Just as people might ask what we would like to see on our tombstone, so the more fatalistic among us might already be planning our last words. But last words don’t have to be all doom and gloom – they can be witty, profound, or just plain absurd.
Of course, it’s all a matter of opinions as to whether you want to go out with a laugh or with a tear. And there’s much debate about the authenticity of many last words, with Admiral Nelson’s “Kiss me, Hardy” being perhaps the most famously erroneous example (we’ll print the true one later). I’ve made every effort in this article to ensure that what people said is the truth, but I apologise in advance, to both you and them, if any of them turn out to be incorrect.
In each case I’ll provide a bit of...
Of course, it’s all a matter of opinions as to whether you want to go out with a laugh or with a tear. And there’s much debate about the authenticity of many last words, with Admiral Nelson’s “Kiss me, Hardy” being perhaps the most famously erroneous example (we’ll print the true one later). I’ve made every effort in this article to ensure that what people said is the truth, but I apologise in advance, to both you and them, if any of them turn out to be incorrect.
In each case I’ll provide a bit of...
- 8/4/2012
- by Daniel Mumby
- Obsessed with Film
Tags: Todrick HallNewFestPretty Little LiarsMarilyn MonroeJoCasta ZamarripaIMDb
Good morning, Brewbies. When you woke up this morning, I know you were like, "Man, I wish I could see a gaye-ed up fairy tale music video that mashes-up Disney soundtracks with Katy Perry. A lesbian Alice in Wonderland dancing with some drag queens would be just the thing to get my day going." Well, you're in luck! Todrick Hall, the best thing to get voted off American Idol since Jennifer Hudson, has released a follow-up to his "Beauty and the Beast" music video, and this time it's "Cinderfella."
Photo courtesy of Toddrick Hall
Click here to watch the video; you won't be sorry. It's actually a really lovely plea for same-sex marriage.
Photo courtesy of NewFest
Ok, now let me help you plan your weekend. This Friday, New York's top Lgbt film festival, NewFest, kicks off its 24th annual season. There are...
Good morning, Brewbies. When you woke up this morning, I know you were like, "Man, I wish I could see a gaye-ed up fairy tale music video that mashes-up Disney soundtracks with Katy Perry. A lesbian Alice in Wonderland dancing with some drag queens would be just the thing to get my day going." Well, you're in luck! Todrick Hall, the best thing to get voted off American Idol since Jennifer Hudson, has released a follow-up to his "Beauty and the Beast" music video, and this time it's "Cinderfella."
Photo courtesy of Toddrick Hall
Click here to watch the video; you won't be sorry. It's actually a really lovely plea for same-sex marriage.
Photo courtesy of NewFest
Ok, now let me help you plan your weekend. This Friday, New York's top Lgbt film festival, NewFest, kicks off its 24th annual season. There are...
- 7/26/2012
- by stuntdouble
- AfterEllen.com
Americans for the Arts, an organization that aims to advance the arts and arts education in the United States, announced the recipients of its 2012 National Arts Awards this week. The National Arts Awards are given annually to recognize artists and arts leaders who exhibit exemplary national leadership and whose work demonstrates extraordinary artistic achievement.Tony-winning Broadway veteran Brian Stokes Mitchell is being honored with the Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award. In addition to concerts, TV and film appearances, and performances in stage musicals like "Man of La Mancha," "Ragtime," and "Kiss Me, Kate," he has also worked with numerous charitable organizations and has been the Chairman of the Board of The Actors Fund for nine years. According to Americans for the Arts, "Mitchell is being recognized not only for his stellar career as an artist, but for his commitment to advocacy and artists' rights."Lin Arison, who has dedicated her.
- 7/20/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
Tony Award-winning costume designer Martin Pakledinaz, a force on Broadway for three decades, died Sunday morning. He was 58 and had been suffering from cancer. The announcement was made on his Facebook page. Also read: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Sunday Night's Tony Awards He was best known for his work on musicals like the 1999 Broadway revival of "Kiss Me, Kate" and 2002's "Thoroughly Modern Millie," both of which won Tony Awards. He was nominated for Tonys 10 times. Pakledinaz's work is currently on Broadway in "Nice Work If You Can Get...
- 7/8/2012
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
The season finale of Happy Endings featured a quintessential Happy Endings joke in Max's all-male Madonna cover band Mandonna — poppy, slightly but not totally ironic, connected but not quite essential to the main plot of the episode. A treat if ever there were one! But according to executive producers David Caspe and Jonathan Groff, Mandonna almost didn't happen. "Getting Madonna and her publishers and representatives to agree to let us use 'Like a Prayer' was a long process," Groff tells EW. "So we had to simultaneously prepare for Max being in another cover band. Max was gonna have been in a Sixpence None the Richer cover band and perform 'Kiss Me,'" he says. Not all the fun would have been lost, though, Caspe says. "The name was gonna be Sex Pants None the Richer."...
- 6/19/2012
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
Between now and June 28, the deadline for Emmy voters to return nomination ballots, EW.com is running a series called Emmy Watch, featuring highlight clips and interviews with actors, producers, and writers whom EW TV critic Ken Tucker has on his wish list for the nominations announcement on July 19.
There’s a moment in Happy Endings’ season 2 finale, “Four Weddings and a Funeral (Minus Three Weddings and a Funeral),” in which guest star Stephen Guarino (as groom Derrick) tells the show’s regulars he doesn’t have time for their endless bantering: “The back and forth, it’s exhausting. I...
There’s a moment in Happy Endings’ season 2 finale, “Four Weddings and a Funeral (Minus Three Weddings and a Funeral),” in which guest star Stephen Guarino (as groom Derrick) tells the show’s regulars he doesn’t have time for their endless bantering: “The back and forth, it’s exhausting. I...
- 6/19/2012
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre presented a concert performance of Lionel Bart's Oliver for its 2012 Annual Benefit Gala at The Shubert Theatre, helmed by Charlotte Moore. The all-star company was led by Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tony Award-winner for Kiss Me, Kate, as Fagin James Barbour A Tale Of Two Cities as Bil Sykes and Tony-nominee Melissa Errico Amour as Nancy. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the evening and brings you photo coverage of the curtain call and post-celebration below...
