Brad and Angelina's wedding plan, talking to George Clooney and 3-D desserts are a few things we'll remember about this year's show.
By Josh Horowitz
On the red carpet for Sunday's Academy Awards
Photo: MTV News
So I guess this means the 2013 Academy Awards season has begun? I jest (kinda). But it seems like this past awards season lasted forever. I mean, it kind of did. Legit contenders had emerged by the time the Cannes film festival began last May. By now, I'm pretty sure the stars of "The Artist" are sick of the sounds of their own voices ... I mean, if they had spoken in the film. You know what I mean.
Last night was a fine sendoff to another fun awards season. I had a blast covering my fourth Oscars red carpet. It's always a true privilege to be a tiny part of something I've been obsessed with since I was old enough to watch TV. One of the true pleasures of doing the awards season circuit for MTV News is getting a chance to talk to some of the folks I've worshiped from afar for years, and this go-round was no different. Last night, Christopher Plummer, Gary Oldman, Kenneth Branagh and Nick Nolte all stopped to chat with me on the carpet. The 14-year-old Josh is very impressed.
And then there are the newbies. Rooney Mara, Jessica Chastain, even Shailene Woodley (unjustly looked over by the Academy) all were red-carpet regulars over the last few months and will surely be for many years to come.
It's hard to sum up a nearly four-hour red carpet in a few paragraphs, but here are a few select moments I'll look back on with a smile from the 84th Academy Awards red carpet.
George Clooney gets everyone excited. Perhaps the most embarrassing moment for me last night came when "Muppets" Best Song winner Bret McKenzie mentioned Clooney was nearby and I got embarrassingly excited. Like, too excited for a heterosexual man. Oh well, that guy is charming. Just take a look at our chat together.
Choose your questions for Angelina Jolie carefully. Of course, it was Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie who arrived last on the Oscars red carpet. Side note: Strangely, Christopher Lloyd arrived right around the same time. Anyway, Angelina was breezing by so the talk was quick, but damn, that lady is a movie star (I know, breaking news). She told me she thinks of her mom (now deceased) when she thinks of the Oscars since her Academy Award win was such a proud moment for her. Then, of course, I broke the mood by asking her if she and Brad planned their wedding to be a similar size as the Oscars. With a laugh she was on her way. Never got around to asking her and Brad to adopt me.
Wolfgang Puck serves food in 3-D. Who's been going to the Oscars for 18 years and is always the most popular guy at the Governors Ball? Why, celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck of course. He was my first interview of the night and might have been my favorite. At least the oddest. I think we also had our first fight as Wolfgang explained to me that he was serving a 3-D dessert this year while wearing those silly old-school glasses. I insisted all desserts are in 3-D. There was tension. And begrudging respect. I think.
You too can be nominated for an Oscar! OK, just to clarify, I'm not saying it's easy to get an Oscar nomination. But when an honest-to-goodness friend of yours gets one, it rocks your world a bit. Anything is possible! In this case I'm talking about Andrew Bowler, an old acquaintance from years past, who made it to the big show with his wife Gigi Causey for their great short film "Time Freak." Seeing Andrew enjoy his well-deserved big moment on the carpet was surreal and awesome. The movies are all about seeing dreams come to life, right?
The MTV Movies team has the 2012 Oscars covered! Keep it locked at MTV.com for updates on the night's big winners and the best red-carpet fashion.
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Remix also features Andre 3000 and is a bit racier than the original track.
By Jocelyn Vena
Ke$ha performs at Bayfront Park Amphitheater on August 7, 2011 in Miami, Florida.
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<P>As promised, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/kesha_/artist.jhtml">Ke$ha</a> and her boys Lil Wayne, T.I., Wiz Khalifa and Andre 3000 dropped a new <a href="/news/articles/1672529/lil-wayne-kesha-ti-wiz-khalifa-remix.jhtml">remix of "Sleazy"</a> on Tuesday (December 13). </p><div class="player-placeholder right" id="id:1661961" width="240" height="211"></div><p> The Bangladesh-produced song originally appeared on K-Dollar's 2010 <a href="/news/articles/1651081/keha-gets-sleazy-on-new-cannibal-track.jhtml"><i>Cannibal</i> album</a> before a <a href="/news/articles/1656039/andre-3000-pops-up-on-kehas-sleazy-remix.jhtml">remix featuring Andre</a> popped up earlier this year. The latest version of the song is available for purchase and is all over blogs like <a href="http://www.rap-up.com/2011/12/12/new-music-kesha-f-wiz-khalifa-andre-3000-ti-lil-wayne-sleazy-remix/" target="_blank">Rap-Up.com</a>. The song gets a bit dirtier and introspective thanks to verses from the guys that play up the track's bumping beat. Wiz kicks it off, rapping about designer clothes and his lady love, Amber Rose. "OK, I'm young and I'm tatted/ I get them bucks like an addict/ Rocking this Christian Dior/ I spend so much on my fabric/ I got a wifey at home/ And what she wants she can have it," he spits before going on about chilling on the beach, being rich and his prowess in the bedroom. Sitting in between Wiz and Tip is Andre's recycled verse, before T.I. gets his shot and gets sexy, asking Ke$ha, "Do you know what to do with me?" before he launches into a verse all about how good he is to the ladies. "Bad bitches know me/ So don't bother introducing me/ They want me more than diamonds," he brags before explaining that it has a lot to do with his impressive anatomy. Wayne closes it out, adding his own signature flair. "We be on that sh-- that no one be on/ That's what we on/ Smoke that neon, Kings of Leon/ Dynamite, Napoleon/ Got some skinnies and a tee on/ And some Vans," he rhymes about his famous sense of Weezy-fied style before the song circles back to the funky chorus, where Ke$ha declares that she doesn't "need you or your brand-new Benz/ Or your bougie friends/ I don't need love lookin' like diamonds/ Lookin' like diamonds." If any of K's fans or critics were wondering if she has the swagger to chill with the guys, she displayed some of her sass when she <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/KESHASUXX" target="_blank">tweeted</a> about the remix. "Question ANIMALS ... who can say they got with Lil Wayne, T.I., Andre 3000 and Wiz Khalifa on a f---ing hot track??" she asked. "ill give u one clue ... Its $." <i>What do you think of the "Sleazy" remix? Tell us in the comments!</i></p>
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In 2011, 21 moved more than 5.6 million copies in the U.S.
