Eastern Michigan University welcomes comedic genius Russell Brand to the Convocation Center stage on Wednesday, November 16th.
Brand, who began his career as a stand-up comedian, first gained fame in his native UK in 2003. Three years later he embarked on Shame, his first nationwide tour and then a year later came Russell Brand: Only Joking – his second major tour. Both of these stand-up shows were released on DVD as Russell Brand: Live and Russell Brand: Doin’ Life, respectively.
The U.S. got their first taste of Brand as Aldous Snow in the hit movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008 – then again as Snow in Get Him to the Greek in 2010. This role led him to host the MTV Video Music Awards in both 2008 and 2009 as well as star in Hop, Arthur and Despicable Me. Currently he is filming the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway hit Rock of Ages with Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin.
Brand has also earned his place on the bookshelf. He has written a New York Times best-seller, My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs and Stand-Up and the follow-up Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal.
Now Brand returns to his roots with a stand-up performance at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center on Wednesday, November 16. Ticket prices go on sale Friday, September 23rd.
Tickets will be available online at www.emutix.com or by phone at 734-487-2282.
The Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center is located at 799 N. Hewitt Road in Ypsilanti.
'SPOOKY BUDDIES' premieres on Blu-ray, DVD & Movie Download from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on September 20th!
For a goulish good time, catch Rosebud, B-Dawg, Buddah, Budderball, and Mudbud in their all-new Halloween-themed movie!
Disney’s irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them far across town to a mysterious mansion where something very spooky is going on. With the help of some unexpected new friends, including a friendly ghost, this trick-or-treat adventure is howling-good Buddy fun. In a race against the Howlloween Hound, the Buddies and their new friends, Pip, Zelda, Rodney and Skip must stop Warlock the Magician – and save the world from his dastardly deeds.
'SPOOKY BUDDIES' continues the overwhelmingly popular franchise that features the adorable talking puppies, with action, laughs, and fast-paced adventure. We've got some assets to help spread the word!
It's now confirmed that "Max Payne" director John Moore is set to helm the fifth "Die Hard" feature for 20th Century Fox reports Deadline.
Noam Murro was previously attached to direct but is now committed to "300: Battle of Artemisia" instead. Moore along with Joe Cornish, Justin Lin and Nicolas Winding Refn were all mentioned as potential candidates the other month.
Star Bruce Willis was reportedly sold on John Moore's love of the John McClane character and his approach to shooting action-heavy shots without using much CG. Filming on the project is expected to take place in Russia, no plot details however have yet been revealed.
New 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song' Clip!
The classic Cinderella story gets a modern musical twist when Warner Premiere’s fairytale 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song' arrives on DVD and digital download September 6th from Warner Home Entertainment Group.
This new music filled take on the classic Cinderella story, 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song' tells the story of Katie and her ups and downs of finding true love and embracing her musical talent.
Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars, Scream 4) stars as downtrodden teen Katie, Freddie Stroma (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) as Luke, the new transfer student from Europe, Megan Park (TV’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager) as Katie’s wicked stepsister, Titus Makin, Jr. (TV’s Glee) as Mickey, Luke’s entrepreneurial front man, and Missi Pyle (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as Katie’s cruel stepmother and school headmaster.
Check out this BRAND NEW, JUST-RELEASED clip from 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song' which you can find here!
'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song' is directed by Damon Santostefano (Another Cinderella Story, Bring it on Again, Three to Tango) from a script by Erik Patterson & Jessica Scott (Another Cinderella Story) and is produced by Dylan Sellers (A Cinderella Story, Another Cinderella Story, Agent Cody Banks). Clifford Werber, Ilyssa Goodman and Michelle Johnston serve as executive producers.
To see the FULL opening scene of the all new movie 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song' go to the A Cinderella Story Facebook page: www.facebook.com/acinderellastory
Check out Luke (Freddie Stroma) singing 'Knockin' in the all new movie 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song'.
Catch this song and more on the upcoming 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song' soundtrack.
