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Throwback Thursday

4/28/2016

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Let’s go back to: Smash
The short-lived NBC musical drama gave us an insight to what the path to Broadway looked like from the audition process to workshops to opening on Broadway.  The show starred Debra Messing, Anjelica Houston, American Idol's Katharine McPhee, Pirates of the Caribbean star Jack Davenport, and a long list of Broadway stars: Megan Hilty (Wicked), Krysta Rodriguez (Spring Awakening), Andy Mientus (Les Miserables), Christian Borle (Peter and the Starcatcher), Brian d'Arcy James (Something Rotten!), Will Chase (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Ann Harada (Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella), Leslie Odom, Jr (Hamilton) and Jeremy Jordan (Newsies).  The show spawned two fake (but successful) musicals Bombshell and Hit List and the cast recently reunited to perform the songs from the show Bombshell in New York.  Suffice it to say that this show had a very specific target audience and that audience loved it.


Why it means something to you or to our podcast: Though the show only ran for a total of two seasons, it was one of my favorite shows on NBC at the time.  It was a time before Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon original shows and I still think it would play well as one of the original shows for these streaming services.  If only it could still be picked up!

​Where can you find it now? Both seasons of this show can now be found on Amazon Instant Video and you can watch their performance of their hit song "Broadway, Here I Come" from the series finale below.
-- Kelly Lee
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Music Monday

4/25/2016

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The Artist: Gwen Stefani

The Song: "Make Me Like You"

Where you heard it first: I first heard this song when Gwen performed it on Saturday Night Live a few weeks ago.  As a long time fan of Gwen Stefani, I made sure to stay up and watch her performance that night and, as usual, I was not disappointed.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: After the year Gwen Stefani has been having, a true Gwen-fangirl would be hanging on her every lyric while she navigates through her divorce with Gavin Rossdale and her new romance with fellow judge on The Voice, Blake Shelton.  Of course, it seems like she's doing just fine for herself and this new song makes us remember what a strong and amazing woman Gwen Stefani really is.  This song has been stuck in my head because, well, it's awesome.  It's as simple as that.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: If you love Gwen as much as I do, you'll be listening to this song on repeat in no time.  I promise you.
-- Kelly Lee
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Fandom Friday 4/22/16

4/22/2016

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Rest In Peace Prince 

TV News
  • Two leading cast members will be leaving Castle after Season 8
  • Once Upon A Time producers talk about the big reveal 
  • New Doctor Who companion to be revealed this weekend 
  • Kelly Ripa will not return to Live! this week after Michael Strahan announces his departure 
  • Disney Channel will have a Memorial Day weekend filled with all our favorite Disney Channel Original Movies 
  • MTV has renewed The Shannara Chronicles for a second season 
  • Take a look at the first photos of Chuck’s return on Supernatural 
  • Mr. Robot Season 2 gets a release date and a new teaser 

Movie News
  • Captain America: Civil War is on track for a huge opening weekend
  • There was a lot of news about upcoming movies from CinemaCon 
  • Michael Keaton is out and Robert Downey Jr. is in for Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Take a look at the first trailer for the reboot of the classic Western, The Magnificent Seven
  • Robert Downey Jr. says new Sherlock Holmes movie may shoot this year 
  • Some familiar faces from the Wizarding World will be popping up in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
  • Take a look at Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa in the new Power Rangers reboot 
  • Check out the Red Band Trailer for Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates starring Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick, and Aubrey Plaza 
  • Star Wars: Episode VIII will bring back the A-Wing fighter 

Music News
  • According to their manager, new Radiohead music will arrive this June 
  • Scottish grunge band Garbage has released a new single titled “Empty” 
  • American Authors have released four great new songs from their upcoming album What We Live For 

Theatre News
  • Congratulations to Lin-Manuel Miranda on winning the Pulitzer Prize for Hamilton! 
  • JK Rowling provides more insight into Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
  • Anastasia is coming to Broadway http://www.broadway.com/buzz/184545/anastasia-stage-adaptation-will-land-on-broadway-in-2016-17-season/
  • Betsey Wolfe (Bullets Over Broadway, The Last Five Years) has been cast as Elsa in the Frozen musical on Broadway
  • Daniel Dae Kim and Marin Mazzie are the newest stars of Broadway’s The King and I 

