December 25, 2007

Geeks unite! The Hobbit movie a go.

After a ton of back and forth, it would seem that The Hobbit-and a sequel-have been given the greenlight. Finally! According to reports at TheHobbitBlog.com, New Line and MGM Studios will co-produce the films while Peter Jackson (director, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy) and Fran Walsh (Jackson’s wife, screenwriter of Heavenly Creatures and LOTR...

Idolator celebrates the 12 Days Of Emo

Sure, they’re only on day four or something, but Idolator thought it would be supes funny to come up with the 12 days of Emo. You can watch a progress report here. We’re a little worried they’re gonna lose steam (seeing as Christmas was, like, today and stuff), but we’re waiting to see what they...

Death Cab preps for new album

We miss Death Cab For Cutie so bad, you can only imagine our excitement when we heard that not only is their new album expected for release in May 2008, but the band’s previewing some studio footage here. In the meantime, DCFC frontman Ben Gibbard recently hit the studio with Feist to collaborate on a...

Jay-Z steps down as president of IDJ

After a couple tumultuous months behind-the-scene in the music biz, Jay-Z announced Monday that he would step down as the president of Island Def Jam Records-and Pete Wentz wept. A replacement has yet to be named, but accoording to NobodySmiling.com, the American Gangster is planning on opening a 5-star hotel in Downtown NYC, tentatively titled...