Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston Discuss Box-Office Showdown With Justin Bieber

Their 'Just Go With It' opens against 'Never Say Never' this weekend.
By Eric Ditzian


Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler at the "Just Go With it" premiere
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NEW YORK — The palm trees, tiki-themed decorations and ocean-blue carpet at the Tuesday-night premiere of Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston's "Just Go With It" didn't fool anyone: Despite a tent meant to keep the winter at bay, it was freezing outside the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York, a far cry from the sunny Hawaiian clime in which much of the romantic comedy takes place.

Yet Sandler, Aniston and their co-stars projected nothing but warm vibes as they made their way past a massive throng of photographers and toward an equally long line of TV and print journalists. Days from now, this new flick — a comedy of errors in which Sandler convinces Aniston to pretend to be his wife in a wild scheme to secure the affections of Brooklyn Decker — opens up against Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never." This weekend at the box office is setting up to be a compelling clash between teen heartthrob and established big-screen players, but Aniston is approaching the whole thing blissfully unaware — or so she liked to joke when MTV News asked her about the face-off.

"Who?" she asked when the topic of Bieber came up.

Sandler stepped in with a little intro to the "Never Say Never" star. "Nice little kid. He sings," he explained. "He grew up in front of our eyes. He's a handsome boy."

"Very handsome," Aniston added, suddenly finding herself with a case of Bieber Fever.

For moviegoers on the fence this weekend, Sandler suggested catching a double feature at the multiplex. "We don't start fights with people. You can go to both," he said. "We'll go to Justin's movie. We'll show some respect to that kid and his family — get him some more money."

"Yeah! I hear he's hurting," deadpanned Aniston.

Others in the cast were more forthcoming about the prospect of opening up against "Never Say Never." "It's hard. We're nervous," Decker admitted. "I love myself some Justin Bieber, so I'm not going to bash anyone who goes to see that movie. I will say I love our movie!"

Dave Matthews, who co-stars as Nicole Kidman's absurdly pretentious husband, was even more blunt. "That's going to blow everything out of the water. Justin Bieber is going to blow everything out of the water for a few years," he told us. "That's what I expect — and deservedly so. What better than Bieber to blow everything out of the water? I expect nothing but my daughter's devotion to him and I will support it absolutely."

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Britney Spears' Latest 'Hold It Against Me' Clip Teases Dance Scene

Pop star is shown wearing a white bustier, booty shorts and knee-high boots in six-second teaser.
By Kara Warner


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Like highly stylized, beautifully choreographed clockwork, Ms. Britney Spears continued her 13 days of "Hold It Against Me" music-video teasers on Monday (February 7).

The new clip (#4, for those who are counting) debuted on Spears fan site BreatheHeavy.com. Fans were alerted by Spears herself, who tweeted out a link announcing the new clip to her followers: "BreatheHeavy, the largest Britney fan website, is so honored to premiere the next HIAM teaser."

In the six-second tease (which is actually more like two seconds, if we're just counting the amount of time Spears is actually shown in the clip, not the titling before and after the frames), Spears is shown in the midst of what looks like a complicated and suggestive dance sequence with six male dancers. She is clad in a white bustier, matching white booty shorts and knee-high boots. A "Britney Spears" title card is shown over the brief dance scene and is left as the standalone image as the very brief shot of the dancing fades to black.

This follows Super Bowl Sunday's sneak peek, which featured a bunch of TV monitors showing scenes from some of the singer's most iconic videos, including "Slave 4 U" and " ... Baby One More Time," as well as various dance rehearsals, and the song "Toxic" plays before transitioning into "HIAM." Spears added further intrigue to the video's forthcoming premiere when she tweeted that she "Just saw a new cut of #HIAM. SOOOO excited to share it!"

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'American Idol' Hollywood Week Could Be End For Season 10 Early Faves

Will Chris Medina, Lauren Alaina and others make it past the grueling round starting Thursday night?
By Gil Kaufman


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It always feels like the "American Idol" audition rounds go on forever. But, miraculously, they're already over, and Thursday night's (February 10) show will give us our first glimpse of the dreaded Hollywood Week.

