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History’s in Production on Bonnie & Clyde

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Rebecca Murray
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The History Channel LogoThe History and Lifetime miniseries Bonnie & Clyde has gone into production in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger take on the title roles in the series which is being directed by two-time Oscar® nominee Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Breaker Morant). The miniseries also features Holly Hunter as Emmy Parker (Bonnie’s mother) and William Hurt as Frank Hamer (a Texas Ranger who pursues the Barrow gang). Bonnie & Clyde marks the reunion of Hunter and Hurt who previously worked together in 1987’s Broadcast News.
 
The cast also includes Sarah Hyland as Blanche Barrow, Lane Garrison as Clyde’s brother, Elizabeth Reaser as writer P.J. Lane, Austin Hebert as lawman Ted Hinton, and Dale Dickey as Clyde’s mother.
 
History’s Bonnie & Clyde is planned as a two-night event running a total of four hours.
 
A+E Networks President of Entertainment and Media Nancy Dubuc offered this take on the Bonnie and Clyde story: “Love and bullets are such a dangerous combination – and the basis of fascinating storytelling. The legendary journey of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow took America by storm during the 1930s and eight decades later they continue to captivate, creating an unprecedented opportunity to deliver an amazing story to both our powerhouse networks HISTORY and Lifetime.”
 
The Plot:
 
Bonnie & Clyde retells the fascinating tale of the couple whose crime spree enraptured the American public. Rumored to have a sixth-sense power 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, fed on the alluring media attention and pushed Barrow to commit riskier and more dangerous crimes to generate bigger headlines and make them the most famous criminals of the modern era.
 
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The Vampire Diaries’ Joseph Morgan Stars in Warhouse

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Rebecca Murray
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Warhouse Poster

…which I keep reading and typing as Warhorse – and this is not that epic Steven Spielberg production.

XLrator Media has just announced they’ve purchased the US rights to Warhouse, a psychological thriller starring The Vampire Diaries‘ Joseph Morgan. Luke Massey wrote and directed the drama, which also stars Matt Ryan and William Troughton.

Announcing the acquisition, XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon stated: “We are thrilled to be working with the incredibly talented team of Luke Massey and Joseph Morgan. Those who only know Joseph from The Vampire Diaries will be blown away by his mesmerizing performance in Warhouse. He’s one of the brightest young actors working today.”

The Plot: The story follows Royal Marine A.J. Budd (Morgan) who awakens in a mysterious house. Trapped alone in an unchanging prison of unbreakable routines and fighting for his life against grotesque inhuman opponents, he must kill every day or die himself. As days stretch into years, the isolation and unceasing violence threaten his very soul. The only note of hope lies in the journals of a former prisoner, WWI officer Lieutenant Edward Sterling (Ryan), which he discovers behind a secret wall.

Sterling’s diaries help the young Marine stay alive in the forsaken prison. But what dark fate befell their author? The stories of the two men from different eras interweave as their desperation to escape the “Warhouse” and its endless killing leads them both to take terrible measures.

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‘Glee’s Darren Criss Announces 2013 Summer Tour

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Rebecca Murray
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Darren Criss Listen Up

Glee‘s Darren Criss will be heading out on his first solo tour in support of his upcoming solo album, with the singer/actor just announcing the series of concert dates via Facebook and his official site. Criss will kick off his Listen Up tour on May 29, 2013 in San Francisco, promising a mix of old and new songs.

Taking to Twitter, Criss said, “I’m proud to say I’m going on tour this Summer!!! Full band. New music. Old music. Let’s do this. …” – @DarrenCriss

Darren Criss Listen Up 2013 Tour Dates

5/29 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
5/30 Los Angeles, CA @ The House of Blues
5/31 Anaheim, CA @ The House of Blues
6/3 Dallas, TX @ The House of Blues
6/4 Houston, TX @ The House of Blues
6/6 Nashville, TN @ The Cannery Ballroom
6/7 Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre
6/8 Chicago, IL @ The House of Blues
6/10 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
6/12 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
6/13 Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theatre / Sonic Lunch
6/14 Cleveland, OH @ The House of Blues
6/27 New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
6/28 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
6/29 Boston, MA @ The House of Blues
6/30 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

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New Artist Spotlight: Tate Stevens

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Tate Stevens Artist Profile
Tate Stevens - Photographer: Jeff Lipsky

Tate Stevens’ triumph on Season 2 of The X Factor confirms that Country Music is stronger than ever. More important, it heralds the arrival of a performer whose music is in step with what America wants to hear.

On his self-titled upcoming Syco Music/RCA Nashville debut, Stevens flaunts a raw vocal power. This Missouri native and onetime construction worker has clearly lived the life he sings about. When it comes to connecting to the real world of his fans, this ability to project from real experience can’t be learned in a classroom.

