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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Hold Secret Meeting, Clinton's Camp Downpl
2008-06-06 18:29:00
After faking out the press, the two former rivals meet behind closed doors to discuss how to unify Dems.By Gil Kaufman Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Photo: Joe Raedle and Win McNamee/ Getty Images Here's what we know: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and one-time rival Senator Hillary Clinton got together on Thursday for a private discussion. Here's what we don't know: what they talked about. The dueling senators, who had been civil, if chilly, to each other for the past 17 months, surprised their aides and the Washington press by pulling off a closed-door talk at California Senator Dianne Feinstein's Washington-area home hours after Clinton had attempted to downplay talk of a Democratic "dream team" ticket. The meeting came on the same day that Clinton announced she would be endorsing Obama at a rally planned for noon on Saturday in Washington, D.C., According to The New York Times, the two senators managed to head-fake the press wh...
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Plies Talks About Being Cut From Usher's 'Love In This Club' Remix, His Adm
2008-06-06 14:00:00
Rapper's new record, Definition of Real, includes collaborations with Janet Jackson, Jamie Foxx and The-Dream.By Shaheem Reid Plies Photo: MTV News There was a version of the remix of Usher's "Love in This Club " on tap that was almost completely different than the one actually released. We almost heard Usher trying to have sex in the nightspot with Mariah Carey instead of Beyoncé. "At the time, it was conveyed to me that it was supposed to be Usher, Mariah Carey and me," Plies told us about how he laid two verses for a remix to the hit single. "Obviously, that was a no-brainer as far as putting down what I had to do. ... I sent two verses to them. Then I get a call from a friend of mine at a radio station that they was getting ready to go with the record, but the version they had didn't have me on it." Of course, the version that went to radio featured Usher, Beyoncé and Lil Wayne. "For me, I never allow myself to ever take anything personal in this business,...
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Arch Enemy Revive Early LPs With A Twist; Carcass Aim For U.S. Tour; Plus D
2008-06-06 14:00:00
'We're just really hungry right now,' frontwoman Angela Gossow says of Arch Enemy 's plans.By Chris Harris Arch Enemy 's Angela Gossow and Michael Amott Photo: Century Media Last fall, Michael Amott, guitarist for Swedish melodic death-metallers Arch Enemy, confirmed in an interview with Metal File that Carcass , the legendary British grindcore band he played in during the early '90s, would be re-forming for a spate of live gigs. But while the band has booked a ton of festival appearances overseas, Carcass have yet to announce a single U.S. date. The File spoke to Arch Enemy frontwoman Angela Gossow (and Ammott's fiancee) last week, just before the band played the final date on the sold-out Tyranny and Bloodshred Tour , with support acts Dark Tranquillity, Divine Heresy and Firewind. Gossow told us that while nothing has been made official, "there is something in the works for the States." According to Gossow, Carcass have been approached about a possible U.S. headlini...
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MTV Rough Cut: Jack Black
2008-06-06 13:54:00
MTV Rough Cut: Jack Black We catch up with the funnyman after his "Kung Fu Panda" Sneak Peek Week screening to talk about playing a panda and co-starring with Angelina Jolie.

Spike Lee Says He'll 'Take The Obama High Road' In Clint Eastwood Spat
2008-06-06 12:49:00
'It's not a feud,' director tells MTV News about 'Flags of Our Fathers' back-and-forth. Spike Lee Photo: Francois Durand/ Getty Images
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MTV News' Kim Stolz And 'Top Chef' Host Padma Lakshmi Rocked The Same Dress
2008-06-06 09:48:00
'I've lost this game once before -- can I pull off a win now?' Stolz writes. Photo: Bravo and MTV News
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Hawthorne Heights Talk Reconciliation With Victory Records, New Album <i
2008-06-06 09:37:00
'It wasn't important to us to try and prove that we were right,' drummer Eron Bucciarelli says of dropping lawsuit after Casey Calvert's death.By James Montgomery Hawthorne Heights Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images It's been a pretty trying two years for Hawthorne Heights, to say the very least. All the drama started back in March 2006, when the release of the band's second album, If Only You Were Lonely, was marred by a rather curious e-mail sent from HH's label, Victory Records , to street teamers, urging them to "relocate" copies of Ne-Yo's In My Own Words album in record stores in order to help Lonely claim the top spot on the Billboard albums chart. Hawthorne originally tried to laugh the whole situation off, saying that they had nothing to do with the e-mail — despite the fact that it was signed "Your friends, Hawthorne Heights" — and that it was just the label's way of "rallying the troops." Of course, by August of that year, they had changed th...
