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Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage" kiddie-style

Janine Schaults — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:37:00 GMT

What kid doesn't like to play cops and robbers? The Beastie Boys tapped into this childhood fantasy in their 1994 Spike Jonze-directed video for "Sabotage."

Eloquent tributes continue to pour in for the band's spiritual center Adam "MCA" Yauch, who lost his battle with cancer earlier this month, but none emobdy the Beastie Boys' goofball mystique quite like this clip.

Watch as these kiddies not only rock bushy mustaches that would make Burt Reynolds jealous, but capture the band's youthful spirit.

Here's the original for old-school fans:

'30 Rock' lives to see another season

Thu, 10 May 2012 23:49:00 GMT

UPDATE: NBC has renewed "Community" for a 13 episode season, according to EW.

Liz Lemon will live to see another day. Actually she’ll get 13 more days. NBC announced “30 Rock” will return for a seventh and final season, albeit a shortened one.

Fans have been salivating over rumors that the peacock network would annihilate its Thursday comedy block by blasting out the Tina Fey vehicle along with low-rated sitcoms “Community” and “Parks and Recreation.”

The network is keeping mum on the fates of those two shows until it reveals the full 2012-2013 season for advertisers next week. But, “Parenthood” squeaked by with a fourth season.

VIDEO: Bono does surprise duet with Glen Hansard

Thu, 10 May 2012 01:17:00 GMT

Concert goers got a special treat Tuesday night at The Living Room in New York when Bono showed up unannounced to duet with Glen Hansard. The Irishmen traded verses on a traditional Emerald Isle ditty, “The Auld Triangle.” Bono, drink in hand and sporting pink translucent sunglasses, needed a little prodding to remember the lyrics. Hansard, clearly the star of the evening judging by the tepid applause at Bono's appearance at the intimate club, happily obliged.

Thanks to photographer extraordinaire Patrick Glennon, you can witness the blessed event by the sickly light of your computer:

Is 'Mad Men' obsessed with death?

Mon, 07 May 2012 20:04:00 GMT

Are the inhabitants of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce consumed by death? The fine folks over at The Daily Beast make an excellent case for it. Season five of "Mad Men" finds Don Draper and his cohorts navigating their way through the upheaval of the latter half of the 1960s and pushing aside the permeating sense of doom both inside and outside the office walls.

Sunday's episode found Draper staring down a vacant elevator shaft, just two steps shy of certain death.

Anyone have flashbacks of "L.A. Law"?

Pete made reference to his insurance policy's suicide clause and that's not even half the grim references being uttered this season. Between Betty's cancer scare, the Chicago Speck murders and the riots in Harlem, Pauline Francis should start peddling her Secanol stash to the whole crew.

The Daily Beast put together a morbid montage to drive their point home. Are you convinced?

VIDEO: Ha Ha Tonka release video for 'Lonely Fortunes'

Janine Schaults — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:44:00 GMT

You’ll have to wait until June to see Ha Ha Tonka live, but you can get your fix of these Ozarks-bred boys in a new video for “Lonely Fortunes” off the quartet’s third album, “Usual Suspects.”

They returned to their namesake, Ha Ha Tonka State Park in Missouri, to film the mandolin-driven footstomper in 8mm. The grainy look fits the Bloodshot artists’ rustic aesthetic.

Tour dates:

May 2 @ Kentucky Derby Festival (Waterfront Park) – Louisville, KY

May 25 @ Middle East Club – Cambridge, MA *

May 26 @ Quai Des Brumes – Montreal, QC *

May 27 @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON *

May 28 @ The Pike Room – Pontiac, MI *

June 1 @ Turner Hall Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI *

June 2 @ Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN *

June 3 @ Sausage Festival – Chicago, IL

June 6 @ Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO *

June 7 @ Jackpot Music Hall – Lawrence, KS *

June 8 @ Twangfest (Duck Room) – St Louis, MO

June 9 @ Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN *

June 11 @ The Earl – Atlanta, GA *

June 12 @ The Casbah – Durham, NC *

June 13 @ Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC *

June 14 @ Bowery Ballroom – New York City, NY *

June 15 @ Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA *

June 16 @ Beachcomber – Wellfleet, MA

June 24 @ Xerox Rochester Jazz Festival- Rochester, NY

July 12 @ Mr Smalls Theater – Millvale, PA ^

July 15 @ Heirloom Arts Theatre – Danbury, CT ^

July 21 @ Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH ^

July 22 @ Cosmic Charlie’s – Lexington, KY ^

July 26 @ Floyd Fest (Blue Ridge Parkway) – Floyd, VA

July 27 @ Floyd Fest (Blue Ridge Parkway) – Floyd, VA

July 28 @ Hampton Taphouse – Hampton, VA

July 31 @ Sol Santa Fe – Santa Fe, NM ^

Aug 1 @ The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ ^

Aug 2 @ The Casbah – San Diego, CA ^

Aug 3 @ El Rey – Los Angeles, CA ^

Aug 5 @ Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA ^

Aug 9 @ Media Club – Vancouver, BC #

Aug 10 @ Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA #

Aug 11 @ Dante’s – Portland, OR #

Aug 12 @ Summer Meltdown Festival (Whitehorse Amphitheater) – Darrington, WA

Aug 14 @ Neurolux – Boise, ID #

Aug 15 @ Bar Deluxe – Salt Lake City, UT #

Aug 16 @ Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO #

Aug 18 @ The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE #

Aug 22 @ Gabe’s Oasis – Iowa City, IA #

Sept 15 @ Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion – Bristol, TN

Sept 16 @ Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion – Bristol, TN

* supporting Langhorne Slim

^ supporting Murder By Death and Cory Chisel

# supporting Murder By Death

'Once' leads with 11 Tony nominations

Janine Schaults — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:52:00 GMT

The magic of "Once" continues with a whopping 11 Tony Award nominations. The simple story about an Irish guy and Czech girl falling in love and making beautiful music together already scored an Oscar for Best Song for songwriters and stars of the movie, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. This stage adaptation won rave reviews since opening on Broadway in March and is now in the running to take home the Best New Musical prize when the 2012 Tony Awards air live on June 10 on CBS.