- 6/12/2012
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
John Patterson: He's made some classics and is seen as the godfather of modern Hollywood but the world is still not wild about Billy Wilder
I've never quite forgiven the critic Andrew Sarris for backing down on his famously negative assessment of Billy Wilder's movies in his 1968 auteur-based survey The American Cinema. Far from placing Wilder in his pantheon of the greatest directors, Sarris quarantined him within his starkly named Less Than Meets The Eye section, alongside other figures of contestable quality such as John Huston, Lewis Milestone and Fred Zinnemann. The book contains dozens of imperishable phrases and judgments, but few stick in the mind like the opening of his Wilder demolition: "Billy Wilder is too cynical to believe even his own cynicism." Oof. And still true.
Sarris later conceded most of his ground, possibly because even bad 60s Wilder (the shriller stuff that was in the...
I've never quite forgiven the critic Andrew Sarris for backing down on his famously negative assessment of Billy Wilder's movies in his 1968 auteur-based survey The American Cinema. Far from placing Wilder in his pantheon of the greatest directors, Sarris quarantined him within his starkly named Less Than Meets The Eye section, alongside other figures of contestable quality such as John Huston, Lewis Milestone and Fred Zinnemann. The book contains dozens of imperishable phrases and judgments, but few stick in the mind like the opening of his Wilder demolition: "Billy Wilder is too cynical to believe even his own cynicism." Oof. And still true.
Sarris later conceded most of his ground, possibly because even bad 60s Wilder (the shriller stuff that was in the...
- 6/8/2012
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Jersey Boys Jarrod Spector, Tony Award nominee Catherine Cox, Priscilla Queen of the Deserts J. Elaine Marcos, The Game of Loves Jillian Louis and Kiss Me, Kates Kevin B. McGlynn join the cast of Flamb Dreams, a new musical comedy with book and lyrics by Matthew Hardy and music by Randy Klein. Flambe Dreams recently held its launch party, and in attendance were Catherine Cox, J. Elaine Marcos and more. Check out photos from the event below...
- 6/5/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
New Delhi, May 23: Puerto Rican pop singer Noelia of "Kiss Me" fame says she is eager to collaborate with Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and she considers Sunidhi Chauhan her favourite female artist.
"I would like to incorporate percussion from India like the ones played by a great musician Zakir Hussain and of course I would love to collaborate with him. I also like a lot of Daboo Malik's songs. And my favourite female artist is Sunidhi Chauhan," Noelia told Ians in an email interaction from Beverly Hills.
The 32-year-old singer from.
"I would like to incorporate percussion from India like the ones played by a great musician Zakir Hussain and of course I would love to collaborate with him. I also like a lot of Daboo Malik's songs. And my favourite female artist is Sunidhi Chauhan," Noelia told Ians in an email interaction from Beverly Hills.
The 32-year-old singer from.
- 5/23/2012
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
The 2011 Nebula Awards, presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America for excellence in the field, were presented last night in a ceremony at the Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Arlington, Virginia. Walter Jon Williams was Toastmaster, and Astronaut Michael Fincke was the keynote speaker. Connie Willis was honored with the 2011 Damon Knight Grand Master Award for her lifetime contributions and achievements in the field.
Novel
Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade) The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit Us; Orbit UK) Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace) Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey) Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime)
Novella
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/11) “With Unclean Hands”, Adam-Troy Castro (Analog 11/11) “The Ice Owl”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&Sf 11-12/11) ‘‘Kiss Me Twice’’, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s 6/11) “The Man Who Ended History: A...
Novel
Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade) The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit Us; Orbit UK) Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace) Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey) Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime)
Novella
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/11) “With Unclean Hands”, Adam-Troy Castro (Analog 11/11) “The Ice Owl”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&Sf 11-12/11) ‘‘Kiss Me Twice’’, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s 6/11) “The Man Who Ended History: A...
- 5/20/2012
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
A week before he died in 2006, author Mickey Spillane turned to his wife and said, “When I’m gone, there’s going to be a treasure hunt around here. Take everything you find and give it to Max – he’ll know what to do.”
“Max” is Max Allan Collins. He was, for a number of reasons, an ideal choice to be the keeper of the Spillane flame.
A fan of Spillane’s since he’d been a kid, Collins had met the mystery writer at a convention in the early 1980s. The connection developed into both friendship and regular collaboration. But Collins was no junior partner in the duo.
Born in Muscatine, Iowa in 1948, he’s been writing mysteries since he was a kid, eventually studying in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, one of the most renowned writing programs in the country.
By the late 1970s,...
“Max” is Max Allan Collins. He was, for a number of reasons, an ideal choice to be the keeper of the Spillane flame.
A fan of Spillane’s since he’d been a kid, Collins had met the mystery writer at a convention in the early 1980s. The connection developed into both friendship and regular collaboration. But Collins was no junior partner in the duo.
Born in Muscatine, Iowa in 1948, he’s been writing mysteries since he was a kid, eventually studying in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, one of the most renowned writing programs in the country.
By the late 1970s,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Check out this exclusive sneak peek clip of "Fairly Legal," airing Friday, May 11 on USA. In this newest episode, titled "Kiss Me, Kate," Judge Nicastro (Gerald McRaney) enlists Kate (Sarah Shahi) and Ben (Ryan Johnson) to help out in a contract dispute.
Who are they helping? None other than rocker Meat Loaf. Mr. Loaf plays an angry union-head who just got his contract revoked. He doesn't like Judge Nicastro's dismissal of his case and gets pretty riled up in the courtroom. But we bet Kate figures out a way to help him.
"Fairly Legal" is hurtling toward its second season finale and things are really heating up for Kate, Ben, Lauren and Justin. What are you hoping to see resolved before the season's end, "Fairly Legal" fans?...
Who are they helping? None other than rocker Meat Loaf. Mr. Loaf plays an angry union-head who just got his contract revoked. He doesn't like Judge Nicastro's dismissal of his case and gets pretty riled up in the courtroom. But we bet Kate figures out a way to help him.
"Fairly Legal" is hurtling toward its second season finale and things are really heating up for Kate, Ben, Lauren and Justin. What are you hoping to see resolved before the season's end, "Fairly Legal" fans?...
