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’12 Years a Slave’ New Featurette: “The Director’s Vision”

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Rebecca Murray
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12 Years a Slave Featurette
Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in '12 Years a Slave' (Photo © Fox Searchlight)

Go behind the scenes of 12 Years a Slave with director Steve McQueen, the producers, cinematographer, screenwriter, and actors for a look at McQueen’s vision for the film. 12 Years a Slave, one of the films earning the most Oscar buzz, will open in theaters on October 25, 2013.

The cast is led by Chiwetel Ejiofor and includes Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, and Lupita Nyong’o. Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams, Alfre Woodard, Chris Chalk, Taran Killam, and Bill Camp also star.

The Plot:

12 Years a Slave is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender) as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) forever alters his life.

‘Anchorman 2’ Inspires a Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Flavor

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Rebecca Murray
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Ben & Jerry's Scotchy Scotch Scotch Ron Burgundy Anchorman Ice Cream

This is absolutely true: there is a Ben & Jerry’s Scotchy Scotch Scotch ice cream flavor and it’s all Ron Burgundy’s fault. That’s right, the ice cream chain has created a new “limited batch” flavor in honor of the fictional San Diego TV news anchor who ends his broadcasts with “Stay classy, San Diego” and who mistakenly believes the So. Cal town is named after a whale’s private parts in Anchorman 2.

“Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch is a delicious ice cream and I hope Ben and Jerry consider my other suggestions,” stated Ron Burgundy. “Malt liquor marshmallow, well liquor bourbon peanut butter, and cheap white wine sherbet.”

The new flavor is a combo of butterscotch ice cream and ribbons of butterscotch swirl. Scotchy Scotch Scotch is now available at Ben & Jerry scoop stores and will soon be appearing in other stores. “To help locate the flavor as it rolls out, we’re asking fans of Ben & Jerry’s and Anchorman to log onto benjerry.com and share when and where they were able to have a taste,” Lisa Sholk, Ben & Jerry’s Marketing Maven and Scotchy Scotch Scotch team leader. “We want fans to be able to experience it all first-hand, because as Ron says, this flavor is ‘kind of a big deal.’”

During a promotional event to unveil the new flavor, Nutty The Waterskiing Squirrel performed followed by a batch of Burgundy look-alikes riding in a Ben & Jerry’s truck made into a Channel 4 News van.

“Having Ben & Jerry’s celebrate the return of Ron Burgundy to the big screen with the introduction of this special ice cream is an exciting and delicious way to build anticipation for the film,” said LeeAnne Stables, President of Consumer Products at Paramount Pictures. “We especially enjoyed the sampling process over the last several months to find the perfect Scotchy scotch flavor.”

Nutty The Waterskiing Squirrel
Nutty The Waterskiing Squirrel

The Plot of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues:

With the 70’s behind him, San Diego’s top-rated newsman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), returns to the news desk in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Also back for more are Ron’s co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), weather man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), man on the street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner) – All of whom won’t make it easy to stay classy…while taking New York and the nation’s first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues arrives in theaters on December 20, 2013.

‘NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 48’ Track List and Release Date

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Rebecca Murray
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NOW That's What I Call Music Vol 48

16 of the most popular songs on the radio today are featured on the upcoming NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 48 CD heading to stores on November 11, 2013. The bestselling music series will include hits by Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Maroon 5, and Miley Cyrus, as well as four up-and-coming new artists.

The NOW That’s What I Call Music! series has sold over 200 million albums, and every numbered album of the series has made its way onto the Billboard Top 10. The NOW series currently resides in the #2 spot, with 16 of its CDs reaching #1 on the Billboard Top 10 chart (only The Beatles have more #1 hits).

NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 48 Track List:

1. KATY PERRY – “Roar”
2. ROBIN THICKE featuring T.I. and Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
3. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – “Take Back The Night”
4. LANA DEL REY – “Summertime Sadness” (Cedric Gervais Remix Edit)
5. DAFT PUNK – “Get Lucky”
6. BRUNO MARS – “Treasure”
7. MAROON 5 – “Love Somebody”
8. AVICII – “Wake Me Up”
9. MILEY CYRUS – “We Can’t Stop”
10. LADY GAGA – “Applause”
11. SELENA GOMEZ – “Slow Down”
12. TAYLOR SWIFT featuring ED SHEERAN – “Everything Has Changed”
13. SARA BAREILLES – “Brave”
14. PARAMORE – “Still Into You”
15. AWOLNATION – “Sail”
16. LUKE BRYAN – “That’s My Kind Of Night”

BONUS TRACKS: NOW presents WHAT’S NEXT! New Music Preview
17. NEW POLITICS – “Harlem”
18. BASIC VACATION – “I Believe”
19. WALLPAPER – “Drunken Hearts”
20. THE ROYAL CONCEPT – “On Our Way”




Boardwalk Empire Season Four November Episode Guide

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Rebecca Murray
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Steve Buscemi stars in Boardwalk Empire
Steve Buscemi stars in 'Boardwalk Empire' (Photo: Macall B. Polay/HBO)
Season four of HBO’s critically acclaimed dramatic series Boardwalk Empire started off rough, but it’s found its groove over the past few episodes. Heading into November and the season finale, it appears the battle between Chalky and Narcisse is heating up while Agent Knox continues to build a case against Nucky.

BOARDWALK EMPIRE NOVEMBER 2013 EPISODES

Episode #45: “Marriage and Hunting”
Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 3 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 3 (11:00 p.m.), 5 (11:00 p.m.), 6 (10:00 p.m.), 8 (9:00 p.m.) and 9 (1:00 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Nov. 4 (9:00 p.m.), 7 (10:00 p.m.), 8 (11:00 p.m.), 10 (3:00 p.m.) and 21 (8:00 p.m.)
Nucky (Steve Buscemi) refuses to back Chalky (Michael Kenneth Williams) in his conflict with Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright). Julia (Wrenn Schmidt) considers her options after Gillian (Gretchen Mol) makes her custody case in court. In Cicero, Van Alden (Michael Shannon) stands up to Capone (Stephen Graham) and comes clean to O’Banion (Arron Shiver). Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg) looks to trade an insurance benefit for a cash infusion.
Written by David Matthews & Jennifer Ames & Steve Turner; directed by Ed Bianchi.

Episode #46: “White Horse Pike”
Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 10 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 10 (11:00 p.m.), 12 (11:00 p.m.), 13 (10:00 p.m.), 15 (9:00 p.m.) and 16 (12:15 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Nov. 11 (9:00 p.m.), 15 (12:50 a.m.), 17 (3:30 p.m.) and 21 (9:00 p.m.)
Tipped off by Sally Wheet (Patricia Arquette), Nucky enlists Eli (Shea Whigham) and Agent Knox (Brian Geraghty) to check out the extra cargo in Florida shipments. Margaret (Kelly Macdonald) ponders a deal with Rothstein to improve her family’s living conditions. Capone grows suspicious of Torrio (Greg Antonacci); Nucky faces a dilemma; Eli makes peace with Willie (Ben Rosenfield).
Written by Dave Flebotte; directed by Jake Paltrow.
 
Episode #47: “Havre de Grace”
Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 17 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 17 (11:00 p.m.), 19 (11:00 p.m.), 20 (10:00 p.m.), 21 (9:00 p.m.) and 23 (11:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Nov. 18 (9:00 p.m.), 21 (10:00 p.m.), 22 (1:45 a.m.) and 24 (3:15 p.m.)
Nucky takes inventory after being warned of a skunk in his cellar. On the lam following a close call, Chalky and Daughter (Margot Bingham) take refuge outside Wilmington with Oscar Boneau (Louis Gossett, Jr.), his mentor from years ago. Gillian considers selling her mansion and starting a new life with Roy Phillips (Ron Livingston).
Written by Howard Korder; directed by Allen Coulter.
 
