'Super 8' Stars Super Tight-Lipped About 'Secret' Plot
We did manage to eke this tidbit out of Elle Fanning: 'People start going missing, dogs are running away.'
By Kara Warner
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For fans who've been following the buzz surrounding J.J. Abrams' mystery-thriller "Super 8," know that there is, in fact, a big mystery at the center of the film. What that is, the filmmakers will not say, of course. (And those of us who have seen the film cannot and should not say.) In talking to the cast and filmmakers at the L.A. premiere, we had some fun soliciting the best theories they've heard about the secret — without giving anything away.
All jokes aside, though, we wondered what exactly the scene-stealing youngsters could say about the plot of J.J. Abrams-directed film? Not too much, it turns out. MTV News asked the young stars to give us their best non-spoilery "Super 8" summary of what the film is all about.
"I think that it's so hard to tell, it's hard to say," Elle Fanning said. "J.J.'s had us [keeping] the secret. The train crash happens, everything starts going wrong in the town, basically," she added. "People start going missing, dogs are running away."
"We're saying that whatever it is, it's scary," Ryan Lee said succinctly.
"A bunch of things disappear in the town," Gabriel Basso added.
"House appliances go missing, dogs go missing," Lee continued. "People go missing. Basically, throughout the whole thing, we're just trying to find out what's happening."
"It's a major event that changes this town's life forever," Riley Griffiths said.
Check out everything we've got on "Super 8."
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Tech N9ne Bringing Lil Wayne, B.o.B Into His World
'Different artists are supposed to hook up and make something beautiful,' the underground MC tells MTV News.
By Rob Markman
Among his underground following, Tech N9ne can do no wrong. But his fans, appropriately dubbed the Technicians, did get a little uppity when news broke that the Kansas City, Missouri, rap veteran would be collaborating with the likes of Lil Wayne on Tech's recently released All 6's and 7's.
"No, I was not afraid of the backlash because I was getting it when Wayne said he wanted to work with me to [Hot 97 DJ] Funkmaster Flex when he was in Rikers," Tech N9ne told MTV News during an intimate sit-down at his Strange Music headquarters in Lee Summit, Missouri. "All of my fans, a lot of my fans were like, 'Oh no, don't f--- with Wayne. No, no, no, he's mainstream and you're underground — it don't mix.' "
In October 2010, while still serving his eight-month prison bid for gun possession, Weezy revealed to Flex that he would like to work with Tech. For Tecca Nina, Wayne's name-drop was an introduction point for new and curious fans, but for his long time die-hards, there was some skepticism.
"Different artists are supposed to hook up and make something beautiful, that's what makes music wonderful, I think," Tech said, defending against criticism that he was selling out. "I already knew what I was gonna do. When I get with these [well-known collaborators], the beats gotta say their names."
The resulting collabo is "F--- Food," a raunchy track that not only features Weezy, but T-Pain on the hook as well. The song's lyrical depiction of explicit sex acts will make it a hard sell for radio, but then again according to Tech, airplay was never the point of the union. "Everybody else is just going to try to put it on radio and big hit, boom and get their money off these cats. Nah, I just want to do beautiful music," he said.
The Young Money CEO isn't the only popular rapper to appear on All 6's and 7's, Atlanta's B.o.B also lends his production and lyrics to the project on "Am I a Psycho?." The dreary track is a far cry from Bob's 2010 radio hits "Nuthin' On You" and "Airplanes." Tech remembers the feeling he got when he first heard the beat and often reminds fans of B.o.B's oft-overlooked lyrical prowess.
"I chose it like, 'Whoa,' he did the beat and he did the chorus and I said, 'That's my world right there,' and he wrote a verse for it. He's a lyricist," he said before citing Bob's very first single, 2007's "Haterz Everywhere," as further proof. "That was thugged-out; that was gutter. I ain't forgot B.o.B; he supposed to expand. But I know he can go, so we did 'Am I a Pyscho?' with Hopsin."
Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Yelawolf, Kendrick Lamar and Stephen Carpenter of the Deftones also appearances on All 6's and 7's, but Tech N9ne puts any notions that he's going mainstream to rest. "I brought people into my world," he said.
What do you think of Tech N9ne joining forces with Lil Wayne? Tell us in the comments!
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Emma Watson Hopes Her American Accent Isn't 'Terrible'
'Harry Potter' star is 'hopeful' she can pull off the accent for 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower.'
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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What does Emma Watson sound like when she says "Olive Garden" as if she lives just down the road from one in Charlotte, North Carolina? That's one of the questions we set out to answer with "American Talk," a little video we shot with the cast of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" last December that had the stars attempting to pop off phrases like they were born and raised in the good ol' U.S. of A.
What started off as a funny bit quickly turned into a viral sensation, nabbing more than 2.2 million views. Watson and her cohorts might have felt a bit insecure about their accents — which they had exactly zero time to practice — but the public loved the whole thing. Since then, however, Watson has gone to work on her American accent for a role in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," an adaptation of the controversial novel about teenage life and sexuality.
When we caught up with Watson at the MTV Movie Awards recently, where she was taking a break from the "Wallflower" production, we reminded the Brit actress about her time shooting "American Talk" and asked if the accent was causing her any trouble on set. "I was really nervous!" she said of the MTV bit. "I think it sounded terrible."
Hardly. But she's since gained a facility for an American accent while shooting in western Pennsylvania. "It's good. Having been out in Pittsburgh for four weeks — it's OK," she said. "It's good. I'm hopeful about it."
Not that she was interested in giving us a sample while hanging at the Movie Awards afterparty outside the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. "No, please don't do that! No! No, no, no, no — that's so unfair!" she cried. "Wait and see the movie."
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10 great, epic train journeys
For most of us, a train journey means a sleepy-eyed commute to work. For trainiacs, they're another notch in the little black book.
But for a lucky few, a rail journey is an expedition through cultures and across lands, providing an experience that's equalled by no other means of transport.
Here are 10 of the best.
1. Eastern and Oriental Express
Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore
Sure, you could fly between Bangkok and Singapore in a couple of hours, but you?d miss this Agatha Christie-like journey with an Oriental twist through the heart of the Malay Peninsular.
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