RIO Takes Over Your Beach July 30th and 31st!!
Hang Out with the Coolest Birds in Town as RIO Takes Over Your Beach on July 30th and 31st!
We are very excited to announce that RIO is taking over beaches in Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Chicago, Miami and more in celebration of the August 2nd Blu-ray and DVD launch!
Across the country, RIO beach teams will be handing out beach balls and sun visors for some extra fun in the sun. Families and beach-goers can look for the RIO beach team, who will be wearing specially-marked RIO t-shirts.
These t-shirts will sport a QR code to unlock an exclusive clip from the Blu-ray/DVD release, as well as a discount code to purchase a copy of RIO on FoxConnect.com! The fun doesn’t end there, as fans will get to see Blu fly through the sky on special RIO aerial banners soaring high above several cities!
RIO will be available on 3-Disc Party Edition, featuring the Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Copy; as well as in a 2-Disc DVD Party Edition on August 2nd.
RIO would love it if you and your family, along with their friends could venture out and celebrate with us! It’s open for absolutely anyone and everyone, and your experience there would be great to share as well!
If you can attend, please twitpic your adventure and use #RioBeachDay hashtag.
Date: Saturday, July 30th and Sunday, July 31st
Time: 11am – 3pm daily
Locations: Los Angeles Area: Huntington Beach, Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica/Venice, Hermosa/Redondo
New York Area: Jones Beach, Hamptons
North New Jersey: Seaside Heights, Pt. Pleasant
South New Jersey: Ocean City, Wildwood
Florida Beaches: North Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area beaches, South Miami area beaches
Fashion (always spelled "Fashiøn" on their records) were a British New Wave band consisting of Dee Harris, Al 'Luke Sky' James, Alan Darby, John Mulligan, Marlon Recchi and Dik Davis.
The band had two or three eras. The first, from 1978 to 1980, was part of the underground music of the 1970's, while punk was making their last hits in Britain, when the band, named Fàshiön Music, released experimental post-punk rock and like-reggae/ska oriented songs; and was also characterized by the presence of lead vocalist and guitarist Luke Sky, who left in 1980, ending with that first era.
Their most notable album, Fabrique (1982), saw a significant change in line-up, with James having left the band and Harris and Recchi joining. Fabrique contained the singles "Move On" and "Love Shadow", among others, it was later re-issued with additional material as Height of Fashion (1990), (2004).
29 years after the first Fashion album, Product Perfect (1979), original singer/guitarist Luke James has re-released the first album on CD. In addition, James has also released am autobiographical book and CD, both named 'Stairway To Nowhere.'
Catching up with Luke last week, he also brought us up to date on some of his brand new, upcoming projects.
"I'm working on an acoustic Americana CD with 81 year old war hero/beat writer poet Bob O'Brien supplying a lot of the lyrics - hope to have the CD out through lulu.com within the next month or so."
"Also have a new book, Mud Hut Man - hysterical historical fiction, 'It's the 11th Century, do you know where your children are?' It's the story of Ulf the original teen rebel and is in final edit stage and due to hit lulu.com in the next month also.
Also almost have a new Luke James CD called 'In Deep' ready. So, as you can tell, between all that; the day job and raising my 5 and 6 yr olds, the days are pretty full!"
"Cheers, Luke."
And, thankfully for us fans of all-things Luke Sky, he now also has a brand new YouTube page at:
And also check out these BRAND NEW Luke Skyscraper Top 5 Tips Videos from the man himself! A series of short weekly comedy videos they truly have to be seen to be appreciated! And leave a comment for him there too - he might respond back to you!
And now, as an added bonus for reading this far down the page, if you would like to win an AUTOGRAPHED copy of his PRODUCT PERFECT CD, just answer this easy question: Back in the day and while he was in France, Luke turned down offers to join which known band, after ex-member Bryan Gregory did a runner - taking the van and all that bands gear and driving to Arizona?!