By Gil Kaufman
Adele
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<P>The music industry has been stuck in a rut for nearly a decade. But every once in a while, it still manages to produce one of those unstoppable hit albums that give everyone that good old feeling. </p><div class="player-placeholder right" id="vid:604336" width="240" height="211"></div><p> This year's model is <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/adele/artist.jhtml">Adele</a>'s <I>21</I>, which not only sold more copies than any other album in the U.S. in 2011 (more than 5.6 million to date), but which has also moved the most units of any artist since 2004. According to a <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/27/us-adele-idUSTRE7BQ10V20111227" target="_blank"><I>Reuters</I> report</a>, those gaudy figures (which top 15 million worldwide) make the British songbird the first artist to cross the 5 million mark in one year since Usher did it with his fourth studio album, <I>Confessions</I>, which sold 7.9 million units more than seven years ago. And to think she did it by releasing just two mega singles, <a href="/news/articles/1675976/adele-rolling-in-the-deep-best-song-2011.jhtml">"Rolling in the Deep"</a> and "Someone Like You," and barely touring North America due to <a href="/news/articles/1674453/adele-throat-surgery-recovery.jhtml">recurring vocal issues.</a>
 There have been other big hits along the way to Adele's mark, including Eminem selling more than 3.4 million copies of his comeback <I>Recovery</I> album last year and Taylor Swift taking the honors in 2009 with <I>Fearless</I>, which sold 3.2 million copies. But none have come as close to Usher's mark in the interim. There doesn't seem to be any chance Adele will be surpassed by the end of the year: The closest contenders are Lady Gaga's <I>Born This Way</I> (2.08 million) and Michael Bublé's <I>Christmas</I> (2.4 million). The other good news is that overall music sales are expected to be up slightly (3 percent) by the end of this year, marking the first time that's happened since 2004.</p>
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Celebs were all over the Oscar afterparty scene last night in Hollywood. Pics of the colorul frocks on The Williams Sisters, Paula Patton & Robin Thicke, Zoe Saldana, Sanaa Lathan and plenty more inside...
Celebs party hopped among the annual Vanity Fair screening party at Sunset Towers Hotel, the TWC party at the Skybar at the Mondrian Hotel, the Governor's Ball at Hollywood & Highland Center, and Elton John's AIDS Foundation party at The City of West Hollywood Park.
Paula Patton and hubby Robin Thicke finally got their schedules aligned so they could spend a cutesy night together at Vanity Fair's party.
Paula rocked a black feather skirted frock with an embroidered white bust. Can't decide if I'm loving it--looks a bit young. But her legs are looking killer these days.
Pretty lady Octavia Spencer and Meryl Streep (in Lanvin) partied it up in celebration of their Oscar wins at the Governor's Ball--celebs' first party stop.
And in her beaded Tadashi Shoji gown, she took her Oscar statue over to the Vanity Fair afterparty.
Zoe Saldana went all-black in a Marios Schwab Fall 2012 gown.
Very interesting look.
Friends Sanaa Lathan and Rosario Dawson had some fun at the Vanity Fair afterparty. Loving Sanaa's goddess-in-white look for the night.
Serena and Venus Williams got colorful in their Vanity Fair party gowns. Both designs were done by L.A. based designer Christiane King. Fabulous color and mermaid fit for Serena with a scalloped back. And Venus' purple and fuchsia gown with a one-shoulder strap detail complete with a thigh-high split looked great as well.
Diddy kept it suave on the carpet as well.
Adepero Oduye, the star of Pariah, hit the VF party.
Pharrell celebrated his scoring of the Oscars at the Governor's Ball.
A sexy Anika Noni Rose posed it up with Broadway actress Idina Menzel (in a look I'm hating).
Oh hey Russ.
Boyz II Men kicked it at the Elton John party.
Regina King went all lace and looked gorgeous.
Taye Diggs and wife Idina posed it up.
Terry Crews hit the Elton John party with his stunning wife Rebecca.
Smokey Robinson hit the VF party with his gold and blue accented wife Frances.
Chris Rock hit the VF party with good friend David Spade.
Jennifer Lopez switched into another plunging neckline Zuhair Murad gown for the VF party:
Gorgeous.
And director George Lucas hit the VF party with longtime partner Mellody Hobson.
More pics from the Oscar red carpet:
Robin Roberts, who hosted ABC's red carpet, had understated elegance on the carpet in this white beaded gown.
Mom of 3 Maya Rudolph hit the carpet for Bridesmaids. And looked fab in this egplant lace & rosette detailed back gown by Johanna Johnson.
Correspondent Shaun Robinson looked golden in this shiny Romona Keveza gown with a train.
Esperanza Spalding, who performed a beautiful In Memoriam tribute during the show singing "What A Wonderful World." Not loving her red carpet prom-like dress. But the gown she changed into for the show was fab.
And hate to do it...but I have to give Sherri Shepherd the worst dressed of the night. The bra should never be shown on an Oscar red carpet. For any reason. Good color, bad fit.
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