Finally!  Although I’m sure many of us scoffed at the idea of a Sequel, Machete Kills, now I think I get why it was necessary after seeing this brand new Teaser Trailer for the Action-Thriller!  Robert Rodrigez helms once again in this completely over-the-top, high-octane burst of adrenaline.

Jessica Alba, Lady Gaga (her acting debut!), Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Antonio Banderas, Vanessa Hudgens, Amber Heard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlie Sheen also star and of course Danny Trejo returns.

Watch the trailer below:

Machete Kills opens September 13, 2013 and VVS Films releases in Canada.  TIFF 2013, maybe?

(Photo/video credit: VVS Films)

Toronto finally gets a serious dose of Starpower this week and Selena Gomez certainly caps everything off in a huge way for us!  The Actress, Pop Star and overall Megastar arrived from Paris yesterday, causing a commotion at Toronto Pearson International Airport midday.  Fan reports indicate pushing and shoving, but alas all was safe and Gomez was spotted later in the day enjoying some Lunch at Hooters.  While we were at the Scotiabank Theatre Red Carpet Advance Screening of Now You See Me with Jesse Eisenberg, Gomez managed to sneak into the theatre almost unnoticed to enjoy a Movie on her Day Off!

Gomez was at it early today, doing a round of Radio Interviews including 104.5 CHUM FM, KISS 92.5 and 99.9 Virgin Radio and everywhere she went, she drew a huge crowd of her primarily female Fans.  Her Handler was awesome to keep order, having everyone line-up tidily in front of KISS 92.5 Studios after her appearance on the Roz & Mocha Show. No Fan left disappointed as quickly she made her way through the line, posing for Selfies with everyone.  Even Billy and I got a Snap with the Pop Princess and we’ve been longtime Supporters!  “Oh my God, he’s sooo cute!”, she says about Billy!

See our Snap below:

Gomez‘s first Solo Disc Stars Dance will get a Summer release via Universal Music Canada and we’re stoked from what we’ve heard.  First Single Come & Get It is a bit of a Top 40 Monster, already hitting reaching the Top Ten of both the Canadian and U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Charts!

Slow Down has been confirmed as the next Single from Stars Dance (Video shot in Paris).  The Disc is scheduled for Tuesday, July 23, 2013 via Universal Music Canada. Cannot wait to hear it!  Complete Tracklisting here.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong/Michelle Moon | Audio Content: Universal Music)

Ten-million-selling Rock Band Goo Goo Dolls currently are in Toronto promoting upcoming tenth Studio Disc Magnetic.  After shooting to Superstardom in the mid-90s, the Band has been a Mainstay ever since and particularly are known for their signature Track, Iris, nominated for multiple Grammy Awards including Record of the Year.  To this day, the Track remains a staple on Adult Contemporary Radio.

While out doing Press today for Magnetic, Frontman John Rzeznik was awesome to stop for Photos, greeting Human and Canine Fans alike after taping an Interview over at Global Television, just one of many Stop-offs scheduled throughout the day.

Goo Goo Dolls will be co-headlining with matchbox twenty this Summer as they tour North America, including a Toronto date at Molson Amphitheatre on June 27, 2013.

Check-out their catchy latest Single Rebel Beat below:

Warner Music Canada releases Magnetic on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Pre-order Magnetic here!

See our Snap:

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

One of Canada’s favourite Rock Bands, the Barenaked Ladies, are in promotional high gear right now in support of upcoming eleventh Studio Disc, Grinning Streak. All week long the now Quartet, have been doing various appearances around the City including performances at City‘s Breakfast Television, CTV‘s Marilyn Denis Show and today they made their way to Global Television‘s Bloor Street Studios to perform a Live Concert free for Fans, interspersed with interviews for both the Toronto and National Editions of The Morning Show.  Drawing a huge Crowd, the Band performed a mix of material – new and old – met with ecstatic reaction from Fans.  Watch the Set here!

