Santana IV marks the first time the quintet of Carlos Santana (guitar, vocals), Gregg Rolie (keyboards, lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion) and Michael Shrieve (drums) have recorded together since 1971’s Santana III. The upcoming album will be released on April 15, 2016 and today it was announced the first single off of the new Santana album will be “Anywhere You Want to Go,” set to drop on February 5th.
“Anywhere You Want to Go” was written by Gregg Rolie and is described as a “sexy, body-shaking winner and an unmistakable tip of the hat to the inescapable cha-cha/Latin jazz charms of ‘Oye Como Va.'”
The album will include 16 new songs, with Ronald Isley of The Isley Brothers guesting on two tracks. Karl Perazzo (percussion) and Benny Rietveld (bass) are also featured on Santana IV.
Discussing the new album, Santana said, “It was magical. We didn’t have to try to force the vibe – it was immense. From there, we then needed to come up with a balance of songs and jams that people would immediately identify as Santana.”
Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers) is a special guest on two tracks: “Love Makes the World Go Round” and “Freedom in Your Mind.” His vocals highlight the feverishly impassioned Latin-rock workout “Love Makes the World Go Round” and the hard-edged and funky “Freedom in Your Mind.” Guitar fans expecting fireworks from Santana and Schon will cherish Santana IV from front to back. “All Aboard” is a no-holds-barred guitar jam of the highest order, as is the slinky, soulful metal cruncher “Caminando,” which explodes with tectonic axe force. And on the unabashedly British blues-tinged “Shake It,” the two go toe to toe on not one but two extended solo runs that will have lovers of unhinged fretboard work rejoicing.
“Carlos and I feel more connected than ever,” said Schon. “We get super-aggressive when we play, but also melodic and poetic. We have an incredible dialog with each other on our guitars.”
“When you can go back and break new ground with joy and determination – and some whoop-ass energy – it gets you going,” added Santana. “I think we achieved something very rare. This music was screaming to come out of us. It wasn’t about nostalgia. It was about passion.”
Toronto Blue Jay and American League MVP Josh Donaldson. (Photo credit: Toronto Blue Jays / CNW Group / HISTORY)
Josh Donaldson’s apparently a huge Vikings fan and has been growing out his beard and hair to achieve a hairstyle inspired by Ragnar, played by Travis Fimmel. Donaldson recently took to Twitter to show off his new look which will fit right in on the set when he guest stars in History’s Vikings season four. Donaldson, the third baseman of the Toronto Blue Jays and American League MVP, will have a speaking role in the fourth season of the popular series, according to the network.
Donaldson will soon be visiting Ireland to join the cast and shoot his part in an upcoming episode. Donaldson will be playing Hoskuld, described as a “Viking warrior of great skill.” His episode will air later this season.
Vikings season four will premiere on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT. The series stars Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgard, Alexander Ludwig, Alyssa Sutherland, and Ben Robson.
The Vikings Plot:
In the upcoming season of Vikings, betrayal is everywhere as the powers begin to shift. Following the Vikings’ successful raid of Paris in season three, Ragnar is the most feared and respected leader in the Western World. However, his victory is short-lived as he is surrounded by those who seek his undoing.
Sammy Hagar has a new TV show on AXS. In Rock n’ Roll Road Trip, Hagar visits famous spots of rock n’ roll history. At each one, he speaks with another musician and plays with them. It turns out every rock star’s favorite drummer was John Bonham.
Hagar himself has had a storied solo career and sang with Van Halen and other bands. He attended an AXS party for the Television Critics Association, where we got to talk to him about the show and his music career. Rock n’ Roll Road Trip airs Sundays at 9PM on AXS.
Sammy Hagar Interview:
When you do the performance with the other bands in Rock n’ Roll Road Trip, do you have time to rehearse?
Sammy Hagar: “No, we get in and play. You know how in TV there’s always a hurry up and wait moment. When they’re setting up the camera angles, so far, we just start running through it. I’m saying, ‘Hey, that’s B-roll.’ We took it. That was it. With Bob Weir, we did about two or three more, but I like the spontaneity. I don’t want it to be great. I like Live at Darrell’s House, I did that show and it’s live. Maybe one or two takes, a couple mistakes, it’s good enough, let’s keep going. I think there’s something to that.”
Is jumping in with an established artist like that an abbreviated version of joining a new band? I’m sure it was more in-depth when you joined Van Halen but is there any comparison?
