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Music Monday

3/28/2016

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The Artist: The Maine

The Song: "Am I Pretty?"

Where you heard it first: I first heard this song when I bought the new album from my favorite band, but today is the day that the powerful music video debuted on YouTube and watching it for the first time brought tears to my eyes.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: The powerful message of the music video makes the listener hear the lyrics in a completely different way.  Instead of this being a song about whether we think we're pretty or not, it's a song about whether we think we're good enough or not.  It makes us see our peers in a different way and look at everyone a little closer to see what exactly is beautiful about them.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: Though The Maine sometimes puts out goofy and fun tracks about hanging out with your best friends and getting drunk in bars, there are times when the lead singer, John O'Callaghan brings us a song that we never thought had a deeper meaning until he explains them a little better.  Case in point, "Jenny" off of Pioneer is about how he wouldn't be who he is today without the support of his mother and "Every Road" off of Black and White is about how his grandfather never thought that a career in music would pay the bills.  "Am I Pretty?" is just another example of the deep meanings that music can have for all of us.
-- Kelly Lee
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Fandom Friday 3/25/16

3/25/2016

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Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the terror attacks in Brussels.  

We also wish a speedy recovery to Dylan O’Brien who was injured on the set of The Maze Runner’s third film Death Cure last week.  

TV News
  • Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant sign on for the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet 
  • Braindead, the CBS series starring Broadway’s Aaron Tveit and Nikki M. James, sets a premiere date 
  • Jeremy Renner is open to a Hawkeye series on Netflix 
  • Richard Belzer is set to return as Detective John Munch on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 
  • Check out the new clip of Teen Titans vs. Justice League featuring Weather Wizard 
  • Channing and Jenna Dewan Tatum are teaming up for a dance competition show in NBC 
  • Game of Thrones Season 6 is gearing up for the biggest battle on television 
  • Kirk Fogg, the original host of Legends of the Hidden Temple, will return for the made-for-TV movie 
  • Rufus and Bobby make their triumphant return to Supernatural 
  • Shemar Moore will leave Criminal Minds after 11 seasons 
  • The cast of the 90’s Nickelodeon show All That is reuniting in April with all-new skits 
  • California here we come!  All seasons of The OC are FINALLY coming to Hulu! 
  • Darth Maul is coming to Star Wars Rebels 
  • Mr. Robot Season 2 is coming and here’s your first look 

Movie News
  • The Little Prince has been picked up by Netflix 
  • Take a look at the beautiful portraits of The Jungle Book stars alongside their animal counterparts 
  • X-Men’s Lucas Till has been cast as MacGyver 
  • Chris Hemsworth is ready for action in the new trailer for The Huntsman: Winter’s War 
  • Director Zack Snyder addresses why Grant Gustin wasn’t cast as The Flash in the Justice League movie 
  • Margot Robbie has been cast as Tonya Harding in a new movie about the skater 
  • It’s finally here!  Take a look at the trailer for Bridget Jones’ Baby 
  • Disney and Marvel are vowing to stop filming in Georgia if an anti-gay bill is passed 
  • Check out the first images and trailer for Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg, Teen Wolf’s Dylan O’Brien, and Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez 
  • Take a look at the hilarious first images from The Lego Batman Movie 
  • The legendary Paul McCartney has joined the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales 
  • Kylo Ren boards the Millennium Falcon in one of many deleted scenes from The Force Awakens 

Music News
  • NOW! That’s What I Call Broadway is coming with songs by Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, and more 
  • Check out the lineup for this summer’s Vans Warped Tour including Kelly’s favorite band, The Maine 
  • Crank up the DriveShaft: an official LOST concert will be happening this year 
  • Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Jimmy Fallon perfectly cover David Bowie 

Theatre News
  • The stars of the original Broadway cast of Aladdin have extended their runs for another year 
  • Hamilton will be holding open auditions! 

