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New On DVD: Groundbreaking 1986 Hip-Hop Doc Available Commercially For The 1st Time Ever
22 May 2012 10:38 AM, PDT | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
I received a screener copy of this and watched it recently; it's about an hour long, and I'd say not meant to be received as an all-encompassing history of hip-hop. But serves as a time capsule and the story behind its making deserves a documentary of its own, based on what I read. It was made in 1985, so it covers pivotal moments and hip-hop luminaries of the time starting with Grand Master Flash, up to L.L. Cool J, who'd only just then recently released his first album, the acclaimed boom-box fave Radio. Shot over the course of 6 days, with a 4-man Dutch crew (including its host and director Bram Van Splunteren, who was commissioned by the Dutch TV station he worked »
- Tambay
Star Wars: Watch Your Childhood Die…
22 May 2012 9:37 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
If “Star Wars” hasn’t been defiled enough, here is something that will either have you throwing up in your mouth and shouting ”Hell No!” or cheering and hollering like the fools in the audience.
‘Star Wars Weekends’ is an annual event held at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and it’s a celebration of everything Star Wars, from the films to the Clone Wars TV series. You have the opportunity to meet Wookies, Droids, Ewoks and Jedi who walk around the studio during the three day celebration that is held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through to June 10.
The highlight every year is ‘Dance-Off with the Star Wars Stars’ where your favorite Star Wars characters like R2D2 and Darth Vader have a dance-off to various tracks by ”artists” like Maroon 5 and LL Cool J.
Here is the complete soundtrack for anyone who is interested;
Momma Said Knock You »
- Amarpal Biring
Having Big Fun in the Big Town
21 May 2012 7:27 PM, PDT | MovieMaker.com | See recent Movie Maker news »
26 years after it was filmed, Dutch director, journalist and rap aficionado Bram Van Splunteren's Big Fun in the Big Town is finally being released to worldwide audiences. A documentary on the origins of hip hop filmed in New York in 1986, just as the genre was getting noticed—but not, notes Van Splunteren, being taken seriously—on an international scale, Big Town features interviews with pioneers like Russell Simmons, Run-dmc, Grandmaster Flash, Doug E Fresh and LL Cool J from before they became household names. »
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Nominated as Favorite Hotties at Teen Choice Awards 2012
18 May 2012 9:06 PM, PDT | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
Miley Cyrus and her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth are both nominated for Hottie awards at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards. While Cyrus competes against Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Rihanna and Kate Upton in Female Hottie category, Hemsworth faces off the likes of Justin Bieber, Robert Pattinson, Ian Somerhalder and Ryan Gosling in Male Hottie category.
The former "Hannah Montana" star is also nominated for Choice Fashion Icon: Female. Her rivals include such high-fashion celebrities as Perry, Nicki Minaj, Zooey Deschanel and Jennifer Lopez. As for Male Fashion Icon, Bieber, Chris Colfer, Cee-Lo Green, Justin Timberlake and will.i.am are all set to face against one another.
In Music, Bieber has to face strong contenders like Drake, Bruno Mars, Pitbull and Blake Shelton for the coveted Choice Male Artist award. Meanwhile, the likes of Perry, Lopez, Adele, Rihanna and Taylor Swift are all vying for the top prize of Choice Female Artist. »
- celebrity-mania.com
The Vampire Diaries Leads Teen Choice Award Nominations
18 May 2012 1:20 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
This just in: teenagers love The Vampire Diaries and American Idol.
That's what the 2012 Teen Choice Awards prove, as the first wave of nominations have been announced and the two shows are tied with the most nods (six) of any program. Read on for a complete rundown and watch the ceremony on Fox July 22...
Choice TV Show: Drama
Choice TV Actor: Drama
Ian Harding, Pretty Little Liars
Choice TV Actress: Drama
Lucy Hale, Pretty Little Liars
Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Once Upon a Time
Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Ian Somerhalder, The Vampire Diaries
Paul Wesley, The Vampire Diaries »
- matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
'Vampire Diaries' & 'Idol' Lead Teen Choice Award Nominees
18 May 2012 1:05 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Fox has announced the first wave of Teen Choice Award nominees, with "The Vampire Diaries" on The CW and "American Idol" on Fox leading the pack.
