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Gatorade Honors High School Athletes Of The Year Morgan Brian And Dylan Bundy

Posted 7/15/11 3:55 pm EST by in Sports


By Christina Garibaldi

Earlier this week MTV News hit up the Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year Awards Dinner, where twelve student-athletes from across the country were recognized for their achievements both on-and-off the field. Yet only two could take home the grand prize, and this year it went to soccer player Morgan Brian and baseball player Dylan Bundy.

Morgan became the first soccer player to receive the award in its nine-year history. “I’m the first soccer player to win it’” Morgan said after accepting the award. “So I wasn’t expecting it.” Morgan is headed to the University of Virginia next year, where we are sure she will continue to dominate the soccer field.

Dylan took home the male Athlete of the Year Award and his future is looking pretty bright. He was the fourth overall selection in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft and you can see him next year on the mound pitching for the Baltimore Orioles.

“This is going to be my favorite award I’ve ever received,” Dylan said upon receiving the award.

And if that wasn’t enough, the two winners got to walk the red carpet at the ESPY Awards, rubbing elbows with some of the biggest names in sports—and Justin Beiber! Read More...

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D’Angelo Hits The Studio With Questlove To Record First Album In Over A Decade

Posted 7/15/11 3:00 pm EST by in Music


By Zachary Swickey

R&B charmer D’Angelo is apparently ready to come out of hiding and is yet again attempting to record his much anticipated third album. The artist has been in a New York studio recording with some of his longtime collaborators: hip-hop’s hottest drummer and full-time stickman for The Roots, Questlove; producer/engineer Russell Elevado (Nikka Costa, Blackalicious); and bassist Pino Palladino, who also plucks away for John Mayer Trio among numerous other projects.

Through the power of Questlove’s Twitter account, we became aware of the sessions: “Most people use midnight as a time to sleep. Others are working on their 11 year followup. This of course being hour number one.”

Based on Quest’s comment, it appears that D’Angelo has scrapped any previously record material for the long gestating project, which he has supposedly been working on off and on for the past decade with a working title of “James River.” Supposed artist collabs from previous sessions featured high-profile names like Cee Lo, John Mayer, Prince, Raphael Saadiq and Mark Ronson, who told MTV News just last September that he had been in the studio with D’Angelo. If all goes according to plan, a new album will hopefully surface before the end of the year on J Records.

The crooner’s multi-platinum second album, Voodoo, was released way back in 2000, found great critical acclaim and took home the Grammy for best R&B album in 2001. For those with faint memories, you may remember D’Angelo from his video for “Untitled (How Does It Feel),” which featured the singer serenading the camera for four minutes completely in the nude.

Find out what D’Angelo has been up to for the last decade after the jump. Read More...

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‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Creator Does Not Hold Back Over Emmy Snub, Is Completely Right About All Of It

Posted 7/15/11 1:15 pm EST by in Television


Kurt Sutter

In perhaps the best response ever to an Emmy snub, Kurt Sutter, creator and showrunner of FX’s awesome Sons of Anarchy, took to Twitter to share his feelings about his critically acclaimed show’s lack of Emmy nominations.

When the story first surfaced, we thought Sutter was behaving like a bratty, entitled sore loser just like everyone else. That’s how most people are spinning it, after all. But then we read all of his tweets – as opposed to the selected ones some people are running – and got the whole story. Which, as best we can tell, is this: Sutter is maybe a little bratty and he knows it, but he's more snarky and defensive than anything else. He also knows that his show is pretty great, that his rant was both misguided and misinterpreted, and that combining honesty and sarcasm on Twitter is never a good idea because it’s easy to sensationalize something by taking it out of context.

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Our Longtime Obsession ‘Web Therapy’ Is Coming Soon To Your TV

Posted 7/15/11 12:28 pm EST by in Internet


Exciting news! On Tuesday, Lisa Kudrow’s genius, award-winning web series “Web Therapy” will debut on Showtime.

