In support of their debut album Passive Me, Aggressive You on Universal Republic Records, electro-pop The Naked and Famous have added more dates to their 2011 North American tour. Passive Me, Aggressive You dropped on March 15, 2011, and hit the iTunes Top 10 Albums chart. The band’s first U.S. tour kicked off at the SXSW Festival and will include an appearance at Lollapalooza on August 5th.
The Naked and Famous’ “Young Blood” single was featured in Gossip Girl and Chuck, and was heard in Disney’s Prom. Alternative Press named them “a band you need to know in 2011.”
The Naked and Famous 2011 Tour Dates
6/16 – Boston, MA at WFNX Radio Festival
6/18 – Washington, DC at Rock’n’Roll Hotel
8/2- Los Angeles, CA at Henry Fonda Music Box
8/5 – Chicago, IL at Lollapalooza
8/7 – New York, NY at Central Park Summer Stage
8/11 – Boston, MA at Brighton Music Hall
8/13 – Brooklyn, NY at Music Hall of Williamsburg
8/14 – East Hampton, NY at Music To Know Festival
10/28 – Asheville, NC at MOOGFEST 2011
Cartoon Network, Joel Silver, and Dark Castle Entertainment will be bringing the network’s super popular Ben 10 show to life as a live-action movie. Here’s the scoop from Cartoon Network:
The movie, which will be produced by Silver, along with Dark Castle Entertainment co-presidents Steve Richards and Andrew Rona, gives Silver and his production company the exclusive rights to develop and package the property and advance it towards a theatrical production.
“I cannot think of anyone better suited than Joel Silver to develop a theatrical action-driven adventure based on our BEN 10 franchise,” said president and COO of Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media division (AYAKM) Stuart Snyder. “As a producer of mega-hit movie franchises like, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and The Matrix, to the successes of Sherlock Holmes and The Book of Eli, Joel has both the passion and movie-making know-how to turn Ben 10 into a spectacular theatrical experience for our fans.”
“In Ben 10, Cartoon Network has built a property that is loved across the world,” said Silver. “It has a fun premise with a great leading character that lends itself to the big screen, and I am looking forward to seeing how we can take it to the next level.”
Created by Man of Action (Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, Steve Seagle), the series about a boy (Ben Tennyson) who discovers a strange wristwatch that allows him to transform into 10 different aliens with superpowers premiered on Cartoon Network in January 2006 and quickly became a global hit, reaching more than 165 countries. With these powers, Ben can play the part of a superhero, righting wrongs, saving the world and getting into some old-fashioned kid-style trouble.
A #1 hit for the network on Saturday mornings, the Ben 10 saga continued to expand as a series, first with Ben 10: Alien Force in April 2008 and then with Ben 10: Ultimate Alien in spring 2010, now airing on Friday nights.
In support of her upcoming film, Monte Carlo, singer/actress Selena Gomez performed for fans at Santa Monica Place on June 13, 2011.
The film is set to hit theaters on July 1, 2011 and features Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, and Cory Monteith.
Official Synopsis: Based on the Jules Bass book Headhunters published in 2001, Monte Carlo finds Selena Gomez playing a teen named Grace who’s mistaken for a socialite while on a trip to Paris. Flying off to Monte Carlo for a charity ball and auction, Grace and her friends find themselves involved in the search for a million-dollar necklace that goes missing.
Amy Poehler returns to lead the cast as Leslie Knope in season four of NBC’s popular half-hour comedy series, Parks and Recreation. Season four will premiere on September 22, 2011 with an episode that finds Leslie running for office.
The series also stars Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, and Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate. Chris Pratt stars as Andy Dwyer, Jim O’Heir is Jerry Gergich, Paul Schneider plays Mark Brendanawicz, Adam Scott is Ben Wyatt, and Rob Lowe plays Chris Traeger.
The Plot:Parks and Recreation follows Leslie Knope (Poehler) a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and her tireless efforts to make her quintessentially American town just a little bit more fun.
