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'Hunger Games' Hair Stylist Talks Haymitch's 'Disheveled' Locks
Linda Flowers tells MTV News Woody Harrelson's blond wig 'gives his character a little bit of a push.'
By Amy Wilkinson
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Photo: Lionsgate
Stylist Linda Flowers had run with Vince's "Entourage," played with "Angels & Demons" and even primped a "Social Network" tycoon for his profile picture, but the Hollywood veteran took on her hairiest project yet with the eye-popping adaptation of "The Hunger Games." As the film's hair department head, Flowers, in harmony with director Gary Ross' vision, crafted the iconic, and frequently candy-colored, 'dos of Effie Trinket and more than 500 Capitol citizens. We hopped on the phone with Flowers to chat about the meticulous mentor's look, Woody Harrelson's unconventional Haymitch style and where exactly all that hair went after Ross yelled, "Cut!"
MTV News: What was your experience reading "The Hunger Games" for the first time? Did you start formulating looks as you read?
Linda Flowers: When I read it, I fell in love with it, and I read all three of them very quickly. It's such a great story, and it's gonna appeal to so many different demographics. Anytime you get to read a book with colorful characters and they've got pink hair and blue hair, I'm in. My imagination was going crazy. I mean, how often do you get to put pink hair on somebody?
MTV: What did you and Gary discuss during your initial conversation?
Flowers: Gary's main concern was with all the colored hair. He wanted people to take the Capitol seriously, and he wanted the looks to be couture. So when you're talking about orange and aqua and pink and blue hair, the first place people go is very young, and they think it is more a street look or an urban look for kids. But the challenge was to put it on all age groups and make it look couture.
MTV: Logistically, this had to be a grand-scale production. Describe a typical day on set.
Flowers: When we were at the peak of all of our Capitol people, I had 45 hairdressers working because everyone had to go through hair and makeup. Each person had an individual look. When you do period movies, the hair is already set, the period has already been set, but there was nothing established for the look of this because it's in the future. Each person that sat down, a look had to be created for them even if they were, like, #500 on the call sheet. So that was a real challenge, and plus, not just the hairdressers to do their hair, but we had to have a clean-up crew come in when we wrapped to take everyone's hair, wigs and pieces off to reset them and get them ready for the next day. So it was an around-the-clock deal because we have 30 to 40 people doing hair and 10 to 15 to come in when we wrapped and take everyone down so the hairdressers could go home and sleep to get ready for the next day.
MTV: Who had the most time-consuming look?
Flowers: It was Effie, but the good thing was I could do Effie's hair when she wasn't in the trailer. Her hair definitely took the most time. From start to finish it was about 45 minutes, and I'm really fast. I constructed it slowly. She's one of those people who's so completely and purposefully put together that her wig would be an accessory just like a purse or a pair of shoes. So she has three wigs in the movie, and we're going to have more for her in the next movie.
She wears three different looks, and they're all the same shape. I picked a classic shape, which has a '30s finger-wave bob, and I took that and I really brushed it out, but it kept the finger waves, and I gave it a lot of volume. And then I took really heavily textured hair and put it in between the layers of her finger waves.
MTV: It sounds like you're already planning ahead for "Catching Fire."
Flowers: Yes. I prepped five or six wigs, and she only wore three in the first one, so we do have some for the second one, and I will prep more. I think everyone was afraid; they didn't want people to be taken out of the movie with it being too over-the-top or too colorful, so that's why I chose a pastel palette to start her off with in the movie. When you see her in the Capitol, it gets brighter and she gets a little more extreme.
MTV: The hairstyle that's probably raised the most eyebrows is Woody Harrelson's Haymitch look, which he fashioned after his brother. What did you think when he approached you with the concept?
Flowers: Well, he originally wanted it longer. He brought in a photo of his brother, and his brother looks just like him with the wig on. It was really what he wanted, and then, you know, I showed it to Gary, and he looked at it. He goes, "You know, I think that would be a good look for him, we just need to make it a little shorter." It looks like the period. The District 12 people kind of have a '30s-period haircut because they're very poor and they work in the mines. It kinda looked like that but really grown out.
The thing, too, when you're trying to give a character a kind of character look — someone that has hair like he does — you can make it a little dirty and a little disheveled and make it look like you haven't shampooed it recently, and it gives his character a little bit of a push. When you have no hair, you can't really give that push. You can't really see a passage of time; he's normal, then he's drunk and he woke up, and he's hungover. You can articulate that and express that through the hair. With no hair, you really can't express that. It really helped me help him with his character.