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Hillary Clinton Urges Supporters To Rally Behind Barack Obama, But Has Not
2008-06-05 16:29:00
'My differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain,' Clinton writes in e-mail.By Gil Kaufman Sen. Hillary Clinton Photo: Justin Sullivan/ Getty Images A day after telling disappointed supporters that she needed some time to figure out what to do next, Senator Hillary Clinton has announced that she will endorse Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama at an event in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. But after a hard fought campaign that ended with Obama's slim victory following Tuesday's final two primaries, Clinton still seems to be keeping her options open and has not yet agreed to release her delegates to Obama. "On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy," Clinton wrote in an e-mail sent to supporters early Thursday morning. "This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences...
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R. Kelly Trial: P.I. Accuses 'Threesome' Woman Of Extortion; Video Analyst
2008-06-05 15:11:00
Expert witness also contends mole on the man's back could be a blemish on the video.By Jennifer Vineyard R. Kelly (file) Photo: Tasos Katopodis/ Getty Images CHICAGO — "Are you clairvoyant?" As R. Kelly's defense team kept up their onslaught of witnesses intended to dismantle the credibility of the state's witnesses, prosecutors accused them of trying to use parlor tricks to make evidence appear and disappear — like the mole on the singer's back. Depending on which forensic video expert you ask, it's either completely visible on the footage at the heart of the singer's child-pornography trial, or it's not. And in the case of one celebrity P.I., prosecutors thought he was basing his testimony on mind-reading. THE R. KELLY TRIAL: IN BRIEF Status of Trial The prosecution rested on June 2; the defense began on June 4.The ChargesKelly faces 14 counts of child pornography — seven for directing, seven for producing.What's at Stake?Kelly faces 15 year...
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Nick Hogan Transferred Out Of Solitary Confinement: Report
2008-06-05 14:08:00
Hulk Hogan 's 17-year-old son placed in a cell with three other inmates and a TV.By Katie Byrne, with additional reporting by Chris Harris Nick Hogan (file) Photo: Joseph Garnett, Jr./Getty Images Nick Hogan no longer has to endure an eight-month jail sentence on his own. Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan's 17-year-old son (born Nick Bollea) was transferred out of a solitary cell into one with three other inmates and a television, according to TMZ. He was transferred at 4:30 p.m. Thursday (June 5), Florida's Pinellas County Sheriff's Office told a local Fox station. The sheriff's office also said the new cell is under 24-hour supervision. Bollea went behind bars last month for the role he played in an August car crash that left his friend John Graziano critically injured. A judge denied a motion from Bollea's attorneys Tuesday to have him moved from solitary confinement at the Pinellas County Jail in Largo, Florida. Officials had segregated him from the jail's general pop...
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Gavin Rossdale Gets 'Aggressive,' Political On First Solo LP, But Don't Exp
2008-06-05 14:00:00
Former Bush frontman hopes Wanderlust finds the audience that Institute never did.By Chris Harris Gavin Rossdale Photo: MTV News On Tuesday, Wanderlust, the first true solo LP from former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, hit shelves worldwide. While it does boast an exhilarating cameo from Garbage's Shirley Manson (on the track "The Trouble I'm In"), the album will not feature a duet with No Doubt's Gwen Stefani, Rossdale's pregnant pop-star wife. In fact, it's unlikely such a collaboration will ever materialize on tape, he admitted. That's because for Rossdale, the idea is just too much of a rock-and-roll cliché. He's no Sonny, and Gwen's no Cher. They're too very different artists, and he said they'd like to avoid combining their professional and personal lives. "It's bad enough with the whole intrusive, paparazzi-celebrity-weird-photo life," he said. "I like mystery. The people I care the most about, whether it's in music or films or art or whatever, I do...
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MTV Rough Cut: Adam Sandler
2008-06-05 13:00:00
MTV Rough Cut: Adam Sandler The "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" star watches his 1987 MTV audition tape and is reunited with a long-lost co-star.

