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Ben Stiller - Tropic Thunder Storming To Us Box Office Success

2008-09-04T22:54:00.001-07:00

Action comedy Tropic Thunder has maintained the number one point at the US box seat office for the third gear week in a row.

The Dreamworks/Paramount photo, featuring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr and Jack Black among a grouping of actors whose efforts to ca-ca a Vietnam film ar hampered when they ar abandoned in a real war zone, took $11.5 million (�6.4 million) to crown a third week at the top of the charts.

Babylon AD, the new Vin Diesel sci-fi film opened at number two afterwards its get-go weekend on release patch The Dark Knight continues to perform strongly, climb one situation to third base after its seventh weekend.

The Batman Begins sequel has now earned more than $502 gazillion (�277.9 million), becoming only the second picture in history to pass over the $500 barrier (�276.8 trillion), after Titanic.

Sony's comedy The House Bunny fell deuce places to fourth patch political thriller Traitor and spoof film Disaster opened at five-spot and vII, respectively.

Woody Allen's new exploit, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, rounded off the top ten with simply over $3 million (�1.67 billion) in its first iII days on release.

The top ten films at the US box office ar: (last week's position)

1 Tropic Thunder (1)
2 Babylon AD (-)
3 The Dark Knight (4)
4 The House Bunny (2)
5 Traitor (-)
6 Death Race (3)
7 Disaster Movie
8 Mamma Mia! (8)
9 Pineapple Express (6)
10 Vicky Cristina Barcelona (-)

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Chris Kattan files for separation two months after wedding

2008-08-25T18:30:00.001-07:00

LOS ANGELES - Chris Kattan's marriage to his model wife lasted almost as long as a "Saturday Night Live" skit.

The comic filed for legal separation from simulation wife Sunshine Tutt after only eight weeks of marriage. The couple were married June 28 in Yosemite Valley.

They spent around a month together; Kattan's filings indicate they spaced on Aug. 10. The couple experience no children together, and Kattan's filing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday indicates the copulate have a prenuptial agreement.

By filing for separation rather of split up, Kattan is leaving the door receptive for a reunion with Tutt, merely is indicating the pair off intend to live separate lives for the time being.

Kattan, 37, appeared on "SNL" from 1996 to 2003. His screen credits include "Corky Romano" and "A Night at the Roxbury."

The twosome became in use on Christmas Eve 2006.

An e-mail to Kattan's publicizer was non immediately returned Friday evening.

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Tom Cruise Allows Alien Invasion of Space

2008-08-16T18:00:00.001-07:00

One favourable fan was allowed to safely participate Tom Cruise's mysterious proximity orb -- where the intense electrical field circumferent him baffled her camera and forced her to take not one, merely two photos.

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Mike Reno

2008-08-07T18:41:00.001-07:00

Artist: Mike Reno

   Genre(s):
Rock: Hard-Rock

Discography:

Renovation

Year: 2004
Tracks: 11

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NBC Lambasted For Handling Of Russert Death Report

2008-06-27T21:45:00.001-07:00

St Paul, MN-based Internet Broadcasting Services, which operates the websites of several NBC affiliates, has fired the employee who posted news of the death of Tim Russert on the Wikipedia website before it was officially announced, the New York Times reported today (Monday). The newspaper quoted a spokeswoman for IBS as saying that the employee had thought that the death was already a matter of public record. The Times further reported that 11 minutes after the Wikipedia website reported Russert's death, another IBS employee updated the site again to make it appear that Russert was still alive. The report touched off angry condemnation by several online news sites. Henry Blodget, publisher of Silicon Valley Insider, wrote: "It's one thing for a news organization to decide to delay reporting news of a staffer's death out of deference to his or her family (this makes sense). It's another for the organization to expect other organizations to follow the same policy. And it is yet another thing for someone to deliberately strike accurate facts from a collective record to appease an upset client, which is what someone at IBS apparently did." John Biggs, editor of the tech site Crunch Gear, wrote: "NBC, of all organizations, should know what to do with news. They have been a trusted source for decades. For them to fumble in this way ... is an egregious chain of failure that led to what can only be described as a debacle. Fine, can the kid because he updated Wikipedia on the job. That's fair. But don't try to cover your tracks ham-handedly."

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As I Lay Dying Frontman Pays Tribute To Arnold Schwarzenegger; Plus Underoath, Light This City & More News That Rules, In Metal File

2008-06-23T09:14:00.001-07:00

As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis isn't ashamed to admit it: He's an Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, through and through.

"I love watching his movies," the singer told Metal File last week, just as his band prepared to hit the road as part of this summer's Warped Tour. "I don't see how you could put an Arnold movie on and not be entertained. Even the lesser of his films, like [1994's] 'Junior,' the ones that were goofy and sort of out there for him, they're still pretty great."

