Skin Care Guide For You

Colton Haynes wants everyone to know that he doesn’t hate Robert Pattinson. In fact, he’s never even met R.Pattz.

Why would people think he has a problem with Rob? Well, because…

Paz De la Huerta
Penelope Ann Miller
Ray J
Raymond De Felitta
Renee Taylor

Drake, Nicki Minaj, Usher And More At Hot 97 2010 Summer Jam

Related Artists

Drake

Usher

Nicki Minaj

Fabolous

Juelz Santana

Natalie
Natalie Zea
Nicole Eggert
Olympia Dukakis
Pat Smear

David Hasselhoff brings his singing game to the CW’s Gulf Coast relief event. Find out what Chelsea thinks of his stellar performance!

Peri Gilpin
Rachel Roberts
Rob Zombie
Ryan Phillippe
Sarah Connor

‘I have not been approached to fill in for Robert Plant on the Zeppelin tour, but that isn’t to say I won’t be,’ singer says.By Chris Harris

Chris Cornell

Photo: MTV News

Former Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell has spoken out for the first time about rumors that he’s been asked to fill in for Robert Plant on a proposed Led Zeppelin reunion tour. The trek would feature original guitarist Jimmy Page, original bassist John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham taking over on drums for his late father, John Bonham.
Cornell has been mentioned — along with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar, White Stripes mastermind Jack White and Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy — as a potential Plant fill-in. Plant has already said that he wouldn’t take part in the tour.

“I have not been approached so far to fill in for Robert Plant on the upcoming Zeppelin tour, but that isn’t to say I won’t be,” Cornell told MTV News. “I’ve heard that from about 200 people now, and it might be one of those situations where it’s just an online rumor or it might be true. But if you see anyone from Led Zeppelin around, let me know. I think I should actually fill in for Jimmy Page on the Robert Plant/ Alison Krauss tour.”
Cornell’s denial comes just a day after Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford confirmed reports that frontman Steven Tyler recently met with Zeppelin for an impromptu jam session. “They did it for fun,” Whitford said during an appearance on the syndicated show “Todd N Tyler Radio Empire.” “I actually think Jimmy wanted Steven to come over and play a little bit because I think he was trying to light a fire under Robert.”
Rumors of a Zeppelin reunion tour have abounded since the iconic band played a single reunion set last year at London’s O2 Arena. Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider added fuel to the fire last month when he revealed that the group was thinking of touring, with or without Plant.
According to Snider, the rest of the band told Plant, ” ‘We’re all rehearsed, we’re ready to go. Here’s a gazillion dollars on the table. If you don’t do it, we’re going out with this kid [Myles Kennedy].’ ”
“And he can sing the sh– out of Zeppelin,” Snider added. “They’re going to hope that Robert, at the last minute, will go, ‘OK,’ and step in.”
In a recent interview, Jones told BBC Radio Devon that a new singer was being sought to take over for Plant. “We are trying out a couple of singers,” he said. “We want to do it. It’s sounding great, and we want to get on and get out there.”
But Jones insists that he, Page and Bonham aren’t interested in finding a Plant clone. “It’s got to be right,” he said. “There’s no point in just finding another Robert. You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don’t want to be our own tribute band. There would be a record and a tour, but everyone has to be onboard.”
Of course, even if Zeppelin were to approach him, Cornell might be too busy to take over vocals for the band. His upcoming Timbaland-produced solo LP, Scream, will be released within the next few months. Cornell told MTV News last month that some of his fans might consider Scream something of a departure, but he doesn’t see it that way.
“It makes me happy that there’s this perception that I have a group of fans that I’m now sort of throwing a curve at and what their reaction will be,” he said. “But I’ve been in this situation so many times already. When I put out [1999's] Euphoria Morning, my main goal was to create an album that sounded like nothing I’d done in Soundgarden, and I did that. I also had that with Temple of the Dog, where I showed up with songs that weren’t necessarily riff-based. And then, of course, the pairing of me and members of Rage Against the Machine had everyone sort of speculating about what that would sound like.
“It feels like I’ve done this so many times that when it’s presented to me as being a departure, I feel that’s a misconception,” he added. “I feel like that’s my theme at this point.”

Related Artists

Chris Cornell

Led Zeppelin

Jay Hernandez
Kate Flannery
Katie Chonacas
Khleo Thomas
Kinky

Them Crooked Vultures make their debut with a post-Lollapalooza set.By James Montgomery

Dave Grohl (file)

Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Officially, Lollapalooza ended Sunday night in Chicago’s Grant Park, with dueling sets from the Killers and Jane’s Addiction. Unofficially, it ended very early Monday morning, across town at venerable rock club the Metro, with a surprise show by Them Crooked Vultures.
To the unfamiliar, the Vultures might seem like an odd choice to close out Lolla weekend … until you realize that they’re made up of Foo Fighters frontman/ former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age mastermind Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones. And their gig at the Metro was their world premiere.
According to some reports, the Vultures actually turned down Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell’s request to replace the Beastie Boys as headliners at the festival, opting to debut in front of some 1,100 super-psyched fans at the Metro, rather than 75,000 in Grant Park (tickets for the gig were announced via Foo Fighter/ QOTSA fan clubs). Meaning that, in a lot of ways, this was the most sought-after ticket in town.
Taking the stage just after midnight, the Vultures — Grohl on drums (of course), Homme on guitar and vocals, Jones on bass and keys and frequent QOTSA contributor Alain Johannes on guitar — ripped through 12 songs in 80 minutes, all taken from their upcoming debut, which may or may not be called Never Deserved the Future, and may or may not be hitting stores on October 23 (early “promo” videos touting both those facts were revealed over the weekend to be hoaxes perpetrated by QOTSA fans).
The songs, with appropriately Homme-ian titles like “Scumbag Blues,” “Mind Eraser (No Chaser),” “Caligulove” and “Interlude w/Ludes,” sounded pretty much how you’d expect, given the band’s pedigree. They rocked, hard — Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot described them as “fresh, invigorating and just plain nasty” — delving off into psychedelic, reverb-filled excursions and exploring proggy territory, “both of the old-school Yes variety, and the more modern Tool flavor,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Jim DeRogatis.
It’s not known if Monday’s Metro performance was a one-off event for the Vultures — there have been whispers of a full-blown tour, but a spokesperson for Homme had not responded to MTV News’ request for comment at press time. Nor was it clear whether or not they’ll have an album out in October.
Early Monday, a Crooked Vultures Twitter account, which had previously posted links to the band’s official-looking Web site and the Metro’s online ticketing site — posted a link to what appears to be the group’s first bit of official merchandise: a Deserve the Future T-shirt. Cost: $30.

Related Videos

The Lollapalooza 2009 Experience

Related Photos

Vampire Weekend, Jane’s Addiction, More At Lollapalooza 2009

Related Artists

Foo Fighters

Queens of the Stone Age

Led Zeppelin

Charlotte Salt
Chris Columbus
David Beckham
Deborah Cox
Devon Sawa

Aspiring model Kendall Jenner made quite a splash with her bikini modeling shots, but her parents Kris and Bruce think they’re A-OK.

“She’s 14 years old and actually a little…

Soledad O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Brien
Stevie Nicks
Susan Lucci
The RZA
Tom Welling

Go behind the scenes of the FOX hit in this sneak peek of their season one DVD. Plus, get scoop on the new season!

Irina Pantaeva
James Caan
Javier Bardem
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jewel Kilcher

The heiress gets blacklisted from the Wynn and Encore hotels after her latest run-in with the law. Get the details of her Sin City bust.

Michelle Johnson
Mika Boorem
Molly Ringwald
Natalie Distler
Nichelle Nichols

Trading Places

Artist: Usher

Label: Zomba/LaFace Records
Director: Chris Robinson
Album: Here I Stand

John Livingston
Justin Bruening
Kenneth Edmonds
Lauren Bacall
Lisa Ann Walter

The Emmy awards are just days away and Kim Kardashian is still searching for her dress.

The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is walking the red carpet and participating in…

Jill Goodacre
Jill Scott
Joely Fisher
John Frizzell
Kelly Packard

Today, the heavy metal world lost a true legend. Ronnie James Dio, who most recently fronted the Black Sabbath-without-Ozzy band Heaven & Hell, lost his battle with stomach cancer at 7:45 a.m. PST. He was 67.
?My heart is broken,? said his wife and manager, Wendy Dio in a statement. ?Many, many friends and family were [...]

Sebastian Roche
Shannon Marie Woodward
Shawn Pyfrom
Sheri Moon
Steve Carell

The “Glee” sensation keeps her big Italian appetite in check with a variety of outdoor activities! Find out what helps her stay slim.

Chloe Moretz
Claire Danes
Colin Ferguson
Currie Graham
David Copperfield

‘If time allows, there will definitely be new music,’ Robert DeLeo adds of STP’s future.By Chris Harris

Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo and Scott Weiland

Photo: Charley Gallay/ Getty Images

There are a number of reasons why Stone Temple Pilots decided to reunite after nearly five years apart — some are obvious, and others, not so much.
Of course, the financial windfall of reviving the grunge stalwarts for an extensive U.S. tour was too good to pass up, and bassist Robert DeLeo readily admits as much. And then there are the fans, the ones who had been with STP since the very beginning as well as those who discovered the band only after it first split back in 2003 and who, woefully, have yet to catch the Pilots live.
On a more personal level, though, Stone Temple Pilots’ resurrection was purely selfish, and very much an anticipatory (not to mention optimistic) move on the band’s part: If, after the months and months of rumors and denials, there ever is a full-on Led Zeppelin reunion tour, STP wanted to be ready to offer their services as an opening act.
“Believe me, that was one of the reasons,” laughed DeLeo. “We thought, ‘We should get together now, in case Zeppelin does tour.’ I’m serious, man. That would be one hell of a bill: STP and Led Zeppelin. I mean, we could play a doghouse, out in the middle of the ocean, and if I got to play with Zeppelin, that would be a highlight of my life.”
Yes, DeLeo — and the rest of the band — had several reservations about raising STP from the dead — a feat DeLeo jokingly referred to as “Mission Impossible.” For the band’s members, the idea of regrouping was terrifying at first, but with time, the boys settled their differences and tried to think positive.
“For me, it was about putting down some of the things that I was used to getting bitten by,” explained the bassist — who, with guitar-playing brother Dean DeLeo, has been collaborating with Peter Frampton on material for his next LP. “After you get bitten, it’s hard to go back. I wanted to go into this with an open frame of mind and a positive attitude and just have fun with it. We should have fun with it, which God knows we didn’t always have with our career when we were younger. If that’s all I can say, and that’s what I can get out of this reunion, great.
“I think I speak for all of us when I say there’s a lot of unfinished business that we didn’t get around to the first go,” he continued. “Enough time has gone by, and it feels really good to be back. I don’t really want to put too much thought into how it feels — I’m just kind of going with it and keeping a good positive attitude about it. I just needed to get over the things that we all needed to get over, and that’s been working so far. If everyone shows up and does this thing, I think it’s going to be really amazing.”
DeLeo claims that during recent rehearsals, STP were “sounding as good as ever,” and he credits sobriety as part of the reason the band’s in tip-top shape.
“My brother’s going on four years of sobriety,” he said. “We have a lot more clarity in the band now, and I think with clarity comes appreciation. I saw that the other night, when we played [a secret gig in Los Angeles]. I saw it in my eyes, and in the eyes of the rest of the band. There’s a lot more rock in this band now.”
As for an STP record, DeLeo is not 100 percent sure that’s going to happen. The goal for STP over the next few weeks, he said, is to reacquaint themselves with their songbook and prepare for their return to the road. Once the band is back in that mindset, the bassist said new STP material is very possible.
“I’ve always got stuff written, and there’s always a long list of songs that are always there — it’s a matter of timing,” DeLeo said. “If time allows, there will definitely be new music. I think it would be silly not to release new music. I’d like to believe we still have a writing relationship, but the first step is getting reacquainted with what we know.”
While STP were on hiatus, frontman Scott Weiland teamed up with Velvet Revolver, and the DeLeo brothers joined forces with Filter’s Richard Patrick for Army of Anyone — who are now on hiatus after releasing a poorly received self-titled LP. Does DeLeo foresee an AOA reunion somewhere down the line?
“You never know,” he said. “It’s just like STP — I didn’t know if I was going to return. Whether we get back together and do anything, I think we made a great record, bottom line. That’s all that matters to me. If we make another one, I want to make sure it’s great, and that applies to STP and anything I do. But I was pretty heartbroken over [the feeble response to AOA's album].”

Related Photos

Stone Temple Pilots Launch 2008 Tour At L.A.’s Harry Houdini Estate

Related Artists

Stone Temple Pilots

Led Zeppelin

Carlos Bernard
Carly Simon
Carmen De Lavallade
Chris Carmack
Chris Robinson

Singer will perform — and is up for three Moonmen — at the big show, airing live Sunday, September 12.By Jocelyn Vena

Usher at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards

Photo: Alberto Tamargo/Getty Images

Usher will certainly have fans saying “OMG” when he hits the stage at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, but it isn’t the first time he’s had VMA viewers shouting his lyrics.
The R&B superstar got his first taste of what it was like to perform at the VMAs in Los Angeles in 1998 when he played the pre-show, taking the stage in a leather, graffiti-print jacket and leather tuxedo pants. Usher’s performance back then was incredibly low-fi, having only a few dancers behind him dressed like the ones in his “My Way” clip, which was nominated for a VMA that year.

