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After returning last month with their new single “Wanna Start a Band?,” Brooklyn noise pop duo Sleigh Bells have announced their new album, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy, out April 4th via Mom+Pop. Listen to the opening track “Bunky Pop” below.

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Marking their first record since 2021’s Texis, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy is named after singer Alexis Krauss’ late dog, Riz. “When she passed away, Alexis and I had been talking about writing an anthem for her,” producer and guitarist Derek Miller said in a statement. “And then Alexis’ son Wilder was born, and he’s the birthday boy.”

Miller continued, “Even though the title sounds a little ridiculous — and it’s totally okay to laugh at it — with a little bit of context, it’s actually life and death. We lost somebody that we love, and we gained somebody that we love.”

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It’s 2025, and the second season of Netflix’s hit show Wednesday is on its way! Filming wrapped up in Ireland recently, and the show is set to return later this year. While we already know quite a bit about the upcoming season, there are some new cast members to look out for, as has been revealed officially.

Over the holiday break, more details about supporting and minor characters were revealed. The cast lineup is expanding, with several new actors joining Jenna Ortega and the rest of the crew.

Netflix is already ramping up its marketing for the season, though we don’t have an official release date yet. A teaser was even featured during the NFL Games on Christmas Day.

We now know that Liv Spencer from Kaos and Knightfall will play a character named Varicose. Neri Zaccardelli steps in as Stassa, while Andrew Macklin, known from Doctor Who,...

Stars: Derek Miller, Jase Rivers, Danielle Scott, Lila Lasso, May Kelly | Written by Derek Miller | Directed by Tyler-James

Monsternado is, as far as I can tell, a first, this obvious rip-off of the Sharknado franchise marks the first time somebody has turned the tables and mockbustered The Asylum. And it probably won’t be a surprise that Scott Jeffrey is involved with it.

Matt is wandering around his house muttering about things that shouldn’t be happening for years or decades when he catches a report about waterspouts heading for the East Coast of the US. This really concerns him because it has some connection the the Northern Lights being seen over the Bermuda Triangle, which proves what he’s been saying for the past twenty years.

Oblivious to all of this, human trafficker Clive Delaney is hanging out in a luxury hotel on the coast. He’s also unaware that FBI Agent Pamela,...

Tyler-James has been involved with several projects that have caught our attention in recent months. The filmmaker has produced the films that turn the popular nursery rhymes Mary Had a Little Lamb and Three Blind Mice into horror stories, and directed The Loch Ness Horror. Now a trailer for a new Tyler-James project has arrived online. This one is a creature feature called Monsternado, and you can check out the trailer in the embed above!

Uncork’d Entertainment will be giving Monsternado a digital and DVD release on November 14th.

Tyler-James directed the film from a screenplay by Derek Miller, who previously wrote episodes of Dads in Parks and It’s Pony. This one has the following synopsis: A tornado, infested with prehistoric monsters, has formed in the Bermuda Triangle, and is making its way towards land. Megalodon, Pterodactyls, Giant Octopuses, Crocodiles, and more attack – now the city must fight to survive against these deadly creatures.

Sleigh Bells have returned with a new song, “Locust Laced,” set to appear on their upcoming album, Texis, out September 10th via Mom + Pop.

“Locust Laced” is classic Sleigh Bells with cranked-to-11 guitar riffs and blown-out electronic percussion raging beneath Alexis Krauss’ sugar-rush vocals as she belts, “I feel like dynamite/I feel like dying tonight!”

The track also arrives with a music video, which Sleigh Bells guitarist Derek Miller co-directed with Nina Ljeti. It finds the band performing on an old-timey country program, but the performance goes steadily haywire...

Stars: Bruce Willis, Jesse Metcalfe, Eva Marie, Lala Kent, Sergio Rizzuto, Texas Battle, Swen Temmel, Jon Galanis, Tyler Jon Olson | Written by Joe Russo, Chris Lamont | Directed by Matt Eskandari

We all know that Bruce Willis spends most of his acting days appearing in cash-grab cameos in an interminable number of direct to market films; films that pop up on supermarket shelves with Willis’ face front and centre as if he’s the star. Hard Kill is yet another example of this stage in Willis’ oeuvre.

Hard Kill is also yet another Emmett/Furla production, a company who seem to be following the Pm Entertainment model of churning out action movie after action movie, with actors who are either long-term mid-carders or, like Willis, are in the twilight of their career. I’m not complaining. There was, for quite some time, a distinct lack of mid-budget original action movie fare made in the US.

