New Trailer: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2010-09-24T13:33:00.000-07:00

Haarrrryyyyyy!

Bill & Ted 3?

2010-09-23T12:56:00.001-07:00

With sequels like Wall Street and Indiana Jones being made years after their previous installments, it seems that Keanu Reeves is interested in getting into the act with a Bill and Ted III. Reeves tells MTV News that he is still friends with Alex Winter (who played Bill S. Preston, Esq and the screenwriters of the original two films and that they are all discussing possible plans for a third movie but don't yet have any story ideas. The original film took place in San Dimas, California but was filmed in and around Phoenix, Arizona.

On Location: Howl

2010-09-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

As a radical youth, Ginsberg was famous in New York for being one of the founding leaders of the Beatnik generation but it wasn’t until his long-form, stream of consciousness poem 'Howl' was put to print that he became known all over America. Upon publication in a McCarthy era America, 'Howl' was deemed obscene and Ginsberg was put to trial in San Francisco in 1957. A new film starring James Franco as Allen Ginsberg simultaneously recounts the events in the life of a young Ginsberg that led to the writing of the poem, the reaction of society and the trial itself.

There are key locations that impacted both the poem Howl and its subsequent rise to fame. Many of those places are still standing today and have become meccas for both an old and new generation.

Allen Ginsberg wrote the poem 'Howl' in the summer of 1955. Supposedly, much of the poem was written at a coffeehouse known today as the Caffe Mediterraneum in Berkeley, California.
Caffe Mediterraneum
2475 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA‎ - (510) 549-1128‎

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Much of the emotional drive in 'How'l stemmed from Ginsberg's sympathy for Carl Solomon, to whom it was dedicated; he met Solomon in Columbia Presbyterian Psychological Institute (referred to in the poem as 'Rockland') while they were both patients in 1949.
Rockland Psychiatric Center‎
Orangeburg, New York‎

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'Howl' was first performed at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7, 1955.
Six Gallery
1632 Market St, San Francisco, CA‎ - (415) 558-9975‎

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'Howl' was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who ran City Lights Bookstore and the City Lights Press.
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA‎ - (415) 362-8193‎

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The earliest existing recording of 'Howl' dates to March 18, 1956. Ginsberg and the poet Gary Snyder, after hitch-hiking from San Francisco, read from their poems in the Anna Mann dormitory at Reed College, Snyder's alma mater. This recording, discovered in summer 2007 on a reel-to-reel tape in the Reed College archives, contains only Part I of "Howl." After beginning to read Part II, Ginsberg said to the audience, "I don't really feel like reading anymore. I just sorta haven't got any kind of steam."
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR‎ - (503) 777-7287

