Friday, August 02, 2013

Around the Tubes: 8/2/13



I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Hard Knocks, Dreamchaser: In Concert, Casting By, Face Off, Hawaii Five-O, Helix, Continuum, Enough Said, Howard Stern Show, Irocke, The Dough Rollers, and Rod Stewart.

- Yesterday may have been just the start of August, but pre-season football starts up next week end and with it comes the new season of Hard Knocks on HBO premiering Tuesday at 10:00. The five-episode edition features the Cincinnati Bengals again this year.

Hard Knocks on HBO

- Starting August 3, Sarah Brightman's PBS concert special Dreamchaser: In Concert will begin airing on PBS stations nationwide. The concert is inspired by the beauty of space and incorporates all of Brightman's major milestones- from her starring role in Lloyd Webber's original Broadway production of Phantom of the Opera, to fulfilling her lifelong dream: a space trip to the International Space Station. Check out the trailer below:


- Perhaps the foremost casting director, Marion Dougherty plucked several now-iconic actors out of obscurity, among them James Dean, Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, Christopher Walken and Glenn Close, giving them their first break in front of the camera. With strong, original opinions about authenticity and a knack for discovering unique talent, she turned the old Hollywood system on its head by using actors with a nuanced sense of character and individuality, rather than depending on typecasting, and broke racial barriers by pairing Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon series. Casting By premieres Monday, August 5 at 9:00 exclusively on HBO.

- The new season of Face Off returns Tuesday, August 13 at 9:00 with Veterans vs. Newbies theme. There will also be a two hour Face Off: The Vets Strike Back, Tuesday, August 6 at 9:00 which will look back on the past seasons to highlight the veteran contestants’ best and worst moments. You can check out what the veterans have been up to below:


- TNT is hitting the beach this summer as the network adds the action-packed drama series Hawaii Five-0 to the primetime lineup. The series is set to air on TNT Thursdays at 9 and 10 p.m. beginning Aug. 8.

- Syfy’s newest original scripted series Helix from Sony Pictures Television began production this past weekend in Montreal, Canada. The 13-episode drama is executive produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander), Steven Maeda (Lost, The X-Files) who is also showrunner, and Lynda Obst (Sleepless in Seattle, Contact). Cameron Porsandeh, who wrote the pilot, will serve as a Co-Executive Producer. Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that may hold the key to mankind’s salvation or total annihilation. However, the lethal threat is just the tip of the iceberg, and as the virus evolves, the chilling truth begins to unravel.

- In other Syfy news, since it was already renewed in Canada, it was only a matter of time before Continuum would get renewed by the American channel that airs it and Syfy confirmed it this week and will air the thirteen episode season starting in 2014.

- Coming to select theaters on Friday September 20, Enough Said is about A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter's impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) - a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest.

Enough Said starring Julia Louis Dreyfus and James Gandolfini

- On Howard Stern Show this week, Howard interviewed Robin Thicke about creating a career in the shadow of his father, the genesis of his hit song “Blurred Lines,” how he has changed his wife and he gave a live performance. The complete, wide-ranging interview can only be seen on Howard TV On Demand now, but here is a brief clip.


- Irocke, the #1 source for live streaming concerts worldwide, announces the schedule of live streaming concerts to be broadcast during week-long Forever Festival, Earth’s First Live Digital Music Festival, from Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 5:00pm PDT to Sunday, August 11, 2013 at 11:59pm PDT. Live music fans tuning into the Forever Festival website 4evrfest.com and partner sites will discover and enjoy over 200 free and PPV performances by a wide range of artists in collaboration with more than 30 leading live digital concert venues in more than 10 countries around the world.

- If you are looking for some good old fashion rock and roll, naturally you will find it on Third Man Records artist The Dough Rollers. Check out Little Lily below:



In celebration of the 50th performance of Rod Stewart: The Hits., Rod Stewart today announced that he will extend his original two year contract at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and will return with his critically acclaimed show "Rod Stewart: The Hits." for two more years beginning this fall. As the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer wraps his summer run of performances this week, nine new November concerts have been added from November 6 through 24.

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