Wednesday Video Spotlight: Cady Groves releases new EP “This Little Girl”
Emerging pop singer-songwriter Cady Groves, who grew up in Marlow, Cache and Yukon, released her “This Little Girl” EP Tuesday.
Featuring tracks including her popular first single “This Little Girl,” the digital EP will be available at all digital service providers and will include fan favorite track “We’re The Sh*t” as well as Groves remarkable cover of Adele’s “Someone Like You.” The physical version will be available www.cadygroves.com and will include the same tracks as the digital version with the addition of Groves duet “Oh Darlin’” with Plug in Stereo.
Groves, who was just spotlighted in Seventeen Magazine’s “Ultimate Guide To Music” will be joining her labelmates and friends Hot Chelle Rae in select North American markets in February and March.
Late last year Groves, who PopCrush named one of their “Artist to Watch in 2012” teamed with BUZZMEDIA to premiere the music video for “This Little Girl,” which features a cameo from Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton and is embedded up top along with an interview with Groves about the cameo.
In an unprecedented partnership, a set of BUZZMEDIA’s taste-making music sites and pop-culture destinations such as Idolator, PureVolume, Buzznet and JustJared unveiled a stream of exclusive interviews, photos and video leading up the premiere.
Signed to RCA Records last year, 22 year-old Groves, has been in the studio writing and recording songs for her full-length debut album which is due out later in 2012.
Check out some of Groves’ past videos here:
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: Toby Keith thanks fans for making “Red Solo Cup” a top 10 hit
Oklahoma country music star Toby Keith has released a YouTube video thanking them for supporting his smash single “Red Solo Cup.”
“Red Solo Cup” started as a viral video, and it has become a country music phenomenon. The raucous party anthem has been certified platinum, according to CMT.com, and it is currently No. 10 on Billboard’s country songs chart. It has been viewed more than 11 million times on YouTube and has been covered on the Fox TV series “Glee.”
Now “Red Solo Cup” is in demand on apps and on backs.
“Proceed To Party” Red Solo Cup t-shirts were added to Toby Keith’s website store last week, selling out within a few hours, according to a news release.
The song is the Free Track of the Week on Tap Tap Revenge, the No. 1 best-selling app store music game of all time, according to the release.
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: Miranda Lambert making acting debut on tonight’s “Law & Order: SVU”
Country music star Miranda Lambert, who lives in Tishomingo, will make her acting debut as a guest star on tonight’s episode of the procedural drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
“Law & Order: SVU” airs at 9 tonight on NBC (KFOR-4 in Oklahoma City).
Tonight’s episode is titled “Father’s Shadow.” To read NewsOK TV blogger Melissa Hayer’s review of the episode, click here.
In this Wednesday Video Spotlight, check out clips from the episode and an interview with Lambert about appearing on the show, which she calls one of her favorites.
Here is the synopsis of tonight’s episode:
Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) finds herself in danger when a rape investigation spirals into a hostage crisis. Harry Connick Jr., Miranda Lambert and Michael McKean guest star. An aspiring actress is found unconscious in Central Park with drugs in her system and evidence of sexual trauma. Detectives Benson (Hargitay) and Amaro (Danny Pino) pay a visit to the reality show producer (guest star McKean) for whom she had auditioned just before the attack, and stop him from assaulting another actress (guest star Lambert) on the casting couch. The detectives arrest the producer, but the situation turns dangerous when his distraught son takes drastic action in order to get his father out of jail. Meanwhile, Benson and Executive ADA David Haden (guest star Connick) grow closer. Also starring Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Richard Belzer (Sergeant John Munch) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins.) Special appearance by Linus Roache (Bureau Chief Mike Cutter.)
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Reba McEntire added to presenters, reunited Beach Boys to perform on Grammy Awards
The Beach Boys — Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, who have not performed together live in more than two decades — will reunite on the Grammy stage and join with current Grammy Award nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for a special performance, CBS announced today.
Current nominees The Civil Wars, two-time Grammy winner Diana Krall, funk artist Maceo Parker and six-time Grammy winner Joe Walsh also have been added to the stellar lineup of performers for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.
Two-time Grammy winner and Chockie native Reba McEntire, two-time Grammy winner Common, Academy Award-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson (“Person of Interest”) and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Diana Ross will appear as presenters.
