At The Movies - Watch at home!

New this week -

Battleship <= This has so many great people in it.
The Lucky One
Pseudo Blood of our Own
Darling Companion
Think Like a Man
Life Happens
The Pirates - Band of Misfits
Bernie
and More....

Source: Moviefone

At the Movies - in Theaters this Weekend

New This Weekend -

Lawless
The Possession

Also -
Expendables 2
The Apparition
Premium Rush
The Campaign
Sparkle -   Listen to our interview with Tamela Mann from Sparkle. She's amazing!
 Hit and Run
and more.......

Source: Movie Phone

Congratulations Bill & Giuliana Rancic - The Duke has Arrived!

Bill and Giuliana Rancic welcomed their first child, son Edward Duke Rancic, on Wednesday, Aug. 29 in Denver, the couple announced via Twitter Thursday morning.  Congratulations!

Source: Newsday

Ryan Gosling - Actor, Director and More...

Ryan Gosling will step behind the camera in his directorial debut for How to Catch a Monster.  He also wrote this "Modern Day Fairy Tale" which will star his Drive co-star Christina Hendricks. 


Drive producer Marc Platt says: "We are thrilled to be producing Ryan Gosling's debut as a writer and director and continue our collaboration which began on Drive.

"He has composed a beautifully haunting script and has a very clear vision of how he will bring it to life. His ability to draw audiences into his world as an actor will serve him well as a filmmaker."

How to Catch a Monster will start production is early 2013.

Source: Press Association

Seth MacFarlane to Host SNL Season Premier

Super talented perfomer, Seth MacFarlane, will host the Saturday Night Live Season opener.  This, the 38th season, will begin on September 15th.  Brian Ocean is the musical guest for the premier.  However, MacFarlane released an album of standards called Music is Better than Words in November 2011 and could be his own musical guest.

Seth created Family Guy and is the voice of Stewie, Peter and Brian Griffin.  He was also the creative genius behind this summer's blockbuster hit, Ted. 

Also scheduled on SNL - Joseph Gordon Levitt with musical guest Mumford & Sons and Daniel Craig. 

Source: NY Times

Happy Birthday Michael Jackson!

Today would have been his 54th birthday.  The picture above is of his children gathering at his childhood home in Gary, Indiana to celebrate the occasion. 

Michael Jackson died on June 25th, 2009.  He was 50.

Happy Birthday, Michael.

Source: Huffington Post

American Horror Story: Asylum EW Cover Preview

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Lisa (lisa@artistsondemandonline.com) and I were casually texting back and forth about our topics for TV Tuesdays, which is starting next week on Artists on Demand.  I said, "I don't watch a lot of TV."  She said, "I watch a lot of TV."  We tried to compare what we did watch and the last thing she said to me was, "I don't watch anything horror."  

I completely understand that because I have a very paradoxical relationship with the genre.  Horror scares me, but I love horror.  Hence the paradox.  Okay, I realized that it's supposed to scare me, but it really scares me.  I like being scared.  There is nothing worse than something that's supposed to be frightening and it ends up being sad and funny. 

All that being said, I am looking forward to a few shows this fall.  The Walking Dead and American Horror Story.  Season one of AMHS titillated me (Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, Zachary Quinto, anyone?) confused me, and frightened me.  

This cover is from this weeks Entertainment Weekly and I may never be able to look at Jessica Lange in the same way again! 

What you saw in the [season one] finale was the end of the Harmon house. The second season of the show will be a brand-new home or building to haunt. Just like this year, every season of this show will have a beginning, middle and end. [The second season] won't be in L.A. It will obviously be in America, but in a completely different locale." 

— Murphy on American Horror Story's second season.

American Horror Story: Asylum Premiers October 17, 2012.

What do you want to hear us talk about on TV Tuesdays?  Please let us know!

First "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" Video Clip

Check out the first clip of the upcoming movie "Perks of Being a Wallflower"



Courtesy of FonsPR & Lionsgate/Summit

Get your braaaains....Walking Dead Food Truck

 

 

 

If you are walking the streets of London - alive or dead - you can now get a brain burger.  This new food truck has some specialty offerings to celebrate the DVD Release of The Walking Dead Season 2.

Masterminded by Street Kitchen chef Mark Jankel, The Gory Gourmet serves up dishes for "zombies on the go," including The Big Brain Burger made of English calf brains, Feet and Thyroid Nuggets (pig's feet and cow thyroid with herb mayo) and Skewered Hearts (grilled beef heart skewers with horseradish mayo). Perfect for post-apocalyptic foodies.  Just the thought of most of those noshes makes this breather want to go Vegan.

