The Legendary McManus Brothers

Troy Duffy, the writer and director of Boondock Saints and Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, is giving fans an amazing opportunity to get there questions answered!

To participate, tweet questions for the cast and filmmakers to @TheSaintsReturn by 5pm EST on Monday, March 8, 2010!

Then tune in to www.ustream.tv/thesaintsreturn Tuesday, March 9 at 8:30pm EST as select questions will be answered in a Q&A with filmmakers and streamed live from The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Blu-ray and DVD Release Party in NYC.

Ten years after emerging as a cult sensation, “The Boondock Saints” will return to the big screen in a special one-night presentation, The Boondock Saints 10th Anniversary Event, on Thursday, March 11th at 7:30 p.m. local time. Creator, writer and director Troy Duffy will introduce the event and share rare behind-the-scenes experiences and footage as well as exclusive interviews with cast and crew members including Norman Reedus (Murphy MacManus) and Sean Patrick Flanery (Connor MacManus), captured especially for this anniversary celebration. Audiences will also be treated to special performance clips by The Dirges, Ty Stone and Taylor Duffy whose music is part of the upcoming soundtrack to The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, along with a sneak peek into the mobile games, comic books and graphic novel currently in development.

Presented by NCM Fathom, The Boondock Saints, LLC, and Hot Topic, tickets for The Boondock Saints 10th Anniversary Event are available at www.FathomEvents.com and presenting theater box offices. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, please visit the web site (theaters and participants are subject to change).

“Twenty-ten is already shaping up to be an amazing milestone year for The Boondock Saints and for the millions of fans who have literally carried us to where we are today,” said Duffy. “I know I speak for Sean and Norman as well when I say that it’s going to be a year-long celebration of our connecting with, thanking and entertaining as many fans as possible just for the pure thrill of it all…and it starts on March 11th.”

Initially released in 2000 as a limited engagement to theaters following the Columbine tragedy, “The Boondock Saints” has gained a tremendous cult following, selling more than seven million DVDs to date. Acclaimed by critics and fans alike, “The Boondock Saints” is a story about fraternal twin brothers Connor & Murphy McManus who embark upon a mission to rid Boston of human evil. After killing two members of the Russian mafia in self-defense, these hard-drinking brothers take the law into their own hands. No public outcry is heard and even FBI agent Paul Smecker begins to feel that the brothers are doing a good deed.

“The Boondock Saints” was previously presented by NCM Fathom in 2006 in 130 select theaters.

“’The Boondock Saints’ special event was a hit four years ago as thousands of fans experienced this cult classic in their local movie theaters,” said Dan Diamond, vice president of NCM Fathom. “For those who have only seen this crime thriller on the small screen, this is a unique opportunity to experience it on the big screen like never before with an exclusive retrospective from Troy and the cast members who are part of ‘The Boondock Saints’ decade-long journey.”

The Boondock Saints 10th Anniversary Event will be shown in 457 select movie theaters including, AMC Entertainment Inc., Celebration! Cinema, Cinemark Holdings, Inc., Clearview Cinemas, Georgia Theatre Co., Goodrich Quality Theaters, Hollywood Theaters, Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, National Amusements and Regal Entertainment Group movie theaters, as well as Arlington Theatre (Santa Barbara, CA), Bainbridge 5 (Seattle, WA), The Carolina (Asheville, NC), Palace Cinema 9 (South Burlington, VT) and Penn Cinema (Lititz, PA), through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network – North America’s largest cinema broadcast network.

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Blu-ray™ and DVD will be available on March 9. Both the Blu-ray™ and DVD include two commentary tracks with filmmakers & cast, deleted scenes, and two behind-the-scenes featurettes: the making-of documentary “Unprecedented Access: Behind the Scenes” and “Billy Connolly and Troy Duffy: Unedited.” For more information about The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Blu-ray™ and DVD, please visit www.theboondocksaintsii.com.

Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars has announced U.S. dates of their Into The Wild world tour starting April 9th at the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas, NV through May 13th at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA (full schedule below).

