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Lady Gaga - Video Phone (Extended Remix)
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Label: Columbia, Music World Music
Director: Hype Williams
Album: I Am... Sasha Fierce
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Photos | Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, More On The 2008 American Music Awards Red Carpet
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Photos | Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight' Video Pop-Culture Cheat Sheet Photos
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Justin Timberlake Fundraiser To Feature Christina Aguilera, Diddy, More
Selena Gomez, T-Pain, Lady Antebellum, Salt-N-Pepa also set for Las Vegas show on October 23.By Gil Kaufman
Justin Timberlake
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/ FilmMagic
Justin Timberlake always lines up a star-studded roster for his annual Justin Timberlake and Friends benefit concert in support of the Shriners Hospitals for Children, and this year is no exception.
The October 23 show at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino's Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas will feature pal Christina Aguilera, Lady Antebellum, Diddy and his Dirty Money crew, Selena Gomez & the Scene, T-Pain, hip-hop icons Salt-N-Pepa and one of the bands signed to JT's label Tennman Records, FreeSol.
JT will, of course, perform at the show as well in his only official concert appearance of the year. Tickets for the show go on sale on August 21 and cost between $100 and $350. Last year's benefit featured appearances by Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, Ciara and TLC.
The event will again be accompanied by the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open golf tournament, which will take place at the TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas from October 21 to October 24. With a purse of more than $4 million, the tournament will feature 132 PGA tour professionals.
Though Timberlake has been lying relatively low on the music scene over the past year, he's been working hard on the acting side, signing up to portray a "singing booger" on the "Family Guy" spin-off "The Cleveland Show", filming the flick "Friends With Benefits" with Mila Kunis in New York. He'll also appear in the David Fincher-helmed movie "The Social Network." In that flick, he plays Napster co-founder Sean Parker, who had a hand in the launch of the social-media phenomenon Facebook.
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Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/ FilmMagic
Justin Timberlake always lines up a star-studded roster for his annual Justin Timberlake and Friends benefit concert in support of the Shriners Hospitals for Children, and this year is no exception.
The October 23 show at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino's Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas will feature pal Christina Aguilera, Lady Antebellum, Diddy and his Dirty Money crew, Selena Gomez & the Scene, T-Pain, hip-hop icons Salt-N-Pepa and one of the bands signed to JT's label Tennman Records, FreeSol.
JT will, of course, perform at the show as well in his only official concert appearance of the year. Tickets for the show go on sale on August 21 and cost between $100 and $350. Last year's benefit featured appearances by Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, Ciara and TLC.
The event will again be accompanied by the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open golf tournament, which will take place at the TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas from October 21 to October 24. With a purse of more than $4 million, the tournament will feature 132 PGA tour professionals.
Though Timberlake has been lying relatively low on the music scene over the past year, he's been working hard on the acting side, signing up to portray a "singing booger" on the "Family Guy" spin-off "The Cleveland Show", filming the flick "Friends With Benefits" with Mila Kunis in New York. He'll also appear in the David Fincher-helmed movie "The Social Network." In that flick, he plays Napster co-founder Sean Parker, who had a hand in the launch of the social-media phenomenon Facebook.
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Eminem? Drake? Fans Name Their Best Albums Of The Year (So Far)
Fans also rep for Christina Aguilera, Janelle Monáe.By James Montgomery
Drake
Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images
Last week we had reached the midway point of 2010, and I wrote my annual "Best Albums of the Year (So Far)" list. And, much like every other year, there were a whole lot of people who had different opinions.
It seems that no matter how many albums I choose to highlight (23 this time around), there are always some that I miss ... and more often than not, at least one of those albums is by Eminem. Last year, I left Relapse off of my list, and, boy, did the Em fans let me know about it. This year, his Recovery disc failed to make the cut, and once again, the fans were out in full force, voicing their displeasure and calling me all sorts of nasty things.
While we could live without the catcalls, we want to know your picks for the best albums of the year so far, and lots of people have written in with theirs (Drake, B.o.B, Christina Aguilera). Oh, and a few folks out there actually agreed with my list, so, hey, let's hear from them, too — and let us know what your picks are!
"What about Eminem's Recovery? SEVEN of his songs are on the Top 100 Billboard list," reader Keith wrote. "And also, what about Drake's Thank Me Later? The numbers show clearly for these guys." Reader Ian had similar feelings: "Where is B.o.B's album The Adventures of Bobby Ray? That was incredible." As did ConcertConfessions.com — "Dude, you forgot Deftones' Diamond Eyes. Oh, and I am trying, but just not feeling the new Against Me! Some songs I love, some songs I want to smack them for" — and Stomp17 ("Where is Gorillaz's Plastic Beach? That album should at least be number 10 or 9 on the Best of 2010 list." [Note: It made the list as an Honorable Mention.]
Several people had a lot to say about their picks. MclintM sounded off about Christina Aguilera's Bionic: "I don't understand all the backlash and unnecessary criticism with [Bionic]. If you give it repeat listens — the whole 24 tracks as it was meant to be ... can't stand label's deluxe editions now — and have heard previous efforts it all makes sense in her trajectory. Really plays with her voice and is some of the most downright club-worthy stuff she's ever laid down."
Others drilled down into my picks, singling out Janelle Monáe in particular. "Great article!" reader Mike wrote. "Kudos on a lot of your choices. A couple comments: 1) I think you should check out Foxy Shazam. Their self-titled album came out in April and it is fantastic. They have an incredible amount of energy and talent. 2) I think Robyn deserves higher on the list. Even at eight tracks, the album is really great. She really has a knack for writing great quality pop songs. 3) Others that I think you should consider for your list are Sia's We Are Born and Motion City Soundtrack's My Dinosaur Life. I also think Janelle Monáe should be #1 on your list. Her album is fantastic and innovative. I really think she is the future of music."
"I heard Janelle Monáe's CD and I must say, pure epic," Cwilson10 wrote. "I was hearing all kinds of stuff, I thought I was tripping for a second. To tell you the truth I didn't know her CD was going to be that much fun. It felt like I was in a movie theater when the CD was over and Janelle was my date. I'm not lying, she puts everything into a story!!"
And, of course, a few readers shared their disappointment in certain releases. "Sorry, but the new LCD Soundsystem is the biggest disappointment of the year," Theboogieman631 wrote. "Time to get off Mr. Murphy's n--s." And Yoprince sounded off about several albums: "Glad to hear I'm not the only the Hold Steady fan who was a bit disappointed, which is to say a lot disappointed since they're like my favorite American band. Damn Craig for thinking it was time to start harmonizing. I still haven't been able to get all the way through that Gorillaz record. Janelle Monáe, Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells FTW! And yes, I like the Drake record, which seems to be an unpopular opinion outside of teenagers and some very defensive blog writers. No Eminem? Fine with me. Too many tracks and Em fans won't admit it but some of those punch lines were more miss than hit."
So what are your favorite albums of the year so far? Sound off in the comments below!
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Drake
Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images
Last week we had reached the midway point of 2010, and I wrote my annual "Best Albums of the Year (So Far)" list. And, much like every other year, there were a whole lot of people who had different opinions.
It seems that no matter how many albums I choose to highlight (23 this time around), there are always some that I miss ... and more often than not, at least one of those albums is by Eminem. Last year, I left Relapse off of my list, and, boy, did the Em fans let me know about it. This year, his Recovery disc failed to make the cut, and once again, the fans were out in full force, voicing their displeasure and calling me all sorts of nasty things.
While we could live without the catcalls, we want to know your picks for the best albums of the year so far, and lots of people have written in with theirs (Drake, B.o.B, Christina Aguilera). Oh, and a few folks out there actually agreed with my list, so, hey, let's hear from them, too — and let us know what your picks are!
"What about Eminem's Recovery? SEVEN of his songs are on the Top 100 Billboard list," reader Keith wrote. "And also, what about Drake's Thank Me Later? The numbers show clearly for these guys." Reader Ian had similar feelings: "Where is B.o.B's album The Adventures of Bobby Ray? That was incredible." As did ConcertConfessions.com — "Dude, you forgot Deftones' Diamond Eyes. Oh, and I am trying, but just not feeling the new Against Me! Some songs I love, some songs I want to smack them for" — and Stomp17 ("Where is Gorillaz's Plastic Beach? That album should at least be number 10 or 9 on the Best of 2010 list." [Note: It made the list as an Honorable Mention.]
Several people had a lot to say about their picks. MclintM sounded off about Christina Aguilera's Bionic: "I don't understand all the backlash and unnecessary criticism with [Bionic]. If you give it repeat listens — the whole 24 tracks as it was meant to be ... can't stand label's deluxe editions now — and have heard previous efforts it all makes sense in her trajectory. Really plays with her voice and is some of the most downright club-worthy stuff she's ever laid down."
Others drilled down into my picks, singling out Janelle Monáe in particular. "Great article!" reader Mike wrote. "Kudos on a lot of your choices. A couple comments: 1) I think you should check out Foxy Shazam. Their self-titled album came out in April and it is fantastic. They have an incredible amount of energy and talent. 2) I think Robyn deserves higher on the list. Even at eight tracks, the album is really great. She really has a knack for writing great quality pop songs. 3) Others that I think you should consider for your list are Sia's We Are Born and Motion City Soundtrack's My Dinosaur Life. I also think Janelle Monáe should be #1 on your list. Her album is fantastic and innovative. I really think she is the future of music."
"I heard Janelle Monáe's CD and I must say, pure epic," Cwilson10 wrote. "I was hearing all kinds of stuff, I thought I was tripping for a second. To tell you the truth I didn't know her CD was going to be that much fun. It felt like I was in a movie theater when the CD was over and Janelle was my date. I'm not lying, she puts everything into a story!!"
And, of course, a few readers shared their disappointment in certain releases. "Sorry, but the new LCD Soundsystem is the biggest disappointment of the year," Theboogieman631 wrote. "Time to get off Mr. Murphy's n--s." And Yoprince sounded off about several albums: "Glad to hear I'm not the only the Hold Steady fan who was a bit disappointed, which is to say a lot disappointed since they're like my favorite American band. Damn Craig for thinking it was time to start harmonizing. I still haven't been able to get all the way through that Gorillaz record. Janelle Monáe, Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells FTW! And yes, I like the Drake record, which seems to be an unpopular opinion outside of teenagers and some very defensive blog writers. No Eminem? Fine with me. Too many tracks and Em fans won't admit it but some of those punch lines were more miss than hit."
So what are your favorite albums of the year so far? Sound off in the comments below!
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Christina Aguilera - Candyman
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Artist: Christina Aguilera
Label: RCA
Director: Matthew Rolston/Christina Aguilera
Album: Back to Basics
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Artist: Christina Aguilera
Label: RCA
Director: Matthew Rolston/Christina Aguilera
Album: Back to Basics
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O microfone do meu pc funcionava bem at=?UTF-8?B?w6kg?=eu baixar um afinador (de vil=?UTF-8?B?w6M=?=o) depois disto ele parou de funcionar
*_Question by Dv._: O microfone do meu pc funcionava bem até eu
baixar um afinador (de vilão) depois disto ele parou de funcionar*
O meu microfone funcionava normalmente. Um dia decidi baixar um
programa para afinar o meu violão. Instalei o programa e usei mais ou
menos umas 3 vezes. Na útima vez que eu estava usando este programa,
de repente, ele parou de funcionar. Era como se o meu microfone não
estivesse mais captando som nenhum. Eu desinstalei o programa mas não
adiantou nada pois quando fiz o teste de hardware do window, ele não
conseguiu detectar som nenhum. É como se o meu microfone não
estivesse conectado no pc. Depois disto, comprei outro microfone e
também comprei um fone de ouvido que já vem com microfone embutido,
mas nada funcionou. Alguém pode me dizer o que aconteceu? O que eu
devo fazer para resolver o problema?
baixar um afinador (de vilão) depois disto ele parou de funcionar*
O meu microfone funcionava normalmente. Um dia decidi baixar um
programa para afinar o meu violão. Instalei o programa e usei mais ou
menos umas 3 vezes. Na útima vez que eu estava usando este programa,
de repente, ele parou de funcionar. Era como se o meu microfone não
estivesse mais captando som nenhum. Eu desinstalei o programa mas não
adiantou nada pois quando fiz o teste de hardware do window, ele não
conseguiu detectar som nenhum. É como se o meu microfone não
estivesse conectado no pc. Depois disto, comprei outro microfone e
também comprei um fone de ouvido que já vem com microfone embutido,
mas nada funcionou. Alguém pode me dizer o que aconteceu? O que eu
devo fazer para resolver o problema?
*Best answer:*
_Answer by Bruna ._
Isso pode ter ocorrido que o programa desconfigurou o Dispositivo de
Som do computador. Vai em Painel de Controle>Sons e dispositivos de
áudio>Na aba voz, vá em volume e cheque. Se não funcionou, na mesma
aba va em 'avançada' e verifique. Depois vá em 'Testar Hardware'.
Se ainda não funcionou, feche a janela dos sons e dispositivos de
áudio. Com o botão direito do mouse, clique em 'Meu computador'. Na
aba 'Hardware' vai em 'Gerenciador de dispositivos' de uma olhada em
'dispositivos de controle de som, vídeo e jogo'. Se algo tiver com um
ponto de interrogação amarelo isso quer dizer que há problema.
Clique com o botão direito no mouse onde tiver o ponto de
interrogação e vá em 'Atualizar Driver'.
Depois disso é só seguir os passos certinhos e deu :D
*Give your answer to this subject below!*
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Telefone: 27-88038525
Q&A: Problemas para manter uma p=?UTF-8?B?w6E=?=gina html com uma anima=?UTF-8?B?w6fDow==?=o em flash aberta depois de abrir um popup?
