Love Box Analog Video Mixer For iPhone

Its name?Love Box?might sound like a male adult toy, but it is in fact a video mixer for the iPhone. It?s not an app, nor is it a complex control board filled with knobs and dials. Instead, its all done with mirrors. Or mirror. The Love Box, from the Honest&Smile agency in Barcelona, Spain, is [...]

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HiNation HighLite, A Water-Resistant Solar Charger With Built-In Light

The HiNation solar panel is yet another solar charger for gadget-toting campers, but this one comes with a clever difference: it has a built-in lantern, meaning one less thing to carry when you hike or bike out into the countryside. It’s also designed for on-the-go use, offering a good compromise between weight and capacity, while [...]

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Jennifer Lopez's Boyfriend Says Age Doesn't Matter

Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart have yet to publicly confirm their relationship, but the back-up dancer's Twitter post Wednesday left little doubt that he's addressing his high-profile romance.

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Deal of the Day ? 55? Toshiba 55TL515 3D 1080p 240Hz LED HDTV for $1,250 with free shipping

Today’s LogicBUY deal is the 55″ Toshiba 55TL515 55-inch 3D 1080p 240Hz LED HDTV for $1249.99.  Features:  1080p resolution, NetTV with Yahoo Widgets, built-in WiFi, ClearScan 240Hz, Natural (Passive) 3D, CineSpeed Plus LED panel, local dimming, 3D Resolution, Tri-Vector 2D-3D conversion, more. $1999.99 – $750 instant savings  = $1249.99 with free shipping.  This is the [...]

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?Cougar Town? Season 3 Releases A New Promo Poster

Yesterday we learned the HAPPY NEWS that Cougar Town will (at long last) return to ABC on February 14 with its 3rd season. Today we get to check out the season 3 promo poster for the show. As you can see below, Cougar Town has decided to keep it’s terrible name … but since the [...]

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Fedde Le Grand Talks Remix Anthems, 'Dark Light Sessions'

'Music and the whole process of music itself should be organic,' Dutch DJ/producer tells MTV News.
By Adam Stewart


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Photo: Flamingo Recordings

A course in Fedde Le Grand 101 would have to include the hit "Put Your Hands up for Detroit" and a track that proved to be dance-floor gold for the Dutch DJ/producer, 2007's "Let Me Think About It." But Le Grand loyalists know that he scored those smashes while appeasing the underground with bombs like "Amplifier" and "Control Room." Now, he's bringing that particular alchemy to his "Dark Light Sessions," a new show on Sirius XM's Electric Area.

MTV News recently caught up with the Flamingo Recordings founder, and he talked about the kickoff of "Sessions" last November. Le Grand also opened up about his big 2011, detailing how he'll top himself in the months to come.

"Not everyone can come to your shows," Le Grand told us of creating the radio series, which launched its third installment last Friday; the next is due mid-February. "I think it's such a great way to show or let people hear your view on music at the moment, because it's very current."

The advent of "Dark Light Sessions" was a fitting cap to a major year for Le Grand, whose massive re-works topped the Beatport.com charts on more than one occasion. His 2011 was highlighted by remixes of Coldplay's "Paradise" and his summer anthem "So Much Love," a remix of "Love's Such a Wonderful Thing" by the Real Thing.

Of "So Much Love," Le Grand explained, "I found the original sample from the '70s band. I just loved the re-work Tom Bangalter did before it was one of my favorite tracks. So, for me, it only made sense to put it more in a 'now' kind of way, so I could play it again. We were able to clear the original sample and that's how it started."

While sampling and bootlegging are key tools for the thriving dance music industry, the SOPA (or Stop Online Piracy Act) legislation could have far-reaching consequences for the genre. Le Grand said he encourages practices like sampling, though, and the growing desire to reincarnate classic dance tunes. As an example, he pointed out Arno Cost's "Body Rum," which is derived from a bootleg of Le Grand's "Metrum."

"I actually only support it. I play that edit; I think it's great," he said. "Music and the whole process of music itself should be organic," he added. "I had the same thing about two years ago with a track I did called 'Amplifier.' Someone put a vocal on it and it kind of went its own way. So I think it's great that things keep evolving and recycling that way."

But it isn't just bootlegs and remixes that are keeping Le Grand busy these days. Along with label co-founder and fellow producer Funkerman, the Flamingo Recordings imprint has helped usher in some of the most influential music the genre has heard in years, staying away from the all-too-familiar progressive house blueprint. Joining Flamingo alumni such as Baggi Begovic, Rene Amesz and vocalist Mitch Crown is recent sensation Deniz Koyu, whose records are currently smashing eardrums the world over.

When Le Grand first heard Koyu's "Grunge," he assumed he had been signed for years. "My mind was just blown by the sound and everything. It's a record that works really well and still has a coolness to it," he said.

Le Grand and Koyu have been busy in the studio with Johan Wedal getting ready for the release their latest three-way collaboration, "New Day." And one can only imagine who the boys brought into the studio behind closed doors

"I have a whole lot of people I'd love to work with," Le Grand said, listing Sia and Janelle Monáe as possibilities. "I just want to be in the studio with as many people as I can. But I think if you plan something, it doesn't work out. If you just go in there, jam and just make something that everyone likes, that's when the best stuff comes out. Otherwise, it sounds forced. It's an organic thing, and that's how it should come out."

What are your favorite Fedde Le Grand hits? Let us know in the comments below!