Linda Gray
Louis Gossett Jr.
Marc Anthony
Olivier Theyskens
Patti LaBelle

James Frain is one really dead vampire?or is he?

The British actor played creepy bloodsucker Franklin Mott during this season’s True Blood. But Jason Stackhouse (Ryan…

Michael Lockwood
Omarion Grandberry
Peyton List
Randy Couture
Robert Shapiro

Well, it’s happened. The time has come. Judgment Day is upon us. The evidence is there. Robsten has been confirmed.

A photo of Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart surfaced today on…

Martin Short
Max Pirkis
Melisa Crider
Michael Chiklis
Nicholas Hoult

Whole Lotta Love

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Label: Swan Song
Album: The Song Remains the Same

Phil Donahue
Poppy Montgomery
Randy Quaid
Rie Rasmusen
Robert Jr Downey

“No, are you kidding? The fans would kill me. I’m so hated there.”

?Team Awful fave and soon-to-be network TV funny gal Danneel Harris when we asked her?now that…

Miles Guthrie Robbins
Miranda Cosgrove
Naomi Judd
Nicolette Sheridan
Philip Kaufman

Is the pop star handing in her leotards for fatigues? Rihanna gets into character on the set of her new film “Battleship.” Take a look!

Chris Botti
Christie Brinkley
David A. Stewart
David Alan Grier
Eric Stoltz

Dear Ted:
So Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth broke up. I’m not saying I’m surprised, but at the same time, I thought it would be a while before they called it quits since I think…

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Pierce Brosnan
Rob Schneider
Ruben Studdard
Sean Maher

Moving Mountains

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records/Zomba Label Group
Director: The Brothers Strauss
Album: Here I Stand

Wes Borland
Amy Madigan
Andre Harrell
Andrea Bocelli
Anne Archer

Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Kicks Off In Montreal

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Tom Poston
Vincent Perez
Wendy Hoopes
Al Sharpton
Alan Ford

In case you pay attention to things that matter in life and haven’t heard, Las Vegas cops recently found cocaine in Paris Hilton’s possession. And because rage gets her off, Nancy Grace…

Brandon Routh
Britt Ekland
Carmine Agnello Jr.
Charles Q. Murphy
Charlotte Ross

Singer also calls breakdown during Michael Jackson tribute his ‘ultimate apology.’By Gil Kaufman

Chris Brown and Usher

Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images

Rumors have been swirling that Chris Brown is planning to tour with pal Usher. And even though reps for both singers declined to comment on the possible joint outing, the singers have been stoking the hype machine with provocative tweets for weeks.
On Tuesday, Brown finally responded to the reports during an appearance on BET’s “106 & Park” show to promote his part in the film “Takers” and talk about his single from the movie, “Deuces.”
First the bad news: It’s not happening. Though it could come together in the future, right now Brown said he’s focused on his own career, which has sputtered in the wake of his guilty plea for felony assault of former girlfriend Rihanna.
“At first we were talking about it, but I think maybe something in the future. But right now, I’m just doing the whole Chris Breezy thing,” he said, polling the screaming audience for interest in either a solo or joint tour. Brown rolled out a short theater swing in support of the slow-selling Graffiti album last fall, but has not staged a larger tour to date and was barred from taking the outing overseas by British immigration officials due to his felony plea.
The rumors of the Usher/Breezy jaunt were first sparked by a joint appearance in late July at Reggae SumFest in Jamaica, during which they sang and danced together and were joined by reggae star Elephant Man. A few weeks later, the pair began teasing a possible co-headlining tour, with Brown tweeting, “What would you guys say if me and Usher went on tour?”
That speculation went into overdrive when producer Bryan-Michael Cox said on Jermaine Dupri’s “Living the Life” YouTube show that the tour was definitely on. “Usher and the boy Chris Brown are going on tour, y’all know that, right?” Cox said. Dupri immediately replied, “They might not know that.” But after the cat was let out of the bag, Cox admitted, “I might’ve just gave y’all some exclusive sh–.”
Cox later backpedaled, tweeting that he was drunk when he dropped the news and was just “talking crazy,” adding, “I don’t know for a fact that THAT tour is happening. But it would be dope.”
Reps for both singers did not respond to multiple requests for comment about the possible co-headlining tour, and no confirmation was ever given on plans for the outing.
Brown was also asked on Tuesday about his now-famous teary meltdown during a Michael Jackson tribute at the BET awards in June, and he explained why he got so emotional during the event.
“A lot of people don’t know, I was going to see Michael Jackson the day he died,” said Brown, who has long talked about his admiration for the late King of Pop. “I was on my way to the Staples Center to see him [the day he died] … When I heard ‘Man in the Mirror,’ the words started speaking to me in my personal life. It just touched me. It wasn’t fake. I know people were trying to put extras on it, but everything was genuine. That was my ultimate apology, hands down.”
Are you disappointed that Chris and Usher won’t be touring together? Tell us in comments below.

Related Photos

Chris Brown And Usher Perform In Jamaica

Related Artists

Chris Brown

Usher

Jessica White
Jimmy Kimmel
Julian Casablancas
Justin Berfield
Kelly Monaco

Last night’s Big Brother saw Enzo up for elimination, but not before he was given a last chance to plead his case. His strategy: total honesty.
Yeah, I respect all you guys, and…

Isabelle Huppert
Jack Noseworthy
James Spader
Jason Priestley
Jeff Bridges

Mariah Carey, Usher, More Stars Scheduled To Appear At Michael Jackson’s Memorial

Related Artists

Usher

Mariah Carey

John Mayer

Stevie Wonder

Jennifer Hudson

Belinda Carlisle
Black Eyed Peas
Brian Wilson
Brooke Valentine
Bryan Greenberg

Lady Gaga’s Homecoming Show At Madison Square Garden

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Dick Latessa
Dina Lohan
Dita Von Teese
Dondre Whitfield
Edd Hall

Today, the heavy metal world lost a true legend. Ronnie James Dio, who most recently fronted the Black Sabbath-without-Ozzy band Heaven & Hell, lost his battle with stomach cancer at 7:45 a.m. PST. He was 67.
?My heart is broken,? said his wife and manager, Wendy Dio in a statement. ?Many, many friends and family were [...]

Lynda Lopez
Martha Plimpton
Mary Catherine Garrison
Megan Mullally
Michelle Rodriguez

Courtney Ford isn’t afraid of blood.

Ford spilled plenty of the red stuff this past season on Dexter as the Trinity Killer’s murderous daughter, now she’s joining the…

Josh Meyers
Kathryn Morris
Kevin Smith
Larry Joe Campbell
Lauren Sanchez

Gleeks out there who were horrified by the doomsday report Ryan Murphy gave my TV diva cohort on the future of Will and Emma, take heart: Jayma Mays is rooting for them to work…

Shaquille O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Neal
Sheryl Crow
Sophie B. Hawkins
Steve Austin
Stockard Channing

The singer shouts out her fans for making her the most-followed tweeter.By Mawuse Ziegbe

Lady Gaga

Photo: Derek Storm/ Splash News

Lady Gaga’s millions of fans have another title to call their Mother Monster: Queen of Twitter.
After steadily gaining on Britney Spears, who until recently was the most-followed user on the social-networking site, Gaga surpassed her fellow pop supernova over the weekend by landing over 5.7 million followers. At press time, Gaga’s Twitter army clocked in at 5,726,168 deep, besting Brit, who had 5,696,275 followers. Just days ago, the chart-toppers were neck-and-neck, with Spears boasting 5,646,028 Twitter peeps to Gaga’s 5,635,460.
When Gaga learned she had dethroned Spears, she took to the Internet to thank the people who made it all possible: her fans. In a video posted online, Gaga doles out heaps of “monster” love to her followers for solidifying her digital dominance.
Sporting a lace headpiece adorned with a sequined Twitter logo and an ornamental Gaga-fied version of the site’s familiar bird symbol, the singer addressed her nearly 6 million followers.
“Hello world, this is Lady Gaga, queen of Twitter,” said the singer, with a flourish of an illuminated scepter and a sprinkle of glitter; a move that was part-Elizabethan royalty and part-Glinda the Good Witch. “I wanted to thank all my beautiful little monsters for following me. Thank you for beginning my reign as Twitter queen.”
The singer then wished her Twitter-dom only the most enjoyable of experiences when logging onto the micro-blogging site.
“May you always have soft cuticles while tweeting,” Gaga said wistfully. “May you never have carpal tunnel.”
The “Alejandro” singer, who filmed the clip backstage at her Monster Ball Tour stop in Tacoma, Washington, promised to keep the Twitter nonsense to a minimum. “I vow never to partake in celebrity online shenanigans,” Gaga said. “And I vow to always tweet and tweet again.”
Before signing off, Gaga left her legions of viral fans with a few words of encouragement.
“Just remember that I love you,” Gaga said. “And love you yourself. Because little monsters, you were born that way, baby. I love you Twitter. See you at the Monster Ball.”

Related Photos

The Evolution Of: Lady Gaga

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Britney Spears

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Omar Sharif
Paula Garces
Paula Wagner
Perrey Reeves

Teen star also recently signed on as spokesperson for Proactiv acne treatment.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by James “FLX” Smith

Usher and Justin Bieber at the World Leadership Awards on Friday

Photo: Rick Diamond/ Getty Images

Justin Bieber currently has a lot on his plate. He’s on tour. He’s working on a book and a movie. He’s prepping the release of his next single, “U Smile.” And he just wrapped shooting his cameo on “CSI.” But that doesn’t mean he isn’t taking time to give back.

MTV News caught up with the teen star on Friday night at Usher’s New Look Foundation’s first World Leadership Awards in Atlanta. He was excited to use his celebrity to bring attention to the charity, as well as his voice to bring some tunes to the party.
“You know, I’m really excited to be here to support Usher, my mentor, and his New Look Foundation. I’m here [and] I’m performing tonight. I’m also helping out another charity,” he shared on the red carpet. “It’s called Pencils of Promise. It’s all about giving back and helping out kids that need education. It’s really important that I’m able to help out other kids. I’m a kid myself, so it means a lot to me.”
While he tweeted his intention to release “U Smile” as a single very soon, at the event, he kept his plans rather vague. “Musically, the next thing you’re gonna hear from me is I might be putting out a single in the next couple months,” he said. “I’m always making hits.”
Bieber also recently added a new job to his résumé. He will be the latest celebrity face for Proactiv acne treatment. “I’m definitely someone who suffers from acne,” he says on the Proactiv website. “My parents got acne when they were growing up. And I’m determined to keep myself clear. If I got a face full of breakouts, I would definitely feel really self-conscious and not wanna do photo shoots, not wanna be singing.”
What do you think about Bieber’s charity work? Share your thoughts in the comments!

Related Artists

Justin Bieber

Usher

Gaby Hoffmann
Gina Philips
Hank Azaria
Hannah Spearritt
Heath Ledger

Teen star also recently signed on as spokesperson for Proactiv acne treatment.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by James “FLX” Smith

Usher and Justin Bieber at the World Leadership Awards on Friday

Photo: Rick Diamond/ Getty Images

Justin Bieber currently has a lot on his plate. He’s on tour. He’s working on a book and a movie. He’s prepping the release of his next single, “U Smile.” And he just wrapped shooting his cameo on “CSI.” But that doesn’t mean he isn’t taking time to give back.

MTV News caught up with the teen star on Friday night at Usher’s New Look Foundation’s first World Leadership Awards in Atlanta. He was excited to use his celebrity to bring attention to the charity, as well as his voice to bring some tunes to the party.
“You know, I’m really excited to be here to support Usher, my mentor, and his New Look Foundation. I’m here [and] I’m performing tonight. I’m also helping out another charity,” he shared on the red carpet. “It’s called Pencils of Promise. It’s all about giving back and helping out kids that need education. It’s really important that I’m able to help out other kids. I’m a kid myself, so it means a lot to me.”
While he tweeted his intention to release “U Smile” as a single very soon, at the event, he kept his plans rather vague. “Musically, the next thing you’re gonna hear from me is I might be putting out a single in the next couple months,” he said. “I’m always making hits.”
Bieber also recently added a new job to his résumé. He will be the latest celebrity face for Proactiv acne treatment. “I’m definitely someone who suffers from acne,” he says on the Proactiv website. “My parents got acne when they were growing up. And I’m determined to keep myself clear. If I got a face full of breakouts, I would definitely feel really self-conscious and not wanna do photo shoots, not wanna be singing.”
What do you think about Bieber’s charity work? Share your thoughts in the comments!

