The winner is Bill! Congratulations! Bill you won:
1 copy of the Kurt Cobain About A Son DVD
1 copy of the book Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana (the book that the interviews with Kurt were taped for)
1 copy of the CD Soundtrack to the film
Bill send me an email. So, I can get the prizes to you!
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According to UPI News, Australian actor and “Star Trek” fan Eric Bana said he couldn’t resist the opportunity to play a villain in the new installment of the sci-fi franchise.
“I couldn’t resist. I read it and I know (director J.J. Abrams) pretty well and there was just no way to say no; it’s just too much fun,” Bana told reporters in New York recently.
“I liked the original (show) as a kid. I loved it. I haven’t seen a lot of the movies since, but I was a fan of the original series,” the actor replied when asked if he was a “Trekkie.” “But even if I was crazy about the original series, it wouldn’t have been enough to make me sign on to a film I didn’t want to do. I just read the script and I just went, ‘That is an awesome script,’ and it’s J.J. and it’d be a good time to play a character like that. It was a very easy decision.”
Bana can now be seen playing Henry VIII in the big screen period drama “The Other Boleyn Girl.” Two sister vie for him. Oh, man.
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Lists of 100 Italo films were announced as the cultural treasures. Unveiled in Rome on Thursday, but not without controversy, until producer Grazia Volpi, according to Variety, cried out, “Where are Lina Wertmueller and Liliana Cavani?”
Volpi has a point. These two Italo directors are awesome. I remember seeing one of Wertmueller films “La Fine del Mondo Nel Nostro Solito Letto in Una Notte Piena Di Pioggia” over 30 years ago. It was fabulous.
Besides the obvious directors such as Federico Fellini’s “La dolce vita,” Roberto Rossellini’s “Rome, Open City,” Vittorio De Sica’s “The Bicycle Thief” and Gillo Pontecorvo’s “The Battle of Algiers,” the list includes less-conventional entries such as Marco Ferreri’s “The Ape Woman” about a woman affected with hypertrichosis.
As far as number of films, Fellini leads the list with seven, followed by Luchino Visconti with six, and De Sica, Francesco Rosi and Mario Monicelli with five works each. The list also includes four by Rossellini and three by Michelangelo Antonioni, reported by Variety. Venice Days aims to make these works more readily available to the country’s younger generations. Tough rights issues however still stand in the way.
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‘Scrubs is not moving from NBC to ABC.
Reported by Variety, alphabet net is said to be close to picking up an 18-episode season from sibling ABC Studios of the critically acclaimed Zach Braff laffer.
But if that’s true, NBC Entertainment/Universal Media Studios co-chair Marc Graboff said ABC Studios would be in breach of contract - and would take appropriate legal action.
“NBC has a license agreement with ABC Studios, which includes a right of first negotiation and first refusal to extend the series term beyond this season,” Graboff said. “We’re living under the terms of this license agreement, and we expect ABC Studios to do the same.”
Meanwhile, ABC Studios execs were scrambling Thursday to respond to rumors that a deal had already been done. Studio hasn’t commented on rumors that discussions have commenced between the Alphabet and its sister studio. NBC, on the other hand, believes that it is still in talks with ABC Studios to decide how to resolve the seventh - and what was believed to be the final - season of “Scrubs.”
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TV Land has assembled alumni from the JJ Pearce High School (Richardson,
Executive produced by Mike Fleiss and Lisa Levenson (The Bachelor), High School Reunion reunites classmates from all walks and stages of life who have some issues to address and resolve since their days at Pearce. Whether opening some painful wounds inflicted by the resident bully or rekindling old romances, High School Reunion will give viewers a front row seat to the emotional and compelling rollercoaster ride throughout its six-week run. “High School Reunion provides TV Land viewers with a fascinating window into how classmates who knew each other in the 1980’s have evolved over the last 20 years,” explains Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land. “By bringing together several alumni for a two week get-away, High School Reunion allows the classmates to really experience how they have changed – or have not changed – since graduation. The overall experience of reconnecting with old friends is something the TV Land viewer will find to be both highly relatable and entertaining.”
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The redhead is back at Seattle Grace! ABC has confirmed that Kate Walsh, whose freshman show Private Practice is on hiatus until fall, will return to Grey’s Anatomy as Dr. Addison Montgomery for one episode this spring. Executive Producer Shonda Rhimes is still fleshing out the script, so there’s no word yet on when Walsh’s episode will air. ABC will air five originals of Grey’s beginning April 24.
Check out the all the details at EW!
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New artist Brendan James appearing on the Body of War soundtrack. A double album filled with politically charged songs, artists like Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder are featured along with Brendan’s “Hero Song,” capturing the message of the Body of War film.
Check out the live performance from Brendan! “Hero Song”
Before you get to songs by the many stars that contributed to the ‘Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran’ soundtrack, you hear “Hero’s Song” by Brendan James. James’ ode to our soldiers in Iraq was handpicked by the film’s subject and curator, Tomas Young, as the lead track on the double disc, preceding the likes of Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Neil Young, Tori Amos, Ben Harper, Serj Tankian and Eddie Vedder.
Tomas Young was wounded during his first week of duty in Iraq, becoming paralyzed from the chest down. He discovered “Hero’s Song” via Brendan James’ Myspace page and, following a personal phone call between the singer-songwriter and veteran, Young insisted that “Hero’s Song” appear first on the soundtrack.
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iny Glick (aka Martin Short) interviews Ellen Page of Juno
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‘Vantage Point” led the way to the box office with “Jumper” trailing behind. ”Juno” is still there at number seven as is “No 
Country for Old Men” at number 10. A suprise is “Be Kind Rewind” at number nine but playing only in 808 theaters.
WEEK BOX OFFICE FINAL
Feb 22 - Feb 28, 20081. Vantage Point $28,004,500 $28,004,500
2. Jumper $15,666,888 $59,222,506
3. Spiderwick Chronicles, The $15,352,713 $46,328,564
4. Step Up 2 The Streets $11,246,842 $42,879,232
5. Fool’s Gold $8,219,432 $54,382,561
6. Definitely, Maybe $6,671,550 $23,268,580
7. Juno $5,507,092 $131,784,538
8. Roscoe Jenkins $4,973,410 $36,481,825
9. Be Kind Rewind $4,050,655 $4,050,655
10. No Country For Old Men $3,679,134 $65,565,631
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“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” debuts at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday May 18.The fourth installment of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg’s period action-adventure movie cast includes Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen and Cate Blanchett.
The official announcement won’t be until April. But it looks like a for sure engagement according to Variety. Yes, studio insiders feel confident that when fest programmers see the final print, the deal will be sealed for the summer blockbuster.
Director Spielberg is still editing and scoring the film..
The last time Spielberg graced the Cannes was for 1982’s “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.”
Indiana Jones Official Web Site.
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