Luke Bryan Tops the American Country Awards Nominee List

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October 11, 2012

Luke Bryan picked up seven nominations followed by Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown Band with six each for the 2012 American Country Awards. The 3rd Annual American Country Awards will take place on December 10, 2012 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and will live air on Fox (8pm-10pm ET). Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth are hosting the awards show.

New to this year’s awards competition is the Song of the Year category honoring the best Country songwriters.

Voting is now open at www.theacas.com. Fans can vote once per day, with voting closing on November 12, 2012.

American Country Awards Nominees:

ARTISTS

Artist of the Year

Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Lady Antebellum

Taylor Swift

Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year: Male

Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Kenny Chesney

Eric Church

Toby Keith

Artist of the Year: Female

Sara Evans

Miranda Lambert

Martina McBride

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

Artist of the Year: Group

The Band Perry

Eli Young Band

Lady Antebellum

Rascal Flatts

Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist

Lee Brice

Colt Ford

Gloriana

Justin Moore

Jake Owen

Artist of the Year: New Artist

Lauren Alaina

Hunter Hayes

Jana Kramer

Kip Moore

Pistol Annies

ALBUMS

Album of the Year

Dierks Bentley, “Home”

Luke Bryan, “tailgates & tanlines”

Eric Church, “Chief”

Lady Antebellum, “Own the Night”

Blake Shelton, “Red River Blue”

SINGLES

Single of the Year

Jason Aldean, “Tattoos On This Town”

Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night To End”

Eric Church, “Drink In My Hand”

Chris Young, “You”

Zac Brown Band, “Keep Me In Mind”

Single of the Year: Male

Jason Aldean, “Tattoos On This Town”

Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night To End”

Kenny Chesney, “Reality”

Eric Church, “Drink In My Hand”

Chris Young, “You”

Single of the Year: Female

Sara Evans, “My Heart Can’t Tell You No”

Miranda Lambert, “Over You”

Martina McBride, “I’m Gonna Love You Through It”

Taylor Swift, “Ours”

Carrie Underwood, “Good Girl”

Single of the Year: Group

Eli Young Band, “Even If It Breaks Your Heart”

Lady Antebellum, “We Owned The Night”

Rascal Flatts, “Banjo”

The Band Perry, “All Your Life”

Zac Brown Band, “Keep Me In Mind”

Single of the Year: New Artist

Hunter Hayes, “Wanted”

Jana Kramer, “Why Ya Wanna”

Dustin Lynch, “Cowboys and Angels”

Kip Moore, “Somethin’ ’Bout A Truck”

The Farm, “Home Sweet Home”

Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist

Lee Brice, “A Woman Like You”

Brantley Gilbert, “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do”

Gloriana, “(Kissed You) Good Night”

David Nail, “Let It Rain”

Jake Owen, “Alone With You”

Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration

Kix Brooks featuring Joe Walsh, “New To This Town”

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, “Feel Like A Rock Star”

Brad Paisley featuring Carrie Underwood, “Remind Me”

Rascal Flatts featuring Natasha Bedingfield, “Easy”

Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett, “Knee Deep”

TOURING

Touring Artist of the Year

Jason Aldean

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw

Eric Church

Toby Keith

Lady Antebellum

Miranda Lambert

Brad Paisley

Rascal Flatts

Taylor Swift

Zac Brown Band

VIDEOS

Music Video of the Year

Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night To End”

Jake Owen, “Alone With You”

Blake Shelton, “God Gave Me You”

Keith Urban, “For You”

Chris Young, “You”

Music Video of the Year: Male

Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night to End”

Jake Owen, “Alone With You”

Blake Shelton, “God Gave Me You”

Keith Urban, “For You”

Chris Young, “You”

Music Video of the Year: Female

Sara Evans, “My Heart Can’t Tell You No”

Miranda Lambert, “Over You”

Martina McBride, “I’m Gonna Love You Through It”

Taylor Swift, “Ours”

Carrie Underwood, “Good Girl”