Leslie’s office mate is Tom Haverford (Ansari), a fashion-obsessed wannabe player whose greatest dream is to own his own nightclub. Leslie’s boss, Ron Swanson (Offerman), hates the very government he works for, and sports one of the most impressive mustaches on primetime television. Rounding out the cast are Leslie’s best friend Ann (Jones), her ex-boyfriend Andy (Chris Pratt), and Ron’s assistant, April (Plaza).
In season four, Leslie Knope decides to run for Pawnee, Indiana City Council, but many obstacles stand in the way of her quest to serve her beloved hometown.
NBC’s one-hour drama Parenthood returns for season two on September 14, 2010. The popular series stars Lauren Graham and Peter Krause, and is based on the 1989 film of the same name.
The Plot: Sarah Braverman (Lauren Graham) is a financially-strapped single mother trying to raise two teenaged kids, the bright but rebellious Amber (Mae Whitman) and sullen and sensitive Drew (Miles Heizer).
On the home front, Sarah and her kids live with Sarah’s larger-than-life, headstrong father, Zeek (Craig T. Nelson), and pillar-of-strength mother Camille, (Bonnie Bedelia), who are continuously dealing with their own marital issues.
Meanwhile, Sarah’s sister and complete antithesis, Julia (Erika Christensen) is a successful corporate attorney trying to juggle work and motherhood alongside her loving but increasingly restless stay-at-home husband, Joel (Sam Jaeger).
Commitment-phobe Crosby (Dax Shepard), Sarah’s younger brother, is helping raise a five-year-old son he had out-of-wedlock with former flame Jasmine (Joy Bryant).
However, it’s Adam (Peter Krause), the oldest Braverman sibling, who has had to relinquish his expectations about what constitutes a “normal” family as he, his quietly forceful wife Kristina (Monica Potter) and independent-minded teenage daughter, Haddie (Sarah Ramos), struggle to cope with their eccentric son and Haddie’s little brother, Max (Max Burkholder), who has Asperger’s Syndrome.
Although each sibling and family has its own share of life and everyday challenges to grapple with, they still manage to be there for each other in their hours of need.
Season three of the Emmy Award-winning half-hour comedy Community will premiere on NBC on September 22, 2011. The new season finds Joel McHale and Gillian Jacobs back in starring roles, and ready to take on another semester of school at a community college.
Joel McHale stars as Jeff Winger, Gillian Jacobs plays Britta Perry, Danny Pudi is Abed Nadir, and Yvette Nicole Brown is Shirley Bennett. Alison Brie plays Annie Edison, Donald Glover stars as Troy Barnes, Chevy Chase is Pierce Hawthorne, Ken Jeong is Senor Chang, and Jim Rash stars as Dean Pelton.
The Plot, Courtesy of NBC:Community is a smart, exuberant comedy that is consistently ranked as one of the most inventive and original half-hours on television. This ensemble comedy centers on a tight-knit group of friends who all met at what is possibly the world’s worst educational institution – Greendale Community College. At the center of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, ‘The Soup’), a fast-talking lawyer who was caught with a phony college degree.
Disbarred until he could earn a legitimate degree, Winger chose Greendale, thinking he could breeze through the mediocre school without a hitch. However, he soon found himself the reluctant leader of a disparate group of misfits, all stuck at Greendale for different reasons.
Zachary Levi returns to star in season four of NBC’s Chuck. The one-hour comedy/drama finds Levy showing off his charm – and comedic skills – as a secret agent.
Season four premieres on September 20, 2010 and features Levi as Levi as Chuck Bartowski, Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker, Sarah Lancaster as Ellie Bartowski, and Adam Baldwin as John Casey. Vik Sahay plays Lester Patel, Scott Krinsky is Jeff Barnes, Joshua Gomez is Morgan Grimes, and Ryan McPartlin plays Devon.
The Synopsis: Chuck Bartowski (Levi) returns as a regular guy who also happens to be the government’s most vital secret agent. Now that those closest to Chuck know his secret, he must try harder than ever to keep his spy life from interfering with his personal life. But this has never been more difficult — his relationship with superspy Sarah Walker is getting serious, and he’s about to take on his most personal mission yet: finding his mother.