Related Artists

Justin Bieber

Usher

Diane Kruger
Dominic Keating
Duff McKagan
Elvis Costello
Emma Thompson

‘It just was never going to work out 100 percent,’ the singer says. By Mawuse Ziegbe

Usher and Tameka Foster

Photo: Getty Images/ Frank Micelotta

Usher’s personal life — or public speculation about what has happened behind closed doors — has often figured prominently in the singer’s work. Fans ate up the 2004 Confessions LP, which dropped amid rumors that Usher had stepped out on ex-girlfriend Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. Similarly, the singer had endured whispers about his reportedly rocky marriage to stylist Tameka Foster before his latest album, Raymond v. Raymond, debuted at #1 this year.
On the heels of the release of Versus, an extension of Raymond, the R&B crooner opened up about why he wasn’t able to make it work with Foster.
“We’re two different people and we have two different goals,” Usher told People. “It just was never going to work out 100 percent.”
Just like he did with his monster album Confessions, the ATL singer turned the heartbreak into hits.
“My music is about where I am at the time,” Usher explained. “In Raymond v. Raymond, I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart and
I was suddenly a single father.”
Continuing his tradition of mining his personal life for inspiration, Usher said that Versus is “about being a dating father.”
Earlier this year, the buzz surrounding his relationship with Foster ramped up when Usher’s track “Papers,” a song about ending a marriage by signing off on divorce documents, hit airwaves. However, Usher told MTV News in March that while the track wasn’t inspired by a real-life situation, it unfortunately became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
“When the song was recorded, I wasn’t divorced,” Usher said. “It was some reality in the contrast of trying to make it all work, having to balance a career and having a normal life. Coming in at six in the morning and arguing was a reality when you have those type of relationships. I felt that in a way, the story did touch on certain things at the time. I didn’t know how realistic it would become. I didn’t know I would become divorced. I did know it spoke on the contrast between trying to balance this world of being married and having this responsibility that’s like a marriage at the same time. The song spoke to that place. Unfortunately, it did become a reality.”
What do you think of Usher’s explanation for the end of his marriage to Tameka Foster? Let us know in the comments below!

Related Artists

Usher

All Saints
Amber Valletta
Amy Winehouse
Andrew Davis
Ari Graynor

Lady Gaga Performs At Staples Center

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Dita Von Teese
Dondre Whitfield
Edd Hall
Eddie Murphy
Emily Watson

Fans of The Rachel Zoe Project are familiar with Roger, the fabulous stylist’s husband of many years. Rog is a frequent face on the show, tagging along as his wife trots the globe air kissing…

Edie McClurg
Emanuele Crielese
Emily Deschanel
Engelbert Humperdink
Fred Durst

Tour kicked off in November 2009 and will run at least through April 2011.By James Montgomery

Lady Gaga

Photo: Peter Wafzig/Getty Images

There’s a reason Lady Gaga doesn’t ever seem to want to wrap up her globe-trotting Monster Ball Tour: It’s a moneymaking machine.
Billboard is reporting that, by the time the curtain finally falls on the Ball — which kicked off in November 2009 and is scheduled to run until at least April 2011 — it will have grossed nearly $200 million worldwide.
It’s a huge number, to be sure, and it’s more proof that Gaga has ascended to the upper echelon of touring acts. In 2009, U2’s 360 Tour was the year’s top-grossing jaunt, raking in more than $300 million, according to Billboard. Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour was at #2, with receipts of more than $220 million. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band landed at #3, grossing more than $156 million.
In the nearly 10 months it’s been on the road, Gaga’s Monster Ball has made stops in North America, Europe, the U.K., Asia and Australia. And a spokesperson for Live Nation Entertainment, which produced U2’s and Madonna’s tours — and also serves as the producer on the Monster Ball — told Billboard that Gaga’s tremendous touring success only serves as further proof that she’s arrived on the scene and has seized the public’s consciousness.
“It’s an opportunity,” Live Nation global touring chairman Arthur Fogel said. “As an artist with that kind of talent and vision emerges, it creates a lot of excitement, and ticket sales worldwide demonstrate that people are really excited to see the show.
“Over the course of the next many months, we’re trying to play to as many people in as many places as possible,” he added. “It’s an across-the-board home run.”
Have you caught the Monster Ball yet? Let us know what you thought in the comments!

Related Photos

Lady Gaga Performs At Staples Center

Lady Gaga’s Homecoming Show At Madison Square Garden

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Burt Bacharach
Carl Lewis
Charli Baltimore
Chris Harrison
Chrissie Hynde

Hayden Panettiere celebrated her freshly legal status with a blowout bash…literally!

The birthday girl got feted with fireworks at her party in Ann Arbor, Mich., which was thrown…

Lisa Donatz
Lisa Nicole Carson
Mamie Gummer
Matthew Fox
Michael Dorn

Rockstar Energy Drink is getting ready to corner the metal touring market. On July 10 in San Bernardino, California they?ll launch this year?s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, which features Korn, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Atreyu and others. And three days after the tour ends in Aug 14 in Oklahoma City, [...]

Gong Li
Hana Laszlo
Haylie Duff
Holly Valance
James Lipton

Dear Ted:
I’m a little bothered by the new low standards of the news media. Once upon a time a story couldn’t run unless facts were checked. The Naya Rivera-Mark Salling story…

Petra Nemcova
Rachel Bilson
Robin Wright Penn
Ryan Carnes
Selma Blair

Seems Robert Pattinson’s PDA-heavy trip visit with Kristen Stewart wasn’t the only sexy business going down on the Canada set of On The Road.

And before your little…

Duff McKagan
Elvis Costello
Emma Thompson
Evan Handler
Franc. Reyes

A pesar de lo dicho ayer, Peter Mensch, manager del guitarrista Jimmy Page, se retractó totalmente en eso que la banda buscaría un reemplazo al ultragenial Robert Plant para seguir rockeando y toureándola por el mundo tras su show de 2007 en el O2 Arena de Londres por el poder de la música más sexual de la historia. No habrá más Led Zeppelin, no hay planes de que lo haya.
Mensch comentó: “Led Zeppelin se acabó. Si no los vieron en el 2007, se los perdieron. Probaron reemplazantes a Robert Plant, pero nada funcionó. Se acabó. No hay planes para continuar. Francamente, ojalá todos dejaran de hablar al respecto.”
Los fans no están nada contentos, especialmente los británicos, considerando los precios delirantes de las entradas del show reunión.
¿Y a ti? ¿Qué te parece todo esto?

Related Artists

Led Zeppelin

Charlotte Rae
Christa Miller
Corbin Bernsen
Cuba Gooding Jr.
David Fincher

The Bad Girls Club welcomed new member Kayleigh into their club of bad girls this week. And she became fast friends with Kristen and Catya. The perfect trio. Well, almost perfect, right…

Norman Jewison
Omar Gooding
Peter Manfredo Jr.
Pia Zadora
Robert Iler

Rockstar Energy Drink is getting ready to corner the metal touring market. On July 10 in San Bernardino, California they?ll launch this year?s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, which features Korn, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Atreyu and others. And three days after the tour ends in Aug 14 in Oklahoma City, [...]

Lalaine
Lauren Hutton
Leila Arcieri
Lisa Leslie
Marne Patterson

After tying the knot in Santa Barbara last weekend, Hilary Duff and hubby Mike Comrie are celebrating in Cabo San Lucas.

The newlyweds touched down in Mexico within 24 hours…

James Wan
Jeff Goldblum
Jim Hanks
John Hurt
John Witherspoon

Robert Pattinson, Jimmy Fallon, Kate Gosselin and more hit the town after the 2010 Emmy Awards. Take a look.

Keenen Ivory Wayans
Kellie Martin
Kelly Stone
Khaled El Nabaoui
Lasse Hallstrom

Gaga is virtually unrecognizable as ‘Jo Calderone’ in Vogue Hommes Japan.By Jocelyn Vena

Lady Gaga (file)

Photo: Peter Wafzig/Getty Images

Lady Gaga has had some eye-catching magazine covers — she’s appeared wearing everything from lingerie to pretty much nothing at all. And for her latest, she’s bound to have lots of people talking once again. Gaga posed as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, for her gender-bending covers for Vogue Hommes Japan, out September 5. On one cover, Gaga, as Calderone, wears her hair like Elvis Presley and rocks a white shirt and black trousers. Another version simply shows a close-up of Calderone’s face, seen mostly in shadow.
The covers were posted to Gaga’s stylist Nicola Formichetti’s website, along with interview bites that Gaga conducted as Calderone, who is purportedly from Sicily. He says in the September issue, “[My occupation is] mechanic for my dad’s business. This is the first time I’ve had my picture taken. Well, I always helped my dad at work, since I was a kid. I thought it would be fun to have my picture taken.”
The interview also teases Calderone’s dream to own his own mechanic shop. “I’d love to own my own car shop. I have a bunch of my own ‘muscle’ cars,” he reveals. “Maybe if I take some more pictures, I can afford it.”
The photos first hit the Internet months ago and the speculation was in fact that it was Gaga on the cover. The shoot was styled by Formichetti and shot by Nick Knight, who apparently introduced Calderone to Gaga. “I met her at a shoot Nick Knight was doing,” he recalls. “She’s f—in’ beautiful, and funny, and interesting. I was a little nervous for Nick to start shooting. She said, ‘Don’t be baby, you were born this way.’ I took her out after. The rest is private.”
What do you think of Gaga’s Jo Calderone photos? Tell us in the comments.

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Nemesis
Nicole Kassell
Patricia Kaas
Paul Walker
Rachael Taylor

Newlywed Hilary Duff is going darker.

On Friday, the starlet spent more than 6 hours at Byron & Tracey Beauty Bar going to a darker shade of blonde. Hil showed off her ring and…

Chris Potter
Dan Aykroyd
David Hare
David Mamet
De\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Angelo Wilson

The 62nd Emmy Awards saw fresh faces Jane Lynch and Kyra Sedgwick take home their first statues! See who else came out on top.

Ric Ocasek
Rufus Sewell
Sasha Cohen
Shari Belafonte
Slash

Last night’s Big Brother saw Enzo up for elimination, but not before he was given a last chance to plead his case. His strategy: total honesty.
Yeah, I respect all you guys, and…

Ashley Scott
Billy Dee Williams
Carla Gugino
Danny Masterson
Darren Aronofsky

Is someone suddenly shy about showing off her famous booty?

This reality star has no qualms about posting barely-there bikini pics on Twitter but didn’t seem to want her curvy…

Will Kemp
Adam LaVorgna
Agnes Bruckner
Alison Lohman
Anthony LaPaglia

Who will play Sue Sylvester’s love interest on the next season of “Glee”? Get the latest scoop.

Jennie Garth
Jenny Gago
Jessica Stroup
Jim Davis
Joel Madden

Are you sitting in front of your fireplace with your favorite dead cat and your best behaved man-servant? Excellent. Then you’re ready to enjoy the latest installment of Mankini’s…

Ken Kwapis
Kirstie Alley
Lambert Wilson
Lauralee Bell
Luke Wilson

Britney Spears wasn’t the only celeb who braved the dress-up divas and drag queens last night to catch The Monster Ball (which, as we were in attendance, can say is a totally fab show). Kellan…

Keshia Knight Pulliam
Kevin Bacon
Kristin Chenoweth
Kyla Pratt
Liev Schreiber

OMG

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records, JLG
Director: Anthony Mandler
Album: Raymond v Raymond

Emma Stone
Eve Mavrakis
Franky G
Ivana Trump
Jean Claude Van Damme

On Plain Jane, the hosts attempt to teach homely girls how to pick up guys. Oh, sorry, excuse the typo. The hosts attempt to teach homely girls how to pick up gays.
If that show was any…

Christopher Carrabba
Constance Marie
Daniel Craig
Daniel Dae Kim
Dylan Sprouse

Yesterday we told you that Miley Cyrus was caught doing a little pelvic stretching on set around her LOL costar, Adam Sevani, and that could have been part of why she and Liam Hemsworth were…

Tricia Helfer
Troy Garity
Val Kilmer
Adam Arkin
Amerie

The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove, More Arrive At 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards

Related Artists

Jonas Brothers

Miley Cyrus

Miranda Cosgrove

Vanessa Hudgens

Ashley Tisdale

Thad Luckinbill
The Police
Wendy Wilson
Zakk Wylde
Adam Glasser

Madame Tussauds asks ‘little monsters’ to suggest their favorite outfits for upcoming replicas.By Gil Kaufman

Lady Gaga

Photo: David Livingston/ Getty Images

Lady Gaga’s whole existence sometimes feels like a living, breathing, bleeding, gender-bending work of art. Now, Madame Tussauds is planning to spend major bucks to turn the international pop sensation into a life-size waxwork.
According to a spokesperson for the New York branch of Madame Tussauds, the popular tourist attraction in Times Square is working on a Gaga figure that should be ready by year’s end. And here’s the best part:
“We’re open to hearing from fans about which looks they want,” said the spokesperson, encouraging Gaga’s “little monsters” to visit NYCWax.com to weigh in on which of Gaga’s many signature styles they would like to see immortalized in wax. While the spokesperson could not comment on a report in a British tabloid that Tussauds is spending more than $1.5 million on the Gaga figures, they did clarify that “many” but not all nine global outlets will get their own Gaga. It is also not yet known if all the Gagas will sport the same look or have different outfits.
The museum is legendary for making wax replicas of the rich and famous, from President Obama and Justin Timberlake to Marilyn Monroe, Brad Pitt, Derek Jeter, former “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell, Madonna and Beyoncé.
The singer, who is up for a record 13 Moonmen at the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards, gave Tussauds yet another possibility this week when she set aside female things and posed as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, for the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan. The magazine, which hits newsstands September 5, features a cover shot of Gaga as Calderone with an Elvis pompadour, white shirt and black trousers.
Which of Gaga’s looks do you think Tussauds should immortalize in wax? Leave your comments below!

