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'Beasts Of The Southern Wild' Director On Festival Response And Making People Cry

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" is unusual for a number of reasons. First, it stars 8-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis as a girl named Hush Puppy, who lives with her father in a part of Lousianna called The Bathtub. Second, it has dominated almost every film festival since it screened at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and [...]

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Usher Tops Billboard Chart With Looking 4 Myself

Singer's seventh album give him his fourth #1 debut in a row.
By Gil Kaufman

<a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/usher/artist.jhtml">Usher</a> is setting a fine example for his protégé, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bieber_justin/artist.jhtml">Justin Bieber</a>. A week before the Biebs plans to storm the charts with his eagerly anticipated <a href="/news/articles/1687837/justin-bieber-live-behind-the-scenes.jhtml">Believe</a> , Ush will debut in the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart with his seventh album, <a href="/news/articles/1687242/usher-looking-4-myself-reviews.jhtml">Looking 4 Myself</a>.According to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, he sold 128,000 copies of the disc. The debut was the fourth #1 bow in a row for Usher, though it was significantly down from the 329,000 copies sold by his previous album, 2010's Raymond V. Raymond.<div class="player-placeholder right" title="MTV News Extended Play: Usher" id="id:1686957" width="415" height="255"></div>The figures were not nearly what Bieber's expected to pull next week, but they were enough to hold back prog rock icons Rush, whose Clockwork Angels clocked in at #2 on sales of 103,000. The other debuts in the top 10 came from country singer Josh Turner, who hit #4 with Punching Bag (45,000), British singer/songwriter sensation Ed Sheeran's + (42,000) and hyped rapper <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/waka_flocka_flame/artist.jhtml">Waka Flocka Flame</a>'s Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family (33,000).The rest of the top 10: Adele, 21 (#3, 63,000), One Direction, Up All Night (#6, 39,000), Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Americana (#7, 37,000), Alan Jackson, Thirty Miles West (#8, 37,000) and the "Rock of Ages" soundtrack (#9, 36,000).Metric debuted at #12 with Synthetica (27,000), while festival faves Grace Potter & The Nocturnals jammed into the #17 slot with their latest, The Lion The Beast The Beat (24,000) and TV funnyman Jimmy Fallon hit #25 with his all-star comedy effort Blow Your Pants Off (15,000).Usher topped the iTunes album chart as well, followed by Sheeran, Rush, "Rock of Ages," rapper Kid Ink's "Up & Away," One Direction, Waka, Adele, John Mayer's Born and Raised and Fun.'s Some Nights.On the iTunes single chart, Carly Rae Jepsen continued to top the list with "Call Me Maybe," with Maroon 5 just behind with "Payphone," then Katy Perry's "Wide Awake," Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me," Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and Pitbull's "Back in Time." Rounding out the list at #7 was Usher's "Scream," Rihanna's "Where Have You Been," One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" and Bieber's "Boyfriend." Bieber is expected to blow everyone out of the box next week with Believe, which could score the biggest first frame of the year.Other new releases include the latest from <a href="/news/articles/1686557/fiona-apple-idler-wheel-btts.jhtml">Fiona Apple</a> , Kenny Chesney, <a href="/news/articles/1687831/smashing-pumpkins-oceania-billy-corgan.jhtml">Smashing Pumpkins</a>  and Walk the Moon.

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'Godzilla' Stomping Towards Comic-Con?

Japan's favorite giant green monster could be heading to San Diego very, very soon. Latino Review has heard from their sources that Legendary Pictures is bringing their upcoming "Godzilla" movie to Comic-Con this year. The production company has already said their panel will include Guillermo del Toro's upcoming "Pacific Rim," so Godzilla should feel right [...]

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Alec Baldwin & Hilaria Thomas Get Married in NYC!

Wedding bells were ringing as Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas tied the knot on Saturday (June 30) in New York City.

The happy couple exchanged their vows at the beautiful Basilica of St. Patrick?s Old Cathedral and had a fantastic guest list including Tina Fey, Woody Allen and the ?30 Rock? actor?s daughter Ireland.

The ceremony was followed by a ritzy reception at the NYU Kimmel Center.

The gorgeous brunette bride wore a silk magnolia trumpet Amsale gown with cap sleeves and a keyhole back neckline accented with crystal buttons, while Baldwin donned a tuxedo by Tom Ford.

Just days before the wedding Hilaria took to her Twitter page to share, ?Being a bride is stressful.... ayyyyyyy." Now the stress is over and they both can enjoy a wonderful honeymoon!

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