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Buzz Bites (10/10/11): Lady Gaga To Release DVD Special And 'Born This Way' Remix Album
Posted 10/10/11 9:00 am ET by Nicole James in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music
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+ Lady Gaga announced that she'll be releasing her HBO special "Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour Live At Madison Square Garden" on DVD, due out Nov. 21, just in time for the holidays! Not enough for you? A Born This Way The Remix album will be out the same day! (MTV News)
+ Paul McCartney got married to New York businesswoman Nancy Shevell in London this weekend. Congrats to the happy couple, and congrats to probably having a Beatles tune as your wedding song! (TheFABlife)
+ Since being released from Jive a few months ago, Ciara's label future has been up in the air... until now. L.A. Reid tweeted recently, "@Ciara will officially be #EPIC very soon! That's my girl!" (That Grape Juice)
+ During a recent interview in Australia, Beyoncé announced that she'll be giving birth in February 2012. Get your office pool started now! (ONTD)
+ Ex-Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh died unexpectedly this weekend in Chicago. He was 40. (MTV News)
Buzz Bites (8/15/11): Hilary Duff Is Expecting!
Posted 8/15/11 9:47 am ET by Althea Legaspi in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music
+ Hilary Duff and NHL hubby Mike Comrie marked their one-year wedding anniversary this weekend, but it wasn't the only cause for celebration. Duff also revealed on her website that she's pregnant! (MTV News)
+ A memorial is planned today for the five people who died following a stage collapse during a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair this weekend. Strong wind gusts may be to blame for the accident. (MTV News)
+ Los Angeles authorities are considering charges against Game for a tweet (he says his account was hacked), which asked those seeking internships to call a number. Problem was, the number was for the L.A. Sheriff Department. #becarefulwhatyoutweet (Billboard)
+ Jay-Z and Kanye West are not the only collaob news around. Lil Wayne and Drake have plans to team up as well after their upcoming solo albums drop. For now, they just released their first single, "She Will." (MTV News)
+ Stream The Green Album, a covers album of Muppets songs (!), which features Weezer and Paramore's Hayley Williams dueting, My Morning Jacket, OK Go, Andrew Bird and more. (NPR)
+ Beyoncé's looking fierce in photos from the first of her four sold-out concerts supporting her 4 album at New York's Roseland Ballroom, but what else is new? (ONTD)
Rivers Cuomo Covers The 'West Side Story' Classic 'Tonight'
Posted 7/26/11 2:00 pm ET by Jenna Hally Rubenstein in Celebrity, Music
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Well, this is unexpected. In what looks like a video clip from a voice lesson, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo delivers a rousing rendition of the Broadway classic "Tonight" from the famed musical West Side Story. Be still, my musical theater heart.
I personally love it when musicians take on a genre that they're not typically known for. For instance, Chris Brown is rapping now, and it seriously doesn't suck. But for the frontman of one of the coolest rock bands around (a frontman who has collaboroated with rappers like B.o.B.) to tackle a Broadway standard? Kind of sounds like it might be pushing it.
But alas, I'm happy to report that Rivers can seriously deliver on the Broadway front. Who knew that hidden beneath layer upon layer of well-produced studio rock albums was a lovely Broadway-esque vibrato just waiting to come out? All he needs now is a fire escape and his own "Maria" (cough, we're available).
But the real question remains: Is Rivers Cuomo a Jet or a Shark?
New Video: All Time Low, 'I Feel Like Dancin''
Posted 5/24/11 10:00 am ET by Jason Newman in Celebrity, Music, Videos
Last month, we told you about "I Feel Like Dancin'," the up-tempo collaboration between Baltimore punk-pop band All Time Low and Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. Now, the guys have come through with the video for their first single off their upcoming album, Dirty Work.
This being their first major-label video, the group went meta, framing "I Feel Like Dancin'" around a meeting between the band and the dreaded "clueless label guy." "We need to boost album sales this quarter," says the nameless suit. "And you guys are going to be our guinea pigs... I have a few methods for success up my sleeve."
What follows is a series of "proven" methods for fame, e.g., product placement, sex and stealing other people's ideas. We don't want to give too much away, but for that last one, the guys lampoon your favorite pop stars. It looks all in good fun, though, as the band clearly has no problem dressing in drag or letting muscled beefcakes grind them while they're playing.