Related Photos

Lady Gaga’s 2009 VMA Looks

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Dyan Cannon
Edward Burns
Gael Garcia Bernal
Gena Rowlands
Gretchen Mol

Vampires and shape-shifting wolves are not immune from the law of summer flings: Even the hottest ones inevitably cool.

And so it has come to pass with Eclipse.

The…

Gillian Anderson
Izabella Scorupco
J.P. Pitoc
Jamie Alexander Tisch
Jenna Von Oy

If you’re like us, you’ve spent your week immersed in Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever, the Mein Kampf of teen sensation autobiographies. But now that you’ve turned that final page…

Tommy Lee
Valeria Golino
Will Yun Lee
William deVry
Aaron Eckhart

It’s not always easy being the Bachelorette!

Sure, you get to kiss lots of cute guys and travel to exotic places and wind up engaged to a total hottie, but with fame comes…

Peter O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Toole
Richard Branson
Robert Torti
Sharon Osbourne
Shiri Appleby

If The Last Song had been anything like Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth’s breakup, we have a feeling it would have done much better at the box office.

Yesterday photos surfaced of…

Tia Carrere
Tracy Griffith
WestLife
Yvonne Strahovski
Alessandro Nivola

James Frain is one really dead vampire?or is he?

The British actor played creepy bloodsucker Franklin Mott during this season’s True Blood. But Jason Stackhouse (Ryan…

Ashton Kutcher
Barbara Eden
Billy Connolly
Brianna Brown
Carey Lowell

Wango Tango 2010

Related Artists

Justin Bieber

Ke$ha

Usher

Adam Lambert

Akon

Ann Magnuson
Annette Bening
Ben Shenkman
Bonnie Raitt
Brandi Sherwood

It’s been almost a year since we gave you, or rather showed you, 25 of our fave Blind Vice Superstars. Wow, how infamous time flies!

As we told you last year, the celebs that make…

Ivana Bozilovic
Jeremy Suarez
Julian McMahon
Kenny Chesney
Kevin Richardson

A YouTube user who calls himself MrMeddled has posted an outrageously amazing surf rock version of Emperor’s black metal song ‘I am the Black Wizard.’ Almost as entertaining as the interpretation/transformation is the accompanying text, which reads in part:
“In 1959, Chip Ihsahn and Rocky Samoth met on the beach in California. They shared a love [...]

Sarah Ramos
Sarah Silverman
Shanna Moakler
Shar Jackson
Spike Lee

Rock and Roll

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Label: Swan Song
Album: The Song Remains the Same

Susan Lucci
The RZA
Tom Welling
Tracey Gold
Traci Bingham

Rock legend’s official site calls document claiming that Bowie and Gaga would work together a ‘hoax.’By Gil Kaufman

David Bowie

Photo: Virgin

Lady Gaga has often spoken about her love for chameleonic rock icon David Bowie and his gender-bending, glitter-splashed style. Last week, when rumors emerged on a Gaga fansite that the Thin White Duke would be working on Gaga’s upcoming album, fans of both artists were understandably intrigued, excited and a bit skeptical.
But Bowie’s official website has denied rumors that he would lend his legendary croon to a song reportedly titled “Vinyl.” The statement, written by the site’s news editor, read in part: “When this tall story first surfaced a few days ago it was denied as a hoax in an update to the same article, and we thought that would be the end of it. I guess some folk see what they want to see though.”
The scanned document that popped up last Thursday, which bears the hoax-y title “confirmation of recorded music,” also lists Gaga collaborator RedOne as one of the album’s producers and engineers. Also named on the fake list are famed R&B producer Teddy Riley and his daughter Taja, as well as former Gaga collaborator Fernando Garibay (Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears). Song titles cited include “Hooker on a Church Corner” and “Scream Loud.”
“The rumor that David Bowie has been working with Lady Gaga seems to have taken off,” continued the statement on Bowie’s site. “The hoax was started by some bright spark or other with the above forgery … However, in a nutshell, the suggestion that David Bowie is producing and participating in the production of Lady Gaga’s next album is untrue and a hoax.”
Gaga has kept a tight lid on the details about her second full-length studio effort. In an interview with i-D, she said, “The new album is my absolute greatest work I’ve ever done, and I’m so excited about it … The message, the melodies, the direction, the meaning, what it will mean to my fans and what it will mean to me in my own life — it’s utter liberation.
I’m on the quest to create the anthem for my generation for the next decade, so that’s what I’ve done.”
Though she’s had a close, hit-heavy relationship with RedOne, Gaga promised that she’s updating her sound on the still-untitled album with a slate of new producers who she’s declined to identify.
“I will never tell because as soon as I tell, everyone starts working with them,” she said of her new album’s production team. “So all I can say is that nobody knows who they are. They’re all new.”

Related Photos

The Evolution Of: Lady Gaga

Related Artists

David Bowie

Lady Gaga

Taylor Emerson
Timothy Dalton
Vanna White
Will Smith
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

When political commentators mention extreme metal on the air it’s usually in reference to something tragic like a school shooting, church burning or suicide pact. But when MSNBC liberal correspondent Rachael Maddow invoked the names of Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Obituary, Death and Deicide it was mostly to take a stab at Republicans, not [...]

Bryce Johnson
Camille Grammer
Carl Lumbly
Cristian De la Fuente
David Morse

Glam rocker tackled the legendary 1970 Led Zeppelin song for ‘American Idol’ rock night.By Gil Kaufman

Adam Lambert performs “Whole Lotta Love” on “American Idol” on Tuesday

Photo: R. Mickshaw/Getty Images/ Fox

Imagine a freight train speeding toward you at midnight. Or a rockslide barreling down a hill as you try to outrace it. That’s the feeling of the ominous, chugging Jimmy Page riff that kicks off Led Zeppelin’s 1970 Stonehenge of rock, “Whole Lotta Love.” And that’s before singer Robert Plant leans into one of the nastiest, ecstatic rock screams this side of the Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
That’s the song Adam Lambert chose to sing on “American Idol” rock night Tuesday (May 5), and, needless to say, it was a challenge that the eyeliner-loving Los Angeles stage veteran was more than up for, hitting a series of high notes and rock screams that would have made Plant proud. It was a risky maneuver that paid off for Lambert, who chose a tune that came in at #75 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004.

The legendary British rock act recorded the tribute to Chicago blues icon Willie Dixon during their second U.S. tour after working it out in their live show, including it on their 1969 classic album Led Zeppelin II. Like many of the songs Zeppelin performed early in their career, “Love” was a blues standard turned on its head with a heavy dose of crunching psychedelic guitar and thundering drums, courtesy of late drummer John Bonham. The song was based on a 1962 tune by another blues forefather, Muddy Waters, called “You Need Love,” which was penned by Dixon.
For Zeppelin’s version, Plant customized the lyrics by adding some lyrical quotes from a few other songs Dixon wrote for Howlin’ Wolf, “Back Door Man” and “Shake For Me,” nailing the tricky vocal in a single take. It was also inspired by 1966’s “You Need Loving” from the British rock group the Small Faces, for whom Zeppelin had great affection, but they also did not credit Dixon for his part in writing the original lyrics. The song became Zeppelin’s first U.S. single and their only U.S. top 10 hit. Though their manager would not let them release singles in the U.K. because he thought it cannibalized album sales, the song was finally released as the band’s only British single in 1997.
Dixon sued Zeppelin over the song in 1985, claiming it borrowed too heavily from his “You Need Love,” and Zeppelin reached an agreement with him, with Dixon using the money he received to set up a program that provided musical instruments for schools. A cornerstone of heavy rock, the tune — which was the theme song for the long-running British countdown show “Top of the Pops” in the 1970s and ’80s — has been covered by dozens of artists over the years, from Tina Turner and Ben Harper to Prince, Slash, Leona Lewis, Train’s Pat Monahan, the London Symphony Orchestra and Jane’s Addiction.
Get your “Idol” fix on MTV News’ “American Idol” page, where you’ll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.

Related Videos

Adam Lambert’s Theatrical Roots

Related Photos

Adam Lambert’s Wild “American Idol” Journey

Related Artists

Led Zeppelin

Stacey Farber
Stanley Tucci
Steven Strait
Susan Sarandon
The O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Jays

Kim Kardashian says she’s attempting something totally new?keeping her love life on the DL.

After spilling that she’s “definitely dating” pro-footballer Miles…

Annie Parisse
Ben Chaplin
Bennett Miller
Bernardo Bertolucci
Billy Zane

Moving Mountains

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records/Zomba Label Group
Director: The Brothers Strauss
Album: Here I Stand

Grace Jones
Greta Scacchi
Hope Davis
Izabella Miko
Jennifer Aspen

When it comes to parenting, the Wright family from Murfreesboro, TN doesn’t mess around. The nurturing couple make it a special point to keep close tabs on their two teens. Real…

Jack Lemmon
Jackie Collins
James Caviezel
James Garner
January Jones

Aspiring model Kendall Jenner made quite a splash with her bikini modeling shots, but her parents Kris and Bruce think they’re A-OK.

“She’s 14 years old and actually a little…

Estella Warren
Esther Williams
Fernando Colunga
Gavin MacLeod
James Marsden

Mark Salling had himself a happy birthday last night!

The actor took the motto “work hard, play hard” to heart while celebrating his 28th b-day. He headed straight from the Glee…

Matthew Davis
Matthew Macfadyen
Michelle Lombardo
Myles Jeffrey
Penny Lancaster

Who doesn’t remember the sweating cartoon penis that the Today show used so handily a few months back to illustrate the intense shaft of heat over Texas? And now the clever folks in the…

Maitland Ward
Mariska Hargitay
McKenzie Westmore
Meg Ryan
Michael Moncrief

Last night’s Big Brother saw Enzo up for elimination, but not before he was given a last chance to plead his case. His strategy: total honesty.
Yeah, I respect all you guys, and…

Taylor Lautner
Tichina Arnold
Tony Randall
Trishelle Cannatella
Zooey Deschanel

The sassy “Sex and the City” star stops by a British morning show to discuss the perfect pick-up line. Take a look.

David Chase
David Furnish
David Lee Roth
Delta Goodrem
Elliott Gould

Forgive us Alexander Skarsgård, for we have sinned. We’ve been lusting over Joe Manganiello so much we’ve forgotten why you fanged our hearts in the first place.

That…

Allen Rossum
Amrla Sokoloff
Andy Richter
Ann Blyth
Antonio Villaraigosa

This reality star may be short, but she’s long on attitude.

She was out shopping as she filmed her hit reality series this afternoon and managed to give the cameras an eyeful while…

Barbara Bain
Belinda Carlisle
Black Eyed Peas
Brian Wilson
Brooke Valentine

There’s nothing Gleeful about what’s going on between sorta-ex’s Mark Salling and Naya Rivera.

Rivera apparently egged and keyed Salling’s car the other night, According…

Busta Rhymes
Carlos Alazraqui
Cate Blanchett
Chiara Mastroianni
Delroy Lindo

Whole Lotta Love

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Label: Swan Song
Album: The Song Remains the Same

Rachael Harris
Rachel Hunter
Rob Lowe
Robert Shriver
Robin Leach

You know that moment when you realize, my God, grandpa’s finally lost it? Well for us that happened sometime around this clip with our grandpa, Willard Scott. Ever since then, watching him has…

Dree Crisman
Enrique Iglesias
George Wallace
Ian McKellen
Isild Le Besco

Lady Gaga Performs At Staples Center

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Rhys Ifans
Rick Hilton
Robert Carradine
Scott Stapp
Shannon Lee

Meticulous Flipping Out maestro Jeff Lewis sees to every detail of his client’s abodes, and when it comes to his own place, you better believe he wants everything just so. When coyotes become…

Serene Williams
Shaquille O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Neal
Sheryl Crow
Sophie B. Hawkins
Steve Austin

Black Dog

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Label: Atlantic Recording Corp.

Irene Bedard
James Van Der Beek
Jane Kaczmarek
Josh Hamilton
Julia Ormond

Meticulous Flipping Out maestro Jeff Lewis sees to every detail of his client’s abodes, and when it comes to his own place, you better believe he wants everything just so. When coyotes become…

All Saints
Amber Valletta
Amy Winehouse
Andrew Davis
Ari Graynor

Is this singer turning into a skater girl?

She was snapped wheeling around a Barcelona beach while shooting her latest music video.

Her boyfriend was also on set to watch his…

Carlos Alazraqui
Cate Blanchett
Chiara Mastroianni
Delroy Lindo
Dhani Jones

The Bad Girls Club welcomed new member Kayleigh into their club of bad girls this week. And she became fast friends with Kristen and Catya. The perfect trio. Well, almost perfect, right…

Lance Gross
Larissa Meek
LeVar Burton
Marla Sokoloff
Michelle Ryan

As Chad Ochocinco narrows his search for the perfect diez, he takes each lucky lady on a special date.  For Tara this consists of leaving her hotel to go to another hotel to get…

M. Night Shyamalan
Melissa Reeves
Natalia Livingston
Owen Wilson
Peter Hedges

E! star Kim Kardashian exclusively reveals her quest for the perfect dress for the 2010 Emmys. Get the details.

Daryl Mitchell
Dorothy Hamill
Eden Riegel
Hank Aaron
Heather Graham

Halle Berry, Mary J. Blige, More At The 6th Annual Black Ball

Related Artists

Usher

Mary J. Blige

Dan Futterman
Dawnn Lewis
Drew Barrymore
Elizabeth Banks
Ethan Embry

Part of the alleged fun of watching Dating in the Dark is observing the perplexed studs blinded by the lack of light as they try and put the clues together and suss out their mystery…

David Crosby
David Mackenzie
Goldie Hawn
Jane Russell
Jasmine Trias

You’ve gotta hand it to Taylor Lautner.

