The title track from Paul McCartney’s new album New will be featured in the Cloudy sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. New is set for release on October 15, 2013 while Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy 2 heads to theaters on September 27th.
“I loved watching the first film with my kids, so I’m very happy to have my new song included in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,” said McCartney.
“We’re thrilled and honored to have Paul’s infectious and inspiring song in the film,” stated Lia Vollack, president of Worldwide Music for Sony Pictures. “The sequence in the film is about Flint Lockwood optimistically beginning what he thinks will be a new and exciting chapter in his life, so as soon as we heard ‘New’ we thought that everything about it was perfect.”
The Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Plot:
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 picks up where Sony Pictures Animation’s mouth-watering comedy left off. Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his most infamous invention — a machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. But Flint soon learns that his invention survived and is now creating food-animals – “foodimals!” Flint and his friends embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other foodimals to save the world – again!
Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in 'Breaking Bad' (Photo Credit:Frank Ockenfels/AMC)
AMC and Sony Pictures Television made it official today, acknowledging that a Breaking Bad spinoff is definitely in the works. Although Breaking Bad is wrapping up its five season run, the Saul Goodman character (played by Bob Odenkirk) will be sticking around on his own show.
According to AMC, the spinoff series will be called Better Call Saul (or at least that’s the current working title). Per the press statement: “Plans call for Saul to be a one-hour prequel that will focus on the evolution of the popular Saul Goodman character before he ever became Walter White’s lawyer.”
No further details were disclosed and there’s no word yet on when this could move forward or where it will air.
Calling all Annoying Orange fans! As High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange: Volume 3 – Fruit Wars heads to stores on September 17, 2013, we’ve got a contest every Orange lover will want to participate in. Actually, considering the contest winner will receive all three volumes of Annoying Orange – “Volume 1-Escape from the Kitchen,” “Volume 2-Get Juiced,” and “Volume 3-Fruit Wars” – you don’t have to already be a fan of the show to want to enter.
Here’s the super simple Annoying Orange contest details:
– Send an email to (the contest is now over) with “Annoying Orange Contest” in the subject line. Your email address will not be added to any lists.
– You must be 18 years or older to enter and reside in the continental United States. Only one entry per email address will be accepted. The contest ends on September 17, 2013 at 6pm PST. Winners will be notified on September 18th.
The Plot:
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange: Volume 3 – Fruit Wars follows Orange and his band of produce buddies, Passion Fruit, Pear, and Marshmallow, as they navigate the time-space continuum in a magical fruit cart with their only human friend, Nerville (Toby Turner). Each episode sprouts more laugh-out-loud annoyingness as the crew is thrown into one crazy predicament after another and forced to squeeze their way out.
For the first time since January 2010, a female artist has snagged the top spot on the Billboard Top 200 with her debut album. Ariana Grande pulled off the feat with her first full-length album, Yours Truly. Yours Truly sold 138,000 albums over its first week of release, which also earned it the #1 spot on both the iTunes Overall Albums chart and the Digital Albums chart.
Also released to big numbers, the album’s first hit single – “The Way” with Mac Miller – has just earned double platinum status. That single hit debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and her next single has just been revealed to be “Right There” with Big Sean.
The actress/singer has been hitting the talk shows in support of her new album, appearing on shows including Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Live! With Kelly and Michael, and The Today Show.
Kylie Minogue (Photo Courtesy of BBC)Kylie Minogue will be tackling the job of judging talent on The Voice UK this upcoming season, joining returning coaches will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones on the panel when the show kicks off series three. Grammy winner Minogue has sold more than 68 million records and has had 50 hit singles, and her success in the music industry makes her a fine choice for mentoring upcoming talent.
Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One, believes the new line-up won’t disappoint fans of the singing competition. “To secure the princess of pop Kylie and announce the return of will.i.am and Sir Tom is a really great moment for the show, bring on The Voice Series three, back on BBC One in January 2014!” said Moore.
“I’m very excited to become a coach on The Voice UK,” said Minogue. “I love the concept of the show and have been an avid viewer of both series. The search for new talent is such an important aspect of the music industry and The Voice UK gives us all a part to play in that. Will I be competitive? Probably more than even I imagine!”
“Kylie is a hugely respected figure within the world of music and will be a fantastic addition to The Voice UK,” added Mark Linsey, Controller Entertainment Commissioning, BBC. “She is a true pop icon and her longevity in the industry is testament to her creative and musical ability.”
