Daniel Cudmore is going to be on the blogtalk radio program Artists on Demand tonight.
Archives for 2009
Anna Kendrick: Golden Globe Initial Reaction
December 28, 2009
Anna Kendrick and Up in the Air director, Jason Reitman talk about their nominations. Anna talks about where she was when she found out.
100 Monkey’s 100 City Tour in Full Swing
December 28, 2009
Jackson Rathbone’s band, 100 Monkeys, is in the middle of their 100 city tour. Tonight they are playing in San Diego before hitting Arizona where their gigs take them through the new year. If you want to sample their latest, Keep Awake is available for download.
DECEMBER 28, 2009 7:30P
Soma Sidestage
All Ages
3350 Sports Arena Blvd
San Diego, CA 92110
$13 advance
$15 door
EVENT TICKET INFO
DECEMBER 29, 2009 3P
Zia Records
FREE SIGNING & SHOW
1940 W Chandler Blvd
Chandler, AZ 85224
FREE
DECEMBER 29, 2009 7P
Martini Ranch
All Ages
7295 East Stetson
Scottsdale, AZ 85281
$15
EVENT TICKET INFO
DECEMBER 30, 2009 3P
Zia Records
FREE SIGNING & SHOW
3370 E Speedway, AZ
Tucson, AZ 85716
FREE
DECEMBER 30, 2009 7P
The Rock
All Ages
136 S Park Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719
$16 advance
$20 door
EVENT TICKET INFO
They also recently played LA’s famous Viper Room where manager Marty brought back the banana suit and warmed up the crowd.
Paramore: Proud of DeCode a Year Later
December 28, 2009
Paramore had an interview with their local newspaper The Tennessean, and supported their decision to take part in the Twilight soundtrack.
” ‘Decode’ is one of our favorite songs that we’ve written as a band. It’s so simple, but the feeling isn’t really matched by anything else we have,” the singer said. “Not that it’s better than the rest of our songs, just different. We loved being able to be a part of a movie soundtrack at all . . . the fact that it happened to explode and become one of the biggest movies of our generation was like, ‘Wait a minute, what!?’
“I think a lot of people expect us to be a bit embarrassed, or something. But we’re extremely proud of it. I think that we got lucky that we were able to gain so many fans by contributing to the soundtrack, but we still aren’t defined by Twilight and ‘Decode.’ ”
New Moon Themed Desktop Calendars
December 27, 2009
Julia Jones RadarOnline Part 2 Interview
December 27, 2009
Julia Jones finishes her two part interview with RadarOnline talking about her role, fun on set, and themes in Eclipse.
You can find part 1 of Julia’s interview here and part 2 here.
Also in case you missed our recent interview with Peter Facinelli you can read/listen to part 1, part 2, or part 3.
After Christmas New Moon Score Giveaway
December 27, 2009
Last week we gave away to New Moon scores to random Lexiconers. This week we are doing it again. Courtesy of of E1 Music we have some New Moon scores to give away. Comment below on what you like best about composer Alexandre Desplat’s score (check out the details below) and we may pick you to receive a copy. We’ll pick two people at midnight est December 28th!
E1 Music is pleased to announce the highly anticipated release from Academy Award nominated composer Alexandre Desplat, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Score” on November 24th, 2009. The Twilight Saga: New Moon is the second installment of the highly successful film franchise Twilight, an action-packed, modern day vampire love story. The Twilight Saga: New Moon premieres in theaters on November 20th, 2009.
Highly regarded Desplat is the winner of numerous awards including 2008’s “Film Score of The Year” & “Best Original Score for a Drama Film” by the International Film Critics Association (The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons), winner of the 2007 Golden Globe for Best Original Score (The Painted Veil), and two-time Academy Award Nominee (The Queen & The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons).
Desplat comments, “Chris Weitz and New Moon provided me with a rich canvas to create the colors of desire, longing, heartbreak and eternal love.”
With even more anticipation, a growing fan base, and an award-winning/critically-acclaimed composer, The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Score is a must-have companion to the movie experience and sure to please not just movie fans but fans of the Score genre.
