General Hospital Weekly Promo 2009: Week of November 9

Here is the promo for next week’s General Hospital. It deals with the aftermath of Claudia’s death. I wonder if James Franco’s new character is “watching”? James Franco debuts on General Hospital on November 20.

AFI Festival Hightlight: ‘Guy and Madeline On a Park Bench’

“Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench” is look at the Boston jazz music scene told through the eyes of a young, up and coming trumpeter, Guy, and  Madeline, the woman he is involved with.  As the story progresses, Guy and Madeline part ways as Guy quickly finds a substitute for his attention and concentrates on music. Madeline’s coming of age begins as she rents a room from a friendly older couple and works as a waitress in a restaurant. She and her co-workers break into song and dance, showing a great love of music and how Guy’s love of music influenced her life.

Through her journey, Madeline decides to move to New York just as Guy realizes that he needs Madeline in his life. They meet again on the eve of Madeline’s Big Apple move. The movie is a great reflection of love and the love of music.

The film stars real life acclaimed jazz trumpeter, Jason Palmer.  The music was composed by Justin Hurwitz and recorded by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra.  The film also stars Desiree Garcia, Sandha Khin,  trombonist Andre Hayward, and Kelly Kaleta.

Music is a another character in the film as the movies characters have impromptu jam sessions where they show their craft.  Jazz, dance, music and movie lovers will love this unique look at the movie musical. To view a trailer, click HERE.

Running time: 82 minutes; Written and Directed by Damien Chazelle; music by Justin Hurwitz;

All My Children Weekly Promo 2009 Week of November 2

Here is what’s coming up this week on All My Children:

One Life To Live November 2009 Promo

Here is the November Sweeps Promo for One Life To Live:

A Look Back: Soap Opera Recap Week of October 26 2009

Here’s a recap of what happened on your favorite soap operas last week:

All My Children– Zach, Ryan and Erica launched their plan to gaslight Adam. Kendall and Zach dreamed that they were back in each others arms. Scott almost revealed the truth to Zach. Natalia and Brot got to know each other better.Liza refused to help David.

As The World Turns– Brad died before he could meet his and Katie’s son. Jack dealt with his guilt over shooting Brad. Barbara and Margo cornered Audrey, who escaped. Maeve left town after Holden turned her down.

Bold & The Beautiful– Jackie pushed Owen into having a baby with Steffy. Katie choose the executive team at Forrester. Justin flashed back to his high school years with Donna. Pam appeared on a talk show hosted by Donna with hilarious results. Brooke made Bill an offer.

Days Of Our Lives– Hope moved into the Kiriakis mansion. Bo agreed to help Carly. Vivian vowed revenge for Lawrence’s death. Ordered by Stefano, Mia told Chad several men could have fathered her baby.Rafe told Arianna that Sydney was Sami’s child.

General Hospital– Claudia took Carly hostage who then went into labor. Lulu did not remember learning that Dominic is a cop. Luke caught Nikolas and Elizabeth kissing. Sonny was devastated to learn that his dark side frightens Kristina.

One Life To Live– Bo and Nora kissed and he told her he loves her. Schuyler kissed Gigi, Dorian’s big gay wedding began. David and Destiny headed to London. Ross found out Danielle was in London and headed there as well. Rex and Natalie looked for Jared. Oliver told the crowd of protesters at the wedding that he was gay.

Young And The Restless– J.T. attacked Deacon. Nikki thought of a future with Victor. Ashley and Mac fumed over Billy’s exposed on Victor. Adam told Sharon about his encounters with Rafe.

 

 

 

 

 

AFI Film Festival Highlight: “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet”

Famed documentarian, Fredrick Weisman returned to Paris to shoot the documentary feature, “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet”. “La Danse” is one of the documentaries highlighting the 2009 AFI Film Festival.

In the film, Weisman allows us to voyeur into the world of the ballet behind the scenes. We see rehearsals in the studios and on stage, the costume making department, and the administrative offices of the artistic director. He allows the audience us to sit in on meetings with the artistic director as she meets with budgeting committee, her choreographers and her teachers. We get an even more personal view as the artistic director has a heart-to-heart or one-on-one with one of her dancers, who at over 25,  is fearful of not being able to perform the demanded jumps and plies that a performance often requires. The director assures the dancer that she would not have to participate in every dance and that reassurance seems to be just what is needed.  The realities of putting on a costly production are looked at as well, as life as a dancer is shown as well. There is a company meeting where retirement packages for a dancer in the Paris Opera Ballet is discussed and reminded that a dancer’s life ends at 40.

Lovers of all dance genres will love this look at dancing. Shot in France with English subtitles, there are beautiful aerial looks at Paris. Final performances at the end, bring the film full circle.