*_Question by John Doe_: Problemas para manter uma página html com
uma animação em flash aberta depois de abrir um popup?*
A movement do botão é a seguinte:
on (press, release){
var descricao = "Descrição do trabalho";
var nome_clientes = "Nome do cliente";
var endereco = "http://www.dominioregistrado.com.br/imagem.jpg";
getURL("javascript:centrar('"
+nome_clientes+"',1024,768,'"
+endereco+"','"+descricao+"')");
}
uma animação em flash aberta depois de abrir um popup?*
A movement do botão é a seguinte:
on (press, release){
var descricao = "Descrição do trabalho";
var nome_clientes = "Nome do cliente";
var endereco = "http://www.dominioregistrado.com.br/imagem.jpg";
getURL("javascript:centrar('"
+nome_clientes+"',1024,768,'"
+endereco+"','"+descricao+"')");
}
Bem esta ação chama uma função centrar que é a seguinte:
function centrar(nome_clientes,largura,altura,
endereco,descricao) {
largura = largura
altura = altura
// posiciona a nova janela centralizada na tela independentemente
// da resolução do usuário e do tamanho da janela
posx = (screen.width/2)-(largura/2)
posy = (screen.height/2)-(altura/2)
resizable = "no"
status = "no"
scrollbars = "no"
toolbar = "no"
menubar = "no"
location = "no"
// configurações da janela
features="width=" + largura + " height=" + altura + " top=" + bouquet
+ " left=" + posx + "resizable=" + resizable + "status=" + standing +
"scrollbars=" + scrollbars + "toolbar=" + toolbar + "menubar=" +
menubar + "location=" + location
newin = window.open("","janela",features)
newin.blur()
// início da geração do conteúdo html
var arquivo = ""+
"" +
"" +
"" + nome_clientes + "" +
"
" + "" + " " +
"" +
"" +
" " + nome_clientes + " " +
" " +
" " +
" " + descricao + " " +
"" +
""
newin.document.open()
newin.document.write(arquivo)
newin.document.close()
newin.focus()
}
Esta função está dentro do arquivo popup_dinamico.js. Tanto o
arquivo html, quanto a animação swf e também o arquivo que contem a
função estão no mesmo diretório.
No arquivo html eu coloquei :
isto para poder chamar a função.
Meu problema acontece quando clico no botão da animação, abre o
popup, porém a página onde está a animação é redirecionada para
um endereço que não existe. Eu gostaria de saber se alguém aqui
pode me dizer como faço para que ao clicar no botão e abrir o popup,
a página com a animação permaneça aberta de onde eu cliquei no
botão?
Desde já agradeço
*Best answer:*
_Answer by Quidan_
Eu conheço botões criados no html para abrir popups em JavaScript.
A linguagem do Flash é o Action Script, me parece mais lógico ser
utilizada para abrir um popup criado no Flash.
Estou estudando o Flash CS3, utilizando códigos de Action Script 3.0,
fui conferir no livro que estou usando (Fabrício Manzi - Editora
Érica), que é bem completo, não há nenhuma referência de
integração de Flash com JavaScript. As linguagens mencionadas são
Asp e XML.
Vou destacar a sua pergunta, espero que algum colega possa lhe
auxiliar adequadamente.
Um abraço.
*Know better? Leave your own answer in a comments!*
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Q&A: Tenho problemas com o jogo Doom 3, preciso de ajuda, algu=?UTF-8?B?w6k=?=m pode me ajudar?
*_Question by John Cena_: Tenho problemas com o jogo Doom 3, preciso
de ajuda, alguém pode me ajudar?*
To com problemas no jogo severe threat 3,toda vez que inicio, ele
carrega e sai, i aparece um quadro dizendo o seguinte:
de ajuda, alguém pode me ajudar?*
To com problemas no jogo severe threat 3,toda vez que inicio, ele
carrega e sai, i aparece um quadro dizendo o seguinte:
wrong diversion DLL API version
glprogs/nv20_specularColor.vp
glprogs/nv20_diffuseAndSpecularColor.vp
glprogs/environment.vfp
glprogs/environment.vfp: GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_ARB not available
glprogs/arbVP_glasswarp.txt: File not found
glprogs/arbFP_glasswarp.txt: File not found
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using ARB_vertex_buffer_object memory
using ARB renderSystem
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3basegame00.pk4/gamex86.dll
copy gamex86.dll to C:Arquivos de programasDoom 3basegamex86.dll
3 twenty-two 640 480
Regenerated world, staticAllocCount = 0.
Shutting down receptive to advice hardware
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): success
...deleting GL context: success
...releasing DC: success
...destroying window
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
wrong diversion DLL API version
Meu pc eh :
WinXP SP2 256 RAM Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.26GHz
Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Driver: ialmnt5.sys versão: 6.14.10.4342
INTEL(R) EXTREME GRAPHICS REPORT
Report Date:08/04/2008
Report Time[hr:mm:ss]:23:39:45
Driver Version:6.14.10.4342
Operating System:Windows NT* 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Default Language:Portuguese
DirectX* Version:9.0
Physical Memory:256 MB
Min. Graphics Memory:1 MB
Max. Graphics Memory:64 MB
Graphics Memory in use:4 MB
Processor:x86
Processor Speed:2278 MHZ
Vendor ID:0x8086
Device ID:0x2562
Device Revision:3
Alguém pode me ajudar? Muitíssimo Grato!
*Best answer:*
_Answer by Bibi_
Olha só, eu achei os requisitos mínimos pra jogar o severe threat 3,
e talves o seu problema esteja na memória ram, sem contar que você
não tem uma placa de vídeo offboard, o que também dificulta as
coisas. Eu acho que pode ser isso amigo. Espero ter ajudado.
Requisitos:
Processador Pentium(r) 4 1.5 GHz ou Athlon(tm) XP 1500+ ; 512 MB RAM,
2.2GB HD
Placa de vídeo
Qualidade dos gráficos / Memória
Low u2013 64 Mb
Medium 128 Mb
High u2013 256 Mb
Ultra High u2013 256 Mb ou higher e/ou um caminhão de memória RAM
Placas suportadas:
ATI Radeon 8500, 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800,
Nvidia GeForce 3/Ti series, GeForce 4MX series, GeForce 4/Ti series,
GeForce FX series, GeForce 6800 series
*What do we think? Answer below!*
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Email: psytechinformatica@gmail.com
Telefone: 27-88038525
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Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' Director Recalls Video's 'Explosion'
Francis Lawrence-directed clip took home Video of the Year at VMAs.By Adam Rosenberg
Lady Gaga at the 2010 Video Music Awards
Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images
As the top-nominated artist at Sunday night's 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, pop sensation Lady Gaga's "little monsters" were tuned in to witness her triumphs — and they weren't disappointed. Gaga took home eight Moonmen, including the evening's top prize for Video of the Year.
Director Francis Lawrence was also honored for his work on "Bad Romance," though even with work for artists like Britney Spears, Will Smith and Aerosmith behind him, he admitted that nothing he's done compares with the fervor generated by the night's top-winning video.
"I've been doing it a long time, but I've never really experienced an explosion with a video like this, where people so eagerly awaited it and it blew up on YouTube instantly," he explained. "For a while, until the Justin Bieber video came out, it was the most-viewed video on YouTube."
Lawrence admitted that he would love to work with Gaga again, though his increased focus in recent years on Hollywood features, such as "I Am Legend" or the upcoming Robert Pattinson/ Reese Witherspoon-starring adaptation "Water for Elephants" leaves his schedule pretty packed. "I haven't [heard from her], because I pretty much became unavailable right after [the 'Bad Romance'] shoot," he said. "But if she had a new song and wanted to do something, I would do it in a second. She was really fun to work with."
Lawrence's interest in working with Gaga again can largely be credited to the pop star's own passion for a well-made music video, a fact that is evident in all of her work. "She loves the art form of music videos and she is a real creative partner and has great ideas and really cool and unique tastes. She has a great team working with her as well, helping build really fantastic things that she wears," he explained. "She works hard, she shows up on time and she's pretty spontaneous... it was great."
"Bad Romance" is an excellent example of this. Lawrence and Gaga each had their own ideas for how the video ought to look. They met, discussed it and collaborated to produce a shared vision, one that incorporated ideas from both sides. Even when the plan changed, there was still a clear idea of what to do and how to do it.
"Originally I was gonna shoot ['Bad Romance'] in New York and we were gonna shoot it on location. There were more exteriors and things like that," Lawrence said. "And then because of budgetary restraints and because of her schedule, we moved it to Los Angeles and the setting changed and it all just became that one interior space, but the basic idea and the concept of the video stayed pretty much the same."
On those "budgetary restraints," Lawrence freely admits that times have changed. "Years ago, when I was really making [music videos], before I was making movies, budgets would be over a million dollars," he said. "Bad Romance" featured no product placement, but he said the reason we see such things in music videos these days is that it allows for bigger budgets — which makes the Gaga video all the more impressive. "It was a two-day shoot," he said. "We spent two 14-hour days shooting."
Were you happy "Bad Romance" took home Video of the Year? Let us know in the comments!
The Moonmen have all been handed out and the stars have gone home, but there's plenty of 2010 MTV Video Music Awards news, interviews, behind-the-scenes scoop, party reports and more still to come, so keep it locked on MTVNews.com.
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As the top-nominated artist at Sunday night's 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, pop sensation Lady Gaga's "little monsters" were tuned in to witness her triumphs — and they weren't disappointed. Gaga took home eight Moonmen, including the evening's top prize for Video of the Year.
Director Francis Lawrence was also honored for his work on "Bad Romance," though even with work for artists like Britney Spears, Will Smith and Aerosmith behind him, he admitted that nothing he's done compares with the fervor generated by the night's top-winning video.
"I've been doing it a long time, but I've never really experienced an explosion with a video like this, where people so eagerly awaited it and it blew up on YouTube instantly," he explained. "For a while, until the Justin Bieber video came out, it was the most-viewed video on YouTube."
Lawrence admitted that he would love to work with Gaga again, though his increased focus in recent years on Hollywood features, such as "I Am Legend" or the upcoming Robert Pattinson/ Reese Witherspoon-starring adaptation "Water for Elephants" leaves his schedule pretty packed. "I haven't [heard from her], because I pretty much became unavailable right after [the 'Bad Romance'] shoot," he said. "But if she had a new song and wanted to do something, I would do it in a second. She was really fun to work with."
Lawrence's interest in working with Gaga again can largely be credited to the pop star's own passion for a well-made music video, a fact that is evident in all of her work. "She loves the art form of music videos and she is a real creative partner and has great ideas and really cool and unique tastes. She has a great team working with her as well, helping build really fantastic things that she wears," he explained. "She works hard, she shows up on time and she's pretty spontaneous... it was great."
"Bad Romance" is an excellent example of this. Lawrence and Gaga each had their own ideas for how the video ought to look. They met, discussed it and collaborated to produce a shared vision, one that incorporated ideas from both sides. Even when the plan changed, there was still a clear idea of what to do and how to do it.
"Originally I was gonna shoot ['Bad Romance'] in New York and we were gonna shoot it on location. There were more exteriors and things like that," Lawrence said. "And then because of budgetary restraints and because of her schedule, we moved it to Los Angeles and the setting changed and it all just became that one interior space, but the basic idea and the concept of the video stayed pretty much the same."
On those "budgetary restraints," Lawrence freely admits that times have changed. "Years ago, when I was really making [music videos], before I was making movies, budgets would be over a million dollars," he said. "Bad Romance" featured no product placement, but he said the reason we see such things in music videos these days is that it allows for bigger budgets — which makes the Gaga video all the more impressive. "It was a two-day shoot," he said. "We spent two 14-hour days shooting."
Were you happy "Bad Romance" took home Video of the Year? Let us know in the comments!
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Lady Gaga's VMA Meat Dress: Style Experts Weigh In!
'Too bad she didn't wear it with a grill,' Nylon's Faran Krentcil quipsBy Jocelyn Vena
Lady Gaga at the 2010 VMAs
Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images
Lady Gaga wore several very interesting outfits to the VMAs on Sunday night. While she went glam in two creations (one by Alexander McQueen and one by Giorgio Armani), she was more grisly in her meat dress, shoes, bag and hat, designed by Franc Fernandez and put together by her frequent stylist, Nicola Formichetti.
The look had the fashion world buzzing by Monday morning, spawning blog headlines such as, "Was it offensive or awesome?"
"Too bad she didn't wear it with a grill," Nylon digital director Faran Krentcil told MTV News in an e-mail about the gutsy design that echoes the bikini Gaga wore on the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan.
Kelly Cutrone was all about the look. "I don't get it what's the beef with Gaga — Gaga is the Queen of the Universe, and no one should say anything negative about her or they will be attacked by her millions of fans," the PR maven and star of "The City" told MTV News. "I am happy to see her looking so healthy and to see she put a little extra meat on!"
Meanwhile, TV personality and "Telephone" co-star Jai Rodriguez commented that Gaga is creating a professional challenge for him. "Well, I am currently playing a character where the script says, 'Take it a step further than Gaga would,' " he explained. "I'm no longer sure that's possible after last night's dinner frock."
Food was certainly on other fashion-minded folks' minds. "It's creepy and amazing at the same time, but I know what I won't be eating today," Fashion Critic wrote on RedCarpet-FashionAwards.com.
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Lady Gaga at the 2010 VMAs
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Lady Gaga wore several very interesting outfits to the VMAs on Sunday night. While she went glam in two creations (one by Alexander McQueen and one by Giorgio Armani), she was more grisly in her meat dress, shoes, bag and hat, designed by Franc Fernandez and put together by her frequent stylist, Nicola Formichetti.
The look had the fashion world buzzing by Monday morning, spawning blog headlines such as, "Was it offensive or awesome?"
"Too bad she didn't wear it with a grill," Nylon digital director Faran Krentcil told MTV News in an e-mail about the gutsy design that echoes the bikini Gaga wore on the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan.
Kelly Cutrone was all about the look. "I don't get it what's the beef with Gaga — Gaga is the Queen of the Universe, and no one should say anything negative about her or they will be attacked by her millions of fans," the PR maven and star of "The City" told MTV News. "I am happy to see her looking so healthy and to see she put a little extra meat on!"
Meanwhile, TV personality and "Telephone" co-star Jai Rodriguez commented that Gaga is creating a professional challenge for him. "Well, I am currently playing a character where the script says, 'Take it a step further than Gaga would,' " he explained. "I'm no longer sure that's possible after last night's dinner frock."
Food was certainly on other fashion-minded folks' minds. "It's creepy and amazing at the same time, but I know what I won't be eating today," Fashion Critic wrote on RedCarpet-FashionAwards.com.
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Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Other VMA Winners Thank Fans On Twitter
'We did it together and we are just getting started!!!' Bieber tweets to his fans.By Josh Wigler
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"Woke up ... had a good breakfast ... got a smile on my face ... everyone is feeling good ... it's finally here."
"It," of course, refers to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, and the speaker in question is none other than "Baby" singer Justin Bieber. On Sunday, Bieber — who was nominated for Best New Artist — tweeted to his legions of Twitter followers to express his excitement over the impending awards show. "Regardless of what happens, I'm lucky to have the greatest fans ever," he wrote. "So thank you!"
