Lady Gaga, Nas Join 'I Will' 9/11 Commemoration

MTV parent company Viacom recruits DJ Pauly D, Julianne Hough and others to answer 'What will you do to remember?'
By Gil Kaufman


Lady Gaga speaks in the "I Will" 9/11 Commemoration PSA
Photo: MTV News

All this week, Americans will be taking time out to reflect and remember the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. As part of that commemoration, MTV parent company Viacom has teamed with artists including Lady Gaga, Nas, DJ Pauly D, Julianne Hough and Drake Bell to launch a national day of service campaign that asks, "What will you do to remember?"

The multiplatform public service campaign is designed to inspire Americans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks by committing to good deeds, charity or volunteer service. Working with MyGoodDeed and HandsOn Network, organizers of this year's September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, the "I Will" campaign asks participants, "Ten years later, what will you do to remember?"

Beginning on Tuesday (September 6) through Sunday, Viacom's networks will air specially produced "I Will" public service announcements featuring artists and actors, including Gaga, Fran Drescher, Pauly D, Nas, Hough and Bell, along with Viacom employees.

"We were in disbelief," Lady Gaga says in the promo, remembering how she as a New Yorker witnessed the attacks. "We all watched the second tower fall together."

"You almost feel a sense of helplessness," Pauly D recalls, before pledging, "I will call all my family members on that day."

In addition to airing a series of PSAs across its Viacom networks, the company's digital properties will also support "I Will" with a widget that allows visitors to upload their personal response to the question, "What will you do on 9/11 in tribute?"

"Everyone was affected by the tragic events of September 11, which claimed the lives of so many family members, friends and colleagues," said Philippe Dauman, president and CEO of Viacom, in a statement. "A decade later, we hope that our audiences and the entire Viacom family will pause to reflect on the profound impact of that day. We are proud to join this call to action and encourage everyone to make a personal tribute."

What will you do to remember 9/11? Share your thoughts below, and visit 911day.org to upload your video response.

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Gerard Depardieu Parodies His Peeing Incident

Gerard Depardieu is apparently not too embarrassed by the incident last month whereby he peed himself on an airplane from Paris to Dublin when a flight attendant told him he couldn't use the bathroom. As any self-respecting actor would do, he has gone the route of self parody, making this clip for French television. In the spoof, he appears as Obelix, the French cartoon character who wears a funny metal hat with braids attached, eats wild boar, and is almost as well know as Pepé Le Pew. Apparently, Gerard will be starring in a live-action Obelix movie that will come out next year. Anyone speak French and feel like translating? I can almost hear Anderson Cooper laughing already. [Huffington Post]

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Beyoncé Takes Her Baby Bump To Italy

After she announced her first pregnancy last weekend at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, Beyoncé and hubby Jay-Z went off the radar for a few days. But this weekend, the couple have surfaced in Venice, Italy presumably to partake of the festivities at the 68th annual Venice International Film Festival. As you can see [...]

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The 68th Venice Film Festival brought out the best of the best in A-list celebrities over the weekend, where the likes of Madonna, Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow and more flew out to celebrate the premieres of their latest works. Al Pacino posed with a radiant in red Jessica Chastain for the Wild Salome photo call [...]

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'Shear Genius' Star -- Marriage Comes to a Split End

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Hair god Jonathan Antin --a judge on Bravo's hair-styling show "Shear Genius" -- has gotten the chop from his wife ... who just filed for divorce.

TMZ has obtained the divorce papers filed by Jonathan's wife, Sescie Antin -- whom Jonathan married back in 2006.

According to docs, Sescie cites irreconcilable differences for the split.

The couple has 2 children together -- a 5-year-old and a 4-year-old. Sescie has requested joint legal custody -- but she wants primary physical custody, with Jonathan getting visitation rights.

Sescie also claims she and Jonathan have a prenup -- which states that he will cover her mortgage and all home expenses until their youngest child is 21 -years-old.

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Lady Gaga Releases First 'Fashion Film' Version of 'You and I'

Video was directed by fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, with four more clips to come.
By Gil Kaufman


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Most artists make one big splashy video for their latest single and then move on to the next one. As she's proven over and over again, though — most recently at the VMAs, where she stayed in her Jo Calderone character all night long — Lady Gaga is not most people.

After announcing on Twitter on Thursday that she shot five "fashion films" set to "Yoü and I" with Dutch fashion photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, she unleashed the first clip later that day, "Haus of Ü Featuring Nymph."

In typical Gaga fashion, it is perplexing, mesmerizing and just a bit odd, and nothing like the way-more elaborate, official music video for the rocking ballad. The barely two-minute black-and-white clip has Gaga pulling off a series of balletic twists and turns while wearing a simple slip dress and ballet slippers, her blonde hair loose and waving in the wind or up in a bun. At various points, there appear to be moths or some other kind of insect flying around in the background and lying dead on the ground.

Wearing very little makeup, Gaga stares intently at the camera while dancing in front of a stark white background. At one point she pulls up the dress while writhing on the ground, almost exposing herself. Near the end there is a fleeting moment where she gazes into the camera while holding her hair on her head in what looks like a colorized photo, with blonde applied to her locks, along with blush on her cheeks and a splash of blue on the dress.

Gaga did not announce when the other videos would be posted.

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Lil Wayne 'Glad' Tha Carter IV Leaked

Billboard reports C4 on pace to sell between 850,000 and 900,000 copies after album leaks five days early.
By Rob Markman, with additional reporting by Jim Cantiello


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In this digital age, album leaks are an accepted part of the music industry. So when Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV was illegally pushed onto the Internet five days before its official drop, the Young Money honcho wasn't worried in the least.

"We did real good this time, real good," Wayne told MTV News correspondent Jim Cantiello after his show-closing performance at the VMAs in L.A. on Sunday. "It just means people want to hear it," he said. "I mean, 'cause there're people's albums that come out that can be leaked and don't leak, so I'm glad mines leaked."

Hear Weezy talk about having a "moment" with his show-closing VMA set!

After Jay-Z and Kanye West avoided a leak with their Watch the Throne album, many wondered if Wayne could do the same. But the YMCMB camp insists they aren't too concerned about how the leak may affect album sales. Via his Twitter account, Cash Money CEO Birdman has been promoting Weezy's album for the past week, even going so far as to predict that C4 would sell a million copies in its first week, just like Wayne's Tha Carter III in 2008. On Monday, he wrote, "C4.BMJR.#Dont Lie 1m. 1week They Know."

"I think we should still do well," Mack Maine told MTV News on Sunday. "The leak shouldn't have affected it that much. Actually, this is the first time that the albums leaked so close [to the release date]. Tha Carter III leaked two weeks before and we still did [1 million] the first week. So if history repeats itself, we shouldn't have any problems."

On Tuesday, after a full day of sales, Billboard reported that Tha Carter IV was on pace to sell anywhere between 850,000 and 900,000 copies in its first week. Meanwhile, HITS Daily Double estimated on Friday (September 2) that Wayne could move upwards of 975,000 copies, inching him that much closer to a milli.

Do you think Wayne will sell a million copies of C4 in one week? Make your predictions in the comments!

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