Keep It Real - Diving Normal

Devolver Digital Films to Release

Diving Normal

A Touching Comedy-Drama Feature Film

Exploring Loyalty Among Friends & Lovers

Directed By Kristjan Thor

Los Angeles Theatrical Run at Arena Cinema

January 10 – 16, 2015

Everyone Seems Normal Until You Fall in Love...

Keep it real -

“Diving Normal questions what it means to be normal, and ultimately lends the argument that maybe there is no such thing. We’ve all felt lost, unloved, isolated, and unable to connect; this is a story about embracing those differences, regardless of how exposed or broken they make us feel, in order to finally see that we belong.”

– Jessica Tomberlin, Go See Talk

Devolver Digital Films is proud to announce the release of the touching comedy-drama, Diving Normal. Directed by Kristjan Thor, the character-driven narrative feature film tells the story of a love triangle that occurs when two unlikely friends fall for the same beautiful, but broken, woman. In the film, an adaptation of the critically acclaimed play of the same name, the three main characters combat abandonment, addiction, and struggles with conforming to traditional relationships. The Los Angeles theatrical run will kick off with a premiere event on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Arena Cinema in Hollywood, CA. Filmmakers and cast will be present for a reception before the 6:00pm screening and will host a Q&A immediately following. The film is currently in limited theatrical release in cities across the country, check http://divingnormal.com/screenings for updates.

Diving Normal centers around the lives of Fulton and Gordon, played by Philipp Karner and Scotty Crowe, respectively, who also both performed in the original stage production as well as produced and co-wrote the adapted screenplay with playwright Ashlin Halfnight. The film’s cable VOD (Video on Demand) release is set for January 13, 2015 (check local listings). The digital VOD release is scheduled for January 27, 2015 via iTunes, Amazon Instant Video HD, PlayStation, Xbox, VUDU, Vimeo on Demand, VHX, Gumroad, Google Play, YouTube Rentals, and others. For additional information, please visit http://divingnormal.com.

Upcoming Screenings – 
• Sat. January 10 - Fri. January 16, 2015 – Los Angeles, CA – Arena Cinemas

Diving Normal (Comedy/Drama, 2014, 92 min.) – 

Diving Normal tells the story of an unlikely love triangle when best friends, an ambitious Brooklynite graphic novelist Fulton (Philipp Karner) and his socially awkward neighbor Gordon (Scotty Crowe), both vie for the attention of Dana (Susie Abromeit), a beautiful but damaged woman. Fulton and Dana begin dating, but the increasingly complicated situation is compounded by their pasts, which are littered with abandonment, accident, and sexual deviation. After discovering that Fulton has gone to visit his ex-girlfriend, the story takes a dark turn as Dana relapses and debases herself under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Gordon becomes Dana's caretaker and, as they grow closer, the trio's relationships are tested. Based on a play by Fulbright Award Winner Ashlin Halfnight, Diving Normal explores loyalty among friends and lovers, as well as the heart breaking personal struggle of becoming an adult.

The film screened at the Dallas International Film Festival 2013, Manhattan Film Festival 2013, and Beverly Hills Film Festival 2014, where the film took home the Audience Award - Best Feature as well as the Best Actress Award (Susie Abromeit). The film also features the iconic Sandra Bernhard.

Links –

• Film’s Devolver Page – http://www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/diving-normal 
• Official Site – http://divingnormal.com 
• Trailer – http://vimeo.com/90168410< /a>

• IMDb – http://imdb.com/title/tt2401346

• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/divingnormal

Jared Leto, Why? Because I Can...

Jared Leto: Making 2015 A Hot Year!

This hot & sexy photo of Jared Leto that has been making the rounds on the Internet caught my eye for obvious reasons, therefore I decided to post it.

Why? Do you really need to ask? But if you insist on an explanation: BECAUSE I CAN!

Leto tweeted this photo and put a smile on people's face the first week of 2015.

An Oscar winner, the lead singer of the band 30 Seconds to Mars and hot. Jared has it all and can share it with me anytime.

Happy Hump Day indeed!

I know you all want to follow Jared on Twitter now, here is his account:

https://twitter.com/jaredleto

Brooke Shields Inspires

Brooke Shields: Hot and She Knows It

So this 49 year old got back from Christmas with his family and hit the eating healthy and back to the gym thing. When what to my wandering eyes online did appear? A fantastic photo of a same aged Brooke Shields, minus the tiny reindeer.

Brooke looks amazing at 49, and is my inspiration for the New Year to make myself my own personal best I can be.

OK, I will never look like Ms. Shields, for obvious reasons. The main one being I am not a woman. 

She is inspirational though as she has been one of the few Hollywood stars who has aged gracefully without a grotesque Nip/Tuck - a show which she has guest starred on coincidentally.

Am I saying she hasn't had work? No. I actually have nothing against plastic surgery I would get it on my eyes if I had the dough. What I am stating is, she has aged well and looks like a magnificent older version of herself.

Yes, I am a Brooke fan, from The Blue Lagoon to Suddenly Susan, I think she is terrific! 

She currently has a tell all book out that is quite juicy titled: There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me.

Best to the two of us turning 50 in 2015, Cheers! 

Brooke on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000222/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

Double Header With Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho: Yeah I'm Queen Of January 5th 2015!

Margaret Cho kicks off her 2015 with a double header on the first Monday of the New Year!

Yes, that's correct Cho Ho's you can catch Margaret on The View discussing topics with the likes of Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie Perez on ABC.

Then she switch hits over to Bravo with host Andy Cohen on What Happens Live.

Tomorrow, Monday January 5th.

 Not a shabby start to 2015 at all.