Episode #48: “Farewell Daddy Blues” (season finale)
Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 24 (11:00 p.m.), 26 (11:00 p.m.), 27 (10:00 p.m.), 29 (9:30 p.m.) and 30 (2:00 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Nov. 25 (9:00 p.m.) and 29 (11:00 p.m.), and Dec. 1 (2:45 p.m.)
Eli braces for the worst as Agent Knox launches his plan to bring Nucky down. Capone and Torrio reach an agreement in Cicero. Chalky looks to settle scores. Richard (Jack Huston) steps forward to save Tommy (Brady Noon), at Gillian’s expense.
Written by Terence Winter and Howard Korder; directed by Tim Van Patten.
 
Source: HBO
 
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Filming Begins on the Golf Film The Squeeze

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Rebecca Murray
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The Squeeze LogoThe independent drama The Squeeze has just started shooting in Wilmington, North Carolina with Jeremy Sumpter, Chris McDonald, Michael Nouri, Katherine LaNasa, and Jillian Murray in starring roles. Written, produced and directed by Terry Jastrow, the indie film is set in the world of golf and high stakes gambling.
 
Brian McCormack, Michael Doven, Anne Archer, and George Parra are also on board as producers.
 
The Plot:
 
Twenty-year old Augie Baccas (Sumpter) is a common man of uncommon skills, living in a small rural town. When he wins his one day City Golf Championship by 15 shots breaking his own course record, he is approached by a dapper Southern gentleman gambler, Riverboat (McDonald), and his over-the-top bejeweled wife, Jessie (LaNasa), who hear of the win on local radio while driving cross country from Mississippi to Las Vegas. The pair turn off the highway and head for the local muni course to find young Augie and convince him to abandon his dreams of qualifying for the US Open and come play for Riverboat in high-stake gambling matches.
 
Angering his longtime girlfriend Natalie (Murray) as she watches him abandon his dreams and compromise his integrity, Augie continues to use his talent to win higher and higher stakes matches until the pair are finally run out of town. They head for Las Vegas where, playing for even higher stakes, Augie finds himself pitted against notorious Vegas gambler Jimmy Diamonds (Nouri) who has known connections to the mob.
 
Augie continues to win every match until Jimmy Diamonds, fed up with the scam, breaks into Augie’s hotel room and informs him if he doesn’t lose the next day’s million dollar match he’ll end up at the bottom of a swimming pool wearing lead boots. Fearing for his life, Augie attempts to escape but is discovered by a very angry Riverboat who counters with a similar fate. Win or lose, he’s dead.
 
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New That Awkward Moment Green Band Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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That Awkward Moment Trailer
Miles Teller, Zac Efron, and Michael B Jordan star in 'That Awkward Moment' (Photo © Focus Features)
I’ve seen “green band” and “red band” trailers, but no “yellow band” trailers…and I still can’t figure out why studios just don’t say safe for work/not safe for work. When did green and red band trailers get to be the new “in” thing? Anyway, this is a new green band trailer for the comedy movie That Awkward Moment written and directed by Tom Gormican and coming to theaters on January 31, 2014.
 
The Plot:
 
Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan star in the R-rated comedy, That Awkward Moment, about three best friends who find themselves where we’ve all been– at that confusing “moment” in every dating relationship when you have to decide “So…where is this going?”
 
Watch the trailer:
 

 
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Check Out the ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Teaser Poster

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Rebecca Murray
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Captain America: Winter Soldier Official Teaser Poster

The first official poster for Captain America: The Winter Soldier is here and it’s about what you would think a Captain America: The Winter Soldier poster should look like. Featuring Chris Evans as Captain America, the new poster shows the Captain ready for action.

The cast (not featured on the poster) includes Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Robert Redford, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the Captain America sequel will hit theaters on April 4, 2014.

And in addition to showing off the new poster, Marvel Studios also announced that they’ll be releasing the teaser trailer this Thursday.

The Plot: After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

New Artist Spotlight: Tyler Farr

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Tyler Farr Profile
Tyler Farr (Photo Credit: Courtesy Sony Music Nashville)

Tyler Farr celebrates girls and trucks. Just what Country Music needs, right?

