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Taylor Swift Opens Up About Next Album and How to Keep Changing Her Sound

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 03:29 PM EDT

In a new interview with The Associated Press, pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift revealed a few more details about her highly anticipated new record, which would be the follow-up to this year's hit album, Red. Read More »

Why Christopher Eccleston Said No to Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, 'The Day of the Doctor'

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 03:08 PM EDT

This year's Doctor Who 50th anniversary special has David Tennant reprising his role of the tenth Doctor opposite Matt Smith as the current, eleventh Doctor. We even have John Hurt portraying a mysterious version of the Doctor. But what about number nine, Christopher Eccleston? A new interview with showrunner Steven Moffat revealed why the Thor 2: The Dark World star didn't end up in The Day of the Doctor. Read More »

Anthony Hopkins Sends Bryan Cranston a Letter About Loving 'Breaking Bad'

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 02:49 PM EDT

It's pretty hard to have a conversation with your friends these days without at least one of them bring up Breaking Bad and how he or she is such a huge fan of the show. The AMC series recently wrapped up its story this year, but there are still a select few catching up on Netflix (and Amazon for the final season). One of those people just happens to be Anthony Hopkins and the Oscar-winning actor was so moved by the series that he sent Bryan Cranston a personal letter! Read More »

Lupe Fiasco & Ed Sheeran 'Old School Love' [LISTEN]

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 02:35 PM EDT

Lupe Fiasco has just dropped his first single off of his fifth studio album, Testuo &Youth due out early 2014. This first track, “Old School Love,” is actually a collaboration with 2013 breakout artist Ed Sheeran. The “Red” tour opener lends his vocals to the catchy chorus of this hip-hop track, really making the song more memorable. Read More »

Lorde Compliments Selena Gomez's 'Royals' Cover, Still Not Apologizing for Feminist Tumblr Post

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 02:27 PM EDT

By now you probably know about the drama surrounding 2013 breakout artist Lorde and her criticism of Selena Gomez's song "Come and Get It." The "Royals" songstress has been posting a lot of her opinions on her Tumblr page, and one entry specifically called out the song's lyrics for being anti-feminist. Well a new report now claims that Lorde has praised Gomez recently for covering "Royals." She even said Gomez's version was "cool." Has the young buzz artist had a change of heart? Read More »

Perrie Edwards Reportedly Concerned About Wedding Plans W/ 'Midnight Memories' Release Approaching

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 12:09 PM EDT

Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards are certainly no strangers to dealing with conflicting, busy schedules and working around their relationship. When the young couple got engaged over the summer, it looked like they had gotten over the busy schedule woes and went all in. But now a new report alleges that Perrie is worried Zayn will be too busy with promoting the release of One Direction's third studio album, Midnight Memories. Is Edwards' dream wedding in trouble? Read More »

'Believe Movie' Promotional Picture & Video Show's Off Justin Bieber's Facial Hair

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 11:32 AM EDT

Just last month we had to say good-bye to an American treasure: Justin Bieber's mustache. Though it was a sad time for all, we knew the day would come when the Biebs would shave his "impressive" facial hair, so we had accepted it. Luckily for us, Justin's upcoming documentary Believe recently released a promotional photo and video, focusing on his mustache. The promos were really focusing on how the 19-year-old is becoming a man, but the emphasis on his 'stache really tied it together. Read More »

Taylor Swift is 'Tough' According to 'The Walking Dead' Showrunner Scott Gimple, Compares Beth Greene to 'Red' Songstress

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 11:13 AM EDT

Season 4 of AMC's hit zombie drama The Walking Dead premiered this week and it definitely was a crowd pleaser. One of the standout moments however came from the under-appreciated character of Beth Greene (Emily Kinney) reacting to the death of her boyfriend, Zach. Showrunner Scott Gimple spoke a bit about Beth in the after-show special, The Talking Dead, with host Chris Hardwick. He even compared Beth to pop star Taylor Swift! (SPOILERS to follow) Read More »

Read Sufjan Stevens' Funny Open Letter/ Grammar Lesson to Miley Cyrus

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 14, 2013 10:46 AM EDT

Miley Cyrus has been receiving a lot of advice from Sinead O'Connor recently, in the form of several open letters addressing the young singer's recent image change and mounting success. Cyrus has not been reacting well to these letters, thus leading to more open letters from the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer. Though this little back-and-forth with these singers is pretty entertaining, indie-folk songwriter Sufjan Stevens has joined the "open letters to Miley Cyrus" game with a comical grammar lesson about her Bangers track "#GetItRight." Read More »

Harrison Ford & Benedict Cumberbatch Avoid Casting Rumor Questions About 2015's 'Episode VII'

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 13, 2013 06:39 PM EDT

While appearing as special guests on the United Kingdom's The Graham Norton Show, actors Harrison Ford and Benedict Cumberbatch had a little bit of fun by avoiding Star Wars: Episode VII casting rumors. These two actors are definitely the top names involved with the J.J. Abrams directed project, so they have had to deal with their fair share of questions about the film. Read More »

Channing Tatum, Gay Rom-Com Movie Project

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 13, 2013 06:30 PM EDT

Paul Feig, the filmmaker behind Bridesmaids, is reportedly working on a new movie project described as a same sex romantic comedy. According to a new report, Feig reportedly offered one of the roles to Hollywood leading man Channing Tatum. The buzz around the movie would certainly benefit from Tatum's involvement, but are his fans ready for him to take on such a role? Read More »

Bruce Willis Hosts SNL w/ Musical Guest Katy Perry

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 13, 2013 03:14 PM EDT

Bruce Willis hadn't hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live since 1989, but this weekend he made a pretty impressive return to the sketch comedy world. Though the actor is most known for his action movie roles, his comedy chops were put to the test on SNL and he definitely got plenty of laughs throughout the night. Plus Katy Perry's musical performances were incredible. Read More »

Will One of These Working Titles Turn Out to be 'Episode VII's Real Title?

By jon-niles-mstars-reporter | Oct 11, 2013 03:33 PM EDT

A recent interview with George Lucas' son, Jett, revealed that the Star Wars creator had been working on a new trilogy storyline before selling Lucasfilm to Disney. That said, a new report came out this week with two working titles for the upcoming, J.J. Abrams-directed movie Episode VII. These titles came from before the Disney merger and are strictly working titles that should be treated as such. According to Latino Review, Episode VII could be titled Return of the Sith or Rise of the Jedi. Read More »

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