The Into The Wild tour is the band’s first tour in 3 years and is in support of their new album ‘This Is War.’ The tour kicked off last week in Nottingham, England where they played to sold out crowd of 10,000 screaming fans. Thirty Seconds to Mars will continue to play arenas throughout Europe including stops at London’s Wembley Arena and the Paris’ Bercy stadium. Mute Math and Neon Trees will open the U.S. leg of Into The Wild. Pre-sale ticket and special fan packages through American Express, I Love All Access and musictoday begin 10am February 24th through 10pm February 26th in most markets, New York and Chicago pre-sale starts Saturday February 27th. Traditional on sale through Ticketmaster begin February 26th in select markets (complete on sale schedule below).

“This Is War,” the albums’ title track and second single will impact alternative radio on March 1st. It is the follow up to the hugely successful “Kings & Queens” which recently spent 3 weeks at #1 and is currently in the top 5 on the alternative playlist charts. “Kings & Queens” is the band’s second #1 single and third top 5 hit. The platinum selling A Beautiful Lie’s “From Yesterday” reached #1 in 2007 and “The Kill” which was voted the #1 song of the decade by AOL Radio listeners peaked at #3 in 2006 before becoming the first song in alternative radio history to be retired from the Billboard chart after a 52-week run. The video for “Kings & Queens, a short film entitled The Ride was one of the most downloaded iTunes video of the weeks ever to be featured and received airplay on Fuse, MTV, MTV2, MTVu, VH1 and Music Choice. “Kings & Queens” will be featured in the trailer for the upcoming Warner Bros. animated film “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” and album opener “Escape” is currently featured in promos for the A&E Network show Fugitive Chronicles.

‘This is War’ which was declared an “artistic triumph” by Alternative Press and as “epic rock at its most affecting” by Billboard debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week. The album 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.

Formed by brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit:
www.thirtysecondstomars.com

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Thirty Seconds To Mars – Kings + Queens – HD

30 Seconds to Mars | MySpace Music Videos

Into The Wild U.S. Tour Dates
* Indicates Radio Show

4/9 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Theatre

4/10 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre

4/11 – Tucson, AZ – Pima County Fair

4/13 – Tulsa, OK – Brady Theatre

4/15 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom

4/16 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom

4/17 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore

4/18 – Toronto, ON – The Sound Academy

4/20 – Boston, MA – House of Blues

4/21 – NYC, NY – Roseland

4/23 – Washington DC – TBA

4/24 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory

4/25 – Charlotte, NC – Uptown Amphitheatre

4/27 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore

4/28 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues

4/29 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle

*5/1 – Frisco, TX – Pizza Hut Park

5/4 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant

5/6 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium

5/7 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium

5/8 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Rail Event Center

5/10 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO

5/11 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre

5/13 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater

5/14 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl

5/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater

The Monday Night Wars Are Back!

“TNA iMPACT!,” Spike TV’s highly-rated two-hour weekly series, is moving from Thursday nights to Monday nights beginning Monday, March 8 (9:00-11:00pm ET/PT), it was announced today by TNA President Dixie Carter and legendary pop culture icon Hulk Hogan at a press conference at the “TNA iMPACT! Zone” at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

“TNA iMPACT” will air live on March 8, with subsequent telecasts live every other week. The series features many of the biggest names in wrestling including Hogan, Ric Flair, Mick Foley and Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, as well as the hottest young talent in the industry: TNA World Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe and “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan.

The first ever Monday live “TNA iMPACT” broadcast on Spike TV, ran as a three-hour special head-to-head against WWE RAW on Monday, January 4, 2010, and drew a franchise-record 2.2 million viewers. Two wrestling companies have not broadcast head-to-head weekly since the “Monday Night Wars” in the late 1990’s between WWE and WCW.

“On January 4 wrestling fans showed us they’re ready for a new professional wrestling alternative on Monday nights, and we’re answering that call. Bringing iMPACT!’ to Mondays is our most exciting move yet in a year that’s already been filled with huge milestones for TNA” said Carter.

“Monday nights are now officially the best night of the week to be a fan of professional wrestling,” Hogan said. “My mantra has been ‘change is coming’ since partnering with Dixie Carter and TNA Wrestling. This change is great for the business and all fans of professional wrestling will benefit because of it.”

“TNA iMPACT! has emerged as one of cable’s top performers with young men, said Spike TV President Kevin Kay. “With NFL Football off the television schedule and with “TNA iMPACT’s” expanding roster of top wrestling talent, we see this as an opportunity to tap into the millions of wrestling fans on Monday nights.”

