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‘The Secret Circle’ Preview: Cast, Plot, and Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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The Cast of The Secret Circle
The Cast of 'The Secret Circle' - ©2011 The CW Network, LLC

Britt Robertson and Thomas Dekker lead the cast of The CW’s new fantasy horror series The Secret Circle. Based on the book series by L.J. Smith, The Secret Circle is set to premiere on September 15, 2011.

Britt Robertson stars as Cassie Blake, Thomas Dekker plays Adam Conant, Gale Harold is Charles Meade, and Phoebe Tonkin stars as Faye Chamberlain. Jessica Parker Kennedy is Melissa, Shelly Hennig is Diana Meade, Louis Hunter is Nick, Ashley Crow is Jane Blake, and Natasha Henstridge plays Dawn Chamberlain.

The Synopsis:

Cassie Blake was a happy, normal teenage girl – until her mother Amelia dies in what appears to be a tragic accidental fire. Orphaned and deeply saddened, Cassie moves in with her warm and loving grandmother Jane in the beautiful small town of Chance Harbor, Washington – the town her mother left so many years before – where the residents seem to know more about Cassie than she does about herself…

As Cassie gets to know her high school classmates, including sweet-natured Diana and her handsome boyfriend Adam, brooding loner Nick, mean-girl Faye and her sidekick Melissa, strange and frightening things begin to happen. When her new friends explain that they are all descended from powerful witches, and they’ve been waiting for Cassie to join them and complete a new generation of the Secret Circle, Cassie refuses to believe them – until Adam shows her how to unlock her incredible magical powers.

But it’s not until Cassie discovers a message from her mother in an old leather-bound book of spells hidden in her mother’s childhood bedroom, that she understands her true and dangerous destiny. What Cassie and the others don’t yet know is that darker powers are at play, powers that might be linked to the adults in the town, including Diana’s father and Faye’s mother – and that Cassie’s mother’s death might not have been an accident.

Academy Issues New Oscar Campaign Rules

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Rebecca Murray
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Studios can host special screenings and Q&A panel discussions, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has put the kabosh on lavish receptions with free food and drinks. The Academy issued a press release on September 21, 2011 outlining new rules put in place for the 2012 Oscar campaign season and beyond.

From the Academy’s press release:

“Prior to the nominations announcement (January 24, 2012), there are no restrictions on screening events to which Academy members may be invited. These events may include the live participation of individuals involved with the film (Q&A panel discussions, etc.) as well as receptions with food and beverage. After the nominations have been announced, Academy members may continue be invited to screenings that have filmmaker participation elements but receptions are not permitted. While there is no restriction on the total number of screenings of a particular movie, no one individual from the film can participate in more than two panel discussions. Previously, Academy members could not be invited to any screening event that included live participation of the filmmaker(s) or a reception either before or after the nominations had been announced.

Additionally, after nominations are announced and until final polls close, members may not be invited to or attend any non-screening event that promotes or honors a nominated movie or individual nominee. Nominees themselves are also prohibited from attending such events. Academy-sanctioned events and awards ceremonies presented by the various guilds, critics groups and other organizations are exempt.

The regulations now emphasize that viewing motion pictures in a theatrical setting is highly preferred over any other viewing method. The distribution of screeners is still permitted, however, with specific restrictions on packaging and accompanying materials. The digital distribution of movies to Academy members is now acceptable, as long as the delivery method conforms to the regulations.

The long-standing ban on negative campaigning about other nominated films or individuals is now extended to social media platforms, and specific penalties are spelled out. Academy members will be subject to a one-year suspension for first-time violations and expulsion for any subsequent violations. As in the past, any form of advertising that includes quotes or comments – negative or positive – by Academy members is prohibited.”

The 84th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA.

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Rush’s Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Coming in October

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Rebecca Murray
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Rush
Rush’s Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland is set for an October 26, 2011 release in theaters (visit www.RushTimeMachinePremiere.com for screening info) followed by the release of a 2 CD live album as well as the Blu-ray/DVD release on November 8th. Anthem Entertainment and Zoë Vision revealed the DVD “is an evening with Rush performing their classic hits and features the legendary Moving Pictures album live in its entirety.” Moving Pictures is the group’s most successful album and includes fan favorites “Tom Sawyer,” “Limelight” and “YYZ.”
 
Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland was shot in April and is Rush’s frist live concert filmed in the US. Time Machine 2011 includes concept tour videos, outtakes from the short films, an alternate film version video for “Tom Sawyer”, and rare live footage of “Need Some Love” from Laura Secord Secondary School with original drummer John Rutsey, and “Anthem” from Passaic, New Jersey.
 

Track List:

Set One:

The ‘Real’ History of Rush Episode No. 2 “Don’t Be Rash”
The Spirit of Radio
Time Stand Still
Presto
Stick It Out
Workin’ Them Angels
Leave That Thing Alone
Faithless
BU2B
Free Will
Marathon
Subdivisions

Set Two:

The ‘Real’ History of Rush Episode No. 17 “…and Rock and Roll is My Name”
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs
Caravan
Moto Perpetuo (featuring Love For Sale)
O’Malley’s Break
Closer To The Heart
2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx
Far Cry
 
Encore:
 
La Villa Strangiato
Working Man
 
Source: Roadrunner Records – Sept 21, 2011
 

Alice Cooper Fall 2011 Tour Dates

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Rebecca Murray
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Welcome 2 My Nightmare
(Photo Credit: Universal Music Enterprises)

>Alice Cooper’s sequel to his 1975 Welcome to My Nightmare – Welcome 2 My Nightmare – currently rests at #22 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking his highest charting release in two decades. Released by Universal Music Enterprises on September 13, 2011, Welcome 2 My Nightmare features a duet with Ke$ha (“What Baby Wants”) and “I’ll Bite Your Face Off,” which was the first single off the album and is currently #2 at Classic Rock Radio.

In addition to Ke$ha, collaborators on Welcome 2 My Nightmare include original Alice Cooper members Denis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith, and guitarist Steve Hunter.

Alice Cooper’s been busy with his “No More Mr. Nice Guy” but took a break to play at the Whisky a Go-Go on Sunset Strip in Hollywood with guitar prodigy Orianthi (his newest band member), Ke$ha and The Doors’ Robby Krieger. The event marked his first gig on the Sunset Strip in 40 years, according to Universal Music Enterprises.

Alice Cooper’s Worldwide “No More Mr. Nice Guy” 2011 Tour Continues:

September 24 Brisbane, Australia Centre
September 26 Sydney, Australia Enmore Theatre
September 29 Melbourne, Australia Palais
September 30 Melbourne, Australia Palais
October 2 Perth, Australia Challenge Stadium
October 5 Singapore The Coliseum
October 7 Jakarta, Indonesia Ex-Park Plaza
October 12 Rome, Italy Atlantico
October 13 Padova, Italy Gran Teatro Geox
October 14 Milan/Bergamo, Italy Live Club
October 16 Basel, Switzerland St Jakobshalle
October 17 Graz, Austria Steiermarkhalle
October 18 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
October 20 Chemnitz, Germany Stadthalle
October 21 Goppingen, Germany EWS Arena
October 22 Mannheim, Germany Rosengarten
October 23 Zoetermoor, Holland Silverdome
October 25 Sheffield, England City Hall
October 26 Bristol, England Colston Hall
October 27 Birmingham, England NIA
October 29 London, England Alexandra Palace
October 30 Manchester, England O2 Apollo
October 31 Glasgow, Scotland Clyde Auditorium
November 2 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
November 3 Lille, France Zenith
November 5 Toulouse, France Zenith
November 6 Lyon, France Halle Tony Garnier
November 8 Paris, France Zenith
November 9 Rouen, France Zenith
November 10 Rennes, France Liberte
November 12 Bremen, Germany Pier III
Mulheim An Der Ruhr,
November 13 Germany RWE Arena
November 14 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle
November 17 St Petersburg, Russia Oktiaborski
Crocus City Hall Expo, 3rd
November 19 Moscow, Russia Pavilion
November 26 Mt Pleasant, Michigan Soaring Eagle
November 27 Huntington, W Virginia Keith Albee Theatre
November 29 Verona NY Turning Stone
November 30 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
December 2 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
December 3 Bridgeport, CT The Klein
December 5 Kingston, ON K-Rock Centre
December 6 Kitchener, ON Centre On The Square
December 7 Oshawa, ON GM Centre
December 9 Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Theatre
December 10 Erie, PA Warner Theatre
December 12 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
December 13 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Center
December 14 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
December 15 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live Arena

Steven Spielberg Set to Receive Prestigious Producers Guild Award

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Rebecca Murray
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Steven Spielberg at the Super 8 Premiere
Steven Spielberg at the 'Super 8' Premiere - Photo © Richard Chavez
Steven Spielberg’s having a great 2011. He produced Super 8 which performed well at the box office (and did well with critics), executive produced Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Cowboys & Aliens, and he’ll be competing against himself later this year when War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin arrive in theaters. And he’s just been named as the recipient of the 2012 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America (PGA). The award is given out each year in recognition of a producer’s outstanding body of work.
 