Dirty Work, out June 7, is the band's fourth album and first since 2009's Nothing Personal.
New Video: Simple Plan, 'Can't Keep My Hands Off You'
Posted 4/27/11 11:00 am ET by Nicole James in Music, Videos
What better place to film Simple Plan's video for their latest single, "Can't Keep My Hands Off You," than in a high school parking lot during prom. Prom is basically ground zero for borderline inappropriate fondling (well, if you're lucky). The pop punk band's video for the song, off of their yet untitled fourth studio album, brings us back to our high school days, even though we totally weren't cool enough to have been invited to their party.
"Cant Keep My Hands Off You," which is featured in the movie Prom, starts out with a bunch of drab looking teenagers looking super sad about the lame music playing over the loud speakers in their high school's gym. But then -- record scratch! (literally) -- Simple Plan's loud drums kick in, and everyone's bum-rushing the band who's going H.A.M. in the parking lot. Typical high school hijinks ensue: tee-peeing, food fights and getting rowdy on the football field.
Even though the song's all about touching, the "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" video is totally SFW. Oh, and the voice in the song during the second verse, that's not lead singer Pierre Bouvier's? It's Weezer's Rivers Cuomo. Boom. Instant cool points.
Watch Simple Plan's new video for "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" below.
Buzzworthy Q&A: Miranda Cosgrove Talks Weezer, Crazy iCarly Fan Vids And Much More
Posted 2/18/11 11:00 am ET by Chris Ryan in Celebrity, Interviews, Music, Videos
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You probably know Miranda Cosgrove mostly from her role as the titular character on the Nickelodeon show "iCarly." But if you've had the pleasure of listening to any of her music, especially "Kissin U" from her 2010 album, Sparks Fly, you'll know she's quite the burgeoning pop star as well.
In these exclusive interview clips, Miranda talks about both sides of her career. In the first clip, she chats about the thrill of getting to meet Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, via her producer Dr. Luke. In the second clip, she discusses the weirdest "iCarly" fan video she ever saw. WARNING: It's gross!
While we had the opportunity to pick her brain, we also got Miranda to tell us about what she's listening to these days (Radiohead is "ruling her iPod"), what her favorite karaoke song is (Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" or Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"), and whether she's team "Twilight" or "Hunger Games. ("Twilight" FTW!)
+ Check out Miranda Cosgrove interview clips and her latest video "Dancing Crazy" below. Miranda Cosgrove's High Maintenance EP comes out March 15.
10 Things To Know Now: Lady Gaga Channels Madonna, Lil' Kim Challenges Nicki Minaj And More
Posted 2/17/11 3:30 pm ET by Nicole Sia in Celebrity, Music
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This has been like the biggest week ever for my two favorite music things: (a) DIVAS and (b) INDIE ROCK. Won't you join me in my revelry as I recount the internet's latest and greatest?
1.) You've been hearing about it all week long, but here's the definitive proof: Lady Gaga's new single, "Born This Way," does sound alarmingly like Madonna's "Express Yourself." But Madge is cool with it, so NBD. (BuzzFeed)
2.) I'm not going to say that Weezer sold out, but here is a video of their version of the State Farm jingle. Yes, as in the insurance company. (Stereogum)
3.) This cat had a hard time finding a home because he looks like the Dark Lord, a/k/a, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, aka Lord Voldemort from the "Harry Potter" movies. I wish he didn't, but it is what it is. (AOL)
4.) Don't know if you heard, but a little band called Radiohead, or as I like to refer to them, THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME, are putting out an album on Saturday. You can preorder it online for $9. (The King Of Limbs)
5.) In other seminal-indie-rock news, the Flaming Lips have released a single in 12 parts that can only be heard when each part is played simultaneously on 12 different iPhones/computers. I don't have 12 friends (sad face), so you'll have to let me know if it's any good. (Pitchfork)
6.) The big hip-hop beef this week comes courtesy of Lil' Kim seemingly beheading Nicki Minaj on the cover of her new mixtape Black Friday. But then Nicki got on Twitter and was like "whatever." And then Kim was like, "It's not even a beef unless someone gets shot." (Billboard)
7.) Remember that song "Barbara Streisand" from the minds of Legendary NYC house producer/DJ Armand Van Helden and legendary hip-hop/electro DJ A-Trak, who together form the outfit Duck Sauce? Now you can "duck sauce" a version of the song with your name. (Urlesque)