Hard Kill sounds like a fake movie that people in a movie would go and see. The upcoming action thriller stars Bruce Willis as a billionaire tech CEO who’s hired a team of mercs to guard a new, lethal gadget. Things go pear-shaped, though, when Willis’ character’s daughter is kidnapped by terrorists and his security chief Derek Miller (Desperate Housewives’ Jesse Metcalfe) must chase down the baddies, rescue the girl and save the world. The movie is heading to select drive-in theaters and VOD on August 28th and now, a new clip has been released showing masked men firing guns at each other in a warehouse.

I know it’s unfair to judge a film before I’ve seen it, but this is just about the most generic gunfight I’ve ever witnessed. You have a bunch of anonymous masked men firing wildly at one another yet hitting nobody,...

In select drive-ins and virtual cinemas on August 21 and available on demand and digital on August 25, Hard Kill is coming for you and we've got an exclusive clip below to prove it. In the movie, a team of mercenaries find themselves racing against the clock to protect the fate of the human race before it's too late.

When billionaire tech CEO Donovan Chalmers (Bruce Willis) hires a team of mercenaries to protect a lethal piece of technology, security expert and team leader Derek Miller (Jesse Metcalfe) finds himself in a deadly showdown with an old enemy. The mission becomes even higher risk when Chalmers' daughter is kidnapped by a terrorist group who will stop at nothing to obtain the tech. Miller and his team must race against the clock to save her and protect the fate of the human race before it's too late.

Director Matt Eskandari recently talked about the movie.

Mercenaries are so hot right now! On the heels of Netflix hits Extraction and The Old Guard, we've got an exclusive trailer debut for Vertical Entertainment's new action-thriller Hard Kill. Bruce Willis stars as tech billionaire Donovan Chalmers, who hires a team of mercenaries led by Jesse Metcalfe's Derek Miller to protect one of his most dangerous pieces of technology. But things go off the rails when a terrorist group kidnaps Chalmers daughters to try and get their hands on the tech, while Miller winds up face-to-face with an old enemy. Co-written by …...

The first time you hear Treats is a shock to the system. From that initial pow-pow airhorn on “Tell ‘Em,” the 2010 debut from indie duo Sleigh Bells is a cause for concern — so abrasive in its mix of heavy-metal guitars, trap hi-hats, punk sneer, and pop enthusiasm that, even at a reasonable volume, it sounds like it’s holding a knife to your speakers. Writer-producer-instrumentalist Derek Miller brings the explosive riffs and chant-like lyrics; vocalist Alexis Krauss brings the cadence and attitude of a SoulCycle coach cheerfully marching you toward hell.

In Derek Miller’s apartment in Williamsburg, there is a poster on the refrigerator door of Larry Bird, the Boston Celtics legend. Bird’s mouth is agape, his right arm fully extended, his body nearly horizontal as he lunges for a basketball that is just beyond the reach of his fingertips. Across the top of the poster is a quotation from Bird: “It makes me sick when I see a guy just watching it go out of bounds.”On a bright fall afternoon, Miller, the guitarist and producer of the indie-pop duo Sleigh Bells, is lounging on his sofa with his bandmate, singer Alexis Krauss. The Bird poster isn’t the only thing that gives the apartment a man-cave feel. Miller is pecking at his MacBook, whose desktop wallpaper is a photo of Michael Jordan. There is a pair of boxing gloves in a corner against a wall. The U.

Sleigh Bells will release its third full-length, Bitter Rivals, on Oct. 8. The 10-track LP is the group’s third on Mom + Pop and was produced by guitarist Derek Miller and mixed by Andrew Dawson (Yeezus, Watch The Throne). The group also dropped the video for the album’s titular single, which you can watch below. Sleigh Bells is touring this fall with Doldrums and Danny Brown. Dates (and Bitter Rivals album art) are below the video. Sleigh Bells tour 2013 Oct. 4—Mr. Smalls—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Oct. 10—Commodore—Vancouver, British Columbia * Oct. 11—Roseland—Portland, Oregon * Oct. 12 ...

