In this latest clip from Katy Perry: Part of Me, we get to see the Grammy-nominated singer before she became famous. The clip shows what life was like for the young Katy Perry as part of a very religious family.
Watch the clip:
Katy Perry: Part of Me opens in theaters in 3D on July 5, 2012.
Columbia Pictures has unveiled the new trailer for the comedy movie Here Comes the Boom starring Kevin James as a teacher who turns to Mixed Martial Arts to help his school out. Directed by Frank Coraci and executive produced by Adam Sandler, Here Comes the Boom with Salma Hayek and Henry Winkler is coming to theaters on October 12th.
The Plot:
Former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program and lay off its teacher (Henry Winkler,) Scott begins to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Everyone thinks Scott is crazy – most of all the school nurse, Bella (Salma Hayek) – but in his quest, Scott gains something he never expected as he becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school.
Matchmaker Amber Kelleher-Andrews, relationship author Tracy McMillan, and professional dating coach Matthew Hussey will be bringing their expertise to the dating series, Ready for Love, on NBC. The network will be premiering the new series during the Winter 2012-2013 season.
Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) executive produces the series, with Giuliana and Bill Rancic on board as hosts.
Announcing the involvement of Kelleher-Andrews, McMillan, and Hussey, Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment stated, “These are three of the best relationship experts in the world, each coming to the show with their own unique approaches to matchmaking and fostering healthy, long-lasting relationships. The chances of the men finding true love are infinitely better because the matchmakers hand-selected women they feel will be most compatible with each of the guys.”
The Details:
Ready for Love “will give three successful and handsome men – Ben Patton, an international financier from Dallas; Tim Lopez, a member of the popular music group Plain White T’s from Santa Barbara, Calif., and Ernesto Arguello, an entrepreneur with a social vision from Miami – the chance to find their soul mate. The three relationship experts will bring their individual styles and experiences to help the girls and guys find their perfect match.
The series begins with the matchmakers’ nationwide search for the potential perfect mate for each man. The three matchmakers will each select their team of 12 girls, four per guy. To be selected as part of a matchmaker’s group, the women will have to convince one of the three matchmakers that they’re a true fit and feel a real connection with one of the men. Once selected, the girls will live in three different houses where they will receive personalized advice and mentoring.
At the end of each week, everyone will convene on a state-of-the-art stage in front of a live audience to watch the dates and receive feedback from the matchmakers. The women who fail to make a connection with the men will be sent home. In an intense finale, the quest for love culminates when the three men choose their final three women, who together must decide if they’ll get engaged, married, or simply live happily ever after. No matter what happens — they will all discover if they are really ‘Ready for Love.'”
Folk-pop-rock artists The Avett Brothers will be releasing their new album The Carpenter on September 11th, proceeded by the release of the album’s first single, “Live and Die,” on July 3rd. Recorded in Malibu and North Carolina, the group’s second major label album was produced by Rick Rubin (their first album which he also produced hit #16 on the Billboard Top 200).
Commenting on his work with The Avett Brothers, producer Rubin stated, “It is always inspiring to be around Seth and Scott. They may well be the most sincere and genuine people I’ve ever met, and that quality shines through in their writing. Particularly on this new album, they continued to surprise me with how deep they would go during the writing process, how personal their songwriting was. They are both amazing people.”
The songs on The Carpenter are a mix of acoustic ballads (“The Once and Future Carpenter,” “Down with the Shine”) and more upbeat tunes, like “Paul Newman Versus the Demons.”
6/22 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre
6/23 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
6/24 Sacramento, CA The Grove Amphitheater @ The Woodlake Hotel
6/26 Vancouver, BC Vancouver International Jazz Festival
6/28 Salt Lake City, UT Gallivan Center w. City and Colour
6/29 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater w. City and Colour
6/30 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater w. Devotchka
7/03 Council Bluffs, IA The Cove
7/05 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
7/06 Des Moines, IA 80/35 Festival – Western Gateway Park
7/07 Minneapolis, MN Basilica Block Party
7/20 Glen Allen, VA Innsbrook After Hours at Snagjob Pavilion
7/21 Camden, NJ 2012 Xponential Festival
7/22 Bridgeport, CT Gathering Of The Vibes Festival
7/26 Kansas City, MO Crossroads KC
7/27 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Center
7/28 New Braunfels, TX Whitewater Amphitheater
8/22 Chico, CA California State University @ Chico
8/24 Jacksonville, OR Britt Pavilion
8/25 Troutdale, OR Edgefield
8/26 Troutdale, OR Edgefield
8/29 Palmer, AK Alaska State Fair
8/31 Quincy, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre
9/01 Quincy, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre
9/02 Quincy, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre
9/12 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
9/14 Fredericton, NB Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
9/15 Burlington, VT Grand Point North Festival
9/16 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion
9/18 New York, NY Central Park – Rumsey Playfield
9/21 Atlanta, GA Music Midtown Festival
9/23 Baltimore, MD Pier Six Pavilion
9/28 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion
9/29 St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theater
9/30 Indianapolis, IN The Lawn @ White River State Park
10/14 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10/21 Clearwater, FL Clearwater Jazz Holiday
10/26 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
BET announced they’ve added Jamie Foxx, Quentin Tarantino, Tyler Perry and Laz Alonzo to the list of presenters for the BET AWARDS 12. They’ll be joining host Samuel L Jackson and previously announced presenters Kevin Hart, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, and Meagan Good at the star-studded event to be held on July 1st at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Musical performers set to take part in the show include D’Angelo, Usher, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, and G.O.O.D. Music.
