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Rock of Ages Soundtrack Debuts at #1

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Rebecca Murray
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Soundtrack for 'Rock of Ages'
Soundtrack for 'Rock of Ages' - WaterTower Music
Are you ready to rock?

The soundtrack to the ’80s tribute musical, Rock of Ages, has entered the Billboard Soundtrack Chart in first place. The hard-rocking record also earned the #15 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and it’s currently sitting at #1 on the Indie and Hard Music charts, according to SoundScan.

The Rock of Ages soundtrack features tunes by ’80s rock bands Def Leppard, Foreigner, Journey, and Poison performed by Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Julianne Hough, and Diego Boneta. The film, based on the hit Broadway musical, hits theaters on June 15th.

“We’re thrilled with these #1 chart positions before Rock of Ages has even hit theatres,” stated WaterTower Music head Jason Linn. “And with the film’s opening this Friday, we expect interest in our record to remain high for some time.”

The Plot:

Directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray), New Line Cinema’s Rock of Ages is the film adaptation of the smash hit, five-time Tony®-nominated Broadway musical which tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Executive Music Producer Adam Anders (Glee) helps tell the rock ‘n’ roll romance through cast versions of the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Poison, Journey, Twisted Sister, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett, Foreigner, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and more.

Rock of Ages Soundtrack List:

1. “Paradise City” – Tom Cruise
2. “Sister Christian” / “Just Like Paradise” / “Nothin’ But A Good Time” – Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin
3. “Juke Box Hero” / “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” – Diego Boneta, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Julianne Hough
4. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” – Catherine Zeta-Jones
5. “Waiting For A Girl Like You” – Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough
6. “More Than Words” / “Heaven” – Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta
7. “Wanted Dead Or Alive” – Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough
8. “I Want To Know What Love Is” – Tom Cruise, Malin Akerman
9. “I Wanna Rock” – Diego Boneta
10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise
11. “Harden My Heart” – Julianne Hough, Mary J. Blige
12. “Shadows of the Night” / “Harden My Heart” – Mary J. Blige, Julianne Hough
13. “Here I Go Again” – Diego Boneta, Paul Giamatti, Julianne Hough, Mary J. Blige, Tom Cruise,
14. “Can’t Fight This Feeling” – Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin
15. “Any Way You Want It” – Mary J. Blige, Constantine Maroulis, Julianne Hough
16. “Undercover Love” – Diego Boneta
17. “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” – Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige
18. “Rock You Like A Hurricane” – Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise
19. “We Built This City” / “We’re Not Gonna Take It” – Russell Brand / Catherine Zeta-Jones
20. “Don’t Stop Believin’”- Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige

Source: Warner Bros Pictures

Paramount Acquires the Rights to The Diviners

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Rebecca Murray
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The Diviners
The Diviners. (PRNewsFoto/Paramount Pictures Corporation)

Paramount Pictures has picked up the film rights to the upcoming book The Diviners from bestselling author Libba Bray. Bray will be adapting the book and is on board as executive producer, with Fake Empire’s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage producing.

Bray’s writing credits include the Gemma Doyle trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, The Sweet Far Thing) and Beauty Queens (a LA Times Book Award finalist). Little, Brown Books will be releasing The Diviners – part one of a four part series – in September.

The Plot:

Set in the 1920s, The Diviners follows a group of young New Yorkers with mysterious powers who play a dramatic role in a battle of good vs. evil when a series of occult-based murders begins to terrify the city.

Source: Paramount Pictures Corporation

The Beach Boys New Album Debuts at #3

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Rebecca Murray
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The Beach Boys' 29th studio album, That's Why God Made The Radio
The Beach Boys' 29th studio album, That's Why God Made The Radio - (PRNewsFoto/Capitol/BRI)

That’s Why God Made the Radio, the 29th studio album released by The Beach Boys, has entered the Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart at #3. That’s the highest debut of any of the group’s new albums over their 50th year career, and the top entry on the chart since 1965’s Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!!) for The Beach Boys (the compilation album, Endless Summer, did hit number one in 1974).

That’s Why God Made the Radio hit stores on June 5th and sold 61,000 copies during its first week in release.

You can catch The Beach Boys (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks) performing as part of the Good Morning America Summer Concert Series on June 15th, and the 50th anniversary special The Beach Boys: Doin’ It Again will be airing in June and July on PBS.

