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AFI HOSTING ROCK THE DEUCE ON MTV2 | News
Original at interscope.com
• Wed, Nov 18
By IGA AFI will be hosting Rock The Deuce airing this Saturday, 11/21 on MTV2. Check your local listings and the Rock The Deuce site for more information. » www.mtv.com
AFI INTERVIEW/VIDEO ON SHOCKHOUND | News
Original at interscope.com
• Wed, Nov 4
By IGA Davey, Adam, Jade and Hunter talk about their small-town roots, the difference between AFI and Blaqk Audio's writing styles, and the "natural thread" that runs through all of AFI's music in an exclusive interview with ShockHound WATCH » www.shockhound.com
AFI INTERVIEW + EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS ON MTV.COM | NewsOriginal at interscope.com
• Tue, Oct 27
By IGA In an exclusive interview for "The 5" on MTV's Buzzworthy Blog AFI discusses their cruelty free lifestyles and much more. Check out the interview HERE or in the video player below. MTV has also posted an exclusive AFI photo gallery featuring photos by Rene Cervantes. View the gallery HERE
AFI PERFORM BEAUTIFUL THIEVES MTV ULALUME FESTIVAL | NewsOriginal at interscope.com
• Mon, Oct 26
By IGA Check out AFI's live performance of "Beautiful Thieves" live from the MTV Ulalume Festival! Catch more from their performance Friday, October 30th at 9 PM ET/PT on MTV, and 11 PM ET/PT on MTVu during the "Ulalume: Howling at New Moon" special. Watch below: » www.mtvu.com
AFI 15 SONGS FROM THE VAN PLAYLIST | News
Original at interscope.com
• Tue, Oct 20
By IGA AOL Radio Blog is featuring a playlist of songs from Davey about songs that remind him of traveling on the road with AFI. Check out the playlist called "15 Songs From The Van" on AOL Radio Blog. » www.aolradioblog.com
ETCH LOVE AFI FAN ART CONTEST | News
Original at interscope.com
• Fri, Oct 16
By IGA The Grand Prize winner will receive a custom CRASH LOVE Jade guitar signed by the band. Runner ups will receive: "Crash Love" Deluxe CD Premium Men's or Girl’s Bundle$50 shopping spree in the AFI storeCrash Love" Deluxe Edition CD – SIGNEDSet of 12 Camille Rose Garcia LithographsFor cont...
AFI CRASH LOVE on SHOCKHOUND | News
Original at interscope.com
• Mon, Sep 28
By IGA 1 DAY ONLY, 9/29/09! AFI’s new album CRASH LOVE for only $6.99 at ShockHound.com Also check out an exclusive Shockhound interview with Davey by clicking here » www.shockhound.com
CRASH LOVE | AlbumsOriginal at interscope.com
• Sat, Sep 19
Davey Havok, Jade Puget, Hunter Burgan and Adam Carson, collectively known as AFI, will release their eighth studio album, CRASH LOVE, September 29th on DGC/Interscope Records. Produced by Joe McGrath (Alkaline Trio, Green Day) and Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer), CRASH LOVE is possibly AF...
AFI Returns With 'Crash Love', Out Sept. 29
Original at Starpulse.com
• Fri, Aug 21
Davey Havok, Jade Puget, Hunter Burgan and Adam Carson, collectively known as AFI, will release their eighth studio album, "Crash Love", September 29th on DGC/Interscope Records. Read More >
How To: Miss Murder by AFI Guitar Cover (on Guitar Hero)Original at YouTube
• Thu, May 14
By rss@youtube.com (JonasBrothers813) Author: JonasBrothers813 Keywords: davey havok jade puget fire inside jonas brothers 813 jonasbrothers electric acoustic gibson tutorial how to guitar hero Added: May 14, 2009
AFI plans June gig, album release
Original at LiveDaily.com
• Tue, Feb 24
By Tara Hall / LiveDaily Contributor Rock outfit AFI [ tickets ] has announced the impending release of its eighth studio album, as well the group's first performance of 2009. "Crash Love," the follow-up to 2006's "Decemberunderground," will hit ...
AFI talks next full length
Original at Punknews.org
• Fri, Feb 20
This is definitely more of a rock album—more immediate and definitely more of a focused, direct approach musically. Compared to [2006’s] Decemberunderground, where some of the songs were more subtle, these are more in-your-face.
AFI announces first two vocalists, changes producers
Original at Punknews.org
• Mon, Jan 19
- The new album will be the band's first since 2006's Decemberunderground. In the intervening years, band members kept busy with a variety of projects. ...
