Gold Bells: Pentatonix

PTX: We're Golden!
Photo: Jiro Schneider

PENTATONIX THAT’S CHRISTMAS TO ME CERTIFIED GOLD

GROUP EARNS GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA OF SMASH HIT MEDLEY “DAFT PUNK"

CONTINUES AT #1 ON BILLBOARD’S HOLIDAY ALBUM CHART FOR 7^TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK 

ALBUM #1 ON BILLBOARD’S DIGITAL ALBUM CHART & #2 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP 200 CHART FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK

2015 “ON MY WAY HOME” TOUR DATES ALMOST SOLD OUT

SURPASSESS 7 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS ON THEIR YOUTUBE PAGE

Ring out the old and bring in the new! Toss those silver bells out and usher in the gold ones. Pentatonix has their first gold album with That's Christmas To Me....

Ho, Ho, Ho and Merry PTXMas!

Grammy nominated Pentatonix have scored their first certified Gold album with That’s Christmas To Me.  The album is currently #2 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart with over 221,000 total album equivalent units. The album is also #1 on the Digital Albums Chart for the 2^nd consecutive week as well as #1 on the Holiday Album Chart for the 7^thconsecutive week and has sold over 615,000 albums in the US to date. 

That’s Christmas To Me has become the biggest selling holiday album of the season.  The album continues to remain #1 on Amazon’s CD and Digital Best Sellers list as well as remains in the Top 10 on Spotify’s Top album chart in the US. Their breakout track, “Mary, Did You Know?” also continues at #1 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 (for the second week) marking PTX the first act to top both charts concurrently since the Holiday 100 launched as multi-metric tabulation in December 2011. 

Last Friday, PTX garnered their first Grammy nomination for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for their smash hit medley, “Daft Punk.”  The group’s video for the epic, 7-song medley, has been viewed more than 105 million times on YouTube.

The group has released 6 videos in support of That’s Christmas To Me (“Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy”,“White Winter Hymnal,” “Winter Wonderland / Don’t Worry Be Happy” ft. Tori Kelly, “Mary, Did You Know?”,“Silent Night” and their original song and title track, “That’s Christmas To Me”).  All 6 videos have been viewed over 37.5 million times. Additionally the group has 4 albums on the Billboard Top 200 Chart this week (That’s Christmas To Me, PTXmas, PTX Vol. III and PTX Vol. I)

Last week, Pentatonix announced dates for their 2015 North American “On My Way Home” Tour.   Tickets which are almost sold out are available now via http://ptxofficial.com/ with more dates to be announced soon.

2015 North American “On My Way Home” Tour Dates
2/25/15                 Oakland, CA                       Fox Theater
2/26/15                 Oakland, CA                       Fox Theater
2/28/15                 Las Vegas, NV                   The Chelsea Theater at the Cosmopolitan
3/1/15                   Anaheim, CA                     City National Grove of Anaheim (SOLD OUT)
3/3/15                   Orem, UT                            Utah Valley University
3/7/15                   Minneapolis, MN                Orpheum Theater (SOLD OUT)
3/8/15                   Chicago, IL                          Chicago Theatre (SOLD OUT)
3/9/15                   Chicago, IL                          Chicago Theatre
3/11/15                 Toronto, ON                      The Sound Academy
3/12/15                 Toronto, ON                      The Sound Academy
3/14/15                 Atlantic City, NJ                Borgata Event Center (SOLD OUT)
3/15/15                 Wallingford, CT                    Toyota Oakdale Theatre
3/16/15                 Boston, MA                       Agganis Arena
3/18/15                 New York, NY                    The Theater at Madison Square Garden
3/19/15                 Fairfax, VA                         Patriot Center
3/21/15                 Atlanta, GA                        The Tabernacle (SOLD OUT)
3/22/15                 Tampa, FL                           Busch Gardens Tampa | FREE SHOW with park admission
3/25/15                 Houston, TX                       Bayou Music Center
3/26/15                 Austin, TX                           ACL Live at The Moody Theater
3/28/15                 Tulsa, OK                             Brady Theater (SOLD OUT)
3/29/15                 Grand Prairie, TX               Verizon Wireless Theater

Official Website: http://ptxofficial.com/

YouTube Page: http://youtube.com/Ptxofficial
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pentatonix
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PTXofficial
Purchase PTX Vol. III: http://smarturl.it/PTXVol3
Listen to PTX Vol. III on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/PTXVol3Spot
That’s Christmas To Me iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PTXtctmiT
That’s Christmas To Me Amazon: http://smarturl.it/PTXtctmAm
Listen to That’s Christmas To Me on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/PTXmasSp

Bend It Like Margaret Cho

MARGARET CHO SET TO FILM HER NEW STAND UP COMEDY SPECIAL IN NEW YORK CITY – MARCH 7

PRE-SALE TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12

CHO READIES 2015 TOUR DATES

MARGARET CONTINUES HER BUSKING EFFORTS FOR THE HOMELESS IN HONOR OF THE LATE ROBIN WILLIAMS

Margaret Cho has always been a rule breaker who has marched to the beat of her own "Little Drummer Boy" - This year and 2015 are no exceptions....It's Cho Time!