Running Time: 2hr 38 min Production Company: Zipporah Films, Inc./Ideale Audience
Producer: Frederick Wiseman, Pierre-Olivier Bardet
Cinematographer: John Davey
Editor: Frederick Wiseman
Sound: Frederick Wiseman

In theaters, Wednesday, November 4th

Check out the trailer for the film below:

The Music of ‘Twilight Saga: New Moon’ discussed at Film and TV Music Conference

The Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film and TV Music Conference was held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Panels were  devoted to the music of the Twilight Series. The upcoming feature “Twilight Saga: New Moon” and it’s soundtrack was discussed. The soundtrack is currently #1 on the Billboard Chart.

In attendance at the first panel were the film’s Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas and Livia Tortella from Atlantic Records. They shared their premise behind choosing the music for the film. Every song was specifically written for the movie. The two note that this movie feels more male oriented than the last one which seemed to make it easier for the music team to make song and band selections this time around. Bands from around the world, pitched material to the film’s director, Chris Weitz,  and Summit Entertainment, before the final song selection was chosen.  The result is a collection of songs that Patsavas feels could all easily go together. “You could easily attend a Lollapalooza-like music concert and see all of these artists on the same bill”, Patsavas said.

What also sets this soundtrack apart from others is that every song in the movie is on the soundtrack, which is rare. Many radio stations are already treating the soundtrack as a concept album and are playing it from straight through from beginning to end. The soundtrack features the music of Death Cab For Cutie, Thom Yorke, Anya Marina and more. After having a song on the first soundtrack,  one sought after artist’ s work will not be included this time around, the film’s star, Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward.  Patasavas notes that he didn’t want a second track. He’s a private artist and music is his hobby so he declined a chance to put a song on “New Moon”. Summit definitely wants to feature his music on future soundtracks should he change his mind.  They will ask him again when selecting music for the next film,  “Eclipse” and  hopes that he reconsiders.

The clever marketing  and cross-promotion campaign that was instrumental in the success of the first Twilight

Death Cab For Cutie's "Meet Me On The Equinox" appears on The Twight Saga: New Moon Sountrack (Photo: tickettalk.com)

film, will repeat again. Some of the bands whose music is featured on the soundtrack and cast members from the film will be heading out on tour at Hot Topic locations and various sites across the country. Headlining the tour’s opening date will be  Death Cab for Cutie, who has the first single off of “New Moon”, “Meet Me On The Equinox.”

Tour Schedule:

The New Moon tour will kick off  in Los Angeles at the Hollywood & Highland mall, with  performances by Death Cab For Cutie, Band of Skulls, Sea Wolf and Anya Marina, as well as a Q&A session with some of the cast members.

Official dates and locations of the Twilight Saga: New Moon Talent Tour are as follows:

11/06 Hollywood – Hollywood & Highland Hot Topic (feat. Death Cab For Cutie, Band of Skulls, Sea Wolf, Anya Marina)
11/10 Chicago – Fox Valley Mall (Anya Marina)
11/10 Philadelphia – Cherry Hill Mall (Hurricane Bells)
11/11 Minneapolis – Mall of America (Anya Marina)
11/12 Boston – Natick Collection (Hurricane Bells)
11/12 Seattle – Westfield Southcenter (Anya Marina)
11/14 Salt Lake City – Fashion Place (Anya Marina)

“Twilight: New Moon” opens Friday, November 20. The original movie “Twilight” will be re-released in theaters for one  day only on the 19th, as way for film goers to see both films on the big screen again and to create even more excitement for the new film.

Daytime Drama Week of October 19- October 23 2009

Source:(SON)

Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings

Total Viewers
1. Y&R 5,054,000 (-253,000/+65,000)
2. B&B 3,241,000 (-250,000/-279,000)
3. DAYS 3,002,000 (-37,000/+346,000)
4. AMC 2,670,000 (+68,000/-73,000)
5. GH 2,565,000 (-15,000/-62,000)
6. OLTL 2,492,000 (-75,000/-147,000)
7. ATWT 2,447,000 (-103,000/-296,000)

HH
1. Y&R 3.7/13 (-.1/same)
2. B&B 2.4/8 (-.1/-.3)
3. DAYS 2.2/7 (same/+.2)
4. AMC 2.0/7 (same/-.1)
5. GH 1.9/6 (same/-.2)
5. OLTL 1.9/6 (same/-.1)
7. ATWT 1.8/6 (same/-.3)

Women 18-49 Viewers
1. Y&R 1,140,000 (-80,000/+89,000)
2. DAYS 867,000 (-44,000/-66,000)
3. GH 843,000 (-47,000/-19,000)
4, AMC 735,000 (+14,000/-131,000)
5. OLTL 710,000 (-64,000/-108,000)
6. B&B 707,000 (-41,000/-67,000)
7. ATWT 592,000 (+22,000/-120,000)