A weak few first episodes for a TV show can often be enough to kill it even if it manages to substantially improve three to four episodes in, and that's exactly what happened to Wedding Band. Admittedly based on something of a gimmick of a premise with each episode seeing the titular group (Brian Austin Green, Peter Cambor, Derek Miller, Harold Perrineau) play a random event covering hit songs in creative and eclectic fashion, Wedding Band evolved into something with genuine comedy potential fairly quickly. As supporting cast Melora Hardin (from Us's The Office) and Jenny Wade gradually began to play bigger parts in the episodes, the exchanges between the six protagonists began to really take off. It's sad, but Wedding Band was a punchy comedy with a great cast that lost its viewers before it could prove it deserved another season.

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DC Collectibles is selling this badass statue, which is based on the climactic fight between Batman and Superman from Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. The statue was sculpted by Derek Miller, and it's 11 inches tall. It also features Batman's sidekick Robin hiding in the wreckage beneath the fight. I've always loved that Batman armor design!

The Batman vs. Superman Statue can be purchased for $243.59 on Amazon.

Four friends try to forget their worries by performing in a Wedding Band. Will this show have the same effect on viewers and keep them tuning in week after week or will it be cancelled instead? We'll have to wait and see.

The first season of Wedding Band typically airs Saturday nights on TBS and there are 10 installments. The cast includes Brian Austin Green, Derek Miller, Harold Perrineau, Jenny Wad, Kathryn Fiore, Melora Hardin, and Peter Cambor.

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Update: TBS has cancelled the show after one season.

Final season averages: 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.21 million total viewers.

Episode 01-10: Saturday, 01/19/13 (finale)

0.5 demo rating (+25% change) with 1.12 million (+10% change).

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Network: TBS

Episodes: 10 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: November 10, 2012 -- January 19, 2013

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Brian Austin Green, Derek Miller, Harold Perrineau, Jenny Wade, Kathryn Fiore, Melora Hardin, and Peter Cambor.

TV show description:

This TV series follows the lives of four friends who spend their spare time performing in a wedding band called "Mother of the Bride."

A perennial bachelor and the band's lead singer, Tommy (Brian Austin Green) is sexy and stylish. He's the life of the party on stage and in the bedroom. A bad boy with a good heart, Tommy's philosophy and band credo is "Make it the big night, not just for the bride and groom, but for everybody." He sometimes goes a little too far so it helps to have a great band to back him...

TBS has cancelled Wedding Band after one season. The sitcom ran for 10 episodes on Saturday nights and completed its run this past Saturday at 10pm.

Wedding Band revolves around a group of four adult friends who perform in a wedding band in their spare time. The show features the talents of Brian Austin Green, Derek Miller, Harold Perrineau, Peter Cambor, Jenny Wade, Kathryn Fiore, and Melora Hardin.

The show debuted on November 10th to 1.85 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The ratings for subsequent installments were quite a bit lower and fell as low as 937,000 viewers.

While Wedding Band won't be back for a second season, TBS still has several original sitcoms -- Sullivan and Son, Men at Work, and Cougar Town. All of those essentially draw about twice as many viewers as Wedding...

The party is over for "Wedding Band." The TBS musical comedy starring Brian Austin Green aired its final episode on Saturday (Jan. 19) and will not return for a second season on the cable network.

This story of four guys who perform cover songs at weddings may have been doomed from the start. Airing at 10pm on Saturdays -- possibly the worst "prime-time" slot available -- "Wedding Band" never managed to top 2 million total viewers at any point in its run. Only 1.4 million tuned in for the finale (according to The Hollywood Reporter).

Also appearing with Green on the show were a mix of familiar and unfamiliar TV faces. Melora Hardin ("The Office," "Monk"), Harold Perrineau ("Lost"), Jenny Wade ("Reaper," "The Good Guys"), Peter Cambor ("NCIS: Los Angeles") and Derek Miller co-starred in the 10-episode series. Although the show also attracted some big-name guest stars -- including Green's wife Megan Fox -- viewers never followed.

Saturday nights are usually spent going out and trying to find a big adventure full of fun and laughs. But what if you could actually get that from home without leaving your couch? The new hit TBS show Wedding Band is hitting all the right notes with its humor, harmony and out of the box characters that make you feel like a wedding crasher each episode!

Wedding Band focuses on just that, a wedding band named "Mother of the Bride" that's fronted by a lead singer Tommy (Brian Austin Green) who is sexy and he knows it. He is a womanizer, and that's what makes him the most happy (beyond singing of course). He goes by the philosophy that weddings should not just the best night of the bride and groom's lives, but the wedding guests' as well! In order to pull that off, though, you often need to use...