- 5/11/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Check out this exclusive sneak peek clip of "Fairly Legal," airing Friday, May 11 on USA. In this newest episode, titled "Kiss Me, Kate," Judge Nicastro (Gerald McRaney) enlists Kate (Sarah Shahi) and Ben (Ryan Johnson) to help out in a contract dispute.
Who are they helping? None other than rocker Meat Loaf. Mr. Loaf plays an angry union-head who just got his contract revoked. He doesn't like Judge Nicastro's dismissal of his case and gets pretty riled up in the courtroom. But we bet Kate figures out a way to help him.
"Fairly Legal" is hurtling toward its second season finale and things are really heating up for Kate, Ben, Lauren and Justin. What are you hoping to see resolved before the season's end, "Fairly Legal" fans?...
Who are they helping? None other than rocker Meat Loaf. Mr. Loaf plays an angry union-head who just got his contract revoked. He doesn't like Judge Nicastro's dismissal of his case and gets pretty riled up in the courtroom. But we bet Kate figures out a way to help him.
"Fairly Legal" is hurtling toward its second season finale and things are really heating up for Kate, Ben, Lauren and Justin. What are you hoping to see resolved before the season's end, "Fairly Legal" fans?...
- 5/11/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi deserves attention. His chic revenger's tragedy 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1971) is one possible way in: you get Charlotte Rampling, an Ennio Morricone score that's just a Jacobean riff on his spaghetti western stylings, lashings of sex and gore, and a design sensibility which pays some kind of lip service to period while being deliriously seventies at all times, so that it would not be too surprising if Oliver Tobias donned a set of sixteenth century tinted shades, or a tie-dyed doublet.
An alternative entry point is Identikit (1974), Aka The Driver's Seat, from the novel of that name by Muriel Spark. It's the tale of a mysterious woman wandering through a nameless city, hoping to rendezvous with "a friend" whom she's apparently never met. In a parallel plot thread, apparently taking place a day or two later, the police are interrogating everyone she's come into contact with.
An alternative entry point is Identikit (1974), Aka The Driver's Seat, from the novel of that name by Muriel Spark. It's the tale of a mysterious woman wandering through a nameless city, hoping to rendezvous with "a friend" whom she's apparently never met. In a parallel plot thread, apparently taking place a day or two later, the police are interrogating everyone she's come into contact with.
- 5/3/2012
- MUBI
A review of last night's "Smash" coming up just as soon as I magically take a train from Grand Central Station to Boston... I haven't written about "Smash" in a while, and the show hasn't gotten in any way better, outside of occasional pockets of goodness like the piano song or tonight's opening sequence with Tom singing "Another Op'nin', Another Show" from "Kiss Me, Kate." In some ways, it's gotten worse, as Dev, for instance, has moved up from inoffensive non-entity to yet another case of "Good God, why did the writers think anyone would want to watch this character in...
- 5/1/2012
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
NBC
It’s time to head to Boston! Immediately we’re treated to visuals of the ensemble meeting in Grand Central and then heading up to Beantown while “Another Op’nin, Another Show” (from “Kiss Me, Kate”) is sung by Tom (and a little Sam. Interesting pairing there). I’m glad we have a classic Broadway song — there’s too few of those in this show. As the gang sets up there’s an ill-timed black out in the theater.
It’s time to head to Boston! Immediately we’re treated to visuals of the ensemble meeting in Grand Central and then heading up to Beantown while “Another Op’nin, Another Show” (from “Kiss Me, Kate”) is sung by Tom (and a little Sam. Interesting pairing there). I’m glad we have a classic Broadway song — there’s too few of those in this show. As the gang sets up there’s an ill-timed black out in the theater.
- 5/1/2012
- by Josée Rose
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Kicking off the plot-packed night, Cole Porters classic Kiss Me, Kate showbiz paean Another Opnin, Another Show was given a full-bodied and exciting rendition by Christian Borle - with a gloriously accentuated arrangement courtesy of Smash songwriter Marc Shaiman seemingly channeling Barbra Streisand and Peter Matz - and, with that, the Smash train left Manhattan and hit Boston for the tryout of the musical-within-the-series, Bombshell. While Rebecca Duvall Uma Thurman may play the director of the show, Derek Jack Davenport, better than she does her actual role in the musical - Marilyn Monroe - she is not the only member of the rich and varied ensemble on Smash to be playing or being played or both - or hitting the occasional wrong note or two. With only two episodes left in Season One, the threads are being wrapped up into what is shaping up to be a pleasingly complex and colorful tapestry.
- 5/1/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today we are talking to a Broadway superstar beloved from the time of her breakthrough performance in the original cast of Stephen Sondheims Passion nearly twenty years ago all the way to two tremendous revivals in the early 00s - Kiss Me, Kate and Man Of La Mancha - to her most recent trio of roles on Broadway, first appearing in the straight drama Enron, then as the troubled lead character of Diana in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next To Normal, and, most recently, as the tortured Margaret White in the long-awaited New York return of Carrie - the one and only Marin Mazzie. Recalling many memories of working on the original productions of such seminal musicals as Into The Woods, Passion, Ragtime, Spamalot and Next To Normal with some of Broadways best and brightest talents, Mazzie expresses her sincere appreciation for the unforgettable shows she has been associated with and...
- 4/27/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
From Snow White to Jack White, and Cumbria to Cannes, the Observer's critics pick the season's highlights. What are you most looking forward to? Post your comments below
Download the spring arts calendar 2012
April
2 Pop Dr John The New Orleans legend decamps to Nashville to record with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach; excellence ensues on the Locked Down LP.
4 Art Damien Hirst The world's richest living artist enjoys a major survey of more than 20 years of his work, including medicine cabinets, diamond skull and a certain preserved shark. Tate Modern, London until 9 September.
6 Film This Must Be the Place Sean Penn plays a retired rock star scouring America for the fugitive Nazi who tormented his father in Auschwitz. Paolo Sorrentino escapes from the art house in his first English-language film.
7 Theatre Where Have I Been All My Life? Following the success of London Road, her verbatim musical at the National,...
Download the spring arts calendar 2012
April
2 Pop Dr John The New Orleans legend decamps to Nashville to record with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach; excellence ensues on the Locked Down LP.