But Lambesis' unusual adulation for "The Governator" extends beyond his action-packed DVD collection. In fact, his appreciation runs so deep, the "Twins" thespian inspired Lambesis to strike out on his own, with a new side project inspired by Arnie. Called Austrian Death Machine, Lambesis plans to release his band's forthcoming debut album, Total Brutal, on July 22.

In essence, though, it's really a Lambesis solo LP. Not only did he write all the band's songs, he performs all of the material on Total Brutal, which was recorded inside his home studio in between As I Lay Dying tours.

"This is one of the albums where the recording took longer than the writing process," Lambesis explained. "I actually wrote most of the songs in about a week, because I just wanted to write 'em all before I ran out of time between tours. Then we went on tour for a while, and I came back and started recording the tracks. Because it's not a full band, and just one person, it was a lot harder to get everything right. When As I Lay Dying records, everyone knows their parts perfectly well, and they're all more than capable of playing everything perfectly. In my case, I had to pull a little studio magic to make everything right. It's a solo project where I'm trying to do everything, and there's no shame in a little ProTools trickery."

The idea for Austrian Death Machine — which Lambesis hopes to tour with this fall — came to him during a casual conversation with some friends backstage while AILD were on the tour.

"I think an Arnold one-liner came up in the conversation, and I was saying how amazing it would be to start a band where people were actually piling up at the front of the stage to sing along to those one-liners," he said. "It was just a thought at first, but about a year later, I had some time off, and so I just made it happen. I wrote as many songs as I could, recorded them, and now, I have a full album. It actually surprised me how easily it came together, because it was something that I just did on a whim. And it sort of surpasses my own expectations.

"[Austrian Death Machine] is a chance for me to show, musically, what I'm capable of," he continued. "I didn't try to write the most technical music in the world; I just wanted to write music that had a certain type of aggression that I think Arnold would want to sing over. A lot of [As I Lay Dying's] fans don't realize that, in addition to being a singer, I'm also very involved in the songwriting process."

Total Brutal will feature 17 tracks, including "Come With Me If You Want to Live" (which boasts a guitar solo from Killswitch Engage's Adam Dutkiewicz), "Who Is Your Daddy, and What Does He Do" and "It's Not a Tumor." Producer Jason Suecof (God Forbid, Trivium); AILD's Nick Hipa; Haste the Day's Jason Barnes; and Daath's Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler all contribute guitar solos to the effort. While Austrian Death Machine's songs do feature some of Arnold's most famous lines, as provided by a Schwarzenegger impersonator, the actual singing is handled by Lambesis

"Part of what I wanted to do with this band was do things stereotypically on purpose," he said. "Every band wants to be unique and avoid doing what's typical for the genre. In this case, I wanted it to be absolutely typical, so it's everything you'd expect to hear from a metal band, everything that embodies metal, and I think that's what makes Arnold the perfect frontman. At least as a character in movies, he embodied everything that's metal: He's a huge, muscular guy, and he knows how to win a fight. I think the ability to poke fun at heavy music, while at the same time writing really brutal music, is a fun combination. I'm really proud of the record came, and I think As I Lay Dying fans will definitely be able to latch onto it. It's less melodic and more thrash brutality. It has a little more of a tough-guy feel — on purpose."

For Lambesis, working on the Austrian Death Machine record wasn't nearly as intense as his work with AILD, because he didn't have to endure the same emotionally draining experience he does when he writes lyrics for that band.

"Everything in As I Lay Dying is really very passionate for me, vocally and lyrically, and there's a lot of conviction behind what I write, so I wanted to do something that was a little bit on the lighter side," he said. "I felt Arnold was the perfect guy to be in a band with. He's the most brutal guy in the world, and his movies are just pure testosterone. It seems to be perfect for the genre of metal — this brutal warrior who is able to destroy all these villains."

The rest of the week's metal news:

Underoath have titled their forthcoming album Lost in the Sound of Separation. We recently spoke to the band about the effort, and you can read all about it here. ...

Looks like those rumors about Mastodon's next album being a concept piece inspired by Czarist Russia are true. This image of Rasputin has been making the Internet rounds as of late, adding more credence to the tittle-tattle. Mastodon recently entered the studio to commence tracking of the disc, alongside producer Brendan O'Brien (Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots). It's believed the record will be ready in time for release later this year. ...

While the rest of Velvet Revolver continue to search for Scott Weiland's replacement, guitarist Slash is apparently working on his solo debut. He told Spinner.com that he's "working on it pretty aggressively right now, while I have the time, because as soon as Velvet finds its singer, then it's going to be off to the races with that." Slash doesn't know when the record might be ready for release but is hoping to have it out before the next VR LP hits stores. "It'll be my first solo record," he added. "All the other ones were just me putting other bands together and going out and just jamming. This will actually be a little bit more personal." ...

If you haven't already, you should head on over to MTV's "Headbangers Blog," where right now, you can stream Judas Priest's entire new album, Nostradamus. In next week's Metal File, we'll be bringing you an interview with guitarist Glen Tipton, in which he talks all about the LP and the possibility of his band being voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...

