Naia Kete of THE VOICE to Perform at Austin's Wildfire Festival, 3/7-9February 25, 2013Naia Kete of “The Voice” will be featured at Austin's Wildfire Reggae & Arts Festival, March 7-9 just a few days before the start of Austin's most famous music industry conference. Kete's mix of pop, reggae and soul is just one of the many different reggae music genres that can be experienced at the event, from hip-hop reggae, to rock reggae, folk reggae, roots, ska, dub and more. Other nationally-acclaimed artists featured will include Don Carlos, Gyptian, Marlon Asher and the Farmers, the Expanders, Mike Love, and Alex Marley. This year's festival, the largest reggae festival in Austin, will also showcase food, arts and crafts vendors from Texas and beyond, workshops and camping, in addition to the amazing music-in-nature experience.
Metallica Announces Lineup for Orion Music + More Festival in Detroit, 6/8-9February 25, 2013Metallica, in conjunction with their friends C3 Presents, are pleased to announce the lineup for the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival, to be held at Belle Isle in Detroit, MI on June 8 and 9. Headliners will include Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rise Against, Deftones and Bassnectar, while the festival will also feature amazing acts including Gogol Bordello, Foals, Tomahawk, The Joy Formidable, Death Grips and local Detroit bands The Dirtbombs, DEATH and BATTLECROSS.
ABC's 8th Annual JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: AFTER THE OSCARS Up from 2012February 25, 2013The 8th annual post-Oscar telecast of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars" was up over the prior year for the 2nd year in a row, growing by 15% in Total Viewers (5.786 million vs. 5.035 million) and by 9% in Adults 18-49 (2.031 million vs. 1.864 million), marking "JKL's" most-watched post-Oscar telecast ever. Host Jimmy Kimmel welcomed Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum. Kimmel also debuted the trailer to "Movie: The Movie Twovie," the highly anticipated sequel to "Movie: The Movie," starring among others Bradley Cooper, Jessica Chastain, Jude Law, Salma Hayek, John Krasinski and Samuel L. Jackson.
Photo Flash: COMMUNITY's 'Advanced Documentary Filmmaking,' Airing 3/14February 25, 2013On COMMUNITY's upcoming episode, titled 'Advanced Documentary Filmmaking,' as the campus strives to get to the bottom of Chang's (Ken Jeong) memory loss, Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) enlists the group to help secure a grant for further medical research and Abed (Danny Pudi) films the activities for a documentary. 'Advanced Documentary Filmmaking' airs March 14 at 8:00 p.m. on NBC.
Jack Black & Kyle Glass to Promote GHOST GIRLS at SXSW, 3/13February 25, 2013 Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D are headed to Austin with Shine America to promote 'Ghost Ghirls,' a web comedy about 2 hilariously inept ghost hunters, coming to the Yahoo! Screen. A watch party and concert will be presented by Yahoo! in the web company's venue at SXSW on March 13th. One of the episodes screened during the watch party features Val Kilmer.
CBS EVENING NEWS' Scott Pelley to Interview House Speaker John Boehner, 2/26February 25, 2013Scott Pelley will sit down with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) tomorrow, Feb. 26 for an interview to discuss the package of automatic spending cuts, known in Washington as the "sequester," expected to take effect this week and the potential impact of those cuts. The interview will be broadcast tomorrow, Feb. 26 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.
TBS Renews KING OF THE NERDS for Second SeasonFebruary 25, 2013TBS has ordered a second season of its unique new competition series King of the Nerds. The series, which currently airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on TBS, is set to wrap its first season on March 7. The network has ordered eight episodes for the second season of King of the Nerds, with plans for the show to return in 2014.
CRITIC'S CUT: The Most Iconic TV Theme SongsFebruary 25, 2013Critic's Cut now runs every Monday, presenting television's 'Best Of' moments, characters, shows, and more! This week's edition is a compilation of the most iconic - and straight up awesome - television theme songs. Listen or watch them all below!
E!'s 2013 LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET Oscar Coverage is Most Watched in Network's HistoryFebruary 25, 2013E!'s expanded "Live from the Red Carpet: The 2013 Academy Awards" from 5:30pm-8:30pm hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic on Sunday, February 24th averaged nearly 3.7 million Total Viewers and 1.9 million Adults 18-49, making it the most-watched Academy Awards LRC in the network's history. It was also E!'s most watched LRC: Academy Awards among A18-49 in 11 years. In the core 6:00pm-8:00pm time period, the show averaged 4.4 million Total Viewers and 2.3 million A18-49, which were gains of +7% and +13% versus 2012, respectively.
METROFOCUS to Examine Three Tri-State Areas Still Affected by Hurricane Sandy, 2/27February 25, 2013It has been four months since Superstorm Sandy struck the New York area. This edition of MetroFocus takes a look at three regions affected by the storm that are still struggling to cope with the devastation. In Hoboken, NJ Today's David Cruz reports on the city's efforts to find new ways to prevent potential flooding from future storms. In Manhattan, two students from Columbia's University's School of Journalism return to the South Street Seaport where they first met the owners of the Paris Cafe after the storm. The restaurant still remains closed and many of the businesses are still boarded up. On Long Island, Jim Paymar, host of the Long Island Business Report, speaks with Randi Dresner, President and CEO of Island Harvest, about the non-profit food bank and its effort to feed hundreds of thousands of people after Sandy. MetroFocusairs Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. on WLIW21; Thursday, February 28 at 8:30p.m. on THIRTEEN; and Tuesday, March 5 at 10:30 p.m. on NJTV. After broadcast, the program will be available to national audiences on metrofocus.org with integrated online stories and additional reporting.
The Oscars to be Available Online, Beginning 2/25February 25, 2013For the first time, viewers in the U.S. will be able to stream tonight's Oscars show in its entirety across multiple platforms including ABC.com, the ABC Player app, and the free, ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus subscription service. The show will also be available via ABC On Demand, the network's fast forward-disabled VOD service.
OSCARS: ARGO Wins 'Best Picture'February 24, 2013ARGO was the recipient of this year's Academy Award for 'Best Picture.' Accepting the award was director Ben Affleck and producer Grant Heslov.
VIDEO: Adele Performs SKYFALL at The OscarsFebruary 24, 2013On tonight's 85th Annual Academy Awards, Grammy (and now Oscar winner) Adele performed her song SKYFALL from the latest James Bond film. Check out the video, via Perez Hilton, below!