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Tony Bennett and Marc Anthony will be in a Duet "For Once In My Life"
Legendary performer and 17-Time GRAMMY winner Tony Bennett, will release his latest CD, TONY BENNETT: VIVA DUETS, worldwide on Monday, October 22nd on Columbia Records. VIVA DUETS, is the singer’s third duets-themed project, following the platinum selling and critically praised DUETS and DUETS II CDs. Featuring many top names in the Latin recording industry, VIVA DUETS finds Bennett performing his greatest hits with a celebrated roster of artists including Marc Anthony, Christina Aguilera, Ricardo Arjona, Chayanne, Franco De Vita, Gloria Estefan, Vicente Fernandez, Juan Luis Guerra, Dani Martin Romeo Santos, Thalia, and Vicentico. A truly international endeavor, VIVA DUETS features bi-lingual performances with artists representing nine countries and three continents.
Walking Dead 2 is coming at home
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Season Two lead cinematographer Rohn Schmidt’s gritty, hopelessly dour mise en scene is perfectly depicted on Anchor Bay’s Blu-ray transfer. The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray arrives courtesy of AMC and Anchor Bay Entertainment. The show is presented in 1.78:1 widescreen, mixed in 7.1 Dolby TrueHD. The season’s 13 episodes are spread among four discs. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV.
Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying world. He was a small town cop who had only fired his weapon a couple times but never at anyone and had only ever seen one dead body. Separated from his family, he must sort through the death and horror to try and find his wife and son. In a world ruled by the dead, people are forced to finally begin living.
Shot on Super 16, The Walking Dead is a textured, gritty looking series, often painted with morose, bleak visuals and a stark, apocalyptic palette reminiscent of other zombie films. The Blu-ray presentation outdoes the already staggering HD broadcast by delivering a cleaner, crisper presentation.
It’s probably not a series for the ages, but any genre programming that can both appeal to its base market and still drum up intrigue in other demographics has to have something going on under its hood. Most images are defined by pale colors that yield a gray, bleak, hopeless sort of visual structure that reinforces the themes of despair and death and emphasizes the general end-of-days misery. The zombie apocalypse is not just about mindless nonstop zombie smashing for people with ADHD. It’s more about the loss of humanity and how people interact with each other so this Blu-ray-DVD has English and French languages with English subtitles.
Kim Kardashian was rejected at Hollywood Walk of Fame star
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The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the Walk of Fame, isn’t interested in having her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That won’t be happening anytime soon. Her background is is not so fast and good enough
A shock to everyone,“Starship” Lead Guitarist Mark Abrahamian died
Guitarist Mark Abrahamian a guitarist for Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, died after a show in Nebraska, due to a heart attack following a performance on September 2. The lead guitarist of the group told his bass player he wasn’t feeling very well and then dropped dead of a heart attack at 46-years-old. The bands Monday concert in Orem, Utah was promptly cancelled.
Mark Abrahamian will be laid to rest in Austin, Texas. Funeral services have not yet been announced, and it is not clear if the service will be open to the public.
Michael Clarke Duncan died
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Michael Clarke Duncan’s fiance, Omarosa Manigault (of The Apprentice fame), found him unconscious on the floor of their house after suffering a cardiac arrest. Doctors said that tests were performed Monday and doctors determined Michael has a “very strong heartbeat” and they were optimistic. However, the 54-year-old actor continued with heart problems and sadly succumbed to ongoing complications on the morning of September 3, 2012.
Sleepwalk with me is a heartwarming comedy
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Sleepwalk with Me is a comedy written by, directed by and starring comedian Mike Birbiglia, based on a true story he told in his one-man off-Broadway show and his first book. The film follows the journey of an aspiring comedian in denial about his girlfriend, his career, and, most significantly, his sleepwalking disorder. The more he fails to express his true feelings, the more his anxiety comes out in increasingly funny and dangerous sleepwalking incidents.
This is incorporating several scenarios and characters and inserting them into ludicrous situations including the pressure to marry, the mystery of sleep disorders and the single-minded, near-delusional ambition of a comedian who’ll drive long miles in a beat-up Volvo to score some laughs – or possibly none. In few words is a self-portrait of a guy who can’t control a major portion of his life when you get right down to it, could describe almost any of us.
It was a smart move for Birbiglia so makes the movie easy to like.
Would Charlie Sheen play 'Spider-Man'?
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Charlie Sheen is an American film and TV actor. He is best known for his numerous film appearances, he always wanted to play ‘Spider-Man’ but was talked out of it by the production company he pitched the idea to.
Despite a turbulent time after being sacked from sitcom ‘Two And A Half Men’, Charlie has again found success on the small screen with the news that his latest show ‘Anger Management’ has been renewed for an epic 90 episode run.
Your words will fly in “The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate”
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As one of the defining stories of the wuxia genre, the saga of the Dragon Gate Inn has already been the source material for two classic martial arts films. Now legendary writer/director/producer Tsui Hark revisits these legends in THE FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE bringing new characters and ancient conflicts to life through the vivid depth of 3D and the epic scale of the IMAX image.
The film picks up three years after the disappearance of the enigmatic innkeeper Jade and the massive fire that consumed the Inn. A new Dragon Inn has risen from the ashes, staffed by a band of marauders. Masquerading as law-abiding citizens by day, they use the cover of night to continue their true calling as fortune hunters. For legend says that the Dragon Inn is the site of a lost city buried in the desert – and a treasure that spans dynasties hidden deep within.
As they await a storm strong enough to unearth the hidden fortress, they are surprised by the arrival of a pregnant concubine and her mysterious protector, Ling. They have come seeking the sanctuary of the Inn – as two factions from the Imperial City close in on them to claim her unborn child.
Leading the Imperial Assassins is the merciless Eunuch, Yu who hopes to reclaim the Emperor’s child before she can fall into the hands of the righteous General Zhao.
In terms of visual spectacle, Tsui Hark is definitely at the top of his game, both the action choreography and the initiation of 3D into the ‘wuxia’ genre easily establishing itself as one of the must-see classics. All the choreographs are with a exuberant dance between breakneck, 90s-style high-wire action and weapons (especially flying logs) that strike with a graphic impact never seen in 2D films. The ensuing development should consolidate the physical momentum of the first part by easing off the pace to flesh out main characters and intensify the strategic standoff between Yu’s and Zhao’s followers. Sets and costumes are loudly exotic but very colorful so you can enjoy this movie in Theaters August 31, 2012.
Two great Hollywood Stars will be at Venice Film Festival
Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts wore their summery best as the first of the Hollywood jet-set to arrive in the historic city in order to attend the 69th Venice Film Festival in Italy.
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is the Taylor Swift's New Video
She will perform “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” live on the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. ET/PT from Staples Center in Los Angeles. The track is the lead single from her upcoming album, Red, due Oct. 22 on Big Machine Records.
