Stopping for a Global Moment in Time
(7/5/04) WMC-TV Memphis

Millions of Elvis fans can't be wrong. Monday, fans young and old paused to remember the King of Rock 'n' Roll in a Global Moment in Time. The craze began 50-years ago Monday. Memphis put on a huge party, and the whole world was invited. What a great moment, when the original 1954 recording of the 'That's All Right' was simulcast around the globe right from Sun Studio. This day has been a golden moment that the world will not forget.

It's the song that started it all. 50-years ago guitarist Scotty Moore recorded "That's All Right" with Elvis Presley at Sun Studio. Moore says he didn't know he was making history back then. "Everybody was in the right place at the right time, I guess. Bill and I had never heard the song. Elvis knew it and he started singing it and we fell, just fell in with him." It's that moment that the world celebrates, the golden anniversary of rock and roll.

Issac Hayes, record producer said, "It's exciting, it's very exciting, It's a Memphis Thang." Millington's Justin Timberlake was on hand for the celebration. He talked about Elvis' influence over music today. "Music Today is such a fusion of everything. Being here to celebrate 50 years of rock and roll with Elvis Presley, who was really one of the first artists to fuse different types of music." Timberlake's girlfriend Cameron Diaz was also in town, but kept a low profile at the event...

ADIDAS is Boyz Single of the Week
(7/5/04) Boyz UK (thanks charlidos!)

JC Chasez
All Day Long I Dream About Sex (Jive)
5 of 5 stars

Not the luckiest guy in pop, JC Chasez has had his fair share of knock backs recently. Despite finishing his album the same time as Justin’s (and it being far superior to Justified), the record company chose to sit on it for a year in order to give priority to JT’s. By the time Schizophrenic was released, Justin was so big that no-one could give a toss about JC, and his debut single was shockingly overlooked by radio and the buying public alike. In a further unlucky twist, when U.S. radio did pick up on a track they like (i.e. this one) they pull it the week after JT and Janet’s Nipplegate incident, and MTV join the backlash by refusing to play the video because it parodies 70s porn flicks. Now, we’d expect this from the prudish U.S. but not the UK, so we’re confused as to why no-one is playing this ace record. Like the bastard offspring of Bloodhound Gang's ‘Bad Touch’ and Sam Fox’s ‘Touch Me’, the only risqué thing about this record is JC’s tongue, and that must surely be placed firmly in his cheek. Go buy this genius slice of dirty pop and make it No.1 forever.

"Lovewrecked" begins principal photography in Caribbean
(7/5/04) Canada Newswire

Press Release Source: M8 ENTERTAINMENT INC.

MONTREAL, Canada, July 5 /CNW Telbec/ - M8 Entertainment Inc., a leading Canadian film entertainment company, announced today that a number of leading actors have signed on for roles alongside star Amanda Bynes in its feature film teen comedy project Lovewrecked. Chris Carmack, one of the young stars of Fox's hit television series "The O.C." has signed on to play Jason, the rock idol whom Jenny (Ms. Bynes) finds herself shipwrecked with. "Sopranos" star Jamie-Lynn DiScala has also signed on to play the role of Alexis, who is Jenny's rival for Jason's affections. And playing the role of Jenny's best friend Ryan will be up-and-coming star Jonathan Bennett, who recently had a starring role in the hit feature film teen comedy Mean Girls.
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Principal photography on Lovewrecked began last week on location in the Caribbean. Lovewrecked is being directed by Randal Kleiser (director of Grease and Honey I Blew Up the Kid), from a script written by Stephen Langford. M8 Entertainment's Stewart Hall will produce, along with Bacon & Eggs' Joe Anderson and Wendy Thorlakson. In Lovewrecked, Ms. Bynes plays Jenny, an eighteen year-old girl who is ecstatic when she finds that her favorite rock star, Jason, is a guest at the tropical resort where she is working for the summer. When they are both thrown overboard during a cruise, Jenny is even more thrilled to find herself stranded on a remote beach, alone with Jason. Jenny soon learns that they are actually just down the beach from the resort - but Jenny keeps the truth from Jason so that she will have a chance to win him over. Things get even more complicated when Jenny's rival Alexis pretends to be shipwrecked too, and they must compete for Jason's affections.

"We are tremendously excited to have assembled such a talented cast to star alongside Amanda in Lovewrecked," said M8's Stewart Hall. "We've always seen this film as a fresh, fun teen comedy with wide audience appeal, and now this project has become even more dynamic with these talented and attractive new additions to the cast," further added Hall.

Also joining the cast is Joey Kern (Grind, Cabin Fever), who will play Jason's high-strung manager Milo; veteran comic star Fred Willard (A Mighty Wind, Best in Show) as Jenny's father; Kathy Griffin (Beethoven's Fifth, Suddenly Susan) as Jason's cutthroat publicist Belinda; Alfonso Ribeiro ("The Fresh Prince of Bel Air") as the hotel manager; and Jackie Long (Roommates) as Ryan's friend Chase. Rounding out the rest of the cast are Suzanne Kent (Honey, I Blew Up the Kid) and Connor Matheus (The Polar Express, Santa Clause 2) who will respectively play Cinderella and Otis Venable, guests at the resort. Lance Bass will also have a role in the film as Dan, a cell-phone toting assistant to Milo and Belinda...