Arcade Fire, Decemberists Sign On For The Hunger Games Soundtrack
Last week, Rolling Stone reported that T-Bone Burnett and Danny Elfman were collaborating to produce the soundtrack for following year’s forthcoming The Hunger Video games, the movie adaptation of the popular (and rather satisfying) youthful adult series of the exact same title (Rolling Stone also posted Taylor Swift’s soundtrack collaboration with the Civil Wars, “Safe And Sound”). Later, Reuters reported that Arcade Fire and the Decemberists would also supply new material to the soundtrack, which would surely suggest they are going for “anthemic,” in terms of the records tone Lionsgate’s COO Joe Drake referred to as it “hauntingly lovely,” so there’s that, too. And, just because I won’t get to say this elsewhere, casting Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss was an unbelievable choice. The Hunger Video games, the first of three installments, is out 3/23.
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Chelsea Handler Inks New TV Deal
Chelsea Handler will continue to ask celebrities the most uncomfortable questions in late night for some time longer. The one-time VMA host and current late-night staple, as the host of “Chelsea Lately,” has just inked a very sweet new deal with E!
CNN reports that Chelsea’s new deal will keep her on the network through 2014 hosting her show and swell her bank account with an additional $ 25 million. CNN further reports that as a nice “thank you” to her staff, she’s handing out $ 1,000 bonuses.
“It’s a great time for women in comedy,” Handler said in a statement to Reuters about the lucrative deal, adding, “And it’s a great time to have real breasts.”
Fans of Chelsea also will have another season of her behind-the-scenes docu-series “After Lately” to look forward to. The new season kicks off on November 27, the same night as the new season of “Kourtney & Kim Take New York.” It’s one of many projects Chelsea has on her docket, including turning her bestseller, “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea,” into a TV series for NBC, which she’ll co-star in and executive produce.
But, “After” is a project near and dear to Chelsea’s heart, tucked away under her real boobs. “My favorite [project] is ‘After Lately,’” Chelsea recently confessed to MTV News. “It’s a show that were doing behind-the scenes of ‘Chelsea Lately,’ so that’s been the most fun for me.”
Her deal with E! also gives more opportunities to produce and develop projects through her Borderline Amazing Productions.
Jay-Z and Kanye West add third ‘Watch the Throne’ show in L.A.
Jay-Z and Kanye West have further expanded their upcoming joint tour by extending their stay in L.A. to three nights, Live Nation announced Monday.
Due to “overwhelming demand,” the duo – billing themselves as the Throne — have added a Dec. 11 date at Staples Center. In October, the two announced a revamped itinerary for the tour, which is currently underway.
Tickets for the newly announced show go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. Tickets for the previously announced Dec. 12-13 shows are currently on sale.
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Leonard Cohen plans first new release in 8 years for 2012
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Leonard Cohen will release his first new album in eight years next year. The acclaimed singer/songwriter delivered the good news today in Spain, where he was collecting a prize for authors who do not write in Spanish.
The set, titled “Old Ideas,” contained 10 new songs, or, at least, previously unpublished tunes. “I’ve played it for a few people and they seem to like it,” he told Reuters.
The 77-year old, best known for “Hallelujah,” would not commit to a tour behind the project, answering only, “God willing,” when asked if he hoped to take to the road. “I never quite know whether there’s going to be a tour or not.”
If it’s old Cohen material you want, there’s plenty of it and it’s all been collected in one place. As we previously reported, on Oct. 10, Sony’s Legacy Recordings released a 17-CD set of Cohen’s collected works. The collection comes with a 36-page booklet and new liner notes.
Bob Dylan buys a set of bagpipes. (Hope you like his new direction!)
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While in Glasgow, Scotland, last weekend to play a couple of shows, Bob Dylan bought a new instrument: A set of traditional bagpipes.
“He’s always wanted to learn,” said a spokesperson for the Glasgow’s National Piping Centre, according to Reuters. “It’s a lovely sound when they are played well, and something to be appreciated.”
Obviously, the news provides ample comedic fodder for late-night chat show hosts given that many people (this writer not included) believe Dylan’s vocals to be reminiscent of some relatively obscure, and possibly broken, wind instrument. Though, as a Dylan fan myself, I’ve rarely thought that, say, “Blowin’ In the Wind” was sadly lacking in the bagpipes department.
On the other hand, this has given me the idea for a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style sitcom in which a playing-himself Dylan irritates his peace and quiet-loving neighbor (I’m thinking Rob Schneider) by trying to learn a different instrument every week. NBC? You have my number.
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Rhapsody Buys Napster In Hopes Of Holding On In Competitive Online Music Market
By Zachary Swickey
The future of the music industry is up for grabs as labels try to fight piracy and determine what the future may hold. Competition is fierce with the increasing popularity of streaming alternatives to iTunes from companies like Pandora, SoundCloud and now Spotify, which is relatively new to us stateside but has been enthusiastically received. So it comes as no surprise that Rhapsody – the largest U.S. digital music service with 800,000 subscribers – is now taking over Napster in an attempt to increase the company’s market share.
Reuters reports that Best Buy Co Inc. (owner of Napster) will receive a minority stake in Rhapsody at the transaction’s closing, which is estimated to occur on November 30. More specific terms were not made available, but it is purely a stock based transaction.
“This deal will further extend Rhapsody’s lead over our competitors in the growing on-demand music market,” Rhapsody President John Irwin said in a statement.
Rhapsody has long been the digital service market leader, but as previously mentioned, London-based Spotify has been hot on the rise since its debut stateside in July. While Spotify initially required “invites” to try the service – which were frequently given out by bands via Twitter – enrollment is now open to anyone (well, anyone with a Facebook account).
The digital service market is still anyone’s game, but so is the upcoming trend of putting one’s music “in the cloud” (storing your music on a company’s server rather than your mp3 player, hence freeing storage space). Several well-known companies – Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon – are currently battling it out with some lesser-knowns – Mozy, Dropbox, SugarSync and YouSendIt – as to who will be the number one “cloud” retailer.
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