Sammy Hagar: “You know what, that’s interesting. Yeah, I’d absolutely say that. The first time I went down to play with the guys in Van Halen, I met ‘em a couple times but we weren’t really friends. I walked in there and there’s Ed, Al and Mikey. It’s a little uncomfortable. ‘What do you guys wanna play?’ ‘I don’t know, what do you wanna play?’ ‘I don’t know, what do you wanna play?’ It’s like that. So it is like that. With Tommy [Lee], I played with him a few times in Cabo, but it’s the same thing. Everybody’s nervous and nervous is edgy and edge is good I think for TV and music.”
What has talking to artists taught you about music?
Sammy Hagar: “Ooh, okay, something very deep. I realize now that most famous rock stars in rock n’ roll, in music I’ve been playing my whole life, have had some kind of personal problems growing up. Either some form of abuse or some kind of trouble or been burdened by something in their lives, and it makes them want to be stars. Other than that, they’re just normal f***ers that worked their asses off to learn how to play an instrument. Some of us got lucky and some of us didn’t. It’s a very interesting philosophy that I feel in these last few months, not from doing this show, but that’s just part of it. I really believe that. All these injured rock stars, they’re all injured.”
Why is John Bonham everyone’s favorite drummer?
Sammy Hagar: “Because he was the f***ing baddest, man. That’s why. It’s so funny you say that because it’s true. Every person, every drummer I’ve ever asked. The only guy that probably wouldn’t say it would be Neil Peart. I know he’s more of a jazz kind of guy, but all these other guys. Well, Ginger Baker never respected him either. Ginger Baker’s one of my other favorite drummers. They all pick John. You know, he had a foot on him where when he hit that foot, there’s the one. It would BOOM, cha, cha. BOOM. Musicians like that because most drummers don’t do that.”
What are your favorite rock n’ roll spots?
Sammy Hagar: “Cabo San Lucas. When we did Cabo it was great because I’m so hooked in there so it was my show, about me showing the world Cabo. So that was fun. I’ve been to every city in the world practically so to me it’s not a thrill to go to just any city. If I had my choice to do a tour again, I would do a coast tour. It would have to have a beach. I’d go right around the coast of America. So anybody that I can meet that’s on the coast, like do Tom Petty in Florida, I’ll stay near the coast, near the ocean.”
Everyone knows “I Can’t Drive 55” and “Red.” What songs are you especially gratified when fans single them out?
Sammy Hagar: “‘Eagles Fly,’ ‘Give To Live,’ ‘Right Now,’ the Van Halen song. Uplifting things like that. Those were my favorite things, when I came up with a chorus like, ‘Riiiight now’ I just knew that you could walk in any stadium in the world and everyone’s going to sing it. That’s gratifying to me.”
What did you think of using it in the Pepsi commercial?
Sammy Hagar: “They gave us a million dollars. Back in those days it was a lot of money for nothing. We were afraid to do it, that we were going to get ridiculed. I said, “Bullsh*t. That’s crazy. It’s public domain. Once you write a great song, if somebody wants to use it, they should be able to use it and you get paid for it.”
When you first heard “Dreams” with the whole band, was it special?
Sammy Hagar: “It was completely magical. I’d never sang in that register in my life. I didn’t know I could sing like that. I never had tried. I just thought no, you don’t try to sing like that. When I heard Eddie’s part and I started singing it, that’s the way I sing it. When I hear it now I sound like I’m on f***ing helium. I just remember Ronnie Montrose, who never gave me compliments, him and I never got along very well obviously, but when that song came out, he called me and said, ‘Hagar, you motherf***er, how the f*** did you do that?’ And I said I don’t know. I have to do it every night now though.”
Do a lot of people tell you stories about getting speeding tickets when “I Can’t Drive 55” is playing?
Sammy Hagar: “Sarah Palin was a classic one that happened a few years back when she was running for VP. She got pulled over and she told the cop, ‘I was listening to Sammy Hagar ‘I Can’t Drive 55,’ and got a ticket anyway.”
Was she actually listening to it, because I know someone who was and got a ticket.
Sammy Hagar: “A lot of people did too. I don’t know if she was or not but I love the story.”