In Farr’s case, absolutely. He follows a familiar path through much of Redneck Crazy, his Columbia Nashville debut. But every now and then he slams on the brakes and veers in an unexpected direction.

Farr’s drawl draws from somewhere south of his hometown, Garden City, Mo. He rasps too, whether it’s from loving the outdoorsman’s lifestyle or working four nights each week at Tootsies Orchid Lounge. (The legendary Nashville venue hired him originally as a bouncer.)

His music is catchy, riff-heavy, and steeped deep in tradition. He knows what kind of image he projects. But he has fun with it too, on “Wish I Had a Boat,” which is all about … wishing he had a boat. On various tracks, he compliments his ladies by comparing them to moonshine.

Then hold on for those sudden turns. The title track, let’s be honest, paints a scary picture of a jilted lover beaming his truck’s lights into his ex’s window at 3 AM and hurling empty beer cans at “both of your shadows” inside. This guy sounds dangerous; but on the other hand, Farr fully conveys his raw fury and pain without apology.

Yet on the last track, “Living With the Blues,” Farr goes solo, just acoustic guitar and a near-whispered lyric that reflects fragility and doubt. These yin and yang performances suggest there’s much more in Farr’s artistry than mere boat lust.

IN HIS OWN WORDS

MUSICAL HERO
“George Jones.”

DREAM DUET PARTNER
“Hank Williams Jr.”

BOOK ON YOUR NIGHTSTAND
“The Bible.”

PET PEEVE
“People posting food on Instagram.”

WORD YOU SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN
“Damnit.”

FAVORITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
“My truck.”

MOMENT YOU’D LOVE TO RELIVE
“The last day is spent with my grandpa.”

FAVORITE FOOD ON THE ROAD
“Vienna sausages.”

TITLE OF YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
“One Hell of a Ride.”

ITEMS FOR YOUR TIME CAPSULE
“What the hell is a time capsule?”

SOMETHING WE’D NEVER GUESS ABOUT YOU
“I buy things at Bed Bath & Beyond.”

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By Bob Doerschuk
Used by Permission © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.




Neighbors Has a New Slightly Safer for Work Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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Neighbors Green Band Trailer
Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen in 'Neighbors' (Photo © Universal Pictures)
Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne star as a young couple with a baby, a nice house, and a peaceful neighborhood until a frat moves in next door and screws everything up in Neighbors. Directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek), the R-rated comedy movie also features David Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Jake Johnson.
 
Universal Pictures is releasing Neighbors in theaters on May 9, 2014.
 
The Plot:
 
Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne lead the cast of Neighbors, a comedy about a young couple suffering from arrested development who are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby.
 
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Nominee Voting is Open for the 2014 People’s Choice Awards

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Rebecca Murray
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People's Choice Awards Voting Open 2014Online nominee voting for the 40th Annual People’s Choice Awards has just opened up. The annual awards event chooses nominees and winners based solely on votes by fans and recognizes fan favs in films, television, music, and other assorted categories. Fans can cast their votes now through October 31, 2013 at 11:59pm ET with the top five nominees in each category announced on November 5, 2013 at 9am PT live from the Paley Center in Beverly Hills.
 
The 2014 People’s Choice Awards will consist of 54 categories including all the normal best actor, actress, and artist choices. And as with in previous years, the People’s Choice Awards added in a few new categories this year as suggested by fans:
 
MOVIES:
Favorite Movie Duo
 
MUSIC:
Favorite Alternative Artist
Favorite Country Music Icon
 
TV:
Favorite On-Screen Chemistry
Favorite Sci/Fi Fantasy Star
Favorite Streaming Series
Favorite TV Movie/Miniseries
 
Cast your votes at www.PeoplesChoice.com.
 
The 40th Annual People’s Choice Awards will air on CBS on Wednesday, January 8, 2014.
 
Source: People’s Choice Awards
 
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