Misc News
  • The world says goodbye to Everybody Loves Raymond star Doris Roberts, who passed away at 90 years old 
  • Congratulations to John Legend and Chrissy Teigen on the birth of their daughter, Luna 
  • Congratulations to Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis on the announcement of their second pregnancy together! 
  • Congratulations to Behati Prinsloo and Adam Levine who just announced that they are having a little girl! 
  • Congratulations to Jennifer Aniston, who was just named People’s Most Beautiful! 
  • ESPN fires Curt Shilling after he posts an anti-transgender meme 
  • Prince Harry and Prince William have a lightsaber battle on the Star Wars set in Pinewood Studios 
  • A Saved by the Bell themed restaurant is opening in Chicago 
  • Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill 
  • Gwyneth Paltrow and James Corden work up a sweat in a dance class taught by toddlers 
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Captain America: Civil War Spoiler Free Review

4/18/2016

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On April 14th, I saw a smart, well crafted, action packed movie that delved into the practical and moral complications of increased government oversight.  Also crucial to the film was the storyline of a war hero attempting to protect his best friend from those who want to punished him for acts committed while he was a tortured and brainwashed prisoner of war.

Oh yeah, and there were superpowers.

Captain America: Civil War is a great film.  I’m not sure how big a grain of salt you should take that with considering I am a completely unabashed Captain America fan.  But judging by the reactions of the audience in my theater, Marvel has a huge hit on their hangs.  It’s a movie with a plot rooted so firmly in basic human emotion that it could work without all the enhanced beings.  But because it is these superheroes we have grown to care about since Robert Downey Jr. made his debut as Iron Man in 2008, the emotional punches the movie throws have even more of an impact.  The movie counts on you caring about Captain America not because he’s an icon, but because he’s a human being you can relate to and have been relating to for years.

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Music Monday

4/18/2016

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The Show: Hamilton

The Song: "Satisfied"

The YouTube Link:​
Where you heard it first: I stumbled across the show on Tumblr at some point early its run.  Its immediately enrapturing.

Why it’s been stuck in your head:  I've been listening to the soundtrack all day since it was announced this morning that Hamilton had won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  It is the ninth musical to win the prestigious award.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: Who doesn't want to listen to a musical colorblind musical about Alexander Hamilton with a soundtrack that hit number one on both Billboard's Broadway Cast Albums chart and Rap Albums chart?
-C
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Fandom Friday 4/15/16

4/15/2016

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Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors on their record-breaking 73rd win in a regular season! 

TV News
  • Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger series is headed to Freeform 
  • Check out the trailer for Bloodlines Season 2 
  • Could Vampire Diaries be ending after Season 8?  
  • Take a look at the latest trailer for Game of Thrones Season 6 
  • Here’s your first look at the Netflix Gilmore Girls reboot! 
  • The CW will bring back sketch comedy show MADtv 
  • Lord of the Rings’ David Wenham has been cast in Marvel’s Iron Fist on Netflix 
  • Arden Cho announces her departure from MTV’s Teen Wolf 
  • Gavin Polone, the original producer of Gilmore Girls, is suing over the Netflix revival of the show 
  • Disney has begun an open casting call for High School Musical 4 

Movie News
  • Charlize Theron and Scott Eastwood  join the cast of Fast & Furious 8
  • The newest clip for Captain America: Civil War shows the new Avengers in action 
  • Take a look at the first full trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! 
  • Bebop and Rocksteady are revealed in the newest trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 
  • Marvel Studios delay Inhumans movie 
  • Thor and Star-Lord may be joining Infinity War 
  • The original Star Wars trilogy will be returning to select cinemas! 
  • Ant-Man is the fanboy in all of us in this clip from Captain America: Civil War 
  • Take a look at the first trailer for Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch 
  • Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as The Grinch 
  • Disney teases Beauty and the Beast and Finding Dory at CinemaCon 
  • 30 years after The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin will reunite for a new movie 
  • Channing Tatum has been cast in Kingsman: The Golden Circle 
  • Deadpool 2 has been confirmed with the original cast returning 
  • Alden Ehrenreich could be the front-runner to play the young Han Solo 
  • James Cameron has announced four Avatar sequels 