MTV: I can only imagine what some random warehouse in North Carolina must look like with hundreds of wigs lying around.
Flowers: You gotta remember, we used over 500 wigs in this movie. There is a warehouse full of trunks with wigs and stuff like that. I keep the cast wigs in a more secure — I don't keep them in a warehouse. They're actually in a very secure place that Lionsgate has.
Check out everything we've got on "The Hunger Games."
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Report: Whitney Houston's Death Caused By Accidental Drowning
With details surrounding her cause of death finally emerging, Whitney Houston is said to have passed away due to an accidental drowning.
With the L.A. County Coroner presenting the findings on Thursday (March 22), the Grammy winning singer is also said to have had signs of heart disease while cocaine consumption is also thought to have played a role in her ultimate demise.
Of Miss Houston's investigation, a source in the know told TMZ that it's "very possible" that a heart attack led to her drowning - which is contrary to early assumptions that Xanax usage caused her to fall asleep in the bathtub.
As previously reported by GossipCenter, Whitney was found dead in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in February just days before the 2012 Grammy Awards took place. She's survived by daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown.
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Video: Brad Pitt On The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and Brad Pitt walk through the lower ninth ward in New Orleans and discuss the progress of ?Make It Right? airing on ?The Ellen DeGeneres Show? on Tuesday, March 20th. Brad on New Orleans and “Make it Right”? Ellen: Let me start from the beginning. Lets start from when you [...]
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Justin Bieber Challenges Fans To Choose 'Boyfriend' Cover Art
Bieber will let his fans pick which photo he uses for the song, out March 26.
By Jocelyn Vena
<P>Ever dreamed of being <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bieber_justin/artist.jhtml">Justin Bieber</a>'s art director? Well, the singer is giving his fans that opportunity. Bieber has released <a href="http://www.justinbiebermusic.com/boyfriend/" target="_blank">two photos</a> and requested that fans choose which will be the official art for <a href="/news/articles/1680882/justin-bieber-boyfriend-single-buzz.jhtml">his next single, "Boyfriend."</a> The photo that receives the most fan tweets wins. </P><P> </P><P><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:744691/cp~vid%3D744691%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A744691" width="460" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed> </P><P> </P><P>Biebs dons a gray checkered top over a gray T-shirt in both photos, but it's the pose that really differentiates the two shots. In one, he stands looking away from the camera, his hands at his side. In the other, he's looking to the camera, his hand running through his famous hair. </P><P> </P><P>The Mike Posner-produced track will drop on March 26. It's the first single off his <a href="/news/articles/1680373/justin-bieber-believe-album.jhtml">forthcoming album, <i>Believe</a>,</i> out later this year. Bieber hit the studio with a number of A-listers for the album, including Maroon 5's Adam Levine and super-producers Diplo and Ryan Tedder, plus will.i.am, Drake and Lil Wayne. </P><P> </P><P>"You can't really expect anything from my album. It's really, really different," Bieber told MTV News. "And it's new; it's not the same thing everyone's used to hearing right now on the radio. It's really exciting for me, 'cause I'm able to break out of my shell and show my fans what I'm all about and show other people who might not like my music that maybe they can like my music. </P><P> </P><P>"I'm not trying to lose any of my young fans," he continued. "I'm not trying to lose any of my fans, I'm just trying to gain fans, and I think that's the best way to do it. Rather than try to grow up and lose your fans, you can get better and evolve and gain respect from more people." </P><P> </P><P><i>Which Bieber photo do you think he should use as the cover art for "Boyfriend"? Tell us in the comments!</i></p>
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Ke$ha Out For Vengeance In Musical March Madness
'I'm getting ready as we speak,' she tells MTV News of this year's tournament, tipping off Monday.