Hosted by two-time Grammy winner and “NCIS: Los Angeles” star LL Cool J, the Grammy Awards take place live from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show will air live on the CBS Television Network.
Three-time Grammy Award winners Maroon 5 are nominated in Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Moves Like Jagger” (with Christina Aguilera).
The Civil Wars and Foster The People each have two nominations. The Civil Wars are up for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Barton Hollow” and Best Folk Album for “Barton Hollow.” Foster The People have nods in Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Pumped Up Kicks” and Best Alternative Music Album for “Torches.”
Previously announced performers for Sunday’s Grammy Awards include Adele (in her first live performance since undergoing vocal cord surgery last fall), Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, Tony Bennett and Checotah native Carrie Underwood, Chris Brown, Glen Campbell with The Band Perry and Tishomingo resident Blake Shelton, Coldplay and Rihanna, deadmau5, Foo Fighters, David Guetta, Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt, Lil Wayne, Bruno Mars, Paul McCartney, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, and Taylor Swift.
Aldean, The Band Perry, Civil Wars, deadmau5, Foster The People, Guetta, Minaj, Parker and Shelton will perform on the Grammy broadcast for the first time.
Previously announced presenters are Marc Anthony, Dierks Bentley, Jack Black, Drake, Fergie, Lady Antebellum, Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ryan Seacrest, Ringo Starr and Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson.
Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.
Please make plans to follow my live blog of the Grammy Awards Sunday night here on BAM’s Blog.
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What to do in Oklahoma on Feb. 8, 2012: Celebrate Roger Creager’s new CD at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa
Roger Creager
Today’s featured event:
TULSA – Celebrate the release of Texas country artist Roger Creager’s new album, “Surrender,” at 8 tonight at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Doors open at 7 p.m.
For more information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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Carrie Underwood and Tony Bennett, Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt, Chris Brown and more added to Grammys performers
Carrie Underwood
Tony Bennett (AP file)
Current Grammy nominees Tony Bennett and Checotah native Carrie Underwoodwill perform together during the 54th Annual GrammyAwards, CBS announced today.
Also, current nominees Chris Brown, deadmau5, Foo Fighters, David Guetta and Lil Wayne will join forces for a special performance highlighting dance/electronica music for the first time eve.
Plus, 14-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys and nine-time Grammy winner Bonnie Raitt will remember Etta James in a special performance.
Added as presenters are two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy winner Marc Anthony, six-time Grammy winners and current nominees Lady Antebellum and television and radio host/producer Ryan Seacrest. Hosted by two-time Grammy winner and “NCIS: Los Angeles” star LL Cool J, the Grammy Awards take place live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday on the CBS Television Network.
Look for my Grammy preview story Friday and my live blog of the show Sunday here at BAM’s Blog.
Five-time Grammy winner Underwood is nominated for Best Country Solo Performance for “Mama’s Song.” Fourteen-time Winner and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bennett has two nods: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Body And Soul” (with Amy Winehouse) and Best Traditional Pop Album for “Duets II” (with various artists, including Underwood).
Four-time Grammy winner Lil Wayne has five nominations: Best Rap Performance for “Look At Me Now” (with Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes); two nods in Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “I’m On One” (with DJ Khaled, Drake and Rick Ross) and “Motivation” (with Kelly Rowland); Best Rap Song for “Look At Me Now”; and Best Rap Album for “Tha Carter IV.”
deadmau5 has three nominations: Best Dance Recording “Raise Your Weapon” (with Greta Svabo Bech), Best Dance/Electronica Album for “4X4=12″ and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for Foo Fighters’ “Rope” (deadmau5 Mix).
Two-time Grammy winner Guetta is up for two awards: Best Dance Recording for “Sunshine” (with Avicii) and Best Dance/Electronica Album for “Nothing But The Beat.”
Previously announced performers finclude Adele (in her first live performance since undergoing vocal cord surgery last fall), Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, Glen Campbell with The Band Perry and Tishomingo resident Blake Shelton, Coldplay and Rihanna, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars, Paul McCartney, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, and Taylor Swift. Aldean, The Band Perry, Minaj and Shelton will perform on the Grammy broadcast for the first time. Previously announced presenters are Dierks Bentley, Jack Black, Drake, Fergie, Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson and Ringo Starr.
Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.
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Reba McEntire’s sitcom pilot “Malibu Country” picked up by ABC
It’s official: Oklahoma-born and bred actress/singer Reba McEntire is back in the television business.