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The VMA's Hour 1.5

2007-09-09T18:39:00.001-07:00

m (8:59:34 PM): OMG JOHN norris looks like a hot mess
m (8:59:39 PM): is he in good charlotte now?
LondonDuffer (9:00:06 PM): Ok, Fresh START BEGINS NOW
m (9:00:06 PM): lip syncing oh goodness
m (9:00:10 PM): but she looks good
Brian (9:00:12 PM): It's britney, bitch?!?!
LondonDuffer (9:00:16 PM): She looks fabulous
m (9:00:17 PM): it is!
m (9:00:23 PM): at least sing it bitch
KT (9:00:40 PM): wow her rack looks amazing
m (9:00:41 PM): this is gonna be hte biggest disappointment of my day
LondonDuffer (9:00:45 PM): Comments from the room, she isn't moving much
m (9:00:48 PM): she lost her moves though
LondonDuffer (9:00:57 PM): maybe if her heels were lower
m (9:00:58 PM): this is awful
Brian (9:00:59 PM): at least she looks good
m (9:01:04 PM): she isnt even lip sycning right
m (9:01:10 PM): she's about 2 seconds off
KT (9:01:17 PM): this is weird
m (9:01:21 PM): ooh crotch grab!
m (9:01:25 PM): this is SAD
KT (9:01:44 PM): i think she's worried about falling over
m (9:02:22 PM): such a shame cuz i really like the song
m (9:02:29 PM): but this is almost too bad to watch
KT (9:02:40 PM): she's like.... not even trying
m (9:02:44 PM): hahhaa 50 looks confused
KT (9:02:47 PM): hahaha i think 50 cents face just said it all
KT (9:02:59 PM): and rhianna is laughing at her
Brian (9:03:01 PM): is rihanna laughing at her?
Brian (9:03:03 PM): wow
m (9:03:17 PM): omg this is gonna be watercooler gossip tomorrow
KT (9:03:17 PM): that was it?
KT (9:03:20 PM): weird
m (9:03:20 PM): everybody hated it
m (9:03:26 PM): ouch
Brian (9:03:37 PM): i think i'm the only one who didn't hate it
LondonDuffer (9:03:39 PM): Song was ok, the remix is going to be the shit. Let Justice get a hold of this
LondonDuffer (9:03:46 PM): Yeah you are Brian
Brian (9:03:58 PM): Tear.
Brian (9:04:06 PM): SS rocks my world.
m (9:04:08 PM): yay sarah
KT (9:04:13 PM): wow i can't wait to say what sarah silverman has to say about it
m (9:04:16 PM): make fun of that performance please!!!
LondonDuffer (9:04:17 PM): Oh god, she is so unfunny
m (9:04:22 PM): I LOVE HER
LondonDuffer (9:04:24 PM): I want to punch her in the throat
m (9:04:54 PM): she's bombing too
Brian (9:04:59 PM): she's wearing the same pants she's wearing in the GAP ads
m (9:04:59 PM): this is gonna be a long night
m (9:05:15 PM): britney's gonna punch her back stage
Brian (9:05:29 PM): wow.
m (9:06:01 PM): paris and birtney gonna kill dat bitch
m (9:06:22 PM): this is gonna go down as the worst VMAs
KT (9:07:11 PM): i'm trying to remember other VMA hosts....
LondonDuffer (9:07:12 PM): Silverman has diarrea of the mouth, what an idiot
Brian (9:07:23 PM): her pacing is a little odd right now
KT (9:07:26 PM): because i can't remember anybody being this akward
m (9:07:53 PM): chris rock, err, chris rock again.
m (9:08:04 PM): it really is awkward
m (9:08:25 PM): the guy in the house band looks like ryan adams
LondonDuffer (9:08:29 PM): Oh Mark Ronson! I want to jump him!
m (9:08:30 PM): always a good thing
KT (9:08:35 PM): yeah anybody would have been better than sarah, yeech
m (9:08:37 PM): omg tht's mark!
m (9:08:40 PM): he looks fab
Brian (9:08:40 PM): there's alicia, the dominatrix
LondonDuffer (9:08:41 PM): DUH!
m (9:08:51 PM): no reruns b/c it's awful
m (9:09:05 PM): is alicia keys turning into halle berry?
m (9:09:42 PM): put some music in the background or something
m (9:09:44 PM): this is so, odd.
m (9:09:52 PM): god love kanye
KT (9:10:15 PM): wow i am so bored with this show already
KT (9:10:24 PM): we are ten minutes in and i would rather be like... i dunno... doing my laundry
m (9:10:25 PM): it can only get better, right?
LondonDuffer (9:10:27 PM): It is like they are trying so hard to make this seem important, but really, nobody cares anymore?
KT (9:10:29 PM): or at least masturbating
m (9:10:40 PM): no amy winehouse which
LondonDuffer (9:10:43 PM): LOL
m (9:10:44 PM): oh great mic doesnt work for pete
m (9:10:45 PM): fantastic
m (9:11:09 PM): anyway, no amy winehouse which makes me sad
m (9:11:16 PM): is it bad that i love that eve 'tambourine' song?
KT (9:11:23 PM): oh right, so there are going to be awards at some point, yeah?
KT (9:11:39 PM): is that a real award? monster single?
KT (9:11:40 PM): what the
m (9:11:44 PM): this has to go to rihanna!
m (9:11:50 PM): 'new category'
KT (9:12:03 PM): yeah i'm going with rhianna
KT (9:12:07 PM): or delilah
KT (9:12:10 PM): actualy, delilah
m (9:12:12 PM): if plain white Ts win i am throwing a fit
KT (9:12:16 PM): probably
KT (9:12:22 PM): whatcha got against delilah?
m (9:12:32 PM): ugh ugh and more ugh
Brian (9:12:34 PM): that song came out like two years ago and it's just now big. stupid.
KT (9:12:35 PM): oh that timbaland song is hot too
m (9:12:44 PM): wooooooooooooooooo
m (9:12:46 PM): umbrella
Brian (9:12:47 PM): yay!
KT (9:12:50 PM): undah my umbrella
KT (9:12:51 PM): nice
KT (9:12:57 PM): have you heard the mandy moore cover of it?
m (9:12:58 PM): you go girl
m (9:13:02 PM): yes and it's awful
KT (9:13:03 PM): the folksy version?
