Video: Blake Shelton performs his new single “Over” on “The Voice”
Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton gave the world television premiere performance off his new single, “Over,” off his Grammy-nominated 2011 album, “Red River Blue,” on Monday night’s episode of “The Voice.”
However, the hit NBC reality TV show, on which Shelton serves as a celebrity coach, was preempted here in Oklahoma as meteorologists covered severe storms rolling through the state.
So, I’m posting the video here for enjoyment of BS fans.
In addition, the teams for Team Blake and fellow celebrity coach Christina Aguilera united to sing Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory.” The teams for coaches Adam Levine and CeeLo Green came together to sing “All These Things I’ve Done” by The Killers. To see those performances, click here.
Of course, the main attraction of Monday’s live episode of “The Voice” was the solo performances by the show’s Season 2 “Elite 8″ semifinalists. To see the semifinalists’ solo performance, click here. Voting on your favorite is only open until 9 a.m. Central Time. For more information or to vote, go to www.nbc.com/the-voice.
The live elimination show, which will narrow the field to four finalists, airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Video: “The Voice” semifinalists cover The Killers, Lady Gaga in group performances
Due to severe storms here in Oklahoma, primetime network programming tonight was preempted by weather coverage.
Along with giving their individual performances, the “Elite 8″ seminfinalists performed group numbers on tonight’s live episode of the hit NBC reality TV show “The Voice.”
The teams for celebrity coaches Blake Shelton, the Oklahoma country music superstar, and Christina Aguilera united to sing Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory.” The teams for coaches Adam Levine and CeeLo Green came together to sing “All These Things I’ve Done” by The Killers.
To see the semifinalists’ solo performance, click here. Voting on your favorite is only open until 9 a.m. Central Time. For more information or to vote, go to www.nbc.com/the-voice. The live elimination show, which will narrow the field to four finalists, airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Video: “The Voice” semifinalists’ solo performances
Due to severe storms here in Oklahoma, primetime network programming tonight was preempted by weather coverage.
The “Elite 8″ seminfinalists performed tonight on the live episode of the hit NBC reality TV show “The Voice,” and of course, the window to vote for your favorite is short.
Voting is open until 9 a.m. Central Time. For more information or to vote, go to www.nbc.com/the-voice. The live elimination show, which will narrow the field to four finalists, airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
So, I’m posting here the eight semifinalist performances, in no particular order:
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Video: “The Dark Knight Rises” third trailer
Warner Bros’ third and final theatrical trailer for “The Dark Knight Rises” debuted online today, and it features more Tom Hardy as Bane, more Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, more Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake and more gadgetry. Plus, we get quick glimpses of Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard.
In a weird Marvel/DC collision, the trailer for “The Dark Knight Rises” - Batman is a DC Comics property – is expected to bow in theaters this weekend with Disney-Marvel’s “The Avengers,” which opens at 12:01 a.m. Friday here in the U.S.
“The Dark Knight Rises,” the third and final film in Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Batman trilogy, opens in theaters July 20.
For a full guide to the upcoming blockbuster season, look for The Oklahoman‘s summer movie guide Friday in The Oklahoman, on NewsOK and here at BAM’s Blog.
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Box office report for April 30, 2012: “Think Like a Man” stays No. 1 at dometic box office, “Avengers” makes $185 million overseas
The domestic box office stayed relatively quiet over the weekend, but “The Avengers” already are making plenty of noises overseas.
“The Avengers” isn’t playing yet on U.S. movie screens until 12:01 a.m. Friday, but director Joss Whedon’s superhero mashup Marvel Comics movie has made $185.1 million since it began opening in 39 markets last week, reports the Associated Press. That’s nearly $7 million more than the studio had estimated Sunday.
Among the revenue highlights for “The Avengers”: $25.5 million in Great Britain, $19.8 million in Australia, $16.9 million in Mexico and $13.9 million in France.
Starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Tom Hiddleston as Loki, “The Avengers” is tracking better than Lionsgate’s blockbuster “The Hunger Games,” which posted a record March bow of $152.5 million.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Avengers” has even been pacing ahead of “The Dark Knight,” which opened in July 2008 with $158.4 million to become the top opener of all time at the domestic box office. The Batman film held the record until fellow Warner Bros. title “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2″ debuted to nearly $170 million in July 2011.
At the domestic box office, the ensemble comedy “Think Like a Man” remained the No. 1 draw for the second-straight weekend with $17.6 million, holding off a rush of new movies that did only modest business at U.S. theaters, according to the AP.
Here are the top 10 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as reported by the AP:
1. “Think Like a Man,” Sony Screen Gems, $17,604,141, 2,015 locations, $8,737 average, $60,472,199, two weeks.
2. “The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” Sony, $11,137,734, 3,358 locations, $3,317 average, $11,137,734, one week.
3. “The Hunger Games,” Lionsgate, $10,814,271, 3,572 locations, $3,028 average, $372,019,021, six weeks.
4. “The Lucky One,” Warner Bros., $10,808,023, 3,175 locations, $3,404 average, $39,409,719, two weeks.
5. “The Five-Year Engagement,” Universal, $10,610,060, 2,936 locations, $3,614 average, $10,610,060, one week.