By the end of the night, Bieber had more than luck and his fans on his side — he also had a Moonman to call his own.
"Wow. What?? Are you kidding. What!!?!" an ecstatic Bieber tweeted immediately following his win for Best New Artist. "Can't stop smiling!"
Bieber offered his thanks to a wide range of supporters, from his mother to his manager, Scooter Braun, to legendary martial artist and actor Chuck Norris. The singer acknowledged that he was likely leaving someone out, so he simply decided to thank "everybody."
"Biggest thank you in the world to the greatest fans in the world," he wrote. "We did it together and we are just getting started!!!"
Of course, Bieber wasn't the only musician lucky enough to leave the Nokia Theatre with a shiny new trophy. Lady Gaga, for instance, went home with a walloping eight awards, including Best Pop Video, Best Female Video and Video of the Year.
"Too much poetry tonight," Lady G tweeted, along with a photo of herself, after the show was over. "But u love u, + I love I, + we were #bornthisway."
30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto was equally grateful after winning the Best Rock Video award for "Kings and Queens." "An unforgettable and amazing night," he tweeted. "We are the luckiest band in the world to be able to share our lives with all of you."
Sadly, not everyone was able to claim victory at the VMAs. Drake, who lost Best Hip-Hop Video to Eminem, ended the night with his head held high despite the loss. "Thank you for all the love tonight," he told his Twitter followers. "I had the time of my life."
Hayley Williams of Paramore had a similar outlook, despite losing Best Rock Video and three other awards for her collaboration with B.o.B on "Airplanes." "Even though we didn't win, our time was up on that stage," Williams tweeted. "We had the best time performing. So we still won!"
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"Woke up ... had a good breakfast ... got a smile on my face ... everyone is feeling good ... it's finally here."
"It," of course, refers to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, and the speaker in question is none other than "Baby" singer Justin Bieber. On Sunday, Bieber — who was nominated for Best New Artist — tweeted to his legions of Twitter followers to express his excitement over the impending awards show. "Regardless of what happens, I'm lucky to have the greatest fans ever," he wrote. "So thank you!"
By the end of the night, Bieber had more than luck and his fans on his side — he also had a Moonman to call his own.
"Wow. What?? Are you kidding. What!!?!" an ecstatic Bieber tweeted immediately following his win for Best New Artist. "Can't stop smiling!"
Bieber offered his thanks to a wide range of supporters, from his mother to his manager, Scooter Braun, to legendary martial artist and actor Chuck Norris. The singer acknowledged that he was likely leaving someone out, so he simply decided to thank "everybody."
"Biggest thank you in the world to the greatest fans in the world," he wrote. "We did it together and we are just getting started!!!"
Of course, Bieber wasn't the only musician lucky enough to leave the Nokia Theatre with a shiny new trophy. Lady Gaga, for instance, went home with a walloping eight awards, including Best Pop Video, Best Female Video and Video of the Year.
"Too much poetry tonight," Lady G tweeted, along with a photo of herself, after the show was over. "But u love u, + I love I, + we were #bornthisway."
30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto was equally grateful after winning the Best Rock Video award for "Kings and Queens." "An unforgettable and amazing night," he tweeted. "We are the luckiest band in the world to be able to share our lives with all of you."
Sadly, not everyone was able to claim victory at the VMAs. Drake, who lost Best Hip-Hop Video to Eminem, ended the night with his head held high despite the loss. "Thank you for all the love tonight," he told his Twitter followers. "I had the time of my life."
Hayley Williams of Paramore had a similar outlook, despite losing Best Rock Video and three other awards for her collaboration with B.o.B on "Airplanes." "Even though we didn't win, our time was up on that stage," Williams tweeted. "We had the best time performing. So we still won!"
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Lady Gaga, Chelsea Handler Have VMA Fan In Natasha Bedingfield
Bedingfield sings the praises of friend Handler and former tourmate Gaga.By Jocelyn Vena
Natasha Bedingfield
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When the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards kick off on Sunday, "Unwritten," singer Natasha Bedingfield will be rooting for two of her pals, nominee Lady Gaga and VMA host Chelsea Handler.
Bedingfield isn't placing any bets on how many Moonmen the 13-time nominated Gaga will take home, but she says her former tourmate deserves her latest accolades.
"I was on tour with Lady Gaga two years ago, and I got to know her a bit, and she's just fantastic. So, I hope that she wins for one of them, at least, 'cause that's cool," Bedingfield told MTV News at the VMA Radio Forum on Friday. "She was opening for me and New Kids on the Block on the road. It was awesome! We were just two girls going around going to different states in America."
While Gaga will certainly have everyone talking by the water cooler on Monday, Bedingfield thinks that Handler will have everyone hoping for a return performance at next year's show.
"[Chelsea] will have to have a lot of outfits too! I love her so much. She's going to be amazing. She'll probably be the best one you guys have ever had I think," Bedingfield said. "She's just amazing. I love her, and she's always very honest, and I appreciate that, because there's always a lot of people who kiss your ass all the time in this business. And it's just nice to be with someone you just feel comfortable with and you know they're not going to blow smoke."
So, what is it like to be friends with the sassy comedian? "She's funny. She lets other people be funny. I think that's how you can tell someone is, like, comfortable with themselves," she said. "They don't mind people being funny and them being quiet, and sometimes she'll be the funny one."
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Bedingfield isn't placing any bets on how many Moonmen the 13-time nominated Gaga will take home, but she says her former tourmate deserves her latest accolades.
"I was on tour with Lady Gaga two years ago, and I got to know her a bit, and she's just fantastic. So, I hope that she wins for one of them, at least, 'cause that's cool," Bedingfield told MTV News at the VMA Radio Forum on Friday. "She was opening for me and New Kids on the Block on the road. It was awesome! We were just two girls going around going to different states in America."
While Gaga will certainly have everyone talking by the water cooler on Monday, Bedingfield thinks that Handler will have everyone hoping for a return performance at next year's show.
"[Chelsea] will have to have a lot of outfits too! I love her so much. She's going to be amazing. She'll probably be the best one you guys have ever had I think," Bedingfield said. "She's just amazing. I love her, and she's always very honest, and I appreciate that, because there's always a lot of people who kiss your ass all the time in this business. And it's just nice to be with someone you just feel comfortable with and you know they're not going to blow smoke."
So, what is it like to be friends with the sassy comedian? "She's funny. She lets other people be funny. I think that's how you can tell someone is, like, comfortable with themselves," she said. "They don't mind people being funny and them being quiet, and sometimes she'll be the funny one."
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Lady Gaga, Eminem Are Sure VMA Bets, Oddsmaker Says
Justin Bieber, Muse are also favorites according to sportsbook manager Richard Gardner.By James Montgomery
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The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are this Sunday, which means that there's still plenty of time to place your bets on the night's big Moonman winners. Not that we're actually encouraging gambling, but everyone likes to believe they can see into the future. Since we're not exactly clairvoyant, we went to one of the best oddsmakers in the business, Richard Gardner, sportsbook manager for Bodog.com.
If you're looking for some last-minute wagering advice, read on ... and good news for all you Gaga and Eminem fans out there: Gardner thinks it's going to be a very good night for both of them. Here are his picks, along with Bodog.com's odds for each of the show's big awards.
Best Female Video
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 2/5
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls": 7/2
Taylor Swift, 'Fifteen' : 7/1
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone": 8/1
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 11/1
Bodog's Take: "Although Best Female Video will probably go to Ms. Gaga at 2/5, Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's "California Gurls" Candy Land trip is a strong contender at 7/2. Meanwhile, we don't think Taylor Swift will win for "Fifteen" with 7/1 odds, but if she does, Kanye will have to scramble to put a speech together."
Best Male Video
Eminem, "Not Afraid": 11/10
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes": 2/1
Jason Derülo, "In My Head": 4/1
Usher featuring Will.I.Am, "OMG": 11/2
Drake, "Find Your Love": 10/1
Bodog's Take: "Without a Gaga to contend with, the odds are more interesting for Best Male Video. Eminem's comeback is officially a success and thus, we're pitting the master of the internal rhyme as the favorite to win. We've given B.o.B and Hayley Williams the 2/1 second favorite, and although we are fans of Jason Derülo's song 'In My Head,' we don't necessarily like its chances to win at 4/1."
Best Rock Video
Muse, "Uprising": 7/5
Florence and the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over": 2/1
30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens": 4/1
Paramore, "Ignorance": 11/2
MGMT, "Flash Delirium": 6/1
Bodog's Take: "Muse is the favorite here at 7/5 for the sheer potency of the song 'Uprising,' while MGMT pulls up the rear at a respectable 6/1 with 'Flash Delirium.' This is a very close category with no heavy favorite and no real long shot. So far we've had a number of bettors taking a shot on 'Kings and Queens' at 4/1."
Best Hip-Hop Video
Eminem, "Not Afraid": 5/4
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes": 3/2
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem, "Forever": 3/1
Kid Cudi featuring MGMT and Ratatat, "Pursuit of Happiness": 8/1
Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, "On to the Next One": 12/1
Bodog's Take: "Eminem is a favorite here at 5/4 because everyone likes a comeback. He's lost the weight, he's looking sharp, and he's working the introspective vibe that seems to be his best source of inspiration. Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz' 'On to the Next One' definitely gets points for originality, and while Jay-Z has no shortage of fans, we think the black-and-white video is a little too avant-garde to take the win."
Best Pop Video
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 1/2
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls": 3/1
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone": 13/2
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 7/1
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, "Nothing on You": 12/1
Bodog's Take: " 'Bad Romance' is an obvious favorite here at 1/2, based on nothing more than the Gaga factor. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg is second favorite here at 3/1 with 'California Gurls,' while B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars is the long shot at 12/1 for 'Nothing on You.' "
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, "Baby": 4/5
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 2/1
Jason Derülo, "In My Head": 7/2
Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett, "Massive Attack": 12/1
Broken Bells, "The Ghost Inside": 14/1
Bodog's Take: "We can't imagine a world where Justin Bieber doesn't win for Best New Artist, which is why he's a huge favorite at 4/5. The legions of fans out there with Bieber fever will make the difference and likely secure Bieber more hardware for his already buckling shelf. On the other side of the odds spectrum, Broken Bells' 'Ghost Inside' is thought-provoking and engaging, but the buzz just isn't there to make this one a contender. For those who disagree, the money is there to be made, as they pay out extremely well at 12/1."
Video of the Year
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 1/1
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The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are this Sunday, which means that there's still plenty of time to place your bets on the night's big Moonman winners. Not that we're actually encouraging gambling, but everyone likes to believe they can see into the future. Since we're not exactly clairvoyant, we went to one of the best oddsmakers in the business, Richard Gardner, sportsbook manager for Bodog.com.
If you're looking for some last-minute wagering advice, read on ... and good news for all you Gaga and Eminem fans out there: Gardner thinks it's going to be a very good night for both of them. Here are his picks, along with Bodog.com's odds for each of the show's big awards.
Best Female Video
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 2/5
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls": 7/2
Taylor Swift, 'Fifteen' : 7/1
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone": 8/1
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 11/1
Bodog's Take: "Although Best Female Video will probably go to Ms. Gaga at 2/5, Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's "California Gurls" Candy Land trip is a strong contender at 7/2. Meanwhile, we don't think Taylor Swift will win for "Fifteen" with 7/1 odds, but if she does, Kanye will have to scramble to put a speech together."
Best Male Video
Eminem, "Not Afraid": 11/10
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes": 2/1
Jason Derülo, "In My Head": 4/1
Usher featuring Will.I.Am, "OMG": 11/2
Drake, "Find Your Love": 10/1
Bodog's Take: "Without a Gaga to contend with, the odds are more interesting for Best Male Video. Eminem's comeback is officially a success and thus, we're pitting the master of the internal rhyme as the favorite to win. We've given B.o.B and Hayley Williams the 2/1 second favorite, and although we are fans of Jason Derülo's song 'In My Head,' we don't necessarily like its chances to win at 4/1."
Best Rock Video
Muse, "Uprising": 7/5
Florence and the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over": 2/1
30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens": 4/1
Paramore, "Ignorance": 11/2
MGMT, "Flash Delirium": 6/1
Bodog's Take: "Muse is the favorite here at 7/5 for the sheer potency of the song 'Uprising,' while MGMT pulls up the rear at a respectable 6/1 with 'Flash Delirium.' This is a very close category with no heavy favorite and no real long shot. So far we've had a number of bettors taking a shot on 'Kings and Queens' at 4/1."
Best Hip-Hop Video
Eminem, "Not Afraid": 5/4
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes": 3/2
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem, "Forever": 3/1
Kid Cudi featuring MGMT and Ratatat, "Pursuit of Happiness": 8/1
Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, "On to the Next One": 12/1
Bodog's Take: "Eminem is a favorite here at 5/4 because everyone likes a comeback. He's lost the weight, he's looking sharp, and he's working the introspective vibe that seems to be his best source of inspiration. Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz' 'On to the Next One' definitely gets points for originality, and while Jay-Z has no shortage of fans, we think the black-and-white video is a little too avant-garde to take the win."
Best Pop Video
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 1/2
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls": 3/1
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone": 13/2
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 7/1
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, "Nothing on You": 12/1
Bodog's Take: " 'Bad Romance' is an obvious favorite here at 1/2, based on nothing more than the Gaga factor. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg is second favorite here at 3/1 with 'California Gurls,' while B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars is the long shot at 12/1 for 'Nothing on You.' "
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, "Baby": 4/5
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 2/1
Jason Derülo, "In My Head": 7/2
Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett, "Massive Attack": 12/1
Broken Bells, "The Ghost Inside": 14/1
Bodog's Take: "We can't imagine a world where Justin Bieber doesn't win for Best New Artist, which is why he's a huge favorite at 4/5. The legions of fans out there with Bieber fever will make the difference and likely secure Bieber more hardware for his already buckling shelf. On the other side of the odds spectrum, Broken Bells' 'Ghost Inside' is thought-provoking and engaging, but the buzz just isn't there to make this one a contender. For those who disagree, the money is there to be made, as they pay out extremely well at 12/1."