Three time Grammy and Emmy nominee, comedian Margaret Cho has announced she will make her return to New York City in March to film her brand new Stand Up Comedy Special at The Gramercy Theater. These shows in the Big Apple will be her first in over 2 years.

Margaret has been criss-crossing the country with brand new material over the last several months and said: I'm so thrilled to announce that I will be filming my new special at the Gramercy Theatre in NYC on March 7th (additional show on March 6 will not be filmed) and I want you to come! This is my most exciting show to date and I can't wait to share it with you. This show is all about the insanity in the world – it’s called “there’s no “I” in Team, but there is a “Cho” in Psycho.”   I've been saving NYC just for this, so please join me for this party. It's going to be legendary!

Pre-sale starts on Friday, December 12th at 10:00 A.M. EST until Saturday, December 13 at 10:00 P.M. EST and the password is Moran.    The general public on-sale will begin Monday, December 15 at 12:00 noon EST.

Direct links to order tickets are here:

3/6 - http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004D8ACEC05DCD
3/7 Early - http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004D8AD4CE63E6
3/7 Late- http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004D8AD82A65D6

VIP tickets will also be available and include a Meet & Greet and picture with Margaret after the show.  Show info is posted on http://www.margaretcho.com/

Margaret has toured all over the world and Bust magazine attended her show in Paris saying: “Ms. Cho put on a hysterically funny 90-minute set.  It was the most explicit and painfully honest performance I’ve ever seen from her giving it 100%.” 

Recently, Margaret has been living in her hometown of San Francisco and giving back to the homeless community in honor of the late Robin Williams.  Margaret was so inspired by Robin’s activism that she has decided to get out on the streets herself in his honor for the work he did throughout his life with Comic Relief.   “I found that I could not stop grieving Robin Williams and I spoke to my friend Michael Pritchard, who is a mutual friend of mine and Robin's and he said, "Don't grieve Robin, be Robin". So this is what I thought I should do. I should go and make a little Comic Relief, a little baby one. And I encourage anyone to do this in their town.”

KRON 4 News interview: http://news.kron4.com/features/video-margaret-cho-says-homelessness-in-san-francisco-is-no-laughing-matter/

AOL: http://on.aol.com/video/margret-cho-talks-robin-williams-and-how-he-inspired-her-to-help-the-homeless-518540147?icid=bottom_related_thumb_3

Dubbed the #BeRobin campaign, you can follow Margaret on Twitter for event announcements @margaretcho.  Margaret will continue her busking for the homeless 2 days a week in San Francisco until the end of the year.

More event info & donations: www.gofundme.com/berobin  
#BeRobin Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cXYIF-Ozoo&list=PLIUvOXZ9sn4gS1jx5pXduCX0JfP9-Vkuh

Complete Press Info:  http://kenphillipsgroup.com/cho.htm 

Margaret Cho Official Website http://www.margaretcho.com/

Margaret Cho Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialmargaretcho

Margaret Cho Twitter: https://twitter.com/margaretcho/

Margaret Cho YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fkXGUXtnb0

2014 Tour dates

December – 2014:

December 26, 27 & 28 - San Jose Improv – San Jose, CA

December 31 - Metro with Bob Mould – Chicago, IL

2015  Tour dates

January 2015:

Wednesday, January 28 -  Whistler Pride – Whistler, BC
February 2015

February 19, 20, 21  Sacramento Punchline – Sacramento, CA –  1 show on 2/19 and 2 shows nightly on 2/20 & 2/21

February 27 & 28 -  Tampa Improv – Tampa, FL - 2 shows nightly

March 2015
March 1,2,3,4 - Philly Improv - Philadelphia, PA

March 6 & 7 - Gramercy Theater – 1 show on 3/6 and 2 shows on 3/7 (filming DVD special on 3/7)

March 19, 20, 21 - Stress Factory – New Brunswick, NJ  -  1 show on 3/19 and 2 shows on 3/20 & 3/21

April 2015

April 9, 10, 11 – Charlotte Comedy Zone – Charlotte, NC - 1 show on 4/9 and 2 shows on 4/10 & 4/11

April 17 & 18 - Ontario Improv – Ontario, CA – 2 shows each night

It's Penis Time! Lance Bass, Fortune Feimster & Michael Turchin

We Love Penises! L - R Lance Bass, Fortune Feimster & Michael Turchin 

I had a penis themed bachelor party, and I liked it, or eve more fitting perhaps, licked it!

