Fellow No. 1 Pick Andrew Bogut Believes Naysayers Should Lay Off Greg Oden

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Greg OdenMILWAUKEE -- Being selected No. 1 in the NBA draft makes for being in a pretty elite fraternity. There are only 15 such active players in the NBA.

One, 2005 top man Andrew Bogut, says it's time for Portland's Greg Oden to stop hearing talk that he's an NBA bust. That's despite news that Oden will miss the rest of this season due to yet another knee injury.

"I think he's three or four years from that now,'' Bogut, a Milwaukee center, said Thursday in an interview with FanHouse about Oden going No. 1 in 2007. "So I think people should probably forget about that. The way I look at it, at that time he was the best player in the draft. People might argue (Oklahoma City forward Kevin) Durant now in hindsight. But back then it was a tossup between those two, and he was probably the best player at that time. The (Portland) GMs didn't make a mistake. He just happened to be injured, and hasn't really had that good run that other guys have.''

Bogut was disappointed to hear Wednesday that Oden, who hasn't played since suffering a knee injury last December, must undergo season-ending microfracture surgery. That means Oden, at the end of the season, will have missed 246 of his first 328 NBA games due to injuries to both knees.

 

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'Harry Potter' Fans Weigh In On Harry And Hermione Topless Kiss

'They're totally topless and it's really creepy,' one uncomfortable fan says after midnight 'Deathly Hallows' screening.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Evan Leong


"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" fans at a midnight screening in New York City on Thursday
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"Awkward," "creepy," "disturbing."

Those were among the words "Harry Potter" fans used to describe the rather unexpected and altogether hallucinatory kiss between Harry and Hermione in "Deathly Hallows."

Streaming out of a midnight screening with lightning-bolt scars drawn on their foreheads and clutching wands, "Potter"-ites were still reeling from that onscreen smooch.

"They're totally topless and it's really creepy," Emma Larson told MTV News.

That sentiment is not far from how Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger, was feeling when she found out exactly what was in store for her scripted kiss.

"It was only the day before that they said, 'Oh, by the way, we hope it's all right, but we want you to be topless, and we're going to cover you in silver paint,' " the actress told us earlier this week. "It was awkward enough as it was without the silver paint and the strapless bra, but whatever. It works."

Others also agreed that it works. Itamar Lilienthal certainly did, calling the lip-locking "very erotic." Admitted Dustin Atlas, "I was a little jealous."

Some, however, were not digging the twist, which had Harry and Hermione swapping spit as part of their friend's jealous hallucination. "It was a little awkward," Jane Howe said. "It was not a natural kiss, and they were naked, which added a whole other aspect to it."

"It actually made me more uncomfortable," Chris McMahon said.

Many fans were simply unprepared to see Hermione showing affection to anyone other than Ron. But for some, the kiss was a chance to see, at long last, Harry and Hermione together, at least for a few seconds.

"That was pretty intense," said Hillary Brens. "I think a lot of fans wanting that relationship to happen — they finally got it."

Check out everything we've got on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1."

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Britney Spears' 'Me Against The Music': 'Glee' Vs. The Original

Watch Brittany and Santana's version side-by-side with Britney and Madonna's.
By Jocelyn Vena


Heather Morris and Britney Spears on the set of "Glee"
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Heather Morris, who plays hilariously ditzy cheerleader Brittany on "Glee," got to channel her sort-of namesake on Tuesday night's "Britney/Brittany" episode. And the professional-dancer-turned-actress didn't disappoint as she re-enacted Spears' videos for "Toxic," "Slave 4 U" and "Me Against the Music." She tackled all of them with her spectacular dance skills and a pretty killer singing voice.

The anesthesia-induced dream sequences followed one of Brittany's stellar reveals: "My name is also Britney Spears. Brittany S. Pierce. I've lived my entire life in Britney Spears' shadow." Well, on Tuesday night she stepped out of her shadow.

Of all the video reinterpretations in the episode, the Madonna/Britney team-up, which saw Santana playing Madge and Brittany playing you guessed it, paid homage to the original 2003 video, directed by Paul Hunter. Aside from a few artistic tweaks in the "Glee" version's choreography, Morris and company do the original justice.

"The 'Me Against the Music' montage, it's literally copied exactly from the video, the shots and looks, but the choreography is made so much more for a dancer — none of it is from the video," Morris told New York magazine about the "Glee" version. "You just have to wait to see it. It's insane."

Hunter spoke to MTV News last year about his original concept for Britney's "Music" video. "I try to play opposites, when you have Britney in dark and Madonna in white," he said. "And then we see them kind of dance around the bed .. and you think they're gonna get on top of each other and do something crazy."

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Jay-Z, Beyonce, Usher Support Alicia Keys At AIDS Charity Ball

Jay, Janelle Monae, Swizz Beatz were among performers at Keys' 8th annual Keep a Child Alive event.
By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Hillary Crosley


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Alicia Keys has proven to be as selfless in real life as she is in song.

The singer held her 8th annual Keep a Child Alive Black Ball event in New York on Thursday night. The fundraiser brought out Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Usher, Jay Sean, Janelle Monae, Jennifer Hudson, Whitney Houston and more.

Jay-Z and Keys' husband, Swizz Beatz, performed "On to the Next One," and Jay later performed "Empire State of Mind." Monae also hit the stage, as did Keys and Sade, who performed a duet, "Love Is Stronger Than Pride."

"It's my heart and soul," Keys told MTV News about the organization she co-founded. "Since the beginning, we've been very driven to do incredible work. I'm proud to show what four to five women who are very dedicated can do."

The organization benefits children and families who have been affected by AIDS but can't afford to purchase medicine; the event reportedly helped raise $2.4 million.

This year, Keep a Child Alive introduced the "Buy Life" T-shirt. The shirt features a large barcode on the garment; donors can buy the shirt and scan the code with their smart phones to make a donation to the charity. Every time the code is scanned by a phone, a donation goes through. Ryan Seacrest, Kim Kardashian and Katie Holmes are among the celebrity spokespeople appearing in ads for the shirt.

"It's like a dream to me to be among these people singing and performing, and opening people's eyes to what Keep a Child Alive can do," Keys said.

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Pat Burns, NHL Coaching Great, Dies

Pat Burns, who led the New Jersey Devils to a Stanley Cup title in 2003 and was selected as the NHL's top coach on three occasions, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.

"Just as they will remember Pat for his success as a coach, hockey fans also will remember his humor, his honesty, his humanity and his courage," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. "As it mourns the loss of an outstanding contributor to the game, the National Hockey League sends heartfelt condolences to Pat's family and friends."

Before he became known as one of the most fierce coaches in professional hockey, Burns was a police officer in Gatineau, Quebec. He began his NHL head coaching career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1988 before stints with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils.

He's the only coach to win the Jack Adams Trophy three times.

 

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