Billy Bob's Site Updates

Listed Chronologically From Most Recent

September 10 , 2007

• Tour is done.
  
• Hear The Boxmasters on WEEDS!
  

August 30, 2007

• Added Art Across Arkansas story
  
• Lastest music Podcast update .
  
• The heroic tale of handsome Wade Dillon and his Alamo tribute site!
  

August 28, 2007

• Tour updates galore and addition of a Tour Page for reviews and whatnot.
  
• Gratitude to sponsors.
  

August 23, 2007

• Little Boxes on WEEDS.
  
• Update on podcasts.
  
• Video updates on the SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS and THE ASTRONAUT FARMER pages.
  

August 17, 2007

• Added Elvis Podcast link and updated this week's Podcast link.

August 13, 2007

• Added San Francisco and Reno tour dates. Time running out on EBay auction!

August 10, 2007

• Updated concert schedule.

August 4 , 2007

• Exciting raves for Beautiful Door!
  
• Happy Birthday, Billy Bob!

July 29, 2007

• Locations added for signed CD booklets.
  
• Beautiful Door podcast information updated.
  

July 27, 2007

• Additional tour links added for Gibson, Ernieball, and Digitech.
  

July 25, 2007

• Beautiful Door EBay fundraiser for St. Jude's.
  

July 21, 2007

• Beautiful Door radio guest spots added.
  

July 19, 2007

• Beautiful Door Virgin Megastore appearance on 7/24/07 flyer added.
  
• Beautiful Door podcast information added.
  
• Newbury Comics offer.
  
• MR. WOODCOCK MySpace Page announced.

July 12, 2007

• Beautiful Door tour dates and Virgin Megastore appearance on 7/24/07.

July 8, 2007

• More news on Beautiful Door.
  

June 30 , 2007

• Itunes link added for Hearts Like Mine.
  

June 28 , 2007

• Jillian McDonald Exhibit in San Francisco announced.
  
• Added ticket link for El Rey concert.

June 25 , 2007

• El Rey concert on 8/4/07 announced.
  
• Added Anchored In Love image

June 6 , 2007

• Beautiful Door item from USA Today.
  
• Happy Birthday, Shirley Chin!

May 15, 2007

• Grammy Charity Auction! Bid on BBT!

May 4, 2007

• Change in Anchored In Love release date.
  
• Removed old HOBO info. New album out this month!
  
• Changed song to Patrice's Planetary Theme Song.

February 28, 2007

• Announcement of Anchored In Love: A Tribute To June Carter Cash.

February 23, 2007

• THE ASTRONAUT FARMER contest winners announced.
  
• News about BBT playing with Porter Waggoner, Marty Stuart, and Dwight Yoakam.

February 12, 2007

• SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS released to home video.
  
• WHERE THE BLUEGRASS GROWS CD released.
  
• Added 2006 WORLD SERIES page.
  
• Release date for MR. WOODCOCK moved to October 26, 2007.
  
• BAD SANTA (Director's Cut) added to BAD SANTA page.
  
• Tidbits about the Colts' Superbowl win and Hotdog magazine's selection of our hero as the best-ever movie Santa.
  

January 17, 2007

• THE ASTRONAUT FARMER contest announced.

November 27, 2006

• New pages for THE ASTRONAUT FARMER and SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS.
  
• Updated video info for THE ICE HARVEST and GHOST BRIGADE.
  
• Update for MR. WOODCOCK page.

November 21, 2006

• The St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series.
  
• Billy Bob narrates 2006 WORLD SERIES: TIGERS VS. CARDINALS, released today.
  
• Billy Bob does not dye his soul patch Cardinal red.
  
• Billy Bob signs big-ass guee-tar for the Austin GuitarTown fundraiser.
  
• Yes, there really is a script out there that can be pitched as "They Saved Hitler's Habitrail."
  
• New and final poster for THE ASTRONAUT FARMER.

October 27, 2006

• Release dates for THE ASTRONAUT FARMER and MR. WOODCOCK.
  
• Congrats to Bruce Willis and Tim McGraw for their stars on the Walk of Fame.
  
• Cardinals in the World Series, and Billy Bob is there!

September 16, 2006

• SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS updated for September 29, 2006 release.

August 23, 2006

• Billy Bob hunkers down for a Gritz cover story.

August 4, 2006

• Billy Bob turns 51 today.

July 6, 2006

• Rebroadcast: Billy Bob to guest on The Henry Rollins Show July 6, 2006.

