After 11 grueling weeks of competition on The Glee Project, it all came down to the final episode in which Aylin Bayramoglu, Ali Stroker and Blake Jenner had to perform their homework assignment – “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from Hairspray. Mentor Chris Colfer who plays Kurt Hummel on Glee was there to help them out, and all of this season’s eliminated contestants came back and sang Hot Chelle Rae’s “Tonight Tonight” as part of the main challenge.
The winner of season two of The Glee Project nabbed a seven episode arc on the musical comedy/drama series on Fox. So, who won? Ready for it… 19 year old Blake Jenner. The Miami, Florida teen performed “I’ll Be” by Edwin McCain as his ‘last chance performance song’ and wowed the judges including Ryan Murphy, on-air mentors Robert Ulrich, Zach Woodlee and Nikki Anders, Glee co-creator and writer, Ian Brennan, and some of Glee‘s core writing staff.
Jenner, who’s never taken a singing lesson, has always wanted to be an actor. His guest-starring arc on Glee will take place during the fourth season of the series.
Source: Fox
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
The Glee Project Season 2 Has a Winner
So Gets a Remastered Release and Peter Gabriel Tour News
Peter Gabriel’s critically acclaimed 1986 album, So, will be reissued in a remastered form to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its release. The album’s already sold more than 5 million copies, with the remastered So set to drop on October 23, 2012 in various formats [see below for details].
Gabriel will be out on the road on his North American ‘Back To Front’ tour beginning in September. He’ll be performing So in its entirety during the 16-city tour, bringing in some of the same musicians from his 1987 So tour to help him perform the album from start to finish.
Peter Gabriel: So (25th Anniversary Edition) [CD, digital]
– Original album, remastered:
1. Red Rain
2. Sledgehammer
3. Don’t Give Up (with Kate Bush)
4. That Voice Again
5. Mercy Street
6. Big Time
7. We Do What We’re Told (Miligram’s 37)
8. This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
9. In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel: So (25th Anniversary Special Edition) [3CD, digital]
CD 1 – Original album, remastered (tracklist above)
CDs 2 & 3 – ‘Live In Athens 1987‘:
— This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
— San Jacinto
— Shock The Monkey
— Family Snapshot
— Intruder
— Games Without Frontiers
— No Self Control
— Mercy Street
— The Family And The Fishing Net
— Don’t Give Up
— Solsbury Hill
— Lay Your Hands On Me
— Sledgehammer
— Here Comes The Flood
— In Your Eyes
— Biko
Peter Gabriel: So (25th Anniversary Deluxe, Limited Edition) [4CD/2DVD/LP/12″ box set]
CD 1 – Original album, remastered (tracklist above)
CDs 2 & 3 – ‘Live In Athens 1987’ (tracklist above)
CD 4 – ‘So DNA’ (work-in-progress song drafts; track sequence is the same as the So CD tracklist)
DVD 1 – ‘Live In Athens 1987’ concert film + 5.1 surround audio mix (tracklist above)
DVD 2 – ‘So: Classic Album’ documentary
LP – Original album, remastered and re-sequenced [180-gram vinyl]
12-inch AA Vinyl Single:
— Courage
— Sagrada
— Don’t Give Up (alternative version – Piano and Bvox Mix)
Peter Gabriel ‘Back To Front’ Tour
SEPTEMBER
16 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
18 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
19 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
21 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
23 Wantaugh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach
24 Boston, MA TD Garden
26 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
27 Chicago, IL United Centre
30 Denver, CO Red Rocks
OCTOBER
2 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
5 Las Vegas, NV Planet Hollywood Showroom
6 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
8 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino
9 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara County Bowl
13 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
14 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
Source: Real World Records/EMI
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
The Last Stand Trailer Shows Arnold Back in Action
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in the action drama The Last Stand, Korean director Kim Jee-woon’s US feature film debut. Also starring Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, Rodrigo Santoro, Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman and Jaimie Alexander, The Last Stand is set to hit theaters on January 18, 2013.
The Plot:
After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow. Cortez’ path: straight through Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement, including Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) will have their final opportunity to intercept him before the violent fugitive slips across the border forever.
At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately rallies his team and takes the matter into his own hands, setting the stage for a classic showdown.
Watch the trailer:
“Midnight Run” Music Video – ‘Lawless’
Willie Nelson’s previously unreleased track, “Midnight Run,” will be featured in the dramatic film Lawless starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Clarke, and Guy Pearce. Nelson’s song is included on the movie’s soundtrack set for release on August 28, 2012 by Sony Music, and he’ll be appearing on August 25th at the Alamo Draft House in Austin for a special advance screening to show his support of the film.
