Tokyo/ Singapore/ Hong Kong - MTV Japan today announced nominees for the 8th annual MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN (MTV VMAJ 09), taking place at the Saitama Super Arena on Saturday, May 30 and hosted this year by stand-up comedian, Gekidan Hitori. Coldplay, NE-YO and Namie Amuro each received three nominations, while Franz Ferdinand, Katy Perry and Britney Spears all received two nominations apiece. Making the trip to Japan to perform at the MTV VMAJ 09 show are Green Day, BLACK EYED PEAS and Katy Perry, as well as local artists EXILE and 9mm Parabellum Bullet. Guest celebrities attending include (in alphabetical order) AI, Blue Man Group, Girl Next Door, Kimaguren, Maximum The Hormone, Meisa Kuroki, Natsuki Kato, Shonan No Kaze, Thelma Aoyama, and w-inds. Additional performing acts and guest celebrities will be announced accordingly.
The MTV VMAJ 09 awards are decided by the viewers and music fans who can vote for either Japanese or international artists nominated in the same category. The voting period is from March 18 through May 1 and can be accessed via web and mobile at www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj.
The 8th annual show will premiere live on MTV Japan, Saturday May 30 at 18h to over 7.2 million homes in Japan. (Portions of the program will be aired on MTV Asia and MTV China, air dates and times will be announced later.)
The complete lists of nominees for the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2009 are:
Best Male Video
KANYE WEST "Heartless"
KREVA "Akasatanahamayarawawon"
MOTOHIRO HATA "Forever Song"
NE-YO "Closer"
USHER "Love in This Club feat. YOUNG JEEZY"
Best Female Video
BEYONCE "If I Were a Boy"
BRITNEY SPEARS "Womanizer"
HIKARU UTADA "Prisoner Of Love"
NAMIE AMURO "NEW LOOK"
THELMA AOYAMA "Nandomo"
Best Group Video
EXILE "Ti Amo (Chapter2)"
FRANZ FERDINAND "Ulysses"
SHONAN NO KAZE "Koishigure"
THE KILLERS "Human"
TOHOSHINKI "Jumon -MIROTIC-"
Best New Artist Video
DUFFY "Mercy"
GIRL NEXT DOOR "Guzen no Kakuritsu"
KATY PERRY "I Kissed a Girl"
KIMAGUREN "LIFE"
MIHO FUKUHARA "CHANGE"
Best Video of the Year
BRITNEY SPEARS "Womanizer"
COLDPLAY "Viva La Vida"
EXILE "Ti Amo (Chapter2)"
NAMIE AMURO "NEW LOOK"
SOUTHERN ALL STARS "I AM YOUR SINGER"
Best Rock Video
ACIDMAN "I stand free"
FALL OUT BOY "I Don't Care"
FRANZ FERDINAND "Ulysses"
MAXIMUM THE HORMONE "Tsume Tsume Tsume"
9MM PARABELLUM BULLET "Living Dying Message"
Best Pop Video
IKIMONOGAKARI "Kimagure Romantic"
KATY PERRY "I Kissed a Girl"
LILY ALLEN "The Fear"
PERFUME "Dream Fighter"
RIP SLYME "Taiyo to Bikini"
Best R&B Video
AKON "Right Now (NaNaNa)"
JUJU feat. Spontania "Sunao ni Naretara"
MILIYA KATO "19 Memories"
NAMIE AMURO "Sexy Girl"
Ne-Yo "Miss Independent"
Best Hip Hop Video
KANYE WEST "Heartless"
KREVA "Akasatanahamayarawawon"
LIL WAYNE "Lollipop feat.STATIC"
TERIYAKI BOYZ® "ZOCK ON! feat.Pharrell & Busta Rhymes"
T.I. "Live Your Life feat. RIHANNA"
Best Reggae Video
HAN-KUN "HOTTER THAN HOT"
KARDINAL OFFISHALL "Dangerous feat. AKON"
MIGHTY JAM ROCK "U.P. STAR"
NATTY "Cold Town"
RYO the SKYWALKER "EVER GREEN"
Best Dance Video
DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP "Thou Shalt Always Kill"
KRAAK & SMAAK "Squeeze Me feat. BEN WESTBEECH"
THE BPA "Toe Jam feat. DAVID BYRNE & DIZZEE RASCAL"
TOWA TEI "Mind Wall feat. Miho Hatori"
UKAWANIMATION! feat. Takkyu Ishino x Kenichi Hagiwara "Wakusei no Portrait 5 Okuman Gaso"
Best Video from a Film
AI "Okuribito" from "Okuribito(Departures)"
JACK WHITE & ALICIA KEYS "Another Way to Die" from "Quantum of Solace"
MADONNA "4 Minutes feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIMBALAND" from "Get Smart"
MONOBRIGHT "Ano Toumeikan to Shonen" from "Afterschool"
REMIOROMEN "Yume no Tsubomi" from "Kansen Retto"
Best Collaboration Video
ANNA TSUCHIYA feat. AI "Crazy World"
MADONNA "4 Minutes feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIMBALAND"
NELLY and FERGIE "Party People"
SCHADARAPARR＋KAELA KIMURA "Hey! Hey! Alright"
T.I. "Live Your Life feat. RIHANNA"
Best Album of the Year
AYAKA "Sing to the Sky"
COLDPLAY "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends"
HIKARU UTADA "Heart Station"
Mr.Children "Supermarket Fantasy"
NE-YO "Year of the Gentleman"
Best Karaokee! Song
AQUA TIMEZ "Niji"
COLDPLAY "Viva La Vida"
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS "Kibou no Uta"
KIMAGUREN "LIFE"
MARIAH CAREY "Touch My Body"
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Jennifer Lopez has dedicated wig room
Senin, 20 April 2009
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Jennifer Lopez has a room just for her wigs.
