The wonderfully talented Allison Iraheta, fourth place finisher on American Idol has signed a recording contract with 19 Recordings/Jive record label, who also signed season eight winner Kris Allen. Adam Lambert, the talented second place finisher, has signed with 19 Recordings/RCA record label. Third place finisher Danny (my wife is dead) Gokey is so far left out in the cold.
In a statement to RollingStone.Com, Iraheta said the following:
“I think I’m still in shock that this is happening, getting to record my first album and this whole awesome experience is a dream come true!,” Iraheta said in a statement."
Barry Weiss, Chairman & CEO, RCA/JIVE Label Group had this to say:
“Allison was an absolute stand-out this season. Her bluesy, powerful voice, spunky attitude, and edgy star power immediately captivated us and it didn’t matter where she ranked on Idol, we knew we wanted her to join our amazing crop of young talent at Jive.”
Personally, I think Gokey is headed for either a second rate independent label or will be pumping out Christian music. I never understood how he made it as far as he did. At least he didn't win the competition like Taylor Hicks, who next to Danny is probably the worst competitor to make it as far as they did.
The Golden Trailer Awards are presented and run by siblings, Evelyn Brady-Watters and Monica Brady. A panel of judges selected from top level directors, producers, actors, writers, executives, exhibitors, advertising creatives and critics views the trailers and votes on them. With comedians hosting and presenting, the awards are handed out at a live ceremony in May. The first Golden Trailer Awards ceremony was held on September 21, 1999 in New York City. The show is televised and was carried on the Reelz Channel in 2007 and Fox's MyNetworkTV in 2008. Click here to visit their website.
Movie trailers play an increasingly important role in entertaining us and helping us determine where to spend our leisure time. The best trailers are works of art in their own right, expertly blending elements of cinema and advertising.
Each year through an open competition judged by film industry notables, the Golden Trailer Awards recognize the creative people who make movie trailers, and the best examples of their unique art, in a gala award show.
The next Golden Trailer Awards Show will take place Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at the Directors Guild Theater Complex in Los Angeles.
The Golden Trailer Awards is the awards show devoted to feature film previews. Since moviegoers consistently rate movie trailers as the most entertaining part of the theater experience, the Golden Trailer Awards celebrates the craftsmanship and allure of these potent mini-epics with a fast-paced show whose frenetic and sometimes irreverent style is perfect for the post-MTV era.
Taking only 90 minutes to roll through 16 categories ranging from Best Drama to the Golden Fleece, the Golden Trailer Awards is as diverse and exciting as the art form to which it pays homage.
Here is a video that tells what the Golden Trailer Awards are all about.
And, the winners are:
Show Category Winners
Best Action Fast and Furious, AV Squad, Universal
Best Animation/Family WALL-E, Craig Murray Productions, The Walt Disney Studios
Best Comedy Bruno, The Ant Farm, Universal Pictures
Best Documentary Man on Wire, The Editpool, Icon Film Distribution
Best Drama Frost/Nixon, Empire Design, Working Title Films
Best Horror The Unborn, Buddha Jones, Rogue Pictures
Best Independent Trailer The Wrestler, Mark Woollen & Associates, Fox Searchlight
Best Music Where the Wild Things Are, The Ant Farm, Warner Bros.