Music Video of the Year: Group or Collaboration

Gloriana, “(Kissed You) Good Night”

Lady Antebellum, “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”

Little Big Town, “Pontoon”

Love and Theft, “Angel Eyes”

The Band Perry, “All Your Life”

Music Video of the Year: New Artist

Hunter Hayes, “Wanted”

Casey James, “Let’s Don’t Call It A Night”

Jana Kramer, “Why You Wanna”

Dustin Lynch, “Cowboys and Angels”

Kip Moore, “Somethin’ ’Bout A Truck”

Song of the Year:

Trace Adkins, “Just Fishin’” (Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell and Ed Hill)

Jason Aldean, “Fly Over States,” (Michael Dulaney and Neil Thrasher)

Jason Aldean, “Tattoos On This Town” (Michael Dulaney, Wendell Mobley and Neil Thrasher)

Lee Brice, “A Woman Like You” (Phil Barton, Johnny Bulford and Jon Stone)

Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, “You And Tequila” (Matraca Berg and Deana Carter)

Eric Church, “Springsteen” (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell)

Ronnie Dunn, “Cost of Livin’” (Phillip Coleman and Ronnie Dunn)

Eli Young Band, “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” (Will Hoge and Eric Paslay)

Toby Keith, “Red Solo Cup” (Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, Brad Warren and Brett Warren)

Tim McGraw, “Better Than I Used to Be” (Ashley Gorley and Bryan Simpson)

Source: Fox, American Country Awards

**New Django Unchained Trailer**

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Rebecca Murray

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October 11, 2012

The Weinstein Company has unleashed a new trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Western, Django Unchained, arriving in theaters on Christmas Day (because there’s nothing quite like a Tarantino movie to get us in the holiday mood, correct?). The new trailer focuses on Jamie Foxx as Django, Christoph Waltz as a bounty hunter, and Leonardo DiCaprio as an evil – and powerful – plantation owner, but we also see a little Kerry Washington thrown in as well as Samuel L. Jackson and Jonah Hill.

Watch the trailer:

The Plot:

Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive.

Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South’s most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.

Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award®-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of “Candyland,” an infamous plantation. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival…

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 5 Episode 3 Clip

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Rebecca Murray

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October 11, 2012

A scene from Star Wars: Clone Wars Season 5 Episode 3 - Photo © Lucasfilm

Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode three of season five debuts on October 13, 2012 at 9:30am on Cartoon Network with the rebels picking a new leader. In support of the episode’s upcoming premiere, the network has revealed a new clip from season five’s third episode.

The Plot: Supervised by Ahsoka, the Onderon rebels infiltrate the capital and carry out a series of strikes on targets throughout the city. As the Separatist-aligned king comes under increasing pressure to deal with the growing rebellion, the rebels choose a new leader in “Front Runners,” airing this Saturday.

Episode Trivia:
· As is evident in this episode, the design of Iziz draws heavily from ancient Rome. King Sanjay Rash’s design heavily features Roman influences, included a headband that suggest gilded laurel leaves at his temples.
· The look of the Onderon rebels are very much inspired by the look of the commandos in Return of the Jedi.
· The droid watchtower seen in Iziz resembles a similar platform used by Rebel sentries on Yavin 4 in Star Wars, except these are elevated by repulsorlift technology as opposed to mounted on a physical stalk.

Watch the Star Wars: The Clone Wars clip:

**Retro Trailer for The Canyons with Lindsay Lohan**

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Rebecca Murray

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October 11, 2012

Porn star James Deen stars opposite Lindsay Lohan in The Canyons from writer Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) and director Paul Schrader (Auto Focus). And yeah, it’s Lohan and a porn star in a completely retro trailer. I have nothing else to say about this.

The Plot:

It’s not The Hills… THE CANYONS is a contemporary L.A. noir from director Paul Schrader, writer Bret Easton Ellis, and producer Braxton Pope about the dangers of sexual obsession and ambition, both personally and professionally, among a group of young people in their 20’s and how one chance meeting connected to the past unravels all of their lives, resulting in deceit, paranoia, cruel mind games and ultimately violence.

