Jimmy Kimmel closed down Hollywood Blvd in front of his studio on September 23, 2013 for a live performance by Sir Paul McCartney. The free concert in the street came after McCartney made his first appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, kicking off the fall 2013 television season and kicking the late night talk show battle up a notch.
Halloween Horror Nights Celebrates Another Year of Terror
Showbiz Junkies was at Universal Studios to kick off the 2013 Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) for both Florida and California. Customary each year on the first day of HHN is the infamous Eyegore Awards hosted by McKenzie Westmore. This year’s show paid tribute to Insidious, The Walking Dead, Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead), Danny Trejo (El Cucuy), and Black Sabbath, with all new mazes and plenty of accolades.
Introduced by Sharon Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne stormed the stage to accept an award paying tribute to Black Sabbath’s 43-year history. Ozzy said, “It has been an amazing year for us with a number #1 record, a #1 world tour, and now this (award), what more can I say.”
The crowd went crazy with a standing ovation, giving Black Sabbath an endorsement not necessarily shared when the band was playing in the early years of their career. This year, Universal introduced the new maze called “Black Sabbath 13 3D,” inspired by the lyrics of the band. On opening night, the Black Sabbath maze in California had the longest lines, at one point over two hours to get in, showing the huge popularity of the legendary band and the new maze.
My favorite speech of the show was from legendary genre actor Bruce Campbell who accepted an award for his extensive horror film career. Looking very svelte in a white suit, Bruce amusingly discussed his reaction to receiving an Eyegore Award.
“What’s that?” I asked. They said, “You never heard of the Eyegore Awards?” I said, “No! I don’t know what an award is!” There was huge laughter from the crowd in approval of the self-deprecating actor. Bruce also said, “My last award was from Little League, and that was for being the most improved player. You know what that means – I sucked at the beginning of the season!”
Everyone cheered for the actor who is best known by horror fans as Ash from the Evil Dead films.
Other highlights of the show included an award for The Walking Dead, with cast member Melissa McBride accepting the statuette. Insidious film producer Jason Blum and writer Leigh Whannell each accepted an award. Danny Trejo accepted an honorary award for his career in the genre, during which he made a funny remark when he claimed he had a face for doing these kinds of movies.
After the Eyegore Awards ended, they let the press loose to enjoy HHN. The mazes this year were all very good. Creative director John Murdy talked to the press two weeks prior to the opening and discussed in great depth the amount of detail that goes into HHN, including replicating sets, using the correct make-up from the films, and having a team in both Florida and California that can take on such a huge event.
Universal puts a lot of resources into licensing horror franchises and that gives the fans a chance to experience the films in a very unique way. My recommendation is to get to the park early and try to get to the more popular mazes first to beat the crowd. Halloween Horror Nights is always a lot of fun…but are you brave enough?
– By Fred Godlash
Cher Announces 2014 Dressed to Kill Tour
Cher will be stopping in 49 cities during her “Dressed to Kill” 2014 North American tour kicking off on March 22nd in Phoenix, Arizona. The singer/actress, who shows no signs of slowing down, made the announcement during an appearance on the Today Show.
The upcoming tour will be in support of her new album, Closer to the Truth.
Cher played in front of 5.5 million people during her most recent tour.
Tickets will be sold to American Express cardholders beginning September 30th and running through October 3rd. The general public will be able to purchase tickets after the AE pre-sale. For more details, visit Cher.com.
CHER ‘DRESSED TO KILL’ TOUR
Sat, March 22 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
*Mon, March 24 Houston, TX Toyota Center
*Wed, March 26 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Fri, March 28 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
Sat, March 29 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Mon, March 31 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Wed, April 2 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
*Fri, April 4 Washington DC Verizon Center
Sat, April 5 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Mon, April 7 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Wed, April 9 Boston, MA TD Garden
Fri, April 11 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Sat, April 12 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
Wed, April 23 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
Fri, April 25 Montreal, QC Bell Center
Sat, April 26 Ottawa, ON Canada Tire Centre
*Mon, April 28 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Wed, April 30 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
Fri, May 2 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Mon, May 5 Charlotte, NC Times Warner Cable Arena
Wed, May 7 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
*Fri, May 9 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
*Sat, May 10 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
*Mon, May 12 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Wed, May 14 Jacksonville, FL Veterans Memorial Arena
Fri, May 16 Orlando, FL Amway Center
Sat, May 17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
Sun, May 25 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand
Wed, May 28 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Fri, May 30 Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena
Sat, May 31 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Mon, June 2 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
Wed, June 4 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Fri, June 6 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Bradley Center
Sat, June 7 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Mon, June 9 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
Wed, June 11 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Fri, June 20 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
Sat, June 21 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
Mon, June 23 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Wed, June 25 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
Fri, June 27 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
*Sat, June 28 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Mon, June 30 Portland, OR Moda Center
*Wed, July 2 San Jose, CA SAP Center at San Jose
Sat, July 5 Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena
*Mon, July 7 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
*Wed, July 9 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
Fri, July 11 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center
‘Divergent’ Goodies: Two New Posters and a Video
Summit Entertainment has unveiled the first two official posters for Divergent along with a new behind-the-scenes video featuring interviews with the cast. Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, and Maggie Q, Divergent is based on the bestselling book by Veronica Roth and will be opening in theaters on March 21, 2014.
