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This week, Adam Lambert finds himself in Tokyo, Japan while on promoting the release of his album “For Your Entertainment” in Asia. And, it seems, Adam is already well aware of how you get a gaggle of Japanese people to fall in love with you. The steps are pretty simple:
Step 1: Cover yourself in leather and spikes.
Step 2: Wear liquid silver pants that make your crotch look like it was sent back from the future to kill another crotch.
Step 3: Paint your face up to look like a beautiful geisha of indeterminate gender.
Step 4: Basically be more Japanese and insane than any other person in Japan. (*Note: This step is impossible.)
Step 5: Rake in the ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥¥ ¥ ¥!Looks like he followed all of these steps and more while performing at Club Eleven in Tokyo. Stare at the above GIF while listening to his album and snorting glitter off of the fur-tipped ear of a Lynx and it’s like you’re there. Check out more photos below.
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As half of Tool Academy’s first lesbian couple and one of two female Tools, Courtney had a unique, and — as you can see from this interview — sometimes conflicted view on how the other Tools treated their female roommates. But overall her attention was fixed on her damaged relationship with Cheron, which ended with her elimination this week. In this interview Courtney talks about the end of her relationship, relating to her roommates, and why Tools love twins.
I was rooting for you and Cheron, so I’m hoping that you two were able to work things out after the show.
She definitely left me. It’s hell. It’s a living, living hell. I’m actually packing right now. Our relationship was too far gone at that point, and too many things were brought to light to where our relationship wasn’t at a point of recovery. What’s best for both of us is to go different ways. So it’s hard, because I still love her, but it’s gonna do more damage trying to stick together.
The wedding scene that episode was very hard for you.
It reminded me of my ex, who is married now, and she asked me to go to her wedding. The thought of watching what I lost walk down the aisle bothered me, so I told her no. Then I thought of that when Cheron was walking down the aisle — if I don’t change my ways, this could very well be happening to me again. It was not a real wedding, thank goodness, but it was just one of those things where it was like looking into the future of “If you don’t do this, this is a very likely option.” It hit home hard.
Of all the Tools, I think that your regret and remorse was the most obvious whenever you were in a therapy session.Yeah. And the first one, “Communication,” was hard, and I knew that it was one of the biggest problems in our relationship. At home, I just avoided emotion altogether. I wouldn’t show it. [Cheron] would call me a robot. You could not pay me a million dollars to cry, you know? And then I got there, and to actually see true pain in her because of what I did, it was hard. I can’t believe I stooped to such a level to where I would hurt somebody like I’ve been hurt before. I know exactly what that pain is like, and I just turned the tables and did it to her, and so I felt kind of, well, like a Tool. Like a douchebag. So it was more disbelief that I was that horrible a person.
Had someone cheated on you before?
My ex cheated on me with my best friend. I remember what that pain feels like, to be cheated on, and to be let down by somebody you’re still madly in love with. After that happened, all I could think is, “Cheron’s going to do it to me. ” I sound like I’m making excuses, but that was the process that’s going on in my head: “Is she going to do it to me? I might as well beat her to the punch.”
You sound just like Angelo.
Had they shown both of our stories right next to each other, they would parallel each other. They’re pretty damn identical.
Trina said that you had a little trouble making friends with the other Tools. But it sounds like you found a lot in common.Angelo and I could relate a lot to each other, and Tommy’s just a fun guy. At first it was a little bit difficult, especially having Jennavecia, a straight person, in the Tool house. They just attacked Jennavecia, and me they didn’t know exactly what to do with. Should they feel threatened by my girlfriend being in the house with their girlfriends or not? And that was something that went back and forth a little bit. But they ultimately ended up deciding they weren’t threatened by Cheron, they were threatened by Kyle.
Did you worry about Cheron at all? It seems like Tools are of the philosophy that lesbians just need a good man to turn them straight.
It could have been. None of them ever said that. I don’t think any of them would have had the balls to ever say that to me. And I think that after wrestling Chasyn, I showed that I can hold my own. I’m sure some of them probably thought that about Cheron at least, especially after finding out that I was her first female relationship. Because I think with women, you just need a good woman, and I’ll turn you.
