NEAL McCOY WITH ALBUM NUMBER 12

Posted on August 30, 2011 by admin

Neal McCoy is back to work courtesy Webster & Associates

After eleven albums, over twenty-five charted singles, and countless fans across the nation, charismatic country music sensation Neal McCoy is back in the studio making music of a lifetime.

McCoy, who was named Entertainer of the Year twice by the fan voted TNN/Music City News Awards, will be releasing his highly-anticipated new album, XII, in January 2012.

The new collection of 12 songs, which is being produced by Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and Brent Rowan, marks McCoy‘s 12th studio album, and his first with new label home, Blaster Records.

“Having Miranda and Blake involved in this project is ‘Huge’ for me. Not only do they have great vision, but they know when to have fun and when to get serious along with being Fantastic musicians,” says McCoy.

McCoy‘s first single A-OK, which was penned by Barry Dean, Luke Laird and Brett Eldredge, will be released in October.

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DVD Releases – August 30th, 2011

Posted on August 30, 2011 by admin

 

Movies on DVD

 

Madea’s Big Happy Family is another installment in the Madea franchise from Filmmaker Tyler Perry. This time the gender-bender comedy has Madea (Tyler Perry) jumping into action to help her niece Shirley (Loretta Devine) after she gets some distressing health news.

Special Features: By-reeen – the baby mama from Hell, Ties That Bind, Madea’s family tree, Brown calls Maury, plus a digital copy.

 

 

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader continues the Narnia stories involving the Pevenzie children. This newest installment features Lucy Pevensie (Georgie Henley) and Edmund Pevensie (Skander Keynes) as they return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter).

 

They meet up with Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.

 

Rio 3D is the story of Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota. Blu meets the fiercely independent Jewel (Anne Hathaway) and he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.

Special Features: Disc one – Blu-ray 3D feature film, disc two – Blu-ray feature film, disc three – DVD feature film, disc four – digital copy.

 

Prom stars Amy Teegarden, Thomas McDonell, DeVaughn Nixon, Danielle Campbell and Jared Kusnitz as a group of teenagers who are get ready for their high school prom.

 

TV on DVD

 

Sons of Anarchy: Season Three revolves around a man in his early 30s, who struggles to find a balance in his life between being a new dad and his involvement in a motorcycle gang.

Special Features: Disc one – commentary on So featuring Kurt Sutter, Dave Erickson, Chris Collins, Regina Corrado, Liz Sagal and Marco Ramirez, deleted scenes, So extended scenes, disc two – deleted scenes, disc three – Bainne extended scenes, June Wedding extended scenes, Season 3 Bridge pieces, writers roundtable, bike customizer,

Kurt Sutter – Director, NS table read with the cast, a gag-reel, deleted scenes, commentary on Firinne featuring Kurt Sutter, Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Maggie Siff, commentary on NS featuring Kurt Sutter, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Pearlman, Mark Boone Jr., Kim Coates, Tommy Flanagn, Theo Rossi and Dayton Callie, plus Fox Movie Channel Presents World Premier – Sons of Anarchy Season 3.

 

The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season is the continuing saga about a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers.

Special Features: Pages of the Wolf: Three Featurettes – The Myth & The Mystery werewolf lore, Building the Beasts working with actual and mechanical wolves and Howling at the Moon Michael Trevino’s transformative makeup process, Her Own Worst Enemy…Elena, Catherine and Nina: Nina Dobrev rises to the challenge of playing two roles, the perfect love triangle: vampires, werewolves, witches: setting the record straight on who’s nibbling on whom for the first two seasons, unaired scenes, audio commentary on Masquerade with Executive Producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, second bite AKA a gag reel.

 

House, M.D.: Season Seven reveals another year in the life of Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) and his medical team (Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson) as they unravel mysterious diagnosis with the help of the hospital administrator Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) and fellow physician Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard).

 

Desperate Housewives: The Complete Seventh Season is the hit TV series surrounding secrets and truths that unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor.

 

The series stars Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria and Marcia Cross.

 

Cougar Town: The Complete Second Season stars Courteney Cox as Jules Cobb, a recently divorced woman decides to find some excitement in her dating life.

 

 

 

 

Nikita: The Complete First Season stars Maggie Q as Nikita, a trained assassin gone rogue trying to stop a secret U.S. agency known only as Division from recruiting deeply troubled teenagers and training them to be assassins.

Special Features: Inside division, part one: The New Nikita a documentary that presents what elements from the previous versions of La Femme Nikita were important to preserve and protect, but more importantly, what twists and changes needed to be made in order to reinvent Nikita for a new generation, inside division, part two: executing an episode uncovers how the sets, costumes, weapons, lighting, editing and music were all designed to reflect the creators’ new vision; a hip, young, beautiful, deadly and definitely sexy version, profiling Nikita, Alex, Percy and Michael: the characters who make this show so exciting and sexy, as well as the actors who play them, commentary of two episodes, a gag reel, deleted scenes, division tracker, hack into division for a global tracking device designed to record every major character’s move throughout the years, predict Nikita’s future by discovering her past.