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Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 1/1
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Christina Aguilera's 'Burlesque' Trailer Debuts
Trailer features Cher and shows Aguilera's character's struggle to make it as an entertainer.By Eric Ditzian
Christina Aguilera in "Burlesque"
Photo: Screen Gems
It's been a while since Christina Aguilera was an up-and-coming artist on the pop-music scene, and even back then, she didn't struggle for long. Her debut album hit the #1 Billboard spot and went platinum eight times.
But Aguilera's starring turn in "Burlesque" thrusts the 29-year-old back into the role of aspiring artist, and as the movie's first trailer shows, Aguilera has taken to the portrayal quite well.
Our first glimpse of Xtina comes as she books a one-way bus ticket out of her small town and toward the bright lights and skimpy outfits of Los Angeles. She lands at a nightclub run by none other than Cher and fights her way onto the stage and in front of an audience as a burlesque performer.
"When you are putting on your makeup, it's like you're an artist, but instead of painting a canvas, you're painting a face," Cher explains.
The trailer gives us a glimpse of Aguilera's attempts to convince Cher to give her a shot to perform, her burgeoning relationship with Cam Gigandet, her rivalry with Kristen Bell and, of course, her crazy vocal abilities.
"It's sexy, it's sensual," Aguilera said of the film last month. "The whole idea of burlesque has always intrigued me. The art of the tease, the dance, beautiful women — need I say more?"
Though "Burlesque" marks Xtina's feature-film debut, director Steven Antin revealed she didn't have any trouble getting the hang of a movie set. "She figured out how it works within weeks," he said. "She is a little bit of a freak of nature and a perfectionist. This girl is a movie star."
Check out everything we've got on "Burlesque."
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It's been a while since Christina Aguilera was an up-and-coming artist on the pop-music scene, and even back then, she didn't struggle for long. Her debut album hit the #1 Billboard spot and went platinum eight times.
But Aguilera's starring turn in "Burlesque" thrusts the 29-year-old back into the role of aspiring artist, and as the movie's first trailer shows, Aguilera has taken to the portrayal quite well.
Our first glimpse of Xtina comes as she books a one-way bus ticket out of her small town and toward the bright lights and skimpy outfits of Los Angeles. She lands at a nightclub run by none other than Cher and fights her way onto the stage and in front of an audience as a burlesque performer.
"When you are putting on your makeup, it's like you're an artist, but instead of painting a canvas, you're painting a face," Cher explains.
The trailer gives us a glimpse of Aguilera's attempts to convince Cher to give her a shot to perform, her burgeoning relationship with Cam Gigandet, her rivalry with Kristen Bell and, of course, her crazy vocal abilities.
"It's sexy, it's sensual," Aguilera said of the film last month. "The whole idea of burlesque has always intrigued me. The art of the tease, the dance, beautiful women — need I say more?"
Though "Burlesque" marks Xtina's feature-film debut, director Steven Antin revealed she didn't have any trouble getting the hang of a movie set. "She figured out how it works within weeks," he said. "She is a little bit of a freak of nature and a perfectionist. This girl is a movie star."
Check out everything we've got on "Burlesque."
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Lady Gaga, Eminem Are Sure VMA Bets, Oddsmaker Says
Justin Bieber, Muse are also favorites according to sportsbook manager Richard Gardner.By James Montgomery
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Photo: Derek Storm/ Splash News
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are this Sunday, which means that there's still plenty of time to place your bets on the night's big Moonman winners. Not that we're actually encouraging gambling, but everyone likes to believe they can see into the future. Since we're not exactly clairvoyant, we went to one of the best oddsmakers in the business, Richard Gardner, sportsbook manager for Bodog.com.
If you're looking for some last-minute wagering advice, read on ... and good news for all you Gaga and Eminem fans out there: Gardner thinks it's going to be a very good night for both of them. Here are his picks, along with Bodog.com's odds for each of the show's big awards.
Best Female Video
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 2/5
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls": 7/2
Taylor Swift, 'Fifteen' : 7/1
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone": 8/1
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 11/1
Bodog's Take: "Although Best Female Video will probably go to Ms. Gaga at 2/5, Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's "California Gurls" Candy Land trip is a strong contender at 7/2. Meanwhile, we don't think Taylor Swift will win for "Fifteen" with 7/1 odds, but if she does, Kanye will have to scramble to put a speech together."
Best Male Video
Eminem, "Not Afraid": 11/10
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes": 2/1
Jason Derülo, "In My Head": 4/1
Usher featuring Will.I.Am, "OMG": 11/2
Drake, "Find Your Love": 10/1
Bodog's Take: "Without a Gaga to contend with, the odds are more interesting for Best Male Video. Eminem's comeback is officially a success and thus, we're pitting the master of the internal rhyme as the favorite to win. We've given B.o.B and Hayley Williams the 2/1 second favorite, and although we are fans of Jason Derülo's song 'In My Head,' we don't necessarily like its chances to win at 4/1."
Best Rock Video
Muse, "Uprising": 7/5
Florence and the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over": 2/1
30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens": 4/1
Paramore, "Ignorance": 11/2
MGMT, "Flash Delirium": 6/1
Bodog's Take: "Muse is the favorite here at 7/5 for the sheer potency of the song 'Uprising,' while MGMT pulls up the rear at a respectable 6/1 with 'Flash Delirium.' This is a very close category with no heavy favorite and no real long shot. So far we've had a number of bettors taking a shot on 'Kings and Queens' at 4/1."
Best Hip-Hop Video
Eminem, "Not Afraid": 5/4
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes": 3/2
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem, "Forever": 3/1
Kid Cudi featuring MGMT and Ratatat, "Pursuit of Happiness": 8/1
Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, "On to the Next One": 12/1
Bodog's Take: "Eminem is a favorite here at 5/4 because everyone likes a comeback. He's lost the weight, he's looking sharp, and he's working the introspective vibe that seems to be his best source of inspiration. Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz' 'On to the Next One' definitely gets points for originality, and while Jay-Z has no shortage of fans, we think the black-and-white video is a little too avant-garde to take the win."
Best Pop Video
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 1/2
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls": 3/1
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone": 13/2
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 7/1
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, "Nothing on You": 12/1
Bodog's Take: " 'Bad Romance' is an obvious favorite here at 1/2, based on nothing more than the Gaga factor. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg is second favorite here at 3/1 with 'California Gurls,' while B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars is the long shot at 12/1 for 'Nothing on You.' "
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, "Baby": 4/5
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 2/1
Jason Derülo, "In My Head": 7/2
Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett, "Massive Attack": 12/1
Broken Bells, "The Ghost Inside": 14/1
Bodog's Take: "We can't imagine a world where Justin Bieber doesn't win for Best New Artist, which is why he's a huge favorite at 4/5. The legions of fans out there with Bieber fever will make the difference and likely secure Bieber more hardware for his already buckling shelf. On the other side of the odds spectrum, Broken Bells' 'Ghost Inside' is thought-provoking and engaging, but the buzz just isn't there to make this one a contender. For those who disagree, the money is there to be made, as they pay out extremely well at 12/1."
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Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 1/1
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The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are this Sunday, which means that there's still plenty of time to place your bets on the night's big Moonman winners. Not that we're actually encouraging gambling, but everyone likes to believe they can see into the future. Since we're not exactly clairvoyant, we went to one of the best oddsmakers in the business, Richard Gardner, sportsbook manager for Bodog.com.
If you're looking for some last-minute wagering advice, read on ... and good news for all you Gaga and Eminem fans out there: Gardner thinks it's going to be a very good night for both of them. Here are his picks, along with Bodog.com's odds for each of the show's big awards.
Best Female Video
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 2/5
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls": 7/2
Taylor Swift, 'Fifteen' : 7/1
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone": 8/1
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 11/1
Bodog's Take: "Although Best Female Video will probably go to Ms. Gaga at 2/5, Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's "California Gurls" Candy Land trip is a strong contender at 7/2. Meanwhile, we don't think Taylor Swift will win for "Fifteen" with 7/1 odds, but if she does, Kanye will have to scramble to put a speech together."
Best Male Video
Eminem, "Not Afraid": 11/10
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes": 2/1
Jason Derülo, "In My Head": 4/1
Usher featuring Will.I.Am, "OMG": 11/2
Drake, "Find Your Love": 10/1
Bodog's Take: "Without a Gaga to contend with, the odds are more interesting for Best Male Video. Eminem's comeback is officially a success and thus, we're pitting the master of the internal rhyme as the favorite to win. We've given B.o.B and Hayley Williams the 2/1 second favorite, and although we are fans of Jason Derülo's song 'In My Head,' we don't necessarily like its chances to win at 4/1."
Best Rock Video
Muse, "Uprising": 7/5
Florence and the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over": 2/1
30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens": 4/1
Paramore, "Ignorance": 11/2
MGMT, "Flash Delirium": 6/1
Bodog's Take: "Muse is the favorite here at 7/5 for the sheer potency of the song 'Uprising,' while MGMT pulls up the rear at a respectable 6/1 with 'Flash Delirium.' This is a very close category with no heavy favorite and no real long shot. So far we've had a number of bettors taking a shot on 'Kings and Queens' at 4/1."
Best Hip-Hop Video
Eminem, "Not Afraid": 5/4
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes": 3/2
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem, "Forever": 3/1
Kid Cudi featuring MGMT and Ratatat, "Pursuit of Happiness": 8/1
Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, "On to the Next One": 12/1
Bodog's Take: "Eminem is a favorite here at 5/4 because everyone likes a comeback. He's lost the weight, he's looking sharp, and he's working the introspective vibe that seems to be his best source of inspiration. Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz' 'On to the Next One' definitely gets points for originality, and while Jay-Z has no shortage of fans, we think the black-and-white video is a little too avant-garde to take the win."
Best Pop Video
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 1/2
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls": 3/1
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone": 13/2
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 7/1
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, "Nothing on You": 12/1
Bodog's Take: " 'Bad Romance' is an obvious favorite here at 1/2, based on nothing more than the Gaga factor. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg is second favorite here at 3/1 with 'California Gurls,' while B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars is the long shot at 12/1 for 'Nothing on You.' "
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, "Baby": 4/5
Ke$ha, "Tik Tok": 2/1
Jason Derülo, "In My Head": 7/2
Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett, "Massive Attack": 12/1
Broken Bells, "The Ghost Inside": 14/1
Bodog's Take: "We can't imagine a world where Justin Bieber doesn't win for Best New Artist, which is why he's a huge favorite at 4/5. The legions of fans out there with Bieber fever will make the difference and likely secure Bieber more hardware for his already buckling shelf. On the other side of the odds spectrum, Broken Bells' 'Ghost Inside' is thought-provoking and engaging, but the buzz just isn't there to make this one a contender. For those who disagree, the money is there to be made, as they pay out extremely well at 12/1."
Video of the Year
Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance": 1/1
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Christina Aguilera: What Should Her Next Move Be?
After soft first-week sales for Bionic, experts weigh in. By James Montgomery
Photo: Ronald Martinez/ Getty Images
Between the unexpectedly soft first-week sales for her comeback album, Bionic,
constant criticism from Perez Hilton and a barrage of Lady Gaga comparisons, it hasn't been an easy few weeks for Christina Aguilera.
While the negative press is nothing new (remember the public outcry over her explicit "Dirrty" video?), the less-than-stellar album sales, controversy over her sexed-up "Not Myself Tonight" video and the recent postponement of her tour are not adding up well. So what should she do next?
We decided to pose the question to some experts, all of whom seem to agree that Aguilera has bucketloads of talent — but also has her work cut out for her.
"She's still under 30, she still has a fantastic voice, but I think her time has passed. I don't know if it's because she went away for a while, or because she tried to do something different with this project, but it feels a little crass and calculated," Entertainment Weekly music critic Leah Greenblatt said. "From her choice of collaborators [The-Dream, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre] to her first single, it doesn't feel fully organic. What's missing so much with her this time out is that, while she can still sing the crap out of her songs, you don't get a sense of vulnerability, or even really know who she is."
"She just seems a little confused, and that's not like her, and it's not what we want from her," Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, executive editor of The Fader magazine, added. "The image she's been projecting, she just doesn't seem comfortable doing it. She's always done vamping, but now it's like 'I'm wearing these insane PVC outfits and singing to this music that I don't relate to.' No matter what she says, I don't see her sitting around listening to old trance records."
Both agreed that Aguilera should essentially do her — focus on putting out the kind of songs that showcase her strengths — and stop chasing her competitors.
"I think honestly, she's trying to be a little too Gaga, and it's not working for her," Shepherd said. "She's such a talented singer that she doesn't need to do what everyone else is doing. It just seems too forced and too in the mold of the Gagas and the Rihannas of the world."
"She's very much into the concept of 'the future' on this album, but the first single doesn't sound like the future: It sounds like a song they'd play in a spin class, circa 1998," Greenblatt said. "When you look at the other girls on the pop charts, it doesn't feel fresh. It's not compelling enough to pull herself away from the field. If you look at something like Katy Perry's 'California Gurls,' it's a retro song, but it's fun. There's a heaviness to the Christina album. She may say she's having fun, but you don't believe her."
Both Greenblatt and Shepherd singled out the M.I.A. collaboration "Elastic Love" as a potential game-changer, a song that perhaps best sums up whatever it was Aguilera was hoping to achieve on Bionic, and one that might reinvigorate a public that's grown tired of more of the same old pop. And both added that Christina should get back to basics (the title of her last album, as it happens), or maybe line up a new collaboration or two.
"She's got to re-calibrate her image, like do a fun video that treats sexuality as a garnish, not the entire meal," Greenblatt said. "If she reins herself in and releases the right single, things might be OK. There are plenty of artists who hit it big with the second, third single, and she's definitely big enough for that to happen here. People want her to succeed, she just needs to give us an iteration of herself that people like."
"I think that, maybe if she steps back a bit, tries to ease our of where she's going, and trusts herself more, she will probably be OK. I think it's just a bump in the road," Shepherd added. "Or maybe she should collaborate with all of Young Money. That would probably work too."
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Between the unexpectedly soft first-week sales for her comeback album, Bionic,
constant criticism from Perez Hilton and a barrage of Lady Gaga comparisons, it hasn't been an easy few weeks for Christina Aguilera.
While the negative press is nothing new (remember the public outcry over her explicit "Dirrty" video?), the less-than-stellar album sales, controversy over her sexed-up "Not Myself Tonight" video and the recent postponement of her tour are not adding up well. So what should she do next?
We decided to pose the question to some experts, all of whom seem to agree that Aguilera has bucketloads of talent — but also has her work cut out for her.
