Justin Bieber Thanks 'Supportive' Fans At NYC 'Never Say Never' Premiere

'Fans will be really excited to see that I'm just a regular 16-year-old having fun just living my dream,' he tells MTV News of the 3-D movie.
By Jocelyn Vena


Justin Bieber at the New York premiere of "Never Say Never"
Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage

At the star-filled New York screening for Justin Bieber's long-awaited 3-D flick "Never Say Never," the star, donning a purple bow tie, looked excited for his fans to finally get a chance to see the film they've been hearing all about for the past few months.

"I'm feeling good," he told MTV News on the red carpet, moments before he entered the theater to watch the film alongside his fans. "It's great to be here. All my fans have been really supportive, so I'm really glad to be playing them my movie."

The film is part concert film, part documentary, complete with interviews from some of the people closest to the teen phenom. It also features cameos from Miley Cyrus, Usher and Ludacris, to name a few, during concert performances (filmed at Madison Square Garden last September) and interviews.

So what does Bieber think his fans will love the most? "Fans will be really excited to see that I'm just a regular 16-year-old having fun just living my dream," he said. "And it's possible for anyone to live theirs."

And he's not wrong: There's plenty of behind-the-scenes gems that fans will go bananas over, including scenes of Bieber hanging with his pals and even footage and photos that fans may not have ever seen before.

A testament to his star power, a number of A-listers made an appearance at the screening, including Spike Lee, Diggy Simmons, Jay Sean and the film's director, Jon Chu. The audience at the screening was scattered with Bieber insiders, including his mom and his manager, Scooter Braun. The film opens February 11.

Check out everything we've got on "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never."

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Coldplay, Led Zeppelin Album Covers Featured On New British Stamps

Album art from Pink Floyd, Blur and David Bowie also included.
By James Montgomery


Coldplay's new British stamps
Photo: Royal Mail

On Thursday (January 7), the U.K.'s Royal Mail unveiled a series of 10 new stamps, honoring the most iconic album covers of the past 40 years.

The albums featured in the new series are the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed, Led Zeppelin's IV, David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, The Clash's London Calling, New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies, Primal Scream's Screamadelica, Pink Floyd's The Division Bell, Blur's Parklife and — the most recent album on to make the cut — Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head.

Meant to honor "the most potent graphic images of modern times, many of which have provided a visual soundtrack to people's lives," the series is the end result of a lengthy research process by the Royal Mail, who looked through thousands of album covers by British artists before deciding on the final list. And, during a Wednesday night BBC Radio broadcast, it was revealed that the queen herself actually approved each design.

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page — who helped design the cover for IV — was on hand to celebrate the release of the stamps and recalled the mysterious nature of the album's iconic imagery.

"Almost 40 years after the album came out, nobody knows the old man who featured on the cover, nor the artist who painted him," he said. "That sort of sums up what we wanted to achieve with the album cover, which has remained both anonymous and enigmatic at the same time."

Of course, any great honor is befitting of an equally great contest, so, on the same day the stamps were made available to the general public, Coldplay decided to give one of their Rush of Blood stamps away. In a message on their official site, the band held a contest to send one lucky fan "a letter using a Coldplay stamp, postmarked with today's issue date."

"We visited our local post office earlier today and bought some of the Coldplay stamps," the message read. "Very nice they are too."

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Lady Gaga Launches 'Born This Way' Countdown Clock

Single is set to premiere on February 13, same night Gaga will perform at Grammys.
By James Montgomery


Lady Gaga
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The countdown is officially under way. On Sunday, having already teased fans with fashion-show promos and borderline terrifying short films, Lady Gaga took the next step in the march toward her Born This Way album, when she posted a rapidly descending countdown clock on her website.

What that clock is counting down to, of course, is the release of BTW's first single (which just so happens to be the album's title track), currently scheduled for Sunday, February 13 — the same night Gaga will perform at the Grammy Awards. So far, more than 43,000 Gaga fans have RSVP'd for the event through Facebook.

That countdown clock isn't the only bit of Born This Way-related news to sprout up in recent days. On Monday (January 24), Gaga fans were treated to a new promo image and some news about the "Born This Way" video.

Monday morning, Gaga fansites began posting a new image, supposedly taken from a promo shoot, either for the album or the single. In the photo, a nude Gaga — or someone who looks very much like her — is looking skyward, black liquid pouring from her mouth, hair enveloping her body.

Both of her fists are clenched, and on each finger she wears a ring with a different precious stone in the setting. A similar stone-covered piece appears to be stuck to her chest. But is the new image actually legit? When contacted by MTV News, a spokesperson for Lady Gaga's management would only say it's "not from [the] BTW shoot," though again, it's not clear whether the spokesperson was referring to the album or the single.

As for the video, Gaga's fashion director (and Thierry Mugler creative director) Nicola Formichetti took to his Twitter account to hype the clip, writing, "Ok kids, get ready for BTW. We've just created the most amazing thing ever."

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Celebrity Breakup: Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron

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It was confirmed that Vanessa and her longtime boyfriend/ ?High School Musical? costar Zac Efron decided to call it quits. According to Us Magazine, the ?High School Musical? co-stars have split after spending more than three years in the spotlight together. With their romance having started as the two were paired up as co-star leads in Disney's "High School Musical," a source close to the couple now claims of the breakup, "It was mutual. They have been together for so long. It just ran its course." And, the insider insists, "They are still talking and still friends. There's no drama. No one cheated. They just grew up." [gallery=746]

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