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Imagine Dragons is #2 and Proud of It

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Rebecca Murray
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Imagine Dragons Night VisionsImagine Dragons’ first full-length album, Night Visions, has made its debut on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart in the #2 spot. And, according to Interscope Records, their first week sales of 83,213 copies has been the best by any new rock bank in six years.
 
Night Visions follows the group’s EP Continued Silence and features the popular single, “It’s Time,” which Darren Criss will sing on the season four premiere episode of Glee on September 13th. In addition to its appearance on Glee, the song is featured in The Perks of Being a Wallflower trailer.
 
“It’s Time” is just getting released to Top 40 radio stations and has already sold 500,000 copies.
 

Imagine Dragons’ Night Visions Track List:

1. Radioactive
2. Tiptoe
3. It’s Time
4. Demons
5. On Top of the World
6. Amsterdam
7. Hear Me
8. Every Night
9. Bleeding Out
10. Underdog
11. Nothing Left to Say / Rocks
12. Working Man (iTunes bonus track)
13. Fallen (iTunes bonus track)
 
Source: Interscope Records
 
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
 

Behind the Scenes of Spartacus: War of the Damned

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Rebecca Murray
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The final season of Starz’ critically acclaimed Spartacus series won’t debut until January 2013, however Starz is offering up a sneak peek behind the scenes now with this video tour of the New Zealand set. Spartacus: War of the Damned stars Liam McIntyre and Dustin Clare along with creator Steven S. DeKnight and executive producer Rob Tapert give viewers an inside look at the different locations featured in this upcoming final season.
 
The Plot:
 
Spartacus: War of the Damned takes place following the defeat of Roman commander Gaius Claudius Glaber. Spartacus and his men have amassed major victories against the Romans after the Battle of Vesuvius. These victories have not only forged the legend of Spartacus, but have greatly increased the ranks of the rebellion slaves to more than 30,000. Rome is indeed beginning to tremble at the threat Spartacus now represents.
 
The cast also includes Manu Bennett (Crixus), Dan Feuerriegel (Agron), Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Naevia) and Ellen Hollman (Saxa), Todd Lasance (Gaius Julius Caesar), Simon Merrells (Marcus Crassus) and Anna Hutchison (Laeta).
 
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Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition Gets a Premiere Date

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Rebecca Murray
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Judge Robin Antin, judge Richard Jackson, and lead judge Abby Lee Miller
(L to R) Judge Robin Antin, judge Richard Jackson, and lead judge Abby Lee Miller from the first season of Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, premiering Tuesday, October 9, at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime. Photo by Courtesy of Lifetime Copyright 2012

As a huge fan of Dance Moms (although I wouldn’t want to actually be stuck in a room with any of the ‘moms’), I’m really looking forward to Abby Lee Miller’s new series. Miller will be the lead judge on the new Lifetime reality series, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, premiering on October 9, 2012 at 9pm. Joining Miller on the judging panel will be Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin and choreographer Richard Jackson.
 
12 young dancers between the ages of six and 13 will be showcased on the series. The winner of the new 10-episode dance competition will receive $100,000 and a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School.
 
Before the series kicks off at 9pm, Lifetime will air a special at 8pm focusing on the competition’s dancers as well as their moms (please let them not be crazy!) and the judges.
 
The Details [Courtesy of Lifetime]:
 
Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition will begin by following a dozen aspiring dancers who will learn new routines and compete in a number of challenges designed to test their skills when they perform before Miller, Antin and Jackson, as well as a live audience, at the historic Los Angeles Theatre. Along the way, each competitor will be accompanied and coached by his or her own mother, who will make critical training, costume, music and choreographic decisions for their child while also navigating the precarious waters of the other highly competitive parents. As Miller, Antin and Jackson must make the sometimes easy and other times difficult decision to eliminate one dancer each week, the intense on stage competition and stakes between dancers and mothers increase throughout the season – culminating with a finale performance that assuredly will change the winning dancer’s life forever.
 
Source: Lifetime
 
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
 

Surfer Tom Curren Delivering Summerland Road in October

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Rebecca Murray
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Tom Curren Summerland RoadThree-time world champion surfer Tom Curren will be releasing his debut EP on October 16, 2012 with Summerland Road. The four song EP was recorded in LA and was produced by John Alagia who’s previously worked with Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz, and John Mayer.
 