"She's still under 30, she still has a fantastic voice, but I think her time has passed. I don't know if it's because she went away for a while, or because she tried to do something different with this project, but it feels a little crass and calculated," Entertainment Weekly music critic Leah Greenblatt said. "From her choice of collaborators [The-Dream, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre] to her first single, it doesn't feel fully organic. What's missing so much with her this time out is that, while she can still sing the crap out of her songs, you don't get a sense of vulnerability, or even really know who she is."
"She just seems a little confused, and that's not like her, and it's not what we want from her," Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, executive editor of The Fader magazine, added. "The image she's been projecting, she just doesn't seem comfortable doing it. She's always done vamping, but now it's like 'I'm wearing these insane PVC outfits and singing to this music that I don't relate to.' No matter what she says, I don't see her sitting around listening to old trance records."
Both agreed that Aguilera should essentially do her — focus on putting out the kind of songs that showcase her strengths — and stop chasing her competitors.
"I think honestly, she's trying to be a little too Gaga, and it's not working for her," Shepherd said. "She's such a talented singer that she doesn't need to do what everyone else is doing. It just seems too forced and too in the mold of the Gagas and the Rihannas of the world."
"She's very much into the concept of 'the future' on this album, but the first single doesn't sound like the future: It sounds like a song they'd play in a spin class, circa 1998," Greenblatt said. "When you look at the other girls on the pop charts, it doesn't feel fresh. It's not compelling enough to pull herself away from the field. If you look at something like Katy Perry's 'California Gurls,' it's a retro song, but it's fun. There's a heaviness to the Christina album. She may say she's having fun, but you don't believe her."
Both Greenblatt and Shepherd singled out the M.I.A. collaboration "Elastic Love" as a potential game-changer, a song that perhaps best sums up whatever it was Aguilera was hoping to achieve on Bionic, and one that might reinvigorate a public that's grown tired of more of the same old pop. And both added that Christina should get back to basics (the title of her last album, as it happens), or maybe line up a new collaboration or two.
"She's got to re-calibrate her image, like do a fun video that treats sexuality as a garnish, not the entire meal," Greenblatt said. "If she reins herself in and releases the right single, things might be OK. There are plenty of artists who hit it big with the second, third single, and she's definitely big enough for that to happen here. People want her to succeed, she just needs to give us an iteration of herself that people like."
"I think that, maybe if she steps back a bit, tries to ease our of where she's going, and trusts herself more, she will probably be OK. I think it's just a bump in the road," Shepherd added. "Or maybe she should collaborate with all of Young Money. That would probably work too."
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'Glee' Soundtrack Tops Billboard, While Christina Aguilera Debuts At #3
'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' soundtrack debuts at #2.By Gil Kaufman
<i>Glee: The Music -- Journey to Regionals</i>
Photo: Columbia Records
Christina Aguilera is used to jousting with fellow female divas on the charts, but after a four-year layoff to start a family, the bondage-loving good-girl-gone-bad ran into the most formidable foes of her career this week: the glee club and teen vampires.
Try as she might, Aguilera's Bionic could not beat back the forces of "Glee," as the hit show's fifth soundtrack, Glee: The Music — Journey to Regionals easily tops next week's Billboard 200 albums chart in its debut, moving 152,000 copies and giving the show its third straight #1 album, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. Coming in just behind at #2 is the "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" soundtrack, which moved 144,000 copies.
That means that after two #1 debuts and a #2 bow for her first three studio albums of original English-language songs (which sold between 252,000 and 346,000 or more in their first week), Bionic represents the lowest chart debut to date for Aguilera at just over 110,000. The soft sales come just weeks after Aguilera scrapped an already-announced summer tour, citing scheduling conflicts in promoting the album and her winter big-screen debut in "Burlesque."
Also making chart debuts this week are rapper Plies with his long-awaited album Goon Affiliated (#5, 56,000), country star Dierks Bentley with Up on the Ridge (#9, 38,000) and Jewel, whose country-flavored Sweet and Wild comes in at #10 on sales of 31,000.
The rest of the top 10: Jack Johnson's To the Sea (#4, 89,000, down 63 percent from its debut), Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 (49,000), Glee: The Music — Vol. 3, Showstoppers (#7, 40,000) and Lady Antebellum's Need You Now (#8, 39,000).
Further down the line, jam-band circuit faves Grace Potter and the Nocturnals hit #20 with their self-titled fourth album (18,000), Gym Class Heroes singer Travie McCoy lands at #27 with his solo debut, Lazarus, and one-time boy band Hanson manage a #30 bow for their soul-flecked latest, Shout It Out (14,000). Former anarchy-loving punks Against Me! plant White Crosses at
#34 (12,000) and rapper Lil Jon's years-in-the-making Crunk Rock slip in the top 50 at
#49 on sales of 9,000.
One of the week's biggest tumbles come from U.K. crooner Taio Cruz, whose Rokstarr plummets 42 slots to #50 in week two on sales of 9,000 as business dipped 64 percent. The week's biggest gainer is the "Get Him to the Greek" soundtrack album from Russell Brand's fake band, Infant Sorrow, which shoots up 67 spots to #81 in its second week as sales increased by 67 percent to 6,000.
Gleeks should hold a quick party, but Drake all but has a lock on a #1 debut next week with his eagerly anticipated Thank Me Later, which has hit stores along with the first album of new material from Sarah McLachlan in seven years, another Now compilation and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' first new disc since 2002.
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Try as she might, Aguilera's Bionic could not beat back the forces of "Glee," as the hit show's fifth soundtrack, Glee: The Music — Journey to Regionals easily tops next week's Billboard 200 albums chart in its debut, moving 152,000 copies and giving the show its third straight #1 album, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. Coming in just behind at #2 is the "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" soundtrack, which moved 144,000 copies.
That means that after two #1 debuts and a #2 bow for her first three studio albums of original English-language songs (which sold between 252,000 and 346,000 or more in their first week), Bionic represents the lowest chart debut to date for Aguilera at just over 110,000. The soft sales come just weeks after Aguilera scrapped an already-announced summer tour, citing scheduling conflicts in promoting the album and her winter big-screen debut in "Burlesque."
Also making chart debuts this week are rapper Plies with his long-awaited album Goon Affiliated (#5, 56,000), country star Dierks Bentley with Up on the Ridge (#9, 38,000) and Jewel, whose country-flavored Sweet and Wild comes in at #10 on sales of 31,000.
The rest of the top 10: Jack Johnson's To the Sea (#4, 89,000, down 63 percent from its debut), Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 (49,000), Glee: The Music — Vol. 3, Showstoppers (#7, 40,000) and Lady Antebellum's Need You Now (#8, 39,000).
Further down the line, jam-band circuit faves Grace Potter and the Nocturnals hit #20 with their self-titled fourth album (18,000), Gym Class Heroes singer Travie McCoy lands at #27 with his solo debut, Lazarus, and one-time boy band Hanson manage a #30 bow for their soul-flecked latest, Shout It Out (14,000). Former anarchy-loving punks Against Me! plant White Crosses at
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'The art of the tease, the dance, beautiful women,' the singer tells USA Today of what drew her to upcoming flick.By Eric Ditzian
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More than a year before Christina Aguilera got back into the pop music game with Bionic, her first studio album since 2006, the singer decided to explore some artistic territory she'd never visited before: the big screen. In May 2009, Xtina signed on to star in "Burlesque," a musical about a small-town girl who dreams of becoming a star. Now, we're finally getting our first look at Aguilera in the fall release.
"It's sexy, it's sensual," Aguilera told USA Today. "The whole idea of burlesque has always intrigued me. The art of the tease, the dance, beautiful women — need I say more?"
All that and more is on display in photos published by USA Today. One image captures Aguilera in a leg-revealing, gold bodysuit as dancers flip and bow around her. Is this the film's climactic scene? Is it a dream sequence? Fans will have to wait until the movie hits theaters in November to find out.
Other pics show Aguilera with longer blonde locks: in her kitchen and at a nightclub with co-star Cher. "I love no-bullsh-- women, and she's the best of the best, an original trendsetter in her time and a legend in mine," Aguilera said of Cher, who plays the owner of the burlesque club in the film. "I found her kind and warm. She had helpful advice and stories for days."
But Aguilera didn't seem to need much advice, according to writer/director Steven Antin, who told the newspaper she didn't take long to get the hang of a movie set.
"She figured out how it works within weeks," Antin said. "She is a little bit of a freak of nature and a perfectionist. This girl is a movie star."
What appealed to her about the role, Aguilera said, was that her character "wasn't just a girl who comes to L.A. and makes it big. It was a girl who had suffered and felt pain, been in seven foster homes. She doesn't let her past make her a victim. And that to me was so appealing."
Playing the character was so appealing, in fact, that the pop singer is already looking forward to taking on more movie roles.
"I think people will definitely feel energized and excited," she added.
What do you think of Christina crossing over into acting? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!
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More than a year before Christina Aguilera got back into the pop music game with Bionic, her first studio album since 2006, the singer decided to explore some artistic territory she'd never visited before: the big screen. In May 2009, Xtina signed on to star in "Burlesque," a musical about a small-town girl who dreams of becoming a star. Now, we're finally getting our first look at Aguilera in the fall release.
"It's sexy, it's sensual," Aguilera told USA Today. "The whole idea of burlesque has always intrigued me. The art of the tease, the dance, beautiful women — need I say more?"
All that and more is on display in photos published by USA Today. One image captures Aguilera in a leg-revealing, gold bodysuit as dancers flip and bow around her. Is this the film's climactic scene? Is it a dream sequence? Fans will have to wait until the movie hits theaters in November to find out.
Other pics show Aguilera with longer blonde locks: in her kitchen and at a nightclub with co-star Cher. "I love no-bullsh-- women, and she's the best of the best, an original trendsetter in her time and a legend in mine," Aguilera said of Cher, who plays the owner of the burlesque club in the film. "I found her kind and warm. She had helpful advice and stories for days."
But Aguilera didn't seem to need much advice, according to writer/director Steven Antin, who told the newspaper she didn't take long to get the hang of a movie set.
"She figured out how it works within weeks," Antin said. "She is a little bit of a freak of nature and a perfectionist. This girl is a movie star."
What appealed to her about the role, Aguilera said, was that her character "wasn't just a girl who comes to L.A. and makes it big. It was a girl who had suffered and felt pain, been in seven foster homes. She doesn't let her past make her a victim. And that to me was so appealing."
Playing the character was so appealing, in fact, that the pop singer is already looking forward to taking on more movie roles.
"I think people will definitely feel energized and excited," she added.
What do you think of Christina crossing over into acting? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!
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After soft first-week sales for Bionic, experts weigh in. By James Montgomery
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Between the unexpectedly soft first-week sales for her comeback album, Bionic,
constant criticism from Perez Hilton and a barrage of Lady Gaga comparisons, it hasn't been an easy few weeks for Christina Aguilera.
While the negative press is nothing new (remember the public outcry over her explicit "Dirrty" video?), the less-than-stellar album sales, controversy over her sexed-up "Not Myself Tonight" video and the recent postponement of her tour are not adding up well. So what should she do next?
We decided to pose the question to some experts, all of whom seem to agree that Aguilera has bucketloads of talent — but also has her work cut out for her.
"She's still under 30, she still has a fantastic voice, but I think her time has passed. I don't know if it's because she went away for a while, or because she tried to do something different with this project, but it feels a little crass and calculated," Entertainment Weekly music critic Leah Greenblatt said. "From her choice of collaborators [The-Dream, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre] to her first single, it doesn't feel fully organic. What's missing so much with her this time out is that, while she can still sing the crap out of her songs, you don't get a sense of vulnerability, or even really know who she is."
"She just seems a little confused, and that's not like her, and it's not what we want from her," Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, executive editor of The Fader magazine, added. "The image she's been projecting, she just doesn't seem comfortable doing it. She's always done vamping, but now it's like 'I'm wearing these insane PVC outfits and singing to this music that I don't relate to.' No matter what she says, I don't see her sitting around listening to old trance records."
Both agreed that Aguilera should essentially do her — focus on putting out the kind of songs that showcase her strengths — and stop chasing her competitors.
"I think honestly, she's trying to be a little too Gaga, and it's not working for her," Shepherd said. "She's such a talented singer that she doesn't need to do what everyone else is doing. It just seems too forced and too in the mold of the Gagas and the Rihannas of the world."
"She's very much into the concept of 'the future' on this album, but the first single doesn't sound like the future: It sounds like a song they'd play in a spin class, circa 1998," Greenblatt said. "When you look at the other girls on the pop charts, it doesn't feel fresh. It's not compelling enough to pull herself away from the field. If you look at something like Katy Perry's 'California Gurls,' it's a retro song, but it's fun. There's a heaviness to the Christina album. She may say she's having fun, but you don't believe her."
Both Greenblatt and Shepherd singled out the M.I.A. collaboration "Elastic Love" as a potential game-changer, a song that perhaps best sums up whatever it was Aguilera was hoping to achieve on Bionic, and one that might reinvigorate a public that's grown tired of more of the same old pop. And both added that Christina should get back to basics (the title of her last album, as it happens), or maybe line up a new collaboration or two.
"She's got to re-calibrate her image, like do a fun video that treats sexuality as a garnish, not the entire meal," Greenblatt said. "If she reins herself in and releases the right single, things might be OK. There are plenty of artists who hit it big with the second, third single, and she's definitely big enough for that to happen here. People want her to succeed, she just needs to give us an iteration of herself that people like."
"I think that, maybe if she steps back a bit, tries to ease our of where she's going, and trusts herself more, she will probably be OK. I think it's just a bump in the road," Shepherd added. "Or maybe she should collaborate with all of Young Money. That would probably work too."
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While the negative press is nothing new (remember the public outcry over her explicit "Dirrty" video?), the less-than-stellar album sales, controversy over her sexed-up "Not Myself Tonight" video and the recent postponement of her tour are not adding up well. So what should she do next?
We decided to pose the question to some experts, all of whom seem to agree that Aguilera has bucketloads of talent — but also has her work cut out for her.
"She's still under 30, she still has a fantastic voice, but I think her time has passed. I don't know if it's because she went away for a while, or because she tried to do something different with this project, but it feels a little crass and calculated," Entertainment Weekly music critic Leah Greenblatt said. "From her choice of collaborators [The-Dream, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre] to her first single, it doesn't feel fully organic. What's missing so much with her this time out is that, while she can still sing the crap out of her songs, you don't get a sense of vulnerability, or even really know who she is."