ABC last week ordered two comedy pilots Wednesday, one of them McEntire’s half-hour, multi-camera, according to TheWrap.com.
“Malibu Country” reunites McEntire with “Reba” executive producer Kevin Abbott, who is writing the project. McEntire’s popular eponymous sitcom aired from 2001-07 on The WB, which became The CW during the show’s run. “Reba” has remained very popular in reruns on Lifetime.
The “Malibu Country” pilot will star McEntire as a woman who divorces her rock-star husband after he cheats on her and burns through most of her cash. Moving from Nashville to Malibu with her mother and three children, she attempts to revive her own singing career while keeping her kids from becoming spoiled by their new environment.
According to TheWrap.com, McEntire also will be an executive producer on the ABC Studios pilot, along with Mindy Schultheis, Michael Hanel, Pam Williams, Dave Stewart (of INXS fame) and Narvel Blackstock (Reba’s husband and manager).
An an interview last fall, McEntire, who hails from Chockie, told me she hopes to begin shooting the sitcom in August, and she is ecstatic about the chance to return to series television, mostly because she was never ready to leave in the first place.
“I was not ready to leave, absolutely not. We had lots more stories to tell on the ‘Reba’ show; we were devastated. We were the No. 1 sitcom on that network (The WB, which became The CW during the show’s run). And then we went into syndication with Lifetime, and I think more people have seen us on Lifetime than they did before when we were shooting. So it has had second and third life,” she said.
“I mean, when I sing ‘I’m a Survivor’ on our (live) show, the crowd goes nuts because they do love the ‘Reba’ TV show. And I thank them for that. … It was just a great experience for all of us.”
She is excited about the prospect of leading a new TV ensemble.
“That’s the most fun thing in the world. It’s just like playtime. You learn your lines and you get together and you do funny things. It’s great entertainment for us: We get to be funny, we get to bring joy into people’s lives, we get to put smiles on their faces. Again, take ‘em away from maybe the problems of their everyday life. (They) get to sit down for 30 minutes and laugh a little bit. That’s what I love about it.”
According to TheWrap.com, ABC also picked up the pilot to “Prairie Dogs,” a single-camera, half-hour comedy pilot about Neil, an uncool cubicle worker toiling at one of the coolest companies in the world. After being victimized by identity theft and discovering that the thief has created a much better life for himself than Neil has, he engaged the thief to help him turn his life around.
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New releases for Feb. 7, 2012: David Cook, Cady Groves, Van Halen, Paul McCartney, Dierks Bentley, “Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″, “Phantom of the Opera”
Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, has released today an EP titled “This Quiet Night” exclusively through Walmart. The CD includes acoustic performances of five songs from his 2011 album “This Loud Morning.”
Emerging pop singer-songwriter Cady Groves, who grew up in Marlow, Cache and Yukon, also is released today her “This Little Girl” EP.
Featuring tracks including her popular first single “This Little Girl” the digital EP will be available at all digital service providers and will include fan-favorite track “We’re The Sh*t” as well as Groves cover of Adele’s “Someone Like You”. The physical version will be available www.cadygroves.com and will include the same tracks as the digital version with the addition of Groves duet “Oh Darlin’” with Plug in Stereo.
Groves, who was just spotlighted in Seventeen Magazine’s “Ultimate Guide To Music” will be joining her labelmates and friends Hot Chelle Rae in select North American markets in February and March. (See the full list of tour dates after the break; it looks Dallas will be the closest she comes to Oklahoma.).
Among LPs, this week boasts new releases from Van Halen, Paul McCartney and Dierks Bentley. To read my review of Dierks’ latest, click here.
This week’s new DVDs include the 25th anniversary performance of “The Phantom of the Opera,” which I’ll be reviewing in the coming days; the excellent documentary “Project Nim,” which made my top 10 movies of 2011 list; and oh yeah, a little blockbuster called “Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” which will be released in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
CDs
David Cook, “This Quiet Night” EP (Walmart exclusive)
Van Halen, “A Different Kind of Truth.”
Paul McCartney, “Kisses on the Bottom.”
Dierks Bentley, “Home.”
The Fray, “Scars & Stories.”
Various artists, “Waylon: The Music Inside, Volume II.”
Tony Bennett, “Isn’t It Romantic.”
Steve Tyrell, “I’ll Take Romance.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess, “Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall: In Celebration of 25 Years.”
