Pia Toscano may have been let go on American Idol WAY too soon, but somebody saw her talent and signed her to a record deal. That somebody is none other than Interscope Records’ (and American Idol mentor), Jimmy Iovine. Bless Mr. Iovine and his great taste in music and talent.

Her new album will be out later this year with the first single being “This Time” coming out on July 12 which you will see her sing during the American Idol LIVE! tour.

The new single will have an acoustic sound to it courtesy of Ester Dean.

Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Let Me Down’ AUDIO

Are you happy about this news? Do you think she has a long career ahead of her like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood?

Photo: Adriana M. Barraza/ WENN

Ahead of the August 19, 2011 release of the remake of Fright Night, the studio has released some new international posters, focusing on the main characters.

I’ve been on the fence about this film from the beginning and frankly, I’m not sure how I feel about these posters.

Imogen Poots’ face looks like it’s been photo-shopped onto someone else’s body. I’m not saying that it was and I’m not disparaging Ms. Poots in any way. It just LOOKS like it was.

Colin Farrell looks like he was expecting to be in a different movie. David Tennant looks like he thinks he’s in a different movie. Oh well, I know a lot of Dr. Who fans are just excited to see him on the big screen, period.

The trailers have all looked impressive, so I’m not writing this off on the basis of some bad publicity. Where would we be if we all did that? In the theater in t e dark staring at blank screens, that’s where.

The rest of the cast includes Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco (yes, James’ brother) and Sandra Vergara (yes, Sophia’s sister).  Fright Night will attempt to take a chomp out of the box office starting 19 August in the US & Canada and 2 September in the UK.

Kelly Clarkson’s latest single ‘Let Me Down’ has made its way on to the internets. I’m not sure if it’s intentional or not which means it could get taken down. Or I could go to jail. I’m pretty hungry. I wonder if they are serving food about now?

But in the meantime have a listen. What do you think?

(via: BuzzFeed)

Tom Hardy has been taking brief breaks from the set of Christopher Nolan’s latest Batman project, The Dark Knight Rises, as he continues on the European publicity circuit for another film, Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior co-starring Joel Edgarton.

A short (very short) clip has surfaced of Tom talking about how Nolan likes to play everything close to the vest and only reveals as much, even to his actors, as he needs on any given day (that would drive me bonkers!).

“I know less about the project that I’m filming with that man because Chris Nolan doesn’t tell you anything, so I don’t know who I’m playing, or what I’m doing, until the morning that I’m working,” Hardy told Allocine partly joking. “Everything is subject to change with Chris Nolan, but on the whole, yeah, I know which information is true and false.”

The plot is pure speculation for anyone but the most inside of insiders (which is driving Batman geeks bonkers.) It is believed that Batman (Christian Bale) will be fighting the mysterious League of Shadows; the army of assassins led by Ra’s al Ghul (played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins), this time led by his daughter Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard) and her henchman, Bane (Hardy).

The rest of the cast includes Ann Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (marking a reunion of three of Nolan’s players fromInception), Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine, Brett Cullen, Tom Conti, Nestor Carbonell….PHEW!

Another summer of Batman begins on 20 July 2012 when The Dark Knight Rises will open in the US, Canada and the UK.

*****Sorry people but I had to take these photos down per 20th Century Fox*****

Two new pics have emerged from the super secret set of Sir Ridley Scott’s Alien inspired (we can’t say prequel and we know it’s not a sequel), Prometheus.

The set would seem to be inspired by the designs of Swiss artist H.R. Giger who designed the creatures and visual effects for 1979′s Alien (and inspired all of the sequels that followed.) In my opinion, even if the story is not directly linked to that first film, if Prometheus takes place in the same world then it makes sense that it should match Giger’s initial vision. It does not appear, from crew information on imdb and from Giger’s own websites, that Giger is in any way associated with Scott’s new film. The production design is being handled by Arthur Max, who has worked on every Ridley Scott film since 1997′s G.I. Jane.

While we don’t know exactly how the sets pictured fit into the grand scheme of the film (especially since the whole thing is shrouded in secrecy), the chair in the foreground of one of pics gives it scale. The word “epic” springs easily to mind.

A vague synopsis was released last month:

“The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery.”

Endless essays in film schools and on movie blogs everywhere will probably be written about that theme and how it relates to the film’s title, (Prometheus was the Greek god responsible for molding all of mankind out of clay.) and countless debates waged over Scott’s esoteric vision. It’s still a year away and I’m already excited to see the thing. The fan boys are going to hopping around like ferrets on crack if Scott keeps teasing us this way. No wonder he’s considered a genius.

The genius cast he’s assembled so far includes Michael Fassbender (who has said his blonde hair for the film makes him look like a “ten quid rentboy” – how much is that in dollars? I’m pretty sure I could come up with that. You think that’s by the hour or by the pop?), Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Ben Foster, Charlize Theron, Logan Marshall-Green, Rafe Spall & Sean Harris.

Prometheus is currently in production at Pinewood Studios outside of London and scheduled for a June 2012 release.

Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens is set to have its ‘World Premiere’ not in Hollywood, New York or even Santa Fe (where some of it was filmed), but at San Diego’s Comic-Con!  The film will premiere, complete with red carpet, on Saturday July 23 at the Civic Theater in downtown San Diego, ahead of it’s Friday July 29 release.

Red carpet arrivals are due to start at 7pm with the film’s stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde expected to attend. The screening will begin at 8pm and while it’s not open to the general public (as few premieres are), but 2000 fans attending Comic Con will have the chance to get in. Director Favreau said “I owe the fans at Comic-Con so much, and it is only right that they are the first people who will get to see ‘Cowboys & Aliens’. By bringing the world premiere of the movie to San Diego, it’s my small way of thanking them.”

Over in the UK, where Cowboys & Aliens will not open until August 12, Empire Magazine is throwing a big movie festival called “Empire Presents…Big Screen” where  C & A will have its European premiere in London on Thursday August 11. Favreau is expected to attend, but no other names have yet been confirmed. Craig will probably show up, maybe even bring the Mrs., since they live in the neighborhood and all.

Cowboys & Aliens, an old school Western meets War of the Worlds, is one of the summer’s most hotly anticipated movies, but really, is it just me or does it seem like there’s been an especially weak summer lineup so far? Maybe it’s because “summer” starts earlier and earlier every year. Thorwas the beginning of May and it seems so very long ago at this point. Just a theory. “What are your thoughts, Hobson?”