TBS’ motto is “very funny,” but they have yet to prove that they are (until Cougar Town premieres on this station). Their latest attempt at humor comes in the form of Wedding Band, an hour-long dramedy about developmentally arrested men who perform in a band—for weddings, yes, but also for bachelor parties, bar-mitzvahs, and funerals.

Tommy (Brian Austin Green) is a playboy bachelor and lead singer of the band Mother of the Bride. On lead guitar is Eddie (Pete Cambor) a married man who somehow finds time to play gigs while being a stay-at-home dad. His brother Barry (Derek Miller, doing his best Jack Black impersonation) plays the drums yet aspires to do vocals as well. Newbie African-Canadian Stevie (Harold Perrineau, playing the opposite of his Lost character Michael) rounds out the band and acts as the supplemental sidekick when necessary.

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Maybe you don't think of them while you're out there boogeying to "I Will Survive" or doing the chicken dance, but those guys in the wedding band are people, too.

Sometimes they're very funny people, in fact, with entertaining lives, as is the case with the new TBS comedy "Wedding Band," premiering Saturday, Nov. 10. It's about four friends who spend their weekends as wannabe rock gods in their cleverly named group, Mother of the Bride. Brian Austin Green ("Beverly Hills, 90210") plays Tommy, the hunky lead singer who still lives for good times and pretty girls. Then there are Eddie (Peter Cambor), the sometimes responsible husband, father and businessman; Stevie (Harold Perrineau), the studio musician looking for something different; and Barry (Derek Miller), the loose cannon drummer whose energy level puts Jack Black to shame.

Green, who recently welcomed a baby boy with wife Megan Fox, says part of the joy...

Having seen the first couple episodes of this fine new comedy series, the secret ingredient truly is the chemistry of the cast. TBS struck gold when it tapped to star in Wedding Band the talents of Brian Austin Green, Peter Cambor, Harold Perrineau, Derek Miller, Jenny Wade and Melora Hardin. Their layered performances make their characters feel simultaneously hilarious and very real. The show may feature a wedding band, but the genuine musical talent and awesome chemistry that makes this show addictive. Anyone who tunes in will be coming back for more. It is that good – and it is outrageously fun.

Brian Austin Green plays Tommy, the lead singer of the band and is known to be a “bad boy” with a good heart; and Melora Hardin plays Roxie Rutherford, owner of Rutherford Events and reluctant fan of the band. Tommy and Roxie may not agree on much, but they...

This is not a good sign. TBS this morning announced the long-delayed premiere of Wedding Band, giving the hourlong comedy a burnoff Saturday night slot. Wedding Band, from FremantleMedia and Mike Tollin Prods., will launch on Saturday, Nov. 10, eighteen months after it was picked up to series, at 10 Pm. Wedding Band was developed as part of TBS’ 2010 shift from half-hour to hourlong comedies, which produced two series, Franklin & Bash, which migrated to sibling TNT, and Wedding Band. Wedding Band was ordered to series in May 2011. Shortly thereafter, TBS abandoned the hourlong comedy strategy, returning to half-hour sitcoms with Men At Work and Sullivan & Son. Now, with off-network half-hour sitcom The Big Bang Theory firing on all cylinders, TBS’ development and programming is focused entirely on half-hour comedies, making Wedding Band the odd man out. Thus the Saturday time slot in mid-November when many series start to wrap their originals heading...

If you've seen Anthony Bourdain's flagship Travel Channel show No Reservations, you know there aren't many groups of people on the planet he won't hang out, eat and get drunk with. Cue Brooklyn metal-pop duo Sleigh Bells… because why not, right? On the show's season premiere (airing September 3), Bourdain heads down to Austin to chill with Derek Miller, Alexis Krauss & Co. at their rented SXSW house. Grilled pig, avocado margaritas and, yes, tattoos ensue.

| Previously: Sleigh Bells Get Extra Metal In New "Demons" Video |

Check out a lengthy preview clip below (via Pitchfork).

Say what you like about Sleigh Bells' music (it's an admittedly acquired and decidedly guilty taste, if you ask me), but you know those two would be pretty rad to hang out with. I mean, come on… Derek does not take off those sunglasses and denim jackets. Ever. And Alison practices the fine art of "eyeballing" her mixed drinks.

Brooklyn natives Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss of the popular indie rock outfit Sleigh Bells are big Beyonce fans. So are we, so we totally get it. They even had the chance to collaborate (kind of) with the superstar diva last year, and though the fruits of their labor never saw the light of day, the pair not only voiced their desire to work with her again to NME but also recorded a stripped down cover of her smash hit "Irreplaceable" to show how much they adore her.