"The Vampire Diaries," starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, earned six nominations, while the singing competition show "American Idol" racked up five.
The CW's "Gossip Girl" also managed to pull in a few nominations, as did Fox's "Fringe" and "Glee."
Check out the full list of Teen Choice Award nominees below and tune into the ceremony, airing live Sunday, July 22 at 8 p.m. Et on Fox.
Television
Choice TV Show: Drama
"Bones"
“Revenge”
"Touch"
Choice TV Actor: Drama
Ian Harding, “Pretty Little Liars”
Choice TV Actress: Drama
Sarah Michelle Gellar, “Ringer”
Lucy Hale, “Pretty Little Liars”
Leighton Meester, “Gossip Girl”
- Leigh Weingus
'Vampire Diaries' & 'Idol' Lead Teen Choice Award Nominees
18 May 2012 1:05 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Fox has announced the first wave of Teen Choice Award nominees, with "The Vampire Diaries" on The CW and "American Idol" on Fox leading the pack.
"The Vampire Diaries," starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, earned six nominations, while the singing competition show "American Idol" racked up five.
The CW's "Gossip Girl" also managed to pull in a few nominations, as did Fox's "Fringe" and "Glee."
Check out the full list of Teen Choice Award nominees below and tune into the ceremony, airing live Sunday, July 22 at 8 p.m. Et on Fox.
Television
Choice TV Show: Drama
"Bones"
“Revenge”
"Touch"
Choice TV Actor: Drama
Ian Harding, “Pretty Little Liars”
Choice TV Actress: Drama
Sarah Michelle Gellar, “Ringer”
Lucy Hale, “Pretty Little Liars”
Leighton Meester, “Gossip Girl”
- Leigh Weingus
'Vampire Diaries' and Justin Bieber lead Teen Choice 2012 nominations first wave
18 May 2012 12:42 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
The Teen Choice Awards has released its first wave of nominees for the 2012 awards show, which will air Sunday, July 22, on Fox. The CW's "The Vampire Diaries" leads the pack of nominees with six nominations, while "Boyfriend" singer Justin Bieber and Fox's "American Idol" each got five nominations.
And just when you thought they couldn't come up with any more categories for the already lengthy list, the show has added Choice Book and Choice Electronic Dance Music (Edm) Artist.
Starting Friday (May 18), fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day per category for their favorite nominees on the Teen Choice Awards site.
Here are the categories and nominees so far:
Movies
Choice Movie: Action
"Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol"
"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"
Choice Movie Actor: Action
Tom Cruise, "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol"
Robert Downey, Jr., "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"
Tom Hardy, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Teen Choice Awards 2012 Nominees Announced
18 May 2012 11:52 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Teen Choice Awards 2012 Nominees Announced
The first wave of nominees for the 2012 Teen Choice Awards have been announced and leading the way on the TV side are two decidedly different shows. Tied with six nominations apiece are The Vampire Diaries and American Idol, with everything from Fringe to Gossip Girl picking up at least one nomination. Last year, The Vampire Diaries led all shows in number of wins, totaling five with victories for the show (Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi), Ian Somerhalder (Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi), Nina Dobrev (Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi), Kat Graham (Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer), and Michael Trevino (Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer).
Listed below are the first round of TV nominations. Before last year's ceremony, another round was released three weeks following the first round and included categories like Choice Summer TV Show and Choice TV: Breakout Star.
Choice TV Show: Drama
Bones »
- Shilo Adams
Teen Choice Nominations: Vampire Diaries and Idol Lead Pack, Linda Hunt Eyes Repeat Win
18 May 2012 11:38 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
American Idol and The Vampire Diaries lead this year’s Teen Choice award nominations, netting five apiece.