Gramercy Pictures has unveiled the final theatrical poster for the action thriller London Has Fallen, the sequel to 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen. The new poster features Gerard Butler upfront and center, surrounded by Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, and Angela Bassett. Directed by Babak Najafi, the cast also includes Alon Moni Aboutboul, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O’Bryan, Charlotte Riley, and Waleed Zuaiter. London Has Fallen opens on March 4, 2016.
The London Has Fallen Plot: The visceral intensity springs from a timely premise: after the British Prime Minister passes away, his funeral becomes a target of a terrorist organization to destroy some of the world’s most powerful leaders, devastate the British capital, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. The only hope of stopping it rests on the shoulders of the President of the United States (Aaron Eckhart) and his formidable Secret Service head (Gerard Butler), and an English MI-6 agent (Charlotte Riley) who rightly trusts no one. Morgan Freeman also stars as the Vice President of the United States.
The CW’s Arrow returned on January 20, 2016 from its season four winter break which left fans worried about the fate of Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards). Oliver’s limo was attacked by Damien Darhk’s Ghosts and Felicity was severely wounded in season four’s episode nine. That attack, combined with the tease of Oliver and Barry (The Flash) visiting a freshly dug grave in a cemetery, had fans concerned we’d seen the last of Felicity. By the end of episode 10 Felicity’s fate was revealed…
Recap of Arrow Season 4 Midseason Premiere
Four months from now: Oliver stands in front of a freshly dug grave, staring at the headstone. Barry (Grant Gustin) joins him in the cemetery and Oliver confesses that while he doesn’t feel this is his own fault, he does feel it’s responsibility to kill Damien Darhk.
Back to present time, Felicity fights for her life as the doctors operate. Instead of being at the hospital, Oliver unleashes his inner beast and takes down every Ghost he can find in his hunt for Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough). Back at Team Arrow’s lair, John Diggle (David Ramsey) wants to know how the hunt’s going and Oliver suggests they talk to John’s brother, Andy, again because he’s not getting anywhere. In comes Laurel (Katie Cassidy) with the news Felicity’s back in surgery again. Oliver says Felicity would want him to stay on point and keep hunting for Darhk.
Back on the island, Oliver and Taiana have been discovered by Conklin and are being taken in for punishment. Oliver’s badly wounded and falls to the ground in pain, whispering to Taiana that she needs to make a run for it.
At the hospital, everyone but Oliver is gathered to support Felicity as she gets ready for surgery. Felicity assures everyone she knows Oliver’s doing everything he can to track down Darhk.
John visits his brother and this time he’s not playing nice. He hits Andy hard, trying to get information.
At the police station, Oliver tells Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne) he has no other choice but to ask him where it is he’s met with Darhk. It will mean Quentin is exposed as working with Oliver and Quentin understands the risk and gives Oliver the information even though it means he’s setting himself up as target of Darhk’s rage. Oliver assures Quentin he’s not going to let Darhk out of this alive.
Green Arrow heads to the location Quentin gave him and finds dead Ghosts scattered on the floor. He opens a door and finds a bloody anarchy symbol on the wall.
Back at their headquarters, Oliver tells Thea (Willa Holland), Diggle and Laurel that the symbol was left by Lonnie Machin (Alexander Calvert). Lonnie (aka Anarky) also left that symbol by two paramedics a few months ago. Darhk gave up Lonnie’s location after he kidnapped Danforth’s daughter, and now Lonnie is out for revenge. He’s targeting Ghosts and is one step behind Darhk but one step ahead of Oliver.
Back on the island, Oliver’s brought in – along with his backpack full of maps – to see Baron Reiter. Reiter is now sure Oliver is a traitor and gives the okay to kill him. Instead, he’s taken out to be viciously whipped by Conklin who appears to relish the opportunity to inflict pain on Oliver.
John stops by him to see his wife, Lyla, before heading back to the hospital. There’s blood on his knuckles and he admits he had to see Andy again. John feels betrayed by Andy and Lyla suggests that if he can’t get through to him by treating him as a Ghost, maybe he should treat him like a brother. John balks at the suggestion, but Lyla is sure this is the best approach.
At the hospital, Thea confesses to Laurel that she’s not sure they will actually catch Lonnie. “I can’t seem to win for losing,” says Thea. She tells Laurel she ran into Damien Darhk while they were rescuing Andy and that her blood lust vanished when Darhk used his powers on her. Thea thinks Lonnie’s blood lust is completely her fault.