The guy’s been relatively hush-hush ever since the premiere of Eclipse back in June, and quite frankly, we were beginning to wonder if…

Dennis Deyoung
Dolores O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Riordan
Doug McGrath
Dylan Bruno
Elise Neal

The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove, More Arrive At 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards

Related Artists

Jonas Brothers

Miley Cyrus

Miranda Cosgrove

Vanessa Hudgens

Ashley Tisdale

Sofia Eng
Stephanie Seymour
Taylor Swift
Terry Crews
Vadim Perelman

Lady Gaga Performs On The ‘Today’ Show

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Miles Guthrie Robbins
Miranda Cosgrove
Naomi Judd
Nicolette Sheridan
Philip Kaufman

Singer poses on manga-inspired Pop cover.By James Dinh

Britney Spears on the cover of <i>Pop</i>

Photo: J-Pop

From schoolgirl to toxic temptress, Britney Spears has played many characters throughout the years. But the singer took a very different approach for her photo spread in the upcoming issue of the U.K.’s Pop magazine by channeling her inner manga character. In the issue, the pop princess dished about the possibilities of a Lady Gaga collaboration and working with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami for the anime-inspired cover.
Despite Gaga overthrowing Spears as the most-followed celebrity on Twitter, the singer had no hard feelings toward pop’s newest sensation. “I’m a big fan of hers,” she said when asked about working with Gaga. “Anything’s possible!”
A collaboration between the pop stars doesn’t seem out of the question, as Gaga’s mega-hit “Telephone” duet with Beyoncé was originally offered to Spears.
Donning a white wedding dress and a veil with matching gloves, Spears innocently poses in a field of flowers on the cover. In another photo, the singer trades the dress for a leg-baring getup accessorized with a red backpack.
Spears’ manga-style shoot was shot by Todd Cole with art direction from Takashi Murakami, who is often referred to as the “Andy Warhol of Japan.” While the spread strays from the singer’s typical styling, the pop star enjoyed working with the artist. “I loved working with Takashi,” she said. “I especially liked how he took high-end fashion and incorporated it with Japanese manga.”
The singer’s tour to Japan was what originally piqued her interest in Japanese culture. “We looked at a lot of characters and artwork before we shot, so I could get a feel for what he was looking for,” she explained. “I was in Japan on my past promo tour, and I loved it.”
Editor in Chief Dasha Zhukova spoke to Style.com about the singer’s Japanese treatment: “She’s feminine, sassy, strong-willed, determined: all the things a great Pop icon should be. Couple that with some Japanese swimsuits and a Rodarte wedding gown, and I think she is pretty much Pop personified!”
Spears couldn’t wait to share her excitement for her photo shoot with fans. The pop star took to Twitter, saying, “I just saw the photos for the first time and they are beautiful. Comes out Sept. 1st. Thanks @TakashiPom — Britney.”
Aside from gracing the cover of Pop magazine, the singer has already filmed a cameo for her “Glee” tribute episode and is working on completing the follow-up to 2008’s Circus.
What do you think of Britney’s manga-inspired photo shoot? Would you like to hear a Britney and Gaga collabo? Share your thoughts below!

Related Photos

The Evolution Of: Britney Spears

The Evolution Of: Lady Gaga

Related Artists

Britney Spears

Lady Gaga

Pink
Raven Symone
Robert Pattinson
Salman Rusdhie
Seal

A pesar de lo dicho ayer, Peter Mensch, manager del guitarrista Jimmy Page, se retractó totalmente en eso que la banda buscaría un reemplazo al ultragenial Robert Plant para seguir rockeando y toureándola por el mundo tras su show de 2007 en el O2 Arena de Londres por el poder de la música más sexual de la historia. No habrá más Led Zeppelin, no hay planes de que lo haya.
Mensch comentó: “Led Zeppelin se acabó. Si no los vieron en el 2007, se los perdieron. Probaron reemplazantes a Robert Plant, pero nada funcionó. Se acabó. No hay planes para continuar. Francamente, ojalá todos dejaran de hablar al respecto.”
Los fans no están nada contentos, especialmente los británicos, considerando los precios delirantes de las entradas del show reunión.
¿Y a ti? ¿Qué te parece todo esto?

Related Artists

Led Zeppelin

Giorgio Armani
Gloria Reuben
Idina Menzel
James Cameron
Jason Alexander

Just because she won The Bachelor doesn’t mean Vienna Girardi’s still getting priority treatment.

Case in point: Vienna was turned away from Audi’s pre-Emmy party last…

Angela Robinson
Antonio Sabato Jr
Barry Watson
Bill Macy
Christopher Plummer

Can you believe Kim Kardsahian and Paris Hilton used to be BFFs?

You’d never know it by the way they acted Friday night in Vegas…
Kim was celebrating Lavo’s two-year…

Freddy Rodriguez
George Clinton
George Clooney
George Segal
Hiroyuki Sanada

Seems like Liam Hemsworth may not have been the only one having a hard time staying well-behaved during his medium-distance relationship with ex-GF Miley Cyrus.

Sources tell E! News that…

Bruce Paltrow
Cary Elwes
Danny Glover
David Boreanaz
David Schwimmer

Kashmir

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Label: Atlantic
Album: Gettin’ the Led Out

Ana Barbara
Angie Stone
AnnaLynne McCord
Bahar Soomekh
Beyonce

Over on Big Brother, Matt?who is straight?admits to having had a dream about a shirtless male cast member. His honesty shocks Lane, who is an oil-rig salesman (which isn’t relevant…

Gretchen Mol
Guillermo del Toro
Harvey Keitel
Iain Softley
Jennifer Aniston

Let me be the first to say that I’ve got nothing against dedicated fans, but certain folks are sometimes a bit, well, let’s just say too dedicated. Maybe you’ve heard of ‘em?…

Destinys Child
Ethan Coen
Ever Carradine
Francis Lawrence
Irene Jacob

Britney Spears flaunts her fierce figure on the beach in Hawaii! Check out the sexy pics.

Patricia Heaton
Patti Smith
Paul Schneider
Phoebe Cates
Ramon Estevez

Lil Freak

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records, JLG
Director: Anthony Mandler

Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jewel Kilcher
John Ratzenberger
Jonathan Lipnicki
Judy Davis

The singer takes a massive style misstep while on the set of her new film. Plus, find out which ex also debuts a crazy look!

Wilmer Valderrama
Zhang Ziyi
50 Cent
Aaliyah
Akwid

When political commentators mention extreme metal on the air it’s usually in reference to something tragic like a school shooting, church burning or suicide pact. But when MSNBC liberal correspondent Rachael Maddow invoked the names of Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Obituary, Death and Deicide it was mostly to take a stab at Republicans, not [...]

Method Man
Michael Mantenuto
Michelle Trachtenberg
Natalie Portman
Paula Marshall

Exclusive ‘Fame: Lady Gaga’ Comic Book Preview

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Diane Lane
Dweezil Zappa
Felicity Huffman
Fernando Vargas
Fisher Stevens

Forgive us Alexander Skarsgård, for we have sinned. We’ve been lusting over Joe Manganiello so much we’ve forgotten why you fanged our hearts in the first place.

That…

John Malkovich
John Mayer
Julia Roberts
Katy Perry
Kyle Massey

One lucky fan, who traveled all the way from Australia, got two free tickets for their SPW devotion.By Matt Elias

Semi Precious Weapons’ Justin Tranter

Photo: MTV News

LOS ANGELES — Semi Precious Weapons are known for their unabashed stage presence, flamboyant wardrobe and, maybe most of all, undying love for their fans. So when Lady Gaga’s opening act hit Los Angeles for the Monster Ball Tour, the band invited MTV News along to witness firsthand a pre-show tweet-n-greet, with a very precious prize at the end.
SPW frontman Justin Tranter explained how it all goes down: “Every single day, we announce where we’re going to have our Semi Precious Street Corner. So we show up somewhere every day to give away two tickets, free tickets, to the Monster Ball.”

By the time the band tweeted their location from backstage and walked across the street from the Staples Center, 30 die-hard fans were already lined up. What followed was an energetic, impromptu trivia game to award tickets to the Weapons’ biggest fan.
Once they arrived, Tranter took command of the crowd to narrow down three finalists.
“What is the fourth song on our album?” Tranter asked.
” ‘Statues of Ourselves,’ ” finalist #1 answered.
Tranter continued: “Finish the sentence: ‘Rock and roll never looked so … ‘ ”
“Beautiful!” screamed finalist #2.
“Last question: What is his name?” Tranter asked, while pointing at the band’s bassist.
“Cole!” finalist #3 shouted.
With the lightning round over, Tranter had one more declaration before he picked the lucky fan. “Now, listen, you can’t hate me if you don’t win tickets, because I love you all, I love you all — but one of you is going to get two tickets,” Tranter said. “OK, this last part gets really fancy. Are you ready?”
He then broke into the playground-worthy selection method “eeny, meeny, miny, moe,” landing on a tearful super-fan who traveled all the way from Australia.
How would you have done on SPW’s trivia test? Let us know in the comments!

Related Artists

Semi Precious Weapons

Lady Gaga

Andrew Shue
Andy Dick
Angell Conwell
Annie Parisse
Ben Chaplin

‘It’s gonna be hard taking the Biebs down,’ the ‘Tik Tok’ singer tells MTV News about her Best New Artist nom.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi

Ke$ha

Photo: MTV News

Ke$ha will storm this September’s Video Music Awards with four nominations — she picked up three for her infectious breakthrough single “Tik Tok,” as well as one for “My First Kiss,” her duet with 3Oh!3. But the singer isn’t quite sure she’ll be able to wrest the Best New Artist Moonman from windswept heartthrob Justin Bieber.

“It’s gonna be hard taking the Biebs down,” she told MTV News. “It’s gonna be hard, but my fans — we can do it!”
Justin Bieber isn’t Ke$ha’s only stiff competition on September 12; the brash singer is also up for Best Female Video against heavy hitters like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. But she hopes that her fans will party all over the ballot box and sweep her to victory.
“I have no idea! Gaga and Beyoncé and Taylor Swift — everybody in there I respect, so it’s kind of like I have no disses to throw,” she said. “That’s a tough category. ['Tik Tok'] was my first video, so that really is exciting. I had no idea what I was doing. It was my first time making a video, so it’s really kind of cool. I’m excited to see if I and a chance, but I think we can take them. Can’t we? I’m down to try!”
After she found out about the nominations, she tweeted her excitement, saying, “I don’t even know what to say. I’m so grateful and thankful and stunned and excited. I can’t even put into words actually how much this means to me … thank you to every single one of my fans … I’m f—ing losing my sh–. I’m so stoked!!!!!”
The 27th annual MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 12 at 9 p.m. ET. Fans can go to VMA.MTV.com (or text VMA to 97979 if they are Verizon subscribers) to vote for the winners from now through September 12.

Related Videos

Gearing Up For The 2010 VMAs!

MTV News Extended Play: Ke$ha

Related Photos

Lady Gaga Leads The 2010 VMA Nominees

Related Artists

Ke$ha

Justin Bieber

Lady Gaga

Eduardo Xol
Eli Wallach
Gasper Noe
George Lucas
Halle Berry

Every week we round up who’s hot and who’s not on the Billboard Albums Chart.

Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images

Related Artists

Eminem

B.o.B

Justin Bieber

Usher

Ludacris

John Legend
Julie Andrews
Julie Delpy
Kate Mara
Kevin Kline

Glee star Lea Michele is clearly stoked for the upcoming Britney Spears episode, which features not only the pop star’s songs but an appearance by BritBrit herself.

At last…

Jessica Cauffiel
Justina Machado
Karen Dotrice
Kelly Brook
Kerry Washington

It’s the No.1 question you fans tweeted during Comic-Con that simply had to be asked: Is Ian Somerhalder on?or off?the market?

Now, who are we not to be responsible…

Sarah Carter
Scott Frank
Shirley Caesar
Steve Wilder
Steve Zahn

The world’s most beautiful women battle it out for the Miss Universe title. Did Miss USA make the cut? Find out who took home the crown!

Kate Beckinsale
Katie Couric
Keyshia Cole
Kiely Williams
Kimberly Williams

The new reality show Plain Jane is about women with low self-esteem and a desire to reveal that on TV as they are transformed by fashion expert Louise Roe, all in an effort to get a date with a…

Kris Kristofferson
Kristin Kreuk
Luciana Pedraza
Margo Harshman
Marley Shelton

See Gia’s emotional reaction when country singer Wes gives her a surprise serenade!

Twista
Tyler Perry
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Williams
Vlade Divac

Pro golfer Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren are legally divorced. Get the latest

Ben Indra
Blanchard Ryan
Blu Cantrall
Brenda Blethyn
Bryce Dallas Howard

The rocker takes on host duties for the Miss Universe pageant! Check out Bret getting into pageant mode.