Watch the music video:

2012 Upcoming Tour Dates:

6/12 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
6/13 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
6/15 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
6/16 Camden, NJ Susquahanna Bank Center
6/17 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
6/19 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
6/20 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
6/22 Bangor, ME Waterfront Park
6/23 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
6/24 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
6/26 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion
6/27 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
6/29 Darien Lakes, NY Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center
6/30 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/1 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
7/3 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
7/4 Provo, UT Stadium Of Fire
7/6 Albuquerque, NM Sandia Casino
7/7 Phoenix, AZ Grand Canyon University
7/10 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
7/11 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
7/13 Woodinville, WA Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
7/14 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater
7/15 Stateline, NV Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Amphitheater
7/21 Avila, Spain Festival Musicos en la Naturaleza
7/23 Barcelona, Spain Poble Espanyol
7/26 Rome, Italy Capannelle
7/27 Milan, Italy Civic Arena
7/29 Gothenburg, Sweden Tradgaardsforeningen
7/31 Oslo, Norway Spektrum
8/1 Aarhus, Denmark Amfiscenen
8/3 Berlin, Germany 02 Arena
8/4 Stuttgart, Germany Schleyerhalle
8/5 Monchengladbach, Germany Hockey Park
8/7 Lokeren, Belgium Lokerse Feesten
8/16 Tokyo, JP QVC Marine Field
8/17 Osaka, JP Oskaka Prefectural Gymnasium
8/19 Nagoya, JP Gaishi Hall
8/22 Singapore Indoor Stadium
8/25 Hong Kong Conventional Hall
8/28 Brisbane, AU Entertainment Center
8/30 Sydney, AU Allphones Arena
8/31 Melbourne, AU Rod Laver Arena
9/2 Adelaide, AU Entertainment Centre
9/6 Perth, AU Burswood Dome
9/28 London, UK Wembley Arena

Source: Capitol/BRI

Katrina Joins Meat Loaf on His Mad, Mad World U.S. Tour

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Rebecca Murray
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Katrina will be opening for Meat Loaf on 16 dates of his “Mad, Mad, World” tour this summer. Red Red Records says the LA singer/songwriter will join Meat Loaf on the North American leg of his 2012 tour beginning on July 21st in Canandaigua, New York.

Katrina recently released her first album, In the Blink of an Eye, which featured the single, “So Eden.” She’s also currently featured as part of Clear Channel Media’s iHeartRadio “NEW! Artists To Watch” campaign and the single’s made it into the radio AC format Top 30.

Watch the “So Eden” music video:

Katrina’s “Mad, Mad, World” Tour Dates:

Katrina So Eden

July 21 Canandaigua, NY CMAC
July 23 Englewood, NJ Bergen PAC
July 25 Bethlehem, PA Sands Bethlehem Events Center
July 27 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
July 29 Salamanca, NY Seneca Allegany Casino
July 31 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion
August 2 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theater
August 15 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
August 17 Biloxi, MS IP Casino Resort
August 19 Durham, NC Durham PAC
August 21 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
August 24 Hammond, IN Horseshoe Casino
August 26 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater
August 29 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
August 31 Robinsonville, MS Horseshoe Casino
September 2 Bossier City, LA Horseshoe Casino

Source: Red Red Records

Rose Byrne, Judah Friedlander to Judge Tropfest

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Rebecca Murray
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Tropfest USA 2012
Rose Byrne (X Men: First Class), Judah Friedlander (30 Rock), Jennifer Westfeldt (Friends with Kids), producer Ted Hope, and film critic Scott Foundas have been announced as judges for Tropfest New York. In addition, the eight finalists from been revealed for the short film competition taking place on Saturday, June 23rd. Each short is less than seven minutes in length, had to be created specifically for the event, and must include the Tropfest Signature Item – a bagel – in “tribute to NYC culture.”

Hugh Jackman is hosting the event.

This year’s finalists are:

I’m Happy directed by Michael Neithardt (New York, USA)
Elvis: The Lonely Hunter of Circle Beach directed by Matt Hulse (Bristol, UK)
Killer Bagels From Outer Space directed by Jacinda Klouwens (Auckland, NZ)
Elevator directed by Jennifer Ross (Melbourne, AUS)
The Break-Up Tour directed by Alexander Poe (New York, USA)
Emptys directed by Joshua Leake (Oregon, USA)
Thanks Dad directed by Victor Bruno (New York, USA)
Mingo directed by Romy Randev (California, USA)

Elvis: The Lonely Hunter of Circle Beach was created on the smallest budget of the finalists ($1.59 for two bagels) while Thanks Dad had a $5,000 budget. The grand prize winner will be taking home $20,000 in cash and have a week of meetings with film producers, studio executives, agents, and managers.

Tropfest New York Schedule for Saturday, June 23rd

3:00 PM – Gates open, Yah Supreme and DJ Concerned Perform
5:00 PM – Milagres Set
6:00 PM – Alexi Murdoch/Doveman Set
6:30 PM – ‘Black Carpet’ Arrivals
8:00 PM – Eight ‘Best of Tropfest’ films followed by the New York Short Film Competition with a live panel of Judges

What is Tropfest?

