Sony Pictures has announced a January 26 release date for the DVD version of Michael Jackson's This is It. The date was moved back to give theaters additional time to show the film and to tie it in with the Grammy Awards.
The DVD version will have an hour of extra footage while the Blu-Ray will have 1-1/2 hours extra along with a Smooth Criminal film that was to show prior to Jackson's performances and a making of for the short film. Both will have two making-of pieces on the full film and shorts on costumes, dancer auditions and Jackson himself.
Marc Rashba, VP of marketing for Sony, said "We're thrilled with the date that we ended up with, where it's at an opportune time in the market. The Grammys follow right after the release date (on Jan. 31). There will be a lot of Grammy areas in stores, and we can play into that."
It's not a good time right now for members of Heaven and Hell.
Ronnie James Dio announced last week that he has stomach cancer and we have no learned that drummer
Vinny Appice will undergo surgery on his right shoulder on Monday. The shoulder was injured during the band's last tour. His doctor's expect him to be back at the drums in about five months.
On a brighter side, the group's guitarist,
Tony Iommi has gotten back together with former
Black Sabbath bandmate
Ian Gillan to write a new song. The two had been on the outs since 1984 when Gillan left Sabbath to return to
Deep Purple. The pair are also talking about starting a charity band with a few other musicians.
London's Mail Online recently published a story saying that
David Bowie had been asked to play at next summer's Glastonbury festival. A posting on davidbowie.com set the record straight.
Rumours and lies and stories they made up...Part 386
The Mail Online has posted a piece suggesting that David Bowie is "considering an offer" to appear at next year's 40th anniversary Glastonbury Festival.
Sadly, there is absolutely no substance to this story.
Discovery Bay Games and Debbie Gold have published
Grateful Dead-opoly, an officially licensed version of Monopoly but, instead of buying streets, you purchase Dead albums. The playing pieces include the bands bus and a drum while the "Chance" cards reference different things that happened in the band's history. More information is available at
gratefuldeadopoly.com.
The movie
Nowhere Boy is covering the teenage years of
John Lennon, so now it's time to move forward a bit in his life with the BBC drama
Lennon Naked. The film, scheduled for a 2010 airing, starts in 1967 with the death of
Brian Epstein and goes up to 1971 and the release of the
Imagine album.
Christopher Eccleston, who previously played
Dr. Who and has appeared on
Heros, will play Lennon. Naoko Mori, who was in the same series of
Dr. Who, will play
Yoko Ono.
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Artist: David Bowie