Yesterday night Lance Bass and husband to be Michael Turchin got their freak on at a surprise bachelor party at The Abbey in West Hollywood, CA. 

Good friend and funny lady former Chelsea Lately star Fortune Feimster captured the naughty time on Instagram. 

Which included, but by no means was limited to - Lap dancing studs, X-rated cups with straws to accessorize them. Along with dirty necklaces and several different penis shaped party favors. Booyah! 

Going Down? Lance Bass & Fortune Feimster 

"Enjoying some penises with @lancebass at his Bachelor party! #LanceLovesMichael," Feimster captioned the above photo.

So what I want to see is what was not documented for the camera! Congratulations guys to the happy couple who are getting hitched on December 20th. The ceremony will be filmed for E! 

Countdown with Lance to his wedding day at:

https://www.facebook.com/LanceBassOfficial

Have fun with Fortune at: https://www.facebook.com/fortunefunny

Have Yourself A "Pretty Little Liars" Christmas

Thought We Were Doing Our Usual Halloween Special In 2014? We Lied, Merry Christmas!

Leaving Halloween specials behind, Pretty Little Liars producers decided to gift us with a Christmas episode instead. That airs, well, tonight!

But if you are expecting visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, you thought wrong.

The mystery surrounding the shocking death of Mona, played by the awesome Janel Parrish will be the center of the, Christmas celebration on the episode? So to speak.

"It's a dream sequence episode, but there's also a lot of really important things that happen in the episode," Says Janel. "Mona, actually before she died, leaves clues for Hanna to follow to find out who murdered her. The girls will be trying to figure out what exactly happened to Mona all the while having an amazingly creepy and fun holiday special."

We will also get the gift of whether Spencer might actually be cleared for the murder of Bethany Young.

Suspense and Christmas - My kind of present!

The PLL special airs on ABC Family tonight at 8 pm.

Don't Bother Me Tonight, I'm Lying at: http://prettylittleliars.alloyentertainment.com/

Holler! Your Season One "Scream Queens" Are Here!

Jamie Lee Curtis + Emma Roberts = Scream Queen Heaven 

In the most shriek worthy news of the week, Jamie Lee Curtis and Emma Roberts have won the title of Scream Queens on Fox! The dynamic duo will star in the first 15-episode season of Fox's new anthology series from Ryan Murphy.

As a horror fan this is killer news! Since each of these women have major Scream Queen cred. Curtis is known for the Halloween saga of flicks and Roberts starred in Scream 4, American Horror Story: Coven and is currently starring in American Horror Story: Freak Show. 

The comedy-horror hybrid series hails from Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante Di Loreto. The first season takes place at a college campus that is rocked by a series or murders.

Being a huge fan of Jamie Lee Curtis and having seen every horror movie she did in the 80's when she was the reigning Queen of Scream, it's great to have her back in the genre that made her a star!

Scream Queens is coming to Fox fall 2015...Yes!

Jamie Lee Curtis on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000130/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1
Emma Roberts on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731075/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

RuVeal: Drag Race Season 7 Contestants

May The Best Woman Win!

Hey there all of you RuPaul's Drag Race Fans, start your engines the contestants for season 7 have been RuVealed!

Full cast photo above click on the select links below to find out who's zooming who. The 7th season airs in 2015 on, what else? Logo.

Remember ladies "Don't F#$k it up!"

RuPaul’s Drag Race season 7 contestants:

Sasha Belle (Iowa City, Iowa)
Violet Chachki (Atlanta)
Kennedy Davenport (Dallas)
Mrs. Kasha Davis (Rochester, N.Y.)
Tempest DuJour (Tucson, Ariz.)
Miss Fame (New York City)
Jaidynn Diore Fierce (Nashville, Tenn.)
Kandy Ho’ (Cayey, P.R.)
Katya (Boston)
Jasmine Masters (Los Angeles)
Trixie Mattel (Milwaukee)
Max (Hudson, Wisc.)
Ginger Minj (Orlando, Fla.)
Pearl (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Life's A Drag In 2015 at: https://www.facebook.com/rupaulsdragrace

Exile Nation: The Plastic People - Edward James Olmos

Devolver Digital Films to Release

Exile Nation: The Plastic People 
Presented by Edward James Olmos

Directed By Charles Shaw

Digital VOD Release on December 16, 2014

Urgent Documentary Reveals Massive Human Rights

Violations Plaguing Mexican American Immigrants

Human rights are a huge issue in the United States of America right now, check out this documentary Narrated & Presented by the one and only Edward James Olmos -

“Exile Nation is a close-up look at a group of people without passports who have slipped through the cracks of not just one system but two…. emotionally powerful and provocative."