Discussing his approach to songwriting, Curren stated: “I try to write songs that I would want to listen to, incorporating different musical styles. It’s a challenge to write songs that are accessible and still make them distinctive. I want to make music that has a positive impact. I try to be positive, and realistic about what I’m writing about.”
 
Curren’s played the drums, guitar, and even the ukulele from an early age and after a successful surfing career, he turned his full attention to music at age 26. His years surfing helped inform his musical stylings, and his influences also include jazz, acoustic guitar melodies, and African music.
 
For more info on Summerland Road, visit www.tomcurren.com.
 
Source: Tom Curren
 

Hotel Transylvania – Photos, Trailer, and Cast

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Rebecca Murray
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Hotel Transylvania Movie Photo
Mavis (Selena Gomez), Griffin the Invisible Man (David Spade), Wayne (Steve Buscemi), Wanda (Molly Shannon), Murray the Mummy (Cee Lo Green), Dracula (Adam Sandler) and Frank (Kevin James). PHOTO BY: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation

Featuring the Voices of: Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez [full cast list under the ‘Cast’ tab]
Directed By: Genndy Tartakovsky
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Genre: Animated comedy
Running Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some rude humor, action, and scary images
News: Adam Sandler joins Hotel Transylvania
Review: Read the full review
 
Official Synopsis: Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of his best friends – Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf family, and more – to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis’s 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem – but everything could change for the overprotective dad when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.
 
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Adam Sandler – ‘Dracula’
Selena Gomez – ‘Mavis’
Kevin James – ‘Frankenstein’
Andy Samberg – ‘Jonathan’
Fran Drescher – ‘Eunice’
Steve Buscemi – ‘Wayne’
Molly Shannon – ‘Wanda’
David Spade – ‘Griffin’
CeeLo Green – ‘Murray’
Brian George – ‘Quasimodo’
Chris Parnell – ‘Fly’
Rob Riggle – ‘Skeleton Husband’
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Cartoon Network Says Yes to Two New Series

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Rebecca Murray
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Finn, Jake, and Princesses in Adventure Time
Finn, Jake, and Princesses in 'Adventure Time' - Photo Courtesy of Cartoon Network
Adventure Time writer/storyboard artist Rebecca Sugar and Emmy nominee Pete Browngardt have been given the greenlight by Cartoon Network to move ahead on two new animated shows. Sugar’s Steven Universe and Browngardt’s Uncle Grandpa were created as part of the “shorts development initiative” at Cartoon Network Studios and are both in pre-production. Cartoon Network’s aiming for a 2013 premiere of the two new series.
 
“Steven Universe and Uncle Grandpa will build upon our record-breaking streak with original programming, and further define the voice for Cartoon Network Studios comedies,” said Cartoon Network Chief Content Officer Rob Sorcher. “Rebecca and Pete represent our next generation of homegrown talent, following Pen Ward and JG Quintel who set a high bar with their distinctive visual storytelling and unique comedic styles.”
 
Per Cartoon Network: “Steven Universe is a coming-of-age story told from the perspective of Steven, the youngest member of a team of magical Guardians of the Universe.”
 
Uncle Grandpa is “based upon the Emmy®-nominated short of the same name and follows the exploits of Uncle Grandpa—everyone in the world’s “magical’ uncle and grandpa.”
 
In other news, according to the network this summer was their most-watched in history.
 
Source: Cartoon Network
 

Fifty Shades of Grey Gets a Soundtrack

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Rebecca Murray
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Fifty Shades of Grey The Classical AlbumIt’ll soon be made into a feature film but for now you can enjoy your Fifty Shades of Grey book along with a classical soundtrack selected by the book’s author. E.L. James. EMI Classics just unveiled Fifty Shades of Grey – The Classical Album including 15 tracks that are referenced in James’ Fifty Shades book trilogy.
 
Sir Simon Rattle, King’s College Choir, and Alexandre Tharaud are featured on the album, as well as The Tallis Scholars performing “Spem in Alium” (mentioned in the first book).
 

