Forget Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop,” Katy Perry’s “Roar,” Lady Gaga’s “Applause,” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” the most addictive song of the summer was Ylvis’ “What Does the Fox Say.” Ylvis made their late-night American television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with a live performance of the song that went viral this summer. Even Jimmy Fallon and The Roots put on fox ears and joined in for the fun.
Katy Perry Plays Taboo with Jimmy Fallon
Remember Taboo? Katy Perry apparently plays the game every holiday with her family, however, her skills weren’t on display as she took on Jimmy Fallon in a game during the October 10, 2013 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Teaming up with audience members, it was a battle of boys vs. girls for Taboo world dominance.
‘The Monuments Men’ Trailer #2 Starring George Clooney
Well, I’m still a little confused by the tone of The Monuments Men. The plot doesn’t sound like this should be a comedy, but the first trailer definitely played up the humor. Fortunately, this second trailer takes things a bit more seriously and also goes further in explaining the story.
Directed by and starring George Clooney, the cast includes Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, and Hugh Bonneville.
Columbia Pictures is releasing The Monuments Men on December 18, 2013.
The Plot: Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 – possibly hope to succeed?
But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements.
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‘Almost Human’ Picture of Dorian Video
Go behind the scenes of the new drama series Almost Human with this new video that provides some insight into the android cop played by Michael Ealy. In the video, Ealy, his co-star Karl Urban, and executive producer J.J. Abrams discuss the character and how he fits into the world in which Almost Human is set.
Almost Human premieres on Fox on November 4, 2013.
The Plot: In this action-packed cop show from executive producers J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman set in 2048, a worse-for-wear cop teams up with a second-hand synthetic android to fight a strain of urban crime that’s evolved in ever more frightening ways. Detective John Kennex survived a catastrophic attack on the city’s police department that cost him his friends, one of his limbs and his reputation.
Returning over a year later to the force led by Capt. Maldonado, he finds the transition difficult. Not only does one of the surviving detectives, Richard Paul, blame him for the lethal ambush, but department policy now requires that every cop be paired with a highly-evolved human-like android partner. Rejecting the hyper-efficient battle-ready MX-43 robots, Kennex works with lab technician Rudy Lom to reinstate an outdated Dorian android — whose somewhat dysfunctional platform is based on a “Synthetic Soul” program, allowing it to have emotional responses.
It’s this flawed humanity, however, that connects Dorian and John. And together, they set out to keep the city safe, uncover the criminal conspiracy that threatens to destroy their world … and find their common humanity.
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‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Shows Off Two New Clips and a New Poster
Will Matthew McConaughey earn his first Oscar nomination for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club? There’s buzz building around McConaughey and this film, but this is a strong year for lead actors and there’s some serious competition out there for the five Best Actor Oscar spots. Directed by Jean-Marc-Vallée, the cast also includes Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto.
Dallas Buyers Club opens in select theaters on November 1, 2013.
The Plot:
Matthew McConaughey stars in Dallas Buyers Club as real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. These were the early days of the AIDS epidemic, and the U.S. was divided over how to combat the virus. Ron, now shunned and ostracized by many of his old friends, and bereft of government-approved effective medicines, decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal.
Bypassing the establishment, the entrepreneurial Woodroof joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts – who he once would have shunned – and established a hugely successful “buyers’ club.” Their shared struggle for dignity and acceptance is a uniquely American story of the transformative power of resilience.
‘The Tomorrow People’ Shows Off a Sizzle Reel
The CW’s new show The Tomorrow People unveiled a sneak peek of season one’s first eight episodes during the New York Comic Con. But for those of us who didn’t make it to the NY event, the sizzle reel is now online to check out.
The Tomorrow People airs at 9pm on Wednesday nights and stars Robbie Amell, Luke Mitchell, Peyton List, Aaron Yool, Mark Pellegrino, and Madeleine Mantock.
The Plot:
They are the next evolutionary leap of mankind, a generation of humans born with paranormal abilities — the Tomorrow People. Stephen Jameson stands at the crossroads between the world we know and the shifting world of the future. Up until a year ago, Stephen was a “normal” teenager — until he began hearing voices and teleporting in his sleep, never knowing where he might wake up. Now, Stephen’s issues have gone far beyond the usual teenage angst, and he is beginning to question his sanity.