Misc News
  • Congratulations to 90’s heartthrob Devon Sawa on the birth of his baby girl 
  • RIP Gary Shandling 
  • Here’s everything that will be leaving Netflix and debuting on Netflix this April 
  • Take a look at Graham Norton’s super-cut of celebrity impressions 
  • Apple will be introducing a new, smaller iPhone 
  • Luke Evans and Hugh Jackman had a sing-off to determine who was the better Gaston
  • Harrison Ford gives some advice to whoever will play the young Han Solo: “Don’t do it!” 
  • Check out a Hello Kitty passenger train that we didn’t know we always wanted 
  • Bachelor Season 12 contestant Erin Storm tragically dies in a private plane crash 
  • Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s daughter Frances Bean Cobain files for divorce after only 21 months of marriage 
  • Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry was immortalized at Madame Tussaud's San Francisco Wax Museum
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March 21st, 2016

3/21/2016

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Episode 036 - “You Sank My Battleship!”
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Episode Length: 1:09:27

Episode Summary:
In our thirty-sixth episode, we’re all about shipping and our second annual Ship Bracket! We start off with a little Fandom News, casting news, and letting everyone know that we #StandWithKesha at this difficult time in her career. In our main discussion, we talk about some of our favorite current ships, ships we hope will sail in the coming year, our favorite BrOTPs and so much more. Of course, our second annual shipping episode wouldn’t be complete without giving a little love to our favorite ship and the winner of this year’s A Little Nerd Music Ship Bracket. We remind all our shipping voters to love one another and keep the bashing to a minimum before Kelly finally relinquishes the reigns of the episode over to Christina to gush about the newest full length trailer for Captain America: Civil War. Christina touches on which hero is on which team and where we here at ALNM stand on the teams before we talk about everything else the trailer revealed: Black Panther, Ant-Man, Stucky love, and most importantly, the reveal of Tom Holland as the newest incarnation of Spiderman. Our episode MVPs are none other than the directors of the upcoming Captain America movie, The Russo Brothers and Christina shares why she loves them before we get into our Ship Moments with Stucky and Swanfire. As always, we remind all of you wonderful followers about the various platforms where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Tune in next time for the beginnings of the season finales for TV’s fall season!

​This week’s featured music:

"Blah Blah Blah" by 3OH!3 featuring Kesha

“Ship To Wreck" by Florence + The Machine
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Music Monday

3/21/2016

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The Artist: American Authors

The Song: "Pride"

Where you heard it first: I first heard this song on Ellen when American Authors introduced their new single to the world.  If you know anything about me, you probably know that this band is my new favorite obsession and their last album has been on repeat ever since it was released in 2014.  I'm so excited to hear new music from this Brooklyn-based band and I can't wait to hear the rest of the album.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: American Authors have never disappointed with their music off their first album and I'm excited to hear the upbeat sound that made them successful before is still a part of why they're so great.  I have been listening to this song on repeat since I heard it and there's no sign of me getting sick of it any time soon.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: Keeping with the sound of "Best Day of My Life" and "Home", "Pride" is so fun to listen to, bounce along to, and sing along to.  I promise you won't regret singing it at the top of your lungs.
-- Kelly Lee
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Episode 36 is coming!

3/20/2016

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To our lovely followers, listeners, and shippers:
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I am hard at work editing the latest episode and I want you all to know that I'm very close to done.  You'll soon know the winner of the 2016 ALNM Ship Bracket!  Thanks to my lovely co-host, the episode will be available for download tomorrow night!  Until then, enjoy the last hours of your weekend and listen to Music Monday on repeat!  Tomorrow night will be here before you know it.  

-- Kelly Lee
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Dylan O'Brien Injured on Maze Runner Set

3/18/2016

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Christina and I would like to send out our heartfelt thoughts and well wishes to Teen Wolf and Maze Runner star Dylan O'Brien who was injured onset yesterday during filming for the third installment of The Maze Runner series, Death Cure. 

Production has been halted after the star was rushed to a local hospital in Vancouver, Canada following severe injuries and broken bones.  In what is being reported as a stunt gone wrong, Dylan is currently in intensive care under observation.  Not much is yet known about his condition, but we will update you when we receive more information.

UPDATE #1: A tweet from Maze Runner author James Dashner confirms that Dylan O'Brien was hurt but he will be okay!
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UPDATE #2: More and more tweets from Dylan's friends and costars have made #GetWellSoonDylan a trending topic on Twitter and Dylan O'Brien a trending story on Facebook. 

Take a look at the outpouring of love from Max Carver, Arden Cho, Kaya Scodelario, and Ian Bohen.
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Fandom Friday 3/18/16

3/18/2016

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Calling all Genovians: Garry Marshall and Anne Hathaway want to make a Princess Diaries 3!