Watch the trailer:

**Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln Q&A**

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Rebecca Murray

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October 10, 2012

Yahoo Movies is hosting a Q&A with Lincoln director Steven Spielberg and star Daniel Day-Lewis in which fans can tweet questions about the film using the hashtag #LincolnMovie. Spielberg and Day-Lewis will be sitting down to answer questions following a screening of the much-anticipated Lincoln biopic which also stars Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

The Q&A is taking place at 6:35pm PT on October 10, 2012.

The Plot:

Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Lincoln hits theaters in limited release on November 9, 2012, expanding on November 16th.

Natalie Merchant Supports Hole in the Wall Gang Camp with a Sing-A-Long

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October 10, 2012

In celebration and support of the 25th anniversary of Paul Newman’s The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Natalie Merchant and director McG have put together a new “Wonder” music video recorded at the camp in Ashford, Connecticut. Merchant participated in a special sing-a-long version of her 1996 hit “Wonder” and performed it along with campers this past summer.

McG shot the video which features campers singing and talking about what the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp means to them. The video also includes clips of founder/iconic actor Paul Newman.

Unveiling the video, CEO James H. Canton said, “Natalie Merchant has given us a great gift with this song. And McG’s music video is a beautiful snapshot of our mission: to give these kids so much love and acceptance that they leave Camp with a smile, knowing how beautiful and special they are. It is a powerful, moving and uplifting tribute as we begin our 25th anniversary and we can’t thank Natalie Merchant and McG enough for capturing Paul’s dream so beautifully.”

“Paul Newman was a visionary and I feel extremely honored that I was asked to be part of this celebration. The work the Camp does is phenomenal,” said Natalie Merchant. “For years, I’ve been told by parents of kids with special needs and medical staff and children themselves that ‘Wonder’ has become an anthem for sick kids. So I know the healing power of the song. I am delighted to add my voice to all the love, camaraderie and sharing that goes on at Camp. Paul really did it so well. The Camp is a magical place.”

About the Camp:

In 1988, Paul Newman opened The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut so that children coping with serious illnesses could have a special hideout where they could simply be kids. The Camp, which served 288 campers its first year, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012-13 with 20,000 children and family members now experiencing “a different kind of healing” annually. Each year, 2,500 are served onsite and 19,000 visits by the Hospital Outreach Program bring the fun and friendship of Camp into more than 20 sites throughout the Northeast – all free of charge.

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is celebrating this milestone with events and initiatives that will gather the Camp family together and invite new friends to support Paul Newman’s dream.

**USA Announces the Psych Season 7 Return Date**

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Rebecca Murray

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October 10, 2012

Psych Season 7 Cast — Corbin Bernsen as Henry Spencer, Tim Omundson as Carlton Lassiter, Kirsten Nelson as Chief Karen Vick, Maggie Lawson as Juliet O'Hara, Dule Hill as Burton "Gus" Guster, James Roday as Shawn Spencer -- USA Network Photo: Williams & Hirakawa

USA Network will be bringing the popular series Psych back for its seven season on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 10pm. Season seven will consist of 16 new one-hour episodes including the 100th episode and a two-hour musical. Yes, the musical is actually coming our way in 2013.

USA has big plans for the 100th episode, with past guest stars Garrett Morris, Steve Valentine and Tears for Fears’ Curt Smith returning for the special episode. The 100th episode will also feature a mini reunion of 1985 movie Clue cast members, as Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren and Martin Mull will be involved in the story. And PSYCH: The Musical will find the entire cast, as well as Barry Bostwick, Brooke Lyons, and Anthony Rapp, singing original songs by show creator Steve Franks.

