Surely this triumph over technology should be noted in Obama’s next speech. Yes we can.
OMG y’all, it’s a sneak peek into the HSM prom with interviews! (insert girlish squeal and sprinkles, here)
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In the entertainment business, all the big movies hold junkets so that they can do as much press as humanly possible without leaving one floor of a fancy-pants hotel. Members of the press who attend these events are referred to as “junketeers,” and the whole scene is not-so-cute. Unless you’re doing a one-on-one interview for some trashy TV show, you must often do the “roundtables.” This is when you sit at a round table with several members of the online/radio/print press and talk over one another and try to get your questions answered before the time runs out with the actor or writer or director or whatever. It’s like trying to order a sandwich at a deli without those little paper numbers. What’s even more disheartening is the appearance of some of our compatriots in the media, who sometimes shove the free food into their purses and are often dressed like a gaggle of homeless people. So we put a helmet and kneepads on Katy, and sent her in to talk with Sam Rockwell, Clark Gregg and Chuck Palahniuk.
Here is what she gathered. The movie comes out on 26 September. Enjoy.
SAM ROCKWELL
How he got involved with the movie:
I didn’t know the book, but I had worked with Clark Gregg as an actor. We had both done a play together years ago…and then years later he became a writer and I heard that he had adapted this Chuck Palahniuk book. They had sort of sent it my way, and nobody was biting. I was probably like the seventh choice but I got it. He’s not your typical Cassanova so it’s a difficult part to cast. You don’t want to cast a really super handsome guy because it’s not right.
Whether he was a fan of Chuck Palahniuk before doing the movie:
I was a fan of the movie “Fight Club,” and that’s how I knew about Chuck. You know, I’m not the biggest reader. But I was a fan of the movie “Fight Club.”
On reading the novel “Choke”:
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We first took a listen to Matt Duke a couple years ago when Mad Dragon released his EP, “Winter Child.” On 23 September, Rykodisc releases his follow-up disc, “Kingdom Underground.” We shot him a few questions to get to know him a little bit. And look, he likes the Lizard Lounge in Boston!
JoyHog: For folks who are just getting to know you, how would you describe your sound?
Matt Duke: Something in the vein of alternative-folk/pop. I’m not even entirely sure if that’s a legitimate style or makes sense for that matter, but the lyrics definitely have a folk quality and intensity that I try to evoke through my vocal performance. The overall musicality, though, is derivative of the music I grew up listening to – influences from Procol Harum and Elvis Costello to Soundgarden and Silverchair to Deftones and Ani Difranco.
JH: We’ve got your first CD, “Winter Child” which Mad Dragon released two years ago. “Kingdom Underground” has got more rock and less coffeehouse, no? (more…)
For those of you who have taken an interest in Ms. Pauley after reading our interview with the singer/songwriter, have a look at her brand-new video for “Secret.”
It may not help you decide which Presidential candidate to vote for, but Sen. Hillary Clinton can dance. Clinton discuss the big question — dancer, singer or model — on the “Tyra Banks Show,” which airs on Friday.
The conversation:
TYRA: . . . If you were a contestant on a reality show, would you rather be on Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, or America’s Next Top Model?
SENATOR CLINTON: In my dreams I would be on America’s Next Top Model but in reality I would have to chose my limited talents and of them dancing is better than singing. You do not want me to sing.
TYRA: What type of dancing do you do? Do you do hip-hop? Can you do the Soulja Boy or the Spongebob dance?
SENATOR CLINTON: I have heard of those . . . I think that is a variation of what I did like 30, 40 years ago.
TYRA: My mother says the same thing.
SENATOR CLINTON: Everything gets recycled and gets a different name and [changes] slightly the hip action or shoulder action, whatever it is. I think it would have to be Dancing with the Stars, especially if I could have one of those really good partners.
The interview is not completely frivolous. Clinton discusses her husband Bill’s marital infidelity and how the White House can feel like a prison.
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