Lollipop Theater Network and Universal Pictures Present a Special Screening of

Nanny McPhee Returns

With Special Guests Including Academy Award^® winner Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal

Proceeds to benefit the Lollipop Theater Network

New York, NY – August 3, 2010 – Lollipop Theater Network and Universal Pictures are proud to present a special sneak-peek screening of Nanny McPhee Returns on August 17^th at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 in New York City.  Proceeds will benefit the Lollipop Theater Network, an organization that brings the magic of movies, currently in theatrical release, to children confined to hospitals nationwide due to chronic and life-threatening illnesses.  The screening will be followed by a reception at Josephina’s.  Guests will be joined by Nanny McPhee Returns’ starsEmma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal, director Susanna White, producer Lindsay Doran, as well as the host committee, Ellen & Dan Crown and Jenna Wolfe.  Tickets to the screening are $50, and there will be a limited amount of tickets to both the screening and reception available for $100.  Guests must RSVP by August 13^th at rsvp@lollipoptheater.org or by calling 310.235.2772.  The family comedy opens August 20^th.

Founded in 2001, Lollipop Theater Network (LOLLIPOP) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing the magic of movies to the children who need it the most.  Working in collaboration with the leading motion picture studios, LOLLIPOP brings current film releases into hospitals for group and bedside screenings.  To bring these special children a feeling of having their own “premiere,” LOLLIPOP rolls out the red carpet, hands out movie tickets, offers refreshments, distributes studio promotional items and features guest appearances by the stars of the films, whenever possible.

LOLLIPOP has screened more than 200 films in 18 states, facilitates talent visits and coordinating activities, and has added a music program, Rhythm of Hope.

RECENT SCREENINGS: Despicable Me, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Karate Kid, Shrek Ever After, How to Train Your Dragon, Furry Vengeance, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Spy Next Door, Planet 51, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

PAST CELEBRITY VISITS: Jennie Garth, Chace Crawford, Taylor Lautner, Jordana Brewster, Corbin Bleu, Emma Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Steve Carell, Amanda Bynes, Ice Cube, Tim Allen, Dakota Fanning, Wanda Sykes and many more.

www.lollipoptheater.org

Contact:

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Linda Carbone / Ashley Bryan

212 246 2640

ashley@pressherepublicity.com

Featuring LCD Soundsystem, Belle & Sebastian,

The National, DeadMau5, Broken Social Scene,

Kruder & Dorfmeister (live), She & Him, Miike Snow

and More!

OCTOBER 16 & 17, 2010

Two-Day and VIP Tickets on Sale July 13  @ 1pm EST / 10am PST

Single Day Tickets Available July 16 @ 1pm EST / 10am PST

San Francisco, CA - July 12, 2010 – The gorgeous, panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay will serve as the backdrop for LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian when they headline The 2010 Treasure Island Music Festival presented by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment. The fourth annual festival, which takes place on Treasure Island over two days - October 16^th and 17^th – will carry on the tradition of featuring some of the music world’s most exciting artists.  This year’s stellar lineup, in addition to LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian (making their first Bay Area appearance in four years), is a who’s who of the dance/electronic and indie rock worlds, including The National, Broken Social Scene, She & Him, Deadmau5, Kruder & Dorfmeister (live) (with one of their first U.S. performances since 2001), Miike Snow, !!!, Superchunk, Surfer Blood, Die Antwoord, Little Dragon, Four Tet, Rogue Wave, Ra Ra Riot, Monotonix, Phantogram, The Sea & Cake, Phosphorescent, Holy Fuck, Jamaica, Wallpaper, Papercuts, Maus Haus and The Mumlers.  (See full list below.)

Two day and VIP tickets go on sale tomorrow at 1pm EST/10am PST via the Treasure Island website:  http://www.treasureislandfestival.com.  Single day tickets will be made available on Friday, July 16^th at 1pm EST/10am PST.  A limited amount of reduced price early bird tickets will be available.  Full ticketing details are as follows:

Single Day - GA                         $67.50
Two-Day - Early                         $99.99
Two-Day - GA                            $119.50
Single Day VIP Two Pack           $249.50
Two-Day VIP Two Packs            $475.00

Selected for its stunning, picturesque views, Treasure Island lays just off the coast of Yerba Buena Island in the San Francisco Bay.  When the festival of the same name began in 2007, it quickly became one of the premiere music events of the fall concert season thanks to its consistently fresh and exciting lineups (the festival has never repeated an act) and its intimate feel.  A sellout crowd of just over 12,000 music fans per day descended on the decommissioned naval base last year to see headliners MGMT and The Flaming Lips.  By splitting each day into genre-specific artists – the first day features dance/electronic artists, while the second features indie rock bands – the festival has previously hosted a wide range of acclaimed artists since its inception, including M.I.A., Modest Mouse, The Raconteurs, Justice, Spoon, Thievery Corporation, Vampire Weekend, Girl Talk, MSTRKRFT, The Decemberists and many more.