"She just seems a little confused, and that's not like her, and it's not what we want from her," Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, executive editor of The Fader magazine, added. "The image she's been projecting, she just doesn't seem comfortable doing it. She's always done vamping, but now it's like 'I'm wearing these insane PVC outfits and singing to this music that I don't relate to.' No matter what she says, I don't see her sitting around listening to old trance records."
Both agreed that Aguilera should essentially do her — focus on putting out the kind of songs that showcase her strengths — and stop chasing her competitors.
"I think honestly, she's trying to be a little too Gaga, and it's not working for her," Shepherd said. "She's such a talented singer that she doesn't need to do what everyone else is doing. It just seems too forced and too in the mold of the Gagas and the Rihannas of the world."
"She's very much into the concept of 'the future' on this album, but the first single doesn't sound like the future: It sounds like a song they'd play in a spin class, circa 1998," Greenblatt said. "When you look at the other girls on the pop charts, it doesn't feel fresh. It's not compelling enough to pull herself away from the field. If you look at something like Katy Perry's 'California Gurls,' it's a retro song, but it's fun. There's a heaviness to the Christina album. She may say she's having fun, but you don't believe her."
Both Greenblatt and Shepherd singled out the M.I.A. collaboration "Elastic Love" as a potential game-changer, a song that perhaps best sums up whatever it was Aguilera was hoping to achieve on Bionic, and one that might reinvigorate a public that's grown tired of more of the same old pop. And both added that Christina should get back to basics (the title of her last album, as it happens), or maybe line up a new collaboration or two.
"She's got to re-calibrate her image, like do a fun video that treats sexuality as a garnish, not the entire meal," Greenblatt said. "If she reins herself in and releases the right single, things might be OK. There are plenty of artists who hit it big with the second, third single, and she's definitely big enough for that to happen here. People want her to succeed, she just needs to give us an iteration of herself that people like."
"I think that, maybe if she steps back a bit, tries to ease our of where she's going, and trusts herself more, she will probably be OK. I think it's just a bump in the road," Shepherd added. "Or maybe she should collaborate with all of Young Money. That would probably work too."
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'Glee' Soundtrack Tops Billboard, While Christina Aguilera Debuts At #3
'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' soundtrack debuts at #2.By Gil Kaufman
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Christina Aguilera is used to jousting with fellow female divas on the charts, but after a four-year layoff to start a family, the bondage-loving good-girl-gone-bad ran into the most formidable foes of her career this week: the glee club and teen vampires.
Try as she might, Aguilera's Bionic could not beat back the forces of "Glee," as the hit show's fifth soundtrack, Glee: The Music — Journey to Regionals easily tops next week's Billboard 200 albums chart in its debut, moving 152,000 copies and giving the show its third straight #1 album, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. Coming in just behind at #2 is the "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" soundtrack, which moved 144,000 copies.
That means that after two #1 debuts and a #2 bow for her first three studio albums of original English-language songs (which sold between 252,000 and 346,000 or more in their first week), Bionic represents the lowest chart debut to date for Aguilera at just over 110,000. The soft sales come just weeks after Aguilera scrapped an already-announced summer tour, citing scheduling conflicts in promoting the album and her winter big-screen debut in "Burlesque."
Also making chart debuts this week are rapper Plies with his long-awaited album Goon Affiliated (#5, 56,000), country star Dierks Bentley with Up on the Ridge (#9, 38,000) and Jewel, whose country-flavored Sweet and Wild comes in at #10 on sales of 31,000.
The rest of the top 10: Jack Johnson's To the Sea (#4, 89,000, down 63 percent from its debut), Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 (49,000), Glee: The Music — Vol. 3, Showstoppers (#7, 40,000) and Lady Antebellum's Need You Now (#8, 39,000).
Further down the line, jam-band circuit faves Grace Potter and the Nocturnals hit #20 with their self-titled fourth album (18,000), Gym Class Heroes singer Travie McCoy lands at #27 with his solo debut, Lazarus, and one-time boy band Hanson manage a #30 bow for their soul-flecked latest, Shout It Out (14,000). Former anarchy-loving punks Against Me! plant White Crosses at
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One of the week's biggest tumbles come from U.K. crooner Taio Cruz, whose Rokstarr plummets 42 slots to #50 in week two on sales of 9,000 as business dipped 64 percent. The week's biggest gainer is the "Get Him to the Greek" soundtrack album from Russell Brand's fake band, Infant Sorrow, which shoots up 67 spots to #81 in its second week as sales increased by 67 percent to 6,000.
Gleeks should hold a quick party, but Drake all but has a lock on a #1 debut next week with his eagerly anticipated Thank Me Later, which has hit stores along with the first album of new material from Sarah McLachlan in seven years, another Now compilation and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' first new disc since 2002.
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Try as she might, Aguilera's Bionic could not beat back the forces of "Glee," as the hit show's fifth soundtrack, Glee: The Music — Journey to Regionals easily tops next week's Billboard 200 albums chart in its debut, moving 152,000 copies and giving the show its third straight #1 album, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. Coming in just behind at #2 is the "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" soundtrack, which moved 144,000 copies.
That means that after two #1 debuts and a #2 bow for her first three studio albums of original English-language songs (which sold between 252,000 and 346,000 or more in their first week), Bionic represents the lowest chart debut to date for Aguilera at just over 110,000. The soft sales come just weeks after Aguilera scrapped an already-announced summer tour, citing scheduling conflicts in promoting the album and her winter big-screen debut in "Burlesque."
Also making chart debuts this week are rapper Plies with his long-awaited album Goon Affiliated (#5, 56,000), country star Dierks Bentley with Up on the Ridge (#9, 38,000) and Jewel, whose country-flavored Sweet and Wild comes in at #10 on sales of 31,000.
The rest of the top 10: Jack Johnson's To the Sea (#4, 89,000, down 63 percent from its debut), Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 (49,000), Glee: The Music — Vol. 3, Showstoppers (#7, 40,000) and Lady Antebellum's Need You Now (#8, 39,000).
Further down the line, jam-band circuit faves Grace Potter and the Nocturnals hit #20 with their self-titled fourth album (18,000), Gym Class Heroes singer Travie McCoy lands at #27 with his solo debut, Lazarus, and one-time boy band Hanson manage a #30 bow for their soul-flecked latest, Shout It Out (14,000). Former anarchy-loving punks Against Me! plant White Crosses at
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Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' is up for Video of the Year at this year's VMAs.By Jocelyn Vena
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Up until the release of "Telephone," Lady Gaga had been trying to one-up herself visually from music video to music video. She quickly went from producing simple party-music videos like the one she released back in 2008 for "Just Dance" to creating spectacles and feasts for the eyes thanks to over-the-top clips like "Bad Romance" and her cartoon-like video for "Telephone."
Nominated for three 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, where it will face off against "Bad Romance," "Telephone" is nearly 10 minutes of fashion, Gaga, Beyoncé, dancing and murder. Directed by iconic music video helmer Jonas Åkerlund, Gaga took fans for a ride and amped them up with clues as to what they might expect from the video.
What did they get? Gaga's own take on gender politics and Hollywood's fascination with ladies who kill. The video picks up where "Paparazzi" leaves off: Gaga breaks out of prison after killing her beau ("True Blood" star Alexander Skarsgård) in her "Paparazzi" video, then in the "Telephone" clip, she and Beyoncé go on a killing spree in the famous truck from "Kill Bill" before making a "Thelma and Louis"-like pact to stand by one another no matter what.
"There was this really amazing quality in 'Paparazzi,' where it kind of had this pure pop music quality but at the same time it was a little bit of commentary on fame culture," Gaga explained about the video. "I wanted to do the same thing with this video -- take a decidedly pop song, which on the surface has a quite shallow meaning, and turn it into something deeper: the idea that America is full of young people that are inundated with information and technology and turn it into something that is more of a commentary on the kind of country that we are."
And for the killer video, Gaga brought her "Video Phone" pal Beyoncé in for the track and the video, and the video's look was certainly a change of pace for Beyoncé. "The video in a lot of ways is more about [Beyoncé] even than it is about me," Gaga has said. "It was sort of a pop-art venture for me to bring her into my world. In a way, the video is an attempt for her and I to erase pop music as we know it up until this very point. It's meant to change the perspective of the world on what a pop music video should be and she's kind of the vehicle for that. In reality, more people around the world are familiar with her aesthetics than they are with mine. It was something for me to kind of change the way that you see her for one video."
It was a video that recalled not only such iconic flicks as "Kill Bill" and "Thelma and Louise," but also pop-culture moments like anything by Madonna, someone to whom Gaga has frequently been compared, the famed musical "Chicago," Andy Warhol and Wonder Woman. But, as Åkerlund would later explain, the video's colorful, mind-bending visuals were all uniquely Gaga's.
"Gaga's a little different because she has, like, the first [idea], which makes my job easier," he said back in March when the video first hit the streets. "She always has the first couple [ideas] to tell you. So, based on what she tells me, I write a treatment, she has comments on it. So that's how we go into the ideas. She's boiling. Her brain is amazing. She's filled with ideas.
"She writes music and thinks [of] images and wardrobe and all those things that are important for videos," he continued. "It's more like a concept than just me being a director for hire and doing a video and I'm out. It's a natural part for her. She's that generation of artists that think about all these things."
With the chance at winning a few Moonmen at Sunday's big show, Gaga might feel inspired to make a sequel to the clip, as is teased at the end of the splashy video. But, as Åkerlund has said, don't expect anything anytime soon. That really wasn't their intention. "Well, there's no plan," Åkerlund explained. "As I said, we're very spontaneous. We'll see ... I mean, it'll be cool, but we just left the door open. So we'll see."
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Up until the release of "Telephone," Lady Gaga had been trying to one-up herself visually from music video to music video. She quickly went from producing simple party-music videos like the one she released back in 2008 for "Just Dance" to creating spectacles and feasts for the eyes thanks to over-the-top clips like "Bad Romance" and her cartoon-like video for "Telephone."
Nominated for three 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, where it will face off against "Bad Romance," "Telephone" is nearly 10 minutes of fashion, Gaga, Beyoncé, dancing and murder. Directed by iconic music video helmer Jonas Åkerlund, Gaga took fans for a ride and amped them up with clues as to what they might expect from the video.
What did they get? Gaga's own take on gender politics and Hollywood's fascination with ladies who kill. The video picks up where "Paparazzi" leaves off: Gaga breaks out of prison after killing her beau ("True Blood" star Alexander Skarsgård) in her "Paparazzi" video, then in the "Telephone" clip, she and Beyoncé go on a killing spree in the famous truck from "Kill Bill" before making a "Thelma and Louis"-like pact to stand by one another no matter what.
"There was this really amazing quality in 'Paparazzi,' where it kind of had this pure pop music quality but at the same time it was a little bit of commentary on fame culture," Gaga explained about the video. "I wanted to do the same thing with this video -- take a decidedly pop song, which on the surface has a quite shallow meaning, and turn it into something deeper: the idea that America is full of young people that are inundated with information and technology and turn it into something that is more of a commentary on the kind of country that we are."
And for the killer video, Gaga brought her "Video Phone" pal Beyoncé in for the track and the video, and the video's look was certainly a change of pace for Beyoncé. "The video in a lot of ways is more about [Beyoncé] even than it is about me," Gaga has said. "It was sort of a pop-art venture for me to bring her into my world. In a way, the video is an attempt for her and I to erase pop music as we know it up until this very point. It's meant to change the perspective of the world on what a pop music video should be and she's kind of the vehicle for that. In reality, more people around the world are familiar with her aesthetics than they are with mine. It was something for me to kind of change the way that you see her for one video."
It was a video that recalled not only such iconic flicks as "Kill Bill" and "Thelma and Louise," but also pop-culture moments like anything by Madonna, someone to whom Gaga has frequently been compared, the famed musical "Chicago," Andy Warhol and Wonder Woman. But, as Åkerlund would later explain, the video's colorful, mind-bending visuals were all uniquely Gaga's.
"Gaga's a little different because she has, like, the first [idea], which makes my job easier," he said back in March when the video first hit the streets. "She always has the first couple [ideas] to tell you. So, based on what she tells me, I write a treatment, she has comments on it. So that's how we go into the ideas. She's boiling. Her brain is amazing. She's filled with ideas.
"She writes music and thinks [of] images and wardrobe and all those things that are important for videos," he continued. "It's more like a concept than just me being a director for hire and doing a video and I'm out. It's a natural part for her. She's that generation of artists that think about all these things."
With the chance at winning a few Moonmen at Sunday's big show, Gaga might feel inspired to make a sequel to the clip, as is teased at the end of the splashy video. But, as Åkerlund has said, don't expect anything anytime soon. That really wasn't their intention. "Well, there's no plan," Åkerlund explained. "As I said, we're very spontaneous. We'll see ... I mean, it'll be cool, but we just left the door open. So we'll see."
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The buzz around our MTV Video Music Awards has hit a fever pitch, with just four more days until the biggest stars in music descend on the Nokia Theatre for a night of major performances, special guest appearances and plenty of unplanned surprises.
When we caught up with spunky Best New Artist nominee Ke$ha -- who is also up for a Best Collaboration Moonman with 3OH!3 for their peppy clip for "My First Kiss" -- she seemed eager to just attend the festivities.
"I don't even think I'm invited," she joked (we think).
When asked what her plans are for the show, she suggested some slightly over-the-top pranks -- and that she might lose control of certain bodily functions. "I might throw water balloons at people," she said. "I might pee myself just thinking about it."
Regarding her take on the evening's biggest prize, Video of the Year, the "Tik Tok" singer was torn between VMA-nomination dominators Lady Gaga and Eminem.
"I have mad respect for both of them, so I can't really say who I'd pick," she said. "I think that Eminem is really amazing, because he's so honest and I really connect with brutally honest people and artists. And then Gaga's whole thing is incredible too. I can't really say who I hope would win, but I'd like to see what's going to happen."
Who do you think will win? Lady Gaga or Eminem? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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When we caught up with spunky Best New Artist nominee Ke$ha -- who is also up for a Best Collaboration Moonman with 3OH!3 for their peppy clip for "My First Kiss" -- she seemed eager to just attend the festivities.
"I don't even think I'm invited," she joked (we think).
When asked what her plans are for the show, she suggested some slightly over-the-top pranks -- and that she might lose control of certain bodily functions. "I might throw water balloons at people," she said. "I might pee myself just thinking about it."