Sofia Vassilieva
Tami Roman
Tammy Blanchard
Tea Leoni
Vincent Cassel

Love In This Club

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records/Zomba Label Group
Director: The Brother Strause

Michael Vartan
Miguel Arteta
Moon Bloodgood
Nigel Harrison
Paddy Considine

Lil Freak

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records, JLG
Director: Anthony Mandler
Album: Raymond v Raymond

Pauly Shore
Preston Lacey
Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Zoe

Led Zeppelin Reunite At London Concert

Related Artists

Led Zeppelin

Zachary Quinto
Adam Rodriguez
Alec Mapa
Alexa Davalos
Antwone Fisher

Sometimes it’s tough to be a celebrity. Like when you can’t decide which of your pricey baubles to wear!

That’s the problem this star was faced with today. So she took to her…

Scott Hicks
Shawn Wayans
Simon Cowell
Stellan Skarsgard
Terry Zwigof

Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Kicks Off In Montreal

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Sarah Martin
Stephen Sommers
Sugar Shane Mosley
Tamie Sheffield
Venus Williams

Despite all the drama that’s going down on Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami, Kourtney Kardashian says all’s well between her and baby daddy Scott Disick.

“I think…

Lisa Gay Hamilton
Lisa Marie Presley
Maitland Ward
Mariska Hargitay
McKenzie Westmore

Glee star Lea Michele is clearly stoked for the upcoming Britney Spears episode, which features not only the pop star’s songs but an appearance by BritBrit herself.

At last…

Frances O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Connor
Grace Jones
Greta Scacchi
Hope Davis
Izabella Miko

Don’t bother asking Barbra Streisand if she’s Team Edward or Team Jacob. Babs isn’t a big Twilight fan?
“We never read the books but we saw two of the…

Lizzie Grubman
Marie Gillain
Mary-Kate Olsen
Matthew Lillard
Matthew McGrory

Wretched bride Kendall had a big fight with her hefty best friend Kim, who has threatened to bail on Kendall’s wedding. Seems Kendall had a sizable problem with her BFF’s size…

Kyle Searles
Louie Anderson
Mackenzie Rosman
Martin Scorsese
Melissa George

Dear Ted:
So, I saw the “kissing” pics of Robsten and I gotta say…I saw no kissing! Hugging? Check. Ear whispering? Check. General closeness and possible groping? Check. Yet,…

Neil Jordan
Nick Nolte
Nicole Scherzinger
Olivier Martinez
Patrick Muldoon

While the Dating in the Dark hopefuls are quite literally going on a series of blind dates, they can at least take comfort in the fact that they are not deaf dates. A fact that Karolina seems to…

Da Brat
Daveigh Chase
David Kelly
Debbie Harry
Dina Meyer

The “Bethenny Getting Married?” star shows off her toned post-baby figure and dishes on her fitness regimen. Learn Bethenny’s diet tips!

Akwid
Albert Finney
Ali Larter
Armando Riesco
Asia Argento

Forgive us Alexander Skarsgård, for we have sinned. We’ve been lusting over Joe Manganiello so much we’ve forgotten why you fanged our hearts in the first place.

That…

Tracy Morgan
Ty Murray
Will Ferrell
Aasif Mandvi
Adam Clayton

Finally, Tina Fey is getting her due props!

Oh sorry, what’s that you say? Her awards accolades have already multiplied like bunnies hopped up on little blue…

Bob Barker
Carrie Underwood
Charlie Daniels
Chris Carter
Chris Marquette

Lady Gaga’s Homecoming Show At Madison Square Garden

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Sarah Clarke
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sienna Miller
Steven Seagal
Tangi Miller

Roll over Betty Ford and tell Promises the news. A new rehab center in South Central, Pennsylvania called Clarity Way is providing its clients the use of an in-house recording studio and a music therapist. So now drug-addled artists can try to get clean and be productive at the same time.
The studio, which is equipped [...]

Peter Falk
Quentin Richardson
Richard Gere
Robbie Williams
Rod Stewart

Drummer admits he doesn’t know what will come of ‘new material.’By Chris Harris

Jason Bonham

Photo: Larry Marano/ Getty Images

On Friday morning, mere hours before he was due to take the stage with classic rockers Foreigner at Detroit’s GM Renaissance Center, drummer Jason Bonham — the son of late Led Zeppelin kitman John Bonham — told Jim Johnson and Lynne Woodison of local rock station 94.7 WCSX that he’d be an ex-member of Foreigner as of September 1. But that’s not the only thing he said.
Much to the delight of Led Zeppelin fans everywhere, Bonham revealed that he’s been meeting up with Led Zep guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones in recent months and that they’ve been “trying to do some new material and writing.”
It was the first time since Led Zeppelin announced they would re-form for a single performance (which happened late last year at London’s O2 Arena, in honor of the late Ahmet Ertegün, who signed the band to Atlantic Records in 1969) that anyone connected to the band has confirmed publicly that new music could be on the horizon for the iconic rockers. While the bandmembers have stopped short of definitively ruling out such a reunion, singer Robert Plant insisted in the wake of last year’s show that he intended to focus on promoting and touring behind his critically lauded album with bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, Raising Sand.
Not that Bonham knows what — if anything — will happen with the new material he’s been working on with Page (who collaborated with pop singer Leona Lewis on an uneven version of Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love” at the Olympic closing ceremonies in Beijing on Sunday night) and Jones. He said he just shows up and takes his seat behind the kit.
“I’ve been over [to England] a couple of times,” Bonham said. “I’ve been working with Jimmy and John Paul and trying to do … some new material and some writing. I don’t know what it will be, but it will be something. At the moment, all I know is I have the great pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and start work on some material. When I get there, I never ask any questions. If I get a phone call to go and play, I enjoy every moment of it. Whatever it ends up as, to ever get a chance to jam with two people like that, it is a phenomenal thing for me. It’s my life. It’s what I’ve dreamed about doing.”
He said it’s still too early to tell what will become of these “jam” sessions, but admitted that the “possibility of doing something is in the cards. I really felt it was in the cards from the moment we walked offstage at the O2.” Bonham also explained that, before there could be a Led Zep LP, “lots of politics [would need to] get ironed out,” but added that recording with Zep is “something I’ve always wanted to do.”
Bonham noticeably didn’t mention frontman Plant’s name during the discussion. A spokesperson for Page’s management had no comment on the matter, and a spokesperson for Jones’ management could not be reached by press time.

Related Artists

Led Zeppelin

Foreigner

Christine Baranski
Cindy Taylor
Clint Eastwood
Common
Darlene Love

As any great chef from Ramsay to Boyardee will tell you, Soup is a dish best served warmed over. So let’s fire up the Sterno and sip daintily at this week’s most delictable…

Cillian Murphy
Conchata Ferrell
Deborah Moore
Dillon Freasier
Enrique Murciano

‘I have not been approached to fill in for Robert Plant on the Zeppelin tour, but that isn’t to say I won’t be,’ singer says.By Chris Harris

Chris Cornell

Photo: MTV News

Former Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell has spoken out for the first time about rumors that he’s been asked to fill in for Robert Plant on a proposed Led Zeppelin reunion tour. The trek would feature original guitarist Jimmy Page, original bassist John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham taking over on drums for his late father, John Bonham.
Cornell has been mentioned — along with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar, White Stripes mastermind Jack White and Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy — as a potential Plant fill-in. Plant has already said that he wouldn’t take part in the tour.

“I have not been approached so far to fill in for Robert Plant on the upcoming Zeppelin tour, but that isn’t to say I won’t be,” Cornell told MTV News. “I’ve heard that from about 200 people now, and it might be one of those situations where it’s just an online rumor or it might be true. But if you see anyone from Led Zeppelin around, let me know. I think I should actually fill in for Jimmy Page on the Robert Plant/ Alison Krauss tour.”
Cornell’s denial comes just a day after Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford confirmed reports that frontman Steven Tyler recently met with Zeppelin for an impromptu jam session. “They did it for fun,” Whitford said during an appearance on the syndicated show “Todd N Tyler Radio Empire.” “I actually think Jimmy wanted Steven to come over and play a little bit because I think he was trying to light a fire under Robert.”
Rumors of a Zeppelin reunion tour have abounded since the iconic band played a single reunion set last year at London’s O2 Arena. Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider added fuel to the fire last month when he revealed that the group was thinking of touring, with or without Plant.
According to Snider, the rest of the band told Plant, ” ‘We’re all rehearsed, we’re ready to go. Here’s a gazillion dollars on the table. If you don’t do it, we’re going out with this kid [Myles Kennedy].’ ”
“And he can sing the sh– out of Zeppelin,” Snider added. “They’re going to hope that Robert, at the last minute, will go, ‘OK,’ and step in.”
In a recent interview, Jones told BBC Radio Devon that a new singer was being sought to take over for Plant. “We are trying out a couple of singers,” he said. “We want to do it. It’s sounding great, and we want to get on and get out there.”
But Jones insists that he, Page and Bonham aren’t interested in finding a Plant clone. “It’s got to be right,” he said. “There’s no point in just finding another Robert. You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don’t want to be our own tribute band. There would be a record and a tour, but everyone has to be onboard.”
Of course, even if Zeppelin were to approach him, Cornell might be too busy to take over vocals for the band. His upcoming Timbaland-produced solo LP, Scream, will be released within the next few months. Cornell told MTV News last month that some of his fans might consider Scream something of a departure, but he doesn’t see it that way.
“It makes me happy that there’s this perception that I have a group of fans that I’m now sort of throwing a curve at and what their reaction will be,” he said. “But I’ve been in this situation so many times already. When I put out [1999's] Euphoria Morning, my main goal was to create an album that sounded like nothing I’d done in Soundgarden, and I did that. I also had that with Temple of the Dog, where I showed up with songs that weren’t necessarily riff-based. And then, of course, the pairing of me and members of Rage Against the Machine had everyone sort of speculating about what that would sound like.
“It feels like I’ve done this so many times that when it’s presented to me as being a departure, I feel that’s a misconception,” he added. “I feel like that’s my theme at this point.”

Related Artists

Chris Cornell

Led Zeppelin

Alex A. Quinn
Alicia Keys
Bai Ling
Benicio Del Toro
Bob Beemer

Mariah Carey, Usher, More Stars Scheduled To Appear At Michael Jackson’s Memorial

Related Artists

Usher

Mariah Carey

John Mayer

Stevie Wonder

Jennifer Hudson

Liz Phair
Liza Snyder
Malcolm McDowell
Marcos Siega
Margaux Hemingway

After the tragic loss of their son last year, John Travolta and Kelly Preston finally have reason to celebrate.

Kelly, who’s got a baby on board, showed off her bump at a…

Currie Graham
David Copperfield
Edgar Ramirez
Fred Wilson
Greg Lauren

Are Twilight’s vampires hotter than True Blood’s? If the scream-o-meter Friday evening was any indication, Comic-Con’s Twi-hard contingent was still in full force, even if The Twilight…

Judy Tenuta
Kel Mitchell
Laura Bell Bundy
Lauren C. Mayhew
Maria Conchita Alonso

The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove, More Arrive At 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards

Related Artists

Jonas Brothers

Miley Cyrus

Miranda Cosgrove

Vanessa Hudgens

Ashley Tisdale

Valeria Golino
Will Yun Lee
William deVry
Aaron Eckhart
Al Joyner

Dear Ted:
Are we ever going to see Lea Michele with Cory Monteith or Jonathan Groff? It’s really nice to watch her lose weight and it will be best not to see her alone. Pictures are…

Deborah Cox
Devon Sawa
Donald Petrie
Earth, Wind and Fire
Emma Watson

OMG

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records, JLG
Director: Anthony Mandler
Album: Raymond v Raymond

Miranda Cosgrove
Naomi Judd
Nicolette Sheridan
Philip Kaufman
Rain Pryor

Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)

Artist: Usher

Label: JLG
Director: Chris Robinson
Album: Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)

Chastity Bono
David Hasselhoff
Edwin Hodge
Elden Henson
Eric Douglas

If you woke up yesterday morning and found your pre-pubescent daughter glued to the TV watching Fox & Friends, it’s either because A: You “Clockwork Oranged” their eyes open the…

Ian Holm
Julia Stiles
Kate Capshaw
Kelly Rowan
Kevin Schmidt

What most people see as hunks of worthless metal, Scrappers see as a payday. Yes, it’s yet another entry in the growing category of Reality Shows Based on Crappy Jobs Done By Colorful…

Melanie Johansson
Michael Beach
Mikael Hafstrom
Nemesis
Nicole Kassell

Dear Ted:
You have got to answer this one for me! I’ve heard rumors about Selena Gomez and Mark Salling…any truth to them? A “friend” reported that Selena’s…

Jane Kaczmarek
Josh Hamilton
Julia Ormond
Julie Dreyfus
Karina Lombard

After the tragic loss of their son last year, John Travolta and Kelly Preston finally have reason to celebrate.

Kelly, who’s got a baby on board, showed off her bump at a…

R. Kelly
Rihanna
Rocco DiSpirito
Sadie Frost
Sam Jenkins

Well, it’s happened. The time has come. Judgment Day is upon us. The evidence is there. Robsten has been confirmed.

A photo of Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart surfaced today on…

Craig Young
Elaine May
Emilie de Ravin
Evanescence
Hayley Westenra

Wango Tango 2010

Related Artists

Justin Bieber

Ke$ha

Usher

Adam Lambert

Akon

Emily Watson
Gabby Soleil
James Doohan
Jason Ritter
Jean Smart

Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky was back in L.A. last night to attend a charity event with her hunky fiancé, Roberto Martinez, who patiently waited as Ali got her hair done.

