Music Videos

Our favourite funny actor turns 40 today – Happy Birthday to the amazing Bradley Cooper! The only appropriate thing to do today, in celebration of his birthday, is to laugh! Laughter is very infectious, so just in case any of you are feeling down today, this clip of Bradley and Jimmy Fallon should get you laughing in a few seconds!

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Bradley made his acting debut in 1999 in an episode of Sex in the City. He then went on to star in Wet Hot American Summer, Wedding Crashers, Failure to Launch and He’s Just Not That Into You before breaking through with 2009’s The Hangover. He was nominated for an Oscar in 2012 for Silver Linings Playbook and again a year later for American Hustle.

Last year he was the voice of Rocket the Racoon in Guardians of the Galaxy and is currently starring in the Broadway show The Elephant Man. Critics are calling him the Best Elephant Man yet. According to the Los Angeles Times The Elephant man grossed approximately 1.1 million dollars in the last week of December alone. Bradley’s latest movie is American Sniper which grossed 850,000 in the opening week – which was amazing considering that it only opened in New York and LA – the movie will be released throughout America on January 16.

Cooper has suffered problems with alcohol but has been sober since 2004. “Bradley isn’t perfect,” says Todd Phillips, who directed him in the Hangover trilogy. “What I will say about Bradley is how evolved he is. I think it’s because he’s gone through a lot of stuff and a lot of struggle. People respond to that in different ways. The way he responds to that is by constantly evolving. He internalizes it in a way and turns it into evolution.He’s been up and been down,” she goes on. “He has really lived, for sure, but he also has managed to hold on to his child-like innocence. There’s something about him that is very pure.”

Pick up this months copy of Vanity Fair to read the story on Cooper “Bradley Cooper Has Balls!” – or check out the Cover Exclusive article online here.

Just before Christmas, singer-songwriter Louisa Wendorff posted a cover mash-up of Taylor Swift’s 1989 hits Blank Space and Style on her YouTube page. A few days after Christmas Taylor Swift saw it and fell in love with it. She posted it on her Twitter, Facebook and Google+ accounts – stating to her 49.7 million followers on Twitter that she was OBSESSED with it. Watch it for yourself and you’ll see why. It’s absolutely beautiful.

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Wendorff and fellow Nashville-based songwriter Devin Dawson stand back-to-back in this Taylor Swift Mash-Up, playing both songs unplugged and creating a unique love song all of their own. Swift is spot on with her obsession over this song – it’s a wondrous rendition that you’ll love to watch again and again. Wendorff and Dawson’s voices compliment each other so well turning the two pop songs into something quite serene and other-worldly.

Naturally, now that Ms Swift has given the song her stamp of approval, the video is getting the attention it deserves. At the time of writing it has gained 5.8 million views in just 10 days.

As you can imagine, Wendorff was over the moon with Swift’s reaction – she literally lost her breath when she saw the news and posted a pic to her Twitter to prove it.

LITERALLY can’t breathe from all this madness. #hospitalhangs pic.twitter.com/8zKmcuzSYE

— louisa wendorff (@louisawendorff) December 29, 2014

The Weeknd always makes for a great sex jam and his new single Earned It which features on the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack is no exception. The sultry track has debuted at Nº2 on R&B digital songs, shifting 92,000 downloads last week, according to Nielsen Music. The track also hit its debut at No. 15 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, which is The Weeknd’s highest debut ever on the Billboard chart.

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The Weeknd has built his name around being mysteriously cool and erotic so associating himself with Fifty Shades Of Grey seems like a smart career move. Abel Tesfaye is playing up to his image with this track which sounds like it could have come from one of those 80s erotic thrillers. Lyrics include, “You deserve it/ The way you work it/ ‘Cause girl you earned it. It’s different, but at the same time, it’s not.”

The soundtrack to Fifty Shades Of Grey will also feature an alternate version of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Crazy in Love. The film is due to hit cinemas on Valentines Day.

The Weeknd performed on New Year’s Eve at Miami’s Fountainebleau Miami Beach and songs included Or Nah with Ty Dolla $ign, Remember Me with Wiz Khalifa and Love Me Harder with Ariana Grande. It seems that the Weeknd is easing himself slowly but surely into stardom.

The first Friday of 2015 can’t be taken too seriously…so here’s a donut-inspired hilarious parody of Uptown Funk by the guys at Sorted Food. It’s perfect! It even includes a recipe for making the delicious donuts – which is pretty handy seeing as by the time you’ve finished watching this you’ll be craving hot, fresh, donuts!

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Uptown Funk has taken the world by storm so it’s no surprise that ’The Internet’ has produced some amazing parodies. This one however, is our favourite – firstly because it’s one of the grooviest songs of 2014 and secondly it’s about our favourite guilty pleasure!

