We've got to do this!' "

Watch the video from more details about Luhrmann's use of contemporary music to frame his chronicle of the American 1920s. And ...

A sequel to "Up in the Air"? Not quite. But George Clooney is dealing with some pretty big issues while hovering in the skies above us in the new film

The first teaser trailer for the film, which premiered Thursday night, offers audiences their first look at the science-fiction opus, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who previously offered a singular portrait of a possible future in "Children of Men" and helmed "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," widely regarded as the best installment in the "Harry Potter" film series.

In the clip, astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney) and Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) marvel at the sunrise — from space. Wearing space suits, they float in the blackness of the universe 372 miles above the Earth. But when their shuttle collides with some debris, the ship is destroyed, forcing the two of them to fight for survival in an environment they cannot control, and they have no place to land. Scrambling to hold onto one another, and then to any solid object that might provide a respite from the nothingness of zero gravity, they fight to find a way to contact Earth and make it safely home.

"Gravity" promises to be one of the biggest moviegoing events of 2013 and has been compared to no less than "Avatar" in terms of its ambition and spectacular visual effects. (Clooney has already described it as visually stunning, which we suppose means that audiences won't just be watching the blackness of space, two white suits and a spinning blue marble the entire time.)

"Gravity" ...

Candice Glover and Kree Harrison will compete for the title of during next week's finale, as Angie Miller was sent home on Thursday's (May 9) "Idol" results episode.

Miller, the spunky 18-year-old from Beverly, Massachusetts, was voted off the show following her performance on Wednesday's episode. She sang three songs — Elton John's "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word," Pink's "Try" and Emeli Sande's "Maybe" — and received strong marks for all three from the judges. But she was criticized for not performing "Sorry" at the piano, which was considered by the panel to be her strong suit. Mentor Jimmy Iovine, who chose the song for her, said, "That was so set up to give her a moment. She chose not to play the piano; to me, that was a big mistake. Although it was great, it could have been 'That Moment.' "

Glover was the first one given the news that she'd be in the final. When Harrison was told she made it over Miller, a look of shock came over her face, as well as the faces of several of the judges.

Miller, heavily choked up by tears, sang Colton Dixon's "Never Gone" as her goodbye song.

Glover and Harrison will battle it out next Wednesday, with a winner to be crowned on Thursday's finale. Iovine was so confident Glover would be headed to the finals that he said of the 23-year-old, "if she goes home, I'm going with her."

Mariah Carey Drops Fellow 'Idol' Judge Randy Jackson As Her Manager.

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In an all-new episode of tonight (May 9) at 10p.m. on MTV, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star Scott Disick leaves a lasting impression on Vinny Guadagnino and his family.

"Out of all the guests ... the nuttiest was Scott Disick," the "Jersey Shore" star's Uncle Nino told MTV News. "He gave me some sh--, then I gave it right back to him."

During their dinner together, Vinny's mom Paola said not only does Kourtney's baby daddy put Nino "in his place," but that he really showed an appreciation for a particular part of their meal as well. "He kept asking for more wine," she laughed.

"He drank, like, four or five bottles of wine," Nino confirmed.

Vinny Answers Your Questions About Celebs, Girls And Uncle Nino.

Although he downed nearly a half-dozen jugs of Uncle Nino's vino, during a sneak peek of tonight's show, you learn Disick is all about the give-and-take. When Vinny confesses that he'd "like to be a little more GQ," Disick lends Vinny some extra duds he just happens to have laying around his Rolls Royce.

"I love this; I look like Scott Disick, everybody!" Vinny laughed as he strutted around his bedroom wearing Disick's powder-pink pants and periwinkle sweater wrapped around his shoulders. "I think I look like a tool bag a little bit."

And if you didn't think things could get any more fun, think again. Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice also swings by the house for dinner, and she also makes an extra-special trip to Staten Island's biggest (and only) amusement park.

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