By James Montgomery
<P>Last year, based mainly on her attitude, the fact that she <a href="/news/articles/1644961/keha-tries-to-shock-the-world-at-casio-launch.jhtml">plays an AK-47 shaped guitar</a> and the presence of photos like <a href="http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/03/13/1226020/684522-ke-ha-drinks-blood.jpg" target="_blank">this</a>, Ke$ha was given an 11 seed in MTV's Musical March Madness tournament — and promptly <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/03/15/march-madness-u2-kesha-green-day-adam-lambert/">lost by a huge margin to U2</a> in the opening round. </P><P> </P><P><CENTER><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:747290/cp~vid%3D747290%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A747290" width="430" height="242" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed></CENTER> </P><P> </P><P>Of course, she's spent the past 12 months fuming over that early exit, and now, she's going to get her shot at redemption. Not only is Ke$ha <i>back</i> in the 2012 MMM tournament — which kicks off Monday — but she's beefed up her rock credentials: working with the likes of <a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/alice-cooper-welcomes-ke-ha-to-his-nightmare-1005326082.story#/news/alice-cooper-welcomes-ke-ha-to-his-nightmare-1005326082.story" target="_blank">Alice Cooper</a>, channeling the <a href="/news/articles/1663946/kesha-new-album.jhtml">"sexiness" of '70s rock</a> on her new album, recording a (genuinely pretty great) <a href="/news/articles/1676260/kesha-bob-dylan-cover.jhtml">cover of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"</a> and spending time <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/keshasuxx/status/160937170826313728" target="_blank">snorting Tums</a> with Wayne Coyne. </P><P> </P><P>So, yeah, this year, she's ready to knock off the field of 63 other acts gunning for the MMM trophy — a brimming bracket that includes <a href="/news/articles/1661353/musical-march-madness-winner-green-day.jhtml">defending champions Green Day</LINK>, upstarts <link type="content" id="1680595">Fun.</a> and <a href="/news/articles/1678693/black-keys-kesha.jhtml">good pals the Black Keys</a>, to name just a few — and reign supreme. But just in case all that rock-and-roll prep work isn't enough to put her over the top, well, Ke$ha has another secret weapon at the ready: an incredibly toned pelvic floor. </P><P> </P><P>"I'm getting ready as we speak. I'm doing Kegels," she told MTV News, while throwing phantom punches at an unsuspecting cameraman. "Vote for me!" </P><P> </P><P><b>MTV's 2012 Musical March Madness tournament begins Monday, March 12, when we'll unveil the full field of 64 bands that will battle for this year's championship. Winners are determined by fan votes, so if your favorite act made the cut, it will be up to you to guide them to glory. You can rally the troops on Twitter using the hashtag #MMM — but get ready, it's gonna be a war.</b> </P><P> </P><P><CENTER><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:746346/cp~vid%3D746346%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A746346" width="430" height="242" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed></CENTER></p>
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Nicki Minaj's 'Beez in the Trap' Sparks Drama Between Rival DJs
New York's DJ Clue and Funkmaster Flex compete over bragging rights to world premiere of Minaj's latest Roman Reloaded single.
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After two of New York City's biggest rap radio DJs faced off on Tuesday night, there was clearly only one winner: Nicki Minaj. With Nicki's April 3 release date for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded inching closer, disc jocks are clamoring for exclusives from the YMCMB star, and Power 105's DJ Clue and his rival, Hot 97 DJ Funk Master Flex, tussled over bragging rights to the Queens MC's latest track.
It all started Tuesday morning when Nicki retweeted a DJ Drama message urging fans to tune into DJ Clue's show later that evening to hear the world premiere of Minaj and 2 Chainz's Roman Reloaded collaboration, "Beez in the Trap." But Clue didn't get a chance to drop the exclusive as it hit the Internet hours before his show went on air. Flex then took credit for playing spoiler by hacking into DJ Clue's email and lifting the track.
Clue quickly hit Twitter to refute Flex's account, ending his note with the hashtag #CompulsiveLiar."
Whatever the order of events, Nicki's "Beez in the Trap" single clearly came out on top. The '80s-inspired track is a departure from "Right by My Side," the R&B duet that Minaj and Chris Brown released earlier on Tuesday. Instead, "Beez" finds the Harajuku Barbie once again taking aim at unnamed rap chicks. "Bitches ain't sh-- and they ain't sayin' nothin'," she boasts on over a sparse drum track. Underground favorite 2 Chainz doesn't compromise a thing spitting alongside the multiplatinum rapper. He drops a charismatic 16-bar verse where he goes on about his Lexus LS 450, True Religion jeans and his pimp ways.
With the newly released Roman Reloaded tracks, Nicki seems to be striking a balance between melodic pop tracks ("Starships," "Right By My Side") and the rap fare that she came into the game with ("Stupid Hoe," "Roman Reloaded").
