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Lots of exciting – and some not so exciting – Spring Breakers-related news today. First off, we found out that Pussy Riot – the Russian feminist punk rockers Nadezhda “Nadya” Tolokonnikova and Maria “Masha” Alyokhina - are coming to Cannes this week to meet with “Spring Breakers: Second Coming” director Jonas Akerlund and producers Chris and Roberta Hanley, and Jordan Gertner. According to Variety, Pussy Riot, who were jailed for two years in their native Russia for performing an anti-Putin punk prayer at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, are now in talks to appear in the upcoming Spring Breakers sequel.

Second Coming is in the pipeline, without Franco or Korine's blessing.

“Our director is coming in especially to meet Nadya and Maria to discuss being in the movie,” Chris Hanley told Variety. “The fiction of Spring Breakers never met with the reality of Pussy Riot — until now.”

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James Franco - yeah, the guy who keeps doing weird things on Instagram and Whatsapp - says the planned Spring Breakers sequel will be a "terrible" film and that neither him nor director Harmony Korine will be involved. Franco - who campaigned for himself to get an Oscar nomination for the first movie - said anyone working on the movie is "jumping on board a poison ship."

James Franco hates the idea of Spring Breakers 2

Franco posted his official statement about Spring Breakers: The Second Coming on Instagram.

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Selena Gomez fans will have to wait until May 7, 2013 (at 7:53pm), to be precise before they can watch the debut airing of her new single ‘Come and Get It’ but in the meantime, she’s let her fans see a snippet of the raunchy new video. Huffington Post have hosted a snap from the video shoot and it shows Gomez partly submerged in water and seemingly not wearing much in the way of clothing, on her top half.

If you blinked recently, you may have missed Selena’s transformation from homely Disney child to 20 year old sex symbol, but it appears to have happened. After appearing in Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, it seems that Selena has well and truly shaken off the shackles of her pristine past, to the extent that she’s started filming sexy videos and posting snaps of herself online that probably wouldn’t make it into any Disney magazines.

There’s still no confirmation on a release date for her forthcoming album though it is known that she’ll be embarking on a the ‘Stars Dance World Tour’ on August 14 in Vancouver. On the weekend, Selena proved that she’s still a hit with Disney, though – they’re not ready to release her into the wild, wild world of sex and grown ups just yet; Selena landed the Best Female Artist award at the Radio Disney Awards. Her off again – on again boyfriend Justin Bieber also won an award, for Best Male. 

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Selena Gomez had the Beliebers foaming at the mouths this week after bringing up an anecdote about having made ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber cry. Gomez was visiting David Letterman on the Late Show to promote Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers, though conversation quickly turned to Justin, who's endured a rough couple of weeks.

The host started out by asking Selena if she was still with the newly appointed enfant terrible of the pop music world, to which she responded, "No, I'm single." Letterman recalled, "The last time he was on, he and I got into a conversation..and he said something, and I said something and he said something.and I said something.and I made him cry." After the laughter died down, Selena bluntly said, "Well that makes two of us," again, sending the live studio audience into hysterics. "That's pretty good! Pretty strong!" yelled Letterman. 

Of course, Justin's Twitter followers didn't see the funny side, not one bit. "ur immaturity is lower than ur album sales and that says a LOT sis" fumed one. "I'm not surprised Selena Gomez made Justin Bieber cry. She makes me cry every day," quipped another. 

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What do you get when you mix controversial art-house movie director Harmony Korine, with young teen Disney stars like Selena Gomez and muddle them all up in celluloid form? Well, you get a more successful movie than you may imagine, actually. Spring Breakers has made a highly-anticipated showing at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas and although the movie is not without its faults, it has impressed many of the critics that made the trip to see it.

Entertainmentwise’s reviewer found themselves frustrated with the many anticlimactic moments, “the constant cutting between various different moments in the girls’ story makes the film feel more like an extended music video at times than a genuine narrative piece of cinema, meaning that scenes which should frighten or shock blur into the milleu of the movie.” They did, add however, that there is “a lot to like” about the movie. “Though Korine’s style can be difficult to get to grips with, and could alienate its young stars’ fanbase, at other times its spell-binding, funny and poetic.” That’s Korine in a nutshell though; the director is famed for splitting opinion; with films such as Gummo and Kids under his belt, he has offended as many as he has caused to fall in love with his movies. 

Selena Gomez is an unlikely hit Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers

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In an interview with Paper magazine, the former Disney actress revealed that when nude photos of her were leaked on line back in 2007, it was “by far the worst moment of my career.” Hudgens, now 24, has been able to put the humiliating episode behind her, though at the time it can’t have been easy to be one of Disney’s most popular young protégées, only to have the facade of the standard stereotypical squeaky–clean child star image well and truly scraped away.

Talking about the photographs, which were leaked online, Hudgens comments “That was just a really shitty situation that sucked. That was by far the worst moment of my career.” Five years on, though and Hudgens has managed to escape any embarrassment that the incident caused and is currently celebrating the launch of her new role in Harmony Korine’s controversial new movie Spring Breakers. Hudgens stars alongside Selena Gomez – another young actress known primarily for her clean-cut image. It’s a leap that, according to Paper magazine, should see her heading “into legitimate adult acting territory,” suggesting that the nude photo debacle may in fact have been a blessing in disguise, perhaps facilitating her transition to more serious adult roles.

Korine is known as something of a hard-hitting movie-maker. His movies are never for the faint-hearted and judging by the amount of bare flesh on display in Spring Breakers, this will be no exception. Spring Breakers is scheduled for release on March 15, 2013. 

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British rapper Mia gave up a potential career as a movie director to pursue music - even after catching the eye of acclaimed film-maker John Singleton.

The GALANG rapper - real name MAYA ARULPRAGASAM - idolised Spike Jonze during her time spent studying at film school, but she decided the profession wasn't for her when Singleton encouraged her to make a crack at Hollywood.

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