Since its founding in 2002, Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling has become the world’s fastest growing professional wrestling company, currently airing in over 120 countries worldwide.

Check out the full press conference below:

Legendary comic book artist Frank Miller, who’s works include such visually stunning works as Sin City and 300, has joined Twitter and is offering up some very cool content! Check out two images that he tweeted below!

In a recent tweet, Miller said “ps. DINOSAUR is coming next week.” Could this be a new project or some early work from the artist? Follow him to find out!

You can follow Frank Miller on Twitter at http://twitter.com/FrankMillerInk.

The images below are “Miho” from Family Values and “Dwight” from The Big Fat Kill.

Bubba The Love Sponge

It would appear that TNA Wrestling could be trying to distance themselves from larger-than-life radio personality, Bubba The Love Sponge, in wake of his recent controversial comments about Haiti.

The “Shock Jock”, who is also a personal friend of legendary wrestler and current face of TNA Wrestling Hulk Hogan, was apparently scheduled to attend a production meeting Monday morning in Orlando, but was called and told not to come.

“Here in orlando things r all messed up. Was suppose to be at the prod meeting @11 they called and said not 2 come??? This is starting 2b not fun. All because of my Haiti comments Sorry people can’t handle the truth,” Tweeted Bubba.

The radio host attributed the situation to controversy over his “F**k Haiti” comment in response to the US’s ongoing aid campaign for the earthquake-ravaged nation.

“And what does my Haiti comments have to do with tna wrestling. I didn’t say them on dixies air. I don’t think tna is ready 4someone like me,” added Bubba. “I just don’t understand how I can b in trouble for my opinon.”

Bubba’s stint on TNA Wrestling began just two short weeks ago. Of his relationship with TNA president Dixie Carter, he said: “I shoot hard from the hip and ms Carter (although i have a ton of respect 4her) has never had a guy that is as outrageous as I am and has a Nationwide delevery method. So right now I would describe our relationship like oil and water. And it’s not good.”

Update: Bubba recently weighed in with this tweet: “I am going to say this one time and one time only. First of all a real man sometimes has to take a step back and maybe look at something. They said or did so that being said I would like to apologize for my comments regarding Haiti in the world of live radio that I operate. Sometimes u say things that u can’t take back. So I’m man enough now to say I’m sorry for those I offended. Bubba”

Get all the latest info on Bubba The Love Sponge at his official website www.btls.com and see what he has to say, straight from the source on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BTLSRadio!

Bubba The Love Sponge can currently be heard on Sirius XM radio as well as terrestrial radio.

Thirty Seconds to Mars set out to do something that had yet to be done when it came to releasing their latest album, This Is War. Jared Leto and fellow band mates asked their fans to send in pictures of themselves for a chance to be displayed on the cover of their new album. The forward thinking of Thirty Seconds to Mars has enticed fans to purchase the album not as another CD, but as a collectors item. Fans have been swapping the new Thirty Seconds to Mars album ‘This Is War’ the way peopled used to trade beanie babies or sports trading cards. Jared Leto told Spinner Magazine, “I heard that one was selling on eBay for $2500 or has already sold.”

The experiment has been so successful that the band is hoping to continue it on the next pressing of the album. If it does happen, Leto believes the next round will be even better.” Now people understand what it is and how it’s just been in good fun and good spirit,” he says. “So I think next time will be an even wider group.”

Check out the ‘Faces of Mars’ video below and pick out which album cover you want.

Rock music giant Thirty Seconds to Mars and Virgin Records have chosen Livestream to broadcast an exclusive live Q&A with the band in support of their new album, This is War on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST.

This is War is the follow-up to their multi-platinum second album, A Beautiful Lie, and is set for release on Dec. 8. The album’s first single “Kings & Queens” soared to the top of the alternative radio charts where it is currently #3 and was lauded by Billboard Magazine, which proclaimed: “Kings & Queens” is epic rock at its most affecting.”

During the broadcast, the band will answer questions from a host as well as fans who have submitted questions to their local radio stations. Fans will be able to watch the live broadcast on the band’s Facebook page, Web site, and at Livestream.com.

The performance will also be encoded for the iPhone, making the broadcast accessible to over a million iPhone users with a 3G wireless connection at http://iphone.livestream.com.