"April 3 is gonna be a doozy. It's gonna be crazy," Nicki promised when MTV News caught up with her at the NBA All-Star Game in February. "It's gonna be important for just hip-hop culture and pop culture. It's gonna be very big."
What do you think of Nicki Minaj's "Beez in the Trap"? Tell us in the comments!
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Lil Wayne, Usher Help Romeo Santos 'Revolutionize' Bachata Music
'It was the first time you hear an artist from the mainstream singing bachata,' former Aventura frontman tells MTV News of single 'Promise.'
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<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/romeo_santos/artist.jhtml">Romeo Santos</a>, the former lead singer of the popular bachata group <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/aventura/artist.jhtml">Aventura</a>, has taken a new step in his career, venturing out on his own as a solo artist. Mixing his signature bachata flair with some R&B, he is showing fans a whole new side on his debut album, <i>Formula, Vol. 1.</i> </P><P> </P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" title="Romeo Breaks Into Mainstream With Lil Wayne" id="vid:734074" width="240" height="211"></div><p> </P><P> </P><P>Hoping to spread his unique sound and style to a mainstream audience, Santos enlisted <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/lil_wayne/artist.jhtml">Lil Wayne</a> for his latest single, "All Aboard." </P><P> </P><P>"This song 'All Aboard,' that tune allowed me to expand and kind of offer my audience something totally different because it's not bachata — I'm singing English and that was really fun," Santos recently told MTV News. "I was a little nervous about that, but people actually really accepted it." </P><P> </P><P>Santos and Weezy recently shot the video for "All Aboard" in Miami; he called the clip "sexy," "seductive" and "elegant," but also revealed that this collaboration came very close to not making his album. </P><P> </P><P>"I was just like, I like the song but it's missing something, and at first I couldn't figure out what it was," Santos said. "What we did was we left 16 bars open, and I was like, you know, who would rip this track? Lil Wayne. So we reached out. It barely made the album because he's a busy dude, so he actually got on the record two months after we submitted it. It was like, if we don't get his vocals in the next two days we hit, and we got it, so we made it and the song is just really great." </P><P> </P><P>Wayne isn't the only artist Santos pulled in for his album. On his last single, "Promise," he teamed up with <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/usher/artist.jhtml">Usher</a>, who last week joined him onstage at <a href="/news/articles/1678993/romeo-santos-solo-tour.jhtml">Santos' first of three sold-out shows</a> at New York's Madison Square Garden. </P><P> </P><P>"I felt at that moment once again I was going to revolutionize bachata 'cause it was the first time that you hear an artist from the mainstream singing bachata," Santos said. "It was a big deal." </P><P> </P><P><i>What do you think of Romeo Santos' solo debut? Let us know in the comments.</i></p>
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Do Foo Fighters Know Robert Pattinson From Robert Plant?
During band's rehearsal break for Sunday's Movie Awards, we put Foos to the test.
By Ryan J. Downey, with reporting by Jim Cantiello
<P><b>UNIVERSAL CITY, California</b> — Hard rock, heavy metal, hardcore and punk have long gone hand-in-hand with evil wizards, magic, vampires and werewolves. And with a collective sub-cultural pedigree that includes stints in the Germs, No Use for a Name, Sunny Day Real Estate, Scream and some band called Nirvana, you'd think the <a href="/music/artist/foo_fighters/artist.jhtml">Foo Fighters</a> — set to perform at Sunday's <a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2011/">Movie Awards</a> — would know their "Potter" from their Zeppelin. Certainly they can recognize a "wand" reference and pinpoint its origin? </P><P> </P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" title="The Foo Fighters Take The Movie Awards Quiz" id="vid:660301.id:1664959" width="240" height="211"></div><p> </P><P> </P><P>Right? Before we put MTV News' magically crafted trivia to the band, it seemed safe to assume the Foos would accurately distinguish between the words of Harry Potter, a "Twilight" character and Led Zeppelin. But was their underground nerd cred blown to shreds? Read on — and click the video! — to see how the Foo Fighters fared when we caught up with them on the Universal Studios lot, shortly after they finished rehearsing their <a href="/news/articles/1664297/foo-fighters-mtv-movie-awards.jhtml">Movie Awards performance</a>. </P><P> </P><P>Our own Jim Cantiello played dungeon master as Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear were given a series of semi-famous lines and asked whether they originated with "Harry Potter," the "Twilight Saga" or the lyrics of hard-rock pioneers Led Zeppelin. </P><P> </P><P>Here's a sampling of a few of those one-liners: </P><P> </P><P><b>»</b> "The elder wand, the most powerful wand ever made." </P><P> </P><P><b>»</b> "Why don't you let me be yours ever truly? Can I make your garden grow?" </P><P> </P><P><b>»</b> "You're lying, Dolores! You mustn't tell lies!" </P><P> </P><P>Can you guess whether the lines above came from the "Potter" flicks, "Twilight" or Robert Plant? </P><P> </P><P>Watch as the Foos try their best to do exactly that. Then tune in to the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday to catch the Foo Fighters rock the stage with their new single, "Walk." </P><P> </P><P><b>Will wizards, vampires or dream thieves steal the <a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2011/">2011 MTV Movie Awards</a>? Find out June 5, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Tune in at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT that night for the "America's Best Dance Crew" finale and Movie Awards pre-show, loaded with live action from the red carpet, exclusive movie clips and a special edition of <a href="http://www.mtv.com/shows/after_hours_josh_horowitz/series.jhtml">"After Hours."</a></b></p>
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Kony 2012 Campaign Catches Eyes Of Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga
Campaign aims to bring African militia leader Joseph Kony to justice for war crimes and for enlisting children as soldiers.