4 Art Damien Hirst The world's richest living artist enjoys a major survey of more than 20 years of his work, including medicine cabinets, diamond skull and a certain preserved shark. Tate Modern, London until 9 September.
6 Film This Must Be the Place Sean Penn plays a retired rock star scouring America for the fugitive Nazi who tormented his father in Auschwitz. Paolo Sorrentino escapes from the art house in his first English-language film.
7 Theatre Where Have I Been All My Life? Following the success of London Road, her verbatim musical at the National,...
- 3/31/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
"I want to thank three persons,” said Michel Hazanavicius, accepting the 2012 Best Picture Oscar for “The Artist.” “I want to thank Billy Wilder, I want to thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank Billy Wilder.” He wasn’t the first director to namecheck Wilder in an acceptance speech. In 1994, Fernando Trueba, accepting the Foreign Language Film Oscar for "Belle Epoque" quipped, "I would like to believe in God in order to thank him. But I just believe in Billy Wilder... so, thank you Mr. Wilder." Wilder reportedly called the next day "Fernando? It's God."
So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?
Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...
So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?
Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...
- 3/27/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Happy Birthday to Emile Hirsch (above), who is 27, William H. Macy is 62, Dana Delaney is 56, and Adam Clayton is 52. Time to name your top five U2 songs! Here are my picks: 5. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" 4. "Sunday Bloody Sunday," 3. "One," 2. "Two Hearts Beat As One," 1. "New Year's Day". Oscar and Emmy-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park, Downton Abbey) has been tapped to write the screenplay for Barbra Streisand's big-screen version of Gypsy, which apparently is back on again.In a huge blow to pixelated junk, Discovery Channel has canceled Man Vs. Wild.In ratings news, Smash was down 11%, losing most of the gains it made last week.Game Change has turned out to be HBO's highest rated original movie in eight years.
Meryl Streep As Hilary Clinton: Should The Iron Lady Actress Play The Secretary Of State? Didn't Emma Thompson already do it?Nicolette Vs. Marc Cherry...
Meryl Streep As Hilary Clinton: Should The Iron Lady Actress Play The Secretary Of State? Didn't Emma Thompson already do it?Nicolette Vs. Marc Cherry...
- 3/13/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Sugarland has won five Acm Awards, including two wins for Best Vocal Duo (2008, 2010). They also won Single and Song of the Year in 2007 for "Stay." Thompson Square's self-titled debut album was released in February 2011 and produced a platinum single, "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not," that received two Grammy nominations: Country Duo/Group and Country Song. They have yet to win an Acm Award. Make Your Acm Predictions: Who will win Best Vocal Duo? Forecast all races. Compete against experts! Make Your Predictions! Montgomery Gentry won a Humanitarian Award in 2009, and before that they won New Vocal Duo or Group in 1999. They have yet to win this category. -Break- Love and Theft was a trio until founding member Brian Bandas left the group in 2011. The young pair, Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles, have never won an Acm Award. Steel Magnolia is a singing duo that started out on the TV music c.
- 3/9/2012
- Gold Derby
The documentary “The Ballad Of Genesis & Lady Jaye” hits theaters in New York in limited release this weekend. It’s an utterly fascinating and bizarre (sometimes queasy) look at identity and pandrogny (review later this week) that happens to center around seminal experimental music figure Genesis P-Orridge, of atonal, industrial noisemakers Throbbing Gristle, who went on to form the still-experimental, but more palatable Psychic TV.
The soundtrack album from Sweet Nothing Records hits on March 12th. And while this writer can’t claim to be any kind of Psychic TV expert -- their discography has more than 33 studio albums ranging as far back as 1982, plus over 40 live albums -- one thing this soundtrack album reminds us is that for all their sonic collages, spoken word pieces and multi-media-collective and dada-ist leanings they could bust out a lovely, psychedelic tune in the vein of the Velvet Underground (or more recent example...
The soundtrack album from Sweet Nothing Records hits on March 12th. And while this writer can’t claim to be any kind of Psychic TV expert -- their discography has more than 33 studio albums ranging as far back as 1982, plus over 40 live albums -- one thing this soundtrack album reminds us is that for all their sonic collages, spoken word pieces and multi-media-collective and dada-ist leanings they could bust out a lovely, psychedelic tune in the vein of the Velvet Underground (or more recent example...
- 3/7/2012
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Digital Spy presents the full list of winners at this year's Brit Awards. British Male Solo Artist
Ed Sheeran - Winner!
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Professor Green British Female Solo Artist
Adele - Winner!
Florence + the Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling British Breakthrough Act
Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran - Winner!
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
The Vaccines British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay - Winner!
Elbow
Kasabian British Single
Adele: 'Someone Like You'
Ed Sheeran: 'The A Team'
Example: 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me'
Jessie J feat B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
Jls feat Dev: 'She Makes Me Wanna'
Military Wives and Gareth Malone: 'Wherever (more)...
Ed Sheeran - Winner!
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Professor Green British Female Solo Artist
Adele - Winner!
Florence + the Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling British Breakthrough Act
Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran - Winner!
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
The Vaccines British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay - Winner!
Elbow
Kasabian British Single
Adele: 'Someone Like You'
Ed Sheeran: 'The A Team'
Example: 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me'
Jessie J feat B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
Jls feat Dev: 'She Makes Me Wanna'
Military Wives and Gareth Malone: 'Wherever (more)...
- 2/21/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Note: This page will update as winners are announced. Digital Spy presents the current list of winners for this year's Brit Awards. British Male Solo Artist
Ed Sheeran - Winner!
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Professor Green British Female Solo Artist
Adele - Winner!
Florence + the Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling British Breakthrough Act
Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran - Winner!
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
The Vaccines British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay - Winner!
Elbow
Kasabian British Single
Adele: 'Someone Like You'
Ed Sheeran: 'The A Team'
Example: 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me'
Jessie J feat B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
Jls feat Dev: 'She Makes Me (more)...
Ed Sheeran - Winner!
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Professor Green British Female Solo Artist
Adele - Winner!
Florence + the Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling British Breakthrough Act
Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran - Winner!
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
The Vaccines British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay - Winner!