The mostly improvised web series follows Fiona Wallice (Kudrow), a therapist Kudrow describes as “self-serving with little patience, very judgmental” who treats patients via brief webcam sessions. The webisodes run from three to fourteen minutes, and Showtime will compile them, along with new footage shot specifically for TV, into 10 half-hour episodes. Bringing the show to TV means an entirely new audience will be introduced to the fantastic characters developed by guest stars like Jane Lynch, Rashida Jones, Meryl Streep, Alan Cumming, Courteney Cox, Molly Shannon and Victor Garber over the web series’ 48-episode run.

Seriously, this thing is amazeballs. Check it out for yourself below. Read More...

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Can A ‘Friends With Benefits’ Relationship Work? An Expert Weighs In

Posted 7/15/11 11:44 am EST by in Movies


Friends with Benefits

From Hollywood Crush:

By Katie Calautti

If you thought director Will Gluck’s raucous dark comedy Easy A packed a hilarious one-two punch of dirty jokes and jaw-dropping sexual innuendo (not to mention a heckuva good-looking romantic duo —we’re talking to you, Emma Stone and Penn Badgley), brace yourself for Will’s ante-upping contender Friends With Benefits.

The casting of the movie’s protagonists—Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis)—is as juicy as its premise. Namely: two pals who fashion a pact to hit the sack sans emotional involvement.

We’re willing to bet that hilarity ensues, but before the film hits theaters Friday, July 22, we decided to do a little digging. Is an IRL relationship like the one showcased in Friends With Benefits actually possible? If so, how? And what exactly are the complications? We chatted with clinical psychologist Elizabeth Bowman, PhD, to get the skinny.

Is it possible to have a successful friends with benefits relationship? Read on to find out. Read More...

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With New George Harrison Doc, Martin Scorsese Continues To Show Love Of Music

Posted 7/14/11 4:45 pm EST by in Movies, Music


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By Zachary Swickey

Beatles fans have something to get excited about! It appears legendary director Martin Scorsese is finally ready to reveal his much anticipated documentary on the group’s late guitarist, George Harrison.

A posting on the Harrison’s website states the special will air on HBO over the nights of October 5 and 6 later this year. The project is much more than just a film documentary. Dubbed George Harrison: Living in the Material World, it is a collaboration with the guitarist’s widow, Olivia, that also includes a coffee table book she organized, which is due in September. The set will reportedly trace the guitarist’s life through rare photographs, old home videos and plenty of unreleased live footage. Also included will be interviews with Harrison’s old chums: Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, director Terry Gilliam, producer Phil Spector, Yoko Ono and of course the two living Beatles, good ole’ Paul and Ringo.

“Spending time with Olivia, interviewing so many of George’s closest friends, reviewing all of that footage, some of it never seen before, and listening to all of the magnificent music – it was a joy, and an experience I’ll always treasure,” Scorsese said in a statement.

For more on the doc, as well as Scorsese’s long history of music-related films, read on. Read More...

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Real Life Alert: ‘Glee’ Cast Graduates At The End Of Next Season

Posted 7/14/11 3:45 pm EST by in Television


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From Hollywood Crush:

Continuing with the bad news Glee fans received a few weeks back, Ryan Murphy has apparently confirmed the fact that next season will be the last for the series' breakout stars Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer.

Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter that Rachel, Finn and Kurt are "not going to be back at all for season four. You can keep them on the show for six years and people will criticize you for not being realistic, or you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year," he explained.

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Lady Gaga And Justin Timberlake: Could They Join The EGOT Society?

Posted 7/14/11 2:30 pm EST by in Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga


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The Emmy nominations came out today and were full of the usual suspects. Mad Men ruled. The entire cast of Modern Family scored deserved acting nominations. Glee got nominated for Best Comedy despite having an uneven-at-best year.

There were some cool sorta surprises too. Game of Thrones found its way into the Best Drama Series category. So did the sadly under-watched Friday Night Lights. Perhaps most awesome of all is Louis C.K.’s Best Actor nomination for Louie.