Before…

Daniel Day-Lewis
David Mirkin
Dina Eastwood
Edward James Olmos
Efren Ramirez

‘If time allows, there will definitely be new music,’ Robert DeLeo adds of STP’s future.By Chris Harris

Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo and Scott Weiland

Photo: Charley Gallay/ Getty Images

There are a number of reasons why Stone Temple Pilots decided to reunite after nearly five years apart — some are obvious, and others, not so much.
Of course, the financial windfall of reviving the grunge stalwarts for an extensive U.S. tour was too good to pass up, and bassist Robert DeLeo readily admits as much. And then there are the fans, the ones who had been with STP since the very beginning as well as those who discovered the band only after it first split back in 2003 and who, woefully, have yet to catch the Pilots live.
On a more personal level, though, Stone Temple Pilots’ resurrection was purely selfish, and very much an anticipatory (not to mention optimistic) move on the band’s part: If, after the months and months of rumors and denials, there ever is a full-on Led Zeppelin reunion tour, STP wanted to be ready to offer their services as an opening act.
“Believe me, that was one of the reasons,” laughed DeLeo. “We thought, ‘We should get together now, in case Zeppelin does tour.’ I’m serious, man. That would be one hell of a bill: STP and Led Zeppelin. I mean, we could play a doghouse, out in the middle of the ocean, and if I got to play with Zeppelin, that would be a highlight of my life.”
Yes, DeLeo — and the rest of the band — had several reservations about raising STP from the dead — a feat DeLeo jokingly referred to as “Mission Impossible.” For the band’s members, the idea of regrouping was terrifying at first, but with time, the boys settled their differences and tried to think positive.
“For me, it was about putting down some of the things that I was used to getting bitten by,” explained the bassist — who, with guitar-playing brother Dean DeLeo, has been collaborating with Peter Frampton on material for his next LP. “After you get bitten, it’s hard to go back. I wanted to go into this with an open frame of mind and a positive attitude and just have fun with it. We should have fun with it, which God knows we didn’t always have with our career when we were younger. If that’s all I can say, and that’s what I can get out of this reunion, great.
“I think I speak for all of us when I say there’s a lot of unfinished business that we didn’t get around to the first go,” he continued. “Enough time has gone by, and it feels really good to be back. I don’t really want to put too much thought into how it feels — I’m just kind of going with it and keeping a good positive attitude about it. I just needed to get over the things that we all needed to get over, and that’s been working so far. If everyone shows up and does this thing, I think it’s going to be really amazing.”
DeLeo claims that during recent rehearsals, STP were “sounding as good as ever,” and he credits sobriety as part of the reason the band’s in tip-top shape.
“My brother’s going on four years of sobriety,” he said. “We have a lot more clarity in the band now, and I think with clarity comes appreciation. I saw that the other night, when we played [a secret gig in Los Angeles]. I saw it in my eyes, and in the eyes of the rest of the band. There’s a lot more rock in this band now.”
As for an STP record, DeLeo is not 100 percent sure that’s going to happen. The goal for STP over the next few weeks, he said, is to reacquaint themselves with their songbook and prepare for their return to the road. Once the band is back in that mindset, the bassist said new STP material is very possible.
“I’ve always got stuff written, and there’s always a long list of songs that are always there — it’s a matter of timing,” DeLeo said. “If time allows, there will definitely be new music. I think it would be silly not to release new music. I’d like to believe we still have a writing relationship, but the first step is getting reacquainted with what we know.”
While STP were on hiatus, frontman Scott Weiland teamed up with Velvet Revolver, and the DeLeo brothers joined forces with Filter’s Richard Patrick for Army of Anyone — who are now on hiatus after releasing a poorly received self-titled LP. Does DeLeo foresee an AOA reunion somewhere down the line?
“You never know,” he said. “It’s just like STP — I didn’t know if I was going to return. Whether we get back together and do anything, I think we made a great record, bottom line. That’s all that matters to me. If we make another one, I want to make sure it’s great, and that applies to STP and anything I do. But I was pretty heartbroken over [the feeble response to AOA's album].”

Related Photos

Stone Temple Pilots Launch 2008 Tour At L.A.’s Harry Houdini Estate

Related Artists

Stone Temple Pilots

Led Zeppelin

Malcolm McDowell
Marcos Siega
Margaux Hemingway
Mia Tyler
Michael Jai White

Forget Team Edward or Team What’s-His-Name, the fierce battle now brewing on Vampire Diaries day at Comic-Con is Damon versus Stefan…And Elena versus Katherine.

So is there any…

Tracy Scoggins
Trisha Yearwood
Ursula Andress
Vanessa Marcil
Wendi McLendon-Covey

Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Kicks Off In Montreal

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Brian De Palma
Brian McKnight
Constantine Maroulis
Dakota Fanning
Daryl Sabara

Pop star tells i-D magazine she wants to ‘create the anthem for my generation.’By James Dinh

Lady Gaga

Photo: Getty Images

Lady Gaga may have caused a stir with her recent talk of sex and drug use, but the singer knows that in the end it all boils down to the music. In the pre-Fall issue of i-D magazine that surfaced online on Friday (August 13), the songstress opens up about what she has planned for her upcoming album.
“The new album is my absolute greatest work I’ve ever done, and I’m so excited about it,” Gaga said of her still-untitled album. “The message, the melodies, the direction, the meaning, what it will mean to my fans and what it will mean to me in my own life — it’s utter liberation. I’m on the quest to create the anthem for my generation for the next decade, so that’s what I’ve done.”
While the singer has frequently worked with producers like RedOne (“Bad Romance” and “Just Dance”), Gaga plans to keep her sound fresh with a line of new producers on the forthcoming project. But she’s keeping them a secret, saying, “I will never tell because as soon as I tell, everyone starts working with them. So all I can say is that nobody knows who they are. They’re all new.”
And for those who were wondering if the Elton John-esque ballad “You and I” was an indication of the project’s sound, Gaga said, “It’s not totally indicative of the new album sound; it’s just a really big rock-and-roll hit.”
The pop star confirmed that the song, which she first performed at Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball in June, will appear on the LP. “I do have these hopes that it could be a great rock crossover record, so I’m going to put my producer’s hat on and get it to a place where I feel like it could reach the masses,” she said. “It’s a beautiful, beautiful lyric and melody. I wrote it at the piano I grew up playing in New York.”
Despite the success of Gaga’s collaborations with Beyoncé, she said she’s “not entirely sure” if she’d like to collaborate with anybody this time around. “At this moment, I don’t want to feature anyone; I just want to stand on my own two feet,” she said.
But if the pop star does change her mind, there’s one female rapper who will please her legions of fans: Nicki Minaj. When i-D asked the singer if she could do them a favor and collaborate with the Young Money darling, Gaga was pensive, saying, “OK, I’ll think about it.”
And as the Lady Gaga train keeps on rolling, the pop star had a rather interesting response as to how she plans to create longevity in her career: “I will always have as much penis as I do vagina. And, no, I’m not going to explain that; it’s part of the answer.”

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Melissa Rivers
Nora Dunn
Ozzy Osbourne
Peter Sarsgaard
Prince

What would Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick look like with a few extra pounds? Take a look at the results.

Julie Bowen
Juliette Binoche
Kelli Carpenter
Kenya Moore
Lizzie Grubman

Heartbreaker

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Label: Atlantic
Album: Hiawatha Express

Ahmet Zappa
Alex Black
Anton Yelchin
B.J. Novak
Bree Turner

Raising Sand, from Led Zeppelin vet and bluegrass superstar, wins five Grammys on Sunday night.By James Montgomery with MTV News staff

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant accept the award for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards on Sunday

Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images

“I’m bewildered,” Robert Plant said onstage as he accepted the Grammy Album of the Year award with Alison Krauss on Sunday night. “In the old days we would have called this selling out, but it’s a good way to spend a Sunday.”
He was probably one of the few who were surprised, because Raising Sand, which won five trophies at Sunday night’s show, is in many ways the perfect Grammy album. It features two respected veterans, a critically lauded producer, some sandpaper-and-velvet vocals and a baker’s dozen of time-tested standards.
You’re probably familiar with Robert Plant from his Led Zeppelin days, and you might be aware of producer T-Bone Burnett’s work on the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack (it won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2002). And if you don’t know who Alison Krauss is, she possesses a haunting set of pipes and is one of the meanest fiddle players in the world. Oh, and she’s won 21 Grammys, more than any other female artist and the seventh-most in history.
Really, she’s the key to Sand’s success, and not just because of her voice (or her fiddle playing). She and Plant first met in 2004, at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute to legendary bluesman Leadbelly, and the former Zeppelin man was amazed by her knowledge of American Roots music — so much so that they began kicking around the idea of recording an album together. Three years later, Sand was released.
And while Plant possesses the more famous voice, the album’s finest moments radiate from Krauss. Whether she’s getting bluesy on Little Milton’s “Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson” or entwining with Plant’s husky voice on songs like “Please Read the Letter” and Roly Salley’s winsome “Killing the Blues,” she more than carries her end of the bargain.
And perhaps that’s also due to producer Burnett, who handpicked the 13 songs the duo cover on Sand. His arrangements are sparse — giving the two voices ample room to breathe — yet dense, warm and crackling at the same time. It’s a testament to his work that he’s often given just as much billing as Plant and Krauss on the project … and it’s certainly justified.
To date, Sand has sold more than 1 million copies, heaped tons of acclaim and actually earned a Grammy last year — “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” took home the award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals.
One expert was surprised not by the album’s success, but by the fact that it’s actually quite a good album.
“At first, the album seemed like a vanity project. … Two names, clearly a one-off record, didn’t have to be any good, you know?” New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica said. “Led Zeppelin fans would buy it because of Robert Plant, Alison Krauss would get a check. But it actually turned out to be a really thoughtful, really good record. So when you combine all that with the fact that the Grammys love to lionize one of their own, I could really see it taking home some awards.”

Related Videos

Grammy Awards 2009: Hottest Moments

Related Artists

Robert Plant

Alison Krauss

Led Zeppelin

Julie Strain
Krista Allen
Kristanna Loken
Laura Innes
Lauren Graham

Just because HBO says they’re pulling the plug on Entourage next summer doesn’t mean Adrian Grenier will let it go down without a fight.

“It’s not over yet, baby!” he…

Gregg Araki
Jann Carl
Jeff Probst
Jennifer Gareis
Jet

Raising Sand, from Led Zeppelin vet and bluegrass superstar, wins five Grammys on Sunday night.By James Montgomery with MTV News staff

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant accept the award for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards on Sunday

Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images

“I’m bewildered,” Robert Plant said onstage as he accepted the Grammy Album of the Year award with Alison Krauss on Sunday night. “In the old days we would have called this selling out, but it’s a good way to spend a Sunday.”
He was probably one of the few who were surprised, because Raising Sand, which won five trophies at Sunday night’s show, is in many ways the perfect Grammy album. It features two respected veterans, a critically lauded producer, some sandpaper-and-velvet vocals and a baker’s dozen of time-tested standards.
You’re probably familiar with Robert Plant from his Led Zeppelin days, and you might be aware of producer T-Bone Burnett’s work on the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack (it won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2002). And if you don’t know who Alison Krauss is, she possesses a haunting set of pipes and is one of the meanest fiddle players in the world. Oh, and she’s won 21 Grammys, more than any other female artist and the seventh-most in history.
Really, she’s the key to Sand’s success, and not just because of her voice (or her fiddle playing). She and Plant first met in 2004, at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute to legendary bluesman Leadbelly, and the former Zeppelin man was amazed by her knowledge of American Roots music — so much so that they began kicking around the idea of recording an album together. Three years later, Sand was released.
And while Plant possesses the more famous voice, the album’s finest moments radiate from Krauss. Whether she’s getting bluesy on Little Milton’s “Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson” or entwining with Plant’s husky voice on songs like “Please Read the Letter” and Roly Salley’s winsome “Killing the Blues,” she more than carries her end of the bargain.
And perhaps that’s also due to producer Burnett, who handpicked the 13 songs the duo cover on Sand. His arrangements are sparse — giving the two voices ample room to breathe — yet dense, warm and crackling at the same time. It’s a testament to his work that he’s often given just as much billing as Plant and Krauss on the project … and it’s certainly justified.
To date, Sand has sold more than 1 million copies, heaped tons of acclaim and actually earned a Grammy last year — “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” took home the award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals.
One expert was surprised not by the album’s success, but by the fact that it’s actually quite a good album.
“At first, the album seemed like a vanity project. … Two names, clearly a one-off record, didn’t have to be any good, you know?” New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica said. “Led Zeppelin fans would buy it because of Robert Plant, Alison Krauss would get a check. But it actually turned out to be a really thoughtful, really good record. So when you combine all that with the fact that the Grammys love to lionize one of their own, I could really see it taking home some awards.”

Related Videos

Grammy Awards 2009: Hottest Moments

Related Artists

Robert Plant

Alison Krauss

Led Zeppelin

Bam Margera
Beyonce Knowles
Cayden Boyd
Celia Cruz
Christiane Amanpour

There’s a problem at the clubhouse. Of course, there’s always a problem at the Bad Girls Club house, but this time it’s personal.