 

Hmm, I always heard that zombies hated fast food.  

Source: OC Weekley

GOP Convention Entertainment - What does it mean?

When I heard this morning that the headline entertainment for the Republican National Convention was The Oak Ridge Boys, it made me wonder if you could tell anything about a political party by who they book as entertainment.  The following is just who they have scheduled as entertainment.  As you would expect, they also, are hosting some very distinguished speakers.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Neal Boyd (God Bless America)

Lane Turner (I Built It)

The Oak Ridge Boys

Jack Blades (Back in the Game)

 Three Doors Down (World Premiere - One Light)

Wednesday, August 28, 2012

 

Beau Davidson (Blessed)

Danny Gokey (My Best Days Are Ahead of Me)

 The Katinas (So Good)

 Seven (A Mighty Sound)

 Taylor Hicks (Taking it to the Street)

 Bebe Winans & Choir

 The rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd had been scheduled Sunday to launch a series of concerts there that included Trace Adkins on Tuesday and Kid Rock on Wednesday. Organizers shut down all of Liberty Plaza on Sunday when it was decided Lynyrd Skynyrd wouldn't perform due to the weather. Lynyrd Skynyrd was also supposed to be part of the official convention proceedings on Monday.

It's not exactly what I was expecting and I don't think there really is enough data to draw a conclusion.  What do you think?

Sources: GOP Convention Site

R.I.P Neil Armstrong

The world mourns the loss of a historic figure. Neil Armstrong, born in 1930, passed away on August 25th, 2012 due to "complications from cardiovascular procedures" according to his family's statement. Armstrong made history when he became the first man to step foot on the moon. His line "that's one small step for man,  one giant leap for mankind." will forever be remembered. 

Nasa administrator Charles Bolden released an official statement saying:

"On behalf of the entire NASA family, I would like to express my deepest condolences to Carol and the rest of the Armstrong family on the passing of Neil Armstrong. As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind's first small step on a world beyond our own.

"Besides being one of America's greatest explorers, Neil carried himself with a grace and humility that was an example to us all. When President Kennedy challenged the nation to send a human to the moon, Neil Armstrong accepted without reservation.

"As we enter this next era of space exploration, we do so standing on the shoulders of Neil Armstrong. We mourn the passing of a friend, fellow astronaut and true American hero."

Our condolences go out to the Armstrong family. 

Neil A. Armstrong

1930-2012

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Snooki Welcomes Baby Boy!

(D Dipasupil / Getty Images / June 20, 2012)

A big congratulations goes out to Snooki and her fiance, Jionni, who welcomes their son, Lorenzo Dominic LaValle, early Monday morning!

Snooki, known for her time on this hit MTV show, The Jersey Shore, tweeted "I am SO IN LOVE with my son Lorenzo Dominic! I had my little man last night, healthy at 6 lbs! HE'S MY WORLD!"

A rep for Snooki later released the baby was born just before 3 a.m. on Monday morning officially weighing in at 6 lbs 5 oz.  Our best wishes go to the happy couple and the oh so beautiful (even though we haven't seen him yet) Lorenzo! 

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"Pretty Little Liars" Facebook Live Stream Event TODAY

               Fans of the hit ABC Family series "Pretty Little Liars" will get a chance to   

ask Shay Mitchell and Ian Harding their burning questions during a one-hour  

Ustream event in preparation for the August 28th summer finale. Starting at  

3 PM PT/6 PM ET on Monday, August 27th, fans can go to ABCFamily.com, the official "Pretty Little Liars" Facebook page (www.facebook.com/PrettyLittleLiars) and the official Ustream site (www.ustream.tv/abcfamily) to watch Shay Mitchell and  

Ian Harding discuss season three, tease the highly anticipated summer finale  

and answer questions directly from fans.

Sign in and/or watch below!

Free desktop streaming application by Ustream

Courtesy of ABC Family

Top 10 Movies in Theaters - August 22, 2102

 1. The Expendables

2. The Bourne Legacy

3. ParaNorman

4. The Campaign

5. Sparkle

6. The Dark Knight Rises

7. The Odd Life of Timothy Green

8. Hope Springs

9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

10. Total Recall

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Top 10 Movie Releases August 22, 2012 - DVD

http://www.moviefone.com/

1. The Hunger Games
2.The Dictator
3.Bernie
4. A Separation
5. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
6. .The Raid: Redemption
7.  Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
8. Marley
9. Bel Ami
10. Lock Out 

What do you want to watch this week? 