Regarding her take on the evening's biggest prize, Video of the Year, the "Tik Tok" singer was torn between VMA-nomination dominators Lady Gaga and Eminem.
"I have mad respect for both of them, so I can't really say who I'd pick," she said. "I think that Eminem is really amazing, because he's so honest and I really connect with brutally honest people and artists. And then Gaga's whole thing is incredible too. I can't really say who I hope would win, but I'd like to see what's going to happen."
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After soft first-week sales for Bionic, experts weigh in. By James Montgomery
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Between the unexpectedly soft first-week sales for her comeback album, Bionic,
constant criticism from Perez Hilton and a barrage of Lady Gaga comparisons, it hasn't been an easy few weeks for Christina Aguilera.
While the negative press is nothing new (remember the public outcry over her explicit "Dirrty" video?), the less-than-stellar album sales, controversy over her sexed-up "Not Myself Tonight" video and the recent postponement of her tour are not adding up well. So what should she do next?
We decided to pose the question to some experts, all of whom seem to agree that Aguilera has bucketloads of talent — but also has her work cut out for her.
"She's still under 30, she still has a fantastic voice, but I think her time has passed. I don't know if it's because she went away for a while, or because she tried to do something different with this project, but it feels a little crass and calculated," Entertainment Weekly music critic Leah Greenblatt said. "From her choice of collaborators [The-Dream, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre] to her first single, it doesn't feel fully organic. What's missing so much with her this time out is that, while she can still sing the crap out of her songs, you don't get a sense of vulnerability, or even really know who she is."
"She just seems a little confused, and that's not like her, and it's not what we want from her," Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, executive editor of The Fader magazine, added. "The image she's been projecting, she just doesn't seem comfortable doing it. She's always done vamping, but now it's like 'I'm wearing these insane PVC outfits and singing to this music that I don't relate to.' No matter what she says, I don't see her sitting around listening to old trance records."
Both agreed that Aguilera should essentially do her — focus on putting out the kind of songs that showcase her strengths — and stop chasing her competitors.
"I think honestly, she's trying to be a little too Gaga, and it's not working for her," Shepherd said. "She's such a talented singer that she doesn't need to do what everyone else is doing. It just seems too forced and too in the mold of the Gagas and the Rihannas of the world."
"She's very much into the concept of 'the future' on this album, but the first single doesn't sound like the future: It sounds like a song they'd play in a spin class, circa 1998," Greenblatt said. "When you look at the other girls on the pop charts, it doesn't feel fresh. It's not compelling enough to pull herself away from the field. If you look at something like Katy Perry's 'California Gurls,' it's a retro song, but it's fun. There's a heaviness to the Christina album. She may say she's having fun, but you don't believe her."
Both Greenblatt and Shepherd singled out the M.I.A. collaboration "Elastic Love" as a potential game-changer, a song that perhaps best sums up whatever it was Aguilera was hoping to achieve on Bionic, and one that might reinvigorate a public that's grown tired of more of the same old pop. And both added that Christina should get back to basics (the title of her last album, as it happens), or maybe line up a new collaboration or two.
"She's got to re-calibrate her image, like do a fun video that treats sexuality as a garnish, not the entire meal," Greenblatt said. "If she reins herself in and releases the right single, things might be OK. There are plenty of artists who hit it big with the second, third single, and she's definitely big enough for that to happen here. People want her to succeed, she just needs to give us an iteration of herself that people like."
"I think that, maybe if she steps back a bit, tries to ease our of where she's going, and trusts herself more, she will probably be OK. I think it's just a bump in the road," Shepherd added. "Or maybe she should collaborate with all of Young Money. That would probably work too."
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Between the unexpectedly soft first-week sales for her comeback album, Bionic,
constant criticism from Perez Hilton and a barrage of Lady Gaga comparisons, it hasn't been an easy few weeks for Christina Aguilera.
While the negative press is nothing new (remember the public outcry over her explicit "Dirrty" video?), the less-than-stellar album sales, controversy over her sexed-up "Not Myself Tonight" video and the recent postponement of her tour are not adding up well. So what should she do next?
We decided to pose the question to some experts, all of whom seem to agree that Aguilera has bucketloads of talent — but also has her work cut out for her.
"She's still under 30, she still has a fantastic voice, but I think her time has passed. I don't know if it's because she went away for a while, or because she tried to do something different with this project, but it feels a little crass and calculated," Entertainment Weekly music critic Leah Greenblatt said. "From her choice of collaborators [The-Dream, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre] to her first single, it doesn't feel fully organic. What's missing so much with her this time out is that, while she can still sing the crap out of her songs, you don't get a sense of vulnerability, or even really know who she is."
"She just seems a little confused, and that's not like her, and it's not what we want from her," Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, executive editor of The Fader magazine, added. "The image she's been projecting, she just doesn't seem comfortable doing it. She's always done vamping, but now it's like 'I'm wearing these insane PVC outfits and singing to this music that I don't relate to.' No matter what she says, I don't see her sitting around listening to old trance records."
Both agreed that Aguilera should essentially do her — focus on putting out the kind of songs that showcase her strengths — and stop chasing her competitors.
"I think honestly, she's trying to be a little too Gaga, and it's not working for her," Shepherd said. "She's such a talented singer that she doesn't need to do what everyone else is doing. It just seems too forced and too in the mold of the Gagas and the Rihannas of the world."
"She's very much into the concept of 'the future' on this album, but the first single doesn't sound like the future: It sounds like a song they'd play in a spin class, circa 1998," Greenblatt said. "When you look at the other girls on the pop charts, it doesn't feel fresh. It's not compelling enough to pull herself away from the field. If you look at something like Katy Perry's 'California Gurls,' it's a retro song, but it's fun. There's a heaviness to the Christina album. She may say she's having fun, but you don't believe her."
Both Greenblatt and Shepherd singled out the M.I.A. collaboration "Elastic Love" as a potential game-changer, a song that perhaps best sums up whatever it was Aguilera was hoping to achieve on Bionic, and one that might reinvigorate a public that's grown tired of more of the same old pop. And both added that Christina should get back to basics (the title of her last album, as it happens), or maybe line up a new collaboration or two.
"She's got to re-calibrate her image, like do a fun video that treats sexuality as a garnish, not the entire meal," Greenblatt said. "If she reins herself in and releases the right single, things might be OK. There are plenty of artists who hit it big with the second, third single, and she's definitely big enough for that to happen here. People want her to succeed, she just needs to give us an iteration of herself that people like."
"I think that, maybe if she steps back a bit, tries to ease our of where she's going, and trusts herself more, she will probably be OK. I think it's just a bump in the road," Shepherd added. "Or maybe she should collaborate with all of Young Money. That would probably work too."
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Fresh off her Bionic medley at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, Christina Aguilera continued her promotional blitz for the new album Tuesday morning (June 8) by performing a mini-concert on the "Today" show. The pop star treated fans to a five-song set, including cuts from her new album and some older Xtina classics.
With a slight breeze and summer sun in full effect, the always fashionable diva strutted a catwalk set up in Rockefeller Center during show rehearsals. Even though the crowd wasn't as outrageous as those who trekked across states for Justin Bieber, Aguilera did have her share of devotees waiting in Rockefeller Plaza as early as midnight. The songstress made sure to recognize their devotion by happily signing autographs and taking pictures with fans in between her rehearsals.
"I was completely inspired by a lot of electronica music when my son was born and we both were listening to it a lot together," she told "Today" host Matt Lauer about her new album. "You know, having a child makes you think of the future and the next generation, and I got really inspired by electronica, which is so no-holds-barred with its sound and technology, and I wanted to really experiment with that. He definitely inspired a very playful side of me that I didn't have prior to having him. He really inspired this album ... and got me really in touch with my original pop roots of a decade ago, so it's been really fun."
To start her mini-concert, the singer got the audience rowdy with the aggressive opening number "Fighter." A flicker of camera flashes lit up the center of the catwalk, as Xtina led her dancers into a sea of fans. She continued with the M.I.A.-esque "Bionic," while the singer's eight backup dancers performed a slick and quirky routine. The momentum only continued with current single "Not Myself Tonight," during which Aguilera joined in on a few dance moves.
The songstress never fails to deliver ballads, so it was no surprise that her next number was her 2002 hit single "Beautiful." But while she usually takes advantage of her high notes, she also showcased her vocal versatility on the final song: the Sia-penned ballad "You Lost Me." The singer brought a subtle and gentle ambience to her set as she delicately delivered the tender ballad. Unfortunately for television viewers, the entire performance was not aired.
In addition to the release of her album, the singer spoke about the completion of her first movie, "Burlesque," which hits theaters in November.
"It was an incredible experience," she said. "I grew and learned so much. I had such great people to absorb from: Cher, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell was hilarious and funny and just made me feel so comfortable and supportive. It's going to be a really, really fun movie come this November."
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"I was completely inspired by a lot of electronica music when my son was born and we both were listening to it a lot together," she told "Today" host Matt Lauer about her new album. "You know, having a child makes you think of the future and the next generation, and I got really inspired by electronica, which is so no-holds-barred with its sound and technology, and I wanted to really experiment with that. He definitely inspired a very playful side of me that I didn't have prior to having him. He really inspired this album ... and got me really in touch with my original pop roots of a decade ago, so it's been really fun."
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The songstress never fails to deliver ballads, so it was no surprise that her next number was her 2002 hit single "Beautiful." But while she usually takes advantage of her high notes, she also showcased her vocal versatility on the final song: the Sia-penned ballad "You Lost Me." The singer brought a subtle and gentle ambience to her set as she delicately delivered the tender ballad. Unfortunately for television viewers, the entire performance was not aired.
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Up until the release of "Telephone," Lady Gaga had been trying to one-up herself visually from music video to music video. She quickly went from producing simple party-music videos like the one she released back in 2008 for "Just Dance" to creating spectacles and feasts for the eyes thanks to over-the-top clips like "Bad Romance" and her cartoon-like video for "Telephone."
Nominated for three 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, where it will face off against "Bad Romance," "Telephone" is nearly 10 minutes of fashion, Gaga, Beyoncé, dancing and murder. Directed by iconic music video helmer Jonas Åkerlund, Gaga took fans for a ride and amped them up with clues as to what they might expect from the video.
What did they get? Gaga's own take on gender politics and Hollywood's fascination with ladies who kill. The video picks up where "Paparazzi" leaves off: Gaga breaks out of prison after killing her beau ("True Blood" star Alexander Skarsgård) in her "Paparazzi" video, then in the "Telephone" clip, she and Beyoncé go on a killing spree in the famous truck from "Kill Bill" before making a "Thelma and Louis"-like pact to stand by one another no matter what.
"There was this really amazing quality in 'Paparazzi,' where it kind of had this pure pop music quality but at the same time it was a little bit of commentary on fame culture," Gaga explained about the video. "I wanted to do the same thing with this video -- take a decidedly pop song, which on the surface has a quite shallow meaning, and turn it into something deeper: the idea that America is full of young people that are inundated with information and technology and turn it into something that is more of a commentary on the kind of country that we are."
And for the killer video, Gaga brought her "Video Phone" pal Beyoncé in for the track and the video, and the video's look was certainly a change of pace for Beyoncé. "The video in a lot of ways is more about [Beyoncé] even than it is about me," Gaga has said. "It was sort of a pop-art venture for me to bring her into my world. In a way, the video is an attempt for her and I to erase pop music as we know it up until this very point. It's meant to change the perspective of the world on what a pop music video should be and she's kind of the vehicle for that. In reality, more people around the world are familiar with her aesthetics than they are with mine. It was something for me to kind of change the way that you see her for one video."
It was a video that recalled not only such iconic flicks as "Kill Bill" and "Thelma and Louise," but also pop-culture moments like anything by Madonna, someone to whom Gaga has frequently been compared, the famed musical "Chicago," Andy Warhol and Wonder Woman. But, as Åkerlund would later explain, the video's colorful, mind-bending visuals were all uniquely Gaga's.
"Gaga's a little different because she has, like, the first [idea], which makes my job easier," he said back in March when the video first hit the streets. "She always has the first couple [ideas] to tell you. So, based on what she tells me, I write a treatment, she has comments on it. So that's how we go into the ideas. She's boiling. Her brain is amazing. She's filled with ideas.
"She writes music and thinks [of] images and wardrobe and all those things that are important for videos," he continued. "It's more like a concept than just me being a director for hire and doing a video and I'm out. It's a natural part for her. She's that generation of artists that think about all these things."
With the chance at winning a few Moonmen at Sunday's big show, Gaga might feel inspired to make a sequel to the clip, as is teased at the end of the splashy video. But, as Åkerlund has said, don't expect anything anytime soon. That really wasn't their intention. "Well, there's no plan," Åkerlund explained. "As I said, we're very spontaneous. We'll see ... I mean, it'll be cool, but we just left the door open. So we'll see."
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Up until the release of "Telephone," Lady Gaga had been trying to one-up herself visually from music video to music video. She quickly went from producing simple party-music videos like the one she released back in 2008 for "Just Dance" to creating spectacles and feasts for the eyes thanks to over-the-top clips like "Bad Romance" and her cartoon-like video for "Telephone."
Nominated for three 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, where it will face off against "Bad Romance," "Telephone" is nearly 10 minutes of fashion, Gaga, Beyoncé, dancing and murder. Directed by iconic music video helmer Jonas Åkerlund, Gaga took fans for a ride and amped them up with clues as to what they might expect from the video.
What did they get? Gaga's own take on gender politics and Hollywood's fascination with ladies who kill. The video picks up where "Paparazzi" leaves off: Gaga breaks out of prison after killing her beau ("True Blood" star Alexander Skarsgård) in her "Paparazzi" video, then in the "Telephone" clip, she and Beyoncé go on a killing spree in the famous truck from "Kill Bill" before making a "Thelma and Louis"-like pact to stand by one another no matter what.
"There was this really amazing quality in 'Paparazzi,' where it kind of had this pure pop music quality but at the same time it was a little bit of commentary on fame culture," Gaga explained about the video. "I wanted to do the same thing with this video -- take a decidedly pop song, which on the surface has a quite shallow meaning, and turn it into something deeper: the idea that America is full of young people that are inundated with information and technology and turn it into something that is more of a commentary on the kind of country that we are."
