Do you know Jon McLaughlin
No? Well, then you should take a look at this amazing singer. Jon McLaughlin is a 26 years singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Anderson, Indiana. With two albums released by Island Def Jam Records, a major label subsidiary of Universal Music Group, Jon had his name made famous by his performance of the Oscar nominee song "So Close", from the movie Enchanted. Endowed with good looks, a beautiful voice and an incredible ability on the piano, Jon calls more and more attention every day. His songs talk about the human nature, love, our daily life in a pop rhythm dictated mostly by his piano. His most successful single is "Beautiful Disaster" from his first official album "Indiana". To find out more about Jon McLaughlin visit the fan website Trail Of Broken Hearts (http://trailofbrokenhearts.webs.com/), you will be able to read his full biography, listen to his songs, watch videos and much more. Check his official pages as well:
Official Site - www.jonmcl.com
Official MySpace - www.myspace.com/jonmclaughlin
Official Twitter – www.twitter.com/jonmclaughlin
Official Facebook - www.facebook.com/jonmclaughlin
Night at the Museum Battle of Smithsonian

I have just watched "Night at the Museum: Battle of Smithsonian" and it was truly amazing. The sequel of "Night at the Museum" was even better than it because we already knew all about the museum coming to life at night so there was more action and less talk, if you get what I mean.
This movie does not happen on the same museum as the previous one but at the Smithsonian Institute, which is a complex of nineteen museums. In this movie most of the statues that were in the New York Museum are taken to be stored at the Smithsonian because the museum was being modernized. The problem is when the Egyptian stone is also takes there which means that the biggest museum in the world would become alive at night and as if it wasn't enough Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria), an evil Pharaoh, decides to use the stone to bring his army back to life and take over the world.
Kahmunrah makes all the old museum people hostage and they call for Larry's (Ben Stiller) help. In the movie we come across Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams), Al Capone (Jon Bernthal), Napoleon Bonapart (Alain Chabat), Abraham Lincoln (Hank Azaria), etc. Together, Larry and Amelia try to put everything back to its right place given us a lot of fun. In the end everything is right again and Larry learns the secret of happiness.
In overall the movie is very funny, which is no surprise when we are talking about a movie with Ben Stiller. The special effects were all amazing too and the music, composed by Alan Silvestri, is just perfect for the movie. "Night at the Museum: Battle of Smithsonian" was written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, and directed by Shawn Levy.
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Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is going to be in theaters worldwide in July 1st. The third movie of the sequence will bring our beloved characters into a new life during the dawn of the Dinosaurs, the family is going to grow and the fun is bound to increase together. The movie was directed by Carlos Saldanha (Brazil, yeah!!!) and co-directed by Mike Thurmeier (animator on the previous Ice Age movies). While we wait for the movie, what about enjoying the posters? Check them here: www.thalitacarvalho.blogspot.com
Those who download more, buy more
I read today at Globo.com about a research done by Vuze, the creator of one of the most popular clients of Bit Torrent. According to the results of the research those who download illegal material on the internet are the same ones that spend more money on off-line entertainment and also in DVDs. They interviewed 1.299 people from the age of 18 to 44 and found out that users of Bit Torrent clients go to the movies eight times a year while people who don't use P2P go only six times. Those that make downloads also rent more movies than those who don't and also buy sixteen DVDs against only thirteen of the others. Gilles BianRosa, chairman of Vuze, said this is probably something Hollywood is not aware of; maybe the ones they've been fighting against are their best consumers.
Finally we had a research like this because after all, not all people who make downloads do this because they don't want to pay for what they consume. Some really uses it as a way to choose better what to buy.
Fly With Me by Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers released a new official video this week for the song "Fly With Me", it's the second song of the new album to get a music video. "Fly With Me" video wasn't as good as "Paranoid", it seems that it was shot during their rehearsals for shows (And that piano Nick was playing? The piano of my dreams!). Anyway the song is good but again, not as good as "Paranoid", which turned into my favorite song of them (you can buy it here ). The campaign for the new album "Lines, Vines and Trying Times" have been massive, with music videos, live webcasts on their Facebook page and a show which you can watch for free here: http://soundcheck.walmart.com/jonas-brothers .
The new album comes out on June 16th, and for what I've listened of it, it's going to be a far better album than the previous ones, the Jonas Brothers are certainly more mature. Let's wait and see, I mean, listen to. To watch the video click here .