So that could have been intimidating for your fellow Tools, because everyone’s already so worried about their partners leaving them anyway.Yeah, that definitely provided a lot of questions from them in the house. I didn’t mind answering the questions, I told them, I’m the kind of person you’re going to have to ask me the questions, I’m not just going to offer random facts about me. I opened the floodgates when I said that, because they had a lot of questions: “How do you get women? How do you do this?” I’m just like, “Well its easy, you know…” And so it could have been a little bit of intimidation. I felt like I had a bunch of kids at story time, sitting around wanting to know everything about lesbians.
Ha, so you were there representing lesbian Tools everywhere.
Well, clearly there was a lot of sexual tension in the house just because nobody was getting laid, and so we would talk about sex a lot. The debate came up about what sex would be like with lesbians, how I approach girls and why I like straight girls over gay girls. “Is it true that lesbians bring a U-Haul on the second date?” All your typical stereotypes. Questions that made me laugh, but that I was not going to answer. But at least there is more of an education behind it now, not just “two women hooking up is hot,” in their eyes.
Is having that in common — liking women — why the other Tools immediately attacked Jennavecia and called her a slut, but they didn’t do the same to you?They saw me as one of the guys. I’m just guessing that, because I’m sleeping with women and my anatomy is completely female, but my mannerisms when it comes to getting women are more masculine. They just viewed me as one of their own. I’m running around talking about sleeping with twins and sisters and all these women, and they are like, “Right on!” I got the same treatment. And Jennavecia on her video was like, “Oops, I slipped and fell on this guy’s…” you-know what, and they are like, “Oh, you’re a slut if you’re a girl.” So there were a lot of times where it actually caused a lot of emotional battles within me. A couple times, it wasn’t shown on TV, but even the girlfriends were like, “You’re living with this girl [Jennavecia] in the house,” and somehow I would be alienated out of the girls and and get put in with the guys. So I don’t think anybody in the house viewed me as the typical woman.
Like that person said during the focus group episode, they saw you as a “man with a vagina.”
Man with a vagina. Yeah, that was a wonderful statement. I battle with a lot of my own stuff and it was just hard to hear anybody say what you already think of yourself in a bad way. It’s nothing anybody wants to hear. I’ll walk around with boys basketball shorts and stuff. But I also love getting my hair done religiously every two months, I love getting my nails done, I love all this stuff. I like to relax in loose clothes, and I give off a more masculine demeanor because that’s how I’ve been since I was little. And it was just hard because I don’t like to think of myself being viewed as a man by the public, because my whole thing is, if you’re a girl and you like girls, be a girl and like girls.
Well, I think she was mostly referring to your behavior, since she had just heard your twins story.Yeah, that’s how I had to view it as afterward, because I wanted to jump through the wall and choke her.
What is it with twins?
[Laughs] For me, I’ve always had a thing for twins just because it’s double the fun, in my eyes. One of you is already hot, but there’s another one of you just like you just as hot. And I like challenges.
Well you took all the sessions and therapy seriously. Even though you didn’t stay with Cheron, did you continue to do therapy like you said you would?
Yes. I learned after getting eliminated from the show and being on the show that I have a lot of things that, like I said, I’m stubborn and I figure that I can take care of things by myself and I don’t need anybody’s help. That’s my biggest problem and the show helped me realize that I can’t fix everything on my own. So my therapy or counseling, or whatever you’d like to call it, is actually helping me a lot. It’s helping me heal from my past and then from Cheron’s too, because this is painful. I walked in [the apartment] today and there’s boxes everywhere. Not a sight I enjoy seeing. I will definitely continue it, because I want to be a better person. I eventually, one day, want to be good relationship material for somebody, whoever that somebody is.Related content
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I know you don’t remember The Man with One Red Shoe , but just listen for a second.
In 1985, Hollywood released a film titled The Man With One Red Shoe. It stars Tom Hanks, it is rated PG, and most importantly it is available to watch instantly on Netflix. Now, I watched this whole movie, but I cannot stress this enough: you should not watch this whole movie. What you should watch, however, are 30 seconds from the opening credits because there is an impromptu foreign dock worker cocaine party.
First of all, yes, “cocaYEEN” IS how you say cocaine in any language that isn’t English. And, yes, EVERYBODY does cocaine. If cocaine appears, everyone will do cocaine as if they are Bedouin cocaine fiends at a cocaine oasis after they haven’t seen cocaine in a 100 miles.
