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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Wiz Khalifa To Crash 'RapFix Live' Pittsburgh Party
Wiz will join fellow Pittsburgh MC Mac Miller on 'RapFix Live' Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on MTV.com
By Rob Markman
Wiz Khalifa
Photo: Jason Merritt/ WireImage
There's going to be a Pix Burgh party on Wednesday's "RapFix Live." Mac Miller isn't the only Pittsburgh rapper making his return to the red couch tomorrow, as Wiz Khalifa will also be sitting with host Sway Calloway to talk about his latest and greatest.
It's perfect timing too. On Monday, Khalifa released "Work Hard, Play Hard," the first single from his sophomore album O.N.I.F.C. (Only N---a in First Class). The catchy track, which was crafted by Stargate and Benny Blanco, finds Young Khalifa flaunting his success in the face of less fortunate haters.
Wiz is coming off the heels of his critically acclaimed Taylor Allderdice mixtape. He's prepping O.N.I.F.C. for an August 28 release, and if that wasn't enough, Mr. Khalifa and fiancée Amber Rose are planning a wedding. (It was during a March 2011 episode of "RapFix Live" where the lovebirds gave their first interview.) The Taylor Gang captain is also about to hit the road with Mac Miller, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Chevy Woods on the Under the Influence of Music tour, so there is plenty to talk about.
"It means everything, Mac's my little homey. It's good for his fans; it's good for everybody who've been wanting to see us do what we do together," Wiz told MTV News about the tour, which kicks off July 26 in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Chevy's my guy. I grew up with him so I know he's gonna bring a lot of crazy energy. Kendrick and Schoolboy got a bunch of fans on their own and people that they're gonna entertain as well, so I think it's just gonna bring a lot of different worlds together as well as create some new energy that hasn't been done before."
That's not all "RapFix Live" has to offer, as California spitter Casey Veggies will also be coming through. Trust us, you don't want to miss this!
Catch Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller and Casey Veggies on "RapFix Live" Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on MTV.com, and be sure to join the Twitter conversation using the hashtag #RapFixLive. Send your questions for the artists @MTVRapFix!
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Many Emu Oil Health Benefits For Your Skin And Wellness
You'll find it anti-inflammatory, non-comedogenic, hypoallergenic, and bacteriostatic. This has typically been used by the Aborigines of Australia for the treatment of bruises, burns and acute wounds. On top of that it serves as a pain reliever for joint, muscle and bone issues.
Perhaps you may want to know exactly how oil could be advantageous since it is made up of solely body fats. You'll find it different to many other fats mainly because the fat which it comprises is healthy. It is comprised of practically 70% unsaturated fatty acids, many of which is oleic acid, a mono-unsaturated omega-9 essential fatty acid. What's more, it is composed of very nearly 20% linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid, and up to 1 to 2% linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid. Both these acids can easily permeate deep down inside the skin layers.
From the moment you utilize it, it is able to easily enter the skin cellular levels and carry out its assignment.The most typical feature is most likely the miracle it does with the skin. Using its help, your skin can be clearer and more healthy. Scientific study has used it as a starting element in generating particular stretch mark products and solutions which were seen to be very successful. In addition to that, it can also be excellent for the purpose of restoration of scar issues. Given it can easily detoxify the region lying deep down below the preliminary skin layer, it will likely easily take out the marks that have stayed there for a long time, and this also covers scar tissue.
Apart from the skin, it may also be good for your own hair. The fact is, medical studies uncovered that this is a perfect strategy to hair losses.
Along with its support, the scalp is rejuvenated and it allows hair to thrive just as before. This is exactly why several doctors also have encouraged its use to clients given its amazing successes.Its application boasts numerous various health advantages such as help in muscle afflictions and joint inflammation.