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<P>A campaign to stop the nearly 30-year, brutal rule of African militia leader Joseph Kony became a viral sensation this week. <a href="http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com" target="_blank">"Kony 2012,"</a> started by the group Invisible Children, aims to make Kony's face so famous that authorities will finally be able to arrest him and try him for his crimes. </P><P> </P><P>A 30-minute <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc" target="_blank">documentary</a> released on Monday is one of the keys to the campaign, and as of Thursday it had gotten more than 26 million views. The video details the atrocities carried out by Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army. The campaign appears to be working, as at one point on Wednesday, Invisible Children and #stopkony were trending higher on Twitter than Peyton Manning or the new iPad. </P><P> </P><P>Since 1987, human rights officials say Kony has forcefully abducted more than 60,000 children to be soldiers in his army and reportedly raped, mutilated and killed civilians in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan and displaced more than 2 million people. The leader is wanted for committing atrocities by the International Criminal Court and is being hunted down by 100 U.S. Special Forces advisers and local troops in four Central African nations, according to the <a href="http://bit.ly/AyrDyz"><I>Associated Press.</I></a> </P><P> </P><P>Kony 2012 is an effort to capture Kony and disarm the LRA before a reported window of opportunity closes. One way it plans to do that is by encouraging users to directly message a variety of stars to make use of their Twitter ubiquity to get the word out. Among those listed on the site are: Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Jay-Z, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Ryan Seacrest and Ellen DeGeneres, along with a number of major policymakers. </P><P> </P><P>When users click on the celebs' photos, a tweet pops up that reads: Help us end #LRA violence. Visit kony2012.com to find out why and how. @timtebow Join us for #KONY2012. </P><P> </P><P><a href="http://act.mtv.com/posts/invisible-children-video-joseph-kony/">Get More on Invisible Children at ACT.MTV.com.</a></p>
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Former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron set off a media firestorm earlier this month when he made some markedly homophobic comments in an interview with Piers Morgan -- calling homosexuality "unnatural" and "ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization." On Tuesday morning, the outspoken Evangelical Christian visited the Today Show to promote his new film Monumental -- and talk quickly turned to his anti-gay remarks. See what he had to say in the video below.
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Usher - Fed Up (featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Drake, Rick Ross)
Fed Up (featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Drake, Rick Ross)
- Artist: Usher
- Label: We The Best, E1 Music
- Director: Gil Green
- Album: American Patriot
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Watch: Katniss Says Goodbye To Gale In A New Clip From ?The Hunger Games?
The Hunger Games opens in theaters on Friday (AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!) but today we get to check out a newly released clip from the film that features protagonist character Katniss Everdeen saying her final goodbyes to companion/friend Gale Hawthorne right before she is taken from her home in District 12 to the capitol city of Panem [...]
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Ke$ha Celebrates National Coming Out Day
'We R Who We R' T-shirts support the Human Rights Campaign.
