Have You Heard Of Sam and Kurt?

I know that a minimum of 5 million of you are already aware of the talent of Sam Tsui and Kurt Schneider, two Yale students who are internet sensations on YouTube with their videos.  In their spare time they have created videos of some of the best classic rock from artists like Michael Jackson and Journey.

I only became aware of them after seeing them perform on Oprah this afternoon.  All of the voices and all of the performers in the videos are Sam.  Kurt handles all of the arrangements and technical aspects of the video productions.  This guy Sam really has talent and could have probably succeeded on American Idol if he was so inclined.  I'm guessing that going to Yale is more important to him than a worn out pop talent show that most likely is fixed.

Watch this video of a Michael Jackson montage then go to their YouTube page to see even more of Sam and Sam and Sam and Sam...

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Your Basic Introduction To The Cast, Characters, And Creatures Of "Clash Of The Titans"

This is a pretty interesting featurette for the new "Clash of the Titans" film, which will be released on April 2 and has Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Liam Neeson (Taken, Schindler's List) among it's many stars.

In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.

It looks to be a lot of action and a lot of fun.  One thing I would recommend.  Don't waste your time seeing this in 3D as it was not originally planned as a 3D film.  Warner Bros. only changed it into 3D after it was filmed and only after the success of  "Avatar".  You're going to be seeing a lot of that in the near future and it isn't meant to make the picture a better, more enjoyable film, but only to line the deep pockets of the studio executives.  This movie will be just fine on normal screens.

Here is the featurette:

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Nominees For 36th Annual Saturn Awards Are Out. We've Got The List.

 

-http://www.saturnawards.org/sa.html

 

The 36th Annual Saturn Award Nominations

Best Science Fiction Film

 

The Book of Eli (Warner Bros)

Knowing (Summit Entertainment)

Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)

Star Trek (Paramount)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (20th Century Fox)

 

Best Fantasy Film

 

Avatar (20th Century Fox)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros)

The Lovely Bones (Paramount)

The Time Traveler’s Wife (Warner Bros.)

Watchmen (Warner Bros.)

Where the Wild Things Are (Warner Bros.)

 

Best Horror Film

 

The Box (Warner Bros.)

Drag Me to Hell (Universal)

Frozen (Anchor Bay Films)

The Last House on the Left (Rogue / Universal)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)

Zombieland (Sony)

 

Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

 

2012 (Sony)

Brothers (Lionsgate)

The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)

Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Co.)

Law Abiding Citizen (Overture)

The Messenger (Oscilloscope Pictures)

Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.)

 

Best Actor

 

Robert Downey, Jr. (Sherlock Holmes) (Warner Bros.)

Tobey Maguire (Brothers) (Lionsgate)

Viggo Mortensen (The Road) (The Weinstein Co.)

Sam Rockwell (Moon) (Sony Pictures Classics)

Denzel Washington (The Book of Eli) (Warner Bros.)

Sam Worthington (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

 

Best Actress

 

Catherine Keener (Where the Wild Things Are) (Warner Bros.)

Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) (The Weinstein Co.)

Alison Lohman (Drag Me to Hell) (Universal)

Natalie Portman (Brothers) (Lionsgate)

Zoe Saldana (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

Charlize Theron (The Burning Plain) (Magnolia)

 

Best Supporting Actor

 

Woody Harrelson (Zombieland) (Sony)

Stephen Lang (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

Frank Langella (The Box) (Warner Bros.)

Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes) (Warner Bros.)

Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) (Paramount)

Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) (The Weinstein Co.)

 

Best Supporting Actress

 

Malin Akerman (Watchmen) (Warner Bros.)

Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) (The Weinstein Co.)

Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes) (Warner Bros.)

Lorna Raver (Drag Me to Hell) (Universal)

Susan Sarandon (The Lovely Bones) (Paramount)

Sigourney Weaver (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

 

Best Performance by a Younger Actor

 

Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) (Summit Entertainment)

Bailee Madison (Brothers) (Lionsgate)

Brooklynn Proulx (The Time Traveler’s Wife) (Warner Bros.)

Max Records (Where the Wild Things Are) (Warner Bros.)

Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones) (Paramount)

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) (The Weinstein Co.)

 

Best Director

 

J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) (Paramount)

Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) (Summit Entertainment)

Neill Blomkamp (District 9) (Sony)

James Cameron (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes) (Warner Bros.)

Zack Snyder (Watchmen) (Warner Bros.)

Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) (The Weinstein Co.)