Shawn Wayans On 'Little Man' Defense In R. Kelly Trial: 'He Wouldn't Be A G
2008-06-05 11:57:00
'I ain't gonna get in the middle of R. Kelly 's trial, [but] I'm curious,' Wayans says. Shawn Wayans Photo: MTV News Related Artists R. Kelly
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Britney Spears Looks 'Hot And Blonde' In Pussycat Dolls' 'When I Grow Up' V
2008-06-05 11:14:00
'When [Britney ] saw them on the MTV [Movie Awards], she was totally down to do the video,' source says.By Gil Kaufman Britney Spears (file) Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images First, "How I Met Your Mother" — now, the Pussycat Dolls. Her albums might not sell the way they used to, but Britney Spears is turning into the queen of the red-hot cameo. According to People magazine, Brit filmed a bit part in the video for the Pussycat Dolls ' "When I Grow Up" clip. An unnamed source told the magazine that Spears had a "small part" in the video, which was shot Wednesday in Los Angeles. A "set source" told UsMagazine.com that Spears does not interact with the group in the video, and shot her scenes at the Warner Bros. lot Wednesday while the Dolls filmed in Hollywood. "In the scene shot [Wednesday], Britney is driving in a car," the source said. "They all wave at each other as they are passing in traffic — that is it. Of course, Britney looks hot and blonde. It is a ve...
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'American Idol' Runner-Up David Archuleta Signs To Same Label As David Cook
2008-06-05 08:56:00
'I'm really excited to start working on everything,' teen crooner says of record deal.By Gil Kaufman David Archuleta Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images What's good enough for one David is good enough for the other. "American Idol " runner-up David Archuleta has inked a deal with 19 Recordings/ Jive Records, the same label that signed his onetime rival, David Cook. Archuleta, 17 — who is rehearsing for the American Idols Live! Tour, which kicks off July 1 — said in a statement that he is excited to release his major-label debut later this year. "Signing a record contract with 19 Recordings/ Jive Records is truly a dream come true," he said. "Being a fan of 'American Idol' since season one and admiring the alumni, I am honored and humbled to be a part of that group. I'm really excited to start working on everything." Though it will likely be five or six months before fans hear the debut from the baby-faced crooner, Archuleta has already made a dent on the...
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Usher Stands Far Above Competition With Second Chart-Topping Debut
2008-06-04 17:56:00
Here I Stand sells almost 443,000 copies; 'Sex and the City' soundtrack opens at #2.By Chris Harris Usher 's <i>Here I Stand</i> Photo: LaFace When you think of debonair R&B star Usher, you think hits — tracks like "U Remind Me," "My Boo" and "Yeah!" You think about the fact that the dude has sold more than 30 million records worldwide. You think about the legions of fans that make each of his live gigs sell-out events, and words like "icon" start popping into your head. So it should surprise you that, over the course of more than a decade, Usher has had just one album open at #1 on Billboard's albums sales chart. That is until last week, when the soulful crooner issued his latest studio effort, Here I Stand. According to the latest Nielsen SoundScan totals, after selling more than 442,900 copies, Usher's latest knocks 3 Doors Down's self-titled album from the peak position of next week's chart. His previous release, 2004's Confessions, also bowed...
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Hillary Clinton To End Her Presidential Campaign This Week: Report
2008-06-04 14:46:00
News comes only a day after she refused to concede to Barack Obama, who secured the Democratic presidential nomination.By Larry Carroll Hillary Clinton Photo: Joe Raedle/ Getty Images New York Senator Hillary Clinton will end her quest for the presidency Friday, according to a CNN report that cites multiple sources. The news comes only one day after a defiant Clinton was introduced to supporters as "the next president of the United States of America," while most news outlets were announcing that Illinois Senator Barack Obama had secured the Democratic nomination. The Clinton campaign said she "will be hosting an event in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to thank her supporters and express her support for Senator Obama and party unity," according to CNN. With the voting over, both Obama and Clinton were back in Washington to speak with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. According to the CNN report, the candidates crossed paths at the conference and had a brief conv...
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Jonathan Mannion: Hip-Hop's Go-To Photographer
2008-06-04 14:00:00
Jonathan Mannion: Hip-Hop's Go-To Photographer Mannion has shot everything from the cover of Jay-Z's first album to the art for Lil Wayne's latest.