Send us your answers and if you're correct you'll be in the running to win an AUTOGRAPHED copy of his newly-released CDs! Just send us an e:mail here before October 1st with your answer and the subject title CONTEST: LUKE SKY SIGNED CDs to: exclusivemagazine@flash.net
Diet Pepsi & Ray Charles Retro T-Shirt Collection!
DIET PEPSI LAUNCHES RAY CHARLES “YOU GOT THE RIGHT ONE BABY, UH-HUH!” RETRO T-SHIRT COLLECTION
Pepsi, a consistent frontrunner in creating instant commercial classics and iconic pop culture campaigns, brings back the memorable Diet Pepsi and Ray Charles’ ads for “You Got the Right One Baby, Uh-Huh!” with a line of retro t-shirts.
The recent collaboration was brokered through The Joester Loria Group, Pepsi’s exclusive licensing agency for North America and Act III Licensing in conjunction with the Ray Charles marketing group, the licensing agency for The Ray Charles Foundation.
The collection, designed by licensee Ripple Junction features imagery of the late music legend, Ray Charles and is representative of the award winning advertising campaign.
Launched in the early 1990’s, the “You Got The Right One Baby” campaign, featuring 11 commercials over 3 years, put Pepsi on the leading edge of pop culture.
“Mr. Charles stated that the Diet Pepsi campaign was one of the highlights of his career and that 'You’ve Got The Right One Baby, Uh-Huh!' was one of his most popular songs," said Valerie Ervin, president of the Ray Charles Foundation.
Current designs are authentic to the merchandise that originally launched in conjunction with the campaign in the early ‘90s and incorporates the Diet Pepsi logo, Ray Charles images, the “Uh-huh” girls and the iconic tagline. The nostalgic appeal also aligns with the current Pepsi Throwback beverage line, which offers vintage Pepsi packaging from the ‘70s and ‘80s and a real sugar blast from the past taste.
Select t-shirt styles are currently available at Urban Outfitters retail locations and online, Kitson retail locations and online, and on Pepsi’s ecommerce shop (shop.pepsiusa.com) beginning in mid-July. Retail prices range from $24.00-$38.00. Kitson’s Robertson and Melrose locations in Los Angeles will feature an exclusive Pepsi Throwback window promotion for two weeks starting July 16th and for an additional two weeks at the Santa Monica location starting August 1st.
Pepsi has been making history for over 100 years with trendsetting advertisements and campaigns with worldwide appeal and were recently named one of the world’s most “Influential Brands” in Retail Merchandiser’s 50th Anniversary Supplement. Memorable Pepsi commercials have debuted during Super Bowls, Academy Awards and Grammy’s telecasts for decades and have featured pop culture icons such as Michael Jackson, Cindy Crawford, Tina Turner, Lionel Ritchie, Britney Spears, and most recently, Sofia Vergara and David Beckham.
“Pepsi's ability to maintain youth appeal over the course of multiple generations has made it a true pop culture icon" said Joanne Loria, Executive Vice President of The Joester Loria Group, “Whether it’s connecting with the latest trends in music, sports, fashion or culture, Pepsi is always reinventing itself – remaining relevant and youthful— while staying true to its heritage."
As part of Ray’s 80th birthday celebration year, Diet Pepsi is pleased to revive the Ray Charles partnership with current product that represents the brand’s rich heritage and new generation appeal. This is slated to be the first of a series of collaborations re-introduced into the marketplace through licensed merchandise.
Since opening in 2001 Gigante Media had worked over 300 releases for different labels and independent bands. But come December 2010 and those media doors sadly closed for good.
Gigante Media was an online marketing company that specialized in Music, Books and Movies. Recent clients included Sony BMG, Trojan, Columbia, Sanctuary Records, Ryko Disc, Epic, Ras Records, Castle Music and Time Life Retail.
But due to the economy, one can only guess, Clayton Bushong (Owner/Founder, Gigante Media, once based in the Greater New York City Area) has had to close his company down.