But wait, who’s that, off there in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special category? It’s Lady Gaga for her The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden HBO special. We’d recognize that wig anywhere!

Gaga wasn’t the only Grammy winner to score an Emmy nod today. Justin Timberlake snagged another nom for hosting Saturday Night Live. The erstwhile singer already has television’s highest honor in his stacked trophy case, having won the Emmy for hosting SNL back in 2009.

That means Justin, at just 30 years old, already has two of the four awards that combine to create the entertainment industry’s highest achievement: EGOT. That’s Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, the annual major awards for television, music, film and theater, respectively.

It’s clear Gaga and JT have that special something that defies the restrictions of their mediums. Some performers are perfect for TV but can’t carry a film to save their lives. There are musicians who should never step in front of a camera (see: Spears, Britney, Crossroads). Then there’s JT, who came this close to an Oscar nomination for the much-awarded The Social Network, and Gaga, who took to the stage early with lead roles in school productions of Guys and Dolls and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Only twelve people, including Barbra Streisand, Liza Minelli, Whoopi Goldberg and Audrey Hepburn, have ever captured all four awards. Could Justin and Mother Monster join their esteemed ranks? Read More...

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Red Hot Chili Peppers And Mr. Brainwash Collabo: The Latest Musician/Artist Venture

Posted 7/14/11 1:30 pm EST by in collaborations, red-hot-chili-peppers


Red Hot chili Peppers

By Zachary Swickey

California rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers are gearing up for the release of their newest rock/funk masterpiece, I’m With You, and have acquired the services of famous street artist Mr. Brainwash to help promote the album with some Pepper-themed guerilla marketing.

TMZ reports that Mr. Brainwash, real name Thierry Guetta, has been in the Los Angeles area hanging art work that bears the album’s release date (8/30/11), the Chili Peppers logo and a bit of Guetta’s signature pop flare. With his bumbling charm (and wicked facial hair), Guetta essentially starred in the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, which was directed by the notoriously stealth Banksy, who picked up an Oscar nom for Best Documentary for his efforts. RHCP have also recruited Guetta for some other upcoming projects, but the artist was hush when pressed for details.

Collaborating with an artist has become a booming trend. Old timer Roger Waters hired street artists to promote his recent tour behind Pink Floyd’s iconic double album The Wall. Even professional companies and prestigious museums have been known to commission controversial artists. Here are some of our favorite band/artist collabs that all provide some great eye candy.

Interpol and David Lynch

Interpol did something special at this year’s Coachella festival when they worked on a video collaboration with the mysterious David Lynch, director of creepy cult faves like Blue Velvet, Lost Highway and Twin Peaks. The band played along to a short film Lynch directed for the group’s song “Lights,” off their recent self-titled record. The black-and-white animated clip contains a quirky character that repeatedly pushes a red button that makes its color burst all over the screen. In typical Lynch fashion, it will leave you thinking WTF?

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Stop Saying You Are Retiring If You Are Really Not Retiring

Posted 7/14/11 11:38 am EST by in Lil Wayne, rock criticism you're actually interested in


Last night, Cher alerted us to the fact she is in the recording studio AND recording a song by Lady Gaga and super producer RedOne called “The Greatest Thing.” So that’s cool.

What’s kind of weird though is that the song comes over five years after Cher wrapped up her massive Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, which she claimed would be her final concert tour. Three years later, of course, she began a very successful three-year residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, so it was really less of a “farewell” than it was a “see you guys in a bit.” And last fall while promoting her film Burlesque, she told a few interviewers she wanted to hit the road again for another tour – that she preferred arena crowds to the tourist-heavy audiences attracted to shows in Vegas.

Sure, the living legend never swore off recording (and thank goodness!), but it got us thinking about stars who announce their retirement … and then never really retire. Sure, they might go away for a hot second, but then they come back, often as big as ever, making the whole retirement hubbub look like an elaborate ruse. Read More...

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