Stars Sign Up to Participate in a Cancer Telethon

Not Jerry Lewis, either, but the A-listers are turning out to battle cancer.  Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Samuel L. Jackson and Emma Stone are a few of  the stars participating in the third Stand Up to Cancer telethon, the organization announced.  Ms. Paltrow is an executive producer for the event to raise money and awareness.

Musical performances by Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Alicia Keys and Tim McGraw are planned, and more than 25 movie, TV and sports stars will be taking phone pledges, said executive producer Joel Gallen.

Laura Ziskin, founder of Stand Up to Cancer and producer of its first two telethons in 2008 and 2010, lost her seven-year fight against breast cancer last year. The "Spider-Man" movie producer was 61.

In addition to ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and numerous cablers, other significant SU2C supporters include AOL, Bonnier Corporation, Condé Nast Media Group, eBay Inc., Facebook, Hearst Corporation, Hulu, iTunes, Los Angeles Times, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Meredith Corporation, The New York Times Company, Rodale, Time Inc, WebMD, Yahoo! and YouTube. For more information, visit standup2cancer.org.

About the Entertainment Industry Foundation
Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that serves as the collective philanthropy for the television and film businesses. EIF has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to support programs addressing critical health, education and social issues. For more information, visit www.eifoundation.org.


Cancer sucks.

Kanye West a Possible American Idol Judge?

File Under: This could be very interesting.

Kanye is on a list of possible American Idol judges for season twelve.  Reportedly he is on the fence because he's not sure Idol is his type of venue.  Sources say that money could sweeten the deal and that Idol would match the 18 million they gave Mariah Carey. 

Other rumored judges - Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams, Alanis Morrisette, Joe Jonas and Sean "Diddy" Combs.  

Are you planning to watch season twelve?   Who do you think would make a good judge?

Source: Huffington Post

"The Office" Ends after Season Nine

The end of The Office means a big turning point for NBC as it looks to revamp its  lineup. The network is betting on freshman comedies, picking up seven to series and giving condensed orders for returning half-hours including Community and 30 Rock, the latter of which also will wrap after this season. 


So will we see a return for Michael Scott?
 
"We'll see," Daniels said of the idea to bring the actor back to the series that helped launch his career. "We have ideas for the ending, and obviously if he would participate, we would have a lot of good times. The idea will fly without him if he can't make it. He is pretty busy." 

Source: The Hollywood Reporter 

2012 New York Film Festival's Centerpiece Gala Selection Announced

David Chase’s NOT FADE AWAY announced

by THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

as the Centerpiece Gala Selection

for the 2012 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

NEW YORK, August 15, 2012 —The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that David Chase’s NOT FADE AWAY will make its World Premiere on Saturday, October 6 as the Centerpiece Gala selection for the 50th New York Film Festival (September 28-October 14).

Making his feature directing debut, David Chase’s (The Sopranos) coming-of-age movie is set in New Jersey in 1964 where a group of friends are inspired to form their own rock band fronted by a gifted singer-songwriter (terrific newcomer John Magaro). The film masterfully captures the era’s conflicting attitudes and ideologies, all set to a dynamic soundtrack produced by the legendary Steven Van Zandt. The film also stars Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, James Gandolfini, Brad Garrett and Christopher McDonald. To be released by Paramount Vantage, the film’s roll-out will begin on December 21, 2012.

Rose Kuo, Executive Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, said, “It's a privilege to welcome David Chase to the New York Film Festival with his feature film debut. NOT FADE AWAY's fun, music-infused world created by Chase offers an endearing and complex portrait of a young man's coming-of-age in the 60s and features terrific work by an ensemble cast of exciting new talent.”

Chase said, “NOT FADE AWAY is a personal film with a backdrop very important to me, a period in American music that was one of the best. To have the film debut at the NYFF exceeds my wildest dreams and the dreams of everyone associated with the movie. So many of my favorite films have been revealed to the public at the NYFF. I'm honored and thrilled.”

The 17-day New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema, featuring top films from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent. The selection committee, chaired by Peña also includes: Melissa Anderson, Contributor, Village Voice; Scott Foundas, Associate Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center; Todd McCarthy, Chief Film Critic, The Hollywood Reporter; and Amy Taubin, Contributing Editor, Film Comment and Sight and Sound.