Laurel stumbles on her dad and Felicity’s mom sharing an intimate moment at the hospital. She’s surprised but gets over the shock quickly. Laurel thanks him for giving up Darhk’s location, and they’re both very concerned about each others safety. As they’re talking, Quentin gets a text saying the lab got a match on the DNA of the blood Lonnie used to paint the symbol.
Laurel meets with Oliver, Thea, and John to let them know the blood is Lonnie’s foster parents. He kidnapped them and planted their blood. Thea thinks maybe Lonnie is hiding at his former home now that it’s vacant. They spot him there on closed circuit cameras and head out.
Symbols are painted all over Lonnie’s house and it’s filthy. A man in a clear mask is sitting in front of the TV – and it’s Lonnie. He was expecting Darhk’s men but is fine with it being Green Arrow and his crew. A cabinet opens and guns start firing as Lonnie flees the room. Thea heads out after him and is knocked down temporarily. Lonnie reaches for her, saying, “You’re the one who saved me from myself.” As Speedy is about to shoot, Black Canary uses her canary voice on Lonnie and John knocks him out. Now it’s time to find out what he knows.
Lonnie’s tied up, but Speedy thinks he needs to be put away right now. Green Arrow is determined to use him to get info on Darhk. He demands to know where Darhk is, but Lonnie says there’s nothing Green Arrow can do to him that hasn’t already been done. Speedy stops Green Arrow’s interrogation by telling him Felicity’s out of surgery and it didn’t go well. He needs to get to the hospital ASAP.
John goes back to see Andy and apologizes for beating him up. They talk about old times and how Andy tried to walk the straight and narrow. Andy harbors a lot of anger toward his brother, but John tells him he’s always loved him. John takes the blame on himself for what Andy has gone through, but Andy truly believes in Darhk. John says Darhk crossed a line by hurting Felicity. He asks again where he can find Darhk and Andy says he used to talk about Stonehaven.
Speedy is left alone with Lonnie who tells her she burnt away his weakness by burning his face. He wants to know why she’s holding back. He can see the blood lust in her eyes. Just then the police arrive and Speedy leaves.
Oliver sees Felicity’s mom, Donna, at the hospital and discovers there’s a new diagnosis. “They can’t fix her,” says Donna, crying. The damage to her spinal cord is permanent. Oliver can’t believe it, but Donna says it’s the top doctor who delivered this news.
Back on the island, Oliver is being beaten when the tattoo on his abdomen lights up. Reiter sees it and stops the beating. Oliver grabs a gun and is ready to kill himself.
Green Arrow stops the police van taking Lonnie away. Lonnie emerges handcuffed from the back and says he’s not giving up Darhk’s location. Green Arrow shoots off Lonnie’s handcuffs and replies, “You make sure he’s dead.”
Back at headquarters, Laurel wants to know if Oliver’s lost his mind. Oliver is mad because she gave Lonnie over to the police and tells her he’s placed a tracker on Lonnie so he can lead them to Darhk. Laurel’s pissed he put a murderer back on the streets and Oliver fires back, “Like you did with Sara.” John arrives and Laurel tells him Oliver broke Lonnie out of custody. John asks Laurel for a second, and she leaves. Apparently Andy’s lead was a dead end and now John’s worried Oliver’s lost his humanity.
At Oliver’s campaign headquarters, Alex is typing away when Thea arrives to tell him she has to break things off. He wants to help her with her anger issues, but she says it can’t be helped. He tells her when she’s ready, he’ll be there for her.
John, Oliver, and Laurel are locked on Lonnie’s tracking device when Thea arrives and senses the bad vibe. John gets her up to speed and Thea wants to know what happens if Lonnie gets loose and starts hurting people. Just then the tracker goes dark and Oliver admits there is no other plan; that was the extent of it. John tells him to go see Felicity now – they need each other. Laurel and Thea promise to find Lonnie.
Felicity greets him with a “hey stranger” and he apologizes for not being there sooner. He didn’t want to visit her until Darhk was located. She’s worried he’s gone off the rails. “I can’t help but think that the reason that Darhk is winning is that I haven’t been willing to go far enough and that if I was and I had, you wouldn’t be in here right now,” says Oliver. Felicity cries as she tells him about her condition but he says he knows. Still, she’s worried it’s the real reason he hasn’t been to see her. Oliver gets her engagement ring out of his pocket, telling her the nurse took it off in the emergency room. “How dare she,” he says as he places it back on her finger. “For better or for worse,” says Oliver and kisses her.