TV News
  • Freeform’s Switched at Birth will end after the upcoming fifth season 
  • Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni had an adorable Law & Order: SVU reunion 
  • Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage is hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time with musical guest Gwen Stefani 
  • Check out the first teaser for Scream Queens Season 2 
  • Freeform has renewed Shadowhunters for Season 2 
  • Netflix casts Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld, The Emperor’s New Groove) as Lemony Snicket in A Series of Unfortunate Events 
  • Kimmy Schmidt is back on April 15!  Take a look at the newest trailer for the Netflix original series The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 
  • Say hello to the next Bachelorette: JoJo Fletcher 
  • Amaury Nelasco will reprise his role in the Prison Break revival on FOX 
  • Two shows collide when The Flash visits Supergirl’s hometown of National City: take a look at the first trailer 
  • Heathers is the latest classic that’s getting a TV reboot 
  • The reboot of Xena: Warrior Princess will proudly showcase same-sex relationships 
  • Vikings has been renewed for a Season 5 with The Tudors’ Jonathan Rhys Meyers joining the cast 

Movie News
  • Check out Meryl Streep’s terrible opera singing in the first trailer for Florence Foster Jenkins 
  • Take a look at the trailer for the next Tim Burton film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 
  • Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg will reteam for Indiana Jones 5 in Summer 2019 
  • The Four Horsemen reappear in the newest trailer for Now You See Me 2 
  • Check out the first trailer for the remake of the classic film Ben-Hur 

Theatre News
  • Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle may be helming a movie adaptation of Miss Saigon 
  • Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay will narrate the Hamilton Musical Book 
  • Broadway baby Darren Criss and Betsey Wolfe killed it onstage at Carnegie Hall 
  • Wicked has grossed $1 billion on Broadway! 
  • Take a look at the cast of Hamilton celebrating #Bam4Ham and performing at the White House 
  • Fun Home announces the stops on its national tour 
  • The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical is finally on its way to the Great White Way! 
  • Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda and Harry Potter star Emma Watson drop the beat about gender equality 

Misc News
  • Congratulations to Once Upon A Time’s Emilie de Ravin on the birth of her daughter! 
  • The cast of The CW’s One Tree Hill had an adorable reunion and documented it on Instagram 
  • Marvel has launched a STEM science program for young girls 
  • Star Wars breakout star and BAFTA winner John Boyega visited the Royal London Hospital to make a young child’s wish come true 
  • Universal Studios Hollywood is opening a permanent Walking Dead attraction 
  • Universal Studios Orlando will open a restaurant themed after Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory 
  • SeaWorld San Diego has announced that they will no longer breed orca whales and will end their controversial orca shows 
  • Watch Henry Cavill stroll Times Square in his Superman shirt and no one even notices 
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Ship Bracket Announcement

3/15/2016

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I just noticed people are still commenting on the poll itself, including people pretending to be both my co-host and myself.  So I'm saying this again and this is the last time:
  1. The poll is closed.
  2. The winner is determined.
  3. The winner has not been announced.
  4. NO ONE has been accused of cheating.
  5. The ONLY place you will hear the winner announced is on Episode #36 of the podcast, which will be posted either late this week or this weekend.
  6. If "we" ever post anything saying who the winner is in a comment, they are a fake.
I do not have the time nor the energy to constantly police comments everywhere.  Please be kind to each other and please stop impersonating me.  Especially if you're not going to use proper grammar.

Kindest regards,
Your ACTUAL ALNM Mod Christina
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Music Monday

3/14/2016

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The Band: Lukas Graham

The Song: 7 Years

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Where you heard it first: I heard this song on the radio the other day and immediately rushed to check it out.  The biggest surprise was probably that Lukas Graham is a band and not a person.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: I've actually haven't heard it anywhere since that first radio play, and maybe that's the reason it stuck with me.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: The easy going vibe and quirky vocals make it stand out from a lot of the music currently in rotation for my commutes.  It'll get your head bobbing as you drive down the road.  Definitely worth adding to your playlist.
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Ship Bracket Championship

3/11/2016

 
EDIT #3: We have asked you repeatedly to stop the hate and now people are going so far as to impersonate us and declare a winner.  THE POLL IS CLOSED and now the comments section has been shut down as well.  Please stop your hatred toward one another.
EDIT #2:  Seriously everyone, the poll is closed.  Please stop with the hate.
EDIT: Polls closed.  We had to give several warnings last round and we gave another warning this round.  Bashing each other, posting inappropriate comments, and sending hate to our personal accounts is not tolerated behavior.  If we see an improvement today we will reopen the polls.  Otherwise we will take the current tally as total and announce the winner as planned.
It's time for the championship round!

Remember, voting is blind and the winner will be revealed on the next episode of the podcast.  Total numbers will be made visible here shortly after the episode is released.

Polls close March 13th at 10 PM PST.
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