In desperation, Stephen decides to listen to one of the voices in his head, and it leads him to his first encounter with the Tomorrow People — John, Cara and Russell — a genetically advanced race with the abilities of telekinesis, teleportation and telepathic communication.
The Tomorrow People are being hunted down by a paramilitary group of scientists known as Ultra. Led by Dr. Jedikiah Price, Ultra sees the Tomorrow People as a very real existential threat from a rival species, and the outcast group has been forced to hide out in an abandoned subway station just beneath the surface of the human world. Trading in secrets, Jedikiah offers Stephen the chance for a normal life with his family and best friend, Astrid, if he will help in the struggle to isolate and eradicate the Tomorrow People.
On the other hand, Cara, John and Russell offer Stephen a different type of family and a home where he truly belongs. Unwilling to turn his back on humanity or the world of the Tomorrow People, Stephen sets out on his own path — a journey that could take him into the shadowy past to uncover the truth about his father’s mysterious disappearance, or into an unknown future with THE TOMORROW PEOPLE.
First Unbroken Photo: Angelina Jolie and Louis Zamperini
The first photo released by Universal Pictures in support of Unbroken, the 2014 film adaptation of the bestseller, isn’t a picture of the cast. Instead, Universal Pictures unveiled a photo of director Angelina Jolie and Louis “Louie” Zamperini, the inspirational gentleman whose story is told in Laura Hillenbrand’s book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.
Jolie will be directing and producing the film with Jack O’Connell starring as Zamperini. Along with the release of the photo, Universal issued a statement that provided some behind-the-scenes details on the production:
O’Connell recently spent several afternoons meeting with Zamperini at his home to hear the man he’ll be portraying recount his incredible tale firsthand. Zamperini retains many keepsakes from his adventures in his home. Seeing Zamperini’s World War II bomber jacket, O’Connell asked permission to put it on, which Zamperini gladly gave. The jacket fit O’Connell perfectly and became one of the first moments of him inhabiting the life of this legendary hero.”
Jolie and Zamperini are neighbors in the Hollywood Hills and have grown close while working together on bringing Unbroken to the screen. According to the studio, “Zamperini gave Jolie a golden running shoe pendant, a prize from one of his earliest races, which she will wear every day as she helms the film in Australia over the coming months.”
And discussing the film, Jolie was quoted as saying: “It will be hard to make a film worthy of this great man. I am deeply honored to have the chance and will do all I can to bring Louie’s inspiring story to life. Everyone involved in the film shares this deep responsibility. Like all readers of Laura’s book and all people who love and admire Louie, I am a fan who has learned so much. He has made me a better person.”
“Angelina is a human dynamo, and I know she will tell this story in the right way,” said Zamperini. “I’ve received so many letters and talked to so many people who say that Laura’s book has helped them when they were going through hard times. I believe the movie will reach even more people with that message.”
Universal plans a Christmas Day 2014 release of Unbroken in theaters.
Source: Universal Pictures
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Stumble It! Sneak Peek of Season 4 of The Walking Dead
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Eight Short Docs Make the Doc Short Cut
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Documentary Branch watched 40 eligible films before narrowing the possible Oscar nominees to eight.
The documentary shorts advancing are:
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Jujitsu-ing Reality
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Recollections
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Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Will Stick Around for the Season
Here’s another series you don’t have to worry about getting all caught up in only to have the rug pulled out from under your feet: ABC has given a full season order to the new action drama Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The series, created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, has been picked up for a full season as confirmed today by ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the number one new show among adults 18-49, so giving it a full season pick up couldn’t have been a difficult decision to make for the network.
The series stars Clark Gregg back from the dead as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, and Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons.
The Plot:
The series begins where Marvel’s The Avengers left off. It’s just after the battle of New York, and now that the existence of super heroes and aliens has become public knowledge, the world is trying to come to grips with this new reality. Agent Phil Coulson is back in action and now has his eye on a mysterious group called The Rising Tide. In order to track this unseen, unknown enemy, he has assembled a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division).
The S.H.I.E.L.D. team has a mission: To investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
– Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. interviews: Joss Whedon / Clark Gregg / Elizabeth Heinstredge / Brett Dalton and Chloe Bennet
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