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Hip-Hop Photographer Jonathan Mannion -- Who Just Took Pics For Lil Wayne's
2008-06-04 14:00:00
'It took some convincing to get him into a bathtub full of blood,' he says of cover shoot for DMX's Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood.By Shaheem Reid, with reporting by Bernard Lumpkin Jonathan Mannion Photo: MTV News You know you're bad if you can convince DMX to lie in a bathtub full of blood and Lil Wayne to take a bite out of his own heart. Weezy F. Baby is spread out on a doctor's gurney while yet another Weezy F. Baby, dressed in eyeglasses and a white doctor's jacket, stands above him with a heart. The heart is in his hands, and he's about to take a bite. Photographer Jonathan Mannion is working his magic. "A couple concepts," Mannion explained on the shoot's Miami set. "We got Dr. Carter, Mr. Carter, we got Lil Wayne. There are alter egos happening, and we're going to present that to you all day. He's got an album — he has songs that he wants to define. He's kind of gone on a journey and explored his character, and it's definitely pushing the...

Coldplay's <i>Viva La Vida</i>: Everything To Everyone, In <
2008-06-04 14:00:00
Who's going to like Coldplay's new record? Everyone who liked their previous records.By James Montgomery Coldplay's Chris Martin Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images On The Record: Coldplay Get Massively Minimal on Viva la Vida Given everything contained within, it's fitting that Coldplay decided to saddle their new album with two seemingly disparate titles (it's called Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, in case you weren't aware). Because if anything, it's the most bipolar thing they've ever done. Lyrically, it's obsessed with the duality of, well, everything, full of ruminations on life and death, corporeal pleasure and spiritual anguish, the emptiness of wealth and the reverence of poverty (all sung by a millionaire rock star with an Academy Award-winning wife, of course). Musically, it's Sagrada Familia-massive and quark-microscopic, all strings and church bells one moment, tiny tack piano and shimmery joules of synthesizer the next (and surprisingly or...

Weezer Reveal Hootenanny Tour Plans To 'Chocolate Rain' Sensation (And 'Por
2008-06-04 13:33:00
'We're gonna invite a bunch of Weezer fans down to bring their instruments and jam with us,' says frontman Rivers Cuomo.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Tay Zonday Weezer's Scott Shriner and Rivers Cuomo Photo: MTV News If you have access to the Internet (and if you didn't, how would you be reading this?), then you've probably seen Weezer's new "Pork and Beans" video, or you are at least marginally aware of its existence. That's because it stars a veritable who's who of Internet sensations — everyone from the Numa Numa kid to the Dramatic Chipmunk to Chris Crocker, plus a whole lot of other YouTube all-stars you've probably wasted time watching at work — doing what they do best: being themselves. Not surprisingly, since it first premiered on the video site a week ago, it's become a huge hit, racking up more than 5 million views and a slew of tribute clips. Of course, Tay Zonday — the froggy-voiced, bizarrely shiny mastermind behind "Cho...
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Hip-Hop Community Celebrates Obama Nomination
2008-06-04 13:00:00
Hip-Hop Community Celebrates Obama Nomination T.I., Young Jeezy, 50 Cent and Nas throw their support behind the first black major-party presidential nominee in history. Related Artists T.I. Young Jeezy Nas 50 Cent

R. Kelly Trial: Girls' Relatives Deny She Appears On Sex Tape; Reporter Jim
2008-06-04 12:22:00
The defense also begins to impeach testimony of 'threesome' woman, Lisa Van Allen.By Jennifer Vineyard R. Kelly Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images CHICAGO — R. Kelly's team struck back hard on Wednesday (June 4), the first day of the defense case in the singer's child-pornography trial, by bringing forth family members of the girl in question who don't think she's the one on the tape. The defense also sought to decimate the prosecution's star witness, Lisa Van Allen, with the first of three witnesses called to impeach her testimony about having a threesome with Kelly and the girl in question. THE R. KELLY TRIAL: IN BRIEF Status of Trial The prosecution rested on June 2; the defense began on June 4.The ChargesKelly faces 14 counts of child pornography — seven for directing, seven for producing.What's at Stake?Kelly faces 15 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. If convicted, he'd have to register as a sex offender.For full coverage of the ongoing R. Kel...