Exclusive Magazine had worked with Gigante Media for a few years, but in recent times had found that packages didn't ever arrive. Never placing tracking numbers or delivery confirmation stickers on any of their packages, Clayton Bushong must simply have given up on sending packages out and called it a day.
And so, another independent company has been and gone, the recession a major contributing factor, we can only assume.
Enter Warner Bros' Comedy Collection Sweepstakes!
No Joke, the Warner Archive Celebrates April’s Fools Day With a Comedy Collection Sweepstakes and Abbot & Costello release!
Starting today fans will have a chance to WIN 20 Warner Archive comedy movie DVDs as part of the April Fool’s Day Sweepstakes!
The 20 eligible titles include new releases (Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Rio Rita, and Don’t Make Waves) and venerable favorites (Cracking-Up - Jerry Lewis, Being Human - Robin Williams, and The Bobo - Peter Sellers).
Superstar adds more Gs to his name to help introduce the Samsung Galaxy Indulge, the world’s first commercially available 4G LTE Android smartphone, available exclusively from MetroPCS.
Snoop Dogggg has doubled down on his G’s through his new collaboration with MetroPCS to introduce the new Samsung Galaxy IndulgeTM, the world’s first commercially available 4G LTE AndroidTM smartphone offered only with 4GLTE service from MetroPCS.
“It feels good to be working with MetroPCS and Samsung for the launch of the Galaxy Indulge. I’m stepping it up to 4G’s so my phone can keep up with my demanding, always-connected lifestyle,” said Snoop Dogggg.
Fortunately, any consumer can indulge in the 4G lifestyle like Snoop Dogggg because MetroPCS offers 4GLTE smartphone service plans at about half the cost of other carriers’ 4G smartphone service plans today. With $50 and $60 plans, including all applicable taxes and regulatory fees, MetroPCS delivers unmatched value with unlimited talk, text and 4GLTE Web page browsing, along with data access to streaming audio, video and gaming content, downloads and Android applications on the Galaxy Indulge.
The superstar’s fans can win a rare chance to meet Snoop Dogggg up close and personal by entering the “Indulge with Snoop Dogggg” sweepstakes exclusively at any MetroPCS retail store through March 31 (no purchase necessary to win). One winner will walk away with a VIP trip for two to a Snoop concert this summer, including airfare and incidentals, front-row tickets and backstage passes, as well as two Samsung Galaxy Indulge smartphones with MetroPCS 4GLTE service. More details are available at
http://www.metropcs.com/snoop-dogggg-vip-rules
The collaboration also features Snoop Dogggg starring as several characters in the online video series called “The G-Connection,” which is based on popular dating game shows from past decades. The videos also feature rapper and producer Warren G, model Brittany Dailey, and the man with the “Golden Voice,” Internet sensation Ted Williams. The videos were directed by Estevan Oriol, partner at SA Studios. The first of three episodes premiers today at
http://www.youtube.com/MetroPCS
Additional Chances to Win
In addition, MetroPCS and Samsung are offering more chances to win autographed Snoop Dogggg gear, Samsung Galaxy Indulge smartphones and MetroPCS 4GLTE service on MetroPCS’ Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/metropcs (no purchase necessary to win). MetroPCS is also offering prizes through giveaways in many of its home metropolitan area markets, including signed “The Doggumentary” CD’s (in stores March 29th).
“We are very excited about teaming up with Snoop Dogggg to show consumers that they can have it all with MetroPCS 4GLTE services and the vast possibilities of the Samsung Galaxy Indulge Android smartphone,” said Phil Terry, senior vice president, corporate marketing, MetroPCS. “Snoop is a great match for our brand and appeals to all of our customers, who want the latest high-end Android smartphones with 4G services at the best value.”
Welcome to The Mysterious Bookshop!
Book shops like this aren't supposed to exist anymore, certainly not in expensive Manhattan real estate, but here The Mysterious Bookshop is, selling an unequaled collection of new, used and rare mystery, suspense, crime and detective titles.
