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Spotted: David Lynch And Marilyn Manson Bond Over Darkness In Los Angeles

Posted 3/24/11 12:30 pm EST by in Music


Every day a multitude of stars wander through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with our intrepid correspondents. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.

The best thing about celebrity parties in Los Angeles is that it creates incredible photo opportunities for people who wouldn't normally hang around each other. For example, the after party at the Mayan in L.A. for the "Duran Duran Unstaged" event (hosted by American Express) featured a guest list that included the members of Duran Duran, Moby and Kelis. But by far the highlight came when filmmaker David Lynch (he of "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" fame) spent some quality time with shock rocker Marilyn Manson. It wasn't the first time the two have been in the same room together, as Manson was actually in a brief scene in Lynch's underrated 1997 feature "Lost Highway" (Manson's mentor Trent Reznor also provided some music for that project). Manson was trying hard to get his "Alice in Wonderland" film made, but he appears to be headed back to the music world, as his band is at work on their eighth album (and their first since 2009's The High End of Low).

They weren't the only stars out and about, as Katy Perry hung out at her hotel in Manchester, England and Vanessa Hudgens hit the red carpet for the premiere of "Sucker Punch." Click here for these photos as well as the entire "Spotted" archive, which features over 500 candid shots of stars like Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Madonna, Mariah Carey, the Jonas Brothers and Kanye West!

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Author Neil Strauss Shares Thoughts On Lady Gaga, Britney Spears And 'The Dirt'

Posted 3/23/11 10:30 am EST by in Music


By Kara Warner

No matter how easy it may seem to get famous people to talk about themselves (typically their favorite subject), there is a definite art to conducting a celebrity interview. And not many people fully understand the process better than bestselling author and prolific celebrity profile writer Neil Strauss who, over the course of his two decades in journalism, has career highlights that include making Lady Gaga cry, fielding drug offers from Marilyn Manson and shopping for diapers with Snoop Dogg.

In his newest book, "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead," Strauss (who also wrote the pickup artist insider tome "The Game" and the Mötley Crüe biography "The Dirt") combed through the source materials from over 3,000 articles he has written in order to bring fans further inside the minds of celebrities via their inner-most and honest commentary on topics like creativity, spirituality, drugs, aging and the psychological toll of fame.

MTV News was lucky enough to get Strauss on the phone for a few minutes to talk about the book and the crazy, shocking and unbelievable star encounters that fill out its 500-ish pages.

MTV News: Looking back on all the memorable celeb encounters you've had, what were some of the most outrageous or unforgettable?

Neil Strauss: I interviewed Snoop Dogg right after Tupac and Biggie had been shot and he'd just left Death Row records. [He] felt like everyone was saying that he was the next guy to be shot and we were driving around in my car and he was shopping for pampers, sitting in the driver's seat. I'd just moved to L.A. and learned how to drive, and I was like, "Oh man, I'm in trouble."

The first time I interviewed Marilyn Manson, they had a bunch of drugs spread out on the back of the tour bus and were telling me to "go do the dust." And because they kept calling it dust, I didn't know — was it angel dust? What was this stuff? I didn't know if it was cocaine, angel dust or something else, and I remember I did that move where I tried to blow it around with my nose and I ended up blowing it all over the floor and looked like an idiot.

MTV: Have you kept track or kept in touch with any interview subjects? Particularly someone like Trent Reznor, who was unhappy at the time you interviewed him but seems to be doing well now?

Strauss: It's interesting to see where people go, especially because Trent Reznor in the interview said "I'm never going to move to L.A. and marry a model," and he of course bought a home in Beverly Hills and is married to an artist who was a Playboy model. Every musician who has ever said, "I'm never moving to L.A. and dating a model" always ends up moving to L.A. and dating a model.

MTV: Do you ever keep in touch with the people you interview?

Strauss: I'm really bad about it. I never make friends with them, I don't know why. The exception is Courtney Love who, after the Rolling Stone interview, moved in with me.

MTV: What about someone like Britney Spears?

Strauss: Yeah, she did actually call me a year later and invited me over to her house. Read More...