Besides the many positive aspects that one can have while using this, there aren't any acknowledged unwanted side effects. A number of tests were done in its implementation and it is confirmed to be extremely trustworthy. It's also hypo- allergenic and has anti- bacterial properties.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Kristen Stewart 'Amazing' In 'Snow White And The Huntsman'
Special-effects supervisor Michael Dawson describes challenges of working with fire, explosions and Stewart wading through brown goop in the film.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Kristen Stewart on the set of "Snow White and the Huntsman"
Photo: MTV News
When creating the world of "Snow White and the Huntsman," not everything Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth encounter can be left up to computer-generated imagery. You have to add a bit of reality — practical effects like fire, explosions and rain — to bring the world to life.
To get the answers to how the filmmakers created so many of the fantastical effects for "Snow White and the Huntsman," we spoke with special-effects supervisor Michael Dawson about the challenges of setting a village on fire, submerging Charlize Theron in milk and letting Stewart sink into a bog.
According to Dawson, the biggest challenge of the entire shoot was a scene that was featured prominently in the most recent trailer. Dawson and his team set fire to an entire village during Hemsworth's biggest fight scene.
"They built the village out on stilts like a fishing village. If you can imagine, they built it out into the lake itself. We had about 10 huts we had to gas up," said Dawson, who is currently working on "Maleficent," starring Angelina Jolie. "It was all a thatched village, so we made all the thatched roofs out of plaster. Then we pumped through liquid propane, so it was really roaring away, and Chris was running through there, smashing people up."
One of the most talked-about scenes from the first trailers also posed one of the biggest tests for Dawson and his team. The queen's milk bath was initially conceived as one where Theron's character would enter and exit from a pool of acid, but as Dawson explained, the scene evolved into the version we know today.
"As the scene progressed, it gradually became apparent that they wanted a more viscous liquid so it would cling to her because she was kind of naked. They wanted it to cover her like a cloak. So we had to devise a product that could do that safely," Dawson said. "We eventually found a thickening agent that they use for cosmetics and toothpaste and a whitening agent that is used in makeup. We got it down to the right consistency, and then we had a company make 30,000 liters of it in a sealed environment so it was sterile."
Keeping the bath free of any bacteria was incredibly important for the crew and something that caused Dawson a bit of distress. "We didn't want any germs in it. It's always a worry when you put a lead actress of her caliber into something like that. You just think, 'God, I hope it's all right.' "
One scene called for Stewart to wade into a bog, and Dawson said that the actress handled it like a true professional. "She was amazing. This was a cold bog that we dug and filled it with this goopy brown stuff that was really nasty," Dawson said. "She was in it, and she was acting in it. She never moaned. She never complained."
Dawson said that being a good sport in situations like the scene with Stewart in the bog make his job easier. "When that happens, it sells the shot. If you can tell that somebody's not comfortable doing something, then it doesn't work."
Check out everything we've got on ""Snow White and the Huntsman".
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
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iPhone 4S six months later
The editors and friends of iMore and Mobile Nations weigh in on the reliability and relevance of Apple's 2011 iPhone 4S six months after release
6 months ago Apple released the iPhone 4S. Some of us bought it immediately. Some of us waited. Some of us still haven't decided. Since Apple only releases one new phone a year -- if that -- the longevity of any new iPhone model is really important. So we polled the staff here at iMore, our compatriots from the Mobile Nations network, and our friends from the podcasts to find out how the iPhone 4S was holding up. Are we still happy? Is it still our one and only? Or with all the hot new devices on other platforms, are we harboring any secret lust in our hearts?
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Bee Gee?s Singer Robin Gibb Lapses Into Coma
Bee Gee’s Singer Robin Gibb Lapses Into Coma
Robin Gibb, who has battled cancer for years, now has pneumonia and has fallen into a coma. Robin’s wife Dwina and brother Barry are at [...]
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Instagram?s User Base Explodes, Surpasses 40 Million
There's no stopping Instagram's winning streak. On Friday, web developer Rakshith Krishnappa noticed that in the 10 days since CEO Kevin Systrom announced the service had hit the 30 million user milestone, Instagram had added another 10 million users to its list.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
'Girls': The Reviews Are In!
Critics praise HBO show while questioning whether it will connect beyond urban audiences.