July 5, 2006

• Chris Comer radio interview link added.

June 28, 2006

• Billy Bob to guest on The Henry Rollins Show July 1, 2006.

June 14 , 2006

• New pix and guess the mystery movie.

February 28, 2006

• BBT to direct and star in FLOYD COLLINS.
  
• THE ICE HARVEST out on home video.
  
• HEARTS AFIRE Season Three out on home video.
  
• Passings of Darren McGavin, Dennis Weaver, and Don Knotts.

January 8, 2006

• BBT to produce Motorola IRadio indie music channel.
  
• BAD NEWS BEARS out on home video.
  

January 3, 2006

• Minor updates and G. Murray Thomas kidney appeal.

December 20 , 2005

• Rebroadcast of Mark & Brian X-Mas Show Friday, December 23rd, 6:00 a.m. (PST) on KLOS FM 95.5.
  

December 1 , 2005

• Planet Billy Bob is sad to report the passing of actress Wendie Jo Sperber from HEARTS AFIRE.
  

November 27, 2005

• Billy Bob to appear at Mark & Brian X-Mas show.
  

November 11, 2005

• Audio-Technica article added to home page and links.
  
• Eastern Tenneesee State University added as a charity link.
  
• Second season of HEARTS AFIRE DVD released.

November 4 , 2005

• Quotes aplenty from some music insiders who dig HOBO.

October 16 , 2005

• Billy Bob to perform October 28 at the Apple Store in Santa Monica, California. (Show cancelled due to Billy Bob's illness.)

October 12 , 2005

• Free, one-day only download of one of Billy Bob's songs from emusic.com.

October 7 , 2005

• Updates on THE ICE HARVEST, new HEARTS AFIRE DVDs, Jillian MacDonald magazine cover, BAD NEWS BEARS video release date; CHRYSTAL out on home video.

September 13 , 2005

• Release of HOBO.

August 24, 2005

• News about: OLD SCHOOL SCOUNDRELS, THE ASTRONAUT FARMER, HEARTS AFIRE

August 4, 2005

• Happy 50th Birthday, Billy Bob!

July 30, 2005

• Added the Celebrity vs. All-Stars Game.

July 2, 2005

• Music update; SLING BLADE DVD review; THE OUTSIDERS DVD campaign; Planeteer Cheryl's beads; new art for THE BAD NEWS BEARS; Billy Bob signs to do PEACE LIKE A RIVER.  And Patrice, we finally cleaned up the last "Peg."

May 26, 2005

• A ton of overhauls and corrections, links repaired, fresh trivia, etc.  You don't really want to know, and it's past my bedtime anyway..

May 8, 2005

• HEARTS AFIRE first season due on home video!

April 26, 2005

• THE BAD NEWS BEARS trailer back to off-site (which loads a mite faster).

April 18, 2005

• THE BAD NEWS BEARS photos and trailer added.

April 12, 2005

• SLING BLADE Director's Cut due this summer.
• CHRYSTAL needs your help.
• New links for Joe Perez, Randy Mitchell, and friends of the California Gourd Society (don't ask).
• New pictures of Randy Mitchell and Billy Bob's band.

March 9, 2005

• Billy Bob treats the Planeteers to a THE BAD NEWS BEARS party!  Here are the highlights!
• Susan Sarandon joins the cast of MR. WOODCOCK.
• New links under Amélie and Sage Recommend.

January 29, 2005

• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS tops home video sales.
• Billy Bob narrates FAVRE 4-EVER.
• New photo galleries of Baby Bella and Billy Bob's big day on the Walk of Fame!
• CALIFORNIA POSSIBILITIES album coming soon!
• New page of Billy Bob's recording studio, The Cave.
• Billy Bob does voice-over for UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS.
• Styx video of I Am The Walrus includes Billy Bob cameo.
• CHRYSTAL gets a distributor!
• Billy Bob's got a new tattoo!
• Planeteer Carlye Archibeque brings a BAD SANTA groove to Toyko!
• Seann William Scott joins the cast of MR. WOODCOCK.
• Dylan McDermott joins the cast of FADE OUT.
• New links for The J.T. Walsh SuperSite and Paul Tweedle's You Know, For Kids! Coen Brothers' Site
• KING OF THE HILL Season Three now available on home video, including the famous NINE PRETTY DARN ANGRY MEN episode featuring Billy Bob and Dwight Yoakam.