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The R. Kelly Trial So Far
2008-06-04 11:39:00
The R. Kelly Trial So Far We bring you up to speed on the already-tumultuous courtroom drama, which finally got under way May 20. Related Artists R. Kelly
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Barack Obama: With Primary Season Finally Over, Here's What The Democratic
2008-06-04 09:42:00
Candidate must choose running mate, begin wooing Clinton supporters and independent voters.By Gil Kaufman Barack Obama Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images He weathered the longest primary season ever and made history by securing the Democratic Party's presidential nomination Tuesday night, but Senator Barack Obama's work is just beginning. Though he was able to beat rival Senator Hillary Clinton in a pitched battle that made for one of the closest, most widely followed primaries in a generation, Obama must now turn his attention to mending fences with Clinton, while wooing the tens of millions of voters who typically don't start paying attention until the general election. Dave Beattie, a Democratic political consultant who has not worked with either candidate this campaign season, said Obama's top priority should be having a frank, one-on-one conversation with Clinton. "Rather than innuendo, he needs to figure out what she wants, and he needs her to say, 'I support...
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Diddy, Young Jeezy, Respond To Barack Obama's Historic Nomination; Nas Drop
2008-06-04 09:32:00
Plus: Check out lyrics from the Green Lantern-produced Nas track 'Black President.'By Shaheem Reid Barack Obama and Diddy (file) Photo: Rebecca Sapp/ WireImage for Citizen Change Now that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, some of his biggest support is coming from the hip-hop community. "Today is one of the greatest and proudest moments of my life," Diddy said Wednesday (June 4) of Obama's nomination. "Not just as a black man, but as an American. Senator Obama becoming the Democratic nominee for president is history in the making and proof that we do live in the greatest country in the world!" "It goes Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama," Young Jeezy raps at the beginning of The-Dream's "I Luv Your Girl." The Snowman says he's been really interested in the political race this year. "For real, as bad as we try to ignore it and act like it ain't got nothing to do with us, it's real," Jeezy said about what some people in the black community ...
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How Fun Are Movie Junkets?
2008-06-04 09:16:00
How Fun Are Movie Junkets? "The Promotion" stars Jenna Fischer and Seann William Scott show us what a day full of interviews is really like.

Barack Obama Makes History, Clinching Democratic Presidential Nomination
2008-06-03 17:53:00
Illinois senator will be first major-party black nominee; Hillary Clinton chooses not to concede.By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by Liz Nord Barack Obama addresses supporters in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/ AFP/ Getty Images Just moments after the South Dakota polls closed on Tuesday night (June 3), CNN projected that Democratic Senator Barack Obama had secured enough votes to be the first black man in U.S. history to become the presidential nominee of a major American political party. "Tonight, we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another — a journey that will bring a new and better day to America," Obama said during his victory speech in Minnesota, which focused not on the historic nature of his accomplishment, but on the people who helped him achieve it and on his mission to turn back the policies of the Bush administration. "Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee...
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'Twilight' Tuesday: Watch Uncut Movie Awards Interviews With Kristen And Ro
2008-06-03 14:37:00
These uncut Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson interviews from the MTV Movie Awards gold carpet haven't been seen before.By Larry Carroll Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Photo: MTV News HOLLYWOOD — Hi everybody, and welcome to another Twilight Tuesday ... zzz ... Oh, I'm so sorry ... zzz. In case you haven't heard (yawn!), we had a little party called the MTV Movie Awards this past weekend. We're so glad that Twilighters around the world were a huge part of the festivities, from our guest blogger Laura to your enthusiasm for the preshow to Robert, Kristen and Cam's coming-out party on the gold carpet. We've been working overtime to make it all happen, so excuse us all if we might ... zzz ... doze off as we try to bring you this week's Twilight Tuesday, but you know we'd never let you down. First, the big news: you. After we debuted the first-ever clip from the movie "Twilight" during our preshow, we posted it online for you to watch as many times as y...
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Nick Hogan Will Remain In Solitary Confinement, Judge Rules
2008-06-03 10:12:00
News follows lawsuit filed against Florida jail officials for releasing recordings of Hogan 's phone conversations with parents.By Chris Harris Nick Hogan appears at Pinellas County Court on May 9th Photo: Joseph Garnett, Jr./Getty Images For the time being, Nick Hogan has to serve his time solo. Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan's 17-year-old son (born Nick Bollea) — who was sentenced to eight months behind bars last month for the role he'd played in an August car crash that left his friend John Graziano critically injured — got some more bad news Tuesday (June 3). A judge denied a motion from Bollea's attorneys to have him moved from solitary confinement at the Pinellas County Jail in Largo, Florida, according to The Associated Press. Officials had segregated him from the jail's general population because he is a minor. Bollea, who was featured prominently in the VH1 reality series "Hogan Knows Best," was convicted in adult court. His attorneys had put in the ...
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