Music News
  • Bruce Springsteen cancels his concert in North Carolina to oppose the transgender bathroom law 
  • James Newton Howard will score Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
  • Bryan Adams cancels his Mississippi concert in protest of new laws

Theatre News
  • Kelli O’Hara, Laura Osnes, and many more join the list of stars to attend BroadwayCon 2017 
  • The Lion King’s Heather Headley will replace Jennifer Hudson in The Color Purple 
  • Broadway baby Jonathan Groff has taken his final bow as King George in Hamilton 
  • Daniel Radcliffe will return to the New York stage in Privacy 
  • The Zachary Levi- and Laura Benanti-led She Loves Me revival has extended its Broadway run 
  • Matilda on Broadway has set its closing date 
  • Fences will begin filming soon with its leads Denzel Washington and Viola Davis
  • Barbra Streisand’s Gypsy film finds a new director

Misc News
  • The Los Angeles Lakers say goodbye to a legend as Kobe Bryant plays his final game at Staples Center 
  • Could Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds be expecting Baby #2? 
  • Congratulations to Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling on the announcement of their second pregnancy together! 
  • Congratulations to Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green on the announcement of their third child together 
  • Congratulations to Anne Hathaway on the birth of her baby boy! 
  • Congratulations to Kelly Clarkson and her husband on the birth of their son, Remington Alexander! 
  • Jake Lloyd, known for playing young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace, has been diagnosed with schizophrenia 
  • Robert Downey Jr. traded in his Iron Man armor for an important cause 
  • Tyler Oakley and Dancing with the Stars’ Nyle DiMarco are adorable as they flirt in sign language 
  • Scream Queen’s Lea Michele pays tribute to the late Cory Monteith with her new tattoo
  • Teen Wolf’s Tyler Posey gave us an update on his best friend Dylan O’Brien’s recovery 
  • Disney star Debby Ryan has been arrested under felony DUI charges 
  • AMC quickly drops their “texting in the theatre” plan 
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Throwback Thursday

4/14/2016

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Let’s go back to: "Peeno Noir"

Why it means something to you or to our podcast: With the second season of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt premiering on Netflix tomorrow, it seems only fitting to pay tribute to one of the greatest things to come out of last year's premiere season: "Peeno Noir".  Even if you didn't watch the show on Netflix last season, you may have heard your friends talking about Titus Andromedon's ridiculously catchy spoof song and the actor Tituss Burgess even took the idea and ran with it, creating his own line of pinot noir wines.  This song is one of the things that makes the show great.

​Where can you find it now? You can binge-watch Season 1 on Netflix tonight and get ready for Season 2, which premieres tomorrow!  If you're all caught up, you can check out the music video for "Peeno Noir" below.
-- Kelly Lee
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Music Monday

4/11/2016

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The Song: "Proud of Your Boy"

The Artist:
Adam Jacobs as Aladdin on Broadway

Where you heard it first: I can't remember exactly when I first heard this song, but I imagine it was sometime around when the musical first opened in 2011.  As one of the new songs for the stage musical, it was heavily featured in the publicity for the show.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: Last week, I downloaded the entire Original Broadway Cast Recording and have been listening to it nonstop since.  This song is really a great song and showcases Adam Jacobs' voice and amazing Broadway pipes.  It's songs like these that make the stage musical that much better than the original Disney film.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: If you're a Broadway nerd like my co-host and I are, I highly recommend not only this song, but the entire Original Broadway Cast Recording, especially if you're a fan of Disney.  This song is great and will make anyone a fan of Adam Jacobs.
-- Kelly Lee
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Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

4/11/2016

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This trailer has been deemed Muggle Worthy by Newt Scamander himself.  Sit back, relax, and travel back to JK Rowling's Wizarding World.   *cue Hedwig's Theme*
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Fandom Friday

4/8/2016

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Happy Friday everyone!  Join me in wishing my co-host Kelly a speedy recovery.  In the meantime, you're stuck with me for all your Fandom Friday news needs.  Also, be sure to check out the latest in our "ALNM's Path to Civil War" article series for all your Captain America needs.