But also, there is clearly someone in the background who is like, “Only do cocaine of this side of the Mercedes! Nobody do cocaine off the other side of the Mercedes.” And then their boss is like, “Everyone, stop doing cocaine off that Mercedes! You’re at work! You can’t just do cocaine at work. Haven’t you ever been to work before?”
Oh, how I miss the 80’s. I was a toddler and cocaine use was totally PG. What a decade.
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Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes‘ marriage has reached the end of the road. One of Hollywood’s most decorated couples released a joint statement today confirming plans to divorce, saying “The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement…Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children.”
Winslet, a six-time Oscar nominee who finally won for The Reader last year, married the stage-and-screen director, who won a golden boy himself for American Beauty ten years ago, married in 2003. The pair collaborated on the film Revolutionary Road in 2008, with Winslet saying the film made her “love him more” in her Golden Globe acceptance speech. The pair have one son, 6-year-old Joe, with Winslet having another child from a previous marriage.
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Ed. Note: Please welcome a new contributor to the BWE.tv empire, Noah Garfinkel. You might recognize him from his many appearances on Best Day Ever, or maybe he bought pot from you one time. He is hilarious, you will love him. Enjoy his very first post, about the NBC docudrama “Minute to Win It.” — M. Collins
Basically, here is what happens when you see an advertisement for a game show hosted by Guy Fieri called In It To Win in which somebody has to take a lot of tissues out of a box in a minute: You’re like, “What an immensely stupid idea. I hate Guy Fieri and I hate tissues and I will for sure watch every episode of this show.” And then you can’t wait to watch the show. And then you watch it and, oh boy, you love it. You love it so much that you are seriously considering calling Guy Fieri by his name instead of “Nightmare Face.”
Gross.It is undeniable. Watching people try to stack apples, knock glasses off of podiums with a yo-yo tied to their ass, or blow a bubble across a room into a hula hoop is really fun. And, as if all of that wasn’t enough, you even get to watch a chubby man try to give a million tiny pantomime B.J.s with a pedometer on his head.
We get to watch a full hour of this every week?! Ms. Florguldson, cancel all my Monday night appointments forever. Television is BACK. These Guys know what I’m talking about.
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Monster Ball’s second leg kicks off in Montreal on June 27 and continues through September.
By Jocelyn Vena
Lady Gaga
Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImageThis June, Lady Gaga will be heading back to North America for a nearly three-month leg of her Monster Ball Tour. The pop princess, who just released her epic video for “Telephone,” will kick off this leg of her tour on June 28 in Montreal. Tickets go on sale beginning Friday (March 19).
Gaga’s first arena tour, sponsored by Virgin Mobile, includes 31 shows throughout Canada and the U.S. through the summer, ending on September 19 in Raleigh, North Carolina. According to a press release, Gaga plans to make this leg of the tour “even more eye-popping” than the first.
Last week, Gaga’s label, Interscope Records told MTV News that “there are talks about a 3-D concert and DVD in the near future.”
Before Gaga returns to North America, she will play 10 dates in Europe, wrapping up on June 4 in Sheffield, U.K. Longtime pals and roadmates Semi Precious Weapons are opening for her.
As for this next leg of the tour, promoter Live Nation’s global touring CEO Arthur Fogel said in a statement, “Lady Gaga has set out to revolutionize pop music and with her new production she continues to do exactly that. We’re thrilled to take the Monster Ball to fans around the world.”
Tour dates for Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball, according to Live Nation:
»June 28 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
»July 1 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
»July 4 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall
»July 6- New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
»July 11 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
»July 14 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
»July 15 – Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
»July 17 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
»July 20 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
»July 22 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
»July 25 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
»July 28 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
»July 31 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
»August 3 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
»August 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
»August 13 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand
»August 16 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
»August 19 – Portland, OR @ Rose Garden
»August 21 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
»August 23 – Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
»August 26 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
»August 30 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
»September 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Bradley Center
»September 4 – Detroit, MI @ The Palace Of Auburn Hills
»September 5 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Consol Energy Center
»September 7 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
»September 8 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena
»September 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
»September 16 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
»September 18 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena
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Feldman is instead planning Los Angeles memorial for his friend.