“Tropfest is the world’s largest short film festival. It began in a Sydney café (‘The Tropicana’) 20 years ago with a single $100 short film and an audience of 200 people. Today the Australian FREE event is attended annually by a live audience of over 150,000 film-lovers and hundreds of thousands more watching via its national, live TV broadcast and other platforms. Tropfest has recently launched in New Zealand, Arabia, and other territories, with China, South East Asia and more in planning stages.

In 2012, the global expansion continues with the launch into the USA with Tropfest Las Vegas and Tropfest New York.

In the past two decades, Tropfest has become known as one of the world’s most exciting launch-pads for emerging filmmakers. Tropfest is also known for securing the support of some of the biggest names in the international film community. Tropfest USA’s Official Ambassadors include Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Charles Randolph and Anthony Lapaglia. The Tropfest YouTube Channel has had over 11 million video views, with around 40% of those coming from the United States.”

Source: Tropfest

No Doubt Reveals the Title of Their Upcoming Album

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Rebecca Murray
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No DoubtIt’s been 11 years since No Doubt released their last album and as the release date for their much-anticipated upcoming album approaches, the group has finally unveiled the new title. Ready for it? It’s Push and Shove.

Push and Shove will drop on September 25, 2012 with “Settle Down,” the first single, debuting on July 16th. The group also revealed they’re going to be shooting the “Settle Down” music video this week. Sophie Muller, who directed their “Don’t Speak,” “Underneath It All,” “Sunday Morning” and “Simple Kind of Life” music video, will be helming the “Settle Down” video.

And in support of the album, No Doubt has put together a series of webisodes providing a look behind the scenes at the band as they work on Push and Shove.

Watch webisode #1:

Filming Begins on ‘Being Human’ Season 3

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Rebecca Murray
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Being Human Cast
Sam Huntington as Josh, Sam Witwer as Aiden, Meaghan Rath as Sally in ‘Being Human’ (Photo by: Jeff Riedel © NBCUniversal, Inc.)

Syfy says production has begun in Montreal on season three of Being Human starring Sam Witwer as Aidan the vampire, Sam Huntington as Josh the werewolf, and Meaghan Rath as Sally the ghost. The third season will consist of 13 one-hour episodes with Anna Fricke writing, executive producing and on board as showrunner.

In addition to Witwer, Huntington, and Rath, Kristen Hager will be returning this season in the role of Josh’s ex-girlfriend Nora.

Last season, Being Human averaged 2.1 million viewers per episode and is Syfy’s “youngest and most female-skewing scripted series.”

The Plot: In Being Human, vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer) ghost Sally (Meaghan Rath) and werewolf Josh (Sam Huntington) share the creature comforts of their Boston brownstone while struggling to keep their supernatural secrets from the outside world. Together they strive to resist the temptations of their true paranormal natures and live lives that are as near to “normal” as possible.

As the new season unfolds, Aidan resurfaces from being “grounded” and finds the vampire community vastly changed; he must find a new approach to feeding that will change his life forever. Sally fights to return from limbo and Josh must deal with an ominous visitor who comes to Boston looking for him and Nora.

Portia de Rossi Cast in Mockingbird Lane

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Rebecca Murray
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Portia de Rossi
Portia de Rossi - Photo © Richard Chavez
For a while it appeared the role of Lily Munster in Mockingbird Lane – NBC’s reimagining of the classic ’60s series The Munsters – would be played by Mariana Klaveno (True Blood), however other commitments kept her from tackling one of the new series’ lead characters. Instead, NBC has gone with Arrested Development‘s Portia de Rossi in the key role played by Yvonne De Carlo in the original TV series.
 
The Hollywood Reporter says de Rossi has joined Jerry O’Connell (set to play Lily’s husband, ‘Herman Munster’), Eddie Izzard (‘Grandpa Munster), Charity Wakefield (‘Marilyn’), and Mason Cook (‘Eddie’) in the hour-long drama. Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) is writing Mockingbird Lane with X-Men helmer Bryan Singer on board to direct.

 

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5 Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars isn’t returning for season five until this fall, but you don’t have to wait that long to see what’s in store on the upcoming season. Lucasfilm has just released this teaser, providing fans with a hint of things to come on the popular animated series.

What You Need to Know About Burn Notice

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Rebecca Murray
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In support of the recent release of season five of Burn Notice on DVD (it hit stores on June 5th) and the sixth season premiere on June 14th, USA Network and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment have put together this cool infographic with all the details you need to know about the series.

Burn Notice Infographic

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