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.7/11 (-.1/+.1)
2. DAYS 1.3/8 (-.1/-.1)
2. GH 1.3/8 (same/same)
4. B&B 1.1/7 (same/-.1)
4. AMC 1.1/7 (same/-.2)
4. OLTL 1.1/7 (-.1/-.1)
7. ATWT 0.9/6 (same/-.2)

Girls 12-17 Viewers
1. OLTL 44,000 (-6,000/+19,000)
2. GH 43,000 (+3,000/+31,000)
3. Y&R 38,000 (same/-4,000)
4. DAYS 27,000 (-6,000/-23,000)
5. AMC 25,000 (+5,000/-4,000)
6. B&B 18,000 (+1,000/-8,000)
7. ATWT 17,000 (-4,000/-19,000)

Women 18-34 Rating
1. Y&R 1.2/8 (same/+.3)
2. DAYS 1.0/6 (+.1/-.2)
3. AMC 0.9/6 (same/same)
3. GH 0.9/6 (same/same)
5. OLTL 0.8/5 (-.1/-.1)
6. B&B 0.7/5 (same/+.1)
7. ATWT 0.6/4 (+.1/+.1)

Men 18+ Viewers
1. Y&R 1,211,000 (-69,000/-46,000)
2. B&B 701,000 (-103,000/-36,000)
3. DAYS 605,000 (-27,000/+72,000)
4. AMC 545,000 (+52,000/+34,000)
5. ATWT 524,000 (-23,000/-20,000)
6. GH 482,000 (+4,000/+47,000)
7. OLTL 467,000 (+11,000/+6,000)

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Day-To-Day Ratings – HH/Total Viewers

AMC
Monday: 2.0/2,751,000
Tuesday: 2.0/2,690,000
Wednesday: 2.0/2,598,000
Thursday: 2.0/2,613,000
Friday: 2.0/2,699,000

ATWT
Monday: 1.7/2,298,000
Tuesday: 1.8/2,459,000
Wednesday: 1.7/2,287,000
Thursday: 1.8/2,474,000
Friday: 1.9/2,717,000

B&B
Monday: 2.4/3,283,000
Tuesday: 2.5/3,280,000
Wednesday: 2.2/2,962,000
Thursday: 2.5/3,378,000
Friday: 2.3/3,301,000

DAYS
Monday: 2,4/3,257,000
Tuesday: 2.3/3,076,000
Wednesday: 2.1/2,897,000
Thursday: 2.0/2,706,000
Friday: 2.3/3,073,000

GH
Monday: 1.9/2,727,000
Tuesday: 2.0/2,628,000
Wednesday: 1.9/2,539,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,518,000
Friday: 1.9/2,413,000

OLTL
Monday: 2.0/2,823,000
Tuesday: 1.9/2,461,000
Wednesday: 1.9/2,385,000
Thursday: 1.8/2,340,000
Friday: 1.9/2,449,000

Y&R
Monday: 3.8/5,059,000
Tuesday: 3.7/4,922,000
Wednesday: 3.7/4,961,000
Thursday: 3.7/5,169,000
Friday: 3.6/5,169,000

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For the SEASON September 21, 2009 through October 25, 2009

HH
1. Y&R 3.8
2. B&B 2.4
3. DAYS 2.3
4. GH 2.1
5. AMC 2.0
6. OLTL 1.9
7. ATWT 1.8

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.8
2. DAYS 1.4
2. GH 1.4
4. OLTL 1.2
5. AMC 1.1
5. B&B 1.1
7. ATWT 0.9

Source: Soap Opera Network

Y&R = The Young & The Restless, B&B = The Bold and the Beautiful, GH = General Hospital, DAYS = Days of Our Lives, ATWT = As The World Turns, OLTL = One Life to Live, AMC = All My Children.

The GLEE Cast Sings National Anthem at the World Series Game

The talented cast of Glee performs the USA National Anthem live at the World Series 2009 Game 3 in the Citizens Bank Park on October 31, 2009.

Amber Riley (Mercedes) singing  lead is accompanied by the  rest of the cast who make up the high school Glee Club students. Joining Riley (front and center in the clip) are (L-R): Jenna Ushowitz (Tina), Chris Colfer (Kurt), Lea Michelle (Rachel), Amber Riley (Mercedes), Cory Monteith, (Finn), Mark Salling (Puck), Dianna Agron (Quinn), Kevin McHale (Arty).

Glee airs Wednesday nights on Fox. View full episodes of the show at Fox.com/Glee

All My Children Weekly Promo Week of October 26

Here is the promo for this week’s All My Children. Emma blackmails Annie. Adam remembers and visits Stuart’s grave.