The 2012 PGA Awards will be held on January 21st at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
 
Past David O. Selznick Achievement Award winners include Stanley Kramer, Clint Eastwood, Billy Wilder, Brian Grazer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Roger Corman, Laura Ziskin, Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall, John Lasseter and Scott Rudin.
 
In the official announcement, Producers Guild Awards co-chairs Paula Wagner and Michael Manheim said, “As one of the most prolific filmmakers of all time, Steven’s continued genius, imagination and fearlessness in the world of feature film entertainment is unmatched in this industry. Steven has produced some of the most iconic films in the history of cinema and we have no doubt he will continue to bring thrilling adventures, emotionally moving storylines, thought provoking characters and cult classics to audiences across the globe. We’re extremely proud to recognize Steven’s contributions to the producing craft as well as the entire film industry with the David O. Selznick honor.”
 
“David O. Selznick is a true legend in the producing field, and I am tremendously honored to be associated with his name and to join the company of so many distinguished filmmakers who have received this accolade,” commented Spielberg. “I am extremely grateful to the Producers Guild.”
 
More on Steven Spielberg’s Career [Courtesy of the Producers Guild of America]:
 
Spielberg is, collectively, the top-grossing director of all time, having helmed such blockbusters as E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, the INDIANA JONES franchise and JURASSIC PARK. Among his myriad of honors, Spielberg is a three-time Academy Award®-winner, taking home his first two wins for Best Director and Best Picture for SCHINDLER’S LIST, which received a total of seven Oscars® and his third for Best Director for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.
 
He has also earned Academy Award® nominations for Best Director for MUNICH, E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. Additionally, he earned DGA Award nominations for those films as well as JAWS, THE COLOR PURPLE, EMPIRE OF THE SUN and AMISTAD. In 2000, he received the DGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also the recipient of the Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Hollywood Foreign Press’s Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Kennedy Center Honor, among other career tributes.
 
More recently, he was a producer of SUPER 8 directed by JJ Abrams. His upcoming releases include his direction of the 3D animated film THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN, due for release December 23rd in most international territories by Columbia Pictures and domestically by Paramount Pictures. It is produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy. He also directed WAR HORSE, based on an award-winning novel which has been adapted into a major stage hit in London and recently won Broadway’s Tony Award for Best Drama. The DreamWorks Studios film opens December 28th. His next film for DreamWorks will be his direction of LINCOLN which begins production in October.
 
Apart from his filmmaking work and his television projects, Spielberg has devoted his time and resources to many philanthropic causes. The impact of his work on SCHINDLER’S LIST led him to establish the Righteous Persons Foundation; he also founded Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation which became the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education in 2005; and he is the Chairman Emeritus of the Starlight Children’s Foundation.
 
Source: Producers Guild of America – Sept 21, 2011
 


 

R.E.M. Calls It Quits

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Rebecca Murray
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R.E.M.
After 31 years of making music, R.E.M. has officially announced it’s time to call it a day.
 
From the group’s official website:
 

To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.” R.E.M.

 
Although the news comes as a shock to fans, R.E.M. band member Mike Mills says the group knows the time is right to say good-bye. “During our last tour, and while making Collapse Into Now and putting together this greatest hits retrospective, we started asking ourselves, ‘what next’? Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell of a journey. We realized that these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 years of our working together,” offered Mills on the group’s site.
 
Michael Stipe echoed that sentiment, saying, “A wise man once said–‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave.’ We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we’re going to walk away from it.”
 
Mills added, “We have always been a band in the truest sense of the word. Brothers who truly love and respect each other. We feel kind of like pioneers in this — there’s no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring off. We’ve made this decision together, amicably and with each other’s best interests at heart.”
 
And guitarist Peter Buck acknowledged R.E.M’s fans: “One of the things that was always so great about being in R.E.M. was the fact that the records and the songs we wrote meant as much to our fans as they did to us. It was, and still is, important to us to do right by you. Being a part of your lives has been an unbelievable gift. Thank you.”
 