With Livestream as the exclusive streaming provider, the player widget for the webcast can be embedded anywhere. Integration with Facebook and Twitter allows viewers to engage in an online conversation with others fans and the band.

30STM - 'This Is War'

Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars are ready to reveal the Faces of Mars when their highly anticipated upcoming album, THIS IS WAR (EMI/Virgin) hits stores this Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Fans of Thirty Seconds to Mars, including additional musicians, artists and other notable participants leant their “Faces” to individual album covers. Leto blogs about the different Faces of Mars covers on his exclusive daily Buzznet blog at this location >.

Thousands of Faces of Mars album covers will be in stores worldwide along with the original THIS IS WAR album cover. In addition, the band will make the television debut for first single “Kings & Queens”, already in the top 3 on Alternative Radio, with a performance on the Tonight Show on Thursday, December 10th. THIS IS WAR is available for pre order on iTunes and currently THIS IS WAR is streaming exclusively at www.iheartradio.com. The band is set to tour stateside throughout December, hitting holiday radio concerts across the country.

Beyond gracing the covers of this month’s issues of Kerrang! and Rock Sound to celebrate the release of THIS IS WAR, Thirty Seconds to Mars will also be touching base with their supportive and loyal fan community through a Livestream chat on December 9th where they will answer questions from a host as well as listeners who have submitted questions to their local radio stations. Fans will be able to watch the live broadcast on the band’s Facebook page, Web site, and at Livestream.com as well as download the footage to their iPhones. The band will also make two special appearances at their Hive headquarters in Los Angeles on the 8th and 9th where they’ll sell and sign copies of This is War.

Thirty Seconds To Mars

Not only did the band’s supporters have the opportunity to be on the cover of THIS IS WAR through the Faces of Mars campaign, they also had the opportunity to be a part of the album’s recording when the band teamed up with their fan community, The Echelon, earlier this year to record sounds for the record in a groundbreaking event they dubbed, “The Summit”. The band invited The Echelon members to travel to Los Angeles to take part in an impromptu recording session at Hollywood’s Avalon Club. It was so successful that Thirty Seconds to Mars decided to hold summits in 8 more countries across the world (Australia, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, Canada).

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base. The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday,” which hit #1 and ”The Kill” and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its #3 peak in 2006.

Check out the video for “Kings & Queens” here >

Pre order THIS IS WAR through iTunes and receive two bonus tracks. “Kings And Queens” – LA Riots remix and “Night Of The Hunter” – Flood Remix (track only available through release).

*The attached Faces of Mars images are a small selection of the different covers.

Tour Dates:

Dec 8 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre ** Radio Show KNXX
Dec 11 Oakland, CA Alameda County Coliseum ** Radio Show kits
Dec 13 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena ** Radio Show 91X
Dec 15 Seattle, WA WAMU Theatre ** Radio Show KNDD
Dec 16 Chicago, IL House of Blues ** Radio Show Q101
Dec 17 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom ** Radio Show WLUM
Dec 18 Detroit, MI The Fillmore ** Radio Show 89X
Dec 19 Cleveland, OH House of Blues ** Radio Show WKRK

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit:
www.thirtysecondstomars.com

Thirty Seconds to Mars is giving fans an exclusive sneak peek of their highly anticipated album, This Is War, right now on I Heart Radio. Do not miss this chance to experience the upcoming release of the groups latest album featuring the hit single, “Kings and Queens.” Visit the bands official site for more information and pre-order the album now from iTunes and Music Today.

Thirty Seconds to Mars is currently on tour in support of This Is War. To find out where and when you can see the band live and get Thirty Seconds to Mars news and updates, visit www.thirtysecondstomars.com.

Premiering worldwide on MySpace Music, Thirty Seconds to Mars introduces “The Ride,” a short film for the band’s first single “Kings + Queens” off their highly-anticipated album This is War, out December 8.

Also available is the trailer for Dragon Age: Origins using the title track from the album “This is War.” Check it out at this location >

Pre-order “This is War” on iTunes at this location >

Soaring into Alternative Radio’s top 5 only four weeks after impact, the track is also working its way up through the Active Rock format landing in the top 25 this week. Thirty Seconds to Mars will be debuting the single live on the Tonight Show, December 10th.

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base. The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday,” which hit #1 and ”The Kill” and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its #3 peak in 2006.