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VIE Water's Party With a Purpose: Hydrate Haiti In coordination with Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) & Gallery 825 the first Hydrate Haiti Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 7pm to 10pm located at 825 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles. Shanti Lowry of the hit TV show The Game is the official host the event, which includes a silent auction featuring local artists and items donated by Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. Live acoustic music will be provided by and Q'orianka Kilcher (star of the film THE NEW WORLD), Sister Rogers, and traditional Haitian music by Set Etwals. All ticket sales to the event and funds raised go directly to building water wells in the struggling country of Haiti. |
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Boxmasters Finish 2009 in the Top 20 of Americana's Top 100 Albums of the YearNashville, December 23, 2009. The Americana Music Association announced its year end Top 100 Albums of the Year. The Top 100 albums are based on those records reported during the period of November 17, 2008 through November 16, 2009. The Top Twenty most played albums, as charted on the Americana Airplay Chart are: 1. Buddy & Julie Miller
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And Here's What Some Canadians ThinkIn the Montreal Gazette year-end roundup From Brooklyn to Bob Dylan: Our Top 10 Albums of 2009, music critic Bernard Perusse including the following in his Top 10 List: 10. The Boxmasters: Modbilly (Vanguard). Billy Bob Thornton and band delivered irresistible, backbeat-filled country rock bursting with low-rent wit, hooks to spare and impeccable taste in covers. Mashed potatoes with plenty of gravy. Merci, cher Bernard!
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Coffee Fool Brews Up Special Boxmasters Blend
Looking for something with that certain Waffle House je ne sais quoi? Coffee Fool has conjured up a smoky, Italian-roasted (and why not? Billy Bob's part Italian and he smokes!) Kona blend to celebrate the launch of The Boxmasters' debut CD. How would you like that ground? At Coffee Fool, you can get a 12-ounce or 2.25-pound bag ground to your exacting specifications: Whole Bean, French Press, Coarse Grind, Perk, Drip Grind, Grindhouse (no, wait, that's a Tarantino flick), Very Strong Drop Grind, Very Fine Grind, Turkish, and Espresso. Like Billy Bob himself, it's a little bit country, it's a little bit rock 'n' roll. If the up-tempo ballads don't rouse you from your post-roadhouse stupor, then a shot of this stuff'll cure whatever ails ya.
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MY RUN Wins Best Documentary at the Mammoth Film Festival!
The audience favorite also moved critics who attended its world premiere. To wit: “Touching documentary... there’s a tear on my couch” – NickGioBarbieri, Austinist “An Example of an Extraordinary Achievement by an Ordinary Human Being” – Mammoth Times Narrated by Billy Bob Thornton, MY RUN is the true story of how Hitchcock ran 75 marathons in 75 consecutive days, from St. Paul, MN to Atlanta, GA. What drove him? The death of his wife, Sue, from breast cancer, the ensuing loss of his corporate job, and his struggle in the aftermath to raise their three sons, ages four, six, and nine, as a single father. More than ten years later, he set out to run the marathons to symbolize how anyone can overcome insurmountable odds to keep his family together. By running, he hoped to call attention to the difficulties faced by families headed by single parents. Despite a heart attack during his pre-marathon training, multiple fractures in his ankles and feet, and a course that took him through some dangerous parts of St. Louis, Hitchcock ran on, inspiring hundreds of Americans to meet him along the way and share with him their tales of familial loss and survival. Those stories helped spur him across the finish line in Atlanta. And now, Hitchcock's story has been made into the inspirational documentary MY RUN. Directed and produced by Tim VandeSteeg of Indiewood Pictures and produced by Mark Castaldo of Destiny Pictures, Meanwhile . . .
