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Music Monday

5/30/2016

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The Artist: Stevie Wonder

The Song: "Uptight (Everything's Alright)"

Where you heard it first: This song is a dang classic and one of the best from Stevie, in my own personal opinion.  None of us really remember the FIRST time we actually heard this song, but every time you hear it, you can't help but just be happy about life.  Let me tell you something: after the week Christina and I have been having, we really need Stevie Wonder to tell us that Everything's Alright.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: I've been on a huge Stevie Wonder kick lately and this song is one that I find myself listening to more often than others.  

Why you recommend it to our listeners: Stevie Wonder is a legend. If you haven't heard his music before, welcome out of your coma.  If you have, please enjoy another great track from this amazing man.
-- Kelly Lee
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Fandom Friday 5/27/16

5/27/2016

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It’s finally here!  Take a look at the teaser trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast 

TV News
  • The Flash’s Tom Cavanaugh argues that Grant Gustin should be The Flash in the movies, too 
  • Louis CK dominates Jeopardy for charity
  • Andy Samberg returns to Saturday Night Live for an awesome NSFW Digital Short 
  • Could a massive Save the Show campaign actually save Agent Carter from cancellation? 
  • Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton get the cold open treatment on Saturday Night Live 
  • The Chewbacca Mom is living the life as she give James Corden a ride to work and gets a special surprise from Chewbacca himself, Peter Mayhew 
  • Get nostalgic with the new Girl Meets World Season 3 opening credits 
  • Congratulations to Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd, the winners of Dancing with the Stars Season 22 
  • Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke sings “MMMbop” in Dothraki with Seth Meyers 
  • A third season of True Detective seems unlikely
  • The cast of recently-cancelled Galavant thank their fans for the #MoreGalavant campaign 
  • CBS cancels Limitless 

Movie News
  • Thor: Ragnarok casts Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, and more! 
  • Zac Efron and Seth Rogen flesh out some ideas for the next Neighbors movie 
  • Take a look at the trailer for Star Trek Beyond 
  • Idina Menzel wants to give Frozen’s Elsa a girlfriend 
  • Check out the second trailer for Pixar’s Finding Dory 
  • Netflix will soon be the only place to stream movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and LucasFilm 
  • The live-action Full Metal Alchemist movie gets an all-Japanese cast 
  • Joss Whedon expresses interest in directing an all-female Marvel film 
  • A Twitter campaign asks Marvel to #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend 
  • Beauty and the Beast star Josh Gad shares a video of the new trailer along with the original trailer from Disney’s 1991 animated classic 
  • Disney is now considering a live-action remake of the classic film, The Little Mermaid 
  • John Carpenter will executive produce a new Halloween movie 
  • Tom Hardy has been cast alongside One Direction’s Harry Styles in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk 
  • Nicolas Cage updates us on National Treasure 3
  • Could Tom Hiddleston be the next James Bond?
  • Megan Fox hopes to play Kitana in the next Mortal Kombat movie 
  • The Little Prince is coming to Netflix August 5th 
  • Harry Styles shows off his new haircut and uniform on-set of Dunkirk 
 
Music News
  • Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza died onstage 
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis is in stable condition after a painful situation
  • Calvin Harris cancels his LA gig after a car accident 
  • Take a listen to the newly-released Finding Dory theme song 

Theatre News
  • Shoshana Bean is Fanny Brice in Funny Girl 
  • Jake Gyllenhaal will lead City Center’s Sunday in the Park with George 
  • Rebel Wilson will make her West End debut in Guys and Dolls 
  • Tuck Everlasting will soon be taking its final bow 
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda has received a portrait at New York City’s famous Sardi’s 
  • Dear Evan Hansen announces its transfer to the Broadway stage 
  • Broadway’s She Loves Me announces a release date for their cast album 
  • Tony Award winner Lena Hall to take on the title role in the Hedwig and the Angry Inch tour 
  • The Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording earns platinum record status 
  • The Broadway revival of Cats finds its Grizabella in Leona Lewis  
  • Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera welcomes its first Asian-American Christine Daae 

Misc News
  • Congratulations to Eva Longoria on her marriage to Jose Antonio Baston! 
  • Congratulations to Dancing with the Stars couple Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy on the announcement of their first child together! 
  • Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have made their romance Instagram official 
  • Watch Pink get pink when her crush Johnny Depp surprises her on Jimmy Kimmel Live 
  • Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. prove that they are real-life superheroes when they made this cancer patient’s dream come true 
  • Kris Jenner announces her plan to change her name back to Kardashian 
  • Watch Jimmy Fallon take Blake Shelton to sushi for the first time 
  • Over 400 authors have signed a petition against presidential hopeful Donald Trump 
  • Marvel Comics has just made Steve Rogers AKA Captain America one of the biggest villains 
  • The Disney Cruise Line will be returning to California, New York, and Texas in Fall of 2017 
  • Watch the cast of Ghostbusters play a game of Heads Up with Ellen DeGeneres 
  • James Corden and Anne Hathaway throw down with this insane rap battle 
  • Amber Heard files for divorce from Johnny Depp after one year of marriage 
  • Saturday Night Live’s Kate McKinnon impersonates Hillary Clinton and Ellen DeGeneres to their faces and it’s awesome
  • Khloe Kardashian files for divorce from Lamar Odom…again 
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May 26th, 2016