By Jocelyn Vena
<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/kesha_/artist.jhtml">Kesha</a> has joined forces with the Human Rights Campaign to help celebrate National Coming Out Day on Tuesday (October 11). </P><P> </P><P>The pop singer created a special message T-shirt, featuring a purple zebra, that <a href="/news/articles/1653432/kehas-we-r-who-we-r-video-is-hot-and-dangerous.jhtml">proclaims "We R Who We R,"</a> the title of her hit anthem about individuality. The shirts sell for $35, with all proceeds supporting the HRC's work to achieve equality for the LGBT community. </P><P> </P><P>According to the <a href="http://www.hrc.org/press-releases/entry/human-rights-campaign-unveils-t-shirt-collaboration-with-kesha" </P><P>target="_blank">HRC website</a>, only 1,000 shirts will be produced. </P><P> </P><P>Others are also using the day to bring awareness to LGBT issues. Several notable celebrities will be honored by the Equality Forum, which is hosting an event and profiling notable LGBT members in pop culture. </P><P> </P><P>As <a href="http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2011/10/lgbt-history-month-honors-ricky-martin-wanda-sykes-ryan-murphy-pedro-zamora-27-other-icons.html#ixzz1aTgr8yl4" target="_blank">LGBT History Month</a> rolls on throughout October, Ricky Martin, Wanda Sykes, "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy and Pedro Zamora, a former "The Real World" castmember turned AIDS activist, all will be profiled by the organization. </P><P> </P><P>"We're the only minority worldwide that's not taught history at home, in school or religious institutions," said Malcolm Lazin, Equality Forum's founder and executive director. "Like every group that's been marginalized, it really helps to make the case why we should take real pride in ourselves and our community." </P><P> </P><P>Since launching the program five years ago, over 200 icons have been profiled, including Jane Lynch, Lady Gaga and Neil Patrick Harris. Lazin called LGBT month "empowering and life affirming." </P><P> </P><P>The message comes amid increased awareness about young people being bullied, including MTV's <a href="http://www.athinline.org">A Thin Line</a> campaign. The MTV film <a href="http://www.mtv.com/shows/disconnected/series.jhtml">"DISconnected,"</a> which premiered Monday night, focuses on issues in a world where technology controls personal lives. </P><P> </P><P>"I see the viciousness of people every day," said <a href="/news/articles/1672289/jersey-shore-vinny-disconnected-fight-negativity.jhtml"><P>id="1672289">"Jersey Shore" star Vinny Guadagnino</a> on the "DISconnected" after show. "I kind of want to be a soldier in the field, so to speak, and try to combat the negativity with a positive message. I want to help open people's eyes up, like this movie does, to the negativity." </P><P> </P><P><b>Check out the <a </P><P>href="http://www.facebook.com/MTVDisCONNECTED">Facebook</a> page for <a href="http://www.mtv.com/shows/disconnected/series.jhtml">"DISconnected."</a></b></p>
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Billy Corgan Calls Young Artists ?Posers? At SXSW
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan thinks today’s young artists are a bunch of ‘posers’. Yesterday, during a one-on-one interview at the SXSW festival in Austin Texas, Corgan went on about the music business, saying it have been impossible for him to break into today’s record industry without setting himself on fire on YouTube. Over the [...]
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Penelope Ann Miller Files For Separation
After almost twelve years of marriage, Penelope Ann Miller has filed for separation from her soon-to-be ex-husband, James Huggins.
The 48-year-old actress, who starred in the Oscar best picture winner "The Artist," filed documents at the Los Angeles County Superior Court last week, according to TMZ.
The separation comes after Miller and Huggins enjoyed over a decade of togetherness, with the pair having tied the knot back in May 2010.
So far, there's no word on plans for custody of their two daughters together, Eloisa May, 11, and Maria Adela, 2.
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Idol?s Jermaine Jones Criminal Past Catches Up To Him
American Idol?s Jermaine Jones has been known as the gentle giant to fans following the show, but it turns out that he may not be all that gentle. According to reports, Jones may actually get the boot from the show because he wasn?t 100% truthful to them about his past. Not only does he have a history of being arrested, but he also allegedly has current arrest warrants pending. It gets even worse. Reports also state that just this month he found himself in trouble once again after police were called to a fight he was involved in. Our friends over at Bumpshack wrote that even during that instance he was not honest with police, and gave them a fake name. Several months ago there was yet another instance where he lied to police after being a passenger in a car that was pulled over. What else did he lie about? The biggest one of all involves his father ? Bumpshack. Why is Justin Bieber all covered in blood? ? Have U Heard. Is anyone getting tired of Beyonce and the way she seems to be using her baby?s birth for publicity? ? Diva Artist. Okay this is pretty disturbing. [...]