By John Mitchell
Lena Dunham in "Girls"
Photo: HBO
HBO's new comedy "Girls" is easily the most buzzed-about series debut so far this year. From the almost uncomfortably realistic sex scenes and sharp dialogue to series creator/producer/writer/star Lena Dunham's Louis C.K.-style multitasking — not to mention the show's similarities to and differences from that other landmark show about four single females in New York — people cannot stop talking about "Girls." Luckily for everyone involved, most of the things being said range from good to rave.
"Girls," which premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO, has critics using words like "groundbreaking" and "revolutionary" to describe the series, about four friends (Dunham and co-stars Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet) in their early 20s trying to get their lives off the ground in NYC.
Here in the MTV Newsroom, we're as enraptured with the show as everyone else seems to be, but in her otherwise rave review in Salon, Willa Paskin makes an observation about "Girls" that has come up often during chatter about the new series: that its specificity, minus the fantasy element that made middle America fall in love with "Sex and the City," may make the show unrelatable to those outside East Coast urban centers.
"My concern was that 'Girls' speaks so specifically and accurately to the experience of me and my census buddies — and to be clear, that's urban white girls with safety nets; have at us in the comments — that people would either write it off as navel-gazing, snark at the innate privilege undergirding the whole thing, or find it unrelatable," Paskin writes.
That concern doesn't diminish the show's quality, though, and the site goes on to call the show "smart, bracing, funny, accurately absurd, confessional yet self-aware."
"Few series come out of the box as brilliant as 'Girls' does," Tim Goodman rhapsodizes in The Hollywood Reporter. "The new HBO series from Lena Dunham ('Tiny Furniture') is one of the most original, spot-on, no-missed-steps series in recent memory. For her part, Dunham, who writes, directs, stars in, created and executive produces the series, is a talent as unique and refreshing to the medium as Louis C.K. — high praise indeed, as FX's 'Louie' is one of the most critically acclaimed series on television."
Sex factors heavily in "Girls," but unlike the glamorized romps we saw on its HBO foremother "SATC," the sex acts depicted here are graphic, button-pushing and realistic but not gratuitous. According to Verne Gay in Newsday, the sex serves as a visual manifestation of the characters' internal issues. In a four-star review, Gay writes, "Hannah [Dunham's character] and the show are all about internal conflict and so is the humor, while sex — and fair warning, it's pretty graphic here, which may be the handiwork of Apatow — is the metaphor for all that conflict. It's grotesque, malignant, unpleasurable and a particularly devious torture chamber, at least for the women, who still submit to it."
The Los Angeles Times isn't as unconditional in its praise, calling the show "nothing short of revolutionary" but "hard to love." "There is a cool cleverness to the show that is both attractive and off-putting," Mary McNamara writes. "The characters are flawed and hyper-aware of their flaws, the stories so bent on covering every angle of self-examination that there is no real role for the viewer to play. Which makes watching it an intellectual rather than emotional experience."
The show positions itself as being a far more realistic version of the girls in the big city trope that "SATC" glamorized, which the Atlantic Wire's Richard Lawson sees as a reflection of the times the two shows premiered in. " 'SATC' was fantasy and fable, with a few bits of relatable relationship stuff thrown to the commoners like chum. 'Girls' is something else; it's a very particular, very of the moment dissection of mundanely funny minutiae, of boredom and anxiety in these brownly grim times," Lawson writes. "Though I guess it's possible the difference really is merely generational — the rich late '90s gave us Sex, while the wobbly '10s give us Girls, a witty and occasionally touching glimpse into our immediate neighbors' lives. They've got something here, it just remains to be seen how big a thing it is."
That "Girls" could be the next big things seems like the consensus opinion of critics, but will this story of a group of friends struggling to discover themselves and succeed in the big city connect with audiences in Peoria, Illinois? Lawson seems to think it may. "Who knows, it could be that soon enough young women the nation over will be saying they're 'such a Hannah' or 'totally a Marnie,' " he writes. "Maybe fabulous is officially out. Maybe the new aspiration in these punishing times is, simply, to aspire."
Are you excited for the series premiere of "Girls" Sunday on HBO? Let us know if you'll be watching in the comments below!
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