Gossip Girl and Nikita follow with four, while NCIS: Los Angeles badass Linda Hunt, 67, is poised to repeat in the TV Actress/Action category, provided she can once again best the kick-butt quartet of Maggie Q (Nikita), Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita), Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) and Grace Park (Hawaii Five-0).
Once Upon a Time, Revenge and New Girl are among the freshman shows to break into the pack.
Teen Choice 2012 will air Sunday, July 22 on Fox. Here is a look at the major TV races; be forewarned, »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
Donna Summer: How She Became The Queen Of Disco
18 May 2012 4:55 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
-- Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty – the Queen of Disco.
Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn't comfortable embracing.
"I grew up on rock `n' roll," Summer once said when explaining her reluctance to claim the title.
Indeed, as disco boomed then crashed in a single decade in the 1970s, Summer, the beautiful voice and face of the genre with pulsating hits like "I Feel Love," "Love to Love You Baby" and "Last Dance," would continue to make hits incorporating the rock roots she so loved. One of her biggest hits, "She Works Hard for the Money," came in the early 1980s and relied on a smoldering guitar solo as well as Summer's booming voice.
Yet it was with her disco anthems that she would have the most impact in music, »
- AP
The Seven Things We Learned At the CBS Upfront
16 May 2012 3:42 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
CBS's upfront presentation today had the glamor and swagger you'd expect from the most stable, popular network — but aspects of the ceremony also had that profound unhipness that's CBS's weakness. LL Cool J rapping a number with the line "CBS is a phenomenon," accompanied by soprano Danielle de Niese? It's not uncool exactly, though it did feel a little awkward when LL demanded people throw their hands up. What else did we learn, other than that advertisers are disinclined to throw their hands up when told to?1. CBS President of Network Sales Joann Ross Is a Good Sport The presentation included with a 2 Broke Girls bit that found Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs running on stage, in character/costume and distributing cupcakes. They were greeted by Ross — in her own 2 Broke Girls waitress uniform. Cheeky! She delivered her whole sales pitch in costume. 2. It's Time to »
- Margaret Lyons
CBS Upfront Presentation: Live Blog
16 May 2012 1:28 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
CBS today brought back its traditional opening taped comedy video that spills onto the stage of Carnegie Hall. This time it was built around the network’s freshman hit 2 Broke Girls, whose leads Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs) read about ad buyers with a lot of money coming to Carnegie Hall for CBS’ upfront and decide to go there to try and sell the rich “men in suits” some cupcakes. After a cameo by David Letterman and Regis Philbin as customers at the diner, the two girls, boxes of cupcakes in hand, dash to Carnegie and walk up the stage where they are greeted by CBS’ head of sales Jo Ann Ross in a glitzy version of the duo’s waitress uniforms. Next off, a hip-hopera duet between soprano Danielle de Niese singing the toast from La Traviata and LL Cool J rapping about CBS’ ratings success. LL Cool J »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
NCIS: Los Angeles: 2011-12 TV Season Ratings
16 May 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
Here are the ratings for the NCIS: Los Angeles TV show. Special Agents G. Callen (Chris O'Donnell), Sam Hanna (LL Cool J), and the rest of the special NCIS team go undercover and put themselves in dangerous situations. The third season of NCIS: Los Angeles typically airs Tuesday nights at 9pm on the CBS network.
These show/tag/ncis-los-angeles-canceled-or-renewed/">NCIS: Los Angeles is going to be cancelled or renewed for season four. Check out our CBS ratings report card to see how this show's numbers compare with the others on the network.
These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:
Final season three averages: 3.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 15.53 million total viewers.
Episodes 03-23 & 03-24: Tuesday, 05/15/12
3.0 in the demo (0% episode-to-episode »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
NCIS: La Season 3 Finale Preview: Explosive!
10 May 2012 2:44 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
NCIS: La promises an explosive season finale. Even by its highly explosive standards.
“I’ve been doing this for 30 years and that explosion, in the world of blowing things up, is a triple A+,” says executive producer Shane Brennan of the scene shown in the promo below.
