Latina magazine: 15th anniversary issue

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Some of Hollywood?s hottest ladies are on the cover of the15th anniversary issue of Latina magazine. The pullout photo features big names like Shakira, Selena Gomez, Salma Hayek, Zoe Saldana, Eva Longoria, and Jessica Alba. But that?s just the beginning- super-hotties like Gloria Estefan, Michelle Rodriguez, Daisy Fuentes, America Ferrera, and Rosario Dawson are also in the mix. And Latina went to great lengths to pull off the monumental feat- they scheduled seven photo shoots, used over 100 red dresses, and included around $10 million in fabulous jewelry. [gallery=766]

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Coldplay, Led Zeppelin Album Covers Featured On New British Stamps

Album art from Pink Floyd, Blur and David Bowie also included.
By James Montgomery


Coldplay's new British stamps
Photo: Royal Mail

On Thursday (January 7), the U.K.'s Royal Mail unveiled a series of 10 new stamps, honoring the most iconic album covers of the past 40 years.

The albums featured in the new series are the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed, Led Zeppelin's IV, David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, The Clash's London Calling, New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies, Primal Scream's Screamadelica, Pink Floyd's The Division Bell, Blur's Parklife and — the most recent album on to make the cut — Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head.

Meant to honor "the most potent graphic images of modern times, many of which have provided a visual soundtrack to people's lives," the series is the end result of a lengthy research process by the Royal Mail, who looked through thousands of album covers by British artists before deciding on the final list. And, during a Wednesday night BBC Radio broadcast, it was revealed that the queen herself actually approved each design.

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page — who helped design the cover for IV — was on hand to celebrate the release of the stamps and recalled the mysterious nature of the album's iconic imagery.

"Almost 40 years after the album came out, nobody knows the old man who featured on the cover, nor the artist who painted him," he said. "That sort of sums up what we wanted to achieve with the album cover, which has remained both anonymous and enigmatic at the same time."

Of course, any great honor is befitting of an equally great contest, so, on the same day the stamps were made available to the general public, Coldplay decided to give one of their Rush of Blood stamps away. In a message on their official site, the band held a contest to send one lucky fan "a letter using a Coldplay stamp, postmarked with today's issue date."

"We visited our local post office earlier today and bought some of the Coldplay stamps," the message read. "Very nice they are too."

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Beyonce Puts 'Love On Top' In New Video Tease

Queen B is reportedly set to release her latest 4 video this week, just a week after she dropped 'Countdown.'
By Jocelyn Vena


Beyonce in the "Love on Top" music video teaser
Photo: Columbia

Just days after she released her video for "Countdown," are you feeling like you already need a new Beyoncé video? No problem. Queen B's got your back!

Even though she just released the Adria Petty-directed, retro-fied clip for "Countdown" last Thursday on MTV and her "Party" clip is waiting in the wings, Beyoncé isn't holding back her video for "Love on Top." A teaser for the latest single from 4 dropped over the weekend.

Find out what the "Countdown" director had to say about B's video shoot!

The short clip features Beyoncé in an all-black spandex bodysuit, rocking a bedazzled captain's hat, tights and high-top sneakers. She shimmies in perfect step with her all-male backup singers as she smiles her way through the song. The video has the appearance of a performance rehearsal taking place in a loft space full of windows.

While her baby bump was on full display in her "Countdown" video, she doesn't appear to be rocking one in this video. Essence.com reported that the video is slated to drop this week, though no further details are available.

In the minute-plus video tease for "Love on Top," we see B on the same set with the same group of dancers — a far cry from the multicolored, manically edited "Countdown" clip that premiered on MTV last Thursday. The mom-to-be referenced everything from "Funny Face" to "Flashdance" in the fast-paced video, which matched the song's urgent beat. Co-director Adria Petty told MTV News that she and Beyoncé handpicked the video's many pop-culture references. "I brought Beyoncé a number of references and we picked some out together," Petty revealed. "Most were German modern-dance references, believe it or not. But it really evolved."

Beyoncé famously performed "Love on Top" at the VMAs back in August. As she danced around the stage in her sequined blazer, it was her baby bump reveal at the end of her performance that made headlines, serving as confirmation that she and Jay-Z are expecting their first baby together.

The video tease is a variation on the VMA performance, which featured Beyoncé performing the track with several backup singers. That night, Beyoncé took the stage and, during the opening notes of the song, told the room, "Tonight I want you to stand up on your feet. I want you to feel the love that's growing inside of me."

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Rihanna Reveals The Album Cover Art For ?Talk That Talk?

Last week we learned via Rihanna‘s official Facebook profile that her new album, due out in mere weeks, has been titled Talk That Talk. Today, again courtesy of Ri Ri‘s Facebook, we get our first look at the album cover artwork. Talk That Talk will be released in both standard and deluxe editions … each [...]

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Last week we learned via Rihanna‘s official Facebook profile that her new album, due out in mere weeks, has been titled Talk That Talk. Today, again courtesy of Ri Ri‘s Facebook, we get our first look at the album cover artwork. Talk That Talk will be released in both standard and deluxe editions … each [...]

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Beyonce's 'Countdown' Baby Bump Wasn't Planned

'I believe she had a number of commitments and had not anticipated her special arrival,' director Adria Petty tells MTV News.
By Jocelyn Vena


Beyonce
Photo: Columbia

In case you didn't notice, Beyoncé's rocking one major baby bump in her "Countdown" video.

The clip, co-directed by Adria Petty, features not only several references to the '60s but also a smiling Beyoncé showing off her pregnancy.

Find out what else the director had to say about the video shoot!