The New York Film Festival is generously sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada, American Airlines, The New York Times, Stella Artois, HBO, WABC, Trump International Hotel and Tower, the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts.

General Public tickets will be available September 9th. There will be an advance ticketing opportunity for Film Society of Lincoln Center Patrons and Members prior to that date. For more information visit www.Filmlinc.com/NYFF or call 212 875 5601.

FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

Under the leadership of Rose Kuo, Executive Director, and Richard Peña, Program Director, the Film Society of Lincoln Center offers the best in international, classic and cutting-edge independent cinema. The Film Society presents two film festivals that attract global attention: the New York Film Festival, currently planning its 50th edition, and New Directors/New Films which, since its founding in 1972, has been produced in collaboration with MoMA. The Film Society also publishes the award-winning Film Comment Magazine, and for over three decades has given an annual award—now named “The Chaplin Award”—to a major figure in world cinema. Past recipients of this award include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, and Tom Hanks. The Film Society presents a year-round calendar of programming, panels, lectures, educational programs and specialty film releases at its Walter Reade Theater and the new state-of-the-art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. 

The Film Society receives generous, year-round support from Royal Bank of Canada, American Airlines, The New York Times, Stella Artois, the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. For more information, visit www.filmlinc.com and follow #filmlinc on Twitter.

Courtesy of AlliedTHA

The Hunger Games tops Harry Potter as Amazon's Best Selling Series

The Hunger Games franchise has squashed the record set by the Harry Potter series to become Amazon.com's best-selling series in the online retailer's history, the company announced on Friday. 

Sara Nelson, the editorial director of books and Kindle at Amazon, told reporters, "Since debuting in 2008, Katniss Everdeen and the Hunger Games have taken the world by storm, much as Harry Potter did a decade before."
 

The slightly more grown up theme to the book can perhaps be one of the reasons toward the franchise's success, giving it a broader readership to surpass the number of readers that JK Rowling's series reached. Author Suzanne Collins has yet to announce plans for a follow-up novel to 2010's Mockingjay, although is believed to have no desire to drawing out the trilogy any further.

What do you think?  Which series do you prefer?

Source: Contact Music

More Sad Tony Scott News

UPDATE: ABC News has confirmed that Scott had inoperable brain cancer.

Rest in Peace Tony Scott

Tony Scott on the set of Pelham One Two Three

Tony Scott took his own life Sunday by jumping off a bridge in California. Mr. Scott was an incredibly influential director and the brother of Ridley Scott.  He was 68 years old.

He directed films such as The Hunger, Top Gun, True Romance (which was written by Quentin Tarintino) and Crimson Tide among many others.

"Starting with 'The Hunger' (1984), his films center on obsessive relationships whose blind pursuit threatens the order of things, and usually has terrible consequences for those unlucky enough to be around. The nature of the relationship is variable: Heterosexual romance as in 'True Romance' (1993) works just as well as the homoerotic buddy-bonding of 'The Last Boy Scout' or 'Spy Game''s father-son-constellation. The most extreme case -- and the film with which Tony’s filmography starts getting interesting -- is 'Crimson Tide,' where the relationship between a nuclear sub’s captain (Gene Hackman) and his first officer (Washington) is framed in the most general terms (they obsess over whose view of reality is correct), the system of order is the most rigid (military protocol), and the consequences are the most momentous (Armageddon)." Quoted from  "World Out of Order: Tony Scott's 'Vertigo'"

Our hearts go out to his family.   Rest in Peace, Mr. Scott.


 Some celebrity quotes from Twitter.

Rosario Dawson:

"Tony Scott... You left us too soon. How terribly sad. What a lovely, kind human being you were. I will love and miss you much. Blessings to your family. Rest In Peace."

Kat Dennings:

"Tony Scott, rest in peace. How horribly sad."

Jon Favreau:

"Such sad news about Tony Scott. Heartfelt condolences to his family and friends."

Ron Howard:

"No more Tony Scott movies. Tragic day."

Samuel L. Jackson:

"Taking a moment to reflect on Tony Scott's life and work! My sympathies to his family. Feeling the loss!"

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson:

"'I make a movie because it's something that inspires me' ~ Tony Scott 6/21/44 - 8/19/12 Your movies inspired me."

Val Kilmer:

"RIP Tony. You were the kindest film director I ever worked for. You will be missed."

Simon Pegg:

"So sad to hear about Tony Scott. A master of grand action, nail biting pace and atmosphere. A real loss to film making."