“Mike, Michael, Bill, Bertis, and I walk away as great friends. I know I will be seeing them in the future, just as I know I will be seeing everyone who has followed us and supported us through the years. Even if it’s only in the vinyl aisle of your local record store, or standing at the back of the club: watching a group of 19 year olds trying to change the world.”
 
The group is planning a Greatest Hits album to be released in November 2011.
 


More on R.E.M. [Courtesy of Warner Bros Records]:
 
R.E.M. is unique in that they are very much still the group of friends from Athens, Georgia that they’ve been since the band formed in 1979. While their career has spanned 15 studio albums and huge global success, the band itself only ever comprised the four original members. The one person to leave this tight-knit group was drummer Bill Berry, who retired two years after suffering a brain aneurysm on-stage during 1995’s “Monster” tour. But not before extracting a promise from his band mates that they would continue on as R.E.M.: “Bill insisted he would stay, if his leaving meant breaking the band up,” remembers Michael Stipe.
 
Source: Warner Bros Records – Sept 21, 2011
 

Brad Pitt Talks ‘Moneyball’ and Sports Movies

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Rebecca Murray
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Brad Pitt stars in Moneyball
Brad Pitt stars in 'Moneyball' - © 2011 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc.

Columbia Pictures is hoping they hit a home run with Moneyball, the baseball drama inspired by a true story and starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Chris Pratt. The film, based on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s unorthodox approach to putting together a baseball team, opens in theaters on September 23, 2011. Prior to its wide release, the film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival where Brad Pitt took part in a press conference to talk about tackling the sports movie. In this video provided by Columbia Pictures, Pitt discusses the appeal of the story, how we approach failure and success, sports films and how we love our athletic teams, and underdog stories.

The Plot: Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball’s conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs.

Watch the Moneyball video:

More on Moneyball:
—Photo gallery
—News, info and cast list

J. Edgar Movie Trailer Featuring Leonardo DiCaprio

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Rebecca Murray
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Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar
Leonardo DiCaprio in 'J. Edgar' - © Warner Bros Pictures
“When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes…’ So says Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover in the dramatic film J. Edgar. Directed by Clint Eastwood and co-starring Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, and Josh Lucas, J. Edgar is set for a November 9, 2011 (limited)/November 11th (wide) release in theaters.
 
Warner Bros Pictures has just released the first trailer for what is likely to be one of the films in contention come Oscar time. Take a look and see what you think. Is it Oscar-worthy?
 
Watch the trailer:
 

 
More on J. Edgar:
—Photo gallery
—News and cast info
 

Weinstein Company Acquires This Must Be the Place

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Rebecca Murray
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Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place
Sean Penn in 'This Must Be the Place'
This Must Be the Place has just found a home with The Weinstein Company, with the studio picking up North American distribution rights from the producers Lucky Red, Indigo Film and Medusa Film. Sean Penn stars as an aging rock star in the thriller co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo).
 
The film also features Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson, Kerry Condon, Harry Dean Stanton, Joyce Van Patten, David Byrne, Olwen Fouéré, Shea Whigham, Liron Levo, Heinz Lieven, and Simon Delaney.
 
“I’m thrilled to be working with Harvey. He has a very deep appreciation of the film and a clear vision for its release, and he loves to come to Rome,” stated Sorrentino in the press release announcing the acquisition.
 
TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein said, “Sorrentino is a true auteur. We were gripped by his film and are excited to share it with American audiences. Sean proves once again that he is one of the finest actors of our time.”
 
The Story:
 
Cheyenne is a former rock star. At 50 he still dresses ‘Goth’ and lives in Dublin off his royalties. The death of his father, with whom he wasn’t on speaking terms, brings him back to New York. He discovers his father had an obsession: to seek revenge for a humiliation he had suffered. Cheyenne decides to pick up where his father left off, and starts a journey, at his own pace, across America.
 
Source: The Weinstein Company – Sept 21, 2011
 

The Son of No One – Trailer, Photos and Cast

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Rebecca Murray
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Channing Tatum and James Ransone in The Son of No One
Channing Tatum and James Ransone in 'The Son of No One' - © 2011 Anchor Bay Entertainment

Starring: Channing Tatum and Al Pacino [full cast list under the ‘Cast’ tab]
Directed By: Dito Montiel
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Running Time: 95 minutes
Genres: Drama, action
MPAA Rating: R for violence, pervasive language and brief disturbing sexual content

Official Synopsis: A young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.

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