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Weekly Poll Results: Favourite Jim Carrey Movie

12 November 2009 9:44 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

I think we all knew from the start what movie was going to win last week's poll, but still, I was kinda hoping for an upset. Don't get me wrong, I love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but I didn't want people to count out Carrey's early comedies either. I thought the subtle wording of the poll question ("favourite", not "best") would help. Ah well. The good news is, Dumb & Dumber managed to place second, and both Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Mask broke the top 5. Man on the Moon wasn't as high as I expected though... I guess people have cooled off on that flick. Don't you miss the days when Ace Ventura quotes were cool? "Alllllrighty then!" 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- 28.2% 2. Dumb & Dumber -- 22.6% 3. The Truman Show -- 14.4% 4. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective -- 12.5% 5. The Mask -- 6.4% 6. The Cable Guy -- 6.1% 7. Liar Liar -- »

- Sean

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Paul Giamatti: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt'

12 November 2009 1:27 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Paul Giamatti tends to play moody defeatists and rageful misanthropes. Which is just the way he likes it

'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt," says Paul Giamatti, closely inspecting his coffee cup in a Polish restaurant in a leafy neighbourhood of Brooklyn. "But I don't think I'd want to be Brad Pitt, you know? So that's Ok."

This is partly just a reference to Giamatti's "character-actor" looks, but also to something deeper: a sense of composure, of being comfortable in one's own skin, that the archetypal Hollywood star exudes but both Giamatti and his characters tend to lack. "You know that thing where you can just fuckin' stand there and people can't take their eyes off the person? I don't have that weight of charisma," he explains. "That's not me. If I just stand there, it's going to be boring. You're going to »

- Oliver Burkeman

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A Christmas Carol Movie Review

6 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

I sit in my seat and look about to see my surroundings; I start to hear clicking sounds getting louder and louder. I start to fly around the city of London, looking around I see people having snowball fights with each other, singing Christmas songs. This might sound like the Star Tours “The Christmas Carol Edition” that would be at Disneyland. You might think wow that sounds kind of cool, well in this film it played out to be too much of something can be a bad thing. It sounds strange that Zemeckis could not pull off a simple adaptation. The last animated film we saw from Zemeckis was “Beowulf” which I found to be an excellent adaptation; it carried strong writing as well as excellent use of 3D effects.

“A Christmas Carol” was written by Charles Dickens, it tells the tale of a decrepit old man named Ebenezer Scrooge »

- Ilya

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Kid Cudi Tags Travis Barker for His Next Studio Project

30 October 2009 1:36 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Already making a name through a mixtape and full-length studio album, Kid Cudi is now eying to enter studio for a compilation project. He tentatively calls the new effort "Cudder" and hopes to recruit some hottest music talents from rock genre.

" 'Cudder' is basically an album of me working with artists that have inspired me or artists that have helped me grow and people who I've always admired," Cudi told MTV. "So far, we've got Snoop [Dogg], Travis Barker."

"[We're] trying to get Green Day onboard, hopefully, Kings of Leon, hopefully. I'm really trying to do all the collabs that I couldn't do for the [first] album, and then some, because the album was so themed that I had to strip a lot of features. We're going to have the Clipse on this compilation, Robin Thicke, hopefully we're going to get in the studio, I just did a record for his upcoming album; it's amazing. »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Paramore, Kid Cudi, More Rock The Ulalume Music Fest

23 October 2009 10:02 PM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Kids dress up and rock out at the Halloween-themed Maryland festival.

By James Montgomery

Paramore at the Ulalume Music Festival

Photo: MTV News

Columbia, Maryland — This was definitely the first time Paramore played a show for the Super Mario Brothers. Or a zombie skateboarder and his wife. Or a yeti.

Of course, they made mention of this fact during their crackling headlining set at Friday night's (October 23) Ulalume Music Festival — it's named after a particulary gloomy Edgar Allan Poe poem — an evening of big-ticket performances and creative costumery held at the very spooky (for this night, at least) Merriweather Post Pavillion deep in the woods of suburban Maryland.