Did Light This City break up? That's what we're hearing, but no official word has come down from the band or the label, but a statement should be released before the weekend, according to one member of the group, who asked not to be named. The rumors started soon after the band pulled out of its current tour with Death Angel, God Forbid and Soilent Green and nixing an appearance on the upcoming Thrash and Burn Tour, with Darkest Hour. ...

In other breakup news, it seems Long Island's From Autumn to Ashes have gone the way of the dodo — maybe. Frontman Francis Mark said in an online post: "At this point, I feel that we have accomplished everything we could have hoped for with FATA. It doesn't feel much like a breakup; just feels like the end. It's complete. I would say that we are going on indefinite hiatus, because the term breakup suggests a more negative circumstance." ...

Warbringer and Finntroll have lined up a U.S. run for August and September. The trek gets under way August 22 in Springfield, Virginia, and dates are booked through September 12 in San Marcos, California.

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Summoner

2008-06-16T21:44:00.001-07:00

Artist: Summoner

   Genre(s):
Metal

Discography:

Winter Solstice

Year: 2004
Tracks: 8

the Paper Chase

Gratitude

2008-06-05T22:05:00.000-07:00

Artist: Gratitude

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Gratitude

Year: 2005
Tracks: 12

Gratitude included Jonah Matranga of Far and Onelinedrawing and ex-Crumb guitar player Mark Weinberg, rounded out by bassist Bob Lindsey, guitar player Jeremy Tappero, and drummer Dave Jarnstrom. In March 2005 the San Francisco-based lot issued its self-titled Atlantic debut, a merry correct that looked to Weezer and Jimmy Eat World for influence.

Billy Bob Thornton on Angelina Jolie pregnancy: “I�m just so happy for her”

The A-Team movie gets its director

2008-05-28T22:36:00.001-07:00

The director who will helm the big screen version of 1980s TV classic 'The A-Team' has been confirmed.
Speaking to BlackVoices.com, director John Singleton confirmed that he would be behind the lens for the blockbuster.
Singleton's credits include 'Four Brothers', '2 Fast 2 Furious', 'Shaft' and 'Boyz n the Hood'.
The new film will update the A-Team's backstory from the Vietnam era to the present day.
The plot will reflect current issues and politics.

Consequencer

2008-05-22T22:53:00.001-07:00

Artist: Consequencer

   Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic

Discography:

Impulses

Year: 2003
Tracks: 10

Coldplay to quit record label?

2008-05-20T20:33:00.001-07:00

Coldplay to quit record label?

Coldplay ar limit to follow in the footsteps of Radiohead and Saul McCartney by becoming the latest major act to leave platter pronounce EMI.
The band induce a five album consider with the UK based label and testament passing their fourth LP this summertime.
However, they are as well said to be planning the spillage of a greatest hits CD in 2009, which testament meet their obligations with EMI and give up them to sign a freshly contract with another label.
Alice Paul Paul McCartney and Radiohead lately left EMI, which has lost a number of acts of the Apostles following a major coup d'etat by equity tauten Terra Firma last summer.
A source told the Daily Star topology: "There's so often uncertainty in the record diligence powerful now. The boys don't necessarily need a label any more. They aren't still considering putting playpen to paper on any character of contract until they see what happens."

Madonna joins Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Will Ferrell to be honoured by UCD

2008-05-20T19:48:00.001-07:00

Will Ferrell to be honoured by UCD

Upper side Hollywood thespian Will Ferrell will tonight be honoured by University College Dublin.
The A-list star will be given the James River James Augustine Aloysius Joyce Prize by the university's Literary and Historical Fellowship.
He joins other populace figures honoured by the L&H, including United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix, academic Noam Chomsky and former South African chair FW De Klerk.
Every Irish Taoiseach and Chairman has besides addressed the companionship.
The Californian-born actor, world Health Organization commands $20m per motion picture, is being honoured for his achievements in amusement.
Ferrell's laugh-a-minute roles have earned him global moving-picture show stardom which began in 2003 with the remove comedy 'Elf', in which he played an oversized eLF.
He south Korean won critical acclaim and a Golden Ball nomination for his part in 'Stranger Than Fiction' in 2006, where he played an Internal Revenue Service auditor wHO suddenly becomes the subject of an ongoing comment alone he toilet hear.
In 2007 he starred as a high profile ice skater in the clowning 'Blades of Glory'.
Ferrell has spent the past iI weeks holidaying around Ireland.

Ghosts

2008-05-20T18:28:00.001-07:00

Artist: Ghosts

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

World Is Outside

Year: 2007
Tracks: 11

John Mayer Trio

2008-05-20T17:46:00.001-07:00

Artist: John Mayer Trio

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:


Try! John Mayer Trio Live

   Year: 2005
Tracks: 11


House Of Blues, Sunset Trip - West Hollywood, CA (2005-09-14)

   Year:
Tracks: 17