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Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and Keith Urban to Perform at the 2014 CMA Music Festival

CMA Nightly Concerts 2014
Jason Aldean will perform during the Nightly Concerts at LP Field at the 2014 CMA Music Festival. (Photo Credit: James Minchin III / Photo Courtesy of CMA)

Who’ll be hitting the stage as part of the nightly concert series during the 2014 CMA Music Festival? A line-up of Country music greats that includes Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, and Lady Antebellum. Also confirmed to perform are Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Keith Urban, Chris Young, and Zac Brown Band. And if you’re really into Country and you remember the CMA Music Festival line-ups from previous years, you’ll notice that only one of these acts is new to the festival.
 
If you haven’t purchased your tickets to the 2014 CMA Music Festival Nightly Concert series, unfortunately you’re out of luck. The nightly concerts running June 5 through June 8th at LP Field have sold out.
 
“CMA Music Festival is proud to have these fantastic artists perform on the LP Field stage,” said CMA Chief Executive Officer Sarah Trahern. “The fact that tickets sold out for the Nightly Concerts at a record-setting pace speaks to what Country Music Fans have come to expect from CMA Music Festival and we feel strongly that this line up delivers on that promise.”

“Since LP Field was already sold out before we announced a single artist, we had an opportunity to create a fun and engaging way to get our social media audience buzzing about the lineup,” said CMA Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships Damon Whiteside, commenting on the social media campaign that led up to the announcement of the nightly line-ups. “The #CMAFestGuess clues drummed up excitement about the Festival, and our artist community really supported the effort, sharing and retweeting the clues to their followers to keep the conversation going.”
 
For those who won’t be able to attend the concerts, you’ll still be able to catch the performances during the CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock special that will air on ABC.
 
Source: CMA

A New Trailer Signals the Arrival of The Signal

The Signal Trailer
Brenton Thwaites in 'The Signal' (Photo Courtesy of Focus Features)
The details were vague in the marketing email announcing the arrival of The Signal‘s trailer, and in fact I was initially leery of clicking on the link which followed this wording:
 

Hello,
 
I have reason to believe you have encountered THE SIGNAL. Please review the information below for more details regarding your condition.
 
I must warn you – some of the information you are about to access might be a bit disturbing.”

 
The link was safe and actually the email was a smart move as it piqued my interest more so than the standard, “Here’s a trailer…blah, blah, blah…” And, fortunately, The Signal‘s trailer is worthy of checking out.
 
Co-written and directed by Willam Eubank, the sci-fi film stars Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp, Laurence Fishburne, Lin Shaye, Robert Longstreet, and Jeffrey Grover. Focus Features is releasing The Signal in theaters on June 13, 2014.
 
The Plot:


Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour: the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. The trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area. Suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the students, Nic (Brenton Thwaites of The Giver and Maleficent), regains consciousness, he is in a waking nightmare…
 
Watch the trailer:
 

 
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NBC Renews ‘Grimm’ for Season Four, Plus More Renewal News

Grimm Renewed for Season 4
David Giuntoli as Nick Burkhardt in 'Grimm' (Photo by: Scott Green/NBC)

Grimm didn’t meet the Reaper this year as NBC has renewed the dramatic fairy tale-inspired series for its fourth season. Also earning renewals for the 2014-2015 season are Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., joining the already renewed Parks and Recreation, The Blacklist, Celebrity Apprentice, and The Voice.

Chicago P.D. is returning for season two while Chicago Fire is returning for season three.

The network also announced viewership is up 20% year-over-year.

Details on the Newly Renewed Shows:

Chicago Fire ranks #1 in the Tuesday 10 p.m. ET/PT slot among the broadcast networks so far this season in adults 18-49, averaging a 3.1 rating, 9 share in 18-49 and 10.6 million viewers overall in “most current” averages from Nielsen Media Research through the first 25 weeks of the season. Chicago Fire is generating gains versus one year ago of 35% in 18-49 rating and 33% in total viewers.

With its move from Wednesday nights last season to Tuesday nights this season, Chicago Fire has improved the Tuesday 10 p.m. hour versus NBC’s regular-program averages in the slot one year ago by 24% in adults 18-49 (to a 3.1 rating from a 2.4).