Sorted Food is one of the world’s largest communities of food lovers. They are a “Global Community of people who love chatting about food” or so it says on their Facebook page. The guys seem to do a hell of a to more than just chat about food though. They have video recipes, gorgeous photos and even an app that’s available to download on the App Store.

Sorted was started a few years ago by a group of friends based in London and their conversations about food have grown to include people from all over the world who contribute ideas, tips and tricks for improving what they eat.

Last year Sorted won the New Media Award from the Guild of Food Writers, two years ago they won the Education Website of the Year and before that they were voted the Best Online Entertainment Program by BNFF World Media. Oh, and they have also been Shorty Award Finalists in the Food Category for the last three years.

Check out their website here.. and Get Sorted!

Here’s a short introduction (tap here to open in Creation 5)

Forget what you know about disability. Meet the world’s first amputee pop star, Viktoria Modesta – she’s amazing! Her latest single Prototype has a mesmerizing new music video which was debuted by the UK’s Channel 4 as an advertisement for the channel. The ad only aired for a short time, but it was enough for the world to sit up and take notice and look to the singer as a future star. Like the music or not, the whole presentation is stunning and unlike anything we’ve ever seen in pop music.

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Modesta dances like any other artist, exposes body parts like other artists and artistically simulates sex in this risqué music video. In the bedroom scene, the most shocking part is the number of participants, not her amputated limb. This sexy and talented 26-year old Latvian singer challenges our preconceptions of disability and sexuality.

Due to the negligence of doctors when she was born her left leg was damaged at birth and never grew properly. This led to 15 operations between the ages of 6 and 12 in an attempt to improve it’s growth. Modesta elected to remove the leg in order to improve her quality of life. Now, 6 years later, she is singing about the transformation and the freedom it has given her and the fact that she is the model of the future: “Assemble me, piece by piece/ Strip away the incomplete, the model of the future/ Colliding minds, it’s just a start/ Feel the sparks, we’re building art/ It’s the vertigo of freedom.”

“My attitude towards myself is as an equal individual to any other human, no matter how superior they might like to portray themselves and this has been the key focus in my life, the feeling of equality and freedom. It’s just a kind attitude to have towards others, and it is also a liberating element of self-discovery. Since the voluntary amputation of my damaged leg I have been able to lead a fully functioning life not just creatively but also physically.”

Asked if she sees herself as a role model for those with similar problems, Modesta said “I don’t see myself as a role model for people with prosthetics or disabilities, although I am happy if they find what I do helpful or encouraging. I would really like to think that what I represent is a free spirit, someone who follows their ambitions outside of preconceptions and creates their own life script.”

The word disabled is not something that Modesta relates to: “I prefer seeing it as a health problem. The word disabled lost its meaning for me a long time ago and I find it too broad in scope and inaccurate. We are no longer living in the forests and jungles where a person with a physical body issue cannot reach their highest potential as a human being through other achievements, and physical ability or strength have nothing to do with that in my opinion. If we talk about intelligence ̶ which is something that’s leading the modern world ̶ then the term disability and who it may apply to is very much turned on its head. I believe if anyone is going to label people disabled, then their overall capabilities should be considered.”

Modesta is crafting an alternative type of pop music which you could compare to Lady Gaga. She is inspired by electronic pop, American hip-hop and “melodramatic Russian music”. When she first came to London she went through a lot of musical scenes – Metal, Trance, Garage, Swing and Electro. “I’d say my music palette is very broad, I can appreciate almost any kind of music but when I’m in the studio it usually ends up Bass Pop with some epic synths or strings.”

Check out her website for more information: viktoriamodesta.com

Watch Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody in the new Dragon Blade trailer. Written and directed by Daniel Lee, Dragon Blade is set in 206-220 A.D. and focuses on a battle between Rome and China’s Han Dynasty. Jackie Chan plays Huo An, a commander with a 1,000-soldier army who teams up with a Roman general named Lucius (John Cusack) to try and protect the borders of China from external invaders. Unfortunately, the blood-thirsty Tiberius (Adrien Brody) has a score to settle with Lucius, and heads his way with an army of 100,000.

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This movie is reportedly the most expensive Chinese movie ever made, costing 65 million dollars to produce. Chan, Cusack and Brody have all experienced high levels of box office success – so what happens when all three come together to make a movie? Well, if the viral success of the trailer is anything to go by it could be huge – although it could equally be a huge, expensive flop.

The film is backed by Sparkle Roll Cultural Media, Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, Shanghai Film Group and new film investment group Beijing Cultural Assets Chinese Film & Television Fund. World sales are handled by Hong Kong-based Golden Network.

Dragon Blade is set for release in IMAX 3D on 19 February 2015, the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday period.

Pitbull and Ne-Yo party like it’s 1999 in their new retro video for Time of Our Lives. Pitbull gives us a powerful, positive message for our new year celebrations – whether you owe rent, you’re late on bills or don’t have a job, Pitbull encourages you to forget your troubles and join him at a wild-ass house party with plenty of ass-shaking! “This for anybody going through tough times, Believe me, been there, done that, But everyday above ground is a great day, remember that” raps Pitbull.