And for the killer video, Gaga brought her "Video Phone" pal Beyoncé in for the track and the video, and the video's look was certainly a change of pace for Beyoncé. "The video in a lot of ways is more about [Beyoncé] even than it is about me," Gaga has said. "It was sort of a pop-art venture for me to bring her into my world. In a way, the video is an attempt for her and I to erase pop music as we know it up until this very point. It's meant to change the perspective of the world on what a pop music video should be and she's kind of the vehicle for that. In reality, more people around the world are familiar with her aesthetics than they are with mine. It was something for me to kind of change the way that you see her for one video."
It was a video that recalled not only such iconic flicks as "Kill Bill" and "Thelma and Louise," but also pop-culture moments like anything by Madonna, someone to whom Gaga has frequently been compared, the famed musical "Chicago," Andy Warhol and Wonder Woman. But, as Åkerlund would later explain, the video's colorful, mind-bending visuals were all uniquely Gaga's.
"Gaga's a little different because she has, like, the first [idea], which makes my job easier," he said back in March when the video first hit the streets. "She always has the first couple [ideas] to tell you. So, based on what she tells me, I write a treatment, she has comments on it. So that's how we go into the ideas. She's boiling. Her brain is amazing. She's filled with ideas.
"She writes music and thinks [of] images and wardrobe and all those things that are important for videos," he continued. "It's more like a concept than just me being a director for hire and doing a video and I'm out. It's a natural part for her. She's that generation of artists that think about all these things."
With the chance at winning a few Moonmen at Sunday's big show, Gaga might feel inspired to make a sequel to the clip, as is teased at the end of the splashy video. But, as Åkerlund has said, don't expect anything anytime soon. That really wasn't their intention. "Well, there's no plan," Åkerlund explained. "As I said, we're very spontaneous. We'll see ... I mean, it'll be cool, but we just left the door open. So we'll see."
The 27th annual MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 12. The party starts with MTV News' VMA Pre-Show at 8 p.m., followed by the main event at 9 p.m. ET. Fans can go to VMA.MTV.com (or text VMA to 97979 if they are Verizon subscribers) to vote for Best New Artist from now through Sunday.
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Lady Gaga, Eminem, Justin Bieber: VMA Predictions
Bigger Than the Sound guesses Sunday's big winners.By James Montgomery
Lady Gaga and Eminem onstage during last year's MTV Video Music Awards
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are right around the corner — and by "corner," I mean Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This is great news for pretty much everyone, particularly Lady Gaga fans and those with an unquenchable thirst for the art of wagering (or, as some people call it, "a dangerous and destructive gambling addiction").
See, the VMAs are arguably the greatest gambling event of the year, although winners are voted on by fans, which makes predicting the show's outcome nearly impossible. Still, none of that has stopped me from making my VMA predictions for two straight years now, with varying degrees of success. What can I say? I like to live dangerously. So I've decided to throw on the old prognostication cap and do it again this year. Here are my ironclad picks for the 2010 Video Music Awards. Satisfaction (and accuracy) guaranteed. Only not really.
Best Male Video
» B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams), "Airplanes"
» Drake, "Find Your Love"
» Eminem, "Not Afraid"
» Jason Derülo, "In My Head"
» Usher (featuring Will.I.Am), "OMG"
My Take: Drake's "Find Your Love" is ambitious, but some subtitles would definitely have been appreciated. Jason Derülo and Usher both packed a whole lot of smoove moves into their clips, but there's only one logical choice ...
My Pick: Eminem. The fans determine the winners at the VMAs, and there's a reason Recovery keeps selling 100,000 copies a week.
Best Female Video
» Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga), "Video Phone"
» Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg), "California Gurls"
» Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
» Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
» Taylor Swift, "Fifteen"
My Take: Taylor Swift is sort of the wild card here, but I think Best Female boils down to a race between Katy Perry, Beyoncé (with Gaga) and, uh, Gaga again.
My Pick: Lady Gaga. Her fans are insane and will put her over the top in a tight race. Don't feel too bad for Perry, though. I have a feeling she'll be getting her award a bit later in the night.
Best Rock Video
» 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"
» Florence and the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
» MGMT, "Flash Delirium"
» Muse, "Uprising"
» Paramore, "Ignorance"
My Take: Not to nitpick, because I'm glad Florence and the Machine are getting some shine, but it's odd to me that Vampire Weekend, an equally indie act that had a #1 album this year (and a pair of well-received videos) weren't nominated in this category. On a more positive note, I'm glad MGMT's delightfully weird "Flash Delirium" did get a nod ... I honestly thought I was the only person who actually dug it.
My Pick: 30 Seconds to Mars. Never underestimate the voting power of the Echelon (that's the codename for their super intense fanbase, btw). Also, never harmlessly refer to said fanbase as "the so-called Echelon" in a story, either, lest you want your inbox to be flooded with angry e-mails from kids in Germany. Trust me on this one.
Best Hip-Hop Video
» B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams), "Airplanes"
» Drake (featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem), "Forever"
» Eminem, "Not Afraid"
» Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, "On to the Next One"
» Kid Cudi (featuring MGMT and Ratatat), "Pursuit of Happiness"
My Take: A category loaded with heavy-hitters, Best Hip-Hop Video is basically the Group of Death at the 2010 VMAs. When in doubt, you gotta go with the one video that has the most big names attached to it. Which means ...
My Pick: Drake, Kanye, Weezy, Em, celebrity chef Mario Batali and 23rd president of the United States Benjamin Harrison for the win! The engravers will be working overtime trying to fit all their names on one Moonman. Related: Who actually gets to keep this award?
Best Pop Video
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars), "Nothin' on You"
» Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga), "Video Phone"
» Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg), "California Gurls"
» Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
» Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
My Take: Another hotly contested category, and Lady Gaga is once again nominated twice. So I'm going upset special on this one ...
My Pick: Katy Perry. She's the undisputed Queen of Summer 2010, and she shocks the world here. Hopefully she'll also be wearing some sort of chest-mounted frosting cannons to celebrate.
Best New Artist
» Broken Bells, "The Ghost Inside"
» Jason Derülo, "In My Head"
» Justin Bieber (featuring Ludacris), "Baby"
» Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
» Nicki Minaj (featuring Sean Garrett), "Massive Attack"
My Take: On the surface, this is Justin Bieber and four acts who aren't Justin Bieber. In any other year, I'd say Ke$ha or Nicki Minaj could win, but this is 2010, and the World Health Organization is just about to start inoculating people for Bieber Fever. Unrelated: For a second, I thought the group Massive Attack were nominated here, which wouldn't have made any sense, but would've been pretty awesome nonetheless.
My Pick: Broken Bells. Just kidding! It'll be Bieber in a landslide. The much-coveted Ludacris endorsement is the difference-maker.
Video of the Year
» 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"
» B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams), "Airplanes"
» Eminem, "Not Afraid"
» Florence and the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
» Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
» Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé), "Telephone"
My Take: There was, without a doubt, one clip that dominated popular culture in 2010, and it will be rewarded on VMA night.
My Pick: Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. "Telephone" is the biggest video in recent memory, and Gaga is the biggest artist. A win here is the much-deserved coronation for both. And, when coupled with B's Video of the Year win for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" last year, this could make two consecutive VMAs where the most deserving actually won the night's biggest honor. A watershed moment, indeed.
The Other Video of the Year
» Hanson, "Thinking 'Bout Something"
» Insane Clown Posse, "Miracles"
» Mayday Parade, "Kids in Love"
» M.I.A., "Born Free"
» OK Go, "This Too Shall Pass"
» Vampire Weekend, "Cousins"
My Take: A completely fictional category made up by me as a way of honoring the videos that didn't get nominated, these six clips represent the best of the rest. Inventive ("Thinking 'Bout Something," "This Too Shall Pass," "Cousins"), incendiary ("Born Free," "Kids in Love") and instructive ("Miracles"), they're all proof that there's still merit in music videos.
My Pick: M.I.A. With its graphic violence and rather blunt message (basically that the guys wearing the U.S. flags can be the brutes too), "Born Free" stirred up more than its fair share of controversy. But that's what great art is supposed to do. And make no mistake about it, this is definitely great art. Not to mention astute, fearless political commentary too. Sadly, as the year pressed on, its message only proved to be eerily prescient.
What are your VMA predictions? Share them in the comments!
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Lady Gaga and Eminem onstage during last year's MTV Video Music Awards
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are right around the corner — and by "corner," I mean Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This is great news for pretty much everyone, particularly Lady Gaga fans and those with an unquenchable thirst for the art of wagering (or, as some people call it, "a dangerous and destructive gambling addiction").
See, the VMAs are arguably the greatest gambling event of the year, although winners are voted on by fans, which makes predicting the show's outcome nearly impossible. Still, none of that has stopped me from making my VMA predictions for two straight years now, with varying degrees of success. What can I say? I like to live dangerously. So I've decided to throw on the old prognostication cap and do it again this year. Here are my ironclad picks for the 2010 Video Music Awards. Satisfaction (and accuracy) guaranteed. Only not really.
Best Male Video
» B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams), "Airplanes"
» Drake, "Find Your Love"
» Eminem, "Not Afraid"
» Jason Derülo, "In My Head"
» Usher (featuring Will.I.Am), "OMG"
My Take: Drake's "Find Your Love" is ambitious, but some subtitles would definitely have been appreciated. Jason Derülo and Usher both packed a whole lot of smoove moves into their clips, but there's only one logical choice ...
My Pick: Eminem. The fans determine the winners at the VMAs, and there's a reason Recovery keeps selling 100,000 copies a week.
Best Female Video
» Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga), "Video Phone"
» Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg), "California Gurls"
» Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
» Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
» Taylor Swift, "Fifteen"
My Take: Taylor Swift is sort of the wild card here, but I think Best Female boils down to a race between Katy Perry, Beyoncé (with Gaga) and, uh, Gaga again.
My Pick: Lady Gaga. Her fans are insane and will put her over the top in a tight race. Don't feel too bad for Perry, though. I have a feeling she'll be getting her award a bit later in the night.
Best Rock Video
» 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"
» Florence and the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
» MGMT, "Flash Delirium"
» Muse, "Uprising"
» Paramore, "Ignorance"
My Take: Not to nitpick, because I'm glad Florence and the Machine are getting some shine, but it's odd to me that Vampire Weekend, an equally indie act that had a #1 album this year (and a pair of well-received videos) weren't nominated in this category. On a more positive note, I'm glad MGMT's delightfully weird "Flash Delirium" did get a nod ... I honestly thought I was the only person who actually dug it.
My Pick: 30 Seconds to Mars. Never underestimate the voting power of the Echelon (that's the codename for their super intense fanbase, btw). Also, never harmlessly refer to said fanbase as "the so-called Echelon" in a story, either, lest you want your inbox to be flooded with angry e-mails from kids in Germany. Trust me on this one.
Best Hip-Hop Video
» B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams), "Airplanes"
» Drake (featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem), "Forever"
» Eminem, "Not Afraid"
» Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, "On to the Next One"
» Kid Cudi (featuring MGMT and Ratatat), "Pursuit of Happiness"
My Take: A category loaded with heavy-hitters, Best Hip-Hop Video is basically the Group of Death at the 2010 VMAs. When in doubt, you gotta go with the one video that has the most big names attached to it. Which means ...
My Pick: Drake, Kanye, Weezy, Em, celebrity chef Mario Batali and 23rd president of the United States Benjamin Harrison for the win! The engravers will be working overtime trying to fit all their names on one Moonman. Related: Who actually gets to keep this award?
Best Pop Video
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars), "Nothin' on You"
» Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga), "Video Phone"
» Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg), "California Gurls"
» Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
» Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
My Take: Another hotly contested category, and Lady Gaga is once again nominated twice. So I'm going upset special on this one ...
My Pick: Katy Perry. She's the undisputed Queen of Summer 2010, and she shocks the world here. Hopefully she'll also be wearing some sort of chest-mounted frosting cannons to celebrate.
Best New Artist
» Broken Bells, "The Ghost Inside"
» Jason Derülo, "In My Head"
» Justin Bieber (featuring Ludacris), "Baby"
» Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
» Nicki Minaj (featuring Sean Garrett), "Massive Attack"
My Take: On the surface, this is Justin Bieber and four acts who aren't Justin Bieber. In any other year, I'd say Ke$ha or Nicki Minaj could win, but this is 2010, and the World Health Organization is just about to start inoculating people for Bieber Fever. Unrelated: For a second, I thought the group Massive Attack were nominated here, which wouldn't have made any sense, but would've been pretty awesome nonetheless.
My Pick: Broken Bells. Just kidding! It'll be Bieber in a landslide. The much-coveted Ludacris endorsement is the difference-maker.
Video of the Year
» 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"
» B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams), "Airplanes"
» Eminem, "Not Afraid"
» Florence and the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
» Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
» Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé), "Telephone"
My Take: There was, without a doubt, one clip that dominated popular culture in 2010, and it will be rewarded on VMA night.
My Pick: Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. "Telephone" is the biggest video in recent memory, and Gaga is the biggest artist. A win here is the much-deserved coronation for both. And, when coupled with B's Video of the Year win for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" last year, this could make two consecutive VMAs where the most deserving actually won the night's biggest honor. A watershed moment, indeed.
The Other Video of the Year
» Hanson, "Thinking 'Bout Something"
» Insane Clown Posse, "Miracles"
» Mayday Parade, "Kids in Love"
» M.I.A., "Born Free"
» OK Go, "This Too Shall Pass"
» Vampire Weekend, "Cousins"
My Take: A completely fictional category made up by me as a way of honoring the videos that didn't get nominated, these six clips represent the best of the rest. Inventive ("Thinking 'Bout Something," "This Too Shall Pass," "Cousins"), incendiary ("Born Free," "Kids in Love") and instructive ("Miracles"), they're all proof that there's still merit in music videos.
My Pick: M.I.A. With its graphic violence and rather blunt message (basically that the guys wearing the U.S. flags can be the brutes too), "Born Free" stirred up more than its fair share of controversy. But that's what great art is supposed to do. And make no mistake about it, this is definitely great art. Not to mention astute, fearless political commentary too. Sadly, as the year pressed on, its message only proved to be eerily prescient.
What are your VMA predictions? Share them in the comments!
The 27th annual MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday. The party starts with MTV News' VMA Pre-Show at 8 p.m., followed by the main event at 9 p.m. ET. Fans can go to VMA.MTV.com (or text VMA to 97979 if they are Verizon subscribers) to vote for Best New Artist from now through Sunday.
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