Chicago Fire will head into its third season next year and Chicago P.D. will go into its second with executive producers Dick Wolf, Matt Olmstead, Danielle Gelber, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Peter Jankowski, Joe Chappelle (Chicago Fire only), and Mark Tinker (Chicago P.D. only). Both series are produced by Universal Television and Wolf Films and shot in Chicago.

Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney star as heroic Windy City firefighters who lay themselves on the line in dealing with everyday situations involving life or death. The show also stars Monica Raymund, Lauren German, Charlie Barnett, David Eigenberg, Yuri Sardarov, Joe Minoso, Christian Stolte, and Eamonn Walker.

Chicago Fire has been nominated for a People’s Choice Award and is the winner of a Prism Award and Imagen Foundation Award.

Chicago P.D. is delivering a 2.5 rating, 7 share in adults 18-49 and 8.9 million viewers overall so far this season in “most current” averages from Nielsen. Chicago P.D. is retaining 94% of its 18-49 lead-in from Law & Order: SVU and 97% of its total-viewer lead-in in “live plus same day” results to date. In its first nine weeks on the schedule, Chicago P.D. has generated NBC’s nine best 18-49 results in the time period, excluding Olympics and Saturday Night Live specials, since Sept. 25, 2013.

Freshman series Chicago P.D. follows the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city’s street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city’s major offenses, including organized crime, drug trafficking, and high-profile murders.

The series stars Jason Beghe, Sophia Bush, Patrick John Flueger, LaRoyce Hawkins, Archie Kao, Jon Seda, Elias Koteas, Jesse Lee Soffer, and Marina Squerciati.

With the renewal, Grimm – the popular Friday night series inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales – will now head into its fourth season. Grimm is the #1 Friday series on ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox so far this season in adults 18-49, averaging a 2.5 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 in “most current” averages from Nielsen Media Research. This is a 4% gain versus the show’s rating at this point in the season last year, while Grimm‘s average of 8.1 million viewers overall is up versus one year ago by 17%.

David Giuntoli stars as Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt, who discovers he’s descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as Grimms. He increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.

The series was created by David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf and Stephen Carpenter. Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Norberto Barba serve as executive producers along with Greenwalt and Kouf.

The series also stars Bitsie Tulloch, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Bree Turner, Reggie Lee, Sasha Roiz, and Claire Coffee.




Lionsgate Picks Up Dear White People

Dear White People News
A scene from 'Dear White People'
Writer/director Justin Simien’s Dear White People has found a home with Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. The studios have picked up the Canadian and US distribution rights to the comedy starring Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, and Brandon P Bell.
 
Dear White People, which won the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the Sundance Film Festival, was produced by Simien, Angel Lopez, An Le, Lena Waithe, Effie T. Brown and Julia Lebedev, and executive produced by Stephanie Allain and Leonid Lebedev.
 
“Justin Simien is a funny, fresh and current voice with his finger on the Millennials’ pulse,” said Roadside Attraction’s Howard Cohen. “His crowd-pleasing Dear White People took Sundance by storm, with its sly and extremely topical satire sparking conversations about our supposed ‘post-racial’, 21st century America.”
 
“This film was truly a labor of love with everyone on our team giving 110%. We have so few films made by people of color and I couldn’t be prouder to have been a part of bringing Justin’s fresh voice to fruition. And now to partner with Lionsgate and Roadside is an exciting next chapter in what I’m sure will be an amazing life for Dear White People,” said producer Effie Brown.
 
The Plot:


Dear White People follows the stories of four black students at Winchester University, where a riot breaks out over a popular ‘African American’ themed party thrown by a white fraternity. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in ‘post-racial’ America while weaving a universal story of forging one’s unique path in the world.
 
Source: Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions
 
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‘Reign’ Season 1 Episode 15 Clip and Story Details

Reign Season 1 Episode 15 Clips and Details
Adelaide Kane and Anna Popplewell in 'Reign'

The CW’s riveting Reign continues its season one run with the new episode “The Darkness” debuting on March 20, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT.

The Plot:

BASH WITNESSES THE DARKNESS OF THE WOODS — The castle is abuzz with First Light, where the women of the castle mingle with potential suitors. Much to Mary’s (Adelaide Kane) dismay, Lola (Anna Popplewell) is reluctant to participate in the tradition. After another violent incident with the increasingly erratic King Henry (Alan Van Sprang), Kenna (Caitlin Stasey) fears for her safety and confides in Queen Catherine (Megan Follows), while Bash (Torrance Coombs) experiences the terrors of the woods and vows to uncover the truth behind the Darkness. Toby Regbo and Celina Sinden also star.