Back on the island, Oliver tells Reiter that he’ll cooperate as long as Taiana is allowed to go free. It’s a deal and Oliver hands over the gun.
Laurel arrives at the hospital and Oliver says that while they fight villains and metahumans, etc, Felicity is actually stronger than all of them. Laurel agrees. Laurel also says they’ve got a lead on Darhk and that Lonnie is going after him where he lives. Laurel thinks Oliver might want to go, too.
Lonnie has Darhk’s wife and daughter tied up and has painted symbols all over their house. Damien’s on his way and Lonnie is ready to torture his family to fill the time until he gets there.
Green Arrow, Diggle, Black Canary and Speedy arrive and quietly approach the house. Inside, they take on Lonnie who’s confused as to what Green Arrow really wants. The wife and child are freed as Lonnie, Speedy and Green Arrow fight. Lonnie escapes and Green Arrow and Speedy split up. Just then Green Arrow sees Darhk and charges him. Speedy catches up with Lonnie and binds him to a tree. Green Arrow and Darhk engage in hand-to-hand combat, and Green Arrow seems to be winning. Speedy fires an arrow toward Lonnie. Darhk uses Green Arrow’s arrows against him, demanding his family. Green Arrow says he saved them. Darhk reminds Green Arrow that he can’t beat him but because he saved his family, Darhk will give Green Arrow a few weeks to be with his family. “Enjoy your time…what’s left of it,” says Darhk.
Speedy missed on purpose and Lonnie cuts himself loose from the tree. They fight and he knocks down Speedy and runs away.
Back at headquarters, everyone seems okay so Oliver heads out to see Felicity.
Back on the island, Oliver and Taiana are locked up and she tends to his wounds. She tells Oliver he’s a good man.
John goes to see his brother and this time it’s just to play cards.
Thea invites Alex over to her house. He’s confused, but she just wants to tell him he was right. “I am stronger than I think I am,” says Thea.
Oliver is sitting by Felicity’s bed when she wakes. He tells her he wants to go to Bali. “I’d go anywhere with you,” says Felicity. “Just one question: what’s Damien Darhk doing in Bali? I only ask because if he’s still here, we have some work to do.” Oliver wants to know how she got to be so strong.
Darhk’s family is with him in a car and he’s taking them to a hotel he bought out for the month. Damien says Lonnie will never hurt them again, and the wife says the vigilantes saved them. She says he should have killed the Green Arrow tonight and that they’re too close to play games. He promised her a new beginning and she’ll have it, “once we’ve brought this world to an end.”
Four months from now, Oliver heads back to the limo from the grave and Felicity is in the back seat already! She’s crying and he asks if she’s okay. She relies, “Are you?” He says no and she says, “You know what you have to do, right? You have to kill the son of a bitch.”
Jordon Gordon-Levitt has been chosen by Hasty Pudding Theatricals as the 2016 Man of the Year. Actor, director and producer Gordon-Levitt was selected by the organization because he’s not only a talented actor “but also a visionary entrepreneur who developed a revolutionary platform for artistic content creation and distribution.” Gordon-Levitt joins a long list of Man of Year honorees that includes Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Robert de Niro, Harrison Ford, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake, James Franco, Neil Patrick Harris, and Chris Pratt.
“No emoji can express how excited we are about having Joseph Gordon-Levitt as our 50th Man of the Year,” stated Bobby Fitzpatrick ’16, President of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. “We anxiously await Mr. Gordon-Levitt’s arrival, as he begins his slow journey to the Hasty Pudding Theatricals on a small rope from LA to Cambridge.”
“Perusing the impressive list of past Hasty Pudding Men Of The Year, I’m simultaneously struck with intense delusions of grandeur and mild waves of humility,” said Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Gordon-Levitt will be presented with the Pudding Pot on February 5, 2016 during a celebratory roast at Farkas Hall in Harvard Square.
More on Joseph Gordon-Levitt [Courtesy of The Hasty Pudding Theatricals]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will next be seen starring will star in Oliver Stone’s SNOWDEN, in which he plays Edward Snowden, the American who fled to Russia after leaking classified CIA documents. He most recently starred in THE WALK, Robert Zemeckis’s feature adaptation of the documentary MAN ON WIRE, in which he portrayed Philippe Pettit, the high-wire artist who successfully walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers in 1974, as well as THE NIGHT BEFORE, opposite Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie for which he reteamed with 50/50 director Jonathan Levine.