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In this Gil Green-directed video we go back to New Year’s Eve 1999, with Pitbull dressed as he was before he became Mr Worldwide – in a Miami Hurricanes Starter jacket, looking like a gangster – and receiving a text on an imitation Sidekick. It’s a delightful throwback.

Time of Our Lives follows Pitbull and Ne-Yo’s 2011 collaborative hit Give Me Everything, and is the 5th single to be taken from Mr Worlwide’s 7th solo studio album Globalization. The album, released in November, features lots of great collaborations including Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, Jason Derulo and GRL. To support the album, Pitbull has been touring with Enrique Iglesias.

Pitbull will be hosting Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution which will be broadcast live from the Thompson Miami Beach hotel on New Years Eve. Acts include Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, The Band Perry, Fifth Harmony, Becky G and of course Pitbull who will be headlining and ringing in the new year with Time of Our Lives. The show will air live from 8 to 10 p.m. ET, and after a break for the news will continue from 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET on FOX.

Keeping in a celebratory mood, catch Mr Worldwide’s recent iHeartRadio Theater LA performances of Celebrate and Fireball below. (Tap the title’s to play them in Creation 5)

Pitbull – Celebrate (Live on the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater LA)

Pitbull – Fireball (Live on the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater LA)

Gorgon City score their 4th Top 20 on the UK charts with the glorious Go All Night featuring Jennifer Hudson. This huge, classic piano house track is co-written with Kiesza and it just picks you up and throws you onto the dance floor in one bass-heavy burst of joyful noise!

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Go All Night takes you right back to the 90’s New York club scene in an exhilarating and joyous atmosphere. Jennifer Hudson said “This video is such a throwback to where it all began for me. I was so in my element during production that I kept forgetting we were filming because it took me back to the days when I would dress up and perform at the gay clubs in Chicago. This song has that 90’s feel but the guys of Gorgon City really made it more relevant than ever. It reminded me of Whitney, with that feel good beat that made you want to get up and throw your arms out. That was one of the things that drew me in right away- that feeling will never go out of style.”

The track was first played on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show and first aired as the Hottest Record In The World. The reaction to the song was phenomenal and takes things up a notch for Gorgon City confirming their status as the breakthrough dance duo of 2014.

Gorgon City – aka Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott – commented, “We’re really proud of the track and we love the video. We had an amazing time filming it, it’s the first video we’ve been in – and because it’s a party scene we were up for it! Jennifer is an amazing talent and working with her has been an honour.”

Go All Night is the 5th single to be lifted from the dance duo’s Top 10 album, Sirens.

Get up close and personal with Demi Lovato on her new video for Nightingale. The black & white moody video shows the candid side of Demi on tour in France. It takes you through scenes of her life on the road, a few shots from her concert performance and walking the picturesque streets of Paris. At 2:56 you even get to see a sweet kiss with her boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama.

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Lovato’s boyfriend has been a real support for her over personal issues she has struggled with. “It’s been difficult. I almost went back to rehab for my eating disorder last summer. I was obsessing over food and terrified of it at the same time,” Demi told Fitness magazine. “Wilmer noticed and called me out on it, which was a relief. I was done being afraid of food and so tired of overeating and not knowing why I did it. Now I’m on a structured meal plan. I eat four small meals and two snacks a day. It’s teaching me portion control.”

This music video was supposed to be uploaded on January 13th, 2015 but Demi released it early as a gift for her fans – she uploaded the video to Twitter on Christmas eve saying, “Thank you all so much for the most amazing year yet! My Lovatics are truly the best. #Nightingale.”

The track originally debuted last year on her album Demi – along with her other hit singles, Heart Attack, Made In The U.S.A., Neon Lights and Really Don’t Care.

A victory for free speech & the right of artistic expression! Seth Rogen and James Franco’s The Interview will receive a December 25 release in cinemas that are willing to show the comedy. It will also receive a simultaneous release on an as yet unknown video on demand service.

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Rogen and Franco tweeted their joy at the news of the release as it was announced, with Franco writing, “Victory! The people and the president have spoken.”

The news broke yesterday (December 23) and a statement was released via The White House press secretary Eric Schultz who said: “The president applauds Sony’s decision to authorise screenings of the film. As the president made clear, we are a country that believes in free speech, and the right of artistic expression. The decision made by Sony and participating theatres allows people to make their own choices about the film, and we welcome that outcome.”

Sony Picture Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton said: “We have never given up on releasing The Interview and we’re excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day. While we hope this is only the first step of the film’s release, we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech.”

So far, more than 200 theatres will be screening the film and the number is increasing all the time – click here for a full list of theatres.