“That explosion hasn’t been enhanced with any computer graphics at all. When you see it on air, we have not touched it. The audience, because they’ve gotten so used to seeing these things on movies and in television, they often make the assumption that you’ve added some computer graphics ... none. We have done nothing to it.”
See what he's talking about in CBS' preview for the two-hour "Sans Voir" below:
NCIS: La Season 3 Finale Promo
In the third-season ender, Callen & Co. battle their old adversary, the Chameleon.
While pursuing a clue that will lead them to their bad guy, »
- steve@iscribelimited.com (Steve Marsi)
'NCIS: La' boss on the season finale and the event that could spell disaster for the team -- Exclusive Photo
7 May 2012 5:08 PM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
NCIS: La executive producer Shane Brennan promises an explosive season finale. Need proof? See the exclusive photo below.
“I’ve been doing this for 30 years and that explosion — in the world of blowing things up — is a triple A+,” he says. “And that explosion, that hasn’t been enhanced with any computer graphics at all, and when you see it on air, we have not touched it…. The audience, because they’ve gotten so used to seeing it on movies and in television, they often make the assumption that you’ve added some computer graphics — none. We have done nothing to it. »
- Sandra Gonzalez
McA R.I.P.
4 May 2012 5:05 PM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
Adam Yauch, known to millions of Beastie Boys fans as McA, died of cancer today (Friday, May 4, 2012) at the age of 47. Yauch had been diagnosed in 2009, and when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the following year, the illness kept him from attending the ceremony. The band became so beloved in its native city that tonight, the Mets are playing Beastie Boys songs in place of the batters' usual walk-up music.
The group formed in 1979 to play hardcore punk; in 1982 it had two tracks included on the seminal tape compilation New York Thrash, and had its first release, the Polly Wog Stew Ep.
The following year brought a big style change as the Beasties experimented with hip-hop by making the oddball 12-inch "Cooky Puss."
Further developing that style, they abandoned punk and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to hip-hop, with Rick Rubin first their DJ and »
- SteveHoltje
The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch: five clips and your memories
4 May 2012 12:18 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
To mark the sad death of Adam Yauch at the age of 47, here are some examples of the Beastie Boys at their finest – and a chance for you to tell us what McA and the band meant to you
Live on the Scott and Gary Show
Before they became rap's biggest act, the Beastie Boys were a hardcore punk band into Black Flag and Bad Brains. Here, Adam Yauch is on bass while adding to the primeval racket are Adam Horovitz on guitar and Michael Diamond on vocals (with, on drums, Kate Schellenbach, later of Luscious Jackson), ahead of their rechristening (as far as Jews can be rechristened) as, respectively, McA, Ad-Rock and Mike D. The footage is from 1984, from a cable TV programme called the Scott and Gary Show, and includes such never-to-be-revisited early "classics" as White Shadow and Egg Raid on Mojo.
(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right »
- Paul Lester
'NCIS,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'NCIS: La,' 'Vampire Diaries,' 'Big Bang Theory': Find out what's next in the Spoiler Room
4 May 2012 11:07 AM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
The realization that so many shows are coming to a close hit me today, and once I stopped sobbing, I realized that as we head into summer, this might be the prime time to do a little self-evaluation!
So if you’re up for it — or just counting the hours till you clock out — I invite you to take a questionnaire on Spoiler Room. Your feedback matters to me, so if you can find the time to do it, I’d appreciate it!
Click Here To Get In My Good Graces…Or To Make A Life-long Enemy. Your Choice.
And »
- Sandra Gonzalez
Beastie Boys Rapper Adam Yauch Dies at 47
4 May 2012 10:58 AM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Getty Images Filmmaker and recording artist Adam Yauch on May 2, 2008 in New York City. He died May 4, 2012 after battling cancer.
Adam Yauch, the gruff-voiced rapper best known as McA of the Beastie Boys, died this morning in New York. He was 47. The Brooklyn born musician had been battling cancer for three years. He was absent last month when his fellow Beastie Boys, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond, accepted the group’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. »
- John Jurgensen
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