5/26/2016

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Episode 037 - “A Little Nerd Makeover”
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Episode Length: 54:26

Episode Summary:
Welcome to a new and improved ALNM!  In our thirty-seventh episode, we've not only overhauled our website, but we've done a complete overhaul of our episode format.  Our new, shorter episodes will come at you more regularly and we look forward to hearing what you think!  In this episode, we're all about the new movie Captain America: Civil War.  We talk about all the things we loved and some of the things we didn't love.  We discuss our thoughts on the new characters Blank Panther and Spiderman and also talk about some of the characters that really shined in the this installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  We talk about cast diversity and what we hope to see in the future before getting into our Ship Moments.  While Christina's is, of course, Stucky, Kelly throws way back and crowns One Tree Hill's Nathan and Haley Scott her Ship Moment for this episode as she makes her way through the series again from the beginning.  Christina also names Joe and Anthony Russo our Episode MVPs after yet another stellar installment of the Captain America franchise.  As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Tune in again soon for another new episode in our new format!

​This week’s featured music:

"Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin Timberlake
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Music Monday

5/23/2016

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The Artist: Demi Lovato

The Song: "Stone Cold"

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Where you heard it first: I first heard this song when she performed it on an episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden from someone's living room.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: Her voice is amazing and I love to sing along with this (badly) on my commute.  It definitely doesn't make me think of a certain frozen assassin watching an unnecessary kiss in the middle of a recent movie.  Nope.  Not at all.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: Seriously, the song is great and I tend to love most of Demi Lovato's work.  Be sure to give this one a listen.
-C
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast

5/23/2016

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Disney invites you to "Be Our Guest" next March when Emma Watson takes on the iconic Disney princess Belle along with an all-star cast including Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Stanley Tucci as Cadenza, Audra McDonald as Garderobe, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Josh Gad as LeFou, Luke Evans as Gaston, and Dan Stevens as The Beast. 

Take a look at the first teaser trailer that premiered this morning on Good Morning, America and try not to squeal with joy like I did.
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Fandom Friday 5/20/16

5/20/2016

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TV News
  • How are your favorite shows doing?  Take a look at all the renewed and cancelled shows so far
  • Sherlock Season 4 casts Toby Jones as the villain 
  • The BBC is working on Britflix, a new streaming service 
  • The X-Files will not be returning next season, but could still come back the following year 
  • Take a look at the trailer for the Prison Break reboot
  • Laverne Cox is Frank-N-Furter in the first trailer for FOX’s Rocky Horror Picture Show 
  • Scandal Season 6 has been pushed to midseason due to Kerry Washington’s second pregnancy 
  • CBS confirms that it is moving forward with a spinoff of The Good Wife 
  • Petitions to save Marvel’s Agent Carter amass 88,000+ signatures 
  • The Discovery Channel has announced its lineup for Shark Week 
  • Sara Ramirez leaves Grey’s Anatomy after 10 years on the show 
  • The Netflix Gilmore Girls revival gets a title and a poster
  • The CW shuffles up their lineup for next fall 

Movie News
  • Warner Brothers is planning an all-female superhero movie starring Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn 
  • Iron Man 3’s villain was genderswapped due to concerns with toy sales 
  • Vin Diesel welcomes Nathalie Emmanuel to Fast & Furious 8 by lip-syncing Sade 
  • Could Star Wars breakout star John Boyega be joining Marvel’s Black Panther? 

Music News
  • Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and The Lonely Island take on “I’m On A Boat” with classroom instruments 
  • Check out James Corden’s latest Carpool Karaoke with Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas 
  • Take a look at the official music video for the wildly popular Justin Timberlake comeback song “Can’t Stop The Feeling” 
  • Due to controversy with Dr. Luke court case, Kesha will not be performing at this weekend’s Billboard Music Awards 
  • Rage Against the Machine has just launched a mysterious countdown website 
  • Michael Buble has cancelled two upcoming performances due to vocal surgery 
  • Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr. will release his own solo jazz album  
  • RIP John Berry: one of the founding members of The Beastie Boys has passed away at age 52 

Theatre News
  • Jane the Virgin’s Jaime Camil is joining Chicago on Broadway 
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda totally killed it with his commencement speech at University of Pennsylvania 
  • Arielle Jacobs (whose famous brother Adam currently plays Aladdin on Broadway) will take over the role of Princess Jasmine in Australia’s Aladdin musical 
  • Frasier’s David Hyde Pierce will co-star with Bette Midler in Broadway’s revival of Hello Dolly! 
  • Younger star Sutton Foster joins the revival of Sweet Charity 
  • Broadway sensation Wicked names its next Elphaba 