"When you work with Beyoncé, you are not only working with an intelligent and strongly collaborative individual but you are also usually battling with time and the given circumstances in her work life at that moment and, in this case, her personal life," Petty told MTV News last Friday. "So it's an evolving process that remains flexible," she explained. "The target we are always trying to hit is something that feels good and genuine for her."

When it came to B's look, Petty said the baby bump was pretty much inescapable. "When we first started shooting, she had not made that announcement and I do not believe that was the goal. But as the process evolved, I believe she wanted that to be celebrated in the video," she said.

The director added, "It was shot per Beyoncé's availability over a couple of months. She did her Roseland shows and the MTV Awards in the interim. I believe she had a number of commitments and had not anticipated her special arrival."

Despite having a baby onboard, Beyoncé bounces around in the "Countdown video — a lot. And it's that joie de vivre that's captured in the candy-coated clip. "I believe the video speaks for itself. But it is mostly just fun, flirty stuff that feels good for B," Petty said. "I think it is iconic, playful and romantic like the song itself."

Of the many set-ups in the video, Petty shared her favorite with us. "My favorite scenes are the 'me and my boo' scenes, the hipster dance and the sort of avant-garde, 'Flashdance' stuff. The amazing, cool cat choreographer Frank Gatson Jr. and I worked hard in rehearsals to get those grooves going," she said. "And they make me super happy and were really fun to shoot."

While fans buzz about "Countdown," the busy mom-to-be is already preparing to drop her next video, for "Love on Top."

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Beyonce's 'Countdown' Video A Bridge To The Past

With the clip set to premiere Thursday at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV, Bigger Than the Sound takes a look at B's career.
By James Montgomery


Beyonce in her video for "Countdown"
Photo: Columbia

A few weeks back, a relative who shall remain nameless was complaining about Beyoncé. More specifically, the way she chose to reveal her pregnancy at the VMAs, because, as the relative in question told me, "It was a bad example for girls ... after all, Beyoncé's not even married." (I am from the South, after all.)

After taking a second to process that statement, I informed the relative that, not only was Beyoncé married, but she'd been married for a while now and had actually dated her husband (you know, Jay-Z — whom, it should be noted, my relative hadn't heard of) for an even longer while before that. If anything, I pointed out, Beyoncé had set a perfect example for girls out there.

"OK," my relative said. "Well, then, I like her again."

And that's basically all you need to know about Beyoncé at this stage of her career: She is so famous that her every action is judged by my Southern relatives, most of whom are unaware of Jay-Z's existence. And he has 12 #1 albums and owns a part of an NBA franchise. Beyoncé has become not only an icon, but — as all evidence suggests — a role model, whether she wants to be or not. And, perhaps most tellingly, as my relative's rapidly changing opinion of her indicates, people really want to like her.

So, given that I had the perfect case study on the phone, I asked my relative just what, exactly, did she like about Bey? She said she had heard some of her music (the big, ballad-y stuff, like "If I Were a Boy" and "Halo") and liked her voice, but what really struck her is that she "seemed nice" and that she reminded her of the kind of artists she had listened to growing up: Tina Turner, Diana Ross and Gladys Knight. And while I could do an entire column on the sentiments contained in the "nice" comment, I'd prefer to focus instead on Beyoncé's throwback factor — because that's where the real connection lies.

After nearly 13 years as both a solo artist and a member of Destiny's Child, Beyoncé may very well be the bridge between the past and the future. I suspect that my relative has never heard her 4 album, which is a shame, because she'd probably like it. The disc hasn't quite matched the lofty commercial successes of its predecessors, but it's a better album in just about every conceivable way. Full of live instruments and gushing emotions, it recalls the work of everyone from Prince and Lionel Ritchie to the Jackson 5 and Fela Kuti and contains no less than a half-dozen big-boned ballads (the best among them being "1+1," "Best Thing I Never Had" and "I Was Here"). Sure, there are weirder moments too — like first single "Run the World (Girls)" — but at its core, 4 is a very classy, classically influenced effort — the kind of thing your relatives can really relate to. And yet, I would wager that most of them are unaware of its existence.

Which is why it will be interesting to gauge the reaction to "Countdown," the latest single from the disc. The video for the song premieres Thursday at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV, and judging from the sneak peek we've seen, Beyoncé is very much channeling the spirit of Audrey Hebpurn in it, sporting short bangs and cropped black pants. And with the song's hard-charging horns and steel-drum flourishes, it certainly recalls soul and reggae tunes of yesteryear. Of course, it also marks the triumphant return of so-called "Crazy Beyoncé," the fantastic, fascinating sliver of her personality she's revealed in gloriously over-the-top tunes like "Ring the Alarm," "Get Me Bodied," "Diva" and, of course, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (and, to a lesser effect, on "Run The World" too).

In a lot of ways, "Countdown" is the point where 4's two halves meet, both sonically and spiritually. There is a joyful abandon to it that brings to mind stuff like "Proud Mary" or "Midnight Train to Georgia." There is also the part where Beyoncé keeps saying (I think) "boof." And as such, it could be summed up as the ultimate litmus test of Bey's cross-generational appeal. Can she carry the coveted "relatives" demographic? Does it even matter?

Then again, I suppose there was a time when aunts and uncles were complaining that Tina Turner didn't set a good example for young girls either. It is, and seemingly always will be, a generational thing. And while she's certainly got a long way to go, Beyoncé may very well end up being our generation's true icon, the logical successor to those who came before her. "Countdown" is just the next rung on the ladder, and there will certainly be many more to come; still, it's a heck of a step, the perfect synthesis of what I love about Beyoncé and what my relatives do too. I just hope they'll listen. It'd make for a really interesting phone call next week.

What are you expecting from Beyoncé's "Countdown" video? Let us know in the comments!

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