Run This Town with Rihanna and Kanye West
- Artist: Kanye West
- Label: Roc Nation
- Director: Anthony Mandler
Source: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=1230523&vid=429303
Friday, November 12, 2010
Kanye West - Run This Town with Rihanna and Kanye West
Kanye West's EMA Cameo Was 'Last-Second,' 30 Seconds To Mars Say
'We knew it was going to be imperfect and a bit of a beautiful disaster,' Jared Leto tells MTV News.
By James Montgomery
Kayne West and 30STM's Jared Leto onstage at the 2010 MTV EMAs on Sunday
Photo: Jordi Vidal/Getty Images
MADRID — Without a doubt, the biggest shock of the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards was Kanye West's surprise performance with 30 Seconds to Mars at the iconic Puerta de Alcala. But if you think you were surprised, well, then you should have seen how the guys in 30STM reacted when 'Ye showed up.
"This wasn't even last-minute, more like last-second," frontman Jared Leto told MTV News backstage at the EMAs. "Literally a day and a half ago, he was in New York and he got on, literally, the last flight, he made it out here. It's really a testament to him. ... I mean, Kanye West flew halfway across the world to be on the stage with 30 Seconds to Mars for a short period of time."
And, in keeping with the whole last-minute vibe, West and 30STM decided just moments before stepping onstage that they wanted to change their performance up. Originally, they were set to just perform the version of "Hurricane" that appears on 30 Seconds' upcoming reissue of This Is War, but then they decided to include a snippet of Yeezy's "Power" as well.
"We were backstage and, literally, right before we went on -- maybe five minutes -- we were making changes, and Kanye said, 'Well, maybe we'll play a piece of "Power" in the middle of the song,' and we were like, 'OK, let's go for it,' " Leto smiled. "It was thrown together last-minute, and rather than try to make something perfect, which is a silly thing, we really just embraced it as much more of a punk affair. We were all laughing with each other beforehand, because we knew it was going to be imperfect and a bit of a beautiful disaster, we hoped, and that was fine with us. It was more about the doing and sharing it together and really celebrating each other and the work we do."
And as amazed as the audience at the Puerta de Alcala was to see West stride onto the stage, well, they weren't nearly half as amazed as Leto and company were. After all, it was sort of a dream come true. For everyone involved.
"I think I had more fun than anyone," Leto laughed. "I was dancing around like a total f---ing freak when 'Power' came on."
The 2010 EMAs will air on Friday, November 12, at 9 p.m. ET on MTV.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Kanye West Tweets Frustration Over 'Today' Show Appearance
'I don't trust anyone but myself! Everyone has an agenda,' West tweeted.
By Gil Kaufman
Kanye West appears on the "Today" show on Wednesday
Photo: NBC
The last time Kanye West put out an album, he did almost no press, preferring to speak to his fans and followers through his blog. But after taking time off following the 2009 Taylor Swift incident at the MTV Video Music Awards, the braggadocious MC has come back a seemingly chastened man, sitting down with a number of media outlets, owning up to some of his past mistakes and trying to keep his infamously healthy ego in check.
On Tuesday night, however, West flew into one of his old-school rages, lashing out at the "Today" show and host Matt Lauer for an interview that morning in which the rapper felt he was being put on blast. The incident that apparently sparked his rage was a segment in which West was asked about his comment about former president George W. Bush, who Kanye famously called out during a Hurricane Katrina telethon with the line "George Bush doesn't care about black people."
West has spoken out in the past week about the incident, which Bush has called one of the lowest points of his presidency during media rounds to promote his new Oval Office memoir, "Decision Points." Though he's tried to express his empathy with Bush over the incident, West said he was thrown under the bus by Lauer during their interview.
"I went up there to express how I was empathetic to Bush because I labeled him a racist and years later I got labeled as a racist," West tweeted Tuesday night, referring to the criticism he received for the Swift incident.
Though the full interview does not appear to have aired yet, in an excerpt played on the "Today" show, Lauer shows Bush a clip of West saying, "I would tell George Bush in my moment of frustration I didn't have the grounds to call him a racist. But I believe that in a situation of high emotion like that, we as human beings don't always choose the right words." Bush appeared to accept West's apology, but in his Twitter screed, the Chicago MC was livid that "Today" producers coupled his contrition with images of the Swift bum rush.
"While I was trying to give the interview they started playing the 'MTV' under me with audio!!!!!!!," he wrote, before firing off a string of emotionally charged tweets about his hurt feelings. "I don't mess with Matt Lauer or the Today Show ... and that's a very nice way for me to put it! ... HE TRIED TO FORCE MY ANSWERS. IT WAS VERY BRUTAL AND I CAME THERE WITH ONLY POSITIVE INTENT ... I feel very alone very used very tortured very forced very misunderstood very hollow very very misused ... I don't trust anyone but myself! Everyone has an agenda. I don't do press anymore. I can't be everything to everybody anymore ... I can't be everybody's hero and villain savior and sinner Christian and anti Christ! ... I can't take anymore advice!!! I create, I'm creative, I have a good heart, everyone will see and understand one day."
The rant continued for half a dozen more tweets, during which he tweet-hollered that "Everything sounds like noise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" again lamenting that he can't trust anyone and saying he felt "very judged," scrutinized and criticized. "I want everyone to know I have lows all the time but I make it through them!"
He continued lashing out at Lauer, asking if he "thought that sh-- was cool ... He played clips of Bush and asked me to look at his face while I was trying to talk to him. I wish Michael Jackson had twitter!!!!!!" he wrote, following up with a suggestion that like the late pop icon, Yeezy feels like the media is setting him up.
"This is rock and roll life my people ... you can't stop the truth you can't stop the music and I have to be strong or 'they' win!!!!" he concluded.
A spokesperson for the "Today" show could not be reached for comment at press time.
Related ArtistsSource: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651912/20101110/west_kanye.jhtml
Demi and Ashton fight for a good cause
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have taken their crusade against human trafficking to a global level, recently co-hosting a press conference with the United Nations to announce the progress that they have made. On November 4, the Hollywood power couple helped to formally launch the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons. This announcement follows in the footsteps of Ashton and Demi creating "DNA," the Demi and Ashton Foundation, which aims to raise awareness about child sex slavery worldwide, change the cultural stereotypes about the issue and rehabilitate victims. After the event, Ashton tweeted Huffington Post contributor Pam Bristow's article on their amazing work.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InTouchWeekly/~3/05BgHVtr5NY/demi_and_ashton_fight_for_a_go.php
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