Directed by John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road) from a script by Nick Cave, The Weinstein Company’s Lawless hits theaters on August 31st.
“You see Lawless and you hear the music Nick Cave and Warren Ellis created for the film, and Willie and his music come to mind immediately,” stated TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein. “He is more than a natural fit. His music is lawless, and his contribution to this film we’re so proud of is one of the most organic unions I’ve ever been a part of.”
“It is important that true stories like these from America’s past are kept alive,” said Nelson. “I didn’t hesitate to collaborate on this project as someone with a deep love for Western history and of course country music.”
The Plot:
Lawless is the true story of the freewheelin’ Bondurant brothers, bootlegging siblings taking the law into their own hands. This is the story of the rural hard-men that created the big city gangsters. Brazen and fearless, these young rebel brothers helped build the American Dream in this exuberant tale of what was to become crime’s first major gold rush. The youngest brother, JACK (LaBeouf), fancies himself the next Al Capone; he dreams of sharp suits, guns, girls and fast cars, no matter the cost.
Ambitious and impulsive, he takes the family’s small-scale moonshining operation to the big leagues to impress the gorgeous but off-limits Amish girl, BERTHA (Mia Wasikowska). The middle brother, HOWARD (Clarke), is the brawling muscle – loyal but reckless – never one to turn down a taste of white lightning. And eldest brother, FORREST (Hardy), reluctantly accepts the changing times with grace and grit, leading the family with strength of character and silent determination against the beginnings of corporate greed. An enigmatic and stunning MAGGIE (Jessica Chastain) comes to town with a hidden past, igniting his passion and almost saving him in the process.
As the Bondurants’ legend grows, so too does the danger, and it’s not long before the brothers must face the consequences of their transgressions or rewrite the myth and the law themselves.
Dexter Season 7 Trailer is Packed with Hints and Teases
“Many have met the dark passenger…few have survived”
Showtime’s done an amazing job of teasing viewers with this new trailer from the upcoming seventh season of Dexter. Deb’s confused about whether to help her brother or turn him in now that she knows something about his dark secret, a blood slide is discovered where it shouldn’t be, and the walls are closing in on Dexter.
“The only thing worse than not knowing what she’ll do, is not knowing what I’ll do,” admits Dexter (Michael C Hall) as the trailer fades out.
Dexter returns on September 30, 2012.
Watch the trailer:
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
First Look: 10 Years Trailer
Channing Tatum leads the ensemble cast of 10 Years, a comedy film written and directed Jamie Linden. Packed with a bunch of recognizable faces – Lynn Collins, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Brian Geraghty, Ari Graynor, Oscar Isaac, Ron Livingston, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, Max Minghella, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Porter, and Chris Pratt – 10 Years will be heading to theaters on September 14, 2012.
The Plot:
10 Years follows a group of friends on the night of their high school reunion who, a decade later, still haven’t quite grown up. Channing Tatum plays Jake, who is deeply in love with his girlfriend (Dewan-Tatum) and ready to propose—until he runs into his high school flame (Dawson) for the first time in ten years. Jake’s friend Cully (Pratt) married his cheerleader girlfriend (Graynor), and has been looking forward to the reunion so he can finally apologize to all the classmates he bullied in high school. However, after a few too many drinks, the jock-turned-family man ends up reverting back to his old ways instead. Meanwhile, longtime rivals Marty (Long) and A.J (Minghella) spend the night still trying to one-up each other to impress the coolest girl in class (Collins), who now has a secret. The famous one of the group, Reeves (Isaac) is now well-known musician, but is still too shy to talk to the high school crush (Mara) who inspired his one hit wonder.
Watch the trailer:
Video: Rob Pattinson and David Cronenberg TimesTalk Interview
Cosmopolis opens in New York and LA on Friday, August 17th.
Watch the video:
The Plot:
Cosmopolis is a day in the life of Eric Packer, a 28-year-old New York stock market multi-millionaire, as he crosses Manhattan in his customized limousine to go for a haircut. His cross-town journey becomes an almost vertical voyage, with bizarre occurrences and an authentic parade of crazy characters along the way, in a landscape that depicts the modern soul of the West at the end of the millennium.
New York City, not-too-distant-future: Eric Packer, a 28 year-old finance golden boy dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this one, watches a dark shadow cast over the firmament of the Wall Street galaxy, of which he is the uncontested king. As he is chauffeured across midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father’s old barber, his anxious eyes are glued to the yuan’s exchange rate: it is mounting against all expectations, destroying Eric’s bet against it. Eric Packer is losing his empire with every tick of the clock. Meanwhile, an eruption of wild activity unfolds in the city’s streets. Petrified as the threats of the real world infringe upon his cloud of virtual convictions, his paranoia intensifies during the course of his 24-hour cross-town odyssey. Packer starts to piece together clues that lead him to a most terrifying secret: his imminent assassination.