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Lady Gaga Bares Her Butt For Born This Way, Adds To Legacy Of Pop Star Backsides

Posted 1/3/11 2:00 pm EST by in Music


Lady Gaga has always promised to put it all out there for her fans on her upcoming album Born This Way, and when she announced the release dates of the album and her new single, she certainly put her money where her mouth is. When she tweeted her hotly-anticipated news on New Year's Eve, she included a photo of her bare backside. It's not necessarily the first time Gaga has let the universe see her buttocks (she was recently spotted walking around Paris wearing very little below the belt), but it's perhaps the most direct shot yet delivered of Gaga's bare derriere.

Of course, she's merely the latest in a long line of pop stars who have flashed a little cheek in the name of stardom. Here are some of our favorites.

Nicki Minaj
Though she may be best known for her crazy wigs and envelope-pushing fashions, Minaj has quite a bit of junk in the trunk. Many of her stage costumes accentuate said feature, but this particular outfit left very little to the imagination.

Erykah Badu
For the headline-grabbing video for "Window Seat," Badu went guerrilla and shot a one-take video on the fly in Dallas. Why did it need to be so underground? Not only did it feature Badu running around non-cleared locations, but it also featured the singer stripping down to her birthday suit and flashing her butt (and everything else).

David Bowie
The Thin White Duke has always been comfortable with the natural human form, but he spent an extended period of time showing off his backside in the video for the huge hit "China Girl."

Alanis Morissette
Though her debut album Jagged Little Pill was a massive success, Alanis Morissette waited almost four years before dropping her second album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie. What did she do to grab attention? Strip down to the bare essentials for the video for her first single "Thank U."
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The 2010 VMA Countdown: Marilyn Manson Bares All

Posted 8/27/10 5:00 pm EST by in VMAs


The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are only a few weeks away. The biggest party of the year features nominated clips by Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Ke$ha and Katy Perry and will feature performances by Kanye West, Eminem, Drake, Paramore, Usher, B.o.B and Florence and the Machine (with many more to be announced). In order to properly prepare yourself for what's to come, every day the MTV Newsroom Blog will deliver a classic moment in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards. Today's installment: Marilyn Manson sends everyone home evil.

There must have been something in the water at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Fiona Apple went on a rant, Busta Rhymes hit it off with Martha Stewart, Jamiroquai won a bunch of Moonmen and the list of performers included both Jewel and the Prodigy. When the night came to a close, host Chris Rock introduced shock rockers Marilyn Manson, who were riding high at the time on the back of their huge hit single "The Beautiful People," which came from their hit second album Antichrist Superstar.

The performance began with a marching band leading frontman Manson to a podium, where he delivered a speech in front of a giant modified American flag. "My fellow Americans, I see you all sitting out there, trying your hardest not to be ugly, trying your hardest not to fit in, trying your hardest to earn your way into Heaven," Manson said to the crowd. "Let me ask you: Do you want to be in a place that's filled with a bunch of a--holes?"

With a giant scream, Manson kicked over the podium and tore off his robe to reveal a buttocks-baring corset. His band tore through a loud, angry version of "The Beautiful People" to the general horror of the crowd. It was a bizarre send-off to an unusual show, and Rock summed it up perfectly when the performance ended. "Run to church now!" he told the audience. "Get your ass to church, or you're going to hell!" With that, the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards came to a close and yet another set of moments were added to the permanent collection. What moments will get added this year? There's only one way to find out!

The 27th annual MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 12 at 9 p.m. ET.

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Record Store Day Deals Help You Celebrate Your Local Music Retailer

Posted 4/16/10 2:45 pm EST by in Music


The music industry is in dire straits. Everybody knows this. And while the solution to all the problems doesn't just lie in the purchasing of more music, it certainly can't hurt. There remains a subset of people out there who still make pilgrimages to their favorite record store to thumb through the new releases and dig through the crates. (In fact, two of them work here at MTV News.)

In an effort to re-connect people with their local independent record store, Saturday (April 17) is Record Store Day, an annual event that encourages people to visit their local music emporium and spend a little dough (usually on some limited-edition treats). This year, devoted fans can pick up limited-edition pressings of singles from the likes of Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Devo, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones. The Hold Steady are even releasing their entire new album on hand-pressed vinyl a full three weeks before its official release date.

There will also be live performances and appearances from the likes of Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains and Mastodon, as well as a ton of tiny and local bands looking to provide a soundtrack to your shopping experience.