In addition to providing music lovers with the coolest artists and an incredible setting, Treasure Island Music Festival ensures that attendees never miss a note of music.  With two stages that alternate between bands, rather than having them play simultaneously, concert-goers have the chance to literally hear every note of every artist for the entire weekend.   When not watching bands, festival attendees can hop over to the Treasure Chest, the festival’s interactive village full of games, a live mural wall, a photo booth, local craft vendors and more.  This,combined with a 60 ft. Ferris Wheel, gourmet food vendors from local San Francisco businesses, a refillable water program, and buses to and from the festival loaded with Wi-Fi make the Treasure Island Music Festival one of the most amazing and unique music experiences of the year.

This year’s logo for the Treasure Island Music Festival was designed by local San Franciscan Jeff Canham (http://www.jeffcanham.com/).  Previous years logos have been supplied by Shepard Fairey, Jason Munn (of Small Stakes) and Josh Cochran.

http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/

Full Confirmed Lineup

Saturday, October 16^th

LCD Soundsystem

Deadmau5

Kruder & Dorfmeister (live)

Miike Snow

!!!

Die Antwoord

Little Dragon

Four Tet

Holy Fuck

Phantogram

Jamaica

Wallpaper

Maus Haus

Sunday, October 17^th

Belle & Sebastian

The National

Broken Social Scene

She & Him

Superchunk

Rogue Wave

Surfer Blood

Ra Ra Riot

Monotonix

The Sea & the Cake

Phosphorescent

Papercuts

The Mumlers

ABOUT NOISE POP

Established in San Francisco in 1993, Noise Pop is the leading independent music festival in the Bay Area.  Over the last 18 years Noise Pop has provided exposure to some of the top emerging artists, many of whom have gone on to widespread acclaim, including  the White Stripes, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips,  Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes, Magnetic Fields and Wolfmother.  In 2006 Noise Pop began expanding the scope and presence of its established brand into year-round events (including the Treasure Island Music Festival) in the Bay Area and beyond that celebrate all forms of independent culture, music, film, art and merchandise to an ever expanding community.

www.noisepop.com       

ABOUT ANOTHER PLANET ENTERTAINMENT

Since its inception in 2003, Another Planet Entertainment has produced and promoted over 1,000 events with artists as diverse as Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, Daft Punk, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Metallica and Kanye West.  A Bay Area staple, Another Planet is the exclusive promoter for the Greek Theatre (Berkeley), Fox Theater (Oakland), The Independent (San Francisco) and Harvey’s Outdoor Amphitheatre (Lake Tahoe.) Another Planet also produces two major yearly festivals in San Francisco – Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival and Treasure Island Music Festival. In its first year of operation, Another Planet was selected by a vote of its concert industry peers as “Promoter of the Year” in the United States by Pollstar Magazine. In 2004 and 2005, Another Planet was pleased to be named “Independent Promoter of the Year.” In 2009 Another Planet Entertainment was named “Best Cultural Improvement” by the East Bay Express, and the Fox Theater as “Best Venue.”
http://www.apeconcerts.com/

For more information, please contact:

Jen Appel / Sam Orlando

Press Here

212-246-2640

jen@pressherepublicity.com / sam@pressherepublicity.com

From his native Somalia to the home of the first ever African World Cup, South Africa, and everywhere in between - K’NAAN’s song “Wavin’ Flag - The Coca-Cola Celebration Mix” has become an undeniable international smash hit, reaching #1 on the charts in 10 countries around the world.  All across Johannesburg soccer fans are calling the song “The People’s Anthem.”  With World Cup fever in the air, here’s your chance to catch the bug for yourself!

http://knaanmusic.com/

Congratulations to Press Here clients PHOENIX, GRIZZLY BEAR, MOS DEF, BAT FOR LASHES and THE DEAD WEATHER who were all voted into the TOP 30 BEST ALBUMS OF 2009 by a plethora of music critics for the Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop.

http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/2009.

PHOENIX also landed TWO tracks in the TOP TEN BEST SINGLES where they were joined by GRIZZLY BEAR’s “Two Weeks”.

http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2009.

Thank you music scribes for bigging up the French boys - onwards to the GRAMMYS!

It’s time to come out of blog posting hibernation - hello again.  Here are just a few of the many things we’re loving right now that we’d like to share with you:

*The Killers performed their new single, “A Dustland Fairytale,” with an orchestra on The Late Show with David Letterman this week.  It’s swoon-worthy.

*This song by Dirty Projectors has been on heavy rotation in our offices - these guys played at our SXSW party and nearly knocked the tent over with their greatness.  Is it wrong to wake up every day cursing our luck that we can’t sing like Amber Coffman?

*Like everyone else, we’re pretty obsessed with the new Phoenix album…

…and have you heard the super awesome new Mos Def songs?

*We’ve also been playing the new Camera Obscura album, My Maudlin Career, and counting the days until the Au Revoir Simone shows at the month’s end, which are going to be fantastic as always.

*And lastly, we may even be brave enough to attempt the line this year….

Happy spring!