There’s plenty of humor in his delivery too. Whether giving a friend advice on the how to treat women right (“That’s How You Get the Girl,” written by Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip and Rivers Rutherford) or joking about being distracted from his work by a pretty young thing (“Can’t Get Nothin’ Done,” by Stevens, Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby and Phil O’Donnell), he comes across more as a good-time pal than a star on the rise. But when called on to deliver a ballad with intensity and drama on his first single, “Power of a Love Song” (Jeremy Bussey, Bradley Gaskin and Marcus Franklin Johnson), he can go toe-to-toe in the spotlight with anyone else.

IN HIS OWN WORDS

MUSICAL HERO

“Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie.”

CD IN YOUR STEREO

“Randy Houser’s How Country Feels.”

SONG YOU SING IN THE SHOWER

“’I’m Too Sexy’ … ha ha!”

FAVORITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

“Pickup truck.”

ACTOR TO PORTRAY YOU IN A BIOPIC

“It’s a tie between Brad Pitt and Channing Tatum!”

MOMENT YOU’D LIKE TO RELIVE

“The day both my kids were born.”

FAVORITE FOOD ON THE ROAD

“Hot tamales.”

FIRST GIG

“It was in 1995, at the Red Rover club in Clarksville, Tenn. It went great – I was hooked!”

SOMETHING WE’D NEVER GUESS ABOUT YOU

“I’m terrified of spiders of any size.”

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




‘Thor: The Dark World’ Drops a Teaser Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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It’s here! Just days after the release of the first official poster Thor: The Dark World is showing off a teaser trailer. Chris Hemsworth returns in the lead role, and in this teaser trailer we see that the world has indeed taken a turn for the worse.

The teaser finds Thor reuniting with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), engaging in battles with enemies, and forming an uneasy but necessary alliance with his brother.

In addition to Hemsworth and Portman, Thor: The Dark World stars Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Alan Taylor, this Thor sequel opens in theaters on November 8, 2013.

Thor: The Dark World Poster

The Plot:

Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness.

Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.




Star Trek Into Darkness Clip – What Would Spock Do?

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Rebecca Murray
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Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and the crew are forced into making a difficult, possibly life-ending decision in this new clip from Star Trek Into Darkness. Directed by JJ Abrams, the cast includes Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Peter Weller.
 
The Plot:
 
In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of The Enterprise is called back home to Earth. In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads his crew on a manhunt to capture an unstoppable force of destruction and bring those responsible to justice.
 
As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
 
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First Look: Halle Berry as Storm

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Rebecca Murray
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Halle Berry as Storm
Halle Berry as Storm - Photo Courtesy of Bryan Singer via Twitter

Halle Berry’s pregnancy isn’t keeping her from getting back into mutant mode. Director Bryan Singer just tweeted this photo of the Oscar-winning actress in costume as Storm in the upcoming X-Men movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past.

The costume’s a new look for Storm, as is the shorter hair, but Halle still looks like she’s in fighting shape.

In addition to Berry, the cast includes Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, and Daniel Cudmore.

X-Men: Days of Future Past opens in theaters on July 18, 2014.

The Plot:

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class, in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

Fast and Furious 6 – An Inside Look

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Rebecca Murray
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Universal Pictures is recognizing the fact they’re only seven days out from the advance ticket sale opening date for Fast and Furious 6 by releasing a behind-the-scenes featurette. The new video features cast members Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Luke Evans, and Michelle Rodriguez, as well as director Justin Lin, talking about the characters and story.
 
The Plot:
 
Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian’s (Paul Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.
 
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Harrison Ford Doesn’t Talk About Star Wars

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Rebecca Murray
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But he does discuss Ender’s Game…
 
Harrison Ford was among this year’s group of actors selected by the National Association of Theatre Owners to receive awards during their annual gathering in Las Vegas. Ford was selected as this year’s recipient of the CinemaCon® Lifetime Achievement Award and prior to picking up his award during a gala held at Caesar’s Palace, he talked to us about Ender’s Game, the appeal of the project, working with the young cast, and the box office success of 42. What he absolutely wouldn’t discuss was anything to do with Star Wars.
 
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Mario Lopez Will Return to ‘The X Factor’

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Rebecca Murray
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Mario Lopez
Mario Lopez (Photo Credit: Kwaku Alston / Copyright: FOX)

It appears that, at least for now, Mario Lopez will be going it solo when it comes time to host the next season of The X Factor. Lopez is returning to the singing competition series, but it will be without his co-host from last year, Khloe Kardashian.

Kardashian didn’t exactly win over X Factor fans last year, so it’s not much of a surprise that only one of the show’s hosts was invited to return.

And thus far, Fox has only confirmed two judges: Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato.

Commenting on returning for his second season, Lopez said, “I’m looking forward to returning to X Factor team. We’re coming back stronger and better than ever, and I’m excited to check out all the new talent.”

“I’m thrilled Mario is back for Season Three of X Factor,” added Cowell. “Hosting a live show and keeping the judges – especially Demi – in line, is not an easy job, but Mario is a pro and we are glad he’s coming back.”

Auditions for The X Factor‘s third season are currently underway. The next stop on the open auditions schedule is set for April 25th at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island, NY.

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