Posted 8/27/11 9:00 am EST by Amy Wilkinson in Crush Exclusive!, Movie News, Movies, Videos, VMAs
You've seen the VMA promo. And examined the teaser photo 20 bajillion times. And now here's your chance to get another look at the much-anticipated exclusive sneak peek of "The Hunger Games," airing during this Sunday's Video Music Awards!
In the clip above, we get a brief glimpse of heroine Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) blazing through the arena woods, in full Hunger Games uniform. What's she running from exactly? Well, you'll just have to tune in Sunday to find out for sure.
Posted 8/26/11 9:52 am EST by Kat Rosenfield in Crush Exclusive!, Movie News, Movies, Videos
We've been quite literally waiting days for this, and now that it's here, we don't quite know what to say. It's a teaser photo. It's "The Hunger Games." It's... it's... HOLYOMG YOU GUYS, IT'S KATNISS IN DANGER!!!! AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH!
*Cough.*
Er, sorry. Lost control for a second, there! But as always, nonstop high-pitched squealing conveys what mere words cannot: Namely, that we've got an exclusive sneak peek at a still from the hotly-anticipated dystopian action-drama, and it is glorious.
Our video lead-in has Jennifer Lawrence in voiceover, discussing the extensive training she's gone through in order to fill the role of the hunting, gathering, arrow-slinging heroine Katniss Everdeen—training which looks to have paid off, as the teaser photo shows Jennifer bolting through blurry greenery, at an all-out sprint, with a grimace on her face. It's pretty intense!
Posted 8/15/11 2:23 pm EST by Amy Wilkinson in Crush Exclusive!, Fashion & Style, Movie News, Movies, Videos
Anne Hathaway is no stranger to movie makeunders thanks to ugly duckling roles in flicks like "The Princess Diaries" and "The Devil Wears Prada." And the 28-year-old starlet will once again toss her lipstick and concealer to the side to portray would-be writer Emma in this week's romantic drama "One Day."
The film follows Emma—and her complicated relationship with Jim Sturgess' Dex—over the span of 20 years, a concept Anne found more than a little intriguing.
"Initially I thought, 'What an amazing opportunity. How much fun is it going to be to age 20 years?' Then the closer I got to doing the film, I realized that everything had to be noticeable but it also had to be incredibly subtle," she said.
Posted 8/11/11 10:16 am EST by Kat Rosenfield in Crush Exclusive!, Music News, Videos
You already knew that Jackson Rathbone, "The Twilight Saga"'s sexy southern vampire, is also an accomplished musician and member of a band called 100 Monkeys (you have been following his Hollywood Crush EXCLUSIVE web diary, right?). But what you may not have know is that 100 Monkeys is about to release a super-mega-sexy music video for their song "Modern Times, Part 2," and not only is the music a boss mix of country twang, big vocals, and brass accents...
...but it's got puppets in it. PUPPETS! As you can plainly see in our EXCLUSIVE peep at the video's teaser! Which, in addition to little men on strings, appears to involve some major drama of the Old West variety. There's a drink-slinging saloon bartender, a high noon showdown and...is that puppet beating up a piano with his gun? (Check out the video after the jump!)
Posted 8/10/11 11:30 am EST by MTV News in Crush Exclusive!, Page Turners
We are excited to announce YALLFEST—the first YA book festival to come to Charleston, SC! YALLFEST will hit Charleston on November 11-12, 2011, with a serious line-up of YA authors.
Founded by Jonathan Sanchez of Blue Bicycle Books, the two-day festival is open to the public and sponsored by Blue Bicycle Books, the College of Charleston, the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and a host of local businesses. Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, authors of the "Beautiful Creatures" novels, are coordinating the author line-up and panels.
So who's going to be there? Follow the festival's official Tumblr to find out. Exclusive author reveals will be posted in the days to come. You can also follow festival updates on Twitter via @yallfest and Facebook.
Posted 7/25/11 1:10 pm EST by Kat Rosenfield in Crush Exclusive!, Page Turners
One of our fave YA series is about to get a bloodied-up reboot, and we've got a sneak peek!