Opinion: AFIBEGINTRANSMISSIONOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Jan 5
By rss@youtube.com (velvetburn) I made this using my cell phone, so the volume is pretty low. Here's what I said: --- Hey AFI, my name is Raven, Im 20 years old. I go to Belmont University in Nashville, TN. We had the presidential debate there this year, pretty crazy. My major is music business, I want to be a producer. My idols who ar...
How To Make Money With Magic - Part 1 Of 10 - Bones To Bananas Magic + MoneyOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Jan 1
By rss@youtube.com (GflHuh) Bones TO Bananas Money + Exp Music AFI - Miss Murder Grids - My Life Be Like Author: GflHuh Keywords: Magic how_to_make_money Added: January 1, 2009
AFI’s Hunter Burgan Sets The Record Straight About His ‘Engagement’ Via Facebook And Twitter
Original at mtv.com
• Tue, Dec 30
By James Montgomery For about eight hours on Monday, AFI bassist Hunter Burgan was engaged to actress Zooey Deschanel. First, he changed his Facebook status to read “Hunter Burgan is not engaged,” and then he took to Twitter, writing, “No, I’m not engaged. However Perez Hilton did mention me twice today.” (Oh s...
Edward Zwick mentors new filmmakers
Original at Variety
• Fri, Dec 19
Billion-Dollar Director: Edward Zwick: AFI alum works with org to teach next generation -- If Edward Zwick can be characterized as a director whose films are deeply personal with a distinct voice, then it's only fitting he's committed to helping the next generation of filmmakers find t...
CD Review: Fall Out Boy
Original at Northwest Herald
• Thu, Dec 18
IL - The band expands its punky pop to ricky-ticky roadhouse glam on first single “I Don’t Care” (which sort of rips off AFI’s “Miss Murder”). ...
The Dark Knight makes AFI's top movies of 2008 list
Original at IndieLondon
• Wed, Dec 17
By Rob THE Dark Knight has been included among the top 10 movies of 2008 by the American Film Institute (AFI). The annual list is compiled by a panel of filmmakers, reviewers and academics, but unlike other bodies, the institute does not rank films or pick one as the year’s best.
AFI's Top 10 Movies of 2008 - Honoring a Year of Excellence
Original at First Showing
• Sun, Dec 14
By Alex Billington The American Film Institute has announced its "official selections" as part of the AFI Awards 2008, an "almanac that records the year's most outstanding achievements in film and television, as well as significant moments in the world of the moving image." The reason why these may seem to...
Energy - Invasions of the Mind
Original at Punknews.org
• Tue, Dec 2
- Dec 2, 2008 Sure, the band have seriously fresh influences considering the label: AFI circa their best years (Black Sails in the Sunset / The Art of Drowning), ...
Soloist Silenced Even Longer: Paramount announced ... [Spring Cleaning]
Original at Defamer
• Wed, Nov 19
By STV Soloist Silenced Even Longer: Paramount announced Tuesday that it's pushing back The Soloist yet again, this time to April 24. The studio surprised even its former DreamWorks partners last month by drop-kicking the Robert Downey Jr./Jamie Foxx drama into 2009, culminating in an uncere...
Ellen Page’s Dark Defiance
Original at Just Jared
• Mon, Nov 10
Ellen Page spends her last day at the AFI Film Festival 2008 at the premiere of Defiance, held at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday. The 21-year-old Juno star recently finished working on Whip It! and will appear in an upcoming film called Peacock. Peacock is a psychological thril...
A.F.I. Album News
Original at OH NO!!
• Sun, Nov 9
• 5 related articles
By understandastar We've officially finished writing the 8th AFI album, and now we enter the studio to put it on tape. We have a fabulous producer we'll be working with, David Bottrill, who has worked on some fantastic and legendary albums by Peter Garbiel, Muse, Silverchair, Placebo, and Tool. We've spent th...
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Your Weekend Of Protest [To Do]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Nov 7
By Seth FRIDAY · Apes & Androids at the Echo, Keller Williams at the El Rey, and Van Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl. · Mark Taper Forum presents Elizabethan whodunit The School of Night. · Synapse Dance Theater inaugurates the new Broad Stage at Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center.
Popcorn & Candy: Safe European HomeOriginal at DCist
• Thu, Nov 6
By Ian Buckwalter AFI European Film Showcase View the trailer for I've Loved You So Long, tonight's opening film, or the trailer for A Christmas Tale, Saturday's centerpiece screening. Opens tonight at the AFI and runs through November 25. Synecdoche, New York
AFI FEST...Che! Joaquin Phoenix appears on star-studded red carpet! Latino Community shows up in force...