It's a great day, and it's for a great cause. Record stores are a dying breed, and that cannot be a good thing. I grew up in record stores. They're a big part of the reason I do what I do now. I relied on two stores growing up in Connecticut: Music Outlet in Enfield and Record Express in West Hartford. Each one provided me with a place both to hang out with friends and to be alone for self-discovery. When I was in high school, whenever I would get upset at my parents or my friends, I would drive to the record store. It was a place where you could just hang out or discover something new. I'd meet other record store people and we would compare tastes and trade stories and fall in love. It's weird to attach so much of your life to a recurring retail experience, but since I attach music to most of my memories anyway, it makes perfect sense that I remember the specific circumstances wherein I purchased Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals or Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out.

In the time before the Internet, the local record store was usually the only place to discover new things (especially if you were into indie or local music). That era has been swallowed by cyberspace, which was unavoidable. Now everybody has access to everything, which is great because there are no limits to what you can listen to (whenever you want to listen to it). But I still miss the smell of cardboard and dust and plastic, and on Saturday, I encourage you to try to help me recapture that magic.

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The Vatican Forgives The Beatles, Now They Can Move On To Black Sabbath

Posted 4/13/10 4:40 pm EST by in Music


Back in 1966, John Lennon cheekily declared that his band the Beatles had become so popular that they had become "bigger than Jesus." From that point forward, Lennon and the rest of the band became persona non grata around Catholic circles. Since this week represents the 40th anniversary of the band's dissolution, the Vatican has decided to let bygones be bygones. "It's true, they took drugs; swept up by their success, they lived dissolute and uninhibited lives," said Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. "But, listening to their songs, all of this seems distant and meaningless. Their beautiful melodies, which changed forever pop music and still give us emotions, live on like precious jewels."

But it may be all for naught. For one, Ringo Starr isn't interested in absolution. ""Didn't the Vatican say we were satanic?" Starr said to CNN. "And they still forgive us? I think [the Vatican] has more to talk about than the Beatles." Since Ringo isn't interested in getting the Pope's approval, the Vatican should really consider going whole hog and forgiving the following bands.

Black Sabbath: "Sure, Ozzy Osbourne once snorted a line of ants thinking it was cocaine, but on the other hand, 'The Osbournes' was pretty funny."

Sinead O'Connor: "She may have torn up a photo of Pope John Paul II while performing on 'Saturday Night Live,' but when you listen to her music, you realize that her cover of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' totally rules."
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'The Runaways' Director Floria Sigismondi's 10 Best Music Videos

Posted 3/19/10 9:30 am EST by in Music


Today marks the opening of "The Runaways," a biopic about the seminal all-female rock band starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie. The reviews are already pretty positive, which is good for the stars, the band members and especially director Floria Sigismondi.

"The Runaways" represents the feature film debut for Sigismondi, though as any fan of freaky music videos can attest, she's no stranger to rock-fueled images. She has spent the better part of the last 15 years crafting rich, intricate and slightly disturbing clips for an eclectic batch of artists like Marilyn Manson, Christina Aguilera, Interpol, Incubus and Sheryl Crow. She's crafted dozens of clips, but here are her 10 best.

Christina Aguilera, "Fighter"
Sigismondi takes Aguilera's rugged track from Stripped and matches it with a faux-industrial setting where the singer's metamorphosis can occur. It's a perfect example of Sigismondi's aesthetic: Dusty but modern, populist but arty.

Marilyn Manson, "The Beautiful People"
Not only was it a star-making turn for Sigismondi ("The Beautiful People" was nominated for a Video Music Award and was her first clip put in heavy rotation on MTV) but also for Manson (the Antichrist Superstar single became a hit as much for the stilts in the clip as the hook).

Fiona Apple, "O Sailor"
Everything about Apple's Extraordinary Machine album is underrated, from the delightfully askew melodies to Sigismondi's video. It's about the only video where Apple isn't cast as a victim or an object, and it's subsequently the best one she's ever been in.

The White Stripes, "Blue Orchid"
Jack White tapped Sigismondi to produce a video for what is perhaps the band's oddest single, and the director delivered with strange bathtub scenes, whip-smart editing and a giant white horse.

Incubus, "Megalomaniac"
For this politically-minded single from Incubus, Sigismondi experimented with a raw form of animation that gives the clip a real raw, DIY feel. Read More...

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Adam Lambert's AMA Performance And Other Shocking Musical TV Moments

Posted 11/23/09 5:00 pm EST by in Music


From the first gyration of Elvis Presley's hips on "The Milton Berle Show" (way back in the summer of 1955) to the last grab of the crotch during Adam Lambert's Sunday (November 22) night performance at the American Music Awards, musicians and live television have shared a rather contentious relationship.