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Heavy Metal ThunderBilly Bob joins a veritable rock 'n' roll who's who appearing in LEMMY, a documentary that follows Motörhead’s frontman/bassist Lemmy Kilmister on the road, in concert, and into his home. LEMMY will premiere at the 2010 South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, this March. LEMMY features interviews with some of the many artists inspired by Lemmy Kilmister, including Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Metallica, Slash, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Bob, and wrestler Triple H. Visit the LemmyMovie Website for more information and premiere details. |
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From the "Caught Between The Rock and a Hard Place" DepartmentFASTER and FASTER!Billy Bob Thornton will star opposite Dwayne Johnson in FASTER, a co-production of CBS Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group. Joining the cast this past week: Salma Hayek, Maggie Grace, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Moon Bloodgood. The project, which is scheduled to start principal photography in mid-January, will be directed by George Tillman, Jr. (NOTORIOUS, MEN OF HONOR, SOUL FOOD). FASTER is currently slated for release on October 15, 2010. Written by Joe and Tony Gayton, this actioner follows a an ex-con (Johnson) who is hell-bent on avenging his brother's murder, and he's got a deadly to-do list to check off along the way (talk about an organized offender!). Billy Bob plays a veteran cop in hot pursuit of Johnson's character. Adding further fuel to the fire is an egocentric hit man (not cast yet) also hot on Johnson's trail. The film will be produced by Castle Rock Entertainment's Martin Shafer and Liz Glotzer, with Tony Gayton and Robert Teitel. Joe Gayton will executive produce. CBS Films will distribute
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BBT Goes to Bat for THREE NIGHTS IN AUGUSTNaw, he's not stepping into Christian Bale's Dark Knight costume. This bat is strictly for baseball, Billy Bob's favorite sport. Our favorite die-hard Cardinals fan has signed on to produce THREE NIGHTS IN AUGUST, a baseball tale based on the book by Buzz Bissinger. If that name sounds familiar, it should. Buzz Bissinger wrote the book that eventually became the film FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. Bissinger's book covers the 2003 series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, as seen from the vantage point of Cardinals coach Tony La Russa. Red Bird Cinema managing director John Loar joins Billy Bob in producing the picture, with actor Kevin Pollak (TROPIC THUNDER), La Russa, and Bissinger on board as executive producers. "There are a lot of baseball movies out there, and a lot of them are based on the won-loss component," Loar said. "What this does is go inside the day-to-day happenings of the locker room and how a manager thinks about all the decisions he has to make. It's going to be challenging, but Billy Bob has a good handle on it." |
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Damon and Stella Foundation Appeal
Established in 2006, the Damon and Stella Foundation For Mental Health is an alliance of artists and health care professionals dedicated to expanding cultural awareness of mental disease. With over 30,000 completed suicides in the United States each year, and with 250,000 to 790,000 estimated attempts, they aim to draw attention to this crisis through aggressive communication, compassion, and community campaigns. Billy Bob joins Randy Travis and Greg Halsted in helping to raise public awareness. The Damon and Stella Foundation's Web site includes a gallery of striking original artworks donated by the artists to raise money for the Foundation's PSA efforts. Visit today and show your support! |
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From the "That Burger's About the Size of Texas, Mr. President" DepartmentK-Bob's Steakhouse Features BBT's HideawayThe Sorocco El Defensor Chieftain (one of the best newspaper names we've ever heard) reports that John Woodworth is the new operations director for Billy Bob Thornton's Hideaway, a mini-restaurant bar and grill adjacent to the famous K-Bob's Steakhouse located in Sorroco, New Mexico. Woodworth has devised a menu with an average entrée price of about $7 and a selection of 20 rare wines from around the globe. Entrees includes the secretly spiced Armageddon Burger on a Kaiser roll, plus beer batter fries, which Woodworth serves with Roseblum Zinfandel from Paso Robles, California. Additionally, Woodworth has instated Wednesday Night Wine Dinners and a wine club called the Hideaway Club. As the El Defensor Chieftain puts it, "The Wednesday Night Wine Dinners consist of a three-course dinner paired with three wines specially selected by Woodworth. The price of the dinner is $19.99 per person. Membership for the Hideaway Club is $40 per month and includes an engraved wine glass, a wine club T-shirt and four wine dinners." Hey! Sign us up! The restaurant is located at 1123 NW Frontage Road in Sorocco. Call (575) 835-2900 for further information. |
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Planet Billy Bob Moves to Lake Balboa, CAYep, we're bidding adieu to the Burbank address we've called home for 9 years. Requests for unsigned photos, letters 'n' greetings for Billy Bob, and other whatnot now go to: Planet Billy Bob
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What rhymes with Billy Bob Thornton?Thanks to Planeteer Patrice Gerrior, you can hear the answer on her song, Crush On You. Patrice's gritty ballad of lovin' on ya devotion to Hisfineself is the Official Song of Planet Billy Bob. Click here to sing along with Patrice!
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All Things Billy Bob Since August 1, 1998. Yep, that's 11 YEARS!!!! We Are The Official Billy Bob Thornton Website. © 2010 by Planet Billy Bob. This page is for entertainment purposes only and is not intended to make a profit. Commentary and eldritch attempts at humor reflect the opinions of the Webmaster Amélie Frank and not the opinions of Billy Bob Thornton or his representatives. Read our full disclaimer here. Boxmaster photos by Myriam Santos-Kayda. Cute li'l Boxmaster graphics by Studio-Orange. |
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MY RUN--Tim VandeSteeg's moving documentary account of widower Terry Hitchcock's grueling, 75-day run from Minneapolis to Atlanta to call attention to the challenges facing single-parent families--has added to its growing collection of plaudits. Last month, it was voted the Festival Audience Award for Documentary at the 16th Annual Austin Film Festival. This past week, it took the Best Documentary prize at the third annual Mammoth Film Festival. 
MY RUN features Billy Bob's narration. The film was recently awarded the Dove “Family-Approved Seal” and 5 Doves from 
Billy Bob Thornton is currently appearing in a 