 

Best Writing

 

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell (District 9) (Sony)

James Cameron (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers (Where the Wild Things Are) (Warner Bros.)

Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (Star Trek) (Paramount)

Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) (The Weinstein Co.)

Alex Tse, David Hayter (Watchmen) (Warner Bros.)

 

Best Music

 

Brian Eno (The Lovely Bones) (Paramount)

Michael Giacchino (Up) (Walt Disney/Pixar)

James Horner (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

Taro Iwashiro (Red Cliff) (Magnolia)

Christopher Young (Drag Me To Hell) (Universal)

Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes) (Warner Bros.)

 

Best Costume

 

Colleen Atwood (Nine) (The Weinstein Co.)

Jenny Beavan (Sherlock Holmes) (Warner Bros.)

Anna Sheppard (Inglourious Basterds) (The Weinstein Co.)

Jany Temime (Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince) (Warner Bros.)

Michael Wilkinson (Watchmen) (Warner Bros.)

Tim Yip (Red Cliff) (Magnolia)

 

Best Make-Up

 

Barney Burman, Minday Hall,

Joel Harlow (Star Trek) (Paramount)

Joe Dunckley, Sarah Rubano,

Frances Richardson (District 9) (Sony)

Sarah Monzani (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus) (Sony Pictures Classics)

Gregory Nicotero,

Howard Berger (The Book of Eli) (Warner Bros.)

Gregory Nicotero,

Howard Berger (Drag Me to Hell) (Universal)

Mike Smithson,

John Rosengrant (Terminator: Salvation) (Warner Bros.)

 

Best Production Design

 

Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

Scott Chambliss (Star Trek) (Paramount)

Stuart Craig (Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince) (Warner Bros.)

Sarah Greenwood (Sherlock Holmes) (Warner Bros.)

Philip Ivey (District 9) (Sony)

Alex McDowell (Watchmen) (Warner Bros.)

 

Best Special Effects

 

Tim Burke, John Richardson,

Nicholas Aithadi,

Tim Alexander - (Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince) (Warner Bros.)

John DesJardin,

Peter G. Travers, Joel Whist,

Jessica Norman - (Watchmen) (Warner Bros.)

Volker Engel, Marc Weingert,

Mike Vezina - (2012) (Sony)

Roger Guyett, Russell Earl,

Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton - (Star Trek) (Paramount)

Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers,

Robert Habros, Matt Aitken - (District 9) (Sony)

Joe Letteri,

Stephen Rosenbaum,

Richard Baneham,

Andrew R. Jones - (Avatar) (20th Century Fox)

 

Best International Film

 

District 9 (Sony)

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (Sony Pictures Classics)

Lorna’s Silence (Sony Pictures Classics)

Red Cliff (Magnolia)

Taken (20th Century Fox)

Thirst (Focus Features)

 

Best Animated Film

 

Disney’s A Christmas Carol (Walt Disney Studios)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (20th Century Fox)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (20th Century Fox)

Monsters Vs. Aliens (Paramount/DreamWorks)

The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney Studios)

Up (Walt Disney Studios/Pixar)

 

TELEVISION:

 

Best Network Series:

 

Chuck (NBC)

Fringe (Fox)

The Ghost Whisperer (CBS)

Heroes (NBC)

Lost (ABC)

The Vampire Diaries (CW)

 

Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series:

 

Breaking Bad (AMC)

Battlestar Galactica (SyFy)

The Closer (TNT)

Dexter (Showtime)

Leverage (TNT)

True Blood (HBO)

 

Best Television Presentation:

 

Doctor Who: The End of Time (BBC America)

Alice (SyFy)

The Prisoner (AMC)

Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America)

The Tudors (Showtime)

V (ABC)

 

Best Actor in Television:

 

Josh Holloway (Lost) (ABC)

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) (AMC)

Matthew Fox (Lost) (ABC)

Michael C. Hall (Dexter) (Showtime)

Zachary Levi (Chuck) (NBC)

Stephen Moyer (True Blood) (HBO)

David Tennant (Doctor Who: The End of Time) (BBC America)

 

Best Actress on Television:

 

Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) (AMC)

Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Ghost Whisperer) (CBS)

Evangeline Lily (Lost) (ABC)

Anna Paquin (True Blood) (HBO)

Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) (TNT)

Anna Torv (Fringe) (Fox)

 

Best Supporting Actor on Television:

 

Jeremy Davies (Lost) (ABC)