We've already had some serious ups and downs so far this season, with the joy of new judge Steven Tyler's unpredictable, wacky personality and winning charm, the seeming bumper crop of stellar talent in Austin and New Jersey, the washout in Los Angeles and a few 15-year-olds who seemed to suggest the lowering of the age limit was a good idea after all.

We won't know until Thursday night which singers were able to keep it together in Los Angeles, but there are a number of promising candidates who seem like they may sail through the next round.

The first night in New Jersey introduced us to the hard-luck Bronx tale of Travis Orlando and Staten Island doo-wop girl Brielle Von Hugel. On the next night in New Orleans, we got jazzy Jordan Dorsey, J.Lo fanatic Jovany Barreto and lovable social outcast Brett Loewenstern. That show also gave us one of our first promising youngsters, 15-year-old Lafayette native Jaycee Badeaux, who killed it with an Otis Redding tune.

Milwaukee served up its share of corkers as well, from 16-year-old country crooner Scotty McCreery to soul sister Naima Adedapo, bar mitzvah singer Jerome Bell and Thia Megia, another stellar 15-year-old. It also yielded one of the season's most emotional stories in Chris Medina, who was trying out in honor of his fiancée, who had been horribly hurt in a car accident.

Producers found what some said was a potential winner in Nashville in the guise of yet another young'un, Lauren Alaina, 15, where they also spotted talented exes Rob Bolin and Chelsee Oaks and country crooner Matt Dillard.

Austin, Texas, was also good to "Idol," bringing out cowboy John Wayne Schulz, country pin-up Shauntel Campos and power couple Jacqueline Dunford and Nick Fink.

But things went a bit wobbly in Los Angeles last week, where the talent pool appeared to have been drained and the only potential top 40ers were brothers Mark and Aaron Gutierrez and MySpace auditioner Karen Rodriguez.

It all came to a dramatic conclusion in San Francisco on Wednesday night, where we met hard-luck 21-year-old dad James Durbin, who killed it with his Adam Lambert-esque wail, as well as comely Colombian expat Julie Zorrilla and car-crash survivor Stefano Langone. It was a fitting conclusion to an audition round that produced way more promising talent than we're used to — which is a good thing.

Now, we have no idea how anyone does in the Hollywood, but those pesky "Idol" spoiler sites have already posted the alleged top 40, which includes a number of the early favorites. Among the names that keep popping up as potential next rounders are: Loewenstern, Medina, Badeaux, Bell, Schulz, McCreery, Jackie Wilson, Seth Rogen lookalike Casey Abrams, Adedapo and Megia, as well as Alaina.

Who's going to make it and who will burn out? Will the pressure of Hollywood get to the younger contestants? Can the exes, couples and siblings move forward? We don't know yet, but we can't wait to find out.

Which contestant do you hope excels during Hollywood Week? Let us know in the comments!

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'American Idol' Finds Golden Girls In San Francisco

Final audition night has lots of strong female contestants and one standout male in James Durbin.
By Gil Kaufman


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The "American Idol" train pulled into San Francisco on Wednesday night (February 9) for its final shot at discovering a diamond in the rough in the same city where the show found Adam Lambert two years ago. And, wouldn't you know it, they found the man who just might prove to be the straight-young-dad version of Lambert in James Durbin, along with a gang of really strong female contenders.

Ukrainian singer and sexy video vixen Inessa Lee, 22, was not one of them, though. She seemed more primed for next American, um, adult entertainer, with her belly dancing, yoga poses and an especially wobbly "All Out of Love" by Air Supply. Steven Tyler was charmed, but even her Betty Boop voice and their shared Eastern European ancestry wasn't enough to punch a ticket to Hollywood. "Cute, you get 110 percent; but singing ... eesh," Tyler said.