The episode was directed by Steve DiMarco and written by Charlie Craig.

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‘SNL’ Announces Upcoming Hosts and Musical Guests

Louis CK
Louis CK - Photo © Richard Chavez

Louis C.K. will be returning as host of Saturday Night Live for the second time when he takes on the gig on March 29, 2014. Joining Louis C.K. will be musical guest Sam Smith, who’s set to make his debut on the late-night series.

Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) will also be gracing the SNL stage for the first time when she hosts the show on April 5th. And Pharrell, the man who’s been making everyone “Happy,” will be the musical guest that night, marking his first time as a solo performer on SNL.

And last but not least, NBC says Seth Rogen will be back on April 12, 2014 in support of his new film, Neighbors, co-starring Zac Efron and Rose Byrne. Rogen’s hosted the show twice before, however, the April 12th musical guest is a rookie. Ed Sheeran will be putting in his first appearance as musical guest and he’ll be performing a single off his second album coming out this summer.

Andy Samberg, Chris Evans Join the List of Kids’ Choice Awards Presenters

Andy Samberg Presents at Kids' Choice Awards
Andy Samberg (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Nickelodeon’s snagged some newbies to present at this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards taking place on March 29th and airing live at 8pm ET. Among the celebs who’ll be making their Kids’ Choice Awards debuts are Andy Samberg, Will Arnett, Michael Strahan, Jim Parsons, Kristen Bell, Debby Ryan, Chris Evans, and WWE Divas Brie and Nikki Bella.

Mark Wahlberg’s tackling the hosting duties and Aloe Blacc and American Authors are set to perform during the kid-friendly slimefest.

Also confirmed to take the stage this year are Lea Michele, WWE Superstar John Cena, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Ross Lynch, and Kaley Cuoco.

Voting is now open in 22 categories at Nick.com. See the full list of nominees here.

The Kids’ Choice Awards, best known for dousing celebrities in buckets of slime, will air in 25 languages in more than 375 million households across the globe.

‘Earth to Echo’s Trailer Features a Weird-Looking Alien

Earth to Echo‘s trailer makes the sci-fi film seem like a combination of The Goonies, ET, and Super 8. There’s a group of kids on one last adventure before their neighborhood’s destroyed (Goonies), the discovery of an apparently friendly alien who just wants to go home (ET), and the need to keep their discovery secret because adults wouldn’t believe them anyway/would lock up the alien (Goonies, ET, and Super 8).

Coming to theaters on July 2, 2014, Relativity Media’s Earth to Echo was directed by Dave Green and stars Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig, and Ella Linnea Wahlestedt.

The Plot:

Tuck, Munch and Alex are a closely bonded trio of inseparable friends, but their time together is coming to an end. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys find a cryptic signal has infected their phones.

Convinced something bigger is going on and looking for one final adventure together, they set off to trace the messages to their source and discover something beyond their wildest imaginations: hiding in the darkness is a mysterious being, stranded on Earth, and wanted by the government. This launches the boys on an epic journey full of danger and wonder, one that will test the limits of their friendship and change all of their lives forever.

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Amy Purdy Wows the Judges on Dancing with the Stars

Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy showed off her dancing skills along with partner Derek Hough, kicking off the 2014 season of Dancing with the Stars with a Cha Cha Cha that had the audience on their feet and earned a 24/30 score from the judges. By dancing the Cha Cha Cha on the series premiere, Purdy became the first double-amputee to compete on the dance series.
 
Purdy, now 34, began snowboarding when she was 15 but the sport changed for her when at the age of 19 she was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. After having both of her legs amputated right below the knees, Purdy continued with the sport she loves and competed at the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi in Para-Snowboard. She’s following up that athletic competition with a run on Dancing with the Stars, pairing up with Hough to try and earn her way into the season finale.

‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Trailer #3

Andrew Garfield’s back as the webslinging hero in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 coming to theaters on May 2, 2014, and Sony’s revealed a new look at the action in this new Spider-Man tale. The trailer offers up a better look at Electro and Rhino as well as the evil-doings at Oscorp. In addition to Garfield, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 cast includes Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, and Paul Giamatti.

The Plot:

We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead.

It’s great to be Spider-Man (Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: Oscorp.

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