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Jupiter-Bound NASA Probe Adjusts Course Toward Giant Planet
NASA’s Juno probe is the first solar-powered spacecraft to the outer solar system.
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Adam Lambert’s ‘Better Than I Know Myself’ Video Premieres
Adam Lambert’s video for his single “Better Than I know Myself” has finally debuted and fans seem to be loving it.
“There’s no word to say except for PERFECT, BRILLIANT, OUTSTANDING!!!” a YouTube user said.
“This was such a brilliant video! I loved the cosy, tea drinking Adam,” another user said.
I must say, the overall video turned out much better than I though after watching the previerw for it. Adam is great at channeling anger and drama to make a good video. It’s very “well-acted.” And that’s a pretty sweet jacket he’s wearing.
What do you guys think of the video? Check it out after the jump.
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American Idol 2012 Auditions: St. Louis Recap
The American Idol 2012 auditions episodes wrapped Thursday night and even though I couldn’t be happier, I do have to say St. Louis showed us some pretty good talent.
Opening with a reminder that Carrie Underwood first auditioned in St. Louis in 2004, the night was filled with performers hoping to follow in her footsteps.
The Standouts
Johnny Keyser. What a great start to the night with this guy. He has an amazing tone, nice runs and a touch of soul. The judges loved him and Jennifer even said “You know you’re going to be a star?” Let’s hope so. He’s one of the best auditions I’ve seen this season. And on top of that, he’s got a great look and attitude.
Rachelle Lamb. Her story seems to be the theme of the season: good singer who got married and had children; held back by husband; husband has split and it’s time for her to chase her dream again. She’s been bottling up a lot of passion because it came out in her audition. She has a lot of great energy to match her nice tone and soft country twang.
Reis Kloeckener. This guy looks like a kid, but at 20, I guess he’s not. His Bieber hair annoyed me at first, but when he told his timely story of being bullied and then sang in the sweetest tone I changed my mind. I guess I approve. His voice doesn’t seem to have a lot of power, but there’s an emotion he has when he sings that makes it easy to connect to him.
Ethan Jones. These are the kinds of artists I like. They’re modest and sweet but can also really sing. There’s nothing worse than a singer who is too cocky. Confidence is great, cockiness is not.
Lauren Gray. The best for last? Perhaps. Actually, with Johnny going first in the episode, I’d like to say they saved the best for first and last. Lauren is a singer in a southern rock band with her dad and the moment she started singing it was clear that she needs to be performing on a much larger stage. Her voice was is so powerful and everything about her singing is effortless. She’s a natural.
By the end of the American Idol St. Louis auditions, they handed out 46 tickets to Hollywood. And those rounds start next week. Expect some great drama as some early favorites fall short and some stars emerge. If you can’t wait until Hollywood week is over to find out the Top 24, we can hook you up. Just check out our American Idol spoilers.
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Daniel Radcliffe Was Drunk Filming ‘Harry Potter’
How embarrassing for Voldemort — it turns out the vilest villain in the world wasn’t just defeated by a boy wizard, but a boy wizard who’d had a few too many Firewhiskeys.
Daniel Radcliffe — who admitted last July that he battled alcohol addiction for a couple of years before kicking booze in 2010 — tells the British celebrity magazine Heat that he was definitely drunk during the filming of some scenes in the Harry Potter films. But don’t go comparing Dan to Charlie Sheen just yet. The 22-year-old actor insists he never imbibed on the set; he just turned up still buzzing from the previous night.
"I can honestly say I never drank at work on Harry Potter. I went into work still drunk, but I never drank at work," he tells the magazine. "I can point to many scenes where I’m just gone. Dead behind the eyes."
So how is it that no one ever caught on to the fact that young Potter’s Butterbeer wasn’t of the non-alcoholic variety?
"People with problems like that are very adept at hiding it," Radcliffe explains. "It was bad. I don’t want to go into details but I drank a lot and it was daily — I mean nightly."
Radcliffe, who previously referred to himself as a "very unsuccessful drinker," has since kicked the booze, and feels better for it.
"I loved the fact I suddenly could talk to people and feel so entertaining and so interesting," he tells Heat. "But after a while, you’re living under such a cloud of shame about what you’ve done and the dread of who you might see, what you might have said to them, what you might have done with them. You either have to change something or give into that shame and I wasn’t prepared to do that at 21."