The Plot:
In a future world where people are divided into distinct factions based on their personalities, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it’s too late.
2013 Fantastic Fest Winners Announced
The winners of this year’s Fantastic Fest have been revealed with the jury giving multiple awards to The Congress, Afflicted, Jodorowsky’s Dune, and Why Don’t You Play In Hell.
The complete list of winners:
AUDIENCE AWARD (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter)
Jodorowsky’s Dune (director Frank Pavich)
“NEXT WAVE” SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION PRESENTED BY DELL PRECISION
Best Picture: The Dirties (director Matt Johnson)
Best Director: Oren Carmi (Goldberg and Eisenberg)
Best Screenplay: James Byrkit (Coherence)
Best Actor: Yorick van Wageningen (The Resurrection Of A Bastard)
Best Actress: Swantje Kohlhof (Nothing Bad Can Happen)
FANTASTIC FEATURES
Best Picture: The Congress (director Ari Folman)
Best Director: David Perrault (Our Heroes Died Tonight)
Best Screenplay: Ari Folman (The Congress)
Best Actor: Svein André Hofsø Myhre (Detective Downs)
Best Actress: Robin Wright (The Congress)
HORROR FEATURES
Best Picture: Afflicted (directors Derek Lee and Clif Prowse)
Best Screenplay: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse (Afflicted)
Best Director: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse (Afflicted)
Best Actor: Jason David Brown (Septic Man)
Best Actress: Julia Garner (We Are What We Are)
GUTBUSTER COMEDY FEATURES
Best Picture: Why Don’t You Play In Hell (director Sion Sono)
Best Director: Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play In Hell)
Best Screenplay: Kankurô Kudô (Maruyama The Middle Schooler)
Best Actor: Fuku Suzuki (Kid’s Police)
Best Actress: Qi Shu (Journey To the West: Conquering The Demon)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Best Picture: Jodorowsky’s Dune (director Frank Pavich)
Best Director: Shaul Schwarz (Narco Cultura)
SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS
Winner: Remember Me (director Jean-François Asselin)
Runner-up: Perfect Drug (director Toon Aerts)
FANTASTIC SHORTS
Winner: Beasts In The Real World (director Sol Friedman)
Runner-up: My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain (director Adam Hall)
DRAWN AND QUARTERED: ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: The Sad House (director Sofia Catalina Carrillo Ramírez)
Runner-up: Kick-Heart (director Masaaki Yuasa)
FANTASTIC ARCADE
Best In Show: Samurai Gunn (developed by Technopants)
First Look: ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ with Emile Hirsch
The tale of outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow comes to the small screen in Lifetime’s Bonnie & Clyde starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Holliday Grainger (Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina). 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde still holds up, but A&E Network is apparently aiming for a younger generation of viewers to catch on to the story with this version finding Hirsch and Grainger tackling the characters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway earned Oscar nominations for portraying.
Will this Bonnie & Clyde hold up equally as well as the ’60s version? No. Is it worth investing four hours of your time over two nights? Based on the trailer, the answer’s no. But there’s always a possibility the two-part movie is better than it appears in this first video clip.
The Plot:
Bonnie & Clyde retells the fascinating tale of the legendary couple whose crime spree enraptured the American public. Rumored to have a sixth sense to see events before they happened, Barrow was always able to stay one step ahead of the law as they escaped capture time and again. His one blind spot was Parker, who was intent on becoming famous and fed on the alluring media attention, pushing Barrow to commit riskier and more dangerous crimes to generate bigger headlines and make them the most famous criminals of the modern era.
Watch the trailer:
‘Dexter’ Ends With Record High Numbers
Just as expected, viewers tuned in in record numbers to say good-bye to our favorite killer of serial killers. Showtime’s Dexter aired its final episode after eight seasons on Sunday, September 22, 2013, and although there are rumors of a spin-off, we’ve now seen the last of many of the familiar faces from the Dexter universe.
The viewership for the series final set a new record for the series, with 2.8 million viewers at 9pm and 3.3 million overall for the night. And the eighth and final season was also the biggest ratings earner of the show’s run, capped by the series finale which became the show’s “highest-rated telecast ever and the biggest audience ever for an original episode in Showtime history.”