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Jennifer Lawrence Is 'Crazy' Good In 'Hunger Games'
'It's amazing, honestly, to watch her effortlessly flip back and forth,' Josh Hutcherson tells MTV News of castmate's performance as Katniss.
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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Photo: MTV News
Although there were a few skeptics out there who questioned the casting of Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games," most of that chatter died down when Lionsgate started releasing photos and clips of the Oscar nominee in action as Katniss Everdeen.
Now, as we inch closer and closer toward the release date of the highly anticipated film, Lawrence's castmates have been saying how she embodies the spirit of the beloved and critically acclaimed protagonist created by author Suzanne Collins.
Lawrence's co-star and real-life friend Josh Hutcherson recently told MTV News that despite being a very different person from Katniss, the actress' ability to quickly turn the character on and off was startling.
"She is literally 180 degrees different from Katniss," Hutcherson said. "It's amazing, honestly, to watch her effortlessly flip back and forth, because she's very fun, very hilarious, and to watch her on 'Action!' go boom, right into the character is kind of impressive, so much so that she's talking and being Jennifer up until they're rolling sound and when they say 'Action!' boom, [she goes] right into character."
Hutcherson said Lawrence's abilities are so good they're unsettling. "That's what crazy people do. Crazy people change who they are as a person just like that, so she's a crazy person," he joked.
We asked Hutcherson to clarify that statement, just to be sure that he does indeed think Lawrence is crazy. "100 percent," he said with a smile, still joking. "I've said that for a long time."
Check out everything we've got on "The Hunger Games."
For young Hollywood news, fashion and "Twilight" updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com.
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PHOTOS: The Kardashians Celebrate Rob's Birthday!
Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner party it up with the birthday boy! Plus, see more of your favorite celebs on the scene!
Is Bobbi Kristina Engaged to Her Adopted Brother?
If the relationship between Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown and her "adopted son" Nick Gordon already makes you uncomfortable, then you might want to skip this bit of news: they appear to be engaged. People reports that Bobbi Kristina, 19, is sporting an engagement ring on her finger, and quotes a source claiming that Gordon, 22, proposed about a week ago.
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Monday, 19 March 2012
Kate Middleton St Patrick?s Day: Fashion Fail!
Even though she has passed away, your grandmother?s old Sunday dress is alive and well in this photo of Kate Middleton. She has made a name for herself as an international style and beauty icon, and of course for marrying the next king of England. Even though she is way too skinny, she has pulled off some nice outfits. But this green number has got to go. The hat looks like something she may have found in a retired sailor?s closet, and the thick, dark green dress must smell like mothballs. The belt actually makes her skinny figure look somewhat unhealthy. If I was a Brit, I?d be worried about the health of our future queen, I mean she needs food in that belly. Rather than a nice flower or something to match the outfit, the corsage looks like she was tackled on the way to her car, then rolled over in a patch of thistle, which then stuck to her dress. For now we will give her a pass, but next time Kate, let?s step it back up to the level of a princess for God?s sake. Fashion Fail! Photos: www.wenn.com/Zak Hussein
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Idol?s Jermaine Jones Criminal Past Catches Up To Him
American Idol?s Jermaine Jones has been known as the gentle giant to fans following the show, but it turns out that he may not be all that gentle. According to reports, Jones may actually get the boot from the show because he wasn?t 100% truthful to them about his past. Not only does he have a history of being arrested, but he also allegedly has current arrest warrants pending. It gets even worse. Reports also state that just this month he found himself in trouble once again after police were called to a fight he was involved in. Our friends over at Bumpshack wrote that even during that instance he was not honest with police, and gave them a fake name. Several months ago there was yet another instance where he lied to police after being a passenger in a car that was pulled over. What else did he lie about? The biggest one of all involves his father ? Bumpshack. Why is Justin Bieber all covered in blood? ? Have U Heard. Is anyone getting tired of Beyonce and the way she seems to be using her baby?s birth for publicity? ? Diva Artist. Okay this is pretty disturbing. [...]
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Lady Gaga Launches Born This Way Foundation
'This is not an anti-bullying foundation; this is a youth-empowerment foundation,' Mother Monster says at Harvard launch event.