But don’t take our word for it - see the awesomeness for yourself:

Rock The Vote Road Trip 2008 events listed below:

Saturday, September 13 - Nashville, TN
Monday, September 15 – Blacksburg, VA
Tuesday, September 16 – Richmond, VA
Wednesday, September 17 – Annandale, VA
Thursday, September 18 & 19 - Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, September 20 – State College, PA
Sunday, September 21 - Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, September 23 – Youngstown, OH
Wednesday, September 24 - Akron, OH
Thursday, September 25 - Cleveland, OH
Friday, September 26 - Kent, OH
Saturday, September 27 - Columbus, OH
Sunday, September 28 - Cincinnati, OH
Tuesday, September 29 - Bloomington, IN
Thursday, October 2 - St. Louis, MO
Saturday, October 4 – Iowa City, IA
Monday, October 6 - Minneapolis, MN

Join the Official Facebook Rock The Vote Road Trip 2008 group here.

Join the Official Myspace Rock The Vote Road Trip 2008 group here.

Register to vote now at Rock The Vote.

Thanks to our good friends at My Old Kentucky Blog for the tip off that all 22 Blur clips are available via Parlophone’s YouTube channel. The available videos are:

 Blur videos available:1. She’s So High
2. There’s No Other Way
3. Bang
4. Popscene
5. For Tomorrow
6. Chemical World
7. Sunday Sunday
8. Girls and Boys
9. To The End
10. Parklife
11. End Of A Century
12. Country House
13. The Universal
14. Stereotypes
15. Charmless Man
16. Beetlebum
17. Song 2
18. On Your Own
19. M.O.R.
20. Tender
21. Coffee & TV
22. No Distance Left To Run

There are simply way too many single highlights from Blur’s catalogue to pass on viewing any but Press Here cut a rug big-time to There’s No Other Way in the day so here goes:

The Detroit Free Press ran a Calendar cover story yesterday about Jack White’s poem “Courageous Dream’s Concern“.

We think it’s beautiful (although, since we’re not native Detroiters many of the references are completely lost on us!)

‘Courageous Dream’s Concern,’ by Jack White

I have driven slow,
three miles an hour or so,
through Highland Park, Heidelberg, and the
Cass Corridor.
I’ve hopped on the Michigan,
and transferred to the Woodward,
and heard the good word blaring from an
a.m. radio.
I love the worn-through tracks of trolley
trains breaking through their
concrete vaults,
As I ride the Fort Street or the Baker,
just making my way home.

I sneak through an iron gate, and fish
rock bass out of the strait,
watching the mail boat with
its tugboat gait,
hauling words I’ll never know.
The water letter carrier,
bringing prose to lonely sailors,
treading the big lakes with their trailers,
floats in blue green chopping waters,
above long-lost sunken failures,
awaiting exhumation iron whalers,
holding gold we’ll never know.

I’ve slid on Belle Isle,
and rowed inside of it for miles.
Seeing white deer running alongside
While I glide, in a canoe.
I’ve walked down Caniff holding a glass
Atlas root beer bottle in my hands
And I’ve entered closets of coney islands
early in the morning too.
I’ve taken malt from Stroh’s and Sanders,
felt the black powder of abandoned
embers,
And smelled the sawdust from wood cut
to rehabilitate the fallen edifice.
I’ve walked to the rhythm of mariachis,
down junctions and back alleys,
Breathing fresh-baked fumes of culture
nurtured of the Latin and the
Middle East.
I’ve fallen down on public ice,
and skated in my own delight,
and slid again on metal crutches
into trafficked avenues.

Three motors moved us forward,
Leaving smaller engines to wither,
the aluminum, and torpedo,
Monuments to unclaimed dreaming.
Foundry’s piston tempest captured,
Forward pushing workers raptured,
Frescoed families strife fractured,
Encased by factory’s glass ceiling.
Detroit, you hold what one’s been seeking,
Holding off the coward-armies weakling,
Always rising from the ashes
not returning to the earth.
I so love your heart that burns
That in your people’s body yearns
To perpetuate,
and permeate,
the lonely dream that does encapsulate,
Your spirit, that God insulates,
With courageous dream’s concern.

Well….Times Square to be more precise. Never one to let an opportunity to be subversive and mess with the minds of middle-American tourists pass him by, the Sex Pistols brainchild has set his sights on MTV’s 40+ foot screen in the heart of one New York’s busiest attractions for his “Shallow” installation.

As part of the installation, McLaren will show heavily edited, old stag flicks set to music. Press Here is particularly intrigued by the portion of “Shallow” that’s set to the music of the Captain and Tenielle’s Love Will Keep Us Together and Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart.

Check out the full story here and get along to the installation until August 14th.

Gizmodo have highlighted a hilarious Myspace page of a Kiwi outfit called The Trons….a band made up of er, robots. Have a listen and judge for yourself whether Gizmodo are correct in saying they’re “at least as good as Coldplay”.

You can definitely see the appeal of this band; no attitude, limited rehearsal time required and a touring company’s dream in that the artists get stowed under the plane with the gear, no hotel room is required, there are no bathroom stops and of course, no per diems!