Sir Tom Jones welcomed the new addition while expressing how sad he is to see Jessie and Danny leave the show. And Minogue’s fellow coach will.i.am commented: “While I will miss Danny and Jessie, I’m excited to be returning for season three and to work with Kylie and Tom. Together we will mix it up and bring new energy and ideas to the show.”
BBC hopes to announce the final coach for series three soon.
Caitriona Balfe to star in 'Outlander' (Photo Courtesy of Starz)
Caitriona Balfe (Super 8, Escape Plan) has nabbed the lead female role in Starz’ new original series Outlander based on Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling novels. After a few months of issuing updates on the male members of the cast – and after a few online campaigns focusing on the character of ‘Claire’ – Starz and executive producer Ronald D Moore confirmed Balfe’s casting, and even author Gabaldon sounded off on the news.
Diana Gabaldon said, “Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat up straight and said, ‘There she is!’ She and Sam Heughan absolutely lit up the screen with fireworks.”
“The casting of Claire Randall was a long and difficult one because the role is so crucial to the success of our show. Outlander is told from Claire’s point of view and we experience the entire story through her eyes, so it was vital that we find exactly the right actor to play her,” said Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore. “Caitriona wasn’t on anyone’s radar, she wasn’t on any list, but when we saw her audition tape, we immediately knew she was someone special. Then, after we had her read with Sam, we knew we’d found our Claire. At its heart, Outlander is the story of two people — Claire and Jamie — their loves and losses, their adventures and tragedies, and now we finally have them both.”
In addition to Balfe and Heughan, the Outlander cast includes Tobias Menzies (Frank Randall/Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall), Graham McTavish (Dougal MacKenzie), Gary Lewis (Colum MacKenzie), Duncan Lacroix (Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser), Annette Badland (Mrs. Fitzgibbons), and Stephen Walters (Angus Mhor).
The Plot:
The Outlander series spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure in one epic tale. It follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Season eight of America’s Got Talent hasn’t wrapped up yet (the finale is set for September 18th at 9pm), however, the first batch of audition cities have already been confirmed for season nine of the talent competition. If you think you have talent and want a chance to win $1 million, then AGT wants you to try out for the upcoming season. Auditions kick off in Miami on October 26, 2013, stopping in four additional cities in search of America’s most talented act.
For audition tips, registration forms, or to submit an online audition, visit www.AGTAuditions.com.
America’s Got Talent Season 9 Audition Cities:
Oct. 26-27: Miami – Miami Hyatt Regency
Nov. 2-3: Atlanta – AmericasMart Atlanta
Dec. 7-8: Denver – Colorado Convention Center
Jan. 25-26: Indianapolis – Indiana Convention Center
Feb. 8-9: Los Angeles – Los Angeles Biltmore
Additional cities will be announced soon.
Details on America’s Got Talent:
America’s Got Talent is the only talent competition show open to any age and any talent. The auditions are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for performers across the country to showcase their talent in 90 seconds to the series’ producers, in the hopes of being able to take the stage in front of the AGT judges. Every type of performer is welcome: Last season’s competitors included musicians, dancers, magicians, contortionists, comedians, singers, jugglers, animal acts and everything in between.
Jason Statham strikes a heroic pose while James Franco just looks evil on this new poster for Open Road Films’ Homefront. Written and produced by Sylvester Stallone, Homefront was directed by Gary Fleder and features Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth, and Frank Grillo.
The Homefront Plot:Homefront is an action movie about a widowed ex-DEA agent who retires to a small town for the sake of his 10-year-old daughter. The only problem is he picked the wrong town.
Homefront arrives in theaters on November 27, 2013.
The cast of 'Miami Monkey' (Photo Courtesy of VH1)
VH1 has set premiere dates for new and returning shows including the Mob Wives spin-off, Miami Monkey, and a Pearl Jam special.
VH1 Fall Premieres
Miami Monkey – Premieres Sunday, September 8 at 10:00 PM
VH1 mixes up the ultimate cocktail of work + play with the premiere of Miami Monkey. Mob Wives resident party girl Big Ang heads to the sizzling south to make her mark on the Miami party scene by opening up the second outpost of her infamous Staten Island bar, The Drunken Monkey. To ensure the success of “Miami Monkey” as the newest South Beach hotspot, Ang enlists the help of a crew of Staten Island beauties, including her daughter Raquel, as well as a group of SoBe hotties to come along for the ride.
