This Sunday, the BET Awards air LIVE at 8:00PM PST/ 7:00PM CST, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. The nominees will fight for categories like, “Best Group,” “Best Male/Female Hip Hop,” “Best Male/Female R&B,” and “Video of the Year.”
With great awards shows come great performances and this year’s biggest stars. Check out the Top 10 artists to watch this weekend and listen to their albums on the Music Unlimited service.
Dredd: Instead of the mix of both action and comedy that marked the 1995 Sylvester Stallone-starring Judge Dredd we now have Karl Urban in the title role as a one-man police officer, judge, jury and executioner who takes on a dilapidated housing complex full of violent criminals to bring a drug kingpin to justice.
Want more one-man justice on the Video Unlimited service? Check out: Dirty Harry, First Blood
Anna Karenina: Keira Knightly takes on the role of Anna Karenina, teaming up with director Joe Wright for the third time. Jude Law plays her aristocratic husband and Aaron Johnson (you may know him from Kick-Ass!) plays Count Vronsky, the man who catches Anna’s eye and threatens her place in society.
Check out more Knightly/Wright historical epics on the Video Unlimited service: Atonement, Pride & Prejudice
2 Days in New York: Julie Delpy directed and starred in 2 Days in Paris in 2009. Now, 2 Days in New York picks up with Manhattan couple Marion (Delpy) and Mingus (Chris Rock) inviting their family over for an oversea visit. This romantic comedy will be available on the Video Unlimited service July 7th, over a month before it comes to theaters.
Find more Delpy-starring relationship movies on the Video Unlimited service: 2 Days in Paris, Before Sunset
Celeste and Jesse Forever: Rashida Jones is a big reason why “Parks and Recreation” rocks, and we’ve always been fans of Andy Samberg. Now the two star together in Celeste and Jesse Forever as a couple who, while married, are now separated but continue to hang out together all the time and consider each other their best friend. This looks like a great low-key romantic comedy with some real chemistry between the two leads.
For more of Jones and Samberg on film on the Video Unlimited service watch: Hot Rod, I Love You Man
Hotel Transylvania: This second trailer goes into more of the plot, which reassembles the That’s My Boy team of Adam Sandler as Dracula and Andy Samberg as Jonathan. In the middle is Mavis (voiced by Selena Gomez), Dracula’s teenage daughter, who wants to experience life outside their social circle of monsters.
For more monsters on the Video Unlimited service check out: Evil Dead, Little Shop of Horrors
Alex Cross: Tyler Perry takes a break from his Madea character to play the title role in the latest adaptation of a James Patterson mystery thriller. While Perry is the titular hero, it’s Matthew Fox as the serial killer Cross is hunting who shines through in this trailer.
For more James Patterson-based movies on the Video Unlimited service check out: Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider
There’s only one word that can describe this week’s PlayStation Store update – HUGE! We’ll start with the digital releases of the two of the biggest PlayStation 3 games: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Both are now available to download and can be yours for $39.99 as a bundle or individually for $29.99 each. Can you say deal of the century?
Download The Amazing Spider-Man in the PS3 Full Games category and get ready for the return of everyone’s friendly neighborhood hero to theaters. Use great in-game features including free-roaming, web-slinging and much more to swing through the Manhattan skyline, stopping villains in their tracks.
Rather fight zombies than crime? Get ready for Resident Evil 6 with the Resident Evil: Chronicles HD bundle. You’ll get both Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, each remastered for the PlayStation 3 with HD graphics and PlayStation Move compatibility.
Find out what else is new in the PlayStation Store, including the new YouTube app for PS Vita and awesome PlayStation Plus membership discounts, here.
Yesterday, we launched the Wind-up Records Premium Channel highlighting the stars that have developed through the label and made tremendous impact on the rock music landscape. Listen to over 50 tracks from these artists now in the premium channels section of the Music Unlimited service.
For today’s video round up, it’s only fitting that we pile together amazing live videos from some of these artists. Enjoy!
1) Evanescence – “My Immortal”
2) Creed – “A Thousand Faces”
3) Finger Eleven – “Paralyzer”
4) Bayside – “Sick, Sick, Sick”
5) Company of Thieves – “Oscar Wilde”
The PlayStation Experience Truck makes its next stop in Milwaukee, WI, as the sometimes frigid state basks in the warmth of summer and “the world’s biggest music festival”, Summerfest 2012.
Celebrating its 45th year, the festival spans over a staggering two weeks across over 10 stages, from small tents to huge arenas, hosting 700+ bands. This weekend features Foo Fighters, Walk the Moon, The Dirty Heads, Fun. and more. During the week of the 4th, headliners include Zac Brown Band, Death Cab For Cutie and Big Time Rush as well as up and comers The Joy Formidable, Young the Giant, Fitz and the Tantrums in the outlying tents and stages.
Come visit the truck Wednesday 6/27 – Sunday 7/1 next to the US Cellular Connection Stage near the North Gate of the festival grounds. We’ll be updating all week from the festival with pictures, artist interviews and other fun stuff. Keep watching!
In this week’s New Releases, Wrath of the Titans continues the epic adventures of Perseus, the demi-god son of Zeus. While trying to live a quiet life as a fisherman and only parent, Perseus is thrown back into the mythical mayhem of a power struggle between Zeus and the evil Hades. Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, and Ralph Fiennes star in this audiovisual spectacle which will attack your senses and leave you wanting more. Own the movie today before it hits DVD shelves.
