Tim McGraw - Photographer: Nigel ParryMiranda Lambert and Tim McGraw each picked up seven 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominations, followed closely by Keith Urban with six and Lee Brice, Kacey Musgraves, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift with five a piece. This year’s Country music awards show will take place on April 6, 2014 and will air live from Las Vegas on CBS at 8pm ET/PT. Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan return as hosts of the show.
2014 Country Music Awards Nominees
Entertainer of the Year
Luke Bryan
Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the year
Jason Aldean
Lee Brice
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the year
Sheryl Crow
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the year
Big & Rich
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Love and Theft
Thompson Square
Vocal Group OF THE YEAR
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
ALBUM OF THE YEAR Based On A True Story… – Blake Shelton Crash My Party – Luke Bryan Here’s To The Good Times – Florida Georgia Line Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves Two Lanes Of Freedom – Tim McGraw
Single Record of the Year Cruise – Florida Georgia Line Highway Don’t Care – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban I Drive Your Truck – Lee Brice Mama’s Broken Heart – Miranda Lambert Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker Featuring Lady Antebellum
Song of the Year
“Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)” – Gary Allan
“I Drive Your Truck” – Lee Brice
“Mama’s Broken Heart” – Miranda Lambert
“Mine Would Be You” – Blake Shelton
“Wagon Wheel” – Darius Rucker Featuring Lady Antebellum
Video of the Year
Better Dig Two – The Band Perry
Blowin’ Smoke – Kacey Musgraves
Highway Don’t Care – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
I Drive Your Truck – Lee Brice
Mama’s Broken Heart – Miranda Lambert
Two Black Cadillacs – Carrie Underwood
Vocal Event of the Year
Boys ‘Round Here – Blake Shelton Featuring Pistol Annies & Friends
Cruise (Remix) – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Nelly
Highway Don’t Care – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
We Were Us – Keith Urban And Miranda Lambert
Budweiser 'Puppy Love' Super Bowl Commercial (Photo Courtesy of Budweiser)
What will likely be one of the most talked about ads of the 2014 Super Bowl has arrived starring the world’s most adorable puppy and the Budweiser Clydesdales. Titled “Puppy Love,” the story focuses on the special friendship between one very outgoing, fluffy, 10-week-old bundle of energy and one of the iconic Clydesdales. The spot features “Let Her Go” by Passenger and is beautifully shot, with a complete story unfolding in just a minute.
“The Budweiser Clydesdales are an icon of the brand and have become an icon of the Super Bowl as well,” said Brian Perkins, vice president of Budweiser. “These majestic horses represent the values of the brand and universal values of trust, quality, and nobility that appeal to audiences of all ages.”
Don Jeanes returns as the Budweiser Clydesdale trainer and former Sports Illustrated model Melissa Keller co-stars.
By the time the Big Game arrives there won’t be any surprises left among the commercials. The latest company to release a full version of its Super Bowl spot is Toyota, teaming up with Terry Crews and The Muppets to promote their Toyota Highlander while also promoting Disney’s Muppets Most Wanted.
The Set-up:
“Room for a whole flock of chickens, Terry Crews, a grand piano, and the Muppets, but no room for boring.”
In this new Need for Speed behind-the-scenes video, it’s Dominic Cooper’s turn to practice his stunt driving skills. Cooper gets behind the wheel and learns how to do 360s and end up exactly where he needs to be.
DreamWorks Pictures’ Need for Speed arrives in theaters on March 14, 2014.
The Plot: DreamWorks Pictures’ Need for Speed marks an exciting return to the great car culture films of the 1960s and ’70s, when the authenticity of the world brought a new level of intensity to the action on-screen. Tapping into what makes the American myth of the open road so appealing, the story chronicles a near-impossible cross-country journey for our heroes — one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption.
Based on the most successful racing video game franchise ever with over 140 million copies sold, Need for Speed captures the freedom and excitement of the game in a real-world setting, while bringing to life the passion for the road that has made our love of cars so timeless.
The film centers around Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul), a blue-collar mechanic who races muscle cars on the side in an unsanctioned street-racing circuit. Struggling to keep his family-owned garage afloat, he reluctantly partners with the wealthy and arrogant ex-NASCAR driver Dino Brewster (Cooper). But just as a major sale to car broker Julia Maddon (Imogen Poots) looks like it will save Tobey’s shop, a disastrous race allows Dino to frame Tobey for a crime he didn’t commit, and sending Tobey to prison while Dino expands his business out West.
Two years later, Tobey is released and set on revenge — but he knows his only chance to take down his rival Dino is to defeat him in the high-stakes race known as De Leon — the Super Bowl of underground racing. However to get there in time, Tobey will have to run a high-octane, action-packed gauntlet that includes dodging pursuing cops coast-to-coast as well as contending with a dangerous bounty Dino has put out on his car. With the help of his loyal crew and the surprisingly resourceful Julia, Tobey defies odds at every turn and proves that even in the flashy world of exotic supercars, the underdog can still finish first.
Mia (Sami Gayle) and her cohorts try to provoke Rose and Lissa into a fight in a classroom, but it’s name-calling by another student that sets events in motion in this new clip from Vampire Academy. Temperatures rise when Rose is called a blood-whore and Christian (Dominic Sherwood) comes to her defense by lighting the offender on fire.
Vampire Academy opens in theaters on February 7, 2014.