Best Romance 500 Days of Summer, Mark Woollen & Associates, Fox Searchlight
Best Thriller Angels & Demons, Trailer Park, Sony Pictures
Best Video Game Trailer Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Eyestorm Productions, Lucasarts
Best Voice Over Tropic Thunder, Buddha Jones, DreamWorks
Golden Fleece The Spirit, Seismic Productions, Lionsgate
Most Original My Winnipeg, Kinetic Trailers, IFC Films
Summer 2009 Blockbuster Star Trek, Aspect Ratio, Paramount Pictures
Trashiest Trailer One Eyed Monster, The Refinery, Liberation Entertainment
Best In Show Star Trek, Aspect Ratio, Paramount Pictures
Non-Show Category Winners
Best Motion/Title Graphics Repo! The Genetic Opera, Buddha Jones, Lionsgate
Best Sound Editing Fast & Furious “Trailer 2”, AV Squad, Source Sound for Universal
Best Trailer – No Movie Divine Shadows, The Solid State
Foreign Trailer Winners
Best Foreign Action Trailer Red Cliff Part 2 “No Surrender”, Happy Hour Creative, Avex Entertainment
Best Foreign Comedy Trailer Die Vorstadtkrokodile, Trailerhaus, Constantin Film
Best Foreign Drama Trailer Arrancame La Vida, Fix Comunicacion, 20th Century Fox
Best Foreign Horror/Thriller Trailer Let the Right One In, Kinetic Trailers, Magnet Releasing
Best Foreign Romance Trailer The Last Mistress, Kinetic Trailers, IFC Films
Most Original Foreign Trailer Sin Nombre, Focus Features, Focus Features
Best Anime Trailer Persepolis, Zealot Productions Inc, Optimum Releasing
TV Spot Winners
Best Action TV Spot Fast & Furious “Superbowl Spot”, AV Squad, Universal Pictures
Best Animation/Family TV Spot Up “Adventure/Rope”, Create Advertising Group, Walt Disney Pictures
Best Comedy TV Spot Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian “Larry is Back Kids”, Workshop Creative, 20th Century Fox
Best Drama TV Spot Frost/Nixon “Until Now”, Alkemi Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Best Horror TV Spot The Haunting in Connecticut “News”, Buddha Jones, Lionsgate
Best Independent TV Spot The Spirit “Believe”, Mojo LLC, Lionsgate
Best Foreign TV Spot Gomorrah, Mark Woollen & Associates, IFC Films
Best Music TV Spot The Spirit “Christmas Day”, Seismic Productions, Lionsgate
Best Romance TV Spot The Curious Case of Benjamin Button “No Limits”, Trailer Park, Paramount Pictures
Best Summer 2009 TV Spot Star Trek “Dare”, Intralink Film, Paramount Pictures
Best Thriller TV Spot Transporter 3 “Little Positive”, Buddha Jones, Lionsgate
Best Video Game TV Spot Tom Clancy’s EndWar, Eyestorm Productions, Ubisoft
Most Original TV Spot Ghost Town “ET Review”, Gas Station Zebra, DreamWorks
Poster Winners
Best Action Poster Transporter 3 “Final Poster”, Ignition Print, Lionsgate
Best Animation/Family Poster Where the Wild Things Are “Peeking Teaser”, Mojo LLC, Warner Bros.
Best Comedy Poster Pineapple Express “One Sheet”, Ignition Print, Sony Pictures
Best Documentary Poster Man on Wire “Key Art”, allcity, Icon Film Distribution
Best Drama Poster W “Chin”, Crew Creative Advertising, Lionsgate
Best Horror Poster The Uninvited, Art Machine, Paramount Pictures
Best Independent Poster Transsiberian “Teaser Poster”, Mob Scene, First Look Studios
Best International Poster Pontypool “Pontypool”, bpg
Best Romance Poster 500 Days of Summer, Mojo LLC, Fox Searchlight
Best Summer 2009 Blockbuster Poster Star Trek “Final One Sheet”, BLT & Associates, Inc., Paramount Pictures
Best Teaser Poster The Ugly Truth “Teaser”, Ignition Print, Sony Pictures
Best Thriller Poster Crank: High Voltage “Final Poster”, Ignition Print, Lionsgate
Best Video Game Poster Wanted “One Sheet”, Ignition Print, Warner Bros. Interactive
Best Wildposts Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince “Individual Wildposts”, Crew Creative, Warner Bros.
Most Original Poster $9.99 “Poster”, The Solid State
I don't know when they posted season one of "The Big Valley" on Hulu.Com, but it is there for your enjoyment. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Lee Majors, Linda Evans, and Peter Breck, ran for four seasons on ABC from 1965-69. If you look for it on DVD you can only find season one and half of season two. They released the first season as a full set and then got greedy and offered only half a season for the same price. I am guessing that is why no further episodes were ever released as sales for season two, volume one were probably disappointing.
The Big Valley is the Emmy-winning saga of the Barkleys, set in 1870s California. They're a close-knit family, wealthy and prestigious, but use their power to help the less fortunate homesteaders who struggle for a piece of the new land. The cast features Barbara Stanwyck as the matriarch, Linda Evans as her daughter, and Lee Majors as the stepson. THE BIG VALLEY is riveting drama and exciting action — 112 color hours of television at its finest.
At any rate, here is EARTHQUAKE, one of my favorite episodes and guest starring Charles Bronson. An earthquake traps Victoria in a cave with a violent drunk and a pregnant Indian. For a classic screen actress, Barbara Stanwyck was extremely gutsy in this role. During the one color season of Wagon Train, she appeared in two episodes as a lady who was even rougher and tougher than you see her here.
Much more than a slasher movie, the Final Destination films have always succeeded by having death come knocking by the grim reaper. And now death will be in your face in 3D.
On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave... escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality.
Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one--in increasingly gruesome ways--Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. The film marks the latest in the highly popular Final Destination series, and its first 3D installment, giving horror fans an especially visceral thrill ride.
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