November 14, 2004

• BAD SANTA opens in the U.K. (includes links to interviews).
• Info about the Gridiron Heroes and the Tug McGraw Foundation.

October 30, 2004

• Planet Billy Bob has an official song, thanks to Planeteer Patrice Gerrior.
• Greg Kinnear joins the cast of THE BAD NEWS BEARS (Richard Linklater directing)
• More links added (music and phobias!)
• Billy Bob in Men's Health magazine.  
• Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding event added to Citizen Billy Bob.  
• Jillian McDonald's got more BBT-related art events a-comin'!  
• CHRYSTAL screens at the Virginia Film Festival October 30.
• Better luck next time, Cards!
  

October 28, 2004

• The Cardinals are in the World Series!  

October 15, 2004

• Billy Bob is on the cover of Risen and Razor Magazines and is interviewed in this week's Entertainment Weekly.   Links added for Billy Bob's cousins' rib joint, McClards and Lillian Mitchell's Barbieville.

October 8, 2004

• Billy Bob receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS opens!  Even Alice the Mynah Bird is celebrating!

October 4, 2004

• Billy Bob on the cover of Razor Magazine.
• THE ALAMO released on home video.
• Appearance on Monday Night Football (9/27/04) added to TV listings.

September 27, 2004

• Billy Bob Thornton to receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!!!!!!!
• Music pages finally connected to the site!  Over-haula-palooza is finally completed!

September 26, 2004

• Baby Bella arrives healthy and sassy on September 23.  Billy Bob and Connie are in awe.
• Big announcement about Billy Bob set for September 27.
• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS premiere in Hollywood on October 6, Odessa, TX on October 7, opening October 8; Amélie to attend Hollywood premiere.
• Milla Jovovich joins cast of FADE OUT.  Start date set for May 15, 2005 in Hallifax, Nova Scotia.

September 6, 2004

• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS premiere in Odessa, TX on October 7.

September 3, 2004

• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS opens October 15.  Link to trailer announced.
• ENJOY EVERY SANDWICH, Warren Zevon tribute album, announced. Billy Bob will sing THE WIND on the album, due October 19.
• THE ALAMO due on video September 28.
• Billy Bob's baby (due in October) is a girl!
• Planeteer Judi posts tribute site.
• Planeteer Devin sets up Livejournal newsgroup.
  

August 4, 2004

• Happy Birthday, Billy Bob!
• Artist Jillian McDonald's latest Billy Bob performance art projects.

July 29, 2004

• Billy Bob signs up to head the team in MR. WOODCOCK for New Line Pictures.

July 15, 2004

• Billy Bob presents at the ESPY Awards on Sunday, July 18; more news on GIVEN A CHANCE . . . A LITTLE GIRL'S JOURNEY; BAD SANTA kicks butt on the home video charts;  FADE OUT on hold; Scott Wannberg's poem about Marlon Brando.

June 18, 2004

• Billy Bob directs Skye Moore's new video; FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS site and trailer are up; Billy Bob narrates the introduction to GIVEN A CHANCE . . . A LITTLE GIRL'S JOURNEY. Steve Arnold's Akita  Panda Bear is doing fine; and we're putting the new pages UP AT LAST!

June 2, 2004

• Billy Bob and Kate Beckinsale to star in FADE OUT.

May 12, 2004

• Site is undergoing major overhaul, so many links are out of order (temporarily, we promise) have been removed.  We'll up be shortly with a whole new attitude!

May 7, 2004

• Billy Bob signs to do THE BAD NEWS BEARS.
• Paul Tweedle's Coen Brothers fan site, You Know, For Kids!, has a Billy Bob flavor.
• Upcoming site changes announced.
• Home video blurb for VH1 (INSIDE) OUT: WARREN ZEVON.

April 9, 2004

• Announcement of Billy Bob and Connie Angland's baby, due in October!

March 27, 2004

• Posting picture of Billy Bob's mother, Virginia, and sister-in-law, Jennifer, meeting Willie Nelson.  

March 10, 2004

• Announcement of April 10th gridiron heroes benefit  concert, featuring Tim McGraw and BBT.

February 25, 2004

• BBT joins the cast of ICE HARVEST.
• Updated Film News.
• Home video release dates for BAD SANTA and LOVE, ACTUALLY.

February 17, 2004

• BBT on the cover of Angeleno Magazine.
• Link updates.
• Home video additions: DADDY AND THEM and INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.
• Casting additions to FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.