Just as we as viewers had to say good-bye to Dexter so did the cast of the popular, critically acclaimed series, putting together this farewell video and thanking the fans:
‘Eastbound & Down’ Season 4 October Episode Guide
HBO’s comedy series Eastbound & Down returns for its final season September 29, 2013, with Danny McBride back in the lead role and executive producing alongside Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay, and Stephanie Laing. The series picks up a few years after the end of season three and will find Kenny living the American Dream with his family in North Carolina.
Eastbound & Down October 2013 Episodes
Episode #23: “Chapter 23”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 6 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 6 (midnight), 7 (10:30 p.m.), 8 (10:30 p.m.), 9 (12:30 a.m.) and 11 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 10 (12:25 a.m.) and 12 (9:00 p.m., 2:00 a.m.)
Looking to reclaim the spoils of celebrity, Kenny (Danny McBride) visits Guy Young (Ken Marino) to discuss a career change. Kenny tries to convince Stevie (Steve Little) to rejoin the Powers team.
Written by Carson Mell, Jody Hill & Danny McBride; directed by Jody Hill.
Episode #24: “Chapter 24”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 13 (10:00-10:30 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 13 (midnight), 14 (11:00 p.m.), 15 (10:30 p.m.), 16 (12:30 a.m.) and 18 (11:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 17 (12:30 a.m.) and 19 (9:00 p.m., 2:45 a.m.)
Kenny treats family and friends to an overnight trip to the water park. A day of good clean fun gives way to an evening of debauchery.
Written by John Carcieri, Jody Hill & Danny McBride; directed by David Gordon Green.
Episode #25: “Chapter 25”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 20 (10:00-10:30 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 20 (midnight), 21 (3:15 a.m.), 22 (9:30 p.m.), 23 (12:30 a.m.) and 25 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 21 (11:40 p.m.), 24 (11:00 p.m.) and 26 (9:00 p.m., 2:30 a.m.)
Kenny follows through on a threat to Gene (Tim Heidecker). Stevie gets Kenny a charity to promote during Guy’s goodwill “dragon boat” race. Taking the lead from his dad, Toby (Steele Gagnon) tries to find the courage to feed his new pet.
Written by Justin Nowell, Jody Hill & Danny McBride; directed by David Gordon Green.
Episode #26: “Chapter 26”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 27 (10:00-10:30 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 27 (midnight), 28 (3:15 a.m.), 29 (10:30 p.m.) and 30 (12:30 a.m.), and Nov. 1 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 28 (12:55 a.m.) and 31 (11:55 p.m.), and Nov. 2 (9:00 p.m., 2:40 a.m.)
April (Katy Mixon) gets Kenny to agree to undergo couples therapy. Kenny and Stevie map out a new business venture designed to capitalize on Kenny’s soaring stock.
Written by Hayes Davenport, Jody Hill & Danny McBride; directed by Jody Hill.
Jake Gyllenhaal Earns the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award
Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman are currently teamed up on the screen in the dramatic thriller Prisoners directed by Denis Villeneuve, and it’s his performance in that film that’s earned him the Hollywood Supporting Actor award at the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards. Gyllenhaal will pick up the award at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony on October 21, 2013 in Beverly Hills, CA.
Hollywood Film Awards founder Carlos de Abreu made the announcement, stating: “We are thrilled to present the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award to Jake Gyllenhaal for his unforgettable performance in Prisoners. His is a truly compelling, subtly layered portrayal of a man tasked with the impossible and driven by the demons of his own past. Jake has given a myriad of outstanding performances throughout his career, but his work in Prisoners delivers a new level of complexity, as reflected in the rave reviews the film has received.”
Oscar nominee Gyllenhaal’s other credits include End of Watch, Source Code, Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko, Jarhead, Brothers, Zodiac, and October Sky. He’ll next be seen in Enemy, directed by Prisoners helmer Villeneuve, and has Nightcrawler and Everest in the works.
The Plot of Prisoners:
Prisoners is an edge-of-your-seat dramatic thriller that poses the question: How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover (Jackman) is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The best lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
Heading the investigation, Detective Loki (Gyllenhaal) arrests its driver, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads and pressure mounts, knowing his child’s life is at stake the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Syfy and Bryan Singer Teaming Up for ‘Creature at Bay’
Bryan Singer and his Bad Hat Productions will be working with Syfy on a new series called Creature at Bay. Syfy just announced the development of a 90-minute pilot script written by series creator John Cabrera and executive produced by Singer and Jason Taylor.
Other television projects produced by Singer’s production company include Mockingbird Lane, H+, and House M.D.. Feature film credits include the X-Men films, Superman Returns, Valkyrie, Jack the Giant Slayer, and The Wolverine.
The Plot:
In the wake of the US military taking down a giant, rampant creature – a modern-day “Kaiju” monster – just off the Northern California coast, a middle-management Undersecretary from the California Emergency Management Agency is charged with leading the clean-up efforts as the small town becomes the focus of the entire world.
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