By Jocelyn Vena
Corey Feldman and Corey Haim
Photo: Frazer Harrison/ Getty ImagesCorey Haim will be buried on Tuesday in his native Toronto, but Haim’s longtime friend, Corey Feldman, won’t attend the funeral. In a statement to MTV News, Feldman says that he is planning a memorial set to take place in Los Angeles.
“In the days following my best friend Corey Haim’s death, I have spent much time with his mother Judy, who has always been like a mother to me,” Feldman said. “I would love nothing more than to be by her side at Corey’s funeral, however due to their strong religious beliefs and need for privacy, the family has decided to make Corey’s funeral on Tuesday a small private affair.
“Understanding the recent media attention and to be respectful of the family’s wishes I have decided not to attend,” he continued. “Instead I will remain in Los Angeles quietly mourning and planning his memorial. As a sign of respect I am asking the media to honor Corey Haim by making the same choice.”
Feldman expects to have a memorial underway in the next month, where friends and fans of the actor can pay their final respects. “I am working with a few people who were close to Corey to put a memorial together within the next month,” he said. “At that time, the media will be invited to honor and celebrate the legacy he has left behind, along with friends, fans and the rest of the Hollywood community.”
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Plus: Akon talks about his latest signing, Ya Boy, in Mixtape Daily.
By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes
Alley Boy
Photo: AtlanticThis Week’s Main Pick
Street King: Alley Boy, DJ Holiday and the Empire
Holding It Down For: Zone Six in Atlanta
Mixtape: Definition of F— Sh–
Real Spit: “2010 is a new year,” DJ Holiday said. “I had to go get somebody more gutter, more street. I had to go to Zone Six. Have I ever let you down?”
Alley Boy gets the prize for wildest mixtape title this year (see above). The rapper said he wants to keep street rap in the spotlight. “I put that title on the mixtape because I wanted something to stand out,” Alley said. (Mission accomplished.) “Just to be different. The topics I went in on, it’s a lot of things people would call negative. My whole image, it seems it’s so negative. I went there with it. I feel that those words definitely represent my attitude. It’s so watered down in Atlanta right now. I wanted to let folks know I’m a force to be reckoned with. I wanted a strong concept and strong title.”
He also has a story behind his MC name: “I’m from Zone Six. Edgewood’s finest,” he said. “The way I came up in these hallways, these cuts, these alleys, it just fit me.” Alley has a slew of guest spots holding it down for the A as well.
“I wanted to go in with my boy [Young] Dro,” he said. “We got a song called ‘Tall.’ Yung L.A., we had some controversy goin’ on. I wanted to show I reach out. I’m about the A. Princess from Crime Mob is on there. She goes stupid hard.”
Waka Flocka Flame is also on the mixtape, as is Gucci Mane, who called in from jail on an interlude.
Joints to Check For
» “Heaven Sent.” “It’s an intro to the album,” Alley said. “I wanted to make a statement from the intro. It’s produced by the Runners. It’s one of them statement songs. It was something I wanted to go in on. Let them know dudes in the South can really spit. We’re not just out swaggin’ and dancing. I had to let them know it’s really ‘hood. But just because you’re ‘hood, doesn’t mean you’re not smart or lyrical. I wanted to go in and let them know I’m heaven-sent to the game. I mastered my craft. I’m a force to be reckoned with.”
» “Throw it Up.” “The second song I want y’all to check for is ‘Throw It Up,’ ” AB said. “It’s one of my classics. I did it for every ‘hood, every zone, every ward. It’s really a representation song. Wherever you’re from, throw it up. Whatever you represent, live for it, die for it.”
» “Shiester.” “It’s one of my favorites, because it is telling a lot of things I been through,” Alley said. “It sticks out so much. It’s really a true story I brought on wax. I’m really passionate about this song. I’m thinking about launching it out as my single.”
Streets Is Talking: News & Notes From the Underground
We told you about West Coast beat killer Ya Boy signing to Akon’s Kon Live imprint a little while back. Well, now we give you the man himself, ‘Kon, telling us why he decided to get in business with the newcomer.