Elbow
Kasabian British Single
Adele: 'Someone Like You'
Ed Sheeran: 'The A Team'
Example: 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me'
Jessie J feat B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
Jls feat Dev: 'She Makes Me (more)...
- 2/21/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Paul McCartney is to kick off the annual series of concerts benefiting the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Beatles legend will hit the stage for a special concert on March 29, followed by concerts by Example (March 30), Pulp (March 31), Jessie J (April 1), an evening of comedy hosted by Jason Manford plus special guests (April 2), and Florence + the Machine (April 3).
In an intimate preview of his first UK arena tour in April, Brit nominated artist Example, will headline on Friday 30 March. Example’s Gold selling album, Playing the Shadows, released last year, went straight to number one as well as achieving two number-one singles with Changed the Way You Kiss Me and Stay Awake. This year he will be embarking on a sell out UK arena tour as well as working on his fourth studio album.
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The Beatles legend will hit the stage for a special concert on March 29, followed by concerts by Example (March 30), Pulp (March 31), Jessie J (April 1), an evening of comedy hosted by Jason Manford plus special guests (April 2), and Florence + the Machine (April 3).
In an intimate preview of his first UK arena tour in April, Brit nominated artist Example, will headline on Friday 30 March. Example’s Gold selling album, Playing the Shadows, released last year, went straight to number one as well as achieving two number-one singles with Changed the Way You Kiss Me and Stay Awake. This year he will be embarking on a sell out UK arena tour as well as working on his fourth studio album.
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- 2/20/2012
- Look to the Stars
The Science Fiction Writers of America this morning announced the nominations for this year’s Nebula Awards. Sfwa members will begin voting on these with the awards announced at the Nebula Weekend, held in Virginia this May.
Novel
Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press) Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books) God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade Books) Mechanique: A Taleof the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime Books) The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit Us; Orbit UK)
Novella
“Kiss Me Twice,” Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2011) “Silently and Very Fast,” Catherynne M. Valente (Wfsa Press; Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2011) “The Ice Owl,” Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2011) “The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011) “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary,” Ken Liu (Panverse Three,...
Novel
Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press) Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books) God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade Books) Mechanique: A Taleof the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime Books) The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit Us; Orbit UK)
Novella
“Kiss Me Twice,” Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2011) “Silently and Very Fast,” Catherynne M. Valente (Wfsa Press; Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2011) “The Ice Owl,” Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2011) “The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011) “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary,” Ken Liu (Panverse Three,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Standing in a queue on your own, you start to remember how much you hate the public.
That aside, I’m inside and While She Sleeps have already started their set. The organizers clearly not keen on letting the fans in before starting the gig. I’m surprisingly sober, but I’d alleviate that (expensively) soon enough.
Speaking of the first on, While She Sleeps, are a group that appear to be steadily building some momentum on the metal and hardcore scene in Britain, hailing from Sheffield and purveying a very modern blend of hardcore and metal that is intrinsically melodic as it is impressively heavy. Though first on this young band already have this audience in the palm of their hands, with many a hand held aloft and chant reciprocated; Crows being a particularly noticeable set highlight for the band and the crowd. Guitar lines melodic and breakdowns punishing,...
That aside, I’m inside and While She Sleeps have already started their set. The organizers clearly not keen on letting the fans in before starting the gig. I’m surprisingly sober, but I’d alleviate that (expensively) soon enough.
Speaking of the first on, While She Sleeps, are a group that appear to be steadily building some momentum on the metal and hardcore scene in Britain, hailing from Sheffield and purveying a very modern blend of hardcore and metal that is intrinsically melodic as it is impressively heavy. Though first on this young band already have this audience in the palm of their hands, with many a hand held aloft and chant reciprocated; Crows being a particularly noticeable set highlight for the band and the crowd. Guitar lines melodic and breakdowns punishing,...
- 2/13/2012
- by Morgan Roberts
- Obsessed with Film
Exuding vulnerability in a song is what separates the Joe Cockers of the world from the Justin Biebers. Yes that comparison is hardly even relatable, but it still effectively explains how the music world has been replacing raw emotion filled tracks with lyrically and melodically catchier ones to simply just produce a hit. It’s a shame, but makes fans more enamored with and appreciative of artists who sing with sensitivity. Shockya’s latest obsession is with the indie rock singer, Amy Kuney. With her track “Kiss Me Like You Mean It”, Kuney shows how brittle vocals unleash a positively overwhelming sense of beauty that vocally rehearsed songs are unable to attain....
- 2/13/2012
- by lonnie
- ShockYa
It truly is the Year of Adele, as the British singer took home every Grammy she was for which she was nominated, totaling six wins altogether, including Album, Record and Song of the Year. Foo Fighters were second for total wins, with five, followed by the absent Kanye West with four wins.
The complete list of winners:
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and...
The complete list of winners:
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and...
- 2/13/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Chuck Review, Season 5, Episode 13, “Chuck Versus the Goodbye”
Written by Chris Fedak
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
Airs Fridays at 8pm (Et) on NBC
After five seasons and 90 episodes, Chuck has finally reached its closing act, and the show’s primary relationship is still up in the air. Chuck Bartowski and Sarah Walker have encountered many ups and downs over the years, and their ultimate happiness is well-deserved. It’s too bad that it’s not that simple. Sarah’s still trying to recover her memories, which include the feelings that grew for Chuck. This emotional undercurrent of her search drives the finale, even when their last mission (the third one!) gets rolling. Chuck convinces Sarah to let him tag along with her to find the evil Nicolas Quinn (Angus Macfayden), but her approach is cold and clinical. A happy ending should be inevitable for the couple, but the spy...
Written by Chris Fedak
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
Airs Fridays at 8pm (Et) on NBC
After five seasons and 90 episodes, Chuck has finally reached its closing act, and the show’s primary relationship is still up in the air. Chuck Bartowski and Sarah Walker have encountered many ups and downs over the years, and their ultimate happiness is well-deserved. It’s too bad that it’s not that simple. Sarah’s still trying to recover her memories, which include the feelings that grew for Chuck. This emotional undercurrent of her search drives the finale, even when their last mission (the third one!) gets rolling. Chuck convinces Sarah to let him tag along with her to find the evil Nicolas Quinn (Angus Macfayden), but her approach is cold and clinical. A happy ending should be inevitable for the couple, but the spy...