Paul Katz of Eye2Ear Music serves as both the executive producer of the score album as well as Summit Entertainment’s point person on film-related music and soundtracks.
The tracklisting:
- New Moon
- Bella Dreams
- Romeo & Juliet
- Volturi Waltz
- Blood Sample
- Edward Leaves
- Werewolves
- I Need You
- Break Up
- Memories of Edward
- Wolves v. Vampire
- Victoria
- Almost a Kiss
- Adrenaline
- Dreamcatcher
- To Volterra
- You’re Alive
- The Volturi
- The Cullens
- Marry Me, Bella
- Full Moon
Thanks again to E1 Music!
Xavier Samuel Back Down Under
December 27, 2009
Adelaide Now interviewed local boy made good, Xavier Samuel, before Xavier popped home for Christmas.
“DRESSED in jeans and scuffed boots and climbing out of a beaten-up Ford Falcon, Xavier Samuel looked like any other young bloke when he turned up for his city hair appointment on Thursday.
That was only because the hordes of teenage girls who have been following his every move on the internet for the past few months were nowhere to be seen – they didn’t even know he was in town.
International paparazzi have hounded the former Adelaide drama student since he landed a role in the third Twilight movie, Eclipse, which completed filming in Canada two months ago.
Due to be released next June, the film, which also stars Twilight leads Kristen Stewart and heart-throb Robert Pattinson, is set to make Samuel, 25, a major Hollywood star.
This week he was enjoying some downtime in his home town, where he caught up with mates at Rundle St spots The Exeter and Sugar nightclub, before spending Christmas relaxing with his mum Maree and dad Clifford, brother Benedict, 21, and sister Bridget, 28. “
Read more about Xavier on Adelaide Now.
Xavier is so down-to-earth and genuine. We were impressed by how welcoming he was to all the fansites when we met him on the red carpet back in November.
New Moon By the Numbers, a Year End Update
December 26, 2009
According to Box Office Mojo, New Moon moved into the number 4 position of best selling movies of 2009 overtaking this summer’s The Hangover. One thing to note is that the movies that are ahead of New Moon all opened in the spring/summer and recently closed their tallies after a 4-6 month run.
What’s going to be interesting is to see if New Moon will crack the $300,000,000 before it closes out in around March. It’s also going to be interesting to see where Avatar ends up in this mix since it’s tickets are more for the 3-D experience. As usual, in the what does this mean to the average movie goer, Larry explains it all.
E! has an interesting look at “The Year’s Biggest Bombs” only it’s not what you might think. It’s a look at what was spent to make a movie vs. what that movie made back in ticket sales. Some interesting stats according to E!:
“1. New Moon beat Harry Potter. In bang for buck. New Moon made more than 12 times its $50 million budget ($635 million worldwide); Half-Blood Prince “only” made about four times its $250 million price tag.
2. Harry Potter beat everything. The sixth boy-wizard adventure was the year’s overall No. 1 film, with $924 million in the worldwide bank, even if Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was the No. 1 film domestically—and the only one to top $400 milllion stateside.”
In other driving factors, there is the rumor mill. You never know what brings people back to theaters. On the IMDB one person claims to have seen an Eclipse preview right after her showing of New Moon. Mind you she is the ONLY person who seems to have seen this and according to her she wasn’t able to snap any photo with her camera, but can remember every second of this trailer that she saw once with blow-by-blow, detailed accuracy. What’s amazing is how many people on the IMDB reported to racing out to see this, it then went to Twitter, and yep that’s the making of a viral rumor. Nonetheless, viral rumors, no matter how illogical and in this case not true, drive the boxoffice.
Now none of this accounts for piracy, meaning how many people saw the movie without paying. According to the New York Times, Twilight is number 5 on the list of most pirated movies in 2009. Star Trek holds the number 1 position. No clue where New Moon will fall in the 2010 list.
No matter where New Moon ends up, regardless it’s quite an accomplishment for a film that is predominantly female box office driven.
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