The Plot:

Psych stars James Roday as police consultant Shawn Spencer who solves crimes with powers of observation so acute the precinct detectives think he’s psychic. Dulé Hill stars as Shawn’s best friend and reluctant sidekick Gus, Corbin Bernsen as Shawn’s disapproving father, who ironically honed his son’s “observation” skills as a child, Timothy Omundson as Detective Lassiter, Maggie Lawson as Detective Juliet O’Hara, Kirsten Nelson as Chief Vick and Kurt Fuller recurs as “Woody” the coroner.

Season seven will explore Gus’ personal life, feature the wedding of one of the main characters and deliver new ‘Psych-isms’ crafted for the series’ legions of devoted fans, affectionately known as PSYCH-O’s. Parminder Nagra will recur as Gus’ girlfriend, exposing his romantic side and creating jealousy with Shawn. Additional guests include Katy Mixon, Garcelle Beauvais, Jeffrey Tambor, WWE’s Big Show, as well as the return of Cybill Shepherd and Kristy Swanson.

Source: USA Network

Willie Geist Will Co-Host ‘Today’

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Rebecca Murray

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October 10, 2012

NBC confirmed Willie Geist has signed on as co-host of the 9am hour of Today as of November 12, 2012. Today executive producer Jim Bell made the official announcement, stating: “We are thrilled to add Willie to the Today team. He brings a solid news background with a keen sense of creativity and humor. From politics to pop culture, Willie is a skilled and versatile reporter who will make a great addition at 9 a.m. and contribute to the entire broadcast.”

Geist will continue to as a co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe and as a contributor to NBC News programs and the NBC Sports Group.

**Signed Frankie Go Boom Poster Caption Contest**

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Rebecca Murray

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October 10, 2012

Frankie Go Boom Poster — '3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom' Poster Courtesy of Variance Films

Sons-of-Anarchy.net is hosting a caption contest in support of the October 12, 2012 theatrical release of 3,2,1…Frankie Go Boom. For those who haven’t caught on to Frankie yet – catch it on Video-on-Demand if it’s not in a theater near you – it stars Charlie Hunnam (‘Jax Teller’) and Ron Perlman (‘Clay Morrow’) from SoA playing characters unlike anything you’ve seen them do before.

In order to qualify for a shot at winning a poster signed by Hunnam, Perlman, Lizzy Caplan, and Jordan Roberts, visit www.sons-of-anarchy.net, take a look at the photo featured from 3,2,1…Frankie Go Boom, and enter a caption. The best caption wins the autographed poster. You have to live in the US to enter and the contest ends on October 16th.

Good luck!

The Frankie Go Boom Plot:

Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated by his brother Bruce — usually on film — his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life around, things should be different. They are not.

—Posted by Rebecca Murray

**First Look: Hitchcock Trailer and Poster**

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Rebecca Murray

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October 10, 2012

Fox Searchlight is showing off the first trailer from Hitchcock, the dramatic biopic heading to theaters on November 23, 2012. Not to be confused with HBO’s The Girl (a different take on Hitchcock starring Toby Jones as the iconic filmmaker), this Hitchcock story stars Sir Anthony Hopkins as the iconic director, James D’Arcy as Anthony Perkins and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh. Directed by Sacha Gervasi, Fox Searchlight’s setting this one up as a possible Oscar-contender.

The Plot:

Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock’s seminal movie Psycho.

The cast also includes Helen Mirren, Danny Huston, Toni Collette, Jessica Biel, Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Wincott, Richard Portnow, and Kurtwood Smith.

Watch the trailer:

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Luke Bryan Tops the American Country Awards Nominee List

American Country Awards Nominees:

**New Django Unchained Trailer**

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 5 Episode 3 Clip

Watch the Star Wars: The Clone Wars clip:

**Retro Trailer for The Canyons with Lindsay Lohan**

**Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln Q&A**

Natalie Merchant Supports Hole in the Wall Gang Camp with a Sing-A-Long

**USA Announces the Psych Season 7 Return Date**

Willie Geist Will Co-Host ‘Today’

**Signed Frankie Go Boom Poster Caption Contest**

**First Look: Hitchcock Trailer and Poster**

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