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Golden Globes Behind The Mic: My Bizarre Star-Filled Night

MTV News reporter spends awards-show night chatting with George Clooney and chasing Lindsay Lohan and Diddy.
By Josh Horowitz


George Clooney at the 2012 Golden Globes
Photo: Getty Images

On Sunday, I covered my fourth (fifth? It's all getting a bit fuzzy in my mid-30s) Golden Globes, and let me tell you, it was wild! I laughed with George Clooney, bro'd out with Michael Fassbender, ogled Michelle Williams' trophy up close, and capped the night off with Diddy and Lindsay Lohan. I also was in bed eating a piece of cheesecake from room service before midnight. All of these things are true. Such is the bizarre event the Hollywood Foreign Press puts on every year. You're a sketchy odd bunch, but you throw a hell of a party, guys! Thanks for the memories.

I've been lucky enough to cover the Oscars and the entire awards-show circuit the past few years at MTV News, and it is a fantastically glamorous and surreal bubble filled with moments that bend the mind (it's like "Inception" if everyone were pretty. Huh?). It's also a job — meaning it's filled with massive frustrations and insults, just as anyone experiences in their 9 to 5. Unfortunately for me, when I start whining about "Glee" star Cory Monteith racing by me at a party, ignoring my request for an interview, most people want to punch me in the face. I get it. I really do. But I can be as miserable as the next person (actually, I think I can be more miserable than the next person), and no one is going to take away my right to bitch about a pushy publicist who gives me an earful about her client I'd be a fool not to talk to. Nobody!

I couldn't bring you all with me to the Globes, unfortunately. Well, come on, where would I have put you? Really, be sensible! But I can give you a peek into some illuminating/ absurd/ just plain odd moments I experiences in my strange gig.

George Clooney and I are best friends!
George Clooney and I are not best friends. George Clooney doesn't know my name. George Clooney is not inviting me to Lake Como. My wife and I are not going on a double date with him and his Amazonian girlfriend (seriously, was she in Avatar?). But George Clooney sure is good at seeming like you're his best friend.

I interviewed George a couple days ago at the Critics' Choice red carpet (most notable for me calling him old and him taking my microphone away). And a few days before that, we talked to him in New York at the National Board of Review red carpet ('tis the season). When the Cloonster (I can call him that: We have an understanding) saw me Sunday night, moments before his Best Actor win, he said he was relieved I was wearing a tie tonight but I still need to do something about the scruff. Dreamy, right? BFFs!

Actually, he'd combined me in his memory with a fellow MTV News-er, whom he'd talked to at the NBR in New York without the tie. It's all good, George. You have a lot on your plate. See you at the Oscars.

The night belonged to Fassbender's member
That doesn't rhyme does it? I'm waiting for my flight home to New York (Al Roker is here!) and it will just have to do. Though Michael Fassbender didn't win a prize for "Shame" Sunday night (see previous item on the Cloonster), he was a big topic in my red carpet interviews. Before I get to the silly stuff, let me just echo many by saying he delivers an awesome performance in "Shame" that should not be missed. Not good for a date night though. You've been warned.

Anyway, Fassbender is an all-around cool guy in my experience. Exhibit A: When I sprung an impromptu After Hours on him a month ago wherein he had the task of identifying celebrities based solely on photos of their penises (he did really well!). Last night, he told me friends have been giving him grief for being a "penis expert." Later in the night, Fassbender's genitalia came up (so to speak) in my conversations with Ewan McGregor (of course) and Paris Hilton (er, also of course?). Let it be known that Paris has not seen "Shame" yet but seemed quite excited when I told her what she was in for.

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Where would one run into the likes of Ewan McGregor and the star of "The Hottie and the Nottie"? (I tease: Paris actually couldn't have been sweeter). Why the Weinstein afterparty! Also Meryl Streep and Kim Kardashian. America really is a melting pot! The Weinstein party (er, the carpet heading into it — I never went in) was a festive one and why not? Harvey's flicks dominated.

Uggie, the dog from "The Artist," seemed thrilled to be there. As did the whole gang from "My Week with Marilyn," celebrating Michelle Williams' win. But it was the random folks that were most fun to talk to. Why look, it's Chris Tucker! Say, it's a real housewife! And then there was Diddy swaggering as only he can down the carpet. I practically threw myself in his path so we could talk. He stopped, but he didn't exactly talk. Instead he had his "spokesman" (Swizz Beatz by his side) answer all my questions. Whatever works, Diddy.

And then there was the last interview of the night. Truth be told, it wasn't much of an interview. Just as we were packing up our troubles, there she was: the one, the only, Lindsay Lohan. "This is it!" I screamed to no one in particular. Lindsay raced by, only to reconsider. I was going to get something good. Cloonster was but an amuse-bouche. This is what it was all about. Tears would be shed. Confessions made. That weird stripper movie of hers would be dissected. "So, I hear you're playing Elizabeth Taylor soon?" I began. She smiled and grabbed my arm. And without a word, she was gone. Thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press. Thank you.

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China wants microbloggers to register with the government, hand over real identity

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Thought that Facebook's and Google+'s requirements that you use your real name were draconian? Just be thankful you're not a weibo addict in China. The government is planning to expand a program that demands users register their real names and disclose their identity. Wang Chen, China's top internet regulation official, said the eventual goal would be to get all 250 million microbloggers registered, starting first with any new users signing up. The obvious privacy and free speech issues that could arise from such a move shouldn't need to be explained -- especially considering the country's track record of censorship and politically motivated arrests. Sadly, unlike SOPA, putting an end to this troubling law isn't as simple as putting up a black banner or emailing your congressman.

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