Throughout the years, in attempts to shock audiences, promote albums or share their political views (or, you know, just because they were inebriated), artists have given censors fits with performances that pushed the boundaries of good taste — everything from bare butts to obscenity and potshots at the Pope. Things like that are the reason they invented the seven-second delay, after all.

So now, with Lambert already feeling the heat following his racy AMA performance, we decided it was a good time to re-visit some of the most shocking musical moments from in TV history — the ones that earned public condemnations and half-hearted apologies. Censors, get your fingers on the button.

Click here for photos from the most controversial musical television moments of all time, featuring Adam Lambert, Marilyn Manson, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake!

Sinéad O'Connor Rips The Pope On "Saturday Night Live," 1992: Sinéad O'Connor and "Saturday Night Live" already had a rather interesting relationship before she decided to rip up a photo of the Pope in her infamous 1992 performance. Back in 1990, she backed out of a scheduled appearance on the show because she didn't want to share the stage with host Andrew Dice Clay. Two years later, after performing a moody a capella version of Bob Marley's "War," she produced a photo of Pope John Paul II, tore it to shreds and shouted "Fight the real enemy!" The audience reacted with stunned silence, and the media vilified O'Connor as an enfant terrible, and while she would later apologize for the act, she remained unrepentant.

Prince Shows Off His Assets At The VMAs, 1991: The Purple One took the stage at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards dressed in canary yellow, but it was his outfit didn't have that raised more than a few eyebrows: Read More...

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Happy Halloween: Wake-Up Video

Posted 10/30/09 9:00 am EST by in Wake-Up Video


OK, so it's a day early, but we would be remiss if we didn't celebrate Halloween. Originally a Celtic celebration that marked the end of the summer, Halloween means different things for different people. For some — mostly children — it's an excuse to gorge yourself on candy. For others — mostly young, drunk women — it's a reason to wear as little clothing as possible in public under the guise that they're dressing as a "sexy kitty." Still others use it as a justification for mischief, or simply the appropriate time of year to watch all of the films in the "Friday the 13th" series ("Jason Takes Manhattan" is my favorite).

Some people love Halloween so much that they live it year-round. Take Marilyn Manson, who has spent a career bringing together industrial-infused metal, Satan, scary make-up, David Bowie-esque posing and a cheeky sense of humor for a unique stew that frightens parents and keeps kids thinking spooky thoughts. Though Manson's effect has dulled over the years, he's no less a provocateur, and his career collection of music videos is impressive and often genuinely terrifying. "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" casts him as some sort of mythological creature, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" saw him make tutus unnerving and "The Dope Show" put him in the role of a druggy, androgynous alien. But the greatest fear factor in a Manson video comes from "The Man That You Fear," the last song from Antichrist Superstar. There's something about it that just seems wrong — even the hats seem otherworldly. Have a good scare, and if you're still looking to be spooked, check out the list of videos much, much scarier than "Saw VI."

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Where Does Rihanna's 'Russian Roulette' Fit In The History Of Racy Covers?

Posted 10/20/09 5:26 pm EST by in Music


Why settle for one controversial image when a half dozen will do? That seems to be the tactic Rihanna is employing on the cover to "Russian Roulette," the first single from her upcoming album Rated R. It's got everything: the giant, gleaming blade "R" logo; the blood-dripping track title; a sinister peek-a-boo eye patch; gold corset; and, of course, her provocative barbed wire-wrapped torso.

While it's just the companion image to her single (so who knows what the actual album cover will look like?), the edgy picture has already set tongues wagging and gotten us thinking about some of our other favorite envelope-pushing album artwork.

(Click here for more controversial album covers from the likes of Prince, Nirvana, David Bowie and Bon Jovi!)

» No list would be complete without the bloody baby bodies and butcher outfits donned by the Beatles for Yesterday … and Today. The Fab Four were forced to replace the art on their 1966 album with a more benign image of them crowded around a steamer trunk. (Meanwhile, the original became a sought-after collector's item.)

» What's more disturbing? The image of a buzz saw slicing through a man's tight trousers as his bloody hands hold onto a metal codpiece, or the title Animal (F*** Like a Beast)? Whatever you think, metal band W.A.S.P. found out in 1983 that what really offended people was foul language, so a pair of stars were cloned in to cover up the offending word.
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