m (9:13:14 PM): she looks nice in the hot pink
KT (9:13:19 PM): is it? i haven't heart it the whole way, just parts of it. but i have a lady crush on mandy moore
m (9:13:23 PM): actually i take that back
Brian (9:13:25 PM): her breasts look amazing
m (9:13:27 PM): my eyes hurt
KT (9:13:51 PM): i'd like to start a rack-o-meter
KT (9:13:54 PM): britney was about an 8
KT (9:13:59 PM): rhianna is a 9.5
KT (9:14:08 PM): we are talking strictly boobs
Brian (9:14:21 PM): works for me
m (9:14:29 PM): how bad was britney on a 0-10 scale?
m (9:14:31 PM): 0.2?
Brian (9:14:43 PM): you're mean. she was like a 6.
KT (9:14:45 PM): oh they are in ghostbar in the palms, i like that place
KT (9:14:51 PM): britney was pretty bad...
KT (9:14:59 PM): i'd give her a 2.5
KT (9:15:06 PM): she had so much riding on it and she failed
m (9:15:09 PM): this black light kanye thing is hella lame
m (9:15:19 PM): she definitely failed what a shame
KT (9:15:24 PM): hahaha, "hella"... that's such a norcal word, i love it
KT (9:15:57 PM): wow are we all supposed to stay tuned in to see akon, jennifer hudson, and chris brown? i mean, that's it?
m (9:16:49 PM): oy!!
KT (9:17:37 PM): i miss the 90s... i miss madonna and michael jackon making out with lisa marie
KT (9:17:38 PM): sigh
m (9:19:04 PM): so shall we take guesses on video of the year just yet?
m (9:19:05 PM): so shall we take guesses on video of the year just yet?
m (9:19:20 PM): here's hoping justice DANCEs away with it!
KT (9:19:45 PM): i dont even know what the nominees are
Brian (9:20:34 PM): me neither.
m (9:20:44 PM): maroon 5 kill me now
KT (9:20:46 PM): oh sweet, is akon gonna start humping underage girls?
m (9:21:15 PM): omg did they mess up again?
KT (9:21:17 PM): oh seth rogan, this could be good
m (9:21:22 PM): what the hell is going on?
KT (9:21:40 PM): i'm really not sure
KT (9:26:17 PM) has entered the room.
Brian (9:26:17 PM) has entered the room.
LondonDuffer (9:26:17 PM) has entered the room.
m (9:26:17 PM) has entered the room.
KT (9:26:51 PM): okay what is up with the weird ass performances in the little clubs and rooms
m (9:27:04 PM): what's with all these mark ronson songs in the hills promos?
KT (9:27:09 PM): we are watching the VMAS for theatrics, for big performances
KT (9:27:14 PM): not for a band playing in a tiny room
m (9:27:18 PM): it's like 'the grind: revisited!'
KT (9:27:41 PM): haha where is eric nies!
KT (9:27:55 PM): i'm glad we are all old enough to remember MTV in its hayday
Brian (9:28:19 PM): maybe that's why we hate this so much right now. we're old. old people hate change.
m (9:28:23 PM): yes when 'lightning crashes' ruled the world
m (9:28:32 PM): haha no but this is geniunely bad!
m (9:28:42 PM): no 2 ways about it
KT (9:28:52 PM): i will be curious to see other reviews, because, what the fuck
KT (9:28:59 PM): i mean, do you think 13 year olds are even enjoying this?
KT (9:29:02 PM): i doubt it
m (9:29:12 PM): next year it'll be back in radio city better than ever
m (9:29:20 PM): with one shitty performance after the next
KT (9:29:29 PM): okay, so we are 30 minutes in, do we think it's bad, beyond the point of return
KT (9:29:51 PM): even the commercials are annoying me
Brian (9:30:10 PM): KT, i think you are just in a bad, bad mood.
m (9:30:43 PM): all performances thus far: http://www.thatgrapejuice.net/2007/09/mtv-vma-performances.html
KT (9:30:46 PM): hahaha, noooooo
m (9:30:51 PM): yes
LondonDuffer (9:31:16 PM): Yeah, this is a total and complete embarressment.
m (9:31:38 PM): what is this shit now?
m (9:31:40 PM): i can't even watch
m (9:31:58 PM): foo fighters, yikes
LondonDuffer (9:32:18 PM): Yeah, Foo Fighters, why?
LondonDuffer (9:32:30 PM): And off all the artists performing, the Foo are on the big billboards
KT (9:32:33 PM): i mean, i got nothin against the foo, but this is not the time nor the place
LondonDuffer (9:32:38 PM): how does this make marketing sense
KT (9:32:52 PM): "earthshattering collaboration"
KT (9:32:53 PM): ugh
m (9:33:05 PM): kanye and 50 are gonna make out?
m (9:33:07 PM): kanye and 50 are gonna make out?oh. damn.
m (9:33:08 PM): kanye and 50 are gonna make out?oh. damn.
KT (9:33:21 PM): the only thing that would make this worth watching would be if a knife fight broke out on stage
LondonDuffer (9:33:24 PM): Could Kanye not find a suit that fit?
m (9:33:34 PM): i hate this beyonce/shakira song
m (9:33:52 PM): sexyback has to win, come on, talk about massive
KT (9:34:00 PM): agreed
m (9:34:11 PM): waht??? no!!
KT (9:34:14 PM): booo
m (9:34:31 PM): where jay z at?
Brian (9:34:55 PM): where's beyonce's skinny version at?
Brian (9:35:05 PM): girl look fat
KT (9:35:14 PM): i give her a 7 on the rack-o-meter
LondonDuffer (9:35:20 PM): Never had a dress needed so much double sided tape
m (9:35:20 PM): her booby is gonna fall out on the left side
m (9:35:28 PM): hahaah
m (9:35:37 PM): NO MORE MAROON 5
LondonDuffer (9:35:37 PM): It's her dress!
m (9:35:39 PM): please

The Film Slut

New Trailer: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Bill & Ted 3?

On Location: Howl

The VMA's Hour 1.5