– Tanja M. Laden, LA Weekly

“This film is as important to American awareness as Bowling For Columbine, Into The Abyss, or Super Size Me."

– Filmmaking Review

“Charles Shaw’s The Plastic People is a loud and clear rallying cry for immigration reform that reveals the everyday suffering behind the statistics. As Charles follows photographer Chris Bava into Tijuana’s notorious “Zona Norte,” it becomes immediately clear that the situation on the border is nothing less than a human rights crisis.”

– Brian Duffy, openDemocracy

“Invisible to many locals, ignored by most tourists, and routinely abused by police, the 'plastic people' are largely made up of deported immigrants who were deposited in Tijuana, regardless of their country of origin, and resorted to living in the vast gutter plagued by raw sewage, toxic chemicals, discarded needles, disease, and dangerous flash flooding… Exile Nation: The Plastic People offers a harrowing look at the faces and stories of the Tijuana River canal."

– Chad Deal, San Diego Reader

Devolver Digital Films is proud to announce the digital VOD release of the important new documentary, Exile Nation: The Plastic People, presented by Edward James Olmoswho also narrates the film. Written, photographed, and directed by Charles Shaw, the powerful film follows U.S. deportees, struggling to survive in Tijuana, living in cardboard shacks and sewer pipes, in an ever-expanding underworld of exiles. The film’s digital VOD release is scheduled for December 16, 2014 via iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, PlayStation, Xbox, VUDU, Vimeo on Demand, VHX, Gumroad, Google Play, and others. For additional information, please visit http://exilenation.org/the-plastic-people.

“Nearly 400 people are deported to Tijuana every day and nearly 1,000 people, without Mexican families or citizenship, are living in that city’s sewers because they have nowhere else to go,” says Charles Shaw, director of The Plastic People, “Most are hunted down relentlessly by the police or have become fodder for the cartels… struggling to survive.”

Exile Nation: The Plastic People (Documentary, 2014, 75 min.) –
Narrated by Edward James Olmos, The Plastic People reveals how the exploitative policies of a failed war on drugs and immigration added Tijuana's “Zona Norte” to the growing international crisis of nationless refugees and deportees. Shot on location in Tijuana, the film follows the lives of three men who have found themselves stuck in an impossible situation as drug addicts, criminals, deportees, and the people they have become under these extraordinary conditions:

• Chris Bava, a photographer fighting his own addictions, recorded the horrors of the situation in hauntingly beautiful photographs that adorn the film, while offering the help he could to deportees.

• Javier Godinez Mondragon, a Mexican American deportee who immigrated to the U.S. with his family as a young boy, deported at age 30 for drug possession.

• Jonathan Espinoza, a newly married young deportee who spent his entire life in the U.S after immigrating at age 5, deported after a fight with a former classmate.

The 9/11 attacks began a decade-long period of anti-immigrant policies in the United States. As a consequence, the U.S. began the mass-deportation of an estimated 4 to 6 million “non-citizens.” Those hit hardest by these new policies were Latinos, primarily Mexicans, who make up 97% of those deported, returned to a country with a devastated economy in the midst of a cartel war.

Thrown away by both the U.S. and Mexico, the “plastic people” struggle to survive in hellish limbo along the border, separated from everyone and everything they know. They had families and contributed to their communities in the States, yet still had not achieved citizenship. Many were deported, without any hope of returning, their families trapped on the other side of the border. Children were taken from parents, leaving tens of thousands as wards of the state. The Plastic People uncovers the heartbreaking story of these displaced humans as they search fo r meaning, purpose, and, ultimately, redemption.

A percentage of the film’s proceeds are being donated to:

• Padre Chava Homeless Shelter

• Prevencasa Harm Reduction Program

Credits –

Director: Charles Shaw

Executive Producers: Edward James Olmos, Tiffany Naiman

Producers: Chris Bava, Ronnie Pontiac, Charles Shaw, Tamra Spivey, DJ Turner

Cinematography: Charles Shaw, Jorge Nieto, Javier Godinez Mondragon

Still Photography: Chris Bava

Narrator: Edward James Olmos

Music: Random Rab, Tijuana Cartel, Lights Out Asia

Also produced by Lucidity Productions and Filament Features.

Links – 
• Film’s Devolver Page –  http://www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/exile-nation-the-plastic-people

• Official Site – http://exilenation.org/the-plastic-people

• Trailer – https://vimeo.com/92165892

• IMDb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2952438
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ExileNationThePlasticPeople