8.) Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me" video premieres tonight on MTV and MTV.com at 9:55 p.m. ET (right before "Jersey Shore"), and I'll just say I've already seen it -- working at MTV kind of rules that way -- and BRIT LOOKS FIERCE. MTV News will be doing a live chat discussing the video starting at 11 p.m. ET on MTV.com, and you should definitely not miss it. (MTV)
9.) HEADLINE: Drunk Baby Trashes Bar, Gets Offered 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off (Ninemsn)
10.) So that anchorwoman who forgot how to talk, who then everyone started to freak out over because they thought she had a stroke? Turns out, she didn't have a stroke. It was a headache. (ABC, LA Times)
Print-And-Share Emo Valentines: Jared Leto, Pete Wentz, Rivers Cuomo & More
Posted 2/14/11 10:43 am ET by Nicole Sia in Celebrity, Music, Photos
Jared Leto of 30 Seconds To Mars (Credit: Jamie McCarthy/ Getty Images)
Let's get one thing straight. We at Buzzworthy LOVE Justin Bieber. We love him. We love his music, and his hair and his purple glasses and outfits. But when it comes to the ways of the heart, lil' Biebs has still got some learning to do. Just last week, he admitted on "The Seven" last week that he's never had a Valentine!
So this Valentine's Day, we're leaving the romantic heavy lifting to the experts. We're talking about the boys to whom love, loss and longing isn't just a convenient pop hook -- it's a WAY OF LIFE.
Therefore, may we present to you our favorite emo Valentines. Oh, and don't hesitate to send them to the special person in your life, or print them out to hang over your bed -- no judgment here! This holiday we're all about SHARING the LOVE.
Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy (Credit: Daniel Boczarski, Getty)
Jason Schwartzman of Phantom Planet and Coconut Records (Credit: Jordan Strauss/WireImage)
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer (Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
+ Get more emo Valentines after the jump...
Buzzworthy Interview: My Chemical Romance On Holiday Gifts, Indiana Jones, 'Breaking Bad' & Dirty Jersey
Posted 12/16/10 2:25 pm ET by Chris Ryan in Celebrity, Interviews, Music, Videos
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When you get a few minutes to interview My Chemical Romance, you want to cover as much ground as possible. So that's what we did in this exclusive Buzzworthy interview.
Now since it's nearly Christmas in Harlem, Hollis and everywhere else, we thought we'd ask My Chemical Romance for some gift-giving tips. Guitarist Frank Iero has been reading "The Book Thief" and thinks it would make a good present. Bassist Mikey Way would give the deluxe reissue of Weezer's Pinkerton. We're partial, however, to guitarist Ray Toro's idea of giving someone "Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom," which is crazy underrated and features this guy.
The band members also talk about their new album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and the thinking behind the album's concept. They also touch on their own origins in the New Jersey punk and hard-core scene and coming up with bands like Thursday, Saves The Day, and Midtown. Finally, My Chemical Romance speculate on Mikey making an appearance on the critically acclaimed show, "Breaking Bad." Meth-cooking jokes (JUST a joke!) and much merry are made!
Watch Buzzworthy's holiday Q&A with My Chemical Romance below, and watch My Chemical Romance answer Buzzworthy fan questions.Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is out now.
Buzz Bites (11/30/10): Lady Gaga Says 'Born This Way' Will Be Best Album Of The Decade
Posted 11/30/10 10:28 am ET by Chris Ryan in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music
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+ Onstage in Poland, last Friday, Lady Gaga addressed fans with tears in her eyes and reportedly claimed her new album, Born This Way, will be the "best album of the decade." (Entertainment Weekly)
+ Weezer has begun the Memories Tour playing the group's debut, self-titled album (aka The Blue Album) in its entirety each night. (MTV News)
+ It must be Rihanna season in the world of magazines. The "Only Girl (In The World") is on the cover of British GQ. (Idolator)
+ Did Kanye West get booed during his appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? (Rolling Stone)
+ Pink has a name for her unborn baby, and it has a certain, whiskey-like flavor to it. (PopEater)
+ Nicki Minaj performed "Right Thru Me" last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." (That Grape Juice)
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