Vampire Academy tells the legend of Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch) and Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry), two 17-year-old girls who attend a hidden boarding school for Moroi (mortal, peaceful Vampires) and Dhampirs (half-vampire/half-human guardians). Rose, a rebellious Guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa – a royal vampire Princess – have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe their lives may be in most jeopardy.
Thrust back into the perils of Moroi Society and high school, Lissa struggles to reclaim her status while Rose trains with her mentor and love interest, Dimitri (Danila Kozlovsky), to guarantee her place as Lissa’s guardian. Rose will sacrifice everything to protect Lissa from those who intend to exploit her from within the Academy walls and the Strigoi (immortal, evil vampires) who hunt her kind from outside its sanctuary.
Quick clips of scenes featuring most of the major players in season four of The Walking Dead are featured in this second trailer for the second half of the season. And even though Rick (played by Andrew Lincoln) says things will never get back to the way they used to be, we can still hope a large percentage of the ragtag group of zombie apocalypse survivors get back together and find a safe place to hunker down.
Oscar winner Russell Crowe teams up with Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky for the Biblical epic, Noah, coming to theaters on March 28, 2014. Paramount will be debuting a new trailer for Noah during the Super Bowl but they’ve already unveiled this new poster for the big-budget action film which also features Logan Lerman as Ham, Emma Watson as Ila, Jennifer Connelly as Naameh, Sir Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah, and Douglas Booth as Shem.
The Plot:
Noah is a close adaptation of the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark. In a world ravaged by human sin, Noah is given a divine mission: to build an Ark to save creation from the coming flood.
It’s been about five years since Skinny Puppy played in the U.S. and since then they’ve come out with three albums: Handover, Bootlegged, Broke and In Solvent Seas, (live album) and their latest release Weapon. Before they went on stage at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA, we got a chance to interview cEvin Key, the keyboardist from the band. We talked about getting ready for the tour, the Weapon album and why they remade “Solvent.”
Motley Crue Final Tour Announced (Photo by Live Nation Entertainment)
That’s it – there will be no more Motley Crue touring after ‘The Final Tour’ ends in 2015. And just to verify that they are serious about this, the group signed a ‘Cessation of Touring Agreement’ to guarantee that The Final Tour is the final tour.
The tour will kick off on July 2, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and hit 72 North American cities before the international leg begins in 2015.
“When it comes to putting together a new show, we always push the envelope and that’s part of Motley Crue’s legacy,” explained Nikki Sixx. “As far as letting on to what we’re doing, that would be like finding out what you’re getting for Christmas before you open the presents. We think in an age of too much information, we’d like to keep some surprises close to our chest until we launch the Final Tour.”
Discussing the official Cessation of Touring Agreement, Tommy Lee said, “Everything must come to an end!! We always had a vision of going out with a big f*** bang and not playing county fairs and clubs with one or two original band members! Our job here is done!!!”
Joining Motley Crue on the road will be special guest Alice Cooper.
“Real hard rock bands are hard to find these days,” said Alice. “Motley has always gone on stage with one attitude, and that’s to blow the audience away. That’s exactly how we do it. Putting Motley Crue and Alice Cooper together is going to be just what this summer really NEEDS. We’re going to go out there and tear it up, and I can’t wait to see Motley on stage. Motley Crue and Alice Cooper–a match made in…Armageddon?”
Tickets will be available to Motley Crue Fan Club members beginning on January 29th at 10am. The general public can buy tickets beginning January 31st at Ticketmaster.com.
Motley Crue The Final Tour Dates:
7/02/2014 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
7/04/2014 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
7/05/2014 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
7/06/2014 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
7/08/2014 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
7/09/2014 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/11/2014 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
7/12/2014 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena
7/13/2014 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
7/15/2014 Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center
7/16/2014 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
7/18/2014 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
7/19/2014 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
7/21/2014 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
7/22/2014 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/23/2014 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/25/2014 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
7/26/2014 Ridgefield, WA Sleep County Amphitheater
7/27/2014 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
7/29/2014 Wheatland, CA Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre
7/30/2014 Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
8/01/2014 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
8/02/2014 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
8/03/2014 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
8/05/2014 Sturgis, SD Sturgis Buffalo Chip
8/06/2014 Sioux City, IA Tyson Events Center
8/08/2014 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
8/09/2014 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
8/10/2014 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
8/12/2014 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
8/13/2014 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
8/15/2014 Pelham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
8/16/2014 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
8/17/2014 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
8/19/2014 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
8/20/2014 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
8/22/2014 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
8/23/2014 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
8/24/2014 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
8/26/2014 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8/27/2014 Allentown, PA Great Allentown Fair
8/29/2014 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
8/30/2014 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
8/31/2014 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
10/10/2014 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
10/11/2014 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
10/12/2014 Bossier City, LA CenturyLink Center
10/14/2014 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
10/15/2014 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
10/17/2014 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock
10/19/2014 Jacksonville, FL Veterans Memorial Arena
John Stamos, Bob Saget, and Dave Coulier are back together and it’s as if Full House never ended. Not really…but it’s kind of fun to see them on screen even if it is just as the stars of a Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt commercial.
Dannon’s unveiled their Big Game spot as well as a series of other videos leading up to the actual Super Bowl commercial. Your enjoyment level will depend on how fondly you remember Full House.
Stumble It! 
Oscar winner Russell Crowe teams up with Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky for the Biblical epic, 
