With Taylor Swift's album 1989 selling 1.2 million copies this past week, Superfruit the dynamic duo consisting of Scott Hoying and Mitch Grassi from world wide acapella group sensation Pentatonix have decided to give their special brand of spin on her latest by covering the whole album in a mere four minutes!
That's right you can catch every song on 1989 by two amazing singers in less time than it takes Ms. Swift to smack down Spotify...you go guys!
Shall we kick off the week with some Taylor Swift and a side of Superfruit?
While surfing the Internet I stumbled upon this, quite eye catching photo of Megan Fox with her Director/Co-Star James Franco getting into character on the set of her upcoming film Zeroville.
It didn't hurt that this image courtesy of Franco's Instagram was captioned "Vampyros Lesbos" and features Fox and another actress covered in blood and James sandwiched between them.
Yes a few of my favorite things vampires, blood, James Franco & Megan Fox all in one on set photo, I'm so in!
Franco enthusiastically fawned over his co-star by stating: "Megan Foxy is the best!"
Zeroville is based off of Steve Erickson's 2007 novel by the same name, which follows the story of a young actor arriving in Hollywood in 1969 "during a transitional time in the industry." The film also stars Franco's younger brother Dave Franco, and his partner in bromance Seth Rogan.
Color me intrigued...
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The Acclaimed Film About Iconic Musician NICK CAVE
On Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download on November 18th
Ever since someone introduced me to Nick Cave's and the Bad Seeds album "Tender Prey" I have been a fan. My favorite album by him? "Murder Ballads" which to me contains the best song Kylie Minogue ever sang "Where The Wild Roses Grow," I have posted the video for it in this piece. I am psyched for this to come out...T.G.I.F! "Hypnotic and introspective... An intelligent and revealing look at one of rock's last true iconoclasts" -Entertainment Weekly
"An intense and innovative study of pioneering rock poet Nick Cave"
- Variety
"Smart and deliriously strange... thrilling to behold"; 5 stars.
- Time Out NY
"It's right up there with the best rock documentaries. That is, if you can call it a documentary."
- San Francisco Chronicle
The adventurous life and creative process of Renaissance man of rock Nick Cave are revealed in the exhilarating 20,000 Days on Earth. The award-winning film, which has received a remarkable, near-perfect rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, comes to Blu-ray and DVD on November 18, 2014, from Drafthouse Films, in conjunction with Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM). Both the Blu-ray and the DVD are loaded with extra features and have SRPs, respectively, of $29.23 and $24.99. The film will also be available on VOD & Digital Download day and date.
20,000 Days on Earth is an inventive, lyrical ode to creativity and an intimate examination of the artistic impulses of Australian-born musician and cultural icon Nick Cave. In their debut feature, directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard fuse drama and documentary, weaving a staged day in Cave's life with never-before-seen vérité observations of his creative cycle. It features those who have affected his life, including wry tales from the road shared with his regular collaborator, the multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis; actor and friend Ray Winstone; and Kylie Minogue, who shared a duet with Cave in the breakout hit "Where the Wild Roses Grow." These voices from the past revisit Cave in daydream-like scenes as he sits behind the wheel, driving through his adopted hometown of Brighton, England.
Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue Neither an outright music documentary nor a concert film, 20,000 Days on Earth nevertheless contains electrifying performances. Audiences see a song grow from the tiniest of ideas to an epic performance at the Sydney Opera House. Cave also opens up to a psychoanalyst as he discusses how his early years continue to inform his work, and journeys through his memories via mementos from his personal archive. This category-defying film pushes the form into new territory, exploring universal themes about artistry and celebrating the transformative power of the creative spirit.
A writer and performer of emotionally intense and lyrically bold songs, Nick Cave has been making music for more than 40 years. He has written and published more than 250 songs as the lead singer of the Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. He's also an acclaimed film score composer, screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor.
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard have worked extensively with Cave on various projects over the past seven years and know him well. Cave says, "I've always liked their unorthodox approach to things and on a personal level we have always gotten on very well. I invited them into La Fabrique Studios to film some promotional footage for [the 2013 album] Push the Sky Away. As it turned out, in the end, they shot everything and the studio footage was so compelling we decided to expand the idea."
The film has received widespread acclaim from critics. Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post said, "For the uninitiated, it offers a demonstration of what is so mesmerizing about this performer, who is by, his own description, 'a kind of ostentatious bastard.' " Ray Pride of Newcity wrote, "This bold, unique gem is bright, funny, brooding, hopeful, momentarily visionary, a wounded beauty exploring the creative process in a fresh and oft-brilliant fashion." It's "a documentary clothed in the robes of a dream," praised Daniel Walber of Nonfics. Joe Gross of the Austin American-Statesman wrote, "Visual artists and first-time feature directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard have given [the film] a potent mix of the raw and the cooked."