Chris Rock:

"Tony Scott director of my favorite movie 'Man on Fire.' 'I wish you had more time'"

Michelle Rodriguez:

"A guy like Tony was a trendsetter, unlike most chart following sheep directors in the big budget action film world. You'll be missed :( RIP."

Eli Roth:

"RIP Tony Scott. Never knew him but always heard nothing but great things about him and I loved his films. Terrible loss for cinema."

  Justin Timberlake:

"So sad to hear the news about Tony Scott. His movies made growing up more fun for me. My prayers and condolences to the Scott family."

Elijah Wood:

"Awful news about Tony Scott. Rest in peace."

Read more of "World Out of Order: Tony Scott's 'Vertigo.'"

Source: Indy Wire

Charlaine Harris visits Australia

The creator of some of our favorite vampires, werefolk and crazy humans, Charlaine Harris, has been on a whirlwind tour of Australia recently and I was lucky enough to sit in on one of her Q&A sessions in Brisbane.

She told us about how she had a fangirl moment when Anne Rice messaged her on Facebook and how her kids are going to be in Season 5 - she has previously had a teeny extra part too. Her Harper Connelly books are finished, but have been optioned for a tv show - twice. She started writing conventional mysteries and has had mild success, but wanted to try something different and went down the supernatural route.

Questions included:
Does she have any say in the cast of True Blood? She has zero say in anything to do with the show, but she does enjoy some of the things they have done, including not killing of Lafayette. She's very grateful for what the show has done for her book sales and she respects the writers. She does watch the show.

Does she have an opinion on fan fiction? She said she doesn't really like to read it because she can't really think of her characters any other way, but she's glad it makes other people happy. The thought of Bill and Eric being intimate is not for her.

Will she be sad to be leaving Sookie's universe? she thinks that story has finished and heart just isn't in it anymore, but she's very happy about her new work.

Is she working on anything new, seeing as she's told everyone the next Southern Vampire Mystery novel will be her last? Yes, she has a new series coming out that she hopes everyone is excited for and will read.

Has she ever doubted her ability to be a good writer? Being a writer is a compulsion and she's not really good at anything else. It took 2 years for the first Southern Vampire Mystery book to be picked up as most publishers had no idea what genre to publish it in, but it was an instant success.

How difficult was it to write about a post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans? It was hard as it was the first thing to solidify the time that the Southern Vampire Mystery books were set, but she felt that she couldn't leave it out.

Does she use real life friends as inspiration for characters? She joked not to cross her...but she would never use a whole person's characteristics.

When writing, does she plan her stories ahead and what has she learned from writing the Southern Vampire Mysteries? No she doesn't plan, but she might try and do that now. A continuity proof reader was hired part way into the Southern Vampire Mysteries and fans are very quick to point out mistakes in that area. Also, she wrote herself into some corners she would have preferred not to, so planning is definitely something she'll look into.

How does she schedule her day? Approximately 7hours are put aside for writing, but she has many appearances, tours, lectures and paperwork to do. Her team keep her on track.

Did she regret anything she's written in the Southern Vampire Mysteries? Yes, killing off Claudine. Killing off way too many characters.


What is the basis of her fairy mythology? Primarily Irish, but she made a lot of it up.

What vampire mythology did she use and/or ignore? The Southern Vampire Mystery vampires were made up to fill a niche in her books. She ignored the religious aspect 'What relevance would a cross have on someone like Eric?' and she said she deliberately doesn't reference her vampires having or not having a soul.

Of all the leading men in the Southern Vampire Mysteries / True Blood, who is her favorite...Alcide? She definitely likes to look at Joe, but she likes them all as characters as they all have good and bad aspects.



Her lovely sister was chatting with us whilst we were waiting - I was there for over 1.5hours - and she was scared about all of the photos that were being taken that she was probably going to be in.


If you have any questions you wish to ask me about the night, contact me @JadeAODradio on twitter.
Newspaper excerpt from The Courier Mail, Brisbane, Australia.

Michael J. Fox Comming Back to Prime-Time TV?

 Though, it could be much ado about nothing.

"There's a tremendous amount of interest," a source familiar with the pitch tells us. "The show is likely to land on a broadcast network, and they're all very interested right now."

Just a few details are available, and Sony is staying awfully quiet just the beyond confirmation, but the source did say that the show is a comedy. According to Vulture, the show will be inspired by the actor's life and directed by Will Gluck ("Easy A"), and writer Sam Laybourne ("Cougar Town," "Arrested Development") is attached.

Source: MSNBC