"Obviously we're massive fans of her and she's a living legend. I'd love to actually work with her someday when I actually get some creative input," Miller, who mans the guitars for Bells, told NME. "I wouldn't say that it [the project] failed, it just feels like it never really happened."

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Here in the MTV Newsroom, we're loving Sleigh Bells' "Irreplaceable" cover. Their...

Even if you only know of Sleigh Bells in passing, you probably know that the band's signature sound involves a lot of loud, some might say painful, guitar riffs. (I would say painfully awesome. But it's definitely not the kind of thing that's universally beloved.) But every now and then singer Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller tone it down a bit, like on "Rill Rill," one of the most popular tracks from their debut album, Treats, if my unscientific polling of friends is any indication. So it's clear the band can do scaled-down quite well. But: how would they do with a cover of Beyonce's "hear me roar" ballad "Irreplaceable"? (You know it: "To the left, to the..." I'll let you mumble the rest quietly to yourself now.) To be honest, that song just [...]...

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Sleigh Bells are a Brooklyn duo consisting of guitarist Derek Miller and lead singer Alexis Krauss. Their differing musical background explains the contrasting sound of their sophomore effort, Reign Of Terror, with Miller being the ex-guitarist of hardcore band Poison The Well and Krauss having her basis solely in pop music. This unusual combination created an interesting atmosphere on their first album which came somewhat out of left-field, but fans now know what to expect from Sleigh Bells, meaning they had to pull something special out of the bag to live up to the hype on the second album. Unfortunately, they’ve definitely fallen short of the mark.

Before I start criticising the album, there are some strong points to it. Firstly, it sounds huge. The production quality is top notch, and the influence of 80s arena rock bands like Def Leppard are obvious due to...

TBS has given the greenlight to the new comedy series Sullivan and Son, starring popular comedian Steve Byrne and executive-produced by Vince Vaughn (The Break-Up), Peter Billingsley (Iron Man) and showrunner Rob Long (Cheers). Byrne also serves as producer on the series, which comes to TBS from Vaughn's Wild West Picture Show Productions, in association with Warner Horizon Television. The pilot was co-written by Byrne and Long, with Ted Wass (Rules of Engagement) directing. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which is slated to premiere this summer.

"Sullivan and Son is a smart, funny, workplace comedy from the distinct comedy voices of Steve Byrne and Rob Long," said Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies. "The barstools at Sullivan's bar are filled with outrageous, unique characters, and Steve and Rob have created an outstanding in which they can shine. We are...

Sleigh Bells have released the music video for their new single 'Comeback Kid'. In the video, vocalist Alexis Krauss is seen holding a gun while happily jumping on a bed. Krauss also goes from black hair to blonde during close-up frames. Sleigh Bells is a New York duo based in Brooklyn composed of Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller. The duo (more)...

Brooklyn-based noise pop duo Sleigh Bells have been hard at work on their second album, Reign of Terror, for the past year or so, and with it's release date rapidly approaching — you can get your hands on it February 21 — we're starting to get an aural peek at what's coming. They released the first single, "Born To Lose," last month, and today we have a video for the next, "Comeback Kid." It is very Sleigh Bells, so if you don't like loud guitars paired with lilting female vocals, then it is not for you. It is also very Sleigh Bells in that it continues their music-video tradition of mostly just walking around being cool and shit. In this case, singer Alexis Krauss does a whole bunch of air boxing, bed jumping, and shotgun wielding, while guitarist Derek Miller handles the sitting and [...]...

Indie rock crew and Immaculate Noise favorite Sleigh Bells have a band name that could jingle, but they'd rather issue a "Reign of Terror" for the holidays. The New York duo are prepared to release their sophomore set, on the heels of their excellent 2010 debut "Treats," on Feb. 14 through Mom + Pop (who we've mentioned this week as being totally on fire). "Terror" has a terrific teaser in advance, posted below. I feel like I'm about to go to a football game now. It was produced by band guitarist Derek Miller and co-written by Miller and singer/wild-woman Alexis Krauss,...

TBS has secured a bevy of high-profile guest stars to appear in The Wedding Band, the cabler’s upcoming comedy series that stars Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills 90120) and Harold Perrineau (Lost) as two of four guys who escape their crazy lives by performing in a band. Some of the high-profile guest stars for the series that bows next summer include Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids), Kurtwood Smith (That ‘70s Show), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Ashley Williams (How I Met Your Mother) and Molly Sims (Las Vegas).