6. “Safe,” Lionsgate, $7,892,539, 2,266 locations, $3,483 average, $7,892,539, one week.
7. “The Raven,” Relativity Media, $7,289,642, 2,203 locations, $3,309 average, $7,289,642, one week.
8. “Chimpanzee,” Disney, $5,227,862, 1,567 locations, $3,336 average, $18,920,794, two weeks.
9. “The Three Stooges,” Fox, $5,167,421, 3,105 locations, $1,664 average, $36,907,965, three weeks.
10. “The Cabin in the Woods,” Lionsgate, $4,619,480, 2,639 locations, $1,750 average, $34,783,320, three weeks.
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Video: Carrie Underwood featured on “Good Morning America” today, performing on “Letterman” tonight
Oklahoma country music star Carrie Underwood will be the musical guest tonight on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” which starts at 10:35 p.m. on CBS. She will perform a song from her highly anticipated fourth album, “Blown Away,” due out Tuesday. To read my review of “Blown Away,” click here.
The Checotah native also will perform on the “Live On Letterman” webcast concert series streaming live online starting at 7 tonight from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.
The Checotah native already has been featured last week on “Nightline,” and earlier today, “Good Morning America” aired an exclusive interview.
On Tuesday, Underwood will return to Good Morning America to perform a special live outdoor concert in Times Square, followed by an iHeartRadio Live performance streaming live online that night.
The 2005 “American Idol” winner will then head west to Los Angeles to perform on “Idol” Thursday; “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on May 9; “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on May 10, and “Dancing With The Stars” on May 15, followed by the Billboard Music Awards live from Las Vegas on May 20.
She also will make appearances across various programs on the CMT, GAC, VH1, and MTV networks throughout the month of May.
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Blake Shelton to debut new single “Over” on tonight’s “The Voice,” while the semifinalists cover The Killers and Lady Gaga in group performances
Blake Shelton (AP file)
The semifinals kick off on “The Voice” Performance Show from 7 to 9 tonight on NBC as all eight semifinalists will each perform one song in addition to a group performance.
Teams Adam and CeeLo will come together to sing “All These Things I’ve Done” by The Killers, while Teams Blake and Christina unite to sing Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory.”
Plus, “The Voice” presents Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton, one of the show’s celebrity coaches, in the world television premiere performance off his new single, “Over,” off his Grammy-nominated 2011 album, “Red River Blue.”
The finalists will then be revealed on “The Voice” Elimination Show, airing live from 8 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, as only one artist per team will advance to represent their coach in the finals, narrowing the field down to four. The artist on each team with the highest score based on a combined percentage of viewer votes and coach’s score from the previous night’s Performance Show will move on for a chance to be crowned “The Voice.”
But first, “The Voice” welcomes back its Season 1 finalists to join forces with three of music’s biggest talents: Cyndi Lauper, Kid Cudi and Coach CeeLo Green himself.
Blake’s Season 1 finalist, Dia Frampton, is set to perform her single “Don’t Kick the Chair,” featuring Kid Cudi off her debut album, “Red,” while Vicci Martinez sings “Come Along,” featuring her former coach, CeeLo. Also, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, Cyndi Lauper, graces “The Voice” stage for the first time to perform her classic hit, “Money Changes Everything,” alongside Coach Christina Aguilera’s Season 1 finalist, Beverly McClellan.
And reigning champ Javier Colon performs his new single, “A Drop in the Ocean,” off his current album, “Come Through for You.”
“The Voice” is a vocal competition show featuring celebrity musician coaches Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. Carson Daly hosts and serves as producer, and Christina Milian serves as social media correspondent. The show’s innovative format features three stages of competition: The first begins with the blind audition, then the competition enters into a battle phase, and finally, the live performance shows. In the end, each coach will have one star artist left ready to compete against the other teams’ finalists to be named “The Voice,” with the winner receiving the grand prize of a recording contract.
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Video: “The Voice’s” “Elite 8″ prepare for action as the live semifinals begin tonight
The hit NBC reality TV show “The Voice” has narrowed its field of competitors to an “Elite 8″ of vocalists who will compete in the live semifinals at 7 tonight and 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Check out the “Elite 8″ in over-the-top action in this trailer:
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Monday Catchy Quote No. 212
A catchy quote from a movie, TV show or other source to brighten the beginning of your week:
Marty: I’m a professional killer.
Paul: Do you have to do postgraduate work for that?
- Click here to learn the source.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 30, 2012: Watch the OKC Thunder take on the Dallas Mavericks as the NBA playoffs continue at Chesapeake Arena
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) dunks the ball in front of Dallas' Ian Mahinmi (28) during game one of the first round in the NBA playoffs between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Saturday, April 28, 2012. (Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman)
Today’s featured event:
Watch the hometown heroes the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Dallas Mavericks at 8:30 tonight at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno.
Tonight’s game will mark the second in their first-round playoff series. OKC leads the series 1-0 after beating the Mavs 99-98 Saturday.
If you can’t see it in person, the game also will air on Fox Sports Oklahoma.
For continuing coverage of the Thunder, go to www.facebook.com/NewsOKThunder and don’t forget to like the page.
For more information, go to www.nba.com/thunder. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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