Britney Spears Covers Harper?s Bazaar
Apr 7th
Britney Spears is Back! (Again ) She’s flush off the success of her new album, ‘Femme Fatale,’ which reportedly is receiving the best reviews of her career. Britney did this fantastic photoshoot with Harper’s Bazaar and also chatted with them. … Continue reading
Britney Spears Has ‘Crazy’ Cameo On will.i.am’s Album?
Apr 7th
Black Eyed Peas mastermind teases a collabo with the pop princess on #willpower, set for 2012 release.
By Jocelyn Vena
<P>In a sea of A-list contributions for will.i.am's forthcoming solo album, the Black Eyed Peas mastermind recently dropped one name that will really get pop fans excited. Speaking with <a href="http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/william/news/britney-spears-alicia-keys-new-album/" target="_blank">Capital FM</a>, will teased that his <i>Femme Fatale</i> collaborator Britney Spears will make an appearance on the album, dubbed <i>#willpower.</i> </P><P> </P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" title="Britney Hits The Studio With will.i.am" id="vid:638813" width="240" height="211"></div><p> </P><P> </P><P>"I have a song with Alicia Keys — me, Alicia and Swedish House Mafia. I have a song with the Beats, which is pretty grand. Me and Shakira have been trying to finish the stuff we started, and me and Britney is really crazy," he said. "So we got a song with me, LMFAO and Eva Simons, a song with me and Busta Rhymes and Swizz Beatz — I got a whole other bunch of collaborations." </P><P> </P><P>Spears and will.i.am last worked together on "Big Fat Bass," a spacey, grinding party tune complete with clapping noises and some rapping from will himself. Their recording session was featured on the MTV special <a href="/news/articles/1660830/britney-spears-femme-fatale-previews.jhtml">"I Am the Femme Fatale."</a> There's been no word yet from will's camp about the song and whether this is a new track or if he will be including "Big Fat Bass" on the album. </P><P> </P><P>The rapper/producer's love for Brit is hardly anything new: He <a href="/news/articles/1662289/britney-spears-will-i-am-big-fat-bass.jhtml">gushed to MTV News about the pop princess</a> months after they recorded together. "[I discovered] her love for music. I never seen anyone, like, come alive, full of excitement and giggling and laughing behind the mic," will recalled to MTV News. "She was like a little kid when she was recording the song, and it just brought the whole atmosphere, it changed the whole atmosphere when someone really loves music. So it was great working with her." </P><P> </P><P>His latest single, "T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)," featuring Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger, dropped late last year. <i>#willpower,</i> which also features "X Factor" judge Nicole Scherzinger, will be released later this year. </P><P> </P><P><i>What are you expecting from will and Brit's collabo? Let us know in the comments!</i></p>
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Survivor One World Episode 8 Recap
Apr 7th
We begin this week?s Survivor One World recap of Episode 8 on Day 21. Troyzan and Jay are starting to regret booting Jonas. It may not have been a good idea, since the women now outnumber the men 6 to 5. They hope the next person to be sent away is a woman, to even things up. Tree-mail arrives with a surprise, a bottle of 7-Up! Jeff Probst has 7-Up for the contestants of Survivor One World this week. Image Credit: Wenn.com. The Reward Challenge splits the Tikiano Tribe into two teams again, each with five players. The Green Team has Jay, Troyzan, Kat, Chelsea and Alicia. Gold Team has Mike, Kim, Sabrina, Christina and Leif. Neither team selected Tarzan, so he gets nothing. One at a time, players will slide down from a platform and race to carry a heavy wooden crate. After fetching all the crates assemble the puzzle. The winning team gets a BBQ picnic with steaks, burgers, key lime pie and, of course, plenty of 7-Up! The Green Team holds the lead from the start. But while Troyzan directs the puzzle assembly, Christina on the Gold Team makes up for lost time. She figures out the [...]
Fergie Heads Out Of Her NYC Hotel
Mar 26th
Looking beautiful in an all-black ensemble, Fergie was spotted coming out of her hotel in NYC yesterday. The Black Eyed Peas songstress watched her step as she headed down the stairs and then headed out and about for the day. … Continue reading
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L’Arc En Ciel’s Madison Square Garden Show Is A ‘Turning Point’
Mar 26th
Rock band will become first Japanese act to headline MSG on Sunday, which frontman Hyde calls ‘highlight’ of a 20-year career.
By James Montgomery
Hyde of L’arc en Ciel
Photo: MTV News
On Sunday, Japanese art-rock act L’Arc en Ciel — French for “the rainbow,” naturally — will make history when they become the first band from their homeland to headline a show at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden.
The show, part of the band’s 20th anniversary world tour, was originally scheduled for the much smaller Theater at MSG, but due to overwhelming demand from their long-suffering Stateside fans — L’Arc have played just one North American show in their two decades of existence, a 2004 gig at an Otaku convention in Baltimore — organizers moved it to the venerable Garden arena. And for a band that has had approximately zero promotion here in the U.S., it is understandably a very big deal, as frontman Hyde told MTV News (via translator) on Friday (March 23).
“This is huge for our band to perform at the world-famous Madison Square Garden, so I want to make sure we give you the very best show for the American audience. … I want to take the very best of everything we’ve done in Japan and put it in this show,” Hyde said. “It’s so hard for a Japanese act to be successful in America, but we were given this opportunity, so that means there is a possibility for us to break in the American market. I definitely feel lucky to be here after 20 years as a band.”
And for Hyde, who grew up listening to “L.A. metal … Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe,” the opportunity to take the stage at the World’s Most Famous Arena has an even bigger significance. Mostly because, when L’Arc first started 20 years ago in Osaka, Hyde never thought he’d be singing before 19,000 folks in New York City. He wasn’t even sure he’d ever make it to Tokyo.
“This world tour is definitely one of the highlights of our career. It ranks at the top of all the highlights, but amongst it all, this Madison Square Garden performance is such a turning point in our career, so we look forward to it,” he said. “It’s very hard to predict what’s next for L’Arc en Ciel, and for us, it’s almost a miracle we’ve lasted this long. When we first started, I was just happy to be able to eat. Our goal back then was to be #1 in Osaka so that people in Tokyo could hear about us.”
Luckily, he and the band will have a few days after the show to soak up the New York City experience. Of course, thanks to the warm weather, there’s one aspect of the city he’s sadly already missed out on.
“We’re going to be here in New York for a week, and I was looking forward to the steam coming up from the streets, but I haven’t seen that yet, what happened to that?” he laughed of the blasts of warm air that often spring up from subway grates. “Also, I watched a lot of Billy Joel videos growing up, and I would love to see some of the scenes from those videos.”
Will you check out L’Arc en Ciel at the Garden? Tell us in the comments!
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