Gordon-Levitt’s additional film credits include: DON JON, opposite Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore, which he wrote (Independent Spirit Award-nominee for Best First Screenplay) and was his feature film directorial debut; the English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-nominated animated feature THE WIND RISES, for which he provided the voice of lead character Jiro Horikoshi; Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, in which he played Johnny, a character Miller created for the film; Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated LINCOLN with Daniel Day Lewis and Sally Field; LOOPER, for which he reunited with his BRICK director, Rian Johnson, and starred opposite Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt; THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment in the Batman series (People’s Choice Award nomination for Favorite Movie Actor); PREMIUM RUSH, directed by David Koepp; 50/50, directed by Jonathan Levine and also starring Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick and Bryce Dallas Howard, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination; Christopher Nolan’s Academy Award-nominated action-drama INCEPTION, also starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page; HESHER, directed by Spencer Susser with Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson (Sundance Film Festival 2010); Marc Webb’s (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, also starring Zooey Deschanel, for which he received Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award and People’s Choice Award nominations; the global action hit G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra for director Stephen Sommers; Spike Lee’s World War II drama Miracle at St. Anna; the controversial drama Stop-Loss, in which he starred with Ryan Phillippe under the direction of Kimberly Peirce; and the crime drama The Lookout, which marked Scott Frank’s directorial debut. In addition, Gordon-Levitt has received widespread praise for his performances in such independent features as John Madden’s Killshot with Diane Lane and Mickey Rourke; Lee Daniels’ Shadowboxer; Rian Johnson’s award-winning debut film, Brick; Mysterious Skin for writer/director Gregg Araki; and Manic with Don Cheadle. He also adapted the Elmore Leonard short story SPARKS into a 24-minute short film that he directed (Sundance Film Festival 2009).
Early in his career, Gordon-Levitt won a Young Artist Award for his first major role, in Robert Redford’s drama A River Runs Through It. He went on to co-star in Angels in the Outfield, The Juror, Halloween H20 and 10 Things I Hate About You.
Gordon-Levitt is also well known to television audiences for his starring role on NBC’s award-winning comedy series “3(rd) Rock from the Sun.” During his six seasons on the show, he won two YoungStar Awards and also shared in three Screen Actors Guild Award(®) nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Comedy Series Ensemble. Following the series, Gordon-Levitt took a short break from acting to attend Columbia University.
Gordon-Levitt founded and directs hitRECord, an open collaborative production. hitRECord creates and develops art and media collectively using their website where anyone with an internet connection can upload their records, download and remix others’ records, and work on projects together. When the results of these RECords are produced and make money, hitRECord splits the profits 50/50 with everybody who contributed to the final production. hitRECord has published books, put out records, gone on tour and has screened their work at major festivals including Sundance and TIFF.
Most recently, hitRECord’s community of over 350,000 artists completed Season Two of their Emmy Award-winning series “Hit Record on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt,” a half hour variety program which included short films, live performances, music, animation, conversation, and more.
The 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Awards nominees have been announced by the Mystery Writers of America, recognizing the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2015. Winners of the 2016 The Edgar Awards will be revealed during a banquet on April 28th in New York City.
