Yeah it’s not much but at least it’s something. Marvel, upload a clean HD version of the 5 minute Thor trailer from the Con and we’ll all be so happy.
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MTV VMA nominees announced, Lady Gaga nabs record-breaking 13 nods
The MTV Video Music Awards is just a month away, so it’s time to peruse the nominees list. Lady Gaga swept the boards with a record-breaking 13 nominations, two of which include Best Pop Video and Best Female Video. Not only does she now hold the record for most VMA nods in a single show, but she is also the first female artist to be nominated for two different videos in the Video of the Year category (“Bad Romance” and “Telephone”). Eminem’s hit single “Not Afraid” helped him received 8 nods. First-time nominees include Ke$ha, Drake, Justin Bieber, and Florence + The Machine. B.o.B’s “Airplanes”, Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness”, Janelle Monáe’s “Tightrope”, 30 Seconds To Mars’ “King & Queens”, and Dan Black’s “Symphonies” also made the cut. Check out the full breakdown of nominees organized by category after the break. The VMAs will air live from Los Angeles on Sunday, September 12 at 9PM on MTV. According to recent whispers Kanye West will be in the building to perform a song off his upcoming album, so you don’t want to miss a potential “Imma let you finish but…” moment!
[Via EW-MusicMix] Continue reading MTV VMA nominees announced, Lady Gaga nabs record-breaking 13 nods
Television Critics Association awards: Glee, Lost, Modern Family among winners
Last weekend the Television Critics Association awards were handed out to much deserved recepients. The TCA “represents more than 200 journalists writing about television for print and online outlets in the United States and Canada.” Members annually vote for the favorite TV shows, actors, and actresses. This year the 26th annual TCA awards took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and was hosted by Dax Shephard (Parenthood). Glee stole the show with three major wins in the following categories: Program of the Year, Outstanding New Program, and Individual Achievement In Comedy (this one went specifically to Jane Lynch). In a rare instance, there was a tie for Outstanding Achievement In Drama; it went to Lost and Breaking Bad. Other notable winners include Modern Family (Outstanding Achievement In Comedy), Julianna Margulies (Individual Achievement In Drama), and The Pacific (Outstanding Achievement In Movies, Miniseries & Specials). Look after the break for the full list of winners.
[Via EW; TCA] Continue reading Television Critics Association awards: Glee, Lost, Modern Family among winners
FOX’s ‘Terra Nova’ pushed to fall 2011
Wahhhh! That’s the sound I made when I read this breaking news. The time-travelling, prehistoric journey to save mankind is being pushed back an entire year. Terra Nova, from the minds of Steven Speilberg, Brannon Braga (24, FlashForward) and David Fury (Lost), simply isn’t ready for its big debut so FOX made a swift decision to remove it from its fall 2010 premiere slot. Essentially the highly anticipated show is going to pull a Glee. Remember how FOX delicately handled the rollout of arguably network TV’s most successful new hit? Instead of premiering Glee in fall 2008, FOX aired a “preview” episode (the pilot) in May after American Idol. This allowed the show to generate tons of buzz during the summer and resulted in a huge audience wanting to see more by the time fall 2009 rolled around. FOX thinks they can do it again with Terra Nova; they plan to preview the pilot this May, generate buzz with an intense marketing campaign over the summer, and officially premiere the show in fall 2011. Read what FOX President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly has to say about the situation:
“Terra Nova will be one of the most visually stimulating and dramatically grand series to air on network television. It deserves to have an equally unique launch to distinguish that the show is unlike any other, and the spring promotional platform will give us the perfect opportunity to introduce this bold show to audiences. .. We went into it knowing it was going to be ambitious. It really became apparent that we had to do this show right. We’ll have an enormous jump on the pilot, and on the marketing side, we’ll let people understand the show.”
It will take time than anticipated for the showrunners, writers, and special FX leads to come up with “ground breaking effects” and an “entire world and mythology.” And you know what? I’m not so disappointed about all this. If the creative teams needs an additional few months to make this show the best it can be, I am certainly willing to wait the extra while until things are properly locked and loaded. This show promises to be explosive both in storytelling and visuals–I’m already hooked! I have no doubt that the May preview pilot will wow audiences and everyone will be counting the days until its proper fall 2011 launch.
[Via IGN; EW-HollywoodInsider]
What is ‘The Event’?
I have no idea! Sorry for the misleading post title there, but I couldn’t help myself. No one knows what the actual “event” from NBC’s new fall program The Event is, but I’m sitting here at the edge of my seat waiting to find out. Briefly introduce yourself to the upcoming conspiracy thriller with a quick synopsis and cloaked-in-mystery trailer. Then check out the brand-spankin’ new character stills in the gallery below. You will be aquainted with them on Monday, September 20 at 9PM on NBC.
Cast members include Jason Ritter, Sarah Roemer, Blair Underwood, Laura Innes, Željko Ivanek, Ian Anthony Dale, Scott Patterson, Clifton Collins Jr., Bill Smitrovich, Lisa Vidal, Taylor Cole, and Wes Ramsey.