Misc News
  • Disnerds!  Sink your teeth into this POV video of the new TRON Lightcycle Power Run roller coaster at Disneyland Shanghai 
  • Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin come together to celebrate their daughter Apple’s 12th birthday at Disneyland 
  • Maybelline has just signed their first Asian Global Ambassador 
  • With the new attraction opening July 4th, here’s a first look at Universal Studios’ Walking Dead attraction 
  • Mexico’s president is proposing legalizing same-sex marriage 
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Throwback Thursday

5/19/2016

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Let’s go back to: That Thing You Do!
In 1996, a movie written, directed, and co-starring the legendary Tom Hanks was released.  Set in the summer of 1964, it told the story of the rise and fall of a band from Erie, Pennsylvania that rode the wave of their one-hit-wonder "That Thing You Do!"  The story follows drummer Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) as he is asked by his friend Jimmy Mattingly (Jonathon Schaech) and Lenny Haise (Steve Zahn) to join their band The Oneders (which they say is pronounced like "wonders").  After winning a local talent show, they soon find themselves on a wave to stardom and bring along Jimmy's girlfriend Faye (Liv Tyler) when they are asked by Mr. White (Tom Hanks) to join popular record label Play-Tone on a Midwestern tour.  The movie also stars Giovanni Ribisi, Ethan Embry, Rita Wilson, Charlize Theron, and Colin Hanks.


Why it means something to you or to our podcast: I remember watching this movie with Christina in her dorm room in college and trying to school her in the importance and greatness of this movie.  This has always been one of my favorite movies and the fact that it revolves around great music of the 1960's makes it that much better.  In a strange coincidence, when my sister met her now-husband, she told me he was from Erie, Pennsylvania and I immediately said "That's where That Thing You Do! takes place!"

​Where can you find it now? Though it is not available on any streaming service, you can rent this amazing movie on Amazon or Netflix and I highly recommend you do!
-- Kelly Lee
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Music Monday

5/16/2016

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The Artist: American Authors

The Song: "What We Live For"

Where you heard it first: As some of you may know, my new favorite music obsession is American Authors.  After their breakout hit "Best Day of My Life", I downloaded their first album and was not disappointed.  Almost two years later, the boys of Authors are back with another album.  They premiered their first single "Pride" on Ellen and the album What We Live For was set to be released May 13th.  For some reason, the album has now been pushed back to July, but in order to not disappoint their fans, the band released three more songs off the 12-track album including this title track.  When it showed up on my iTunes, I couldn't have been more excited to dive into some new music from this awesome band.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: New music from a favorite band always becomes an earworm to you, doesn't it?  This song is no different for me.  I haven't been able to stop listening to it since it was released.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: If you were a fan of their first hit, you won't be disappointed by the sound that American Authors has produced for their second album.  They are still living up to their catchy songs and fun lyrics..  If you don't believe me, just try not singing along when you watch the video below.
-- Kelly Lee
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Fandom Friday

5/13/2016

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TV News
  • ABC cancels a shocking number of series, including Castle, Marvel's Agent Carter, The Muppets, The Family, Galavant, and Nashville.
  • Alan Menken tweets about a stage version of Galavant
  • Marvel's Most Wanted​ not moving forward
  • CBS cancels CSI: Cyber​, the last remaining show of the CSI franchise
  • Supergirl moves from CBS to The CW
  • FOX cancels all their freshman comedies, but renews Sleepy Hollow
  • NBC cancels Telenovela, Undateable, ​Crowded
  • **SPOILER** exits as a series regular on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, but signs on as series regular for the Berlanti universe
  • Ross Butler joins the cast of Teen Wolf

Movie News
  • Michael B. Jordan and Lupita N'yongo to join the cast of Marvel's Black Panther
  • The first reviews for X-Men Apocalypse are in, and they're not great
  • Deadpool takes part in his own Honest Trailer
  • Not a surprise, but Captain America: Civil War dominates the box office

Music News​
  • Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick duet on "True Colors" at Cannes
  • Meghan Trainor takes down photoshopped music video
  • Apple promises they are not getting rid of downloads
  • Is there new music coming from the Spice Girls?

Theater News
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber furious about Nicole Scherzinger pulling out of Cats revival
  • Audra McDonald announces her maternity leave from Shuffle Along
  • James Corden prepares to host the Tony Awards

Misc News
  • People freak out after realizing Sebastian Stan looks exactly like a young Luke Skywalker
  • J.K. Rowling provides a handwritten "Expecto Patronum" to a fan in need
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Music Monday

5/9/2016

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The Artist: Justin Timberlake

The Song: "Can't Stop The Feeling"

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Where you heard it first: I first heard it heading home from the theater after Captain America: Civil War.  Needless to say, turning on the radio to a brand new track from Justin Timberlake track caused a minor freakout.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: It's catchy, happy, and has an easy hook.  You won't want to stop dancing and singing along.  All classic Timberlake traits.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: Did we mention it's a new Justin Timberlake song?
-C
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