Hollywood Popular Artists

Photo: (Youtube) If you walked in to your local donut shop and asked the person behind the counter for something crazy, what do you think would happen? What if you made the request so crazy that they had to turn you down? What if that was the point? It might sound crazy, but thatís exactly what Jia Jiang is doing. Jiang is on a 100 day journey in search of constant rejection. After being turned down by an investor, Jiang experienced constant anxiety; he learned about rejection therapy as a game, and he decided to start his own Rejection...

According to a new report from Deadline, David Fincher is being considered for the "Star Wars: Episode VII" job. Let us just check our list. One second. Yep. That's everyone. It's official. Everyone is being considered for the "Star Wars: Episode VII" directing job. Also, take a trip to the Bates Motel in today's Dailies! » Listen to the entire "Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" soundtrack. [Rolling Stone] » These "Bates Motel" teasers are deliciously creepy. [/Film] » New "Warm Bodies" trailer [Yahoo! Movies] » New trailer and...

Photo: (Getty) Today may be the last day of National Diabetes Awareness Month, but "Awkward." star Jillian Rose Reed wants to spread awareness year-round. Join her, and you may just end up winning one of her red carpet dresses! As a spokesperson for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) of Los Angeles, Jillian is determined to get more people talking and caring about the disease that affects 25.8 million people in the U.S. alone -- including her big brother. We recently spoke to Jillian about her work with the ADA, and her amazing MTV Movie...

FROM MTV NEWS Getting one's foot in the door in Hollywood can result in an immeasurable advantage when pursuing a film career, and what could be a better first step than appearing on-stage during the Academy Awards? Oscars host Seth MacFarlane has teamed with MTVu for "The Oscar Experience College Search," a contest to find tomorrow's voices today and give them a step up in the industry. "Part of the goal with this year's Oscars is to broaden the audience and get viewers young and old and the like," MacFarlane told MTV News. "This...

Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sulley" Sillivan have got plenty of school spirit when it comes to the University of Fear. A new poster for "Monsters University" shows the two monsters wearing letter jackets and hanging out with big smiles on their faces. Just like old "Monsters, Inc." times, except we already know that this movie tells the story of how Mike and Sully became friends. Kudos to Disney for having Mike stand on fantastically titled University of Fear text books like "Scareomics" and "I'm Scary, You're Scary." It's nice that the...

Photo: (Ali Forney Center) The holidays are a time where families come together. For some LGBT homeless youth in New York City, they've found that family in the Ali Forney Center. In NYC alone, there are currently 3,800 homeless youth and nearly half are LGBT. For the holidays, the center has launched an eye-opening new series, Homeless for the Holidays, which documents some of their incredible moving stories. Meet Rigo, a young, bisexual vet, and the first of the series with quite the powerful story on being homeless. After...

Do not cross Jack Black. Those are simple instructions, but if you fail to heed them, you will find yourself with some creamy balls. All right, let's back up. At the Gotham Awards earlier this week, MTV News' Josh Horowitz made a crack about one of Jack Black's less successful films, "Gulliver's Travels." The joke was not taken lightly. "You're a real bastard," Black said. "I know your whole game. I wish I had a cream pie to throw at your balls right now. It makes sense in any context. If I had a pie of cream, I'd shove it in...

by Hannah Soo Park If you're expecting Josh Whedon's next project to be a spectacle like "The Avengers" or "The Cabin in the Woods," you might be a little surprised to learn that the writer-director's upcoming movie is actually a seemingly subdued modern-day take on Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing." And now, the indie Shakespeare adaptation has an official release date. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions announced that the film, which premiered at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, will land in theaters on June...