You might have heard by now that "Gossip Girl" is getting the literary mash-up treatment this fall with "Gossip Girl: Psycho Killer"—a brand-new book that reimagines Blair and Serena as a pair of Patrick Bateman-style serial killers slashing their way through the teenage toast of New York City society. But here's what you haven't seen: Our EXCLUSIVE look at a special-edition digital preview, celebrating the soon-to-be-released book with a 22-page manga comic, illustrated by HyeKyung Baek, that gives fans a taste of the drama to come.
The murder-tastic manga is available via an iPhone app from Yen Press, the same publisher that gave us the illustrated "Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only." And if the blood-splattered cover isn't enough to get you psyched, make sure to check out our exclusive peek at the inner pages, where we see Serena van der Woodsen about to do something very nasty with a syringe. Bloody fabulous! (Click past the jump to see for yourself!)
Posted 7/23/11 6:00 pm EST by Amy Wilkinson in 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, Crush Exclusive!, Movie News, Movies, Photos
Lea Michele knows there's no place like home. The 24-year-old "Glee" star is lending her signature pipes to the 3D animated musical "Dorothy of Oz," and we have an EXCLUSIVE look at her adorably drawn alter ego!
Based on the novel by Roger Stanton Baum—the great-grandson of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum—"Dorothy of Oz" picks up right where the classic tale ends, with Dorothy returning to a deeply damaged Kansas (thanks to that darn tornado!). But she isn't home for long before she's magically transported back to Oz, where things aren't so great either. Her friends the Scarecrow, Tin Man and (formerly Cowardly) Lion have all disappeared, and she must find them.
Posted 7/18/11 10:58 am EST by Amy Wilkinson in Crush Exclusive!, Hot Stuff, Movies, Videos
And the fairy tale continues...
Once upon a time, Katie (Lucy Hale) was a talented singer dreaming of hitting it big...if only her cruel stepmother (Missi Pyle) and stepsister (Megan Park) didn't stand in her way. And Prince Charming? Well, that'd be Luke ("Harry Potter"'s Freddie Stroma) who falls in love with evil sis when he mistakes Katie's amazing vocals for hers. Will Katie live happily ever after? You'll have to watch "A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song" when it comes to DVD and download on September 6 to find out!
In the meantime, we've snagged an EXCLUSIVE clip from the opening scene of the song-and-dance flick. And talk about sweet dreams! Katie conjures up an extravagant music video set, in which she belts out the catchy "Run This Town," the first single off the upcoming "A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song" soundtrack.
Posted 7/14/11 9:00 am EST by Sabrina Rojas Weiss in Crush Exclusive!, Page Turners
At the rate dystopian YA novels are being published, we'll definitely be planning another week (or six) around the theme this fall.
One dark tale of the future we're looking forward to picking up come November is "Shatter Me," by first-time novelist Tahereh Mafi. It's about a girl named Juliette who has the "X-Men"-like power to kill simply by touching people. After doing just that, she's been locked up in solitary confinement for 264 days by "The Reestablishment," and meanwhile, the outside world is crumbling to pieces. It's a killer premise, and the movie rights have already been snatched up by Fox. But we snatched up something of our own: The first look at the book's cover (after the jump!)
Posted 6/30/11 6:08 pm EST by Amy Wilkinson in Crush Exclusive!, Hot Stuff, Music News, Twilight Forever!, Videos
It's a good thing that whole end-of-the-world thing never happened on May 21, because then we wouldn't be able to bring you the latest installment of Jackson Rathbone's EXCLUSIVE web diary, shot on the supposed doomsday. And let me tell you, you'd be missing a lot.
Like, cameos a plenty. In today's video, we catch up with Jackson and his band 100 Monkeys at their show in L.A.'s El Rey Theatre. And look! There's former "American Idol" contestant Paul McDonald rocking on stage with fiancee (and Jackson's "Twilight" co-star) Nikki Reed bopping along in the audience! And there are "AI" finalists Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina! And how nice is Jackson offering to let them live with him? Aw, shucks. We love it.
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