NBC’s critically acclaimed half-hour 30 Rock wrapped up season five in May 2011 and will return for season six on January 12, 2012. Season six will consist of 22 episodes starring Tina Fey as Liz Lemon and Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy.
Tracy Morgan stars as Tracy Jordan, Jack McBrayer is Kenneth Parcell, Jane Krakowski stars as Jenna Maroney, and Scott Adsit is Pete. The cast also includes Judah Friedlander as Frank, Katrina Bowden as Cerie, Kevin Brown as Dot Com, John Lutz as J.D., and Elizabeth Banks as Avery.
30 Rock was created by Tina Fey and is (sort of) based on her experiences on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
The Plot: Multiple award-winning comedy series 30 Rock is told through the comedic voice of Emmy and Golden Globe winner Tina Fey as variety show producer Liz Lemon and features Emmy/Golden Globe winner Alec Baldwin as top network executive Jack Donaghy and Emmy nominee Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan, the unpredictable star of Lemon’s hit variety show, TGS with Tracy Jordan. Lemon constantly has her hands full, juggling corporate interference from Donaghy and off-the-handle star antics from Jordan, all while attempting to salvage her own personal life.
We’ve come to the end of Gossip Girl with the arrival of season six. The series says goodbye to the gang with a 10-episode final season premiering on The CW on October 8, 2012.
The cast includes Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen, Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf, Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald, and Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass. Kelly Rutherford plays Lily van der Woodsen and Matthew Settle is Rufus Humphrey.
The Synopsis: Season four ended with Chuck Bass’s (Ed Westwick) heartbreaking decision to step aside and let Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) begin her new life as a Princess-to-be with her fiancé, Prince Louis (Hugo Becker). Meanwhile, Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), in sunny Los Angeles, was offered a fantastic summer job working for an A-List Hollywood director just as we discovered that Serena’s cousin, Charlie (Kaylee Defer), was the real actress in the family! Back in New York, a newly single Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) convinced Chuck to go on a hedonistic summer trip around the globe while Dan Humphrey’s (Penn Badgley) oldest friend went behind his back and found an editor to anonymously publish his autobiographical novel, “Inside.”
Season five opened in the City of Angels when a reenergized Chuck and Nate decide to pay Serena a visit. Back home, Blair learns that planning a royal wedding can be a royal pain, and Dan discovers the ramifications of writing candidly about his closest friends. Finally, the surprise return of cousin Charlie will threaten to destroy the Van Der Woodsen family from within.
Six years after the first blast, Gossip Girl continues for an unforgettable final season. As season six opens, Serena is completely off the grid. Her friends fear the worst but hope for the best … yet even they can’t imagine where they’ll find her. Blair has offered Chuck her heart, but is it enough to help win back his empire? Dan has written a new book that promises to make more trouble than the first, and this time he has no desire to be anonymous, and Nate is determined to reveal Gossip Girl’s true identity, thereby making a name for The Spectator — and himself.
Plus, Lily and Rufus turn on one another when Rufus makes a surprising new ally. And when Bart Bass, Jack Bass and Georgina Sparks show up to raise hell, it’s a fight to the spectacular series finale. Anywhere else it would be too much drama to handle, but this is the Upper East Side! So who comes out on top? That’s one secret I’ll never tell…. XOXO, Gossip Girl.
Our favorite werewolf, vampire, and ghost return for season four of Syfy’s Being Human. Sam Witwer returns as Aidan, Sam Huntington is back as Josh, and Meaghan Rath returns as Sally.
Season four also features Kristen Hager as Nora, Mark Pellegrino as Bishop, Vincent Leclerc as Marcus, Sarah Allen as Rebecca, and Angela Galuppo as Bridget.
Season one premiered on January 17, 2011 followed by season two on January 16, 2012. Season three arrived on January 14, 2013, and season four is set to premiere on January 13, 2014.
Fun Fact: Being Human is Syfy’s most female-skewing scripted series ever.
The Synopsis:Being Human is a re-imagining of the acclaimed BBC original series that follows three 20-something roommates: A ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf who are struggling to keep their dark secrets from the world, while also helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.
