Wicked Musical Displays Coming to Select Malls Nationwide
A special Wicked display is coming to select Taubman malls. The malls will feature Wicked displays in conjunction with the Broadway hit's national tour. The "World of Wicked" displays will allow shoppers to walk through Glinda the Good's bubble, see the "Behind the Emerald Curtain" museum display and take a photo in Oz. There will also be Wicked cast appearances, retailer and hotel discounts and prize giveaways.
Here is a list of malls that will feature Wicked promotions
Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord, Calif. (San Francisco market) from March 12 through April 5, 2010
Northlake Mall in Charlotte, N.C. from April 16 through May 10, 2010
The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano, Texas (Dallas market) from May 16 through June 13, 2010
The Mall at Short Hills in Short Hills, N.J. (New York City market) from September 24 through October 17, 2010
Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Va. (Washington D.C. market) in summer 2011
Stamford Town Center in Stamford, Conn. (New York City market) in fall 2011
Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi, Mich. (Detroit market) in fall 2011.
Sony Music has cut a $250 million deal with the Michael Jackson Estate. The deal involves 10 albums over a seven year period that will include both original Michael Jackson songs and repackaged old ones. The Wall Street Journalarticle says some parts of Michael Jackson's business are excluded from the deal, such as the licensing of the singer's likeness.
The advances being paid by Sony are to be offset by sales of albums as well as revenue generated by licensing Mr. Jackson's music for uses like videogames, movies and theatrical performances. But unlike the megadeals struck in recent years by concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc. with pop stars Jay-Z and Madonna, the Jackson deal doesn't give Sony income from other parts of the late singer's business, such as merchandise sales or fees for licensing his name and likeness.
Reuters reports that one of the new Michael Jackson albums is expected to be released before the end of this year.
Twilight star Robert Pattinson is reportedly planning to release an album as early as the end of this year. Pattinson is quoted as saying, "I want to do one at the end of the year. All my friends are recording albums and I'm very annoyed about it."
It sounds like he is bothered that his friends have albums and he doesn't. You can listen to some of Robert Pattinson's singing here, here and here. One of the videos has nearly 7 million views. Take a look:
Lady Gaga's much anticipated music video for "Telephone" has been released. "Telephone" is the second single from Lady Gaga's platinum album The Fame Monster. The music video is directed by Jonas Akerlund who also directed Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" music video. The video begins with Lady Gaga as an inmate in a women's prison. Tyrese Gibson and Beyonce are also in the video. Beyonce tells Lady Gaga that she has been a "very, very bad, bad girl." There are several blatantly amusing product placements in the campy music video for products including Verizon Mobile, Bebo, Kraft, Wonder Bread and Plenty of Fish. Talke a look:
Lady Gaga's Telephone Music Video to Premiere March 11th on E News
Update 3-11-10: The "Telephone" music video has been released. You can watch the video here.
New images from Lady Gaga's "Telephone" music video have been leaking over the past couple weeks, including this one which shows Lady Gaga wearing duct tape. Lady Gaga's millions of monsters will not have to wait much longer. The video will exclusively premiere on E! News on Thursday, March 11th at 11:30 PM EST. "Telephone" is the second single from Lady Gaga's platinum album The Fame Monster. The video will also make its online debut at midnight that evening on VEVO.com and LadyGaga.com. The video is nine-minutes long and is directed by Jonas Akerlund. After the video premieres on E! News, Ryan Seacrest will conduct an exclusive interview with Lady Gaga.
TMZ reports that country singer Brad Paisley fell yesterday a a concert in South Carolina. He fell, finished the song he was singing, and then went to a hospital in Charleston. You can see him fall in this video clip.
Brad Paisley has been tweeting about the fall on his Twitter account, @paisleyofficial. He posted the photograph below and said he will be okay. He is just "very, very bruised." Brad Paisley also says the doctors said he was "a very brave boy."
Lady Gaga Wears Police Tape in Telephone Music Video
Lady Gaga is covered in police tape in this image from her upcoming music video for "Telephone." Lady Gaga posed the photo on her Twitter account, @ladygaga, with the message, "RING RING its (sic) coming little monsters."
Snowboarder and two time Olympic halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White is shirtless on the cover of Rolling Stone. The Flying Tomato is wearing American flag pants and playing the air guitar. In the interview, Shaun White reveals that he loves the guitar and that "Whole Lotta Love" is his favorite song.
White, who began snowboarding at six and went pro at 13, has recently returned to one of his early loves - skateboarding - but he does more shredding on one of his three Les Pauls. Jimi Hendrix, Guns n' Roses and Led Zeppelin are in regular rotation; "Whole Lotta Love" is his favorite-ever song. "I think guitar is the best thing in the world," he says. "It's the only thing where no matter what I do, I can't do it all myself."
Rolling Stone also says that Shaun's Olympic teammate Louie Vito once tried to unnerve him by blasting Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." You can see the photos from the Rolling Stone's fiery photoshoot with Shaun White here.
The band OK Go has come up with another entertaining music video. The band's label appears to allowing video embedding with this video, which is a change from its policy for its other music vides. The video for "This Too Shall Pass was directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The crazy contraption inside the warehouse was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs, over the course of several months. The song is from OK Go's latest album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. Take a look:
Actress/singer Ashely Tisdale will star in a musical remake of Teen Witch. The original Teen Witch, a 1989 film starring Robin Lively, was not a musical.
Ashley Tisdale told Hollywood Life, "In the original, you know, Robin Lively didn’t sing at all, even though other girls performed. But the studio said 'Hey, you're a singer, right?' They reworked the script so it can be more of a musical."
We know Ashley can sing and dance so this should be a fun movie to watch.
There is a new Miley Cyrus music video out called "When I Look At You." The music video includes footage from the film, The Last Song, starring Miley and Liam Hemsworth, which is based on the Nicholas Sparks' novel. The song from Miley's The Time Of Our Livesalbum. Take a look:
Rihanna wore a gold, perforated bodysuit and a black and white Keith Haring-style catsuit in the "Rude Boy" music video directed by Melina Matsoukas. The making of video below shows how the scenes with Rihanna were shot in front of a green scene. It also shows Rihanna's crew trying to create the unique dances for the music video. It also shows Rihanna observing the results of the most recent takes. Take a look:
Taylor Swift has released the music video for "Fearless," the title track from her bestselling album. Taylor Swift's album, Fearless, was the top selling album in 2009. Fearless just barely edged out Susan Boyle's fast selling album, Dream. No other album came close to the sales generated by Taylor Swift and Susan Boyle in 2009.
The "Fearless" music video features a montage of video highlights from Taylor Swift's concert tour, including behind-the-scenes footage. It should be a fan favorite. Take a look:
First Look: Stills From Lady Gaga's Upcoming Telephone Music Video
Lady Gaga and Beyonce worked together on a pair of songs and music videos. The first music video released was Beyonce's song, "Video Phone." You can watch it here. They are both great songs but the second song, Lady Gaga's "Telephone," is the better sounding song of the two (listen here). The music video for "Telephone," featuring Lady Gaga and Beyonce, has been greatly anticipated. You can see a few stills from the upcoming music video directed by above and below.
Ace Showbiz says the music video, directed by Jonas Akerlund, is meant to pick up where the "Paparazzi" music video left off. Ace Showbiz also says that Beyonce will help break Lady Gaga out of jail. It should be fun to watch.
"We Are The World 25 For Haiti" was recorded in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios).
Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie served as executive producers and producers. The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. You can find out more information on wearetheworldfoundation.org. Take a look:
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Actress/singer Ashely Tisdale will star in a musical remake of Teen Witch. The original 