- 2/7/2012
- by Dan Heaton
- SoundOnSight
Happy Birthday, John Guare He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body. Guare has also been involved with musical theatre. His libretto with Mel Shapiro for the musical Two Gentlemen of Verona was a success when it premiered in 1971 and was revived in 2005 at the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. It won the two men the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. He wrote the songs for Landscape of the Body. In 1999, he revised the book of the Cole Porter musical comedy, Kiss Me, Kate for its Broadway revival. He also wrote the book for the Broadway musical Sweet Smell of Success.
- 2/5/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
In his directorial debut Ralph Fiennes has created a vivid, intelligent Coriolanus with powerful political relevance
Modern-dress Shakespeare has been with us for nearly a century, long enough to cease being a novelty or in need of justification. Barry Jackson's 1920s Cymbeline at Birmingham Rep with the cast in first world war uniform is the key example we were shown pictures of as sixth-formers in the late 40s. Traditional dress, however we define it, is currently pretty rare, though film-makers, no doubt because of the continuing popularity of Roman epics, reached for their togas when Charlton Heston appeared in fustian versions of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. The only recent movie to deal with one of the Roman plays was Richard Linklater's 2008 Me and Orson Welles, about the controversy surrounding Welles's 1937 anti-fascist modern-dress production of Julius Caesar in New York.
But now we have Ralph Fiennes's bloody and bold directorial debut,...
Modern-dress Shakespeare has been with us for nearly a century, long enough to cease being a novelty or in need of justification. Barry Jackson's 1920s Cymbeline at Birmingham Rep with the cast in first world war uniform is the key example we were shown pictures of as sixth-formers in the late 40s. Traditional dress, however we define it, is currently pretty rare, though film-makers, no doubt because of the continuing popularity of Roman epics, reached for their togas when Charlton Heston appeared in fustian versions of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. The only recent movie to deal with one of the Roman plays was Richard Linklater's 2008 Me and Orson Welles, about the controversy surrounding Welles's 1937 anti-fascist modern-dress production of Julius Caesar in New York.
But now we have Ralph Fiennes's bloody and bold directorial debut,...
- 1/22/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Digital Spy presents the full list of nominations for this year's Brit Awards, to be held at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday, February 21, and to be broadcast live on ITV1. British Male Solo Artist
Ed Sheeran
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Professor Green British Female Solo Artist
Adele
Florence + the Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling British Breakthrough Act
Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
The Vaccines British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay
Elbow
Kasabian British Single
Adele: 'Someone Like You'
Ed Sheeran: 'The A Team'
Example: 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me'
Jessie J feat B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
Jls feat Dev: 'She Makes Me Wanna'
Military Wives and Gareth (more)...
Ed Sheeran
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Professor Green British Female Solo Artist
Adele
Florence + the Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling British Breakthrough Act
Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
The Vaccines British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay
Elbow
Kasabian British Single
Adele: 'Someone Like You'
Ed Sheeran: 'The A Team'
Example: 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me'
Jessie J feat B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
Jls feat Dev: 'She Makes Me Wanna'
Military Wives and Gareth (more)...
- 1/12/2012
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Hollywood's a tough town. Not everyone survives. But it's safe to say that Jeff Probst is not only keeping his head above water, but is pretty much walking on air.
Who the heck are we talking about you ask? You may not know his name, but you definitely recognize his face: Probst is the perennial host of "Survivor," a gig that has already garnered him four (yes, four) Emmys and set him up to possibly have his own talk show this fall.
Being the go-getter that he is, however, that's not enough to keep him busy—which might be why, a full decade after his 2002 directorial debut, the thriller "Finder's Fee," Probst is gearing up to direct his second feature film.
This time around it's "Kiss Me," a coming-of-age tale penned by Liz Sarnoff (the scribe behind "Deadwood," "Lost" and "Alcatraz" among others.) According to Inside Movies, the story follows...
Who the heck are we talking about you ask? You may not know his name, but you definitely recognize his face: Probst is the perennial host of "Survivor," a gig that has already garnered him four (yes, four) Emmys and set him up to possibly have his own talk show this fall.
Being the go-getter that he is, however, that's not enough to keep him busy—which might be why, a full decade after his 2002 directorial debut, the thriller "Finder's Fee," Probst is gearing up to direct his second feature film.
This time around it's "Kiss Me," a coming-of-age tale penned by Liz Sarnoff (the scribe behind "Deadwood," "Lost" and "Alcatraz" among others.) According to Inside Movies, the story follows...
- 1/12/2012
- by Elizabeth Durand
- NextMovie
Jeff Probst has hosted Survivor, the ancestor of all modern reality television, for twelve years straight. It's essentially all he's known for now, with most people forgetting there ever was a time where he did things other than hang out on tropical islands and snuff out people's hopes and dreams. Before the ubiquitous reality show turned into the cushiest job on the planet, though, Probst did spend some time behind the camera. He directed the 2001 indie flick Finder's Fee, which ended up being a nice stepping stone for star Ryan Reynolds, though it wasn't long before Probst left the filmmaking scene and returned to his hosting duties. Well now Probst is looking to get back into the world of filmmaking with Kiss Me starring Sarah Bolger (In America, The...
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- 1/11/2012
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
You may only know Jeff Probst as the long-time host of CBS's Survivor, but he also happens to be a filmmaker. Back in 2001 he wrote and directed a small film called Finder's Fee, a thriller starring Ryan Reynolds, James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster. Since then he has hosted 357 episodes of survivor over 12 seasons and hasn't made a movie since. It would seem now that the bug has gotten him again, because he's ready to return behind the camera. THR has learned that Probst is now attached to direct a film titled Kiss Me that will star John Corbett and Sarah Bolger. Described as an indie drama, the story follows a young girl (Bolger) who is forced to wear a back brace due to a case of scoliosis and must deal with "her mother, her best friend and a married man (Corbett) whose kids she babysits." Liz Sarnoff,...
- 1/11/2012
- cinemablend.com
The tribe has spoken -- and apparently it wants to see more from Jeff Probst, director extraordinaire. (Groan, but still.)