Original at julian1st (WordPress)
• Sun, Nov 2
By julianayrs The tall elegant screenwriter's next project will be about a character by the name of David Livingstone who the Hollywood player appears to be fascinated with. Apparently, a woman once mistook the charismatic actor for the boxer, Oscar De La Hoya.
Podcast: Ickmusic’s Friday Five: October 31, 2008
Original at ickmusic
• Fri, Oct 31
By Michael Then it’s your turn! You can play along with the themed playlist or just share the first five of your shuffle, either way the fun is in playing musical voyeur for the day. Here are this week’s tracks: 1. AFI - Bleed Black (from Sing the Sorrow)
Doubt to Open AFI Fest: The Oscar-bait shuffle ... [Replacements]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Oct 24
By STV Doubt to Open AFI Fest: The Oscar-bait shuffle that is AFI Fest's opening night settled down late Thursday when organizers announced Doubt as its Oct. 30 replacement for The Soloist. It will be the Meryl Streep/Philip Seymour Hoffman drama's world premiere following a quiet test screeni...
Popcorn & Candy: From Such Great HeistOriginal at DCist
• Fri, Oct 24
By Ian Buckwalter FilmFest DC doesn't rest on its laurels during its off season. They're sponsoring, along with the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Arabian Sights Film Festival, which is in its 13th year. The 2008 program features 13 films from eight Arabian countries, as well as U.S. films from A...
Silverdocs Needs Screeners
Original at mediabistro.com
• Tue, Oct 21
Attention all hard core film nerds - here is your bliss: Call for Screeners: SILVERDOCS seeks VOLUNTEER SCREENERS for the 2009 Festival SILVERDOCS, the ³pre-eminent documentary festival in the US² (Screen International) seeks Volunteer Screeners to be an integral part of the progra...
Cameron Diaz Unsure of What Future Holds
Original at Celebrity Baby Blog
• Sat, Oct 11
By Missy Stephen Shugerman/Getty for AFI It is a woman's prerogative to change her mind, and Cameron Diaz says she changed hers on the topic of marriage and motherhood. "I thought I'd be married and have kids by the time I was 22," the 36-year-old actress admits in the October issue of... Stephen Shuger...
Out and About: Weekend Picks
Original at DCist
• Fri, Oct 10
By Sommer Mathis gt;>Read our film picks of the week, featuring the D.C. Labor Film Fest at the AFI Silver. SATURDAY: gt;>David Gedge and company are back with more material under The Wedding Present moniker. Jealous Girlfriends open, at the Black Cat. 9 p.m., $15. SUNDAY:
Fashion Star of the Week: Cameron Diaz
Original at Starpulse.com
• Fri, Oct 10
• 4 related articles
Cameron Diaz was a picture of casual chic perfection at the Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies event held on October 2nd in Hollywood at the ArcLight Theatre. Cameron Diaz was a picture of casual chic perfection at the Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies event held on October 2nd in H...
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AFI Fest Will Unspool With 'The Soloist' Nov. 5-22
Original at mediabistro.com
• Thu, Oct 9
• 4 related articles
AFI Fest 2008 will open Nov. 5 with Joe Wright's "The Soloist" to kick off a two-and-a-half-week run of major indie fare. This year's selection of international films shows a commitment to cinematic innovation and a renewal of a tradition of realism in cinema," artistic director Rose Kuo s...
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Michael Douglas To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Original at Starpulse.com
• Mon, Oct 6
Hollywood star Michael Douglas is to be honored with the American Film Institute (AFI)'s lifetime achievement award next summer - 18 years after his actor father Kirk Douglas was presented with the same accolade. Hollywood star Michael Douglas is to be honored with the American Film Ins...
AFI/AFM 2007.5: A 'Juno' and 'Big Rig' Evening
Original at Indie Wire
• Tue, Nov 6
By mattdentler(matt@sxsw.com) After a flurry of meetings and screenings on Monday afternoon, I ventured over to AFI Fest, to take part in the one-two punch that was the gala Centerpiece Premiere of Jason Reitman's ultra-hilarious Juno and the triumphant L.A. premiere of Doug Pray's epic road documentary Big Rig (a SXSW...
AFI/AFM 2007.4: Sigur Ros and Coen Bros
Original at Indie Wire
• Mon, Nov 5
By mattdentler(matt@sxsw.com) Things are staying busy in L.A., with a variety of meetings and screenings and events. This trip has become our last major push for SXSW programming, before our deadlines and the chaos of the 11th hour programming. So, we're doing our thing to make it a successful trip. On Sunday afternoon, Lya a...
