The Life is good Festival, Sept. 22-23, Prowse Farm, Canton, Mass., gathers all-star musical lineup to raise funds for kids in need through its nonprofit, The Life is good Playmakers. (Photo: Business Wire)
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Sara Bareilles, Michael Franti, and The Fresh Beat Band have committed to performing at the Life is good Festival in Canton, Massachusetts in September. The festival is an annual event which raises funds for the nonprofit The Life is good Playmakers. The one-of-a-kind fundraising music festival helps “kids overcome poverty, violence and illness by harnessing the healing power of play.”
100% of the money raised is donated to the organization.
The 2012 Life is good Festival lineup includes the following artists:
* Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
* Sara Bareilles
* Michael Franti & Spearhead
* Soulive
* Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
* Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
* Eric Hutchinson
* ALO
* The Infamous Stringdusters
* Ryan Montbleau Band
* Sarah Jarosz
* Allen Stone
* Katie Herzig
* Muck And The Mires
* Orange Television
“We play, we dance, we make great music,” said Michael Franti. “Everyone who attends The Life is good Festival is all about spreading optimism and helping kids in need. I can’t think of anything more worthwhile than supporting Life is good’s annual fundraiser.”
Life is good has raised more than $8 million for kids in need, according to the organization.
Katy Perry - Dave J. Hogan / Getty Images for Paramount Pictures InternationalKaty Perry fans were in for a double treat when they landed tickets to an advance screening of Katy Perry: Part of Me at the Apollo West End in London on June 7th. Not only did they get to see the 3D concert film before anyone else, the film’s star showed up to introduce the movie. No one knew in advance that Perry would put in an appearance, and the crowd went crazy when she entered the auditorium to pass out popcorn and 3D glasses.
Check out the video of Perry’s special surprise appearance in London:
The Plot:
A motion picture event movie, Katy Perry: Part of Me is a backstage pass, front row seat and intimate look at the fun, glamorous, heartbreaking, inspiring, crazy, magical, passionate, and honest mad diary of Katy.
Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences — a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.
“These nominees represent the highest quality that television had to offer in the past year,” said TCA President Candace Havens. “Our more than 200 members chose these people and programs as the best of the best.”
2012 Television Critics Association Nominees:
Individual Achievement in Drama
Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad,” AMC)
Claire Danes (“Homeland,” Showtime)
Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones,” HBO)
Jon Hamm (“Mad Men,” AMC)
Jessica Lange (“American Horror Story,” FX)
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Louis C.K. (“Louie,” FX)
Lena Dunham (“Girls,” HBO)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep,” HBO)
Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory,” CBS)
Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation,” NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information
“Anderson Cooper 360” (CNN)
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
“Frontline” (PBS)
“60 Minutes” (CBS)
“The Rachel Maddow Show” (MSNBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming
“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
“The Glee Project” (Oxygen)
“So You Think You Can Dance” (Fox)
“The Voice” (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming
“iCarly” (Nickelodeon)
“Phineas and Ferb” (Disney)
“Sesame Street” (PBS)
“Switched at Birth” (ABC Family)
“Yo Gabba Gabba” (Nick Jr.)
This latest The Hobbit production video blog provides a look behind the scenes at the different departments on the set, where the actors hang out, and all the makeup and prosthetics work. 14 minutes long, this could be the best production video blog yet – complete with a surprise ending.
The Soup‘s Joel McHale steps in for Michael Fassbender in this parody of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller, Prometheus. McHale plays an android TV show host who can do anything a normal human can do, but better.
The CW is counting on comic book fans to take a chance on their small screen adaptation of DC Comics’ Green Arrow – the new series (with a shortened title), Arrow. Debuting this fall, the action series stars Stephen Amell, Colin Donnell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Susanna Thompson and Paul Blackthorne.
The Plot:
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he’s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was.
Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow – a vigilante – to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory.
By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be – flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle – while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel’s father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.
No matter what people look like – fat, short, tall, thin, young, old – it’s important to remember not to eat them, so says Andy Samberg in this anti-Zombie Apocalypse PSA. As a spokesman for the “Citizens are Not Naturally Ingested by Americans League” (C.A.N.N.I.B.A.L.), Samberg is attempting to spread the word about the importance of not eating your fellow Americans.
Carrie Underwood at the 2012 CMT Music Awards - Photo Credit: John Russell/CMTCarrie Underwood won two, Jason Aldean earned his first, and Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum each won awards for the third year in a row at the 2012 CMT Music Awards held on June 6th and hosted by Kristen and Toby Keith. Underwood’s awards came in the Collaborative Video of the Year (“Remind Me”) and the coveted Video of the Year (“Good Girl”) categories, while Aldean’s first win was in the Performance of the Year (“Tattoos on This Town”) category. Lambert once again captured the Female Video of the Year (“Over You”) award and Lady Antebellum pulled off another win in the Group Video of the Year (“We Owned the Night”) category.
Among the acts performing at the star-studded event were Luke Bryan, Zac Brown Band, Pistol Annies, The Band Perry, Little Big Town, Toby Keith, Jamey Johnson, Carrie Underwood, and Rascal Flatts. Presenters included Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean, Colton Dixon, Skylar Laine, Ronnie Dunn, Dario Franchitti, Ashley Greene, Tony Hawk, Alan Jackson, Jake Owen, Hayden Panettiere, Kellie Pickler, Denise Richards, Dax Shepard, and Jordin Sparks.
The CMT Music Awards are Country music’s first completely fan-voted awards show.
CMT Music Awards Winners:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
— Carrie Underwood – “Good Girl”
MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
— Luke Bryan – “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
— Miranda Lambert – “Over You”
GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
— Lady Antebellum – “We Owned The Night”
DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
— Thompson Square – “I Got You”
USA WEEKEND BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR
— Scott McCreery – “The Trouble With Girls”
COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
— Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood – “Remind Me”
CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
— Jason Aldean – “Tattoos On This Town” from 2011 CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR
Christoph Waltz as Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in DJANGO UNCHAINED Credit: Andrew Cooper, SMPSP / The Weinstein Company Pardon me while I geek out a little… The trailer’s here! The Weinstein Company has revealed the first trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained coming to theaters on December 25th. Tarantino wrote and directed the Western, with Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, and Leonardo DiCaprio in starring roles.
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. 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, the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.
Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie, the proprietor of “Candyland,” an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody to battle each other for sport. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen, 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…
