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Watch: Night Terrors of 1927: “When You Were Mine”

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Duo Night Terrors of 1927 have teamed up with the beloved Tegan and Sara for their new break-up ballad, “When You Were Mine.”

The new song is the lead single off of Night Terrors of 1927’s upcoming debut LP, Everything’s Coming Up Roses, which is due to be released Jan. 20 via Atlantic. The video for the song is a like a choreographed number, presenting a girl dancing around her apartment in a contemporary style during the emotional aftermath of a break-up. Meanwhile, Tegan and Sara and Night Terrors are shot in scenes of the garage and outside synth-singing the tune.

The video captures the heartache beautifully and in a realistic manner and all, but the dancers should really consider auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance? Check out the video below, and you’ll see why!

 

Watch: Charli XCX “Breaking Up”

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Stereotypically, girls cry for days around a carton of Ben & Jerry’s and a bunch of cats after breaking up with their significant others, but of course with Charli XCX, typical is never on the agenda.

The “London Queen” has released her latest video exclusively through BuzzFeed. The video is titled “Breaking Up,” but for Charli that isn’t a sad moment. Free of the boredom that she felt with her ex-beau, the song and video is focused around a girl who says that “everything was wrong with [her boyfriend]” and that “breaking up was an easy thing to do.” Ouch. However, in Charli XCX fashion, she doesn’t leave you with a sting without making it better with kisses. The video – outside of its primary message – is a fun, energetic piece resembling something I’ve seen in “Saved By the Bell,” and trust me that’s a good thing.

With bright and funky colors and a rockout session in a bowling alley, Charli’s new video is  everything a late ’80s/early ’90s kid could dream of! Check it out below and don’t forget! Charli XCX’s Sucker is out in stores Dec. 15!

 

Watch: Pharrell and Cara Delevingne: “CC the World”

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Seven minutes and 46 seconds. That’s how long will take you to go through reincarnation and transform into a more whimsical, fashionable, and cultured individual. At least that’s the impression that I received after watching the “Reincarnation” short film by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.

The short film, which is to accompany Chanel’s annual Métiers d’Art show, stars singer Pharrell Williams and the lovely Cara Delevingne! Based off of Coco Chanel’s actual holiday vacation to Austria where she was inspired by a hotel elevator operator’s uniform to design the iconic Chanel jacket, the video is a half-Cinderella/half-Night at the Museum plot including a duet by Pharrell and Cara D titled “CC the World.”  Yes, I said Cara D. She sings in this film!

Pharrell acts as the hotel elevator operator and Cara D plays a maid or waitress, and both transform into the painting of the wall of who I assume to be royalty of Austria, including Austrian Empress Elisabeth (who went by “SiSi”). Coupling some Victorian dance moves and the sheer beauty of Pharrell and Cara together makes the video addicting for viewers. Other cast members in the film include Geraldine Chaplin – the daughter of Charlie Chaplin – as Chanel, and Lady Amanda Harlech.

Check out the video below for yourself. Because Cara. Like, what can she NOT do?

 

Watch: Better Call Saul trailer!

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FINALLY A TRAILER WORTH SCREAMING FOR!

In preparation for AMC’s newest show and Breaking Bad spinoff, Better Call Saul, there have been numerous teasers without much plot information.

Now, though, a new trailer has been released, and we have some action! The latest trailer for the BB spin-off stars Jonathan Banks reliving his old role of Mike Ehrmantraut (fave) working at his parking toll and ending up with a little run-in with Saul (Bob Odenkirk).  Jonathan Banks plays angry really well, so this trailer is definitely something exciting to see.

Better Call Saul premieres Sunday, Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. on AMC.

 

Watch: ‘The Age of Adaline’ Trailer

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It’s beginning to look like #TrailerThursday.

In addition to the release of the Pitch Perfect 2 trailer, a trailer for the upcoming movie The Age of Adaline – starring Gossip Girl Blake Lively – was released earlier this morning, and I’m adding this movie to my “Must-See” list of 2015.

Lively plays a stunning woman (not that she can help it) by the name of Adaline who, after crashing into a lake, magically no longer has the ability to age. She has a daughter who grows older than her (played by Ellen Burstyn) and an aging first love whom she has never forgotten (played by Harrison-freaking-Ford).

From the trailer, it seems that Lively spends the majority of her present life living in the past, watching everyone from her former life and identity move on. In the trailer, she later meets a young beau (played by GoT‘s Daario Naharis #2) who I assume she falls in love with, though there are no real hints to where their relationship goes.

Check out the trailer for yourself below. The Age of Adaline opens in theaters April 24, 2015.

 

Watch: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ trailer!