February 8, 2004

• BBT's appearance on tonight's Grammy Awards in Warren Zevon tribute.

February 2, 2004

• Congratulations to Bill Murray for his Golden Globe win.

November 29, 2003

• Added Billy Bob's full tattoo collection.
• Updated Movie listings on the Home Page.
• Updated Home Video listings.
• Added Contact Information.
• Updated Billy Bob in Print for latest cover stories.
• Updated Links page.
  

November 15, 2003

• Added: Billy Bob's TV appearances to promote BAD SANTA.
  

October 23, 2003

• Added: The World Cafe will be broadcasting the Billy Bob's session on Thursday, October 30, 2003.
  

October 15, 2003

• Added poet Scott Wannberg's tribute to Billy Bob's three friends--Warren, Zevon, Johnny Cash, and John Ritter.
  

October 12, 2003

• Updated the index page with an image from Billy Bob's new movie INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, which premiered all over the U.S. on Friday...cleaned up the music page a bit...also just some basic housekeeping here and there.  That Sage ate all the mints we were spozed to be on the pillows.

September 9, 2003

• In loving memory of WARREN ZEVON: Jan. 24, 1947 to Sept. 7, 2003.

September 6, 2003

• Updated the tour dates page by removing the completed tour dates.

September 4, 2003

• New! The Peace Angel tattoo.

September 3, 2003

• Added a news blurb about an appearance Billy Bob will make in a documentary on director Sam Peckinpah.
• Added the Tattoo Page where we will feature exclusive photographs WE took of Billy Bob's tattoos (nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!).
• Put up a couple of new pix on the index page.

September 2, 2003

• Boy, this is a "teaser" if I've ever seen one...COMING SOON!! An entire page of Billy Bob's tattoos, up close and personal, EXCLUSIVE to billybobthornton.net. You won't find these tattoo pictures ANYWHERE else (unless some naughty people STEAL them without permission and puts them up on their site without crediting us, *cough* absolutepictures *cough*)... But no one would be *that* tacky....would they?).

August 27, 2003

• You can pre-order Billy Bob's upcoming album THE EDGE OF THE WORLD from amazon.com.
  

August 24, 2003

• Some good updates today: on the index page, put up the links to the official sites for THE ALAMO and INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.
  
  
• You must read the article by Keith Spera, Music writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune; he reviews Billy Bob's upcoming new CD THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.

August 22, 2003

• Billy Bob will play at Farm Aid this year.

August 17, 2003

• Updated the tour dates page by taking off the completed dates.
• Added a Press Release from VH1 concerning a special on Warren Zevon, hosted by Billy Bob Thornton.

July 29, 2003

• Linked to BBT's new movie INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.

July 28, 2003

• Updated the index page a little bit.
• Updated the Music Page by moving completed dates to the bottom of the list (no date changes, however!).
• Updated the Links page.

July 18, 2003

• Little bit of minor housekeeping duties on the site.  Pardon our dust.

July 12, 2003

• Take note of the changes on the Music page: August 28, September 4 & 5.

July 8, 2003

• We finally got dates for DADDY AND THEM! Thank you Patster from the Planet Billy Bob list!

July 7, 2003

• Updated the tour dates page by taking off the completed 4th of July Picnic.

July 3, 2003

• Added a new date to the Tour section: Farm Aid on September 7, 2003.
• Archived Billy Bob's past music projects to make room for THE EDGE OF THE WORLD!!!

July 2, 2003

• Announcing the debut of the new music section of BillyBobThornton.net; look to these pages to find out tour information, CD news, and other items related to Billy Bob's musical endeavors.

June 16, 2003

• Added a message about Warren Zevon from our very own Poet.

June 11, 2003

• More tour dates posted on the index page.

May 22, 2003

• Added a TV alert to the index page.

May 17, 2003

• Minor housekeeping updates...changed the CadZoots pic on the index page.

April 22, 2003

• Sage created and added the new banner.  Isn't it just too cool for school?

April 19, 2003

• A couple of tour dates posted on the index page (since moved to the tour archives).

April 18, 2003

• Added a story about a new BBT movie titled CHRYSTAL.
• Added a link to the Santa Clarita Car club site that has pictures of BBT and some of the cars used in the Travis Tritt video MODERN DAY BONNIE AND CLYDE.

March 7, 2003

• Posted article from USA Today.