Also in Movies, be sure to check out Mirror Mirror. This stunning film offers a fresh new perspective to the Snow White fairytale classic. Starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts, this film is perfect for the whole family.
In Collections & Sales, get more $5 movies in Own $5 Films featuring Summer Blockbusters this week. Catch up on some of the great flicks of summers past like The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot, and Independence Day.
Last but not least, we are excited to announce that we will be giving away four free UFC fights leading up to the epic all-out five round UFC© 148 event available on July 13th on the Video Unlimited service.
Wanna party, “Like a G6?” Today, the Music Unlimited service launches our brand new Far East Movement – Artist Picks Channel, available in the premium channels section! Inside you’ll find some of the band’s biggest tracks, including “Live My Life (ft. Justin Bieber)” off their new album, Dirty Bass and “Rocketeer” from their breakthrough record, Free Wired. Additionally, the band has mixed in some of their favorite songs to listen to as they head out on tour, which includes Beastie Boys, LMFAO, Robyn and more.
Check out tour dates below to see if they’re stopping near you. Then crank up that dirty bass and dance to the Far East Movement – Artist Picks Channel.
Jun 26 Nassau Coliseum – Long Island City, NY
Jun 28 Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT
Jun 29 Prudential Center – Newark, NJ
Jun 30 Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA
Jul 01 DCU Center – Worcester, MA
Jul 04 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, Canada
Jul 06 Les Ardentes Festival – Liège, Belgium
Jul 07 Summer Sound – Libava, Latvia
Jul 08 Wireless Festival – London, United Kingdom
Jul 10 The Academy – Dublin, Ireland Tickets
Jul 11 The Academy – Dublin, Ireland Tickets
Jul 13 Den Atelier -Hattiesburg, MS
Jul 15 Festival Musilac – Aix Les Bains, France
Jul 17 The Roxy – Prague, Czech Republic
Jul 19 Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jul 20 Underground - Cologne, Germany
Jul 21 Openair Val Lumnezia – Degen, Switzerland
Jul 23 Poupet Festival Saint Laurent Sur – Sèvre, France
Jul 24 Arenes des Bayonne Festival – Bayonne, France
Jul 26 Lido – Berlin, Germany
Jul 28 Europa Live – Moscow, Russia
Aug 16 Sunset Strip Music Festival – West Hollywood, CA
Aug 18 Sunset Strip Music Festival – West Hollywood, CA
Rugrats, Doug and The Angry Beavers are just a handful of the beloved animated classics that were part of the Nickelodeon line-up 20 years ago. If you were born in the late 80s, then it’s pretty likely you had some exposure to Nickelodeon’s classic line up in the 90’s.
Well, the decade of orange soda, Vital Information, and “Killer Tofu” is back again! We dusted off the shows you grew up with and put them on sale in our The 90’s Are All That Sale. This is the perfect way to revisit the classics you grew up.
Beginning today you can find an ever-growing selection of Nickelodeon shows by navigating in the Video Store to Collections & Sales. There you’ll find episodes available for $.99 each in SD, and a new FREE episode each week.
Recapture the 90s by downloading an episode of The Angry Beavers free and then keep browsing for more from The Rugrats, Hey Arnold and more. And check back each week for more shows as they’re added to The 90’s Are All That Sale.
In spite of already having a record of huge hits like, “Harder to Breathe,” and “Moves Like Jagger,” Maroon 5’s notoriety only seems to be growing, with the spotlight cast on lead singer Adam Levine between “Overexposed,” and “Hands All Over,” as a judge on The Voice. The album’s first single, was an insta-hit, with the band hitting a sweet spot doing collaborations (after huge success with Christina Aguilera and tapping Wiz Khalifa for “Payphone.”) After disjoined success with 2010’s “Hands All Over,” (with “Moves Like Jagger,” catapulting in its own vacuum) all pieces seem to be in place for the band to orchestrate complete pop music domination.
If You Like: OneRepublic, Jason Mraz, David Guetta
Recommended Track: “Payphone (ft. Wiz Khalifa)
Linkin Park once again has Rick Rubin at the helm of their 5th studio album, producing a monster first single, “BURN IT DOWN,” and an album that makes an almost expected shift outside the bands scream-ier, rapp-ier past. With the rise of EDM and dub-step, the electronic side of the band take the forefront, a shift the band feels is actually a return to their roots, having been a leader in a genre that was, by all intents and purposes, a brand new concept when the band first emerged. Linkin Park hits the road in August with a dream team of Incubus and MUTEMATH for the Honda Civic Tour. Find the dates here: http://lptix.com/events/
If You Like: Muse, Rage Against the Machine, KORN
Recommended Track: “IN MY REMAINS”
As the Music Unlimited service continues to celebrate music’s most influential record labels, we are excited to launch our brand new Wind Up Records Channel, now available in the premium channels section.
In the landscape of rock music, few labels have developed such iconic talent as Wind Up Records. Formed in 1997, their catalog boasts heavy-hitting repertoire like Evanescence, Creed, Drowning Pool and Seether, whose albums have sold multi-millions between them and shaped a sound for devotees around the world. Alongside the all-stars come a crop of new talent, like American Idol’s James Durbin, Civil Twilight, O.A.R. and Company of Thieves. Their latest signings, The Darkness and Young Guns also have brand new songs featured in the channel, blazing the trail for the label in the next year.
Check out where Wind Up Records artists will be stopping this summer on tour and get a sneak peek of the channel’s first 15 songs below. We’ll be talking more about this history of Wind Up this week – stay tuned!
Wind Up Records Premium Channel– Sneak Peek!
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