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2012 was a pretty good year. The world didn’t end (at least not yet), and Rush finally made it into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Along the way, a bunch of other stuff happened—music-related and otherwise. But what fun is looking back? Here at AP, we’d much rather look ahead to the upcoming […]

Facebook has launched a 2012 Year In Review site where they present the top Facebook Stories of 2012, including the most popular songs, memes, public figures, books and more. They also narrow down the trends by country. Here are some of the music and pop-culture-related highlights.  Most listened songs (by app plays):  1.     […]

Film distribution company Breaking Glass Pictures has  “acquired all domestic theatrical and ancillary rights to…'K-11,'” the indie film in which Chiodos frontman Craig Owens makes his acting debut, according to Variety.  In the film, Owens plays singer/songwriter Ian Sheffield.  Check out the film synopsis and trailer below:  “K-11 is a riveting drama that deals with the […]

Claudio Sanchez's (Coheed And Cambria) The Amory Wars graphic novel series will be developed into a movie, as announced at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday morning. Via Variety: “”Boardwalk Empire” and “Entourage” producers Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson have picked up the graphic novel series “The Amory Wars,” from Claudio Sanchez and Evil Ink […]

According to Billboard, Skrillex will be contritubting to the soundtrack to Disney's upcoming film Wreck-It Ralph. The movie is slated for a November release.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins (second from left) has been tapped to play Iggy Pop in the upcoming CBGB film. Hawkins joins a cast that includes Alan Rickman as club owner Hilly Kristal, Malin Ackerman as Blondie's Debbie Harry, Mickey Sumner as Patti Smith and Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) as band manager Terry […]

Highly entertaining interview with Glenn Danzig at LA Weekly today, in which the singer comments on what he would've done differently from Hugh Jackman in the X-Men films, whether or not he collects action figures of himself and whether or not he's ever killed anyone. No, really. Here are some excerpts: “Early in the film's […]

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana will be directing and producing an upcoming documentary on Van Nuys, California studio Sound City. In addition to Nirvana's seminal 1991 effort Nevermind being tracked there, artists such as Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Cheap Trick, Guns N' Roses, Fear, Rage Against The Machine, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails […]

Yesterday's viral marketing campaign yielded a third official trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, out July 20. Watch it below.

A new viral campaign for The Dark Knight Rises has been launched with police files and warrants for Batman's arrest on six separate deaths, as well as kidnapping and assault charges. Check out a screenshot below. The movie hits theaters July 20.

AFI vocalist Davey Havok is apparently working on a movie script with director Travis Kopach, according to Kopach's twitter feed:   Working on a feature length film script with the talent @DaveyHavok & doing a pop up video interview for the @michellebranch vid. #lifeisrad — Travis Kopach (@getraddielater) April 2, 2012 We'll keep you posted […]

Variety reports that Sony and director/producer Brett Ratner are preparing a film adaptation of the 2011 book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. The book, written by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, chronicles the first decade of MTV's history, and according to Amazon: “It was a pretty radical idea-a […]