A Drafthouse Films theatrical release, 20,000 Days on Earth was an Official Selection at numerous film festivals in 2014, including Sundance (where it won for Best Directing and Best Editing), Berlin, San Francisco, New Directors/New Films and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Extra, Extra Spend 20,000 Days On Earth Here; http://www.cinedigm.com/
10 Years Later: L - R Lacey Charbet, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried Lindsay Lohan & Tina Fey Photo: Ruven Afanador for Entertainment Weekly
Regina George: I gave him everything... I was half a virgin when I met him! Yes as all of us Mean Girls fans know the movie is officially 10 years old. "That's so fetch" - hey I am still trying to make that happen for you Gretchen Wieners and guess what? It still hasn't. Sorry I tried. Mean Girls is a cultural phenomena, and every October the 3rd, when I get asked what day it is I give a swoon to the person posing the question in honor of Aaron Samuels. Recently Entertainment Weekly got the stars of the film: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Charbet & it's creator Tina Fey together for a reunion photo shoot and interview. In it they posed the question to each of the "girls" where they thought their character would be in the 10 years post High School, as in right now. Here are their answers. Enjoy, while I work on my Burn Book, I'm so "plastic."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
THE FUTURE
SEYFRIED: Karen would manage or own a store that sells really cool dog attire, like Swarovski dog collars and Halloween costumes for animals. She’s probably really focused.
LOHAN: Cady’s with Oprah in Africa working at children’s schools with a family, teaching girls to be nice to each other.
CHABERT: Gretchen is probably running the Toaster Strudel empire. She is probably married and has, like, seven babies right now. She and Jason worked it out. She has very big curly hair.
McADAMS: Regina is a Real Housewife. She’d have too much time on her hands, for sure. She’s probably found all her other Reginas. Go "Mean" at: http://www.meangirls.com/
And the nominees for the People's Choice Award for...
Favorite Female Country Artist
Carrie Underwood
Dolly Parton
Faith Hill
Lucy Hale
Miranda Lambert
Well hello Dolly, so not surprised to see you on this list. Hats off to one of the longest most enduring careers in show biz. The ever gracious Ms. Parton had this to say about her nomination:
“I am so excited to be nominated for a People’s Choice award. It is always a good feeling to be recognized for whatever you do,” says Dolly Parton. “This year has been an amazing year! I released a new album Blue Smoke, traveled to Australia, Europe, and across America and even performed for 170,000 people at one show; woo that makes me tired just saying it. But seriously, I am honored to be nominated amongst these great gals.”
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Embrace Your Power, Embrace Our Communities Neon Sign & Photo Essay Call to Action Initiative
To Encourage Voting In Los Angeles In the November 4, 2014 General Election
Hey people it's November 4th, you know, Election Day, embrace your power, do it and do it now...!
Creative Organizer, Visual Street Artist & Fashion Photographer
Join Forces to Bring Attention to Importance of Voting
Local creative organizer Wyatt Closs, visual street artist Patrick Martinez, and fashion photographer Colin Young-Wolff have joined forces in an artful call to action, Embrace Your Power, Embrace Our Communities, to promote voting in Los Angeles. Particularly aimed at young people and disaffected communities who are apathetic about voting, the campaign centers on a neon artwork with text that urges passersby to “Embrace Your Power” (see image above). The sign, a whimsical play on neon palm reader signage, was positioned and documented in diverse communities around Los Angeles; the resulting images and videos are being distributed online through a variety of social media platforms to serve as a catalyst for political action. For additional information, please see http://bigbowlofideas.com/embrace.
“The goal of the Embrace Your Power, Embrace Our Communities sign project is to encourage community members to register and vote,” says Wyatt Closs, producer of the photo project, “Our strategy is to catch attention through dynamic visuals, something that is not traditionally seen in political communications. There’s no preaching at you or red, white, and blue.”
"Election Day" Arcadia Featuring Grace Jones
Embrace Your Power Student Action –
Closs, Martinez, and Young-Wolff are collaborating on behalf of a cluster of non-profit and community-based organizations as part of a larger Embrace Your Power campaign, spearheaded by youth activists in the Los Angeles area who are frustrated by immigration reform and hoping to effect change. Participants, some of whom have fasted for as long as a week, are calling attention to the humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Alarmed by reactions they saw to the Central American ‘border children’ fleeing violence, a group of students in Los Angeles took matters into their own hands. They decided to do a very public fasting to bring attention to the plight of the border children and to get the message out that children should be valued over politics. In addition to the fast, their actions also included a canned food and clothing drive for goods to be delivered to shelters and centers currently housing border children.
Many of the student activists are affiliated with the “Children Over Politics” video project, which encourages individuals to create videos in support of the cause, organized by the Service Employees International Union. Additional Embrace Your Power collaborators include United Long Term Care Workers, United Service Workers West, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Carwash Workers Organizing Campaign, Councilman Gilbert Cedillo, CLUE LA, Headcount.org, and #GoVote.
Embrace Your Power, Embrace Our Communities Neon Sign & Photo Essay –
The neon sign and corresponding photo essay are designed to support the ongoing Embrace Your Powerstudent-led effort to get more young people to affect social change through political engagement. The art breaks with traditional forms of appeal used in politics to get people to vote while showing the beauty of Los Angeles’ ‘sleeping giant’ communities. In the photo essay images, the sign is juxtaposed against locations that represent the diverse communities of Los Angeles as well as the issues impacting those communities, such as clinics, schools and libraries, which require political engagement in order to thrive. The photo essay image and video assets are being shared online through a variety of social media platforms, in collaboration with participating non-profit and community-based organizations, through Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Instagram. The project’s hope is that the campaign imagery will go viral in order to serve as a catalyst for political action.
“In a subtle, streetwise form, the message behind the entire Embrace Your Power campaign is: Make your own future by voting,” says Closs.