The heat is on when fiery New York personalities and sexy South Beach locals work side by side to launch a new business. Will Ang’s dreams of success in the Sunshine State come true? Or will she return to Staten Island disappointed and broke?
Best Week Ever – Premieres Friday, September 20 at 10PM
VH1’s beloved weekly rundown Best Week Ever is back for another hilariously irreverent season. Featuring a familiar cast of panelist comedians including Michelle Buteau, Nick Turner, Dan St. Germain, Jared Logan, Pete Lee, Michael Che and a few new faces, the series will continue to celebrate and satirize an entire week’s worth of pop culture events packed into one smart, hysterical 30-minute show.
The show will also continue to engage fans across multiple social media platforms, including weekly tweet-alongs with cast members and more. “Best Week Ever” premieres Friday, September 20th at 10PM ET/PT.
Black Ink Crew – Premieres Monday, September 23 at 9:30 PM*
Black Ink Crew is back for a second season and they are leaving their indelible mark in the heart of Harlem. With the shop’s newfound success, stress levels are through the roof. Self-proclaimed “power couple” Dutchess and Ceaser make their relationship visibly permanent with matching “King” and “Queen” tattoos, while Cease and Puma’s 15-year friendship fades away. O’S**t’s court visit sparks terrifying tempers at an all-too-real family gathering where both promises and tables are broken.
Alex and her opinions are back and bringing the feistiness despite creating even more friction amongst members of the crew. The struggles of running a business intensify when drama is part of everyday shop life. As boundaries are overstepped, rumors fly and arguments erupt, this season is sure to show that family, romance and ink aren’t equally everlasting.
Pearl Jam Twenty – Premieres Saturday, October 12 at 10:00 PM
Pearl Jam Twenty, directed by Cameron Crowe, premieres October 12, 2013 at 10 pm on VH1, VH1 Classic and Palladia. The film chronicles the years leading up to the band’s formation, the chaos that ensued during their rise to mega-stardom and their conscious decision to step back from center stage, away from the bright lights of fame.
Told in big themes and bold colors with blistering sound, the film is carved from over 1,200 hours of rarely-seen and never-before seen footage spanning the band’s career. Pearl Jam Twenty is the definitive portrait of Pearl Jam: part concert film, part intimate insider-hang, part testimonial to the power of music and uncompromising artists.
CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story – Premieres Monday, October 21 at 9PM*
In the early 1990s, TLC’s humble beginnings in Atlanta quickly led to an unprecedented rise to fame as one of the world’s most talented, celebrated and biggest-selling female groups of all time. VH1’s original movie, CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, chronicles the full TLC story and how the group left an indelible stamp of female empowerment that changed the face of the music industry forever.
The film stars KeKe Palmer as Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, Lil Mama stars as the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and Drew Sidora plays Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins. Charles Stone III directs the biopic, which is penned by screenwriter Kate Lanier.
The two surviving members of the group, Chilli and T-Boz, are consultants and executive producers for the film. Executive producing the TLC biopic are Bill Diggins and Maggie Malina. Rick Krim and Jill Holmes serve as executive producers for VH1. Alexander A. Motlagh serves as executive producer for Pop Films.
LeAnn & Eddie – Premieres December 2013
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian have both been famous in their own right for years, but it wasn’t until they were a couple that the tabloids became enamored with their every move. Joining forces with VH1, their new show will bring the truth and make fun of all the gossip. LeAnn & Eddie is set to premiere on VH1 in December 2013 with 6 half-hour episodes.
Inside the sanctity of their world they are a typical normal modern family — a married couple who both have careers and are also learning how to navigate the co-parenting of Eddie’s two sons. Life outside the home for them is very different because they live in a fishbowl where the paparazzi stalk them, the tabloids report on any detail and the public gets only part of the real story. With LeAnn & Eddie, they look forward to sharing a bit of their world and poke fun at what it’s like to be a high-profile couple with more than a little misinformation out there about them.
Says Matt Smith: “The Day Of The Doctor is nearly here! Hope you all enjoy. There’s lots more coming your way, as the countdown to the 50th begins now.”