“Ya Boy is one of the most versatile artists I’ve ever seen,” Akon said. “He can make music for the streets, the clubs and the ladies, which really puts him apart from every artist out there. An artist like YB has the ability to make music for the world!”
For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines.
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‘Airplane!’ and ‘Mission Impossible’ star died in Los Angeles on Sunday.
By Gil Kaufman
Peter Graves
Photo: Getty ImagesActor Peter Graves, whose career spanned a star-making role in the 1960s TV series “Mission Impossible” to a late career reboot in the 1980s as Captain Clarence Oveur in the two slapstick “Airplane!” movies, died at age 83 on Sunday.
According to CNN, Graves collapsed in the driveway of his Los Angeles home on Sunday and was found by his daughter, who attempted to perform CPR unsuccessfully. A spokesperson for the actor said he was in good health and died of natural causes.
Born Peter Aurness on March 26, 1925, Graves had a long and storied career in Hollywood that spanned more than 70 movies and a number of TV series, beginning in 1942 with an uncredited debut in the war film “Winning Your Wings.” He moved out to Hollywood to join his older brother, actor James Arness, best known as the star of the long-running TV Western “Gunsmoke.” Peter changed his last name his name to avoid confusion with his sibling.
His early career was distinguished by a number of roles in schlocky horror and space movies (which would later become a running joke on “Mystery Science Theater 3000″) such as “Red Planet Mars,” Roger Corman’s “It Conquered the World” and “Killers From Space.” He had his first breakout role in the 1953 World War II classic “Stalag 17,” where he played an undercover Nazi spy hiding among American POWs in a German camp.
A tall, ruggedly handsome actor with a wide range, Graves became a national star with his role as intelligence guru James Phelps in the CBS series “Mission Impossible,” which ran from 1967 to 1973 and then again on ABC from 1988 to 1990. With its signature self-destructing tape reels and heart-pounding action, the show revolved around the exploits of the Impossible Mission force. Graves won a Golden Globe in 1971 for Best Actor for his work on the series. Actor Jon Voight assumed Graves’ role in the 1996 movie adaptation of the show starring Tom Cruise.
Although he continued to appear in films sporadically in the 1970s, Graves’ career cooled off a bit until he received a call from the producers of the disaster spoof “Airplane!” Though reluctant at first to do the film with the wacky Zucker brothers, Graves signed on and the role of Captain Oveur became one of the touchstones of his career, showing off his natural comedic chops in scenes such as one in which he memorably asks a young boy visiting him in the cockpit, “Joey, you like movies about gladiators?”
After appearing in the “Airplane!” sequel in 1982, Graves again began to shy away from movie roles, appearing in the 1998 blaxploitation spoof “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” but otherwise focusing on TV roles. He hosted the A&E documentary series “Biography” for 12 years, beginning in 1989. He also appeared in episodes of “House,” “American Dad” and “7th Heaven.”
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‘It’s all about fitting it into your schedule,’ she says of juggling her many tasks.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Larry Carroll
Lauren Conrad
Photo: MTV NewsLauren Conrad is a very busy lady. With a fashion brand and best-selling novels with a movie adaptation in the works, what’s the key to LC’s success? Time management.
“Well, I meet up with the team several times a month and we have lots of conference calls,” she said about how she manages to design her line while writing her “L.A. Candy” books as well as producing the film version. “It’s just something I’m doing throughout the day. It’s all about fitting it into your schedule. I don’t sleep much.”
She also juggles her duties, writing some days and designing clothes during others. “Well, they’re all different. There are days when I spend my entire day writing. There’s days like today where I’m dealing with the [fashion] line all day,” she explained. “I’ve always loved fashion. It’s always been my number one, but I’m really enjoying all the different things I’m getting to do right now.”
So is LC going to add any new projects to her already busy schedule? The answer, for now, is no. “I like where I’m at right now,” she said. “I think I’m at a good place where I’ll see all those [projects] through.”
For now, Conrad has hooked up with department store Kohl’s for her LC by Lauren Conrad clothing brand — if fans have always admired the former “Hills” star’s laid-back, girly sense of style, now they can achieve the look.
“It’s very much a California brand. It’s all about incorporating new trends and putting our own twist on it — relaxed cool without trying too hard,” she told MTV News at a press event for the line, adding that there’s a piece in her collection for every occasion.
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