 

Parenthood: Season 2 is the drama based on the hit movie of the same name about a family tree with Zeke (Craig T. Nelson) and Camille Braverman (Bonnie Bedelia), serving as the patriarch and matriarch. After 46 years of marriage, they’ve managed to keep their foundation intact by burying their problems underneath the surface for the sake of their, now adult, children. Adam (Peter Krause) is the firstborn who runs a sneaker corporation, has a supportive wife (Monica Potter), two children and a beautiful home to share with them. Sarah (Lauren Graham), is the unstable daughter returning home at 38 years old with her rebellious daughter and sensitive son to live with Zeke and Camille. Crosby (Dax Shepard), is a happy-go-lucky bachelor living in the now, on a docked boat. Julia (Erika Christensen) is the bread-winning, shot-calling lawyer, whose husband is a Mr. Mom. Each family will face their own challenges, but how they propose to deal with them is what will keep them together or tear them apart.

 

Detroit 1-8-7: The Complete First Season was an interesting short-lived drama about the everyday trials and tribulations of Detroit’s homicide unit. The series starred Michael Imperioli, James McDaniel, Aisha Hinds and Jon Michael Hall.

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VINCE GILL’S ‘GUITAR SLINGER’ OUT OF THE STUDIO, INTO THE STREETS

Posted on August 30, 2011 by admin

Vince Gill on his newest album “Guitar Slinger” courtesy MCA Nashville

 

Today marks the release of Vince Gill’s Threaten Me With Heaven, a powerful song that is the debut single from Guitar Slinger, which is due Oct. 24 and is his first new album in five years.

Gill wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, including Threaten Me With Heaven, which he created with his wife Amy Grant, Dillon O’Brian and Will Owsley, who died last year.

“‘Threaten Me With Heaven’ is a song that I was fortunate to get to be a part of,” he says. “My wife Amy, Dillon O’Brian and Will Owsley were at our home working on that song. I think I had been playing golf or something. I walked into the house and they said, ‘Hey, we’re kind of stuck.’ I’m glad I came home because I got to sit down and help finish a great idea.

“Since I recorded it, my friend Will, who played guitar and sang on it, took his own life, so the song has a really profound impact on me now. The message of the song and what it is saying, I will probably always think of my guitar-playing buddy.”

Music Row’s Robert K. Oermann says, “This gorgeous meditation would be heart melting even acoustic and unadorned. As it happens, the production swells with inspiring choral backing, celestial guitar work and echoey ambiance. If it doesn’t produce a lump in your throat, you are made of stone.”

“This album is just where I am,” he says. “Obviously I write songs different at 54 than I would at 24 or 34. Your life experience is different every time you go there to create something.

“About half of this record has a whole lot more guitar playing in it than I have probably ever done on a record,” he says. “My musicianship is starting to really be the first thing that people are starting to see and think about when they are thinking about me.”

Gill recently played lead guitar on two new songs for Alice Cooper, who told the Toronto Sun, “He’s the Jeff Beck of country. He made my head spin.”

“There are certain songs that are strictly vehicles for me to play guitar, and those kinds of things I really just want a great feel so that I can play a lot,” Gill says. “Then the other half of the songs are great story songs, songs of redemption and even a duet with Amy. There are some really tragic songs on there.”

Gill has sold more than 26 million albums, won 20 Grammys and 18 CMA Awards, including Entertainer of the Year twice. He has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year.

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‘ZERO FILM FEST’ FOR SELF-FINANCED FILMMAKERS

Posted on August 29, 2011 by admin

Zero Film Fest

the 4th Annual Zero Film Festival – New York (ZFF), a unique and independently-focused event exclusive to self-financed filmmakers is accepting applicants.

Providing opportunity and exposure in the key film and media mecca that is New York, ZFF creates a platform for underrepresented and emerging filmmakers and artists while fostering an energized and progressive festival atmosphere.

Rather than hosting VIP events, ZFF‘s parties are open to all, fill unique venues from Manhattan to Brooklyn, feature the best bands from the indie music scene, and are well-known for lasting until dawn.

The Grand Jury Award comes with a cash prize and a distribution offer through the Festival. ZFF additionally doles out an Audience Choice Award worth $500 USD.

Select short films will be offered distribution through the LoWave label and some travel and accommodation will be provided for select feature filmmakers. All attending filmmakers and guests can enjoy the industry networking parties and panels, in addition to all screenings and Festival events.

More at info@zerofilmfest.com.