I am thrilled that the classical pieces that inspired me while I wrote the Fifty Shades Trilogy are being brought together in one collection for all lovers of the books to enjoy.” – E L James

Fifty Shades of Grey – The Classical Album Track List:

1. Lakmé (Act I) (1987 Digital Remaster): Flower Duet – Mady Mesplé/Danielle Millet/Orchestre du Théâtre National de I’Opéra-Comique/Alain Lombard
 
2. Keyboard Concerto in D Minor BWV 974: II Adagio – Alexandre Tharaud/Les Violins du Roy/Bernard Labadie
 
3. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (for soprano and 8 cellos): I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio – Barbara Hendricks/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Bátiz
 
4. La traviata: Preludio – Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
 
5. Canon in D (1997 – Remaster) – Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
 
6. Spem in Alium – Peter Phillips & The Tallis Scholars
 
7. Prélude No.4 en mi mineur Op.28 (Remasterisé en 1995) – Samson François
 
8. Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18: II. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt) – Cécile Ousset/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
 
9. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening) (1985 Digital Remaster) – London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
 
10. Chants d’Auvergne: Baïlèro (Series 1, No.2) – Arleen Augér/English Chamber Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier
 
11. Nocturne No.1 en si bémol mineur Op.9 No.1 (Remasterisé en 1995) – Samson François
 
12. Requiem, Op.48: In Paradisum – King’s College Choir, Cambridge/English Chamber Orchestra/José-Luis Garcia/Peter Barley/Stephen Cleobury
 
13. Aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – Maria Tipo
 
14. La fille aux cheveux de lin from Préludes Book I – Dame Moura Lympany
 
15. Cantata No. 147, ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’ BWV147: Choral: Jesu bleibe meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man’s desiring) – Alexis Weissenberg
 
Source: EMI Classics
 

First Look: ‘A Late Quartet’ Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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eOne Films just released the trailer for A Late Quartet, a dramatic film which world premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener, A Late Quartet is set to hit theaters on November 2, 2012.

The Plot:

A Late Quartet tells the story of a beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet who receives a life-changing diagnosis, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance: suppressed emotions, competing egos, and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th-anniversary concert, quite possibly their last, only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.

Inspired by and structured around Beethoven’s Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor, A Late Quartet pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York.

NOW That’s What I Call Music – The Christmas Edition

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Rebecca Murray
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NOW That's What I Call Christmas
Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, OneRepublic, and Carrie Underwood are among the artists contributing holiday songs to NOW That’s What I Call Today’s Christmas set for release September 25, 2012 (because nothing says ‘the winter holiday season’ like the end of September). Also featured on the upcoming Today’s Christmas release are Norah Jones, Sara Bareilles, Gavin Degraw, Mariah Carey, Selena Gomez & The Scene, Demi Lovato, Rascal Flatts, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Sugarland, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
 
The collection includes 18 holiday classics and original songs, all with a festive Christmas theme.
 

NOW That’s What I Call Today’s Christmas [CD, digital]

1. Carly Rae Jepsen Mittens
2. Justin Bieber Mistletoe
3. Train Shake Up Christmas
4. OneRepublic Christmas Without You
5. Coldplay Christmas Lights
6. Norah Jones It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
7. Sara Bareilles Love Is Christmas
8. Gavin Degraw The Christmas Song
9. Lady Gaga White Christmas – Live from “A Very Gaga Holiday”
10. Christina Aguilera Christmas Time
11. Mariah Carey Oh Santa!
12. Selena Gomez & The Scene Winter Wonderland
13. Demi Lovato Wonderful Christmastime
14. Rascal Flatts Jingle Bell Rock
15. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Please Come Home For Christmas
16. Carrie Underwood The First Noel
17. Sugarland Silent Night
18. Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 [Instrumental]
 
Source: EMI Music / Sony Music Entertainment / Universal Music Group
 

Congratulations Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer!

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Rebecca Murray
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Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer at the premiere of HBO's fifth season of True Blood.
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer at the premiere of HBO's fifth season of 'True Blood' - Photo © Richard Chavez
True Blood co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are now the proud parents of twins. In a statement issued to People, a rep for the celebrity couple confirmed the news. “The babies were born a few weeks early, but are in good health and both Mom and Dad are overjoyed,” said the unnamed source.
 
The babies are the first for Paquin, and the first for the couple. Moyer has two children from previous relationships.
 
Paquin and Moyer met while working on HBO’s sexy vampire series and were married in August 2010.
 
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
 

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