The charming space holds no shortage of new titles, but the collection of rare books and signed first editions is the most interesting.
Otto Penzler is the proprietor of 'The Mysterious Bookshop' in New York City, which celebrated its 30th anniversary on April 13, 2009. He was the publisher of The Armchair Detective, the Edgar_winning quarterly journal devoted to the study of mystery and suspense fiction, for seventeen years. Mr. Penzler was the founder of The Mysterious Press and also created the publishing firms of Otto Penzler Books and The Armchair Detective Library.
He currently has imprints at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the United States and Atlantic Books in the U.K., publishing such authors as Thomas H. Cook, Andrew Klavan, Thomas Perry and Joyce Carol Oates. And, before they went out of business, he also wrote a weekly column, "The Crime Scene," for The New York Sun.
In 1977, he won an Edgar Award for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection. The Mystery Writers of America gave him the prestigious Ellery Queen Award in 1994 for his exceptional contributions to the publishing field. He was also honored with its highest non-writing award, the Raven, in 2003.
Mr. Penzler's most recent publications are The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage), The Vicious Circle and Uncertain Endings (Pegasus), Dead Man’s Hand (Harcourt), and now the just-released The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (Little, Brown).
Important New Info!
'The Mysterious Bookshop' are very excited to announce their next limited edition! They will be publishing the true First Edition (releasing about a month before the Trade Edition) of The First Rule by Robert Crais.
There will be 100 signed numbered copies ($150) and 26 signed lettered copies ($275). Leather spine. Marbled boards. Glassine jacket.
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Evil Controllers has created the optimum D-Pad for general and accessible gaming. With the creation of separate buttons for point-to-point contact instead of a connected axis D-Pad, Evil Controllers has designed a product to maximize accuracy, shave seconds off time–sensitive objectives, and all around enhance the gaming experience.
On top of it, the Evil Controllers D-Pad is the first innovation of this kind to release, available no later than right now. Already out and with the best advancements, there is no reason not to check it out!
The new controller will optimize consistency with four separated directional buttons. A player can hit one button for a single direction, and two for a diagonal input.
This makes it easier to accurately go the correct direction, contrary to the original controller or even an update that merely raises the D-pad. Point to point contact will drastically improve game play in titles such as Gears of War, Left 4 Dead, Modern Warfare 2, any and all shooters on the 360, and especially fighting games.
Accessible gaming will no longer face all of the random elements impacting those with disabilities. Even functionality with features like Netflix will improve. Furthermore, the cosmetic value alone can stand out as something great to show off to friends!
With Kinect increasing the life span of the 360 platform, gamers are ready and in need of a more dependable controller. The Evil D-Pad is about zero accidents, zero mistakes.
In truth, the D-pad on the Xbox 360 controller has been problematic since – well since conception. To help understand how brilliant the Evil solution to the D-Pad problem is, it helps to know how the D-Pad operates. Under the circular D-Pad there are four buttons; one each for up, down, left and right. The diagonals on the D-Pad are not individual buttons but rely on pressing a combination of buttons.
So when the D-Pad is pushed to go diagonally up and to the right – both the up button and the right button get pushed. And while it’s easy to blame Microsoft for everything from D-Pad shortcomings to Global Warming, this solution has been around as long as video games – including the first keyboard games and even the original Atari joystick.
What the Evil D-Pad does is take the old D-Pad out of your way and replace it with the four buttons that get actuated under the D-Pad. This is what we math-geeks would call an “elegant” solution. Brilliant, beautifully simple and deadly effective. The four buttons are spaced exactly like the A, B, X and Y buttons and are the same size.
Want that diagonal on the D-Pad? Just straddle the two buttons and press. Complete control. To see how easy it really is, just try straddling the A and B buttons with your thumb and press them both. Being able to feel both buttons completely eliminates the guess work introduced by having a wobbly circular pad mounted over the buttons.