 

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JAMEY JOHNSON CHARITY COLLECTOR PHOTO BOOK

Posted on August 29, 2011 by admin

'The Ride' book cover by Melinda J.P. Harlan courtesy Webster & Associates

Photographer Melinda J.P. Harlan has created a stunning limited-edition book called This Ride…In Color, And In Pictures that features an exclusive collection of never-before-seen photographs of award-winning singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson, who is one of the most critically acclaimed artists in country music today.

This limited-edition book, with only 2,500 copies in print, features an exclusive collection of photographs taken over a three-year period of Johnson’s career from 2008 to 2010. Through a combination of 450 images and a wonderful compilation of stories, quotes, and observations by some of Johnson’s closest friends and mentors, we are given a rare glimpse into the singer/songwriter’s life.

As Johnson has previously noted, “My dream already came true…All I ever wanted was to get to just ride around and sing country music.” Now readers will have an opportunity to follow him on this ride.

From now through September 12, 2011, advance sales for This Ride…In Color, And In Pictures are open to the public through www.thisride.us.

The book retails for $125 with a portion of the proceeds benefiting five charities: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Hatch Show Print, Darryl Worley Cancer Treatment Center, Southeastern Beefmaster Breeders Association’s College Scholarship Fund, Alabama School of the Deaf and Blind’s Music Education Program, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  

 

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THE PLAYBOY CLUB RISES AGAIN

Posted on August 26, 2011 by admin

THE PLAYBOY CLUB -- Season: Pilot -- Pictured: (l-r) Laura Benanti as Carol-Lynne, David Krumholtz as Billy, Eddie Cibrian as Nick, Amber Heard as Maureen, Leah Renee as Alice, Naturi Naughton as Brenda, Wes Ramsey as Max -- Photo by: John Russo/NBC

From Academy Award-winning executive producer Brian Grazer, The Playboy Club is a provocative new NBC drama about a time and place that challenged the existing social mores and transformed American culture forever.

It’s the early 1960s, and at the center of Chicago lies the legendary and seductive Playboy Club, a living, breathing fantasy world filled with $1.50 cocktails, music, glitter and of course, beautiful Bunnies.

The key to the club, which offers the ultimate in beauty, is the most sought-after status symbol of its time.  But all that glitters isn’t gold, and in the back rooms and alleys behind the club, life happens – both good and bad.

Nick Dalton (Eddie Cibrian, CSI: Miami, Third Watch) is the ultimate playboy and one of the city’s top attorneys, rubbing elbows with everyone in the Windy City’s power structure.

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KENNY ROGERS IN BILLBOARD’S ANNIVERSARY ‘ADULT CONTEMPORARY’

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

Kenny Rogers courtesy Webster & Associates

According to Billboard, Kenny Rogers’ 28 Adult Contemporary Top 10’s are sixth-best all-time, and fourth-best among men, trailing only Elton John, Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley.

Kenny Rogers‘ feats on the AC chart include 47 hits, tying him with Barry Manilow for seventh-most in the chart’s history. No core country artist has crossed over more titles to AC.  Rogers has scored eight AC No. 1s.

Rogers: “I remember when [the AC charts] were established, I thought it was so cool. I’ve always been a believer in the strength of the song. My problem is I’m a country singer who’s had a lot of other musical influences, so my stuff is going to tend to be more AC. That’s always been my slam in country music, that I was never a true country artist, even though “Coward of the County,” “Daytime Friends,” “Buy Me a Rose,” “The Gambler,” those kinds of things, were truly country records. When you add to that “Through the Years,” “You Believe in Me,” “You Decorated My Life,” those were not country, but because I had power at country music, they sold country.

“Country always wanted to really be country, and I don’t blame them – be what you want to be. I spoke at a country seminar one year, and I told them, ‘Guys, what you’re trying to do is protect a type of music, and those of us who are out there doing it are trying to protect careers. We’re trying to last longer, touch more people with our music. I guarantee you in three years you won’t be playing Garth Brooks or Shania Twain.’ This was in the peak of their careers-and they all laughed at me. Sure enough, three years later, they weren’t playing them. So what are [these artists] supposed to do if they don’t have some other source of income [or] airplay other than country? When that’s over, our careers are over.

“[My crossover hits] turned a lot of people toward country music that wouldn’t have come to it otherwise. When they realized I was singing country sentiment with a little more accessible tonality, then I think they came in. And the great thing about country is once you come in, you don’t leave. It’s such a pure music.

“I never set out to be on the AC charts; I set out to do good songs. When I was on the charts I paid a lot of attention to them. I used to love to pick up the charts and see where songs were, where they were going, how they were doing. I’ve always tried to find songs that say what every man would like to say and every woman would like to hear. When you think of “Through the Years,” “You Decorated My Life,” “Lady,” that’s what those are. What man wouldn’t want to say, “Lady, I’m your night in shining armor and I love you,” and what lady wouldn’t want to hear that?”