It was a concert held in honor of Halloween (it's set to be broadcast October 30 on mtvU), which explained the kids dressed up in all manner of ghoulish finery (and more than a few Baltimore Ravens jerseys), and was certainly why the »

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Lady Gaga unveils "Monster Ball" tour dates

15 October 2009 1:44 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Two weeks after the cancellation of her "Fame Kills" tour with Kanye West, Lady Gaga has announced the details of a solo tour.Described by Gaga as "the first-ever 'pop electro opera,'" "The Monster Ball" tour kicks off November 27 in Montreal, Canada, and will hit 16 North American cities before ending with a two-night stand January 20-21 at New York's Radio City Music Hall.The pop singer also revealed that "The Fame Monster," an enhanced re-release of her debut album, will be released November 23. It will feature a second disc with eight new songs, including "Bad Romance," which Gaga premiered at the Alexander McQueen show during Paris Fashion Week."A message to all my little monsters: 'The Fame Monster' will come out four days before the first live show," Gaga said in a statement. "You have exactly »

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Us Vs. The Moon: Nasa Provides The Bombs, We Provide The Soundtrack

9 October 2009 10:29 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

Early Friday (October 9) morning, Nasa fired the latest salvo in its ongoing war with the Mooninites, smashing a rocket into a lunar crater just because they felt like it.

Ok, that's not necessarily true. The stated purpose of Nasa's mission was to discover water ice buried beneath the surface of the moon, but we here in the MTV Newsroom would like to think that Nasa's real intent was twofold. First, to get revenge for the infamous Mooninite invasion of Boston in 2007, and second, to remind those moon jerks that the Earth still is the big dog on the galactic block … and, well, if you can't run with the big dogs, You Better Stay On The Porch.

So, in celebration of the Earth being #1 — and to rub it in the face of those lunar losers even more — we've made a playlist of our favorite "Moon" songs. Yeah, that's right, we're calling you out, »

- James Montgomery

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Music: Review:Kid Cudi: Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

28 September 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

In its first week, Kid Cudi’s full-length debut sold more than a hundred thousand copies; in 2009, that’s enough to raise eyebrows. But Cudi’s ascent, as atypical as it’s been, says more about navigating the hip-hop of tomorrow than its impassability today. Cudi’s 2008 single “Day ’N’ Nite” placed the sing-speaking ringer/pop protégé/hipster-consultant-to-Kanye West on the same next-gen flight as Drake. But while Drake’s burps yield braggadocio and camera-angle charm, Cudi is most comfortable stoned and trapped inside his own head. Alone. And that’s exactly where he spends most of ... »

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Kid Cudi: The Lonely Stoner Hits His Stride

23 September 2009 12:06 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Scott Ramon Segring Mescudi, better known as Kid Cudi, began making a name for himself with the moody 2008 single "Day N Night," in which the "lonely stoner" describes an inner life of angsty alienation and the effort of maintaining a public persona. But discussing his new record, Man on the Moon: The End of the Day, released last week, the artist emphasizes that there's more to him than the malcontent he's dubbed "Mr. Solo Dolo." "It's supposed to have the yin and the yang," he told me. "Because if I just had the whole melancholy album, then it would be like, this album is about a kid giving up. And that's not true. It's not an album about giving up. It's an album about not giving up. Expressing what's happening and what's really the problem, but then at the same... »

- Cara Parks

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Jay-z Still Holds The Blueprint To Billboard #1

23 September 2009 9:15 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Muse's latest debuts at #3, while Kid Cudi and Drake also land in top 10.

By Gil Kaufman

Jay-z

Photo: Jared Milgrim/FilmMagic

Jay-z will keep his crown next week, topping the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second time with The Blueprint 3, which moved 298,000 copies in week two. With a modest 37 percent drop-off, Jigga managed to hold the top spot as his latest steamed toward sales of 775,000 in just two weeks, according to numbers provided by Nielsen SoundScan.

There was plenty of competition from other rappers' new releases in the top 10, but nobody came close to Jay. English prog trio and "Twilight" soundtrack darlings Muse will notch their best U.S. chart debut to date with their ambitious rock opera The Resistance, which lands at #3 on sales of 128,000. They're followed by the trippy debut from rapper Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon: The End of Day (104,000); the debut Ep from fellow »

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Artist of the Week: Kid Cudi

21 September 2009 2:36 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Even before his debut album hit the stores, Kid Cudi has generated buzz with his stage performances. The rapper, blooming from Kanye West's Good Music label, was often tagged to heavy-hitters such as Jermaine Dupri, Travis Barker, Jay-z and Kanye himself. On September 15, his album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" was finally on the shelves, and it's already on the track to be a top 5 on Billboard 200.