By Jocelyn Vena
<P><a href="/news/articles/1677562/lady-gaga-born-this-way-foundation.jhtml">Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta</a>, took over Harvard University to launch their <a href="/news/articles/1673633/lady-gaga-born-this-way-foundation.jhtml"><i>Born This Way</i> Foundation</a> on Wednesday (February 29). In front of a crowd that included <a href="/news/articles/1679223/lady-gaga-oprah-winfrey-foundation.jhtml">Oprah Winfrey</a>, the New York natives kicked off their inspirational foundation, hoping to empower the youth of America. </P><P> </P><P>"I was recently with the great Gloria Steinem, who said that sometimes the only way you can get attention to a problem is to freak people out," <a href="http://act.mtv.com/posts/lady-gaga-launches-born-this-way-foundation/">Oprah said at the event</a>." 'Break the form,' she said. You have to stop playing the game in order to change the content. Lady Gaga, with her music and her message and her own story, is breaking the form, and she is changing consciousness. She says that she wasn't put on earth just to sing songs; her passion is to be that force for good. The <i>Born This Way</i> Foundation is in line with so many of my core beliefs." </P><P> </P><P>Gaga enthusiastically opened up about the foundation and what she hopes to do with it. "I just have one thing to say before we get started: We got Oprah! ... Thank you from all of us — from my entire team, from my mother, from the bottom of the hearts of so many people who believe in what we're doing today," she said, wearing a chocolate-brown gown, brown lace gloves, towering platforms and a sparkly fishnet hat. </P><P> </P><P>"I'm not here today to give you an answer. And I'm not here to tell you I can solve these problems [of bullying]. This is about transformative change in culture over a period of time. One of the most important things I wanted to share with all of you today, it's no secret I speak out against bullying. This is not an anti-bullying foundation; this is a youth-empowerment foundation," she continued. "This is about changing the climate of the school environment and not putting the power in the hands of the teachers or the government. It is about the bubble effect. I don't believe they have the answers; I believe that you do." </P><P> </P><P>In addition to her fans, Gaga said her biggest influence to start the foundation is her own Mother Monster. "My mother really inspires me, because she talked about giving back ever since I was very, very young," she said. "And the more that I got to know my fans, the more that I realized that not everybody has that support system at home." </P><P> </P><P>Her mother later enthused that despite the snow outside, "It is even more beautiful inside because we are launching the foundation. The youth that is listening: you are the leaders of our future." </P><P> </P><P>Gaga also revealed another aspect of the foundation: "There is a bus now called the Born Brave Bus. So the Born Brave Bus is essentially a bus that is going to travel and follow my tour bus around the country, and it will welcome anyone from any walk of life to come and hang out and talk about love, acceptance, kindness and so forth. And the best thing about it it's going to be fun. It's going to essentially be a tailgate. This is not about saying, 'I need help,' but if you do, you can come. If you want to help someone else, you can come and say 'Hey, what's up?' " </P><P> </P><P>At the end of the day, Gaga said the foundation "is all about saying the power is in your hands. There really is sort of a focus on the victim, but what I want to point out today is that the victim and the bully are on the same playing field. How do we say, 'You are both equal members of society'? How do we not save not just the victim, but also the bully? I want the <i>Born This Way</i> Foundation to empower the youth of the world." </P><P> </P><P>Gaga further explained that one of the core values is teaching her fans to empower themselves to be "brave." </P><P> </P><P>"This, again, is not focused on bullying, the bravery aspect; I want for young people to know they have the power," she said. "How can we inspire young people to know they have the power to be brave?"</p>
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Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
- Artist: Britney Spears
- Label: Jive, Zomba Label Group
- Director: Jonas Akerlund
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Bethenny Frankel Flashes Live Audience on Anderson Cooper?s Show
Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel is known for leaving an impression wherever she goes and her recent appearance on Anderson Cooper was no exception. However it might not have been exactly the kind of an impression she was hoping to leave but it will make you laugh when you see the video. Bethenny Frankel stopped by Anderson Cooper’s talk show to chat about, well herself. Little did she know that she would wind up in a push-up contest with Cooper. Oh yes in the episode, which is set to air this Monday, March 19th. It all started in good fun when Frankel claimed she does push-ups at dance parties and began to dance. Soon Anderson challenged her and the next thing you know she is on the floor with her undies showing to half the audience, yes only half saw her pink panties. As you can see in the below video a shocked Frankel quickly fixes the situation once she realizes what she has done. I have to say I watched the clip and it is quite hysterically but I have to wonder if she didn’t do it on purpose. I mean you have a dress on how do you [...]
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