Yes, More Eminem

Gotta keep following him because he's in the news so much lately. Rap Radar had an exclusive interview with him on everything from Bruno to the rumors his hotel was broken into and hsi laptop stolen. Here is the short interview:

RR: Can you clear up the Bruno stunt at the MTV Awards? Was it staged or planned?
Eminem: Sacha called me when we were in Europe and he had an idea to do something outrageous at the Movie Awards. I'm a big fan of his work so I agreed to get involved with the gag.

If it wasn't planned the way you agreed to, do you hold MTV or Sacha responsible and will you take any kind of action?
I'm thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it. It had so many people going "nuts" so to speak. Everyone was blowing me up about it.

After you left the ceremony, where did you go?
After the ceremony I went back to my hotel and laughed uncontrollably for about 3 hours. Especially after I saw it on air.

There is a rumor that you hotel room was robbed and theives got 60K and your laptop while you were at ceremony. Is that true and if so what would someone find on your computer?
The only thing was that I lost a Nike watch that we were looking for. The rest it is made-up like half the other stuff out there.


How do you think the show with Jay went and how did it feel performing "Renegade" again?
I love performing with Jay. Its the third time we've done the song together live and its always fun. It was an honor to share the stage with him again and to work with his band.

Here is a vid of that performance with Jayz:




--Nick

Bruno vs. Eminem: Fake or Real?

By now, two days later, I'm sure you've heard/seen the stunt Bruno (aka Borat, aka Sasha Baron Cohen) pulled on Eminem during Sunday's MTV Movie Awards.

But now the raging question is: was it genuine or staged?

In case you haven't seen the video, basically, Bruno comes down from the ceiling, gives Em an assface, gets pulled off by Em's bodyguards and hangs there as a pissed-off looking Slim Shady swears and storms out. Here's the vid:



For a better quality clip (or if they pulled it again on YouTube, peep this one):

MTV Shows

Now a few things have come out since, namely the head writer on the MTV awards show came out and said it was fake on his Tumblr. Scott Aukerman writes:

Yes, the Bruno/Eminem incident was staged. That’s all anyone wants to talk
about, so let’s get it out of the way. They rehearsed it at dress and yes, it
went as far as it did on the live show then. Okay, you can stop reading this
blog now!

But some people are still saying it's just the network helping Eminem save face. Other reports indicated that Cohen initially wanted Paris Hilton to be the "butt" of the joke, but she refused, Em took her place, but he didn't know just how naked Bruno was going to be.

Me? I think it was def staged. What sealed the deal was how calm his bodyguards/posse was. They didn't move until he told them. Think they'd do that normally? No chance. Plus they'd shufffffllllee Bruno, not just swing him around. Still, I enjoyed the stunt.

--Nick

Movie Thursday

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Release Date: Friday
Fan Buzz: Pretty Good
Critic Reviews: Terrible
WKFTB Opinion: Alright, alright….a little Matthew McConaughey. How could critics hate on my boy?? McConaughey is as handsome as he is cocky, and maybe that’s why there are some haters. Ha, seriously though, this looks decent enough. I like these ones for date movies, ‘cause you can pull it off as a chick flick although you know there will be some dece dude laughs and def some sexy chicks and maybe a lil skin if you’re lucky. Ever see How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days? Firrrre.




Next Day Air
Release Date: May 8
Fan Buzz: Carless? http://www.fandango.com/nextdayair_119100/readuserreviews
Critic Reviews: Not screened yet
WKFTB Opinion: Donald Faison (Scrubs) is the man. Very funny ever since Clueless. I’m a fan. I also like Avon from The Wire, Mike Epps and Mos Def. This probably isn’t one you spend 10 bucks on, but def would rent it. This would have been a nice winter release when not much else is out there. I bet there’s a few laughs in this. Plus the story is kind of cool.




Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Release Date: May 22
Fan Buzz: Pumped
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Like it or not, the first one drew $251 million at the box office!!! Seriously, I’m not making that number up. I didn’t get it when I first saw a preview. Was it a kids’ movie? A comedy with some thrills? Some sort of fluff, I assumed. It looked mega chooch, but maybe I’ll have to rent it now that they bothered to make a sequel. Looks like some cool cameos from Jonas Hill and what looks to be Robin Williams. Negative chance of seeing it in the theatres with all the ill ish that is scheduled to come out, but maybe a double rent is in order at some point.




Bruno
Release Date: July 10
Fan Buzz: You know they love it.
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again. Before it was Borat, which like it or not grossed $123 million on a very small budget. This time Cohen is playing Bruno, the gay Australian, and another character from Da Ali G Show. People didn’t think he could dupe people again. Well, look at the trailer…he has. They are guarding this movie like gold. This is the only trailer out for it. Right now it’s been slapped with an NC-17 rating, so they’re trying to get it down to R by the summer. Either way, this is going to be unreal. Enjoy the trailer.

the Bruno movie Trailer
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Pop Culture:
-24 will be set next season (its final one) in New York for the first time. The gameshow hot from Slumdog Millionaire will be the main terrorist adversary and CTU will be brought back as the headquarters of it all.

-Asher Roth and Rick Ross came out last week. Most of what I’ve heard of Asher’s CD is surprisingly fire.

-The Wrestler, Notorious and Frost/Nixon all came out last week. I can’t speak for the last one, but the first two are must-rent in my mind, even Notorious – trust me, it’s better than you think, Gravy is BIG.