As told to Ray Waddell.

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MICKEY MOUSE, MINNIE AND THE NASA ASTRONAUTS

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

Mickey, Minnie and friends © 2011 Disney Channel

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse welcomed NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim to The Disney Studios in Burbank, California yesterday.

They greeted kids from the East Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club and gave a special presentation on their final space shuttle mission before the kids enjoyed a preview screening of Disney Junior‘s new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Space Adventure special premiering on Disney Channel Monday, September 12.

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‘ZZ TOP’ TRIBUTE ALBUM BY MAJOR ARTISTS

Posted on August 24, 2011 by admin

'ZZ Top' album cover, 'A Tribute From Friends' courtesy Todd Brodginski/Mitch Schneider: MSO

The music and legacy of ZZ Top –“That Little ol’ Band from Texas,” that has been part of the world’s musical landscape for over 40 years–will be celebrated with the October 11 release of A Tribute From Friends.

The album, to be released by Show Dog-Universal Music, features 11 classic ZZ Top songs interpreted by top-flight artists working in a broad range of musical genres.

All of the album’s tracks have been newly recorded, specifically for the project.  These include Filter’s performance of Gimme All Your Lovin,” Grace Potter & The Nocturnals’ take on Tush, as well as Wyclef Jean’s Rough Boy, Legs from Nickelback and Wolfmother’s interpretation of Cheap Sunglasses.

The album kicks off with “Sharp Dressed Man,” from The M.O.B., Mick Fleetwood’s ad hoc group that includes fellow Fleetwood Mac founder John McVie as well as Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and guitar great Jonny Lang.  Fleetwood commented, “We’re delighted to honor ZZ Top this way.  Their legacy, like that of the original Fleetwood Mac, is steeped in the blues we all love so much.  I know that Steven and Jonny feel as strongly about their legacy as John and I do.”

After Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, the original–and continuing–members of ZZ Top were informed that A Tribute From Friends was in the offing, they issued the following statement:

“When we were told there was going to be a ZZ Top tribute album a while ago and logically asked, ‘Who are we paying tribute to?’  Then we found out that a bunch of great artists were paying tribute to us and we were in disbelief.  For the past 40 or so years, all we’ve done is get out there and crank it and try to have a good time while doing so. To a great extent, we’ve succeeded since we’re still having a good time so that would be reward enough for ‘the same three guys playing the same three chords.’ Now comes A Tribute From Friends and we’re so delighted that our music resonates with these great musicians whom we so admire.”

A Tribute From Friends also includes Waitin’ for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago by Daughtry, Got Me Under Pressure from Duff McKagan’s LOADED and Mastodon’s version of Just Got Paid. Coheed & Cambria contributed the anthemic Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers while country superstar Jamey Johnson’s track is the seminal La Grange.

Of their invitation to be a part of the album, lead singer Chris Daughtry said, “We were completely honored! A classic great band with amazing songs? We’re in!” And of ZZ Top’s music, “It’s classic! Simple chord progressions, great riffs with hooky choruses…very inspiring to a band like us.”

The co-executive producer of  is Carl Stubner, ZZ Top’s manager, who noted, A Tribute From Friends underscores the legacy of ZZ Top in the most musical way possible and illustrates just how important Billy, Dusty and Frank have been to successive generations.  It was a privilege to work with the pantheon of brilliant artists who contributed their efforts and so much love to this project.”

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DVD Releases – August 23rd, 2011

Posted on August 23, 2011 by admin

 

Movies on DVD

 

The Beaver stars Mel Gibson as a troubled husband and father who uses a beaver hand puppet to communicate. The movie is directed by Jodie Foster.

 

 

 

 

Bambi II picks up the story at the point where Bambi’s father begins teaching him and his pals, Thumper, Flower and Owl, how to survive in the forest. Bambi’s dad, the Great Prince, also learns new lessons from his son.

Special Features: Friend Owl’s Forest Fun Games with three interactive learning games, a deleted song Sing the Day, Thumper’s Hurry Scurry interactive game, Disney sketch pad where fans learn to draw Thumper, Bambi II – the legacy continues, plus Bambi‘s Trivia Tracks with pop-up text full of fun facts about the pic.

Win Win follows the life of Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti), a struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach who has his past transgressions come back to haunt him after the grandson of the client he doubled crossed enters his life.

 

 

TrollHunter is a fantasy film surrounding a group of students investigating a series of bear killings. They hook up with a man who winds up being a troll hunter.

 

 

Blitz stars Jason Statham as Detective Sergeant Tom Brant, a cop assigned to find a serial killer who is targeting police officers.

 

 

TV on DVD

The Event: The Complete Series was a short-lived, sci-fi series about a big, bad government conspiracy.

 

 

 

Phinias and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension is feature length version of the hit animated TV series. If you love the show you’ll enjoy the pic.

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