More Fantastic Fest Films Announced
The newest films added to the Fantastic Fest Lineup are:
THE ABCs OF DEATH (2012)
US Premiere with multiple directors in person
Director – Various, 110 min
Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. Co-produced by Drafthouse Films, and finally ready to be unleashed-see what happens when you give more than two dozen of the most brilliant filmmakers from around the world free reign to indulge their creative impulses and black humor. From A to Z, it’s got something for every genre fan and is like nothing you’ve ever seen before.
THE AMERICAN SCREAM (2012)
World Premiere with director Michael Paul Stephenson and stars Manny Souza and Victor Bariteauin person
Director – Michael Paul Stephenson, 81min
In a small Massachusetts community, three Halloween-obsessed households transform into neighbor-terrifying supernatural wonderlands in this surprisingly touching documentary from the director of BEST WORST MOVIE.
COLD BLOODED (2012)
Regional Premiere with director Jason LaPeyre in person
Director – Jason LaPeyre, 86min
Things quickly spiral out of control when a policewoman must protect her recently comatose suspect from a violent crime boss who has cornered them in an isolated hospital wing.
COLD STEEL (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director – David Wu, 107min
After 17 years spent directing television series in North America, director David Wu (a longtime collaborator of John Woo) returns to his native China to deliver the heart-pounding World War II epic COLD STEEL.
DOOMSDAY BOOK (2012)
Austin Premiere
Director – KIM Jee-woon and YIM Pil-sung, 113min
Innovative Korean genre directors Kim Ji-Woon and Yim Pil-Sung turn their imaginations to apocalyptic sci-fi with this three-part omnibus film which outlines three possible ways in which the world goes kaput.
GRACELAND (2012)
Texas Premiere with director Ron Morales and producers Theo Brooks and Joshua Sobel in person
Director – Ron Morales, 84min
When a driver for a powerful congressman picks up his and his boss’s daughter from school, he’s annoyed to find himself being pulled over. But this alleged cop, far from an officer of the law, sets in motion a downward spiral of kidnapping, murder, deceit and deep depravity.
HENGE + THE BIG GUN (2012)
US Premiere
Director – Hajime OHATA, 106min
A double shot from Japanese up-and-comer Hajime Ohata. Blending elements of Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Shinya Tsukamoto with just the right amount of kaiju monster battles, Ohata is quickly building a reputation as one of Japan’s brightest new talents.
HERE COMES THE DEVIL (2012)
US Premiere with director Adrián García Bogliano in person
Director – Adrián García Bogliano, 97min
Fantastic Fest veteran Adrián García Bogliano returns with his latest supernatural horror. When two children who went missing while exploring a cave are found, it quickly becomes apparent something evil has come home with them.
HOLY MOTORS (2012)
North American Premiere
Director – Leos Carax, 116min
While following a day in the life of Mr. Oscar as he attends several appointments, things quickly unravel and spiral out of control, abandoning all sense of logic or sanity. Fans of Carax’s ‘Mierde’ segment of Fantastic Fest 2008 hit TOKYO! will be right back at home.
LOOPER (2012)
Special Screening with director Rian Johnson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in person
Director – Rian Johnson, 118 min
In the futuristic action thriller LOOPER, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looper” – a hired gun, like Joe – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe’s future self for assassination. The film, starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt, is written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern.
MY AMITYVILLE HORROR (2012)
US Premiere
Director – Eric Walter, 88min
You’ve seen the movie, now hear the story of the Amityville haunting from someone who lived it. Regardless of the source, it’s clear there was darkness in that Long Island house.
NEW KIDS NITRO (2012)
US Premiere with cast Huub Smit, Wesley van Gaalen, Steffen Haars and Flip Van der Kuil
Director – Steffen Haars & Flip van der Kuil, 78min
In 2011, NEW KIDS TURBO rocked Fantastic Fest audiences with its potent brand of Dutch gross-out humor. Now, Fantastic Fest is proud to present the highly anticipated-and very offensive-sequel: NEW KIDS NITRO.
NO REST FOR THE WICKED (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director – Enrique Urbizu, 104min
A dirty cop who tries to cover up a crime stumbles upon a massive criminal conspiracy. NO REST FOR THE WICKED swept the Spanish Goya awards this year with an electrifying performance by lead actor José Coronado.