Probst -- best known as the hat-wearing host of the long-running CBS reality series "Survivor" -- is ready to make his first film in eleven years with "Kiss Me." The indie drama focuses on a young girl (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors") who wears a back brace for her scoliosis and must navigate relationships with her family, friends and the older man (John Corbett) she works for as a babysitter. (That should go well.)
This might seem like a totally random departure for Probst, but the Emmy winner has previous directing experience. He helmed the 2001 movie "Finder's Fee," which starred James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard and an up-and-coming actor named Ryan Reynolds.
"Kiss Me" is set to begin filming in Los Angeles this February. Expect it to hit the festival circuit sometime next year.
Probst -- best known as the hat-wearing host of the long-running CBS reality series "Survivor" -- is ready to make his first film in eleven years with "Kiss Me." The indie drama focuses on a young girl (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors") who wears a back brace for her scoliosis and must navigate relationships with her family, friends and the older man (John Corbett) she works for as a babysitter. (That should go well.)
This might seem like a totally random departure for Probst, but the Emmy winner has previous directing experience. He helmed the 2001 movie "Finder's Fee," which starred James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard and an up-and-coming actor named Ryan Reynolds.
"Kiss Me" is set to begin filming in Los Angeles this February. Expect it to hit the festival circuit sometime next year.
- 1/11/2012
- by Christopher Rosen
- Aol TV.
The tribe has spoken -- and apparently it wants to see more from Jeff Probst, director extraordinaire. (Groan, but still.)
Probst -- best known as the hat-wearing host of the long-running CBS reality series "Survivor" -- is ready to make his first film in eleven years with "Kiss Me." The indie drama focuses on a young girl (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors") who wears a back brace for her scoliosis and must navigate relationships with her family, friends and the older man (John Corbett) she works for as a babysitter. (That should go well.)
This might seem like a totally random departure for Probst, but the Emmy winner has previous directing experience. He helmed the 2001 movie "Finder's Fee," which starred James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard and an up-and-coming actor named Ryan Reynolds.
"Kiss Me" is set to begin filming in Los Angeles this February. Expect it to hit the festival circuit sometime next year.
Probst -- best known as the hat-wearing host of the long-running CBS reality series "Survivor" -- is ready to make his first film in eleven years with "Kiss Me." The indie drama focuses on a young girl (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors") who wears a back brace for her scoliosis and must navigate relationships with her family, friends and the older man (John Corbett) she works for as a babysitter. (That should go well.)
This might seem like a totally random departure for Probst, but the Emmy winner has previous directing experience. He helmed the 2001 movie "Finder's Fee," which starred James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard and an up-and-coming actor named Ryan Reynolds.
"Kiss Me" is set to begin filming in Los Angeles this February. Expect it to hit the festival circuit sometime next year.
- 1/11/2012
- by Christopher Rosen
- Moviefone
The guy who hosts Survivor once directed a movie. This is what I’m learning from Variety, who report that Jeff Probst will follow up his 2001 debut Finder’s Fee with Kiss Me, a coming-of-age drama that already has John Corbett (remember him?) and Sarah Bolger set to star. Written by Lost and Deadwood scribe Liz Sarnoff, the story centers on “a teenage girl [going] through the physical and emotional growing pains of adolescence.”
This teenage girl is “Zoe, who struggles with insecurities of having to wear a back brace to cure her scoliosis.” In the story, she’s forced to “navigate complicated relationships with her mother, her best friend and Chance (Corbett), a married man whose kids she babysits.” (I’d place some kind of Survivor-related joke here, but… well, I’ve never seen the show.) The independent feature, which begins shooting next month, is being produced by Probst,...
This teenage girl is “Zoe, who struggles with insecurities of having to wear a back brace to cure her scoliosis.” In the story, she’s forced to “navigate complicated relationships with her mother, her best friend and Chance (Corbett), a married man whose kids she babysits.” (I’d place some kind of Survivor-related joke here, but… well, I’ve never seen the show.) The independent feature, which begins shooting next month, is being produced by Probst,...
- 1/11/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Sarah Bolger and John Corbett have signed on to star in Kiss Me, an indie coming-of-age drama that is serving as the return to the director’s chair of longtime Survivor host Jeff Probst. Written by Liz Sarnoff (Lost), the script centers on a teen named Zoe (Bolger) who is forced to wear a back brace to deal with her scoliosis. The story tracks Zoe as she navigates relationships with her mother, her best friend and a married man (Corbett) whose kids she babysits. The project is due to begin shooting in February in Los Angeles. Probst is producing
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- 1/11/2012
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gather 'round and we'll tell you the ongoing saga of Kim Kardashian and her iPhone.
We've witnessed Kim's addiction to her Blackberry -- an addiction we know she's had at least since her reality series started back in 2007. But this past Christmas, Kim was given an iPhone and seemed baffled by the touch screen device. But fear not, for she documented her harrowing journey into becoming an iPhone user on Twitter:
"Santa got me a iphone! I'm just gonna keep it as my 2nd phone bc I don't know if I'm gonna like this touch screen stuff! I'm excited 2 try," she tweeted on Christmas Day. "I do think people with 2 phones are kinda shady & annoying Lol soooo we will see how this goes! Thanks Santa Kylie! Kyles really got it 4 me."
Later Kim spoke of her love for her Blackberry when she responded to a fan. Kim explained:
"I got one&I'm scared!
We've witnessed Kim's addiction to her Blackberry -- an addiction we know she's had at least since her reality series started back in 2007. But this past Christmas, Kim was given an iPhone and seemed baffled by the touch screen device. But fear not, for she documented her harrowing journey into becoming an iPhone user on Twitter:
"Santa got me a iphone! I'm just gonna keep it as my 2nd phone bc I don't know if I'm gonna like this touch screen stuff! I'm excited 2 try," she tweeted on Christmas Day. "I do think people with 2 phones are kinda shady & annoying Lol soooo we will see how this goes! Thanks Santa Kylie! Kyles really got it 4 me."
Later Kim spoke of her love for her Blackberry when she responded to a fan. Kim explained:
"I got one&I'm scared!
