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6 hrs ago | TG Daily

Unplugging: Metallica creates its own music festival

This week welcomed great news of new projects in the works, featuring great music fests on the way, highly anticipated new albums and just all-around awesomeness.

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Related Topix: Metal, Metallica, Atlantic City, NJ, Kyle Gass, Pop/Rock, Tenacious D

Thu Feb 09, 2012

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Blu-ray Review: The Big Year

The Big Year stars Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black as bird watchers on a quest to spot the most species of birds in North America in a single year. This informal competition amongst birders is known as a "Big Year." The pursuit the three men embark on serves as both an escape from real life and as an allegory for it.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Owen Wilson, Life, Food, Recipes

Wed Feb 08, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com

Billy Connolly Completes the Cast of the Hobbit

"We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connelly , the Big Yin himself," director Peter Jack son told The Hollywood Reporter.

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Related Topix: Mrs. Brown, History Movies, Drama Movies, Billy Connolly, Folk, Arts, Cinema, Animation Movies, Gulliver's Travels, Family, Adventure

DVD Stalk

The Big Year

Birding: it's a sport or hobby that treads the line between familiar and mysterious, requiring no introduction but not a subject that many will consider themselves an expert on.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Quick Change

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Patch.com

Sunny Skies, An Open Mic Showcase and More

Southwest winds 10-to-15 miles per hour will be accentuated with gusts up to 30.

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Related Topix: The Big Year

Sun Feb 05, 2012

The Oracle

Quick picks: They Might Be Giants, Tampa Theatre and the Florida State Fair

Beyond performing theme songs for shows including "Malcolm in the Middle," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "Courage the Cowardly Dog," They Might Be Giants also have an extensive discography of catchy, quirky songs such as "Birdhouse in Your Soul." Add in "Still Alive" songwriter Jonathan Super-fans of indie musician and blogger Mike Doughty ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, They Might Be Giants, Gulliver's Travels, Family, Animation Movies, Adventure

Examiner.com

The Big Year seems more like and average year

As of late it seems as if more movies are being made either teaming up unlikely actors or trying to bring a group together to create something special that no one expected to happen.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Owen Wilson

Fri Feb 03, 2012

SouthCoastToday.com

Do tweens still want to know 'How to Rock'?

The new tween musical-fantasy sitcom "How to Rock" proves that some stories and themes never go out of style.

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family, Music!, Rock Around the Clock

Examiner.com

Blu-ray/DVD Combo review: The Big Year

Synopsis ~ Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson portray three men from very different walks of life, facing a mid-life crisis, a work-life crisis and a no-life crisis.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Owen Wilson

Billboard

Tenacious D Announces New Album, 'Rize of the Fenix'

Bon Iver, Beck, St. Vincent, The Shins, Feist and the newly announced solo project from Jack White will be featured at the Sasquatch! Music Festival.

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Related Topix: Kyle Gass, Tenacious D, Pop/Rock, Animation Movies, Gulliver's Travels, Family, Adventure, Year One

Thu Feb 02, 2012

The Carrboro Citizen

Fighting for rights with song and dance

When Rachel Kaplan found out that a group of North Carolina citizens could have their rights taken away due to a constitutional amendment on the May ballot, she decided to do something about it.

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Related Topix: Orange County, NC

The London Free Press

So-so quality on 'Big Year' DVD

Not so much because it is superb or savage or sensational or some other thing that attracts audiences, because it is not.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, The Tree of Life, Owen Wilson

Wed Feb 01, 2012

The Numbers

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Big Year

The Big Year bombed and bombed hard. It had the worst opening weekend for a wide release all year .

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Home Listing, Home, Coos Bay, OR, Entertainment

Tue Jan 31, 2012

Zap2it.com

'The Big Year'

Bird-watching may not seem like the most involving subject for a comedy, and ... well, this movie proves it isn't, though director David Frankel assembles an all-star trio for it.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Owen Wilson

Denver Post

New on DVD, 1/31/12

From left, Owen Wilson, Steve Martin and Jack Black star as three birders trying to outdo one another in "The Big Year." Beware the comedy that heralds its cast as "the Dream Team." Because as good as Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson can be, the trio doesn't elevate this tale of three birders trying to outdo one another by sighting the most ... (more)

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Owen Wilson, Comedy Movies, Drive, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Jan 30, 2012

StarPulse.com

Check Out 'The Big Year' On DVD & Blu-ray Jan. 31

In " The Big Year ," three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the United States.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Marley & Me, Owen Wilson

Thu Jan 26, 2012

Examiner.com

January 31, 2012 DVD & Blu-ray: The Big Year with Jack Black and Owen Wilson

From the director of The Devil Wears Prada and Marley & Me comes the comedy film The Big Year starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Jim Parsons, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston, Dianne Wiest, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy, Rosamund Pike and Tim Blake Nelson.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Marley & Me, Owen Wilson, Jim Parsons

Wed Jan 25, 2012

Zap2it.com

'The Big Year' stars talk filming on location in the Yukon

While the audience might not have flocked to see 2011's bird-watching comedy "The Big Year" in theaters , you still have a chance to catch the film, which stars comedy greats Steve Martin , Jack Black and Owen Wilson , when it comes out on DVD and Blu-ray Jan.

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Related Topix: The Big Year, Life, Hobbies, Bird Watching, Owen Wilson

Salt Lake Tribune

The Cricket: The Cricket's Daily 3: Where are the women directors?

In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Po, voiced by Jack Black, center, Tigress, voiced by Angelina Jolie, right, and Monkey, voiced by Jackie Chan are shown in a scene from "Kung Fu Panda 2." a Only five percent of the top 250 grossing films last year were directed by women, a new study finds.

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Related Topix: Kung Fu Panda 2, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie

Mon Jan 23, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com

Ben Stiller to Lead and Direct Scott Rudin-Produced Comedy for HBO

Ben Stiller will star in and direct an HBO comedy being produced by Scott Rudin.

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Related Topix: Tropic Thunder, Greenberg, The House of Blue Leaves, Celebrities, Ben Stiller, The Big Year

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