Here’s the official press release from BBC containing all the info any Doctor Who fan needs to know:
BBC Two will broadcast a number of new commissions, focusing on telling the story behind the show. For one night only, Professor Brian Cox will take an audience of celebrity guests and members of the public on a journey into the wonderful universe of the Doctor, from the lecture hall of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1×60 minutes). Drawing on the latest theories, as well as 200 years of scientific discoveries and the genius of Einstein, Brian tries to answer the classic questions raised by the Doctor: Can you really travel in time? Does extra-terrestrial life exist in our galaxy? And how do you build something as fantastical as the TARDIS?
In an hour-long special, BBC Two’s flagship arts programme The Culture Show presents Me, You And Doctor Who (1×60 minutes), with lifelong fan Matthew Sweet exploring the cultural significance of the BBC’s longest running TV drama, arguing that it’s one of the most important cultural artefacts of modern Britain. Put simply, Doctor Who matters. He’ll examine how the show has become a cultural force in its own right and tell the stories of some of the unsung cultural heroes, who pioneered its innovative music, design and storytelling.
BBC Two wraps up its coverage with the previously announced An Adventure In Space And Time (1×90 minutes), which will tell the story of the genesis of Doctor Who and the many personalities involved. Written by Mark Gatiss, the drama stars David Bradley (the Harry Potter films); Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity), Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife) and Sacha Dhawan (History Boys, Last Tango In Halifax).
Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, says: “Fifty years has turned Doctor Who from a television show into a cultural landmark. Personally I can’t wait to see what it becomes after a hundred.”
There will also be programmes across CBBC with 12 Again (1×30 minutes) bringing together CBBC’s super-fan Chris Johnson, impressionist Jon Culshaw, Tommy Knight (Luke Smith), Warwick Davis (Porridge), Neve McIntosh (Madame Vastra), Dan Starkey (Strax) Louise Jameson (Leela) and the seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, to share their memories of watching TV’s top Time Lord when they were young.
Blue Peter will launch an exciting new competition giving viewers aged between six and 14 the opportunity to design a new gadget that will become part of the iconic science fiction series. Two live Blue Peter specials will see presenters Barney, Lindsey and Radzi joined by aliens and monsters, with viewers challenging Matt Smith to answer their Doctor Who questions.
BBC Three will be home to several exciting entertainment commissions. Audiences will be encouraged to get involved and vote in Doctor Who: Monsters And Villains Weekend, as we countdown to the top Doctor Who monster. For those less familiar with the show, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide will introduce fans and viewers to a wealth of archive material and act as a guide to all things Who. A further exciting commission to be announced later this year will see the celebrations finish with a bang.
Danny Cohen, Director of BBC Television, says: “Doctor Who is a titan of British television and I’m incredibly proud to have it on the BBC. It’s an astonishing achievement for a drama to reach its 50th anniversary. I’d like to thank every person – on both sides of the camera – who has been involved with its creative journey over so many years.”
It’s not just TV where audiences will be able join in the celebrations; programming across Radio 2, Radio 1 and Radio 4 Extra will also mark the 50th.
BBC Radio 2 will ask Who Is The Doctor? in a 90-minute documentary featuring newly recorded interviews and exclusive archive material. The programme will look at the lasting appeal of Doctor Who and ask how much of its continued success can be attributed to its basic formula.
In The Blagger’s Guide To Doctor Who, David Quantick will give the iconic Doctor the blagger’s treatment. He’ll be finding out the answers to questions such as, why do Americans think Tom Baker is still Doctor Who? How many Doctors have there really been? Were the Daleks really named after an encyclopaedia?
Finally, Graham Norton will be broadcasting his weekly Radio 2 show live (Saturday 23 November, 10am) from the Doctor Who Celebration in London. In a special three-hour show, Graham will take a ride in the TARDIS and will also be chatting with some of the series’ stars and fans.
Music is a key part of Doctor Who, from the famous theme tune to soaring melodies, but the show has also inspired a whole new phenomenon – Time Lord Rock (TROCK). Radio 1 will look at this genre of music inspired by the Doctor and his journeys through space and time with a 60-minute documentary.
Meanwhile, Radio 4 Extra travels back to 1963 with a three-hour special programme, Who Made Who?, to look at the world that inspired the television series. Doctor Who may have come from other times, but his roots were very much in the present of 1960s Britain. This distinctive programme combines audio from the archive, new interviews and extracts from audio versions of Doctor Who. Additionally, the station will broadcast readings and dramas featuring the great Doctor.
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