The singer-and-actress reportedly owns so many hairpieces she has built a 'wiggery' in her New York mansion, which she shares with her husband Marc Anthony and their 13-month-old twins Max and Emme.
A source said: "Jennifer keeps the door locked and hardly ever lets anyone in the room, not even Marc. The shelves on the walls are full of plastic heads holding the best hairpieces money can buy."
Jennifer, 39, is so obsessed with changing her hair she constantly updates her collection and is keen to try out new styles. The source added to National Enquirer magazine:
"Her actual hair is shoulder-length. Her wigs allow her to experiment with different looks and styles without having to have extensions or grown her own locks.
"She has short, long and super-long looks. Her wigs are so elaborate they take on a life of their own."
by music-news.com
Star Wars A Musical Journey
A LONG time ago in a galaxy far, far away.........(well, the Anvil Studios in Denham, England in 1977 to be more precise) an Oscar-winning composer picked up his baton to conduct the score for what was considered at the time to be a very over-ambitious space epic.
That composer was John Williams, who, when he was approached by a young George Lucas to compose the soundtrack of Star Wars, probably had no idea just how popular the tale of Luke Skywalker would become around the world.
Despite Lucas's concern it would not be well received, Star Wars: A New Hope, and it's sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi became three of the world's most popular and best-loved films since their release in 1977, 1980 and 1983, respectively.
Even the three prequels, made over two decades after the originals, found their place in the hearts of the original die-hard fans and managed to bring George Lucas's dream to a new generation.
But it's been often discussed, debated and wondered whether its success would have been even half as much without William's melodic, haunting and iconic score.
As a fan bordering on obsessive geek when it comes to anything to do with the Rebel Alliance vs the Empire, my personal opinion is no, it wouldn't have done.
In fact, I can't help but get goosebumps when that opening fanfare begins and always start humming it whenever I hear the 20th Century Fox music.
So the debate over Williams's contribution to the films was, for me at least, put to rest this weekend as 20,000 people packed into London's O2 Arena for the World Premiere of Star Wars: A Musical Journey.
Although it was the London Symphony Orchestra that was conducted by Williams in March 1977, this time it was the turn of the London Philharmonic Orchestra to pick up their instruments.
On the edge of my seat out of sheer excitement, the hair on the back of my neck stood to attention as Belgian conductor Dirk Brosse (who bore an uncanny resemblance to England manager Fabio Capello) picked up his baton.
The 86-piece orchestra wowed the arena as they performed the live score accompanied by a laser show and excerpts from the six films on a cinema screen behind the stage.
And the biggest thrill, certainly for myself, was the narrator, none other than actor Anthony Daniels, who spent his role in the films as droid C3PO in a shiny gold suit.
On this particular night, however, he was suited and booted in his finest dinner jacket
as he told the story of Anakin and Luke Skywalker and the battle between the good Rebellion and the evil Empire.
He received his most rapturous applause of the night when he suddenly launched
into his most famous character halfway through his narration, introducing him as "a masterpiece of engineering, an amazing droid'.
But the biggest cheers that rang around the Docklands venue were saved for the visual introduction of Jedi master Yoda, sexy smuggler Hans Solo (yes, I admit to him being my first ever crush) and his steady sidekick Chewbacca.
It ended with images of Williams conducting the scores from 1977 to 2005 and fittingly, Daniels closing the night with a wish to each and every one of us - 'May the Force be with you, always.'
by music-news.com