OUTRAGE BEYOND (2012)
US Premiere
Director – Takeshi Kitano, 112min
As Japanese police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as internal strife in director Takeshi Kitano’s OUTRAGE, has now become a nationwide war in his latest film OUTRAGE BEYOND.
SINISTER (2012)
Special Screening with director Scott Derrickson, producer Jason Blum and writer C. Robert Cargill in person
Director – Scott Derrickson, 110 min
SINISTER is a frightening new thriller about a true crime novelist who discovers a box of mysterious, disturbing home movies that plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural horror.
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING (2012)
World Premiere with Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins in person
Director – John Hyams, 93 min
Surviving Unisols Luc Deveraux and Andrew Scott battle anarchy to build a new order ruled by Unisols without government oversight. To accomplish this, they weed out the weak and constantly test their strongest warriors in brutal, life-and-death combat.
VANISHING WAVES (2012)
US Premiere
Director – Kristina Buozyte, 124min
A scientist with a neurological research team volunteers to experiment with a new technology which will allow him to access the thoughts of a coma victim.
WARPED FOREST, THE (2011)
US Premiere
Director – Shunichiro Miki, 81min
Shunichiro Miki delivers a shot of utter madness. Penis guns! Nipple monsters! A giant girl running a very small shop! This quasi-sequel to THE FUNKY FOREST more than lives up to the weird factor of its predecessor.
Source: Fantastic Fest
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
So You Think You Can Dance Tour Dates Revealed
The top 10 finalists from this season of So You Think You Can Dance will be touring North America beginning October 23, 2012 in San Diego, CA. The 30 city tour will wind down with a performance in Hollywood, Florida on December 5th.
The dancers will be performing the most popular routines from this summer’s shows along with original routines created for the nationwide tour.
“Now in its 9th season, I continue to be inspired by the ever-evolving, magnificent talent that is out there. It warms my heart to be able to share our discoveries with the nation,” stated Nigel Lythgoe, judge and co-creator of SYTYCD. “I have every confidence that this year’s top ten will blow you away.”
And now, the Top 10 season nine dancers as revealed on the August 15th episode are: Audrey, Chehon, Cole, Cyrus, Eliana, George, Lindsay, Tiffany, Will and Witney.
Tickets go on sale August 24th at 10am at dance.aeglive.com.
So You Think You Can Dance 2012 Tour
October
Oct 23 San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theatre
Oct 25 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
Oct 26 Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre
Oct 28 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
Oct 30 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre at Grand
Prairie
November
Nov 1 St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theatre
Nov 2 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Theatre
Nov 3 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
Nov 5 Rosemont, IL Akoo Theatre
Nov 7 Toronto, ON Sony Centre for the
Performing Arts
Nov 9 Buffalo, NY Shea’s Performing Arts Center
Nov 10 Windsor, ON The Colosseum at Caesars
Windsor
Nov 11 Cleveland, OH State Theatre
Nov 13 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Nov 14 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Nov 16 Boston, MA Citi Performing Arts Center
Wang Theatre
Nov 17 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods – MGM Grand Theater
Nov 18 Syracuse, NY Landmark Theatre
Nov 20 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
Nov 21 Providence, RI Providence Performing Arts
Center
Nov 23 Atlantic City, NJ The Arena at Trump Taj Mahal
Nov 24 West Long Branch, NJ The MAC at Monmouth
University
Nov 25 Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Center
Nov 27 Newark, NJ New Jersey Performing Arts
Center
Nov 28 Baltimore, MD Modell Performing Arts Center
at the Lyric
Nov 30 Columbia, SC Township Auditorium
December
Dec 1 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts
Center
Dec 2 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
Dec 4 Tampa, FL Straz Center for the
Performing Arts
Dec 5 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live at Seminole
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Source: 19 Entertainment
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
Indiana Jones Gets the IMAX Treatment
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is returning to theaters for a one-week only run – in IMAX. This upcoming release marks the first time Raiders has ever been screened in IMAX, with the film digitally remastered and having undergone a “complete restoration” for this limited IMAX engagement.
Select IMAX theater will screen Raiders beginning September 7, 2012. Following its release in IMAX, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark will be available on Blu-ray on September 18th.
For theaters and ticket prices, visit www.imax.com.
“When I saw the stunning quality of the picture and heard the enhanced sound in an IMAX theatre, I was quite literally blown away and hope that audiences will enjoy the experience as much as I did,” stated director Steven Spielberg.
“We are honored to present all the excitement of Indiana Jones in a way it’s never been experienced before – IMAX,” said Greg Foster, Chairman & President, IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “We look forward to celebrating this iconic film with longtime fans as well as a new generation of moviegoers.”
Source: Lucasfilm
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