The series also stars Peter Cambor (NCIS: Los Angeles) and Derek Miller (Secret Girlfriend) as band...

TNT apparently knows drama and TBS loves stuff that's very funny, and now the two networks have just unveiled their development slate as they continue to illustrate those claims by way of their original programming. First up, with series renewals, TNT seems to be the only network out of the two announcing returning series with Rizzoli & Isles, The Closer, Men of a Certain Age, Leverage, HarthoRNe, Memphis Beat and Southland all returning for another season. Frankly, the only show that's caught my interest out of these series is Men of a Certain Age, and I'm glad to have it around for another season. As for new series that have been ordered, TBS has greenlit a one-hour comedy called The Wedding Band starring Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills, 90210, Desperate Housewives), Harold Perrineau (Lost, Oz), Peter Cambor (NCIS: Los Angeles, Notes from the Underbelly), Derek Miller (Secret Girlfriend) and Melora Hardin (The Office...

TNT and TBS, which staged their Upfront presentation today in New York, are making bold moves to bolster their remarkably strong foundations in original programming. The networks are developing extensive new lineups of scripted and unscripted series and making a new push into half-hour comedy in partnership with some of the top talents in the industry, from award-winning actors to acclaimed producers, writers and best-selling authors.

This year marks the beginning of production of the final season of the blockbuster hit The Closer, starring Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick. TNT confirmed today that it has ordered a 10-episode season of Major Crimes, a series set in the Los Angeles Police Department that promises to become television's next great crime drama. The seventh and final season of The Closer will include 15 episodes in 2011 and six in summer 2012, leading into the launch of Major Crimes, starring Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica). McDonnell has been...

TNT and TBS, which staged their Upfront presentation today in New York, are making bold moves to bolster their remarkably strong foundations in original programming. The networks are developing extensive new lineups of scripted and unscripted series and making a new push into half-hour comedy in partnership with some of the top talents in the industry, from award-winning actors to acclaimed producers, writers and best-selling authors.

This year marks the beginning of production of the final season of the blockbuster hit, The Closer, starring Emmy® winner Kyra Sedgwick. TNT confirmed today that it has ordered a 10-episode season of Major Crimes, a series set in the Los Angeles Police Department that promises to become television’s next great crime drama. The seventh and final season of The Closer will include 15 episodes in 2011 and six in summer 2012, leading into the launch of Major Crimes, starring Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica). McDonnell has...

By Jett Wells

New York — A typical Sleigh Bells show pretty much matriculates into a sweaty body-slamming, grunting contest. But hordes of college girls decked themselves out in black spandex leggings and wayfarers anyway, before cramming into Webster Hall Wednesday night. Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller, who are still toddlers musically coming off their first album Treats a year ago, held the stage like they owned it with their cranked bass notes and heavy metal treble.

They stomped, punched and whipped the crowd into a frenzy, but there were still lingering appetites at the end of the set, which lasted less than an hour. It makes sense to have veteran act Css co-headline for this very reason; Sleigh Bells have the chops to light up the crowd, but their song arsenal isn't deep enough to truly headline a venue like Webster Hall all by themselves.

The band got comfortable playing...

Exclusive: I hear TBS is close to giving a series order to hourlong pilot The Wedding Band starring Brian Austin Green, Peter Cambor and Harold Perrineau. I also hear that the network's other two one-hour pilots, Ron Shelton's Hound Dogs and the Dean Devlin-produced Brain Trust, are not going forward. Along with the broadcast networks, TNT and TBS are also prepping for their upfront presentation next week. TBS is expected to officially unveil The Wedding Band at the Turner presentation Wednesday. The Wedding Band, from writers and executive producers Josh Lobis and Darin Moiselle (South Park), FremantleMedia and Mike Tollin's Tollin Prods., follows a group of guys performing in a wedding band, anchored by two lifelong best friends -- perennial bachelor Tommy (Brian Austin Green) and Eddie (Peter Cambor), a married father of two. Co-starring in the pilot are Lost alum Perrineau, Kathryn Fiore, Jenny Wade and Derek Miller.