Michael Emerson (Lost) (ABC)

Aldis Hodge (Leverage) (TNT)

Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) (AMC)

John Noble (Fringe) (Fox)

Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) (HBO)

 

Best Supporting Actress in Television:

 

Morena Baccarin (V) (ABC)

Gina Bellman (Leverage) (TNT)

Julie Benz (Dexter) (Showtime)

Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) (Showtime)

Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) (ABC)

Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) (NBC)

 

Best Guest Starring Role in Television:

 

Bernard Cribbins (Doctor Who: The End of Time) (BBC America)

Raymond Cruz (Breaking Bad) (AMC)

Michelle Forbes (True Blood) (HBO)

John Lithgow (Dexter) (Showtime)

Leonard Nimoy (Fringe) (ABC)

Mark Pellegrino (Lost) (ABC)

 

DVD:

 

Best DVD Release:

 

House of the Devil (Dark Sky/Magnet)

Laid to Rest (Anchor Bay)

Not Forgotten (Anchor Bay)

Nothing But the Truth (Sony)

Pontypool (MPI)

Super Capers (Lionsgate)

Surveillance (Magnolia)

 

Best DVD Television Release:

 

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (BBC America)

Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America)

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season (Warner)

Primeval, Volume 2 (BBC America)

Lost: The Complete Fifth Season (Buena Vista)

Life on Mars: The Complete Series (Buena Vista)

 

Best DVD Special Edition:

 

Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut (Warner)

300 Complete Experience (Warner)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Blu-Ray) (Walt Disney)

District 9 (Two-Disc Edition) (Sony)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day: Skynet Edition (Lionsgate)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Two Disc Special Edition) (Fox)

 

Best Collection:

 

Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics, Volume 1 (Sony)

The Hannibal Lector Anthology (MGM)

Hellraiser Boxed Set (Anchor Bay)

Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection (Sony)

Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection (Paramount)

The William Castle Collection (Sony)

 

Stage Presentation:

 

Best Local Stage Production: Musical:

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Orange County Performing Arts Center)

Fiddler on the Roof (Pantages Theatre)

Mary Poppins (Ahmanson Theatre)

Best Local Stage Production: Play

Frost/Nixon (Ahmanson Theatre)

The Night is a Child (Pasadena Playhouse)

Parade (Mark Taper Forum)

Best Local Stage Production: Small Theater:

Big, The Musical (El Centro Theatre)

Dracula (Noho Arts Center)

Nevermore (Steve Allen Theatre)

Fellowship (Falcon Theatre)

 

The winners will be revealed on June 24.

Looking In My E-mail

I got this chart in my E-mail a couple of hours ago.  Thought it was interesting enough to share with the rest of you.  Of course, if you're a Limbaugh Lunatic, you will probably find something to criticize about it, so do me a favor and go to another story.  


As to how this relates to the Entertainment World which is my normal blog posts, it just makes since that as the country recovers, so will the entertainment industry


Wondering what the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- President Obama's stimulus bill -- has accomplished? Look at this:

One year ago tomorrow, after tens of thousands of you shared stories and called your representatives, the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

And while this anniversary isn't a cause for celebration, there is reason to be optimistic. This chart makes it clear: We're on the road to recovery.

Still, we know there is a long way to go. Many Americans are still struggling, and creating jobs remains President Obama's top priority.

Click here to learn more about the President's record on the economy, what we're doing to put more Americans back to work, and get easy-to-share information you can pass on to friends and family:


http://my.barackobama.com/Recovery

Thanks for making change happen,

David Plouffe


Here are a few books to brief you on the economy.

Second Cast Member For "Hawaii Five-O" Announced

"Moonlight" star Alex O'Loughlin has been chosen as the new Detective Steve McGarrett for the CBS remake of the popular television series "Hawaii Five-O.  Taking over the part that was originally portrayed by Jack Lord, his role on the show is that of the head of the Hawaii State Police.


O'Loughlin will join "Lost" co-star Daniel Dae Kim, who was announced earlier this week to have been cast as Detective Chin Ho Kelly.   Alex appeared earlier this year in the CBS flop "Three Rivers", a show which I actually liked.



Developing the pilot are Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, the co-creators of "Fringe" as well as Peter Lenkov, who is an executive producer for CSI: NY.


No word yet on who will play the part performed in the original by James MacArthur.  Can't think of his name, but I do remember the phrase, "Book him, Danno".


If you have a taste for the original series, you can order them from Amazon by clicking below.