BEST NOVEL
The Strangler Vine by M.J. Carter The Lady From Zagreb by Philip Kerr Life or Death by Michael Robotham Let Me Die in His Footsteps by Lori Roy Canary by Duane Swierczynski Night Life by David C. Taylor
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan Woman with a Blue Pencil by Gordon McAlpine Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty The Daughter by Jane Shemilt
BEST FACT CRIME
Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot that Avenged the American Genocide by Eric Bogosian Where The Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him by T.J. English Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully by Allen Kurzweil Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid American Pain: How a Young Felon and his Ring of Doctors Unleashed
America’s Deadliest Drug Epidemic by John Temple
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue by Frederick Forsyth Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald by Suzanne Marrs and Tom Nolan Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming’s Jamaica by Matthew Parker The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett by Nathan Ward
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Little Men” – Mysterious Bookshop by Megan Abbott
“On Borrowed Time” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Mat Coward
“The Saturday Night Before Easter Sunday” – Providence Noir by Peter Farrelly
“Family Treasures” – Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson
“Obits” – Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King
“Every Seven Years” – Mysterious Bookshop by Denise Mina
BEST JUVENILE
Catch You Later, Traitor by Avi If You Find This by Matthew Baker Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver & H.C.Chester Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands Footer Davis Probably is Crazy by Susan Vaught
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Endangered by Lamar Giles A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma Ask the Dark by Henry Turner
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Episode 7,” – Broadchurch, Teleplay by Chris Chibnall (BBC America)
“Gently with the Women” – George Gently, Teleplay by Peter Flannery (Acorn TV)
“Elise – The Final Mystery” – Foyle’s War, Teleplay by Anthony Horowitz (Acorn TV)
“Terra Incognita” – Person of Interest, Teleplay by Erik Mountain & Melissa Scrivner Love (CBS/Warner Brothers)
“The Beating of her Wings” – Ripper Street, Teleplay by Richard Warlow (BBC America)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
“Chung Ling Soo’s Greatest Trick” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
by Russell W. Johnson (Dell Magazines)
GRAND MASTER
Walter Mosley
RAVEN AWARDS
Margaret Kinsman
Sisters in Crime
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Janet Rudolph, Founder of Mystery Readers International
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER – MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
A Woman Unknown by Frances Brody (Minotaur Books – A Thomas Dunne Book) Masque of a Murderer by Suzanne Calkins (Minotaur Books) Night Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie Ephron (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow) The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson (Llewellyn Worldwide – Midnight Ink) Little Pretty Things by Lori Rader-Day (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
Jacob Tremblay and Brie Larson star in ‘Room.'(Photo Credit: A24)
Room star Jacob Tremblay won over the star-studded crowd at the Critics’ Choice Awards with his adorable Best Young Actor acceptance speech that included the news that he’ll be placing his new trophy on the shelf next to his Millennium Falcon. Tremblay was terrific as the son of a woman who was kidnapped and raised him to believe the room where they were held captive was the entire universe. The nine year-old actor has been in demand following Room, and now he’s set to take on a completely different sort of role, snagging a guest starring appearance on Fox’s The Last Man on Earth.
Tremblay will be playing a younger version of Will Forte’s character, Phil Tandy Miller, in an episode of the half-hour comedy this spring. The critically acclaimed series also stars Kristen Schaal, January Jones, and Mary Steenburgen.
Tremblay’s earned numerous awards for his work in the dramatic film Room opposite Brie Larson, and he recently wrapped up work on The Book of Henry with Naomi Watts and Sarah Silverman. He also has Burn Your Maps with Vera Farmiga and Shut In heading to theaters this year.
Greta (Cohan) is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family’s 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta’s worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.
Tommy Dewey and Tug Coker (Photo Courtesy of go90)
Now We’re Talking, a sports comedy set in the world of professional football, will premiere this spring on go90, a free mobile-first entertainment platform. Created, written by, and starring Tommy Dewey and Tug Coker, the original series comes from content network Uninterrupted and Warner Bros.’ Blue Ribbon Content. Filming will take place in Los Angeles with Malcolm Barrett (Dear White People), Molly Ephraim (Last Man Standing), Fred Melamed (Hail, Caesar!), Kevin Bigley (Sirens) and Eamon Sheehan in supporting roles.
According to Blue Ribbon Content, professional athletes and sports broadcasters will show up in cameo and guest-starring roles. Joe Nussbaum (Awkward) is attached to direct and Uninterrupted CEO Maverick Carter is executive producing along with Dewey, Coker, Jamal Henderson, Jennifer Gore, and Nikki Kessler. Season one will consist of seven episodes.
The Now We’re Talking Plot: “The careers of former quarterbacks Tug Tanner (Coker) and Tommy Arondall (Dewey) peaked early, and now they find themselves falling from the top of their game to the bottom of their class in sports broadcasting school. Now We’re Talking will take a comedic look at Tug and Tommy’s post-football relationship, with the former adversaries now forced to work together to try to find success on a new playing field. They stumble at first, but soon begin to help each other attempt to find some dignity in a not-so-dignified world.”
Santana IV marks the first time the quintet of Carlos Santana (guitar, vocals), Gregg Rolie (keyboards, lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion) and Michael Shrieve (drums) have recorded together since 1971’s Santana III. The upcoming album will be released on April 15, 2016 and today it was announced the first single off of the new Santana album will be “Anywhere You Want to Go,” set to drop on February 5th.