"Clybourne Park," received a nod for Best Play. Set in Chicago, the play also scored a nomination for local designer Dan Ostling.

Find a full list of the nominees below:

Best Play

Clybourne Park

Author: Bruce Norris

Other Desert Cities

Author: Jon Robin Baitz

Peter and the Starcatcher

Author: Rick Elice

Venus in Fur

Author: David Ives

Best Musical

Leap of Faith

Newsies

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Once

Best Revival of a Play

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

Gore Vidal’s The Best Man

Master Class

Wit

Best Revival of a Musical

Evita

Follies

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Book of a Musical

Lysistrata Jones

Douglas Carter Beane

Newsies

Harvey Fierstein

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Joe DiPietro

Once

Enda Walsh

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Bonnie & Clyde

Music: Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics: Don Black

Newsies

Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Jack Feldman

One Man, Two Guvnors

Music & Lyrics: Grant Olding

Peter and the Starcatcher

Music: Wayne Barker
Lyrics: Rick Elice

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
Frank Langella, Man and Boy
John Lithgow, The Columnist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
Linda Lavin, The Lyons
Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Danny Burstein, Follies
Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
Steve Kazee, Once
Norm Lewis, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Ron Raines, Follies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Jan Maxwell, Follies
Audra McDonald, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Cristin Milioti, Once
Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow
Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Andrew Garfield, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Linda Emond, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Spencer Kayden, Don’t Dress for Dinner
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Condola Rashad, Stick Fly

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Michael Cerveris, Evita
David Alan Grier, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Elizabeth A. Davis, Once
Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Jessie Mueller, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost the Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities
Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park
Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley, Once
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost the Musical
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies
George Tsypin, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark

Best Costume Design of a Play

William Ivey Long, Don’t Dress for Dinner
Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Follies
ESosa, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca
Brian MacDevitt, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Christopher Akerlind, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Natasha Katz, Follies
Natasha Katz, Once
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost the Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play

Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors
Scott Lehrer, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow
Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Acme Sound Partners, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Clive Goodwin, Once
Kai Harada, Follies
Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Choreography

Rob Ashford, Evita
Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
Steven Hoggett, Once
Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Direction of a Play

Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors
Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
Mike Nichols, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Direction of a Musical

Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Diane Paulus, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
John Tiffany, Once

Best Orchestrations

William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Martin Lowe, Once
Danny Troob, Newsies

VIDEO: Springsteen, Beach Boys, Petty rock Jazz Fest

Janine Schaults — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:48:00 GMT

Bruce Springsteen closed out the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest with a two-and-a-half hour set that paired The Boss with one of the city’s greats. Dr. John lent his voodoo magic to the E Street Band on the funky “Something You Got.”

The Beach Boys reunion run pulled into the Big Easy with special guest John Stamos.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers strayed away from the hits for a set of deep cuts and paired down, acoustic seletions.

Al Green, Cee Lo and Bon Iver also drew big crowds.

If you can't make it down South for the second weekend of the music fest, you can catch all the action on a live web stream HERE.

LISTEN: Beach Boys release first new song in decades

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:28:00 GMT

The wait is over for Beach Boys fans. The reunited band released their first song in decades, called “That’s Why God Made Radio.” And yet it sounds like they plucked it straight out of their 60’s catalogue. The tune’s sunny harmonies and breezy melody is pure summer. Maybe the weather will match by the time Brian Wilson and company roll into the Chicago Theatre on May 21 and 22 for the band’s 50^th anniversary tour. The song isn’t just a one-off endeavor. It’s part of a full-length release scheduled to hit shelves on June 5.

Listen to the aural candy below and tell us what you think:

Baby on the way for Giuliana and Bill Rancic

Janine Schaults — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:39:00 GMT

She's having a baby.

Giuliana Rancic announced she and her husband Bill are finally expecting. Viewers of the couple's reality TV show on the Style Network have followed the ups and downs of their fertility issues over the past few seasons. The baby will be born this summer via a gestational surrogate. The E! News host was diagnosed with breast cancer last fall and underwent a double mastectomy.

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Watch Mad Men's Jon Hamm bowl a strike

Janine Schaults — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:01:00 GMT

Jon Hamm can do no wrong. As Don Draper, the dapper “Mad Men” actor can make even fixing a leaky faucet sexy and now he’s doing the same thing for the sport of bowling. Hamm shows 10 pins who’s the boss on an upcoming webisode of “Chris Hardwick’s All Star Bowling.” You can see it in full on Monday at 10:30 a.m. EST on Hardwick’s The Nerdist Channel.

If you can't wait, we've got a clip of Hamm executing the perfect frame below. And consider the surprise posterior shot of his Levi’s a gift.