According to industry prognosticators, Kid's number could circle around 120,000 copies in the first week on sale, an extraordinary number for a newcomer. His only competition would be established rockers Muse who are coming with their new album "The Resistance". The final number will be counted this week and revealed on Wednesday, September 23.

The album may be in stores but Cudi is hard at working. Beside joining The Hangover Tour, the rapper is also mulling a secret collaboration with Drake. »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Kid Cudi, Phoenix Let Loose At Vma LIFEbeat Benefit Concert

12 September 2009 10:38 PM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

The up-and-coming rapper and French pop band live up to their hype for New York show.

By James Montgomery

Kid Cudi at the Vma LIFEbeat Benefit Concert on Saturday

Photo: MTV News

New York — It was a benefit show, sponsored by a soft drink company, in a nonsmoking New York venue, but that didn't stop Kid Cudi from striding onto the stage Saturday (September 12) night, grabbing a smoke from someone in the front row, hitting it, then launching into a positively spacey set while an audience full of fired-up kids lost their collective minds (and a few T-shirts).

If only all benefits were this much fun.

Yes, on Saturday, less than 24 hours before the kickoff of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Cudi and French pop aesthetes Phoenix brought the party to Terminal 5 for the Pepsi-sponsored Night of Refreshing Music, which benefitted LIFEbeat, the music industry's AIDS education and prevention organization. »

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Artist of the Week: Kid Cudi

31 August 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »

Hometown: Brooklyn via Cleveland, Ohio

Album: Man on the Moon: The End of Day

For Fans Of: Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, N.E.R.D.

“I used to love taking trips to the planetarium at school—like that was my shit,” says the 25-year-old Mc born Scott Mescudi. This fascination with the cosmos has resurfaced on his early mixtapes and now in the title of his dreamy debut LP, Man on the Moon: The End of Day (out Sept. 15 on Dream On/G.O.O.D./Universal Motown). Cudi’s spaced-out sonic style certainly fits the imagery: With his sing-songy flow, he sounds right at home rapping about late-night meditation and self-medication over slow-burning, soaring melodies as showcased on his breakthrough single, “Day ‘N’ Nite,” which introduced him to the world as “the lonely stoner.”  »

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Can Kid Cudi And Asher Roth Make The Hottest MCs List?

28 August 2009 9:17 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

'When I look at the top 10 MCs, I look at substance, people who bring something to the game,' says Roth.

By Shaheem Reid

Asher Roth

Photo: Src

Kid Cudi and Asher Roth are two MCs that are soaring. They're really earning respect in the rap game. Little by little, these two friends have been making their own way, carving a niche for themselves as their careers take off. Asher was able to sell records even during the recession, plus he got critical acclaim for his debut. He was no one-trick pony, able to prove there was more to him than his breakout hit "I Love College." The kid is lyrical. His words can rock crowds, like he did at the recent Hangover Tour with Cudi and B.O.B. Or his upcoming trek with Blink 182. Add all that up with his multiple Vma nominations and Roth has a »

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Penn, Del Toro & Carrey Are The Stooges

25 March 2009 11:11 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Well, it’s official. After a casting process so long and involved that we heard the BBC were in talks to turn it into a 10-part series with Graham Norton hosting, the Farrelly Brothers have finally, finally, finally found their Three Stooges: Jim Carrey, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro.Let’s put it another way: Jim Carrey, two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn, and Oscar winner, Benicio Del Toro will be playing, respectively, Curly, Larry and Moe in the Farrellys’ revamp of the much-loved Stooges franchise.Wow. Just… wow. That was not what we were expecting. But we have to say, paraphrasing Danny DeVito in another Carrey flick, Man On The Moon, that the casting choices may be insane… but they might also be brilliant.Consider the evidence: Carrey, of course, has worked with Peter and Bobby Farrelly before, on their wonderful debut, Dumb & Dumber, and the much-maligned, although often hilarious, »

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2009 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

15 articles from 2009

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