BET Music Matters artists will also be performing on the BET AWARDS for the third year in a row. New talent who’ll be spotlighted include Oakland singer/songwriter/musician Jennah Bell and Brooklyn native Charles Perry.
The official trailer’s arrived for the Blue Sky Studios/20th Century Fox animated movie, Epic. Featuring the voices of Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Aziz Ansari, Beyonce, Colin Farrell, and Steven Tyler, Fox is aiming for a May 2013 release date.
The Plot:
Epic reveals a hidden world unlike any other. From the creators of Ice Age and Rio, Epic tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world…and ours.
Anchor Bay’s set to release the horror comedy Some Guy Who Kills People on DVD and Blu-ray on July 3rd, and we got our hands on a few copies to give away to lucky horror movie fans. Entering our Some Guy Who Kills People Blu-ray contest is super easy. Here are the details:
– All you have to do is send an email to [email protected] with “Some Guy Who Kills People Contest” in the subject line.
– You must be 18 years or older to enter and reside in the continental United States. Only one entry per email address will be accepted. The contest ends on July 2nd, 2012 at 9pm PST with the winners notified on July 3rd.
Some Guy Who Kills People stars Kevin Corrigan, Barry Bostwick, Karen Black, Leo Fitzpatrick, Ariel Gade and Lucy Davis, and was executive produced by John Landis.
The Plot:
At first glance, Ken Boyd (Kevin Corrigan) may seem like an average comic enthusiast, living with his mother and working to make ends meet as an underpaid, under-appreciated ice cream parlor attendant. But Ken has a dirty little secret: he fantasizes about killing people. After being released from a stay in the loony bin for severe mental trauma suffered when he was beaten and tortured by a gang of high school thugs, Ken’s repressed anger suddenly reaches a boiling point.
He begins to hunt down his tormentors, one by one, and exacts his bloody revenge – all the while forming an unconventional bond with his estranged 11-year-old daughter (Ariel Gade).
The latest member of the Glee cast to be announced as a guest mentor for this season of Oxygen’s The Glee Project is Kevin McHale who plays ‘Artie Abrams’ in the popular series. McHale will mentor the contenders on the fifth episode of The Glee Project set to air on July 3rd at 10pm.
Per Oxygen, “McHale will oversee ‘Adaptability’ week, speaking to his experiences as Artie on the show and emphasizing the need to acclimate to change when on set and in the recording studio.”
Episode six will feature guest mentor Jane Lynch (‘Sue Sylvester’), with Darren Criss (‘Blaine Anderson’) mentoring on the Tuesday, July 31 episode and Chris Colfer (‘Kurt Hummel’) set for Tuesday, August 14.
Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, and Brit Marling star in the dramatic thriller Arbitrage from writer/director Nicholas Jarecki. Set for a September 14, 2012 release, Arbitrage also features Nate Parker, Laetitia Casta, and Bruce Altman.
The Plot:
When we first meet New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Gere) on the eve of his 60th birthday, he appears the very portrait of success in American business and family life. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed.
Struggling to conceal his duplicity from loyal wife Ellen (Sarandon) and brilliant daughter and heir-apparent Brooke (Marling), Miller’s also balancing an affair with French art-dealer Julie Cote. Just as he’s about to unload his troubled empire, an unexpected bloody error forces him to juggle family, business, and crime with the aid of Jimmy Grant, a face from Miller’s past. One wrong turn ignites the suspicions of NYPD Detective Michael Bryer, who will stop at nothing in his pursuits. Running on borrowed time, Miller is forced to confront the limits of even his own moral duplicity. Will he make it out before the bubble bursts?
The bestselling music series NOW That’s expands to England with NOW That’s What I Call British heading to stores on July 17th. The collection of hits includes some of the best British artists, including chart-toppers Coldplay, James Blunt, Florence + The Machine, and Leona Lewis.
The NOW That’s What I Call Music! series kicked off back in 1998 and has sold more than 200 million albums. Even more impressive is the fact that 15 of the NOW albums have reached #1 on the Billboard Top 10 chart (second only to The Beatles).
1. BLUR SONG 2
2. COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA
3. RADIOHEAD CREEP
4. JAMES BLUNT YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL
5. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE DOG DAYS ARE OVER
6. KATE NASH FOUNDATIONS
7. AMY WINEHOUSE REHAB
8. LILY ALLEN SMILE
9. NATASHA BEDINGFIELD POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE
10. SADE SOLDIER OF LOVE
11. LEONA LEWIS BLEEDING LOVE
12. EMELI SANDE HEAVEN
13. THE WANTED GLAD YOU CAME
14. CALVIN HARRIS FEEL SO CLOSE
15. TAIO CRUZ DYNAMITE
16. TINIE TEMPAH FEATURING ERIC
TURNER WRITTEN IN THE STARS
17. JESSIE J DOMINO
18. GORILLAZ FEEL GOOD INC.