Another thing Radcliffe isn’t prepared to do is abuse his fame. The actor, who recently completed an acclaimed Broadway run in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying and currently stars in the eerie thriller The Woman in Black, says he’s never done "the groupie thing" (a fact that surely pleases his current girlfriend Rosie Coker).
"I like to like somebody before I sleep with them, I really do," he insists. "You know you’re going to have to talk to them afterwards, even if it is a one-night stand. I have… I mean that has happened, but generally speaking I’ve known the person. Someone once said to me, ‘You can go outside and pick from the girls at the stage door.’ And I said, ‘No, that’s not me.’ Because, to do that, you kind of have to be a dick."
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iVoices: Stephanie Dulli Sounds Off on the Susan G. Komen Foundation
iVoice Stephanie Dulli was “pissed off” when she first heard about the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s decision to pull funding for Planned Parenthood. Stephanie expresses the frustration and disappointment felt by many women upon
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Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses
Mitt Romney establishes a convincing lead as results come in from the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win his party’s presidential nomination.
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OK Go Goes For A Drive In Their ‘Needing/Getting’ Video
If you’re OK Go, and you’re trying to come up with a concept for your “Needing/Getting” video, you might find yourself in a bit of a dilemma considering you already called in a favor to a brain trust of design engineers, tech wizards and some of the guys behind NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to help you build a Rube Goldberg machine out of more than 700 parts for your “This Too Shall Pass” science-project-turned video. But you’re OK Go. So actually, you probably never find yourself in any sort of creative brain freeze because you make some of the most intellectually stimulating and inventive music videos this side of the Peter Gabriel archives.
OK Go’s “Needing/Getting” video, which premieres Sunday, Feb. 5, at 2:32 p.m. ET on MTV.com, employs 55 pianos, 288 guitars, more than 1,100 homemade instruments (many of which get the wind knocked out of them at speeds of 40 miles per hour), and a racetrack painstakingly planned and laid out in the Acton, California, desert. Plus an entire team of physicists, and one very musically inclined car — in this case, a Chevy Sonic with capabilities and add-ons that probably do not come with the standard package, (but that’s just a guess). You may have seen the Super Bowl commercial featuring the band strapping into the car, followed by a sound bite of “Needing/Getting.” But having seen the video in its entirety, all I can say is fasten your seat belts and hang on.
+ Check out exclusive photos from the set of OK Go’s “Needing/Getting” video after the jump!
The “Needing/Getting” video, directed by Brian L. Perkins (who directed “This Too Shall Pass,” which won a Webby Special Achievement Award for Film and Video Artist of the Year) and OK Go’s Damian Kulash, Jr., is a true testament to the fact that the Los Angeles band consists of four of the least lazy human beings we’ve ever encountered, and that the band is one of those rare acts that functions not just as a musical ensemble but a creative think tank/DIY juggernaut that operates at the intersection of art, science and intellect. It’s also proof that Damian Kulash, Jr. might have a promising side gig as a stunt driver.
Check out photos from the set of OK Go’s “Needing/Getting” video, and don’t miss the world premiere this Sunday, Feb. 5, at 2:32 p.m. ET on MTV.com.
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Star Spotting: Adam Levine Is A Really Good (Looking) Listener
Adam Levine performs during the Super Bowl XLVI Pepsi Fan Jam in Indianapolis.
While you’re spending pre-Super Bowl hours excitedly planning your Dorito spread, Adam Levine has been busy getting fans hyped for the big event by performing at the Super Bowl XLVI Pepsi Fan Jam Concert in Indianapolis. The “Moves Like Jagger” singer made a surprise cameo during the Gym Class Heroes‘ performance and was snapped awaiting compliments on how good he looks in a white T-shirt lending an ear to the audience. What a sweetheart.
In case you were wondering whether the Maroon 5 singer will be partaking in Super Bowl junk food gorging this weekend, based on this shirtless pic of Adam, we’re gonna have to answer with a big, flawless six-pack of “NOPE.” Besides, he’s going to be super busy wooing the audience with his own band while singing “Never Gonna Leave This Bed” during Fox’s pregame show. If that’s not a good enough reason to watch football this weekend, we’ve got nothing else for you.
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Podcast: Ron Rivera
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