[Via IGN]
The Simpsons season 22 guest voices: House, Gleeks, Potter, Rudd, Hamm, FOTC & more
Can you believe that Matt Groening’s 1987 creation is coming into its twenty-second season this fall? What’s even more crazy is the awesome list of guest voices The Simpsons team plans to use this season. In the season premiere “Elementary School Musical” Lisa goes to a performance arts camp. There she will be greeted by artsy counselors Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords fame and a bunch of excited campers voiced by Glee‘s Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Amber Riley. House‘s Hugh Laurie and Daniel Radcliffe (aka Harry Potter) will lend their voices to October’s “Treehouse of Horror” episode. Later in the season Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, baseball’s Mike Scioscia, and sports writer Bill James will appear in an episode titled “MoneyBart.” This year’s holiday special “The Fight Before Christmas” will get a kick with Martha Stewart. Other guest voices that will pop up throughout the season: Halle Berry, Ricky Gervais, Paul Rudd, Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live), Rachel Weisz (The Mummy), Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother), Cheech & Chong, Danica Patrick, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; also Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds) will reprise his role as Fat Tony. Excited? The Simpsons 22 premieres Sunday, September 26 on FOX.
[Via IGN]
Rob Lowe becomes a series regular on Parks and Rec!
Chris Traeger, the world’s most fit, energetic, and positive-thinking auditor, will be sticking around Pawnee, Indiana for the foreseeable future. NBC has named Rob Lowe a series regular on their rising Thursday night comedy Parks and Recreation. With Party Down (unfortunately) out of the picture, let’s hope Adam Scott can prove he’s a valuable assest to the show, too. This ensemble cast just keeps getting better and better. It’s a damn shame we have to wait until mid-season for new episodes!
[Via EW-HollywoodInsider]
Music video: Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
After a three year absence Linkin Park is back. Their fourth studio album A Thousand Suns drops on September 14. The first single off the album is called “The Catalyst”. The band decided to take a non-traditional route in promoting the track in collaboration with the upcoming video game Medal of Honor. The video, directed by Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn, mashes together live and gameplay combat footage; the result is pretty stellar.
[Via EW-MusicMix]
Trailer #2: The Social Network
We are now two teaser trailers and two full-length trailers into The Social Network. Check out this latest one; it includes a bit more new footage and features Kanye West’s super single “Power.” The movie about the rise of Facebook hits theatres October 1, 2010.
Kanye West tweets find a natural home in New Yorker cartoons
From all the hubbub surrounding @KanyeWest and his tweets you’d never believe that he’s only been using the social networking service for less than a week. Just hours after he jumped on the bandwagon and started sharing thoughts only Kanye could come up with, comedian and real-life pal Aziz Ansari started an ongoing conversation using the hashtag #PredictingKanyeTweets. Early ones included: “Just saw a girl with huge titties at Del Taco.” “Hans Zimmer needs to write a score for whenever I eat a cookie. when I eat cookies shit is mad suspenseful.” The hashtag made it to Trending Topics for a few hours that first day.
Following #PredictingKanyeTweets is #KanyeNewYorkerTweets. That’s right, Twitter users are tagging Kanye’s tweets to actual New Yorker cartoons. Surprisingly they make for near perfect captions. I’ve posted one above, and there’s a bunch more in the gallery below. Like Ansari’s hashtag, this new conversation has just begun so make sure to search the hashtag often for a light chuckle throughout the day. Kanye must be loving this.
[Via HuffingtonPost]
A sneak peek into how the sound for Inception was conceptualized
Check out this “Inception” Sound for Film Profile and learn how all the intricate sounds were created and matched to the mind-bending action that takes place on the screen. Sound designer Richard King, re-recording mixer Lora Hirschberg, and re-recording mixer Gary Rizzo try their best to explain things as rudamentary as possible. It’s an interesting watch. (…But I still want to know where the “burrr” comes from. Maybe it’s here.)
Kid Cudi performs at BAPE, drops new single, delays album to October?
Kid Cudi recently performed his first single “REVOFEV” off his upcoming sophomore album Man on the Moon: The Legend of Mr. Rager at the BAPE clothing store in NYC. He teamed up with YouTube to have a VEVO crew follow his journey to the store. The best part of the collaboration is that the video is in HD and the audio is perfectly audible. Don’t have much time? Scrub to timestamp 1:37, that’s when the song actually starts. Remember you can download the track here.
Moving on to some important news regarding the release of MOTM II… According to Rap-Up, Cudder’s new album has been delayed twice in the same week. Last Thursday it broke that the album would not drop on September 14 (aka G.O.O.D. Music Day) but instead be pushed back two weeks to September 28, the same date T.I. and Young Jeezy are expected to drop King Uncaged and TM 103, respectively. Then two days ago it was reported that his label Universal Motown decided to delay the record by nearly another month. Though this is all up for speculation, sources say that MOTM II is now expected to drop October 26. Bum-mer.
In the meantime, you have “REVOFEV”, “Erase Me”, and now “Mojo So Dope” to enjoy. “Mojo” found its way onto the ‘Net a few weeks ago in snippet form, but early this morning the full, tagless version was let loose into the wild and it’s hella good. Its got this hazy, retro, dream-like vibe to it–Cudi’s signature stamp if you ask me. Take a listen below and click the download link for keeps. The wait is worth it, the wait is worth it. You gotta keep saying that to yourself..
Download: Kid Cudi – “Mojo So Dope”
[audio: Kid Cudi – Mojo So Dope.mp3][Via KWBlog]