Even though Kristen’s birthday was days…

Richard Farnsworth
Scott \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Carrot Top\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’ Thompson
Shadia Simmons
Shaun Sipos
Skye McCole Bartusiak

Lady Gaga Leads The 2010 VMA Nominees

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

P!nk

Eminem

B.o.B

Jay-Z

Al Jourgensen
Amber Sainsbury
Anne Bancroft
Anne Hathaway
Annette O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Toole

Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky was back in L.A. last night to attend a charity event with her hunky fiancé, Roberto Martinez, who patiently waited as Ali got her hair done.

Before…

Kat Dennings
Kellie Coffey
Ken Olin
Kix Brooks
Kyle Brandt

It’s the final round of our Twi-Potter Tournament, a weeklong showdown with daily duels between the two smash-hit franchises. Today’s face-off is between Robert Pattinson’s roles in…

Martin McDonagh
Michelle Branch
Mike Scully
Monica Keena
Nadia Dajani

Lizzie McGuire is all grown up and getting hitched!

E! News has confirmed that Hilary Duff will walk down the aisle with her hockey-playing fiancé Mike Comrie this month?but…

Kathy Ireland
Kenny Doughty
Kerri Kenney
Kristen Johnson
Kristen Johnston

Chris Brown And Usher Perform In Jamaica

Related Artists

Chris Brown

Usher

Jennifer Siebel
Jesse Dylan
Joanna Garcia
Joel Silver
Karen Mulder

The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove, More Arrive At 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards

Related Artists

Jonas Brothers

Miley Cyrus

Miranda Cosgrove

Vanessa Hudgens

Ashley Tisdale

Andre Benjamin
Antony Hamilton
April Scott
Boyz N Da Hood
Brie Larson

It’s round six of our Twi-Potter Tournament, a weeklong showdown with daily duels between the two smash-hit franchises. Today’s face-off is the between the father…

Amrla Sokoloff
Andy Richter
Ann Blyth
Antonio Villaraigosa
Ashley Jones

Wango Tango 2010

Related Artists

Justin Bieber

Ke$ha

Usher

Adam Lambert

Akon

Frances Conroy
Frances Fisher
George Stults
Giancarlo Giannini
Ivanka Trump

Everybody who was anybody (not at the Lady Gaga concert) was at BlackBerry’s launch party for the new BlackBerry Torch from AT&T last night in Los Angeles.

We had a chance…

Kylie Minogue
Larry Miller
Lil\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’ Jon
Madison Pettis
Maggie Gyllenhaal

Flight attendant Steven Slater’s airplane tirade launches his fame–but it comes with a price!

Rachel Bilson
Robin Wright Penn
Ryan Carnes
Selma Blair
Shaune Bagwell

Forget Team Edward or Team What’s-His-Name, the fierce battle now brewing on Vampire Diaries day at Comic-Con is Damon versus Stefan…And Elena versus Katherine.

So is there any…

Chow Yun Fat
Christian Campbell
Christopher Coppola
Clara Bryant
Claudia Jordan

You might think this songbird got bit by a vampire, but it turns out she’s just covering up the latest edition to her tattoo collection.

The celeb was spotted leaving an NYC ink…

Michael Bloomberg
Miguel Ferrer
Miko Hughes
Nick Benson
Niki Caro

Trading Places

Artist: Usher

Label: Zomba/LaFace Records
Director: Chris Robinson
Album: Here I Stand

Bryan Brown
Cody Kasch
Dee Dee Davis
Freddie Highmore
Gaby Hoffmann

It’s the No.1 question you fans tweeted during Comic-Con that simply had to be asked: Is Ian Somerhalder on?or off?the market?

Now, who are we not to be responsible…

Emma Bunton
Frank Marshall
Frankie Muniz
Fred Meyers
Gates McFadden

Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett is a busy bunny. She’s finishing up her book tour (where she def isn’t promoting the other Playboy Mansion tell-all) and is also filming for the third season of…

Robert Iler
Roland Emmerich
Roseanne
Scott Weiland
Sheila E.

In case you need another reason to tune into the new season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians?psst, premiering Aug. 22 at 10 p.m. on E!?fans will get to see Kim Kardashian being…

John Legend
Julie Andrews
Julie Delpy
Kate Mara
Kevin Kline

Lady Gaga Performs In Nottingham, England

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Betty Garrett
Bonnie McKee
Brent Spiner
Chad Todhunter
Clay Aiken

You didn’t think you’d make it through the week here totally Twilight-free did ya?

True, that may have been our intent, but when we saw the most recent pics of Robert Pattinson…

Gene Barry
Goran Visnjic
Jaron Lowenstein
KayCee Stroh
Kimberley Locke

Dear Ted:
You have got to answer this one for me! I’ve heard rumors about Selena Gomez and Mark Salling…any truth to them? A “friend” reported that Selena’s…

Beverley Mitchell
Bob Balaban
Brandon Williams
Bruce Greenwood
Casey Keegan

‘It was pretty amazing,’ frontman Justin Tranter tells MTV News of Gaga jumping on drums.By Kyle Anderson

Lady Gaga watches Semi Precious Weapons perform at Lollapalooza on Friday

Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Redferns

CHICAGO — In the hours before Lady Gaga’s Friday night (August 6) set to close out the first night of Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park, the ubiquitous, world-conquering pop star made an early appearance onstage as part of the set by Semi Precious Weapons (her friends and the opening act on her Monster Ball Tour).

Semi Precious Weapons frontman Justin Tranter breathlessly recounted the story while standing just in front of the stage where Gaga would be performing her full set in a matter of hours.
“She came to watch us perform. She stood on the side of the stage, and then during the song ‘Magnetic Baby,’ she started playing drums with Dan,” he told MTV News. “Then she started singing backup vocals, then her and I made out, and then she stagedove and then I joined her while she stage-dove. And then we made out while stagediving. And then she left. It was pretty amazing.”
The visit certainly came as a surprise to the men of Semi Precious Weapons, though it isn’t the first time the two entities have tag-teamed. “She used to get onstage with us all the time, but since she’s so famous, normally it’s not safe for her,” Tranter explained. “But she played the same stage we played three years ago, and I think she was so excited about us playing that stage, and she loves our band so much that she was overwhelmed by the rock and roll and just had to make it happen.”
Tranter also told MTV News that this wouldn’t be the last you would see of Gaga collaborating with the band. “Gaga herself has plans to collaborate with us, both artistically and sexually,” he teased.
After a whirlwind day, Semi Precious Weapons declared themselves the victors of Lollapalooza’s Friday.
“Tonight, in 2010, at Lollapalooza, rock and roll officially is back,” Tranter said. “After Gaga is done, between our set and her set, they should just cancel the whole thing.”
Are you looking forward to a collaboration between Gaga and SPW? Tell us in the comments!
Lollapalooza 2010 is happening now — make sure to check out MTV News’ Lollapalooza Live, streaming Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m., right here on MTV.com. And follow all of Lollapalooza on the MTV Newsroom blog.

Related Videos

Lollapalooza 2010 Heats Up Chicago!

Related Photos

Lady Gaga, Soundgarden, Green Day Heat Up Lollapalooza 2010

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Semi Precious Weapons

Yamila Diaz
Zac Hanson
Ana de la Reguera
Anthony Hopkins
Beth Littleford

Love In This Club

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records/Zomba Label Group
Director: The Brother Strause
Album: Here I Stand

Kate Capshaw
Kelly Rowan
Kevin Schmidt
Lance Bass
Linkin Park

“Dating in the Dark” is back for a second season, so our snarky host wonders what other shows can be done in the dark. Surgery anyone?

Andrew Niccol
Azura Skye
Bart Freundlich
Benjamin Bratt
Bob Geldof

Lady Gaga Performs On The ‘Today’ Show

Related Artists

Lady Gaga

Peter Falk
Quentin Richardson
Richard Gere
Robbie Williams
Rod Stewart

Did work bring Jessica Szohr and Ed Westwick back together?

The Gossip Girl couple split back in April, admist rumors that Jessica had cheated on Ed. The cast supposedly sided with him…

Kimberly Elise
Kirk Hammet
Kristin Davis
Lainie Kazan
Larenz Tate

It’s round five of our Twi-Potter Tournament, a weeklong showdown with daily duels between the two smash-hit franchises. Today’s face-off is the between those vile…

Cheryl Ladd
Clea DuVall
Daniel Radcliffe
Dennis Franz
Dennis Muren

New York’s 2010 Summer Jam Lineup

Related Artists

Usher

Drake

Nicki Minaj

Ludacris

Sofia Vassilieva
Tami Roman
Tammy Blanchard
Tea Leoni
Vincent Cassel

There Goes My Baby

Artist: Usher

Label: LaFace Records, JLG
Director: Anthony Mandler

Diane Ladd
Dominic Sena
Estella Warren
Esther Williams
Fernando Colunga

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Performances

Related Artists

Green Day

Black Eyed Peas

Elton John

Taylor Swift

Usher

Jimmy Smits
Joe Mascolo
John Travolta
Joseph Lawrence
Justin Timberlake

Trading Places

Artist: Usher

Label: Zomba/LaFace Records
Director: Chris Robinson
Album: Here I Stand

Simon Wells
Steven Spielberg
Thom Bishops
Thomas Curtis
Tilda Swinton

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Performances

Related Artists

Green Day

Black Eyed Peas

Elton John

Taylor Swift

Usher

Tim Meadows
Trey Parker
Trilby Glover
Tristan Wilds
Uncle Kracker

Finally, Tina Fey is getting her due props!

Oh sorry, what’s that you say? Her awards accolades have already multiplied like bunnies hopped up on little blue…

Patrick Fugit
Paul Sorvino
Peter Bogdanovich
Rachel Ward
Ralf Moeller

Lindsay Lohan’s mom tells the “Today Show” about how the troubled actress is coping with her time in jail and rehab. Listen in.

Raymond De Felitta
Renee Taylor
Richard Schiff
Ricki Lake
Roger Bart

In spring 2009, just as Heaven & Hell (Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio) were getting ready to put out their debut full-length, ‘The Devil You Know,’ Dio and bassist Geezer Butler sat down in an apartment in New York’s East Village to talk about the making of the disc, the sorry state of the [...]

Michael Douglas
Mitch Pileggi
Patrick O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’Brien Demsey
Peter Farrelly
Queensryche

The “Glee” star keeps in tip-top shape with a special vegan meal plan! Plus, find out how she stays lean without going to the gym.

Bowling For Soup
Brandi Williams
Brittany Snow
Chynna Phillips
Dayna Devon

Drummer admits he doesn’t know what will come of ‘new material.’By Chris Harris

Jason Bonham

Photo: Larry Marano/ Getty Images

On Friday morning, mere hours before he was due to take the stage with classic rockers Foreigner at Detroit’s GM Renaissance Center, drummer Jason Bonham — the son of late Led Zeppelin kitman John Bonham — told Jim Johnson and Lynne Woodison of local rock station 94.7 WCSX that he’d be an ex-member of Foreigner as of September 1. But that’s not the only thing he said.
Much to the delight of Led Zeppelin fans everywhere, Bonham revealed that he’s been meeting up with Led Zep guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones in recent months and that they’ve been “trying to do some new material and writing.”
It was the first time since Led Zeppelin announced they would re-form for a single performance (which happened late last year at London’s O2 Arena, in honor of the late Ahmet Ertegün, who signed the band to Atlantic Records in 1969) that anyone connected to the band has confirmed publicly that new music could be on the horizon for the iconic rockers. While the bandmembers have stopped short of definitively ruling out such a reunion, singer Robert Plant insisted in the wake of last year’s show that he intended to focus on promoting and touring behind his critically lauded album with bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, Raising Sand.
Not that Bonham knows what — if anything — will happen with the new material he’s been working on with Page (who collaborated with pop singer Leona Lewis on an uneven version of Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love” at the Olympic closing ceremonies in Beijing on Sunday night) and Jones. He said he just shows up and takes his seat behind the kit.
“I’ve been over [to England] a couple of times,” Bonham said. “I’ve been working with Jimmy and John Paul and trying to do … some new material and some writing. I don’t know what it will be, but it will be something. At the moment, all I know is I have the great pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and start work on some material. When I get there, I never ask any questions. If I get a phone call to go and play, I enjoy every moment of it. Whatever it ends up as, to ever get a chance to jam with two people like that, it is a phenomenal thing for me. It’s my life. It’s what I’ve dreamed about doing.”
He said it’s still too early to tell what will become of these “jam” sessions, but admitted that the “possibility of doing something is in the cards. I really felt it was in the cards from the moment we walked offstage at the O2.” Bonham also explained that, before there could be a Led Zep LP, “lots of politics [would need to] get ironed out,” but added that recording with Zep is “something I’ve always wanted to do.”
Bonham noticeably didn’t mention frontman Plant’s name during the discussion. A spokesperson for Page’s management had no comment on the matter, and a spokesperson for Jones’ management could not be reached by press time.

Related Artists

Led Zeppelin

Foreigner

Ron Livingston
Scarlett Chorvat
T-boz Watkins
TLC
Tanya Memme

We know Miley Cyrus can’t be tamed, but can her BF, Liam Hemsworth?

While Cyrus is in Detroit filming LOL, her deelish man attended Julian Wilson’s Quicksilver premiere party for…

Olivia Thirlby
Oscar De La Renta
Penny Marshall
Rod Rowland
Rosie Perez