Duffy has been good to a number of auditioners this year, and a song by the Brit did the trick again for raven-haired Tucson, Arizona, dance-studio manager Brittany Mazur, 21, as well, who brought a smile to the panel's faces with her rich, soulful voice. There were also unanimous yeses for jazzy Lara Johnston and sensitive brawny belter Matthew Nuss, whom Tyler dubbed a "diamond in the rough."

Stefano Langone had one of those stories "Idol" cannot resist. The unemployed 21-year-old was told he'd never walk again after a horrible car crash, but he rallied and brought his positive energy to Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," nailing his audition thanks to some powerful, if a bit nasally, vocals. "Nice voice, dude, got a little 'hood up in there ... I like that," Randy Jackson said, praising Langone's streetwise phrasing. Jennifer Lopez had props for his matinee-idol looks and star quality too.

Big round glasses and LBC attitude got karaoke host Clint Jun Gamboa some attention in the audition room, but it was his high-and-tight, gospel&B-flavored cover of Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" that put him through. "The notes and the way you sang that song was brilliant," Tyler said, with Jackson calling Gamboa one of the best auditions of the San Francisco trip.

The night's signature wackadoodle was unemployed El Paso, Texas, clown Kenneth Berba, who ran into the room wearing a homemade lion outfit that earned him an immediate no. That, of course, set up the obligatory horrible-singer montage, highlighted by a maniac in an incredibly detailed homemade Transformer costume that blew the judges away more than his silly try at "Born to be Wild."

Not easily impressed by other people's footwear, Lopez loved Julie Zorrilla's golden shoes. The 20-year-old student comes from a well-heeled family that left Colombia to escape shakedowns from the nation's guerrilla fighters in the 1990s, and her brilliant smile and upbeat attitude was almost as engaging as her emotionally rich cover of the "Idol" staple "Summertime." Breathy and leisurely, Zorrilla put plenty of attitude into her take on the "Porgy and Bess" classic.

"Fabulous, beautiful, great range," Tyler told the alluring beauty. "And great star quality." Lopez appreciated her confidence, and Jackson liked how she switched up the arrangement.

We've had precious few rockers so far this season, and it seemed like long and curly-haired blond belter Dave Combs, 25, might have the stuff. His rough-and-tumble attempt at the Beatles' "Oh! Darling" just didn't do it for Tyler (wearing a Beatles T-shirt, no less), who just seemed annoyed at how off the melodic mark Combs was. He was the first of a string of fellas who blew it and got harsh rebukes from the Aerosmith singer.

A week after her house burned down, strawberry-haired free-spirit barista Emily Anne Reed, 26, proved to be plenty cute and fun to look at, but her falsetto attempt at Harry Warren's jazz tune "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me" split the judges. Lopez loved her unique, high and squeaky tone, but Tyler thought the melody left a lot to be desired. Randy disagreed and complimented the unusual tone, which left it up to Lopez, who agreed to give Reed one more shot.

The producers saved a doozy for the final audition spot. The hard-knock story told by James Durbin, 21, was almost too much to believe. He grew up barely knowing his bass-playing dad, who was always on the road, and was raised by his mom after his father died of a drug overdose. Later diagnosed with both Tourette syndrome and Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism, Durbin turned to music to help calm his sometimes-rattled nerves.

The unemployed young father with the faux-hawk had everything to prove to the panel, and he immediately grabbed their ears with a wailing, Lambert-esque moon-shot take on Led Zeppelin's "You Shook Me." And, in what will likely be another boost to Aerosmith catalog sales, he asked if he could give "Dream On" a shot as well.

Tyler dug it, shaking his head along, his eyes closed as he took in Durbin's booming, emotion-laden voice. "I like you, I like your voice, my god, what a range," Randy said. "Wow, that was over the top, wow, that was so, so good," Tyler added. "You sing from where you're supposed to sing from, from feeling, from heart, from our soul, from the need to feel and make others feel," Lopez gushed.

And so it goes. Next stop, Hollywood Week, which kicks off Thursday night, promising much more elation, heartbreak and stress-induced meltdowns.

Who was your favorite from the San Francisco auditions? Let us know in the comments!

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