The addition of the Evil Sticks that replace the standard joystick caps could easily be overlooked – mainly because they blend into the controller so well, and are of such high quality, that they appear to be stock – they look more “stock” that the original sticks – but they are far different to the touch. The tops are not concave like the stock caps.
Instead they have a gently textured dome and the height is slightly lower. They make the joysticks feel more responsive. I could go into the math explaining the shorter arc (representing the range of motion) that is the result of moving the said arc slightly closer to the center point by reducing the radius. Instead, let’s just say it’s Evil and that you get quicker response with less thumb movement.
In what stands as a major global music relief effort to benefit those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, over 30 of the biggest names in contemporary music have joined together for the worldwide release of "Songs for Japan", an unprecedented compilation of 38 chart-topping hits and classic tracks, available worldwide on the iTunes Store for $9.99 starting today ( www.itunes.com/songsforjapan).
Proceeds from the album's sale will benefit the disaster relief efforts of the Japanese Red Cross Society.
The "Songs for Japan" track listing features an all-star lineup:
1. John Lennon "Imagine" (Remastered)
2. U2 "Walk On" (Radio Edit)
3. Bob Dylan "Shelter From The Storm"
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Around The World" (Live)
5. Lady Gaga "Born This Way" (Starsmith Remix)
6. Beyonce "Irreplaceable"
7. Bruno Mars "Talking To The Moon" (Acoustic Piano Version)
8. Katy Perry "Firework"
9. Rihanna "Only Girl (In The World)"
10. Justin Timberlake "Like I Love You"
11. Madonna "Miles Away" (Live)
12. David Guetta "When Love Takes Over" (feat. Kelly Rowland)
13. Eminem "Love The Way You Lie" (feat. Rihanna) [Clean Version}
14. Bruce Springsteen "Human Touch"
15. Josh Groban "Awake" (Live)
16. Keith Urban "Better Life"
17. Black Eyed Peas "One Tribe"
18. Pink "Sober"
19. Cee Lo Green "It's Ok"
20. Lady Antebellum "I Run To You"
21. Bon Jovi "What Do You Got?"
22. Foo Fighters "My Hero"
23. R.E.M. "Man On The Moon"
24. Nicki Minaj "Save Me" (Clean Version)
25. Sade "By Your Side"
26. Michael Buble "Hold On" (Radio Mix)
27. Justin Bieber "Pray" (Acoustic)
28. Adele "Make You Feel My Love"
29. Enya "If I Could Be Where You Are"
30. Elton John "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
31. John Mayer "Waiting On The World To Change"
32. Queen "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" [Remastered]
33. Kings Of Leon "Use Somebody"
34. Sting "Fragile" (Live In Berlin)
35. Leona Lewis "Better In Time"
36. Ne-Yo "One In A Million"
37. Shakira "Whenever, Wherever"
38. Norah Jones "Sunrise"
Proceeds from "Songs for Japan" will be directed to the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) to support its disaster relief efforts. The society will use the funds for the ongoing provision of immediate relief and for eventual recovery support to the affected population. The artists participating on "Songs for Japan", the music labels and music publishers have waived their royalties and proceeds from the worldwide sales of the album to ensure that the JRCS receives as much support as possible from this global initiative.
iTunes will also donate its proceeds from the album's worldwide sales to the benefit of the JRCS, and has prominently featured the project throughout its stores worldwide.
Russell Brand Brings Live Standup to EMU 11-16-11
The Buddies are Back in a Spooktacular Adventure!
New 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song' Clip!
RIO Takes Over Your Beach July 30th and 31st!!
Luke Sky's (Fàshiön) NEW YouTube Page & More!
Diet Pepsi & Ray Charles Retro T-Shirt Collection!
Enter Warner Bros' Comedy Collection Sweepstakes!
METROPCS ANNOUNCES NEW COLLABORATION WITH SNOOP!
Welcome to The Mysterious Bookshop!
The Evil D-Pad is Among Us!
'Songs For Japan' Charity Album on iTunes!