Tune into one, or perhaps both and watch Margaret kick some booty!

Margaret Cho is busy at: http://margaretcho.com/     

Three Way: Donny & Marie Osmond + Olivia Newton-John

Donny & Mare Osmond: Yeah, We're With Olivia 

Olivia Newton-John: Yep, I'm With Them

Have ever been a "little bit country" perhaps sometimes a "little bit rock' n roll?" Or "have you ever been mellow?"

Well now you can be all those in one geek-tastic tour! That's correct, Donny & Marie Osmond will be touring with Olivia Newton-John next year!!!

Yeah, I am a total nerd for the Osmonds and ONJ, wanna be starting something about it?!

Marie stopped by the Today Show to break the news to Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.

She states about her and Donny's tour with their friend Olivia: “She’s going to take half the time, we are taking the other half" Marie continued “We’re going on a big world tour.”

Ms. Osmond also said they plan to start off the tour in places like Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

Even though 2015 has barely started, 2016 is looking great! I'm so there!

Keep updated with Donny & Marie at:

https://www.facebook.com/marieosmond

https://www.facebook.com/donnyosmond.fb

Chill with Olivia at: https://www.facebook.com/olivianewtonjohn  

This is going to be epic!

I Am The "King Of Herrings"

Scene from King of Herrings left-to-right: "Ditch" (Eddie Jemison) and "Gat" (David Jensen)

Devolver Digital Films to Release

King of Herrings

A Feature-Length Tragic Comedy

By Eddie Jemison & Sean Richardson

Following Complex Characters Behaving Badly

Digital VOD Release - January 20, 2015

Little Fish Eats Little Fish

“King of Herrings exists on a very specific wavelength. One that I happen to like."

– Steven Soderbergh

Hey if it's good enough for Steven Soderbergh...

Devolver Digital Films to Release

King of Herrings

A Feature-Length Tragic Comedy

By Eddie Jemison & Sean Richardson

Following Complex Characters Behaving Badly

Digital VOD Release - January 20, 2015

Devolver Digital Films is proud to announce the digital VOD release of the award-winning new tragic comedy, King of Herrings. Co-Directed by Eddie Jemison and Sean Richardson, the gritty black and white feature film is a nuanced character study that explores the relationships between a delusional group of societal leftovers in a Woody Allen meets David Mamet pocket of New Orleans, as they drink, play cards, and ultimately clash over a strange and beautiful woman. The film’s digital VOD release is scheduled for January 20, 2015 via iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Vimeo on Demand, VHX, Gumroad, Google Play, YouTube Rentals, and others. For additional information, please visit http://www.kingofherrings.com and http://www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/king-of-herrings.

King of Herrings features a strong ensemble cast of film and TV veterans, with roots and common bonds in Louisiana, who've worked together for over 25 years, including: Jemison (Ocean’s 11, HBO’s Hung, Bruce Almighty), Joe Chrest (21 Jump Street, Aviator, RED, The Ring), David Jensen (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Looper, Ocean’s 11), Wayne Pere (Galaxy Quest, Pirates of Silicon Valley, Ocean’s 13), John Mese (Weeds, From the Earth to the Moon, Schizopolis), and Carl Palmer (Dallas Buyer’s Club, The Pelican Brief).

“While most of the characters in the film are flawed people, there is a sense of humanity to all of them – you have sympathy for each character at some point in the film,” says Richardson, “They are human, perhaps exaggerated versions of people you know, or maybe even yourself."
King of Herrings (Comedy-Drama, 2014, 82 min.) – 

An offbeat look at four layabouts from New Orleans, who dream big in a small change world of cards, women, and endless cups of coffee. Their passionate blundering, like their rants, can be at once funny, poignant, ridiculous, and heartbreaking. “Ditch,” their self appointed king, is an irascible son-of-a-bitch with a Napoleon complex, and his pals love him for it. Until one day he pushes the self-tenured “Professor” too far. A game of threats, posturing, and sexual ploys lead them down a dark but comic road in this exploration of what it is to be a man today. Filme d in black and white, this richly textured character study could be the bastard child of Woody Allen and Tom Waits, brought to life by an ensemble of real-life character actors who have known each other and worked together for over 25 years. The cast features Eddie Jemison, Joe Chrest, David Jensen, John Mese, Wayne Pere, Laura Lamson, Andrea Frankle, and Carl Palmer.

“The trigger in the film is a fight over the paltry sum of nine dollars… but it’s not the nine dollars that matter, it’s what the nine dollars represent,” says Jemison, “Respect. That is what these people fight for, because – like all of us, who, in the end, really have nothing – respect is the ultimate currency."

Awards –

• Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature – New Orleans Film Festival
• Breakthrough Filmmakers Award – Phoenix Film Festival

The film was also featured in the Louisville Festival of Film, RxSM Festival in Austin, Rainier Film Festival, Dances With Films, and Waterfront Film Festival.

Ring In 2015 With Pentatonix

Tonight's the night that the venerable institution on TV known as Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve airs, hosted by your neighborhood friendly Ryan Seacrest.

This year he has brought Jenny McCarthy on the East Coast, and Fergie on the West Coast along for the festivities.

Of course we all know the real reason everyone will be tuning in...Super Group Pentatonix is scheduled to perform!

The Question is "What songs will they perform tonight?" Hey it doesn't really matter, it's PTX and they are bomb ass!

So get comfortable and hit Jenny McCarthy up for some free Wahlburgers and rock 2015 with Ryan Seacrest and Pentatonix tonight

Happy New Year!

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve kicks off the celebration at 8 pm on ABC

Rock It! at: https://www.facebook.com/NewYearsRockinEve