Photo: (MTV) This Saturday, December 1, is World AIDS Day, but we're not here to preach, or lecture, or cover you in red ribbons. Okay, maybe just a little. But mostly, we've got 5 easy ways to play it safe and celebrate! From a backpack full of condoms to a free trip to the MTV Video Music Awards, here are a few great ways to celebrate World AIDS Day. + Use Protection What's more important than wearing red tomorrow is wearing protection tomorrow night. And every night! Condoms are the only method that protect against HIV, STDs, and...

by Hannah Soo Park It's time to move on from the classic gangster flicks we've come to know and love. Because if there's one message we took away from the new "Gangster Squad" featurette, it's that the movie will be our generation's defining gangster film. The video, which hit the web yesterday (via Apple), features a few never-before-seen scenes from the film, with the same gunplay and fedoras we've already seen in previous trailers. But what truly makes it fresh are the behind-the-scenes clips of cast and crew interviews, and on-set action...

Photo: (Getty) If you're a bookworm like me, you know there's no such thing as too many books. (Maybe there's not enough shelf space, but that's another story.) And all you bookworm philanthropists out there need to give Common a hand, because he has some amazing reading/giving news for you. The rapper Tweeted: This is a great org that gives books to kids.northparan.comkeep up the good work @northparan fb.me/1TkKuSJIU— COMMON (@common) November 29, 2012 North Paran is an online bookstore that concentrates on books about or by African Americans....

In the five years since its release, "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford" has become an unlike but entirely deserving cult classic. Now Brad Pitt has reteamed with his former director, Andrew Dominik, to adapt George V. Higgins' 70s era novel "Cogan's Trade" as the 2008-set Recession drama "Killing Them Softly." Here are your five reasons to see "Killing Them Softly." Brad Pitt Pitt has become what I like to call a "secret great actor." Rarely is he anything but superb—and "Killing Them Softly" is no exception—but...

After two weekends of battling it out, three weathered combatants will once again square off at the weekend box office. With the only new release being "Killing Them Softly," the R-rated crime film from "Assassination of Jesse James" team Brad Pitt and director Andrew Dominik," the three holdover from the previous weeks are expected to dominate once again. But what will you be seeing? Are you finally going to get around to seeing "Lincoln"? (Because you really should.) Or is "Skyfall" more your cup of tea? But of course, there's also "The...

With directors like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg converting their previous films to 3-D, it's not difficult to imagine that something from Robert Zemeckis' career, like "Back to the Future" for example, would be next up for the jump to another dimension. But when MTV News' Josh Horowitz put the question to the legendary director, Zemeckis said that he would only consider his 1988 comedy, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," for conversion. "The only one is' Roger Rabbit,' because you could really pull the animation out as a separate...

Let's take a moment to look back on Tom Hanks' classic "Breaking Bad" Season One cameo. It's funny thinking about it now, because—call us crazy—but we don't actually remember seeing this the first time around. Also, see who's taking the lead in this year's Oscar race in today's Dailies! » "Looper": How It Should Have Ended [Machinima] » An early look at the big Oscar categories [Film.com] » Megan Fox in a bikini from "This Is 40" [The Playlist] » Planet Fanboy's Holiday Wish List [NextMovie] » Oprah interviews Steven Spielberg and...

Photo: (Getty) Letter writing is so old school! I don't even think I own a pen nowadays. Rather than write Congress, President Obama is urging the middle class to Tweet #My2K in support of his proposal not to raise taxes on the middle class. "I'm asking Americans all across the country to make your voice heard. Tell members of Congress what a $2,000 tax hike would mean to you," he said in a recent White House speech. Here are a few things you could spend 2K on: + #My2K = 2 Years of College Text Books The average American college student...

Photo: Me, far right, with my little sister and grandma in our village. (Alexandra Govere) I grew up in Zimbabwe, where nearly 15% of the population is living with HIV. Think about that. That's nearly 1 in 5 people. I've lost friends and family members to AIDS, and the saddest part is that those losses were totally preventable. As a result, I constantly ask myself: "If only…?" + IF ONLY people would talk about AIDS I love boys who snore. When I was a kid, everyone around me were dying, but I didn't know why. Because the deaths seemed so random,...