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Earlier Thursday morning, the trailer for Pitch Perfect 2 was released, and it is a-ca-awesome! With the original Barden Bellas including Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, and Rebel Wilson, the trailer comes with the expected funniness and charm that we all came to love from the first movie.

PP2 is directed by the talented Elizabeth Banks (Effie from The Hunger Games trilogy), who also returns in the sequel as her a capella emcee character. From the trailer, looks like PP2 will revolve around another a capella competition. Instead of competing for the bragging rights at a national level,  the  acapella team – as well as the Treblemakers (!!!) – will be headed to an international a capella competition, where it looks as if the teams will have to bring their A game in not only their choice of songs, but their costumes and dance moves as well.

Check out the trailer below now! You’ll see not only a preview of the amazing movie that is to come, but you’ll also hear an a capella version of Kendrick’s hit single “Cups” and see Wilson crash into a wall and fall down stairs as only Rebel Wilson would!

Pitch Perfect 2 will debut in theaters May 15, 2015.

 

Watch: Leighton Meester and Dana Williams cover “You & Your Sister”

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Are these just minor coincidences, or can nearly every former cast member from the CW’s Gossip Girl sing like a heavenly angel?

You’ve got Taylor Momsen in The Pretty Reckless, Penn Badgley and MOTHXR, and here’s Leighton Meester doubling up with soulstress Dana Williams in a synchronized and beautiful cover of Chris Bell’s “You & Your Sister.” Harmony at its best, Meester and Williams bring together their perfectly complementary voices to sing the song in a husky, sway-inducing ballad as if the two were actual sisters.

Between the runs and raspy high notes, the song is perfect for cruising down a country road or dancing hand in hand in a field of grass.

Meester, who dropped her album Heartstrings a few weeks ago, shows that she has a place in the music biz. Check out for yourself below!

 

Watch: Disney’s “Cinderella” Trailer

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For all you aspiring Disney princesses out there, Disney released the brand new trailer for the  brand new  SECOND major live action Cinderella (for those who don’t know or have forgotten, Brandy did it first).

The trailer – albeit nothing that we haven’t seen before – looks to give the classic fairytale  an updated and fresh spin such as what was done with Maleficent and Snow White and the Huntsman.  Of course, the traditional aspects of the story are still in tact- the evil stepmother (played by Cate Blanchett, who is perfect) and stepsisters, the mice, and her vivacious Fairy Godmother (played by Helena Bonham Carter, who is also perfect).

What’s really important, though, is that Robb Stark is playing Prince Charming. That’s really all you need to know.

The live-action fairy tale is set to hit theaters Mar. 13, 2015

 

Watch: Deerhoof: “Paradise Girls”

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Not entirely sure what I’m watching, but I’ve watched it at least five times already.

Tuesday, rock band Deerhoof released the video for their latest single, “Paradise Girls.” The song appears on their full-length album, La Isla Bonita.  While the song seems to have a focus on the instrumentals with hardly any lyrics other than the same chant of “giiiirls” and “you are smart” among other little snippets, the video is extremely intriguing. For one, there are girls prancing around in costumes that look similar to the creature in that movie “Slither,” and there’s a primary woman throughout the whole video who has some incredibly bright eye shadow and lipstick.

She prances and dances around singing the three-four chants – to a dance-provoking beat that reminds one of tUnE-yArDs – while the others looking like Teletubbies rolling down a grass hill.  In a turn of events, the girls give birth to themselves in a sense, breaking their heads out of the cocoon that they were fully wrapped in.

Needless to say, the video will make you stay, the music will make you replay, and the dance moves will drive you…cray.

Check out Deerhoof’s “Paradise Girls” below, and check out their new album, La Isla Bonita via iTunes!

 

The first official ‘Peanuts’ trailer is here!

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You know it’s the holidays when ABC Family starts talking about their annual ’25 Days of Christmas.’ Yet , what makes a holiday season really special is when something magical happens. Something like the release of the first The Peanuts Movie trailer!

Tuesday, the trailer for Peanuts – based on the beloved comic strip by Charles Schulz- was released and it was everything any child/adult/pet that has seen any of the Charlie Brown holiday TV specials could imagine. The thing that makes this Peanuts such an epic feat is the fact that it will be the first CGI Peanuts film EVER.

CGI (computer-generated imagery) will mean that the characters won’t be in their normal comic-strip illustration, but in 3D! The character’s form doesn’t change the fact that this movie is going to bring back many memories and produce just as more. With the love/hate relationship of Snoopy and Woodstock and the Charlie’s memorable quote, “good grief,”  this movie will bring anything but grief.

The Peanuts Movie is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios and will be released in November 2015, the year marking the 65th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip debut. Check out the trailer below!