This Canadian PSA for skin cancer awareness sends a powerful message about what it means to be an adult, reflecting on the past and realizing there’s so much you needed to say before it was too late. It features a cast of survivors openly addressing themselves when they were 16, and it’s pretty inspirational. And while it’s 5 minutes long, but kind of hard to tear yourself away from, thanks especially to the very hot guy who is a part of it. Take a look: This campaign is sort of like the reverse “It Gets Better” campaign for cancer awareness. Like, “Hey kids! Enjoy your lives while you still have it, because eventually you will succumb to the single disease taking away more lives than anything else.” It’s a powerful PSA certainly, and has made me especially paranoid about moles on the soles of my feet. Though let...

By Rya Backer

A lot can happen in a year. In 2010, Alexis Krauss and her bandmate Derek Miller (otherwise known as Sleigh Bells) attended Austin's South By Southwest music festival as one of the most hyped bands, even though they had only been together for a few months. They earned high praise for their electric live shows (of which there were many) and left with the highest honor one may earn from a stint at SXSW: Even more buzz.

Sleigh Bells are returning to Austin this year, this time with an LP (2010's excellent Treats), a handful of tours and — perhaps most importantly — some mtvU Woodie nominations under their belt. In addition to their chances of collecting an award for Breaking Woodie, Krauss and Miller will make their television debut at Wednesday night' (March 16) Woodies broadcast, as they'll be performing "Riot Rhythm" at the show.

We followed Ms. Krauss last week to Jezebel and Toff,...

'I probably won't get on this album, but hopefully the next one,' singer/songwriter Sia says of song she pitched for Beyonce's new album.

By James Dinh

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As Britney Spears and Lady Gaga gear up to release new albums, there's another pop heavyweight who may offer them some friendly competition: Beyoncé. Details surrounding the singer's next album remain scarce, but according to a few of the project's collaborators, Bey is almost finished recording the follow-up to 2008's I Am ... Sasha Fierce and has managed to hit the studio with an extensive list of producers.

After gushing about her high hopes for working with Beyoncé, Australian songstress Sia revealed that she told B's behind-the-scenes team that she wanted to lend a creative hand for the new album. "So I just said to all the producers, writers, everyone, help me make this happen, and then Diplo e-mailed me and said,...

HollywoodNews.com: Beyonce is apparently working on a follow-up to ‘I Am … Sasha Fierce’ and a few people might be involved.

The singer has reportedly been hitting the studio in New York to get working on something new, states Just Jared. Beyonce has reportedly been meeting with her producer Diplo, his partner Switch and Sleigh Bells‘ songwriter and guitarist Derek Miller.

Diplo revealed Beyonce’s album news on his blog: “Me and Switch was in [the] studio in NYC tryin’ to make tracks with Derek and Beyonce last week after we played her team [Sleigh Bells'] album … Dunno if we gonna manage to finish, but [it] was good times.”

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Producer says he was 'in NYC tryin' to make tracks' for B and Bells' songwriter/guitarist.

By James Montgomery

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Over the years, Diplo has worked with everyone from Thom Yorke to Spank Rock (and, of course, M.I.A.) so perhaps it should come as no surprise that, for his next collaboration, he's chosen to work with none other than Beyoncé. Oh, and electro-slammers Sleigh Bells, too. It all makes sense, in some bizarre way.

This is according to Dip himself, who posted a message — and a remix of the Sleigh Bells track "Tell 'Em" — on his blog, in which he let it be known that he, his production partner Switch and Sleigh Bells' songwriter/guitarist Derek Miller just wrapped sessions for Beyoncé's follow-up to I Am ... Sasha Fierce. He wasn't quite sure what would come of the tracks they created.

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We got a lot of TV casting news going on today so let’s get to it. A few names I haven’t heard in awhile are making the rounds such as Adrian Pasdar from Heroes, he is showing up on an episode of Castle. The guy who played the guy doll in Dollhouse is joining Community. Even Snoop Dogg is getting into the mix as he is going to cameo on an episode of 9021o.

Adrian Pasdar is heading to ‘Castle.’ The ‘Heroes’ star will play an Eric Fallon, an FBI agent who assists the NYPD during a terrorist threat. Look for Pasdar in the Feb. 21 and 28 episodes. [TVLine]

‘Dollhouse’ star Enver Gjokaj will guest on NBC’s ‘Community.’ Gjokaj will play Lukka, a love interest for Britta in a March episode. [E! Online]

Melora Hardin is returning to ‘The Office’ as Jan. Hardin will appear in a number of episodes, the first one airing in February.