Air, “Le Voyage Dans La Lune” (CD/DVD).
Edith Piaf, “Edith Piaf” (3-CD special edition).
DVD
Anonymous
Downton Abbey: Season 2
Father Dowling Mysteries: The First Season
Fireflies in the Garden
Project Nim
The Rebound
The Sunset Limited
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (midnight Saturday)
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
A Warrior’s Heart
Books
Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman
Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success by Rory Vaden
Kill Shot (Mitch Rapp)by Vince Flynn
Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth
Hilarity Ensues by Tucker Max
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity by Katherine Boo
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New releases for Feb. 7, 2012: David Cook, Cady Groves, Van Halen, Paul McCartney, Dierks Bentley, “Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″, “Phantom of the Opera”
Video: “The Voice” “Vocal Kombat” Super Bowl commercial featuring Betty White
I’m admittedly biased when it comes to my assessment of Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton, whom I really like, and the scarily addictive reality TV show “The Voice” on which he serves as a celebrity coach.
Setting aside my biases – as much as possible – I still think the “Vocal Kombat” commercial for “The Voice” that ran during the Super Bowl was one of my favorite ads of Sunday night.
It features Shelton and his fellow “The Voice” coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine duking it out to court an amazing mystery singer, and it just so happens that person is the ever-hilarious Betty White.
Shelton, who lives in Tishomingo, also performed as part of the Super Bowl festivities: He and his wife/fellow country star Miranda Lambert sang “America the Beautiful” during the pregame. Lambert will serve as an adviser for Team Blake’s contestants on “The Voice” later this season, and so will Kelly Clarkson, who belted out the National Anthem before the game. To see video of their performances, click here.
The Super Bowl XLVI narrowly edged out last year’s to become the most-watched television show in U.S. history, scoring 111.3 million viewers. Last year’s NLF championship was watched by 111 millon, breaking the 2010 record, according to TheWrap.com.
The good news continued for the second-season premiere of NBC’s “The Voice,” which features Shelton on its panel of celebrity coaches. Airing immediately after the Vince Lombardi Trophy was presented to the Giants, “The Voice” scored the highest ratings of any entertainment telecast since 2006.
“The Voice” scored a 16.3 rating in the key demo and 37.6 million total viewers overall, according to TheWrap.com. It was the best rating since a 16.5 for “Grey’s Anatomy” after the Super Bowl on ABC in 2006, and provided a welcome boost for fourh-place network NBC.
“The Voice” moves to its new Monday time slot starting at 7 tonight. The show also will be the lead-in for NBC’s much-hyped musical drama “Smash,” which will air at 9 p.m. Mondays on NBC.
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Video: Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton perform during Super Bowl pregame
Oklahoma country music stars Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert gave a wonderful performance of the patriotic anthem “America the Beautiful” as part of the pregame festivities Sunday at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.
The couple, who married last May and live in Tishomingo, held hands throughout their duet. It was just all-around sweet. To see a photo gallery of the performance, click here.
“American Idol” Kelly Clarkson, a pal of Lambert and Shelton, belted a great rendition of the National Anthem before the game.
The Super Bowl XLVI narrowly edged out last year’s to become the most-watched television show in U.S. history, scoring 111.3 million viewers. Last year’s NLF championship was watched by 111 millon, breaking the 2010 record, according to TheWrap.com.
Viewership climbed throughout the game, averaging 117.7 million in the final half hour, thanks to the close game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots. The Giants won 21-17, but the game came down to the final second and play.
The good news continued for the second-season premiere of NBC’s “The Voice,” which features Shelton on its panel of celebrity coaches. Airing immediately after the Vince Lombardi Trophy was presented to the Giants, “The Voice” scored the highest ratings of any entertainment telecast since 2006.
The Voice” scored a 16.3 rating in the key demo and 37.6 million total viewers overall, according to TheWrap.com. It was the best rating since a 16.5 for “Grey’s Anatomy” after the Super Bowl on ABC in 2006, and provided a welcome boost for fourh-place network NBC.
Lambert and Clarkson are set to serve as celebrity advisers for the 12 singers on Shelton’s team later in “The Voice’s” second season.
The reality TV show moves to its new Monday time slot starting at 7 tonight. The show also will be the lead-in for NBC’s much-hyped musical drama “Smash,” which will air at 9 p.m. Mondays on NBC.
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