Dane Cook: Hottest Comic in America Today or Total Retard? You Decide.

Dane Cook, the hottest comic in America today, invited three fellow comics to join him in 2005 on a sold-out stand-up bus tour. The result was Dane Cook's Tourgasm. The hilarious, behind-the-scenes HBO series focused on intimate, often-hysterical scenes of the quartet as they overcame cramped quarters and frequent misunderstandings, which ultimately deepened their ties as they celebrated a once-in-a-lifetime journey no one will forget. Each episode also showcased music recorded by talented unsigned bands personally selected by Cook. Play-tone/Rhino Records compiles Tourgasm's best songs and comedy snippets from the show for a special companion to the cable series. The Soundtrack From Dane Cook's Tourgasm will be available January 23 at all retail outlets and at http://www2.blogger.com/www.rhino.com for a suggested list price of $13.98. The music tracks featured on the album are available exclusively for digital download for a suggested list price of $11.99 as of December 26, the same day HBO Video releases Dane Cook's Tourgasm on DVD.

Pablo!

Pablo Francisco may be the most outrageous comedian in the country with sold-out concerts and a cult fan base that's exploding worldwide. No topic is off limits in this no-holds-barred look at movies, music, video games and celebrity. See what fans who know him from MAD TV, The Family Guy and HBO are talking about in this original live concert that's a must-have for any comedy fan.

Pablo was picked to be the "Comedian of the Week" on Myspace's comedy front page!He has done guest appearances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" * Starred in his own Comedy Central Presents special (consistently in the top 5 most requested). * Guest appearances: FOX's animated feature "The Family Guy," Showtime's "Full Frontal Comedy," Comedy Central's "Short Attention Span Theater" and "Make Me Laugh" * Cast member on "Mad TV" * Nominated Comedian Of The Year by the American Comedy Awards.

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Love C. Love

DIRTY BLONDE is an eclectic composition of Courtney Love's deeply personal artifacts—including letters, childhood records, poetry, journal entries, song lyrics, fanzines, show flyers, other original writings, and never-before-seen photographs—DIRTY BLONDE leads us through the unimaginable highs and the despairing lows of one of the most captivating and creative figures in the world of popular culture. Ranging from her upbringing in Oregon through her years of living in Japan, New Zealand, and London, from her career highs with Hole and as a Hollywood leading lady to her personal heartbreak and struggles, DIRTY BLONDE is Love laid bare—a wholly fascinating portrait of a fierce and insightful woman with an unblinking worldview and a determination to express herself no matter the cost.

Love writes in her introduction: ‘I have always said that I would never write a book, and I really haven't.’ It's true— ‘diaries’ is something of a misnomer, as ‘scrapbooks’ would more accurately describe the collection of old photographs, hand-scrawled song lyrics and other documents that fill these pages.’

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World Music is Good, Can I Please Start the Story Now?

Babel, the last film by Alejandro González Iñárritu that completes his trilogy which began with Amores Perros and 21 Grams, weaves together three compelling stories united by something stronger than fate. In the course of just a few days, they will each face the dizzying sensation of becoming profoundly lost - lost in the desert, lost to the world, lost to themselves - as they are pushed to the farthest edges of confusion and fear as well as to the very depths of connection and love.
Gustavo Santaolalla, who wrote the score for Babel, won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Score for Brokeback Mountain, which sold 165,000 copies in the U.S. alone. To give his music for Babel an authentic Middle Eastern feel, Santaolalla taught himself to play the oud, an Arab lute with a distinct, percussive sound. His work for the soundtrack album includes solo oud meditations, folkloric recordings of the Gnawa brotherhoods of Morocco and orchestrated pieces that combine electronic percussion with the sounds of classical Arab music.
A global story needed a global soundtrack, but Iñárritu didn’t want a hodge podge of folk music or songs that sounded like incidental music for a National Geographic special. Iñárritu, Santaolalla, Anibal Kerpel (Composer and Music Editor) and Lynn Fainchtein (Music Supervisor) locked themselves up in a recording studio both in Marrakech and Tijuana, where they listened to and recorded the music of the Gnawa and other traditional Arab musicians in Morocco, and delved into various Norteño sounds in Tijuana. In Japan, musician, producer and DJ Shinichi Osawa and musician, producer Cornelius guided Iñárritu and his collaborators through the sights and sounds of Tokyo at night. The resulting soundtrack takes us on a journey with no beginning or end, with music that illuminates the film as well as the creative process behind it.

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