The Online Film Community’s Top 100 Movies Of All Time
Original at /FILM
• Sun, Jul 29
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Adam Kempenaar - Film Spotting Adam Bonin - Throwing Things Adam Ross - DVD Panache Alex Vo - Rotten Tomatoes Anne Thompson - Variety | Thompson on Hollywood Goran S - Y Kant Goran Rite? Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. - Salon Jim - Talking Moviezz John Allison - Film Grotto Kevin Carr – Film School Rejects
Davey and Jade talk about BlaqkAudio, potential AFI EP
Original at Punknews.org
• Wed, Jul 11
Though the band spoke quite a bit about that record, of particular note to the zillion or so AFI fans is their plans for the future of that band. Apparently, the group has begun writing again and are hoping to release a new EP culled from the Decemberunderground sessions before the end of the y...
Some pictures from Live Earth... - Journal
Original at buzznet.com
• Mon, Jul 9
By heathersvice Adam Horvitz, Mike Diamond and Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys performing at the Live Earth concert at Wembley stadium in London, 07 July 2007. Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins performing at Live Earth New York held in Giants Stadium on July 7, 2007. Singer Kelly Clarkson performs onst...
Film Clips: Pierson, Moore, and the Ethics of Doc Filmmaking
Original at Cinematical
• Mon, Jul 2
By Kim Voynar Filed under: Documentary, Independent, New Releases, SXSW, Warner Brothers, Celebrities and Controversy, Michael Moore, Film Clips, Cinematical Indie, AFI DallasYeah, I know, this is light years old in internet time, but a couple days ago over on indieWIRE, John Pierson -- who, man...
LAFF '07 | International Stories, Some Set in the U.S., Find Audiences at L.A. Film Fest
Original at Indie Wire
• Mon, Jul 2
By eug(ejh@indiewire.com) People in this town are coming to realize that Los Angeles needs a world class film festival," proclaimed Rich Raddon, a former film producer who has lead Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival since 1999 when it was still known as the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. "We need...
Blaqk Audio (AFI) to release "CexCells" in August
Original at Punknews.org
• Tue, Jun 12
Blaqk Audio, the electronic sideproject of AFI's Davey Havok and Jade Puget, will release their debut full length CexCells on August 07, 2007 via Interscope Records (part of Universal, if you're keeping score). The 12 track album was mixed by Dave Bascombe, who fittingly worked several...
Documenting gay life
Original at Washington Blade
• Fri, Jun 8
Now in its fifth year, Silverdocs, a large international documentary film festival presented by AFI and the Discovery Channel, has come into its own with its gay programming. In the past, the event brought a decent smattering of gay-themed documentaries, but this year boasts a strong qu...
Tiger Army remixed by Jade Puget (AFI)
Original at Punknews.org
• Thu, Jun 7
Jade Puget of AFI has contributed a new remix of Tiger Army's track "Where the Moss Slowly Grows." The track is the last on Tiger Army's new full length, Music from Regions Beyond.
What Are You Listening To? This Week: AFI, Beastie Boys, Maroon 5, KT Tunstall and Blake Lewis
Original at Rolling Stone
• Fri, Jun 1
What’s playing on AFI’s tour bus? We knew you wanted to know; click through the jump for Mike D., Adam Levine and more. Davey Havok “Nick Cave, Grinderman [the self titled debut from Cave’s newest side project]. I love Nick Cave. This record is fantastic. It really reminds me of Birthday Party. Th...
AFI's Hunter Burgan, Rentals' Matt Sharp contribute to Tegan & Sara record
Original at Punknews.org
• Wed, Mar 28
The album, which is slated to be released in July, was recorded in Portland, Oregon and co-produced by Christopher Walla (Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists) at his Alberta Court studio. NME reports that the sibling duo collaborated with Death Cab's Jason McGerr on drums and bass play...
TV Review: Saturday Night Live - Jeremy Piven/AFI
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Jan 22
By Cameron Archer When it comes to Saturday Night Live, the comments from Blogcritics readers are following a certain formula. There's at least one negative comment towards SNL in general every week I review the show, usually words to the effect of "Why is this show still on the air?" or "Where's the edge?" M...
Movie Review: Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Nov 20
By Film School Rejects As people stumble blindly out of the Borat daze they’ve been in for the past two weeks, they will wander the town like zombies, wondering if they’ll ever experience anything as good or if they should end it all right there and vow never to watch movies again. Luckily, and as if by fate (which is...