TV News
  • Check out which shows CBS has renewed for the 2016-2017 fall season!
  • ​Exactly 22 years after the premiere episode, The All That Reunion will grace our televisions
  • Supergirl ratings skyrocket with The Flash crossover
  • ​NBC’s Hairspray Live! sets an open casting call to find its Tracy Turnblad
  • Melissa Joan Hart says that a Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot could happen and all the 90’s kids rejoice!
  • Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men will receive a live NBC broadcast
  • Kat Graham will be leaving The Vampire Diaries after Season 8
  • Sherlock Season 4 has begun filming
  • Kocktails with Khloe has been cancelled after only 14 episodes
  • Melissa McCarthy is officially returning to Gilmore Girls

Movie News
  • DC releases a timeline for the next ten films
  • Deadpool is now the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time
  • Take a look at the second trailer for The Lego Batman Movie
  • Harrison Ford will be auctioning off Han Solo’s jacket from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • The video of Daisy Ridley’s audition for Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows us that she was meant to play Rey
  • We catch a glimpse of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the first trailer
  • Oscar Isaac will reunite with his Ex Machina director for the film Annihilation
  • Fans want Batman v. Superman director Zack Snyder booted out of the DC Cinematic Universe
  • Disney is developing a live-action film about Snow White’s sister Rose Red
  • Ewan McGregor confirms that the Trainspotting sequel will begin filming next month
  • Check out the first trailer for Swiss Army Man starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe
  • Dylan O’Brien is healing very well after his accident on-set of The Death Cure, according to his co-star GIancarlo Esposito
  • Take a look at Disney’s BFG in the newest trailer for the movie based on the beloved Roald Dahl novel
  • Could Captain America: Civil War have a crossover with Luke Cage?
  • Break out the celebratory chimichangas! Ryan Reynolds has closed the deal for Deadpool 2
  • Check out the first set photos of Tom Cruise in the reboot of The Mummy

Music News
  • Take a look at the music video for Rooney’s newest song “My Heart Beats 4 U”
  • Check out the acoustic version of Kelly’s new favorite song “Am I Pretty” by The Maine
  • Backstreet’s back!  They’ll be starting a trial run for a Las Vegas residency soon!
  • A judge has dismissed Kesha’s hate-crime and human-rights complaints against her producer Dr. Luke
  • American Idol ends with a star studded finale 

Theatre News
  • Book of Mormon’s Rory O’Malley will take over for Jonathan Groff has King George in Hamilton
  • Tuck Everlasting, starring Newsies’ Andrew Keenan-Bolger, will offer tickets for $19.75 in honor of the novel’s publication year
  • Alfie Boe has taken the stage as the newest J.M. Barrie in Finding Neverland
  • Waitress the Musical sets a box office record in its first weekend
  • Take a look at Saoirse Ronan in The Crucible on Broadway
  • Christian Borle, Stephanie J. Block, and Andrew Rannells will star in the revival of Falsettos
  • Sara Bareilles made her Broadway debut during an impromptu performance at Waitress the Musical
  • Check out Glenn Close as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard on the West End 
  • Aaron Tveit, Tituss Burgess, Gavin Creel, and more delight us all in this year’s Miscast
  • Diane Lane will return to Broadway in The Cherry Orchard
  • Sara Bareilles, Darren Criss, Rebel Wilson, and Tituss Burgess headline The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl
  • BroadwayCon will expand to Javits Center for its 2017 return
  • Oscar Isaac set to headline Hamlet

Misc News
  • British comedy team Hamish and Andy pull off the best April Fool’s Prank: Jurassic Carpark
  • Wentworth Miller shuts down the body-shaming meme floating around the internet
  • Check out the beautiful cover art for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition
  • LEGO introduces Disney minifigures
  • The Plastics get the plastic Funko treatment with these new Mean Girls POP! Figures
  • Congratulations to Dancing with the Stars’ Allison Holker and her husband tWitch on the birth of their baby boy!
  • MAC will introduce a Star Trek cosmetics line
  • Tom Hiddleston gives Chicago its weather forecast and blames thunderstorms on Thor
  • Congratulations to Seth Meyers and his wife on the birth of their son, Ash!
  • Darkwing Duck will make his return to comic books!
  • Game of Thrones’ stars Rose Leslie and Kit Harrington go public with their romance with a red carpet debut
  • Congratulations to Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna on their engagement
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