Two more actors have joined forthcoming TBS pilot The Wedding Band. Brian Austin Green, Harold Perrineau, Peter Cambor and Derek Miller were all previously confirmed to star in the project. Deadline now reports that Kathryn Fiore and Jenny Wade have joined the cast as a pair of love interests for the show's central characters. Glory Daze star Fiore will play the wife of Eddie (Cambor) while Wade, known for (more)...

Brian Austin Green and Harold Perrineau have signed on to star in new TBS pilot The Wedding Band. The hour-long comedy will focus on a group of male friends who attempt to escape their stressful lives by forming a wedding band. Desperate Housewives star Green and former Lost actor Perrineau will appear alongside Peter Cambor and Derek Miller in the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Green, the real-life husband of Hollywood star Megan Fox, first rose to fame in (more)...

In a slew of casting news coming out on Friday, December 17, Matt Dillon and Brian Austin Green's names have popped out. The former is heading to "Modern Family" as a guest star while the latter is the star of a new TBS pilot "The Wedding Band".

Dillon would play Julie Bowen's character's ex boyfriend. According to EW, Claire's ex has a new galpal and Claire is probably not going to like her because it's Claire's mom, DeDe Pritchett. This means Shelley Long will reprise her role as DeDe. No other details including air date have been announced.

The casting, at the same time, proves that Claire and Phil have in the past dated attractive people before finding each other and getting married. Judy Greer previously dropped by to play Phil's ex Denise.

Meanwhile, Green is going to team up with "Lost" alum Harold Perrineau in the hourlong comedy...

Beverly Hills, 90210 alum Brian Austin Green and Lost's Harold Perrineau will lead the cast of TBS' hourlong comedy pilot The Wedding Band, while, Alex Frnka (Lifetime's Unanswered Prayers) has landed the female lead in MTV's half-hour pilot The Inbetweeners. Peter Cambor (NCIS: Los Angeles) and Derek Miller (Secret Girlfriend) have also been cast in The Wedding Band, from FremantleMedia and Tollin Prods., which follows a group of guys who try to escape the stress and craziness of their lives by performing in a wedding band. The band, which will stop at nothing to make every wedding, birthday or bar mitzvah a concert to remember, is anchored by 2 lifelong best friends – one a perennial bachelor (Green) and the other a married father of two (Cambor). Josh Lobis and Darin Moiselle penned the script and are exec producing. Bryan Gordon will direct and co-exec produce. Green currently recurs on ABC's Desperate Housewives...

Treats, the full-length debut of Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells, was birthed into a post-audiophile world. The group’s guitarist-songwriter-producer Derek Miller could’ve reacted to this fact by crafting a meticulous, highly orchestrated LP along the lines of acclaimed efforts by his borough-mates Grizzly Bear or Dirty Projectors. Instead, Miller flipped the script. Apparently he feels that if even the most fervent Sleigh Bells fan is going to bump Treats on tinny laptop speakers rather than a decent stereo system, it might as well sound like it’s pushing into the red either way. The blown-out sonics of tracks like ...

Sleigh Bells ring, are you listening? Treats, the debut effort from noise-rock newcomers Sleigh Bells, is the logical conclusion of the loudness war; it manages to challenge basic assumptions of how music can (and should) sound. You either buy the Brookyln duo’s central conceit or you don’t: bombastic synth-rock for bombast’s sake, with mixing cranked so high your speakers sound like they’re about to combust. It’s a preposterous juxtposition—Alexis Krauss’ way-past-sweet vocals as the sugary glaze on Derek Miller’s gritty and serrated riffing and beats—until the soaring power chords of opener and single “Tell ‘Em” kick off the album with...

Faith No More, Gorillaz, Pavement and other age-defying acts heat up the desert fest.

By Corey Moss

Jay-z performs at Coachella 2010

Photo: Lee Barth

Indio, California — Leave it to the least likely star to grace the Coachella headlining stage to best sum up 2010's festival.

"I wanna be forever young," Beyoncé sang as fireworks erupted Friday, helping husband Jay-z close his much-anticipated set.

2010 Coachella Music Festival

Not only was there a cavalcade of age-defying acts among the three day festival's 100-some performers, it was often the over-40 club delivering the most commanding sets, Jigga Man included.

Before Jay powered through more than 30 songs on Friday, super group Them Crooked Vultures (featuring Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme) and Street Sweeper Social Club (starring Rage Against the Machine/ Audioslave guitar hero Tom Morello) both won over large crowds — not with familiar songs,...