- 1/11/2012
- by Stephanie Marcus
- Huffington Post
Example likes going on dates in public because he thinks his fame impresses women. The Change the Way You Kiss Me hitmaker insists he doesn't like being 'hassled' by fans, but he thinks it makes potential girlfriends more willing to sleep with him. He said: 'I don't really do dates because I don't like being hassled during a meal, although if you want to impress a girl that can look quite good. 'There are certain places I can go where I know I'm going to be hassled. Like, in my local pub everyone knows me so I don't get bothered, but if I...
- 1/4/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
We’re playing catch-up here, but Justin Bieber is so sincere is his desire to wish us a Happy New Year, who are we to let a few days’ delay stop us? On “Happy New Year,” a slow jam with Jaden Smith which Bieber tweeted on Dec. 31, Bieber counts down “5-4-3-2-1. Kiss Me.” Then he advises us that 2012 is a year to be “better, stronger and closer to the people around you,” before suggesting we grab someone special and “you know...” Every nine-year old Bieber fan is undoubtedly kissing her pillow by this point, pretending it’s Bieber. [More after the...
- 1/3/2012
- Hitfix
Filmmakers seem intent on making your skin crawl with this week's new DVD and Blu-ray releases, via a viral pandemic in "Contagion," demonic tooth fairies in "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," fresh-water man-eaters in "Shark Night," and Sarah Jessica Parker in "I Don't Know How She Does It" (sorry, Sarah).
To balance out the ick factor, the popular 1999 coming-of-age teen comedy "She's All That" makes its Blu-ray debut.
The week's full break down below in our newly formatted "Queue It Up" column.
'Contagion'
Box Office: $76 million
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Rating: 84% Fresh
Storyline: Director Steven Soderbergh assembles a huge ensemble cast (including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard) in this medical disaster film about a deadly viral outbreak that kills within days and quickly spreads throughout the world. The movie follows several civilians and medical professionals that struggle to survive the...
To balance out the ick factor, the popular 1999 coming-of-age teen comedy "She's All That" makes its Blu-ray debut.
The week's full break down below in our newly formatted "Queue It Up" column.
'Contagion'
Box Office: $76 million
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Rating: 84% Fresh
Storyline: Director Steven Soderbergh assembles a huge ensemble cast (including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard) in this medical disaster film about a deadly viral outbreak that kills within days and quickly spreads throughout the world. The movie follows several civilians and medical professionals that struggle to survive the...
- 1/3/2012
- by Robert DeSalvo
- NextMovie
A new year, a new Justin Bieber song! The singer shared a new track -- appropriately titled "Happy New Year" -- with his Twitter followers shortly before midnight New Year's Eve.
"Thank you for 2011, lets have a better 2012! #happynewyear," Bieber tweeted before the ball dropped in New York's Times Square, where he performed on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" for the excited crowd.
His "Happy New Year" song, which features Jaden Smith, will surely please his fans since his new holiday album, "Under The Mistletoe" is a bit out of season now.
"2012 is a year to be better, stronger, and closer to the people around you. So grab someone special, and just, you know..." Bieber says in the song.
And the chorus? It pretty much sums it up.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Kiss me."
Check out the song above!
"Thank you for 2011, lets have a better 2012! #happynewyear," Bieber tweeted before the ball dropped in New York's Times Square, where he performed on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" for the excited crowd.
His "Happy New Year" song, which features Jaden Smith, will surely please his fans since his new holiday album, "Under The Mistletoe" is a bit out of season now.
"2012 is a year to be better, stronger, and closer to the people around you. So grab someone special, and just, you know..." Bieber says in the song.
And the chorus? It pretty much sums it up.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Kiss me."
Check out the song above!
- 1/1/2012
- by Kelly Fisher
- Huffington Post
Today in 1948, opened at the Shubert Theatre. Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It is structured as a play within a play, where the interior play is a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The original production starred Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang. Kiss Me, Kate was a response to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma and other integrated musicals, and it proved to be his biggest hit and the only one of his shows to run for more than 1,000 performances on Broadway. It won the first Tony Award presented for Best Musical, in 1949.
- 12/30/2011
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
It’s not a cool thing to admit. At all. But in the spirit of PopWatch’s sacred Confessionals, I have to admit: I’ve spent a lot of time watching fan videos on YouTube lately.
This is far from a recent development. I’ve watched many ‘shipper (relationship + supporter = ‘shipper) videos in the past, but I just had a few days off recently that were spent largely following a trail of videos after my friend sent me a great one about How I Met Your Mother’s Barney and Robin.
Once upon a time, I had an entire playlist dedicated to fan videos,...
This is far from a recent development. I’ve watched many ‘shipper (relationship + supporter = ‘shipper) videos in the past, but I just had a few days off recently that were spent largely following a trail of videos after my friend sent me a great one about How I Met Your Mother’s Barney and Robin.
Once upon a time, I had an entire playlist dedicated to fan videos,...
- 12/21/2011
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW.com - PopWatch
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Jason Aldean was the big winner Monday night at the American Country Awards, held in Las Vegas.
Aldean led the field with six victories, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year by a Male Artistr for “My Kinda Party.” He also shared Single and Music Video of the Year with Kelly Clarkson for the track “Don’t You Wanna Stay.”
Elsewhere on the evening, Carrie Underwood continued her dominance over country music, earning trophies for Female Artist of the Year, Music Video and Single of the Year for “Mama’s Song.”
Here’s a complete list of last night’s winners:
Artist of the Year: Jason Aldean
Male Artist of the Year: Brad Paisley
Female Artist of the Year: Carrie Underwood
Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum
New Artist of the Year: Scotty McCreery
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Chris Young...
Hollywoodnews.com: Jason Aldean was the big winner Monday night at the American Country Awards, held in Las Vegas.
Aldean led the field with six victories, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year by a Male Artistr for “My Kinda Party.” He also shared Single and Music Video of the Year with Kelly Clarkson for the track “Don’t You Wanna Stay.”
Elsewhere on the evening, Carrie Underwood continued her dominance over country music, earning trophies for Female Artist of the Year, Music Video and Single of the Year for “Mama’s Song.”
Here’s a complete list of last night’s winners:
Artist of the Year: Jason Aldean
Male Artist of the Year: Brad Paisley
Female Artist of the Year: Carrie Underwood
Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum
New Artist of the Year: Scotty McCreery
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Chris Young...
- 12/6/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
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