After recording a series of lengthy interviews to air later, the Barenaked Ladies came out to greet Fans on the street, including one who was celebrating her Birthday today.

Check-out BNL‘s new Single, Boomerang below:

Raisin’ Records releases Grinning Streak on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.  Click here to pre-order.

See our Snap with Billy below!  As you can see, Kevin Hearn (Keyboardist) just loves him!

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong | Audio content: Raisin’ Records)

Centering on a group of Illusionists who are wanted after successfully pulling-off multiple Bank Heists, rewarding eventually their Audiences with the money, the latest from Director Louis Leterrier (The Transporter) looks  to be one of this Summer’s biggest Thrill Rides.  If you haven’t seen the first four minutes of the Film, I dare you not to bite your nails.  Intensity at its finest.

Featured in the Thriller’s Ensemble Cast are Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Mélanie Laurent and the outstanding Jesse Eisenberg, who garnered his first ever Oscar nomination in 2011 for an unforgettable portrayal of Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network. The latter arrived in Toronto yesterday to promote Now You See Me, in which he stars as the charismatic J. Daniel Atlas. Tonight he walked the Red Carpet at Scotiabank Theatre, meeting with a mix of Television, Radio and Online Personalities.

Looking clean and casual in a V-Neck and Blazer, the Actor in speedy cadence zipped through the Media Line, managing at once to deliver genuine, thoughtful answers.  Having the pleasure of speaking with him, I pointed-out how some of his most recognizable roles to date see him actively pursued, whether it be  the Winklevoss Twins hot on his trail in The Social Network or him voicing a Macaw Bird avoiding capture in Animated-Feature Rio.  This time around, both the FBI and an Interpol Detective are out to get him.

Eisenberg tells me with a smile, “Thank you for your generous assessment. I like playing characters I can bring something in myself to. In this Movie, my Character is the greatest Stage Performer in the World.   It allowed me to exercise the part of me that wants to be good at something and does a lot of work to be an Expert.”.

Although being a self-admitted Skeptic as  a Child when it came to Magic, working on the visually-spectacular Now You See Me changed that.  “Right when I started learning the discipline it takes to be really good at Magic, I realized how great these guys are”, says the New York Native.  “Magic is about discipline, work and putting-in the the time to perfect something.”.

Also walking the Red Carpet tonight were handsome Canadian Actors Paul Greene and Steve Lund, who star alongside the beautiful Laura Vandervoort in 2014 Werewolf Series Bitten, set to air on Space.

See what they had to say about their new Series and Co-Star, as well as Eisenberg’s Chat with us below:

Many thanks to Christina Miguel for sending these Photos in of our Chat with Eisenberg. Lovely Guy and everything I’d imagined!

eOne Films releases Now You See Me on Friday, May 31, 2013.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Triple Grammy Award Winner Dave Matthews certainly rocked-out  before a jam-packed crowd at Molson Amphitheatre tonight on the Toronto leg of his Summer Tour. His 30-million-selling Dave Matthews Band had their eclectic Fanbase on their toes for much of the Show, fully mesmerized by their deep grooves, high energy and fantastic lighting.  But did you know Matthews has his own Wine?

While enjoying that remarkable voice, I also got to savour Matthews and Collaborator Steve Reeder‘s Dreaming Tree Wine for the first time and I was floored.   Crush, a Red Blend with flavourful and pronounced berry notes, is a delight to the palate and would be perfect at a Summer Picnic/Barbeque.  Without ever tasting overbearing, even non-Wine Drinkers sure can find something to love about this delicious Blend.  If that weren’t enticing enough, Dreaming Tree Wines are made with Sustainability in mind, everything conscious from the Bottle to the Cork.

I learned that there are three additional Blends available in the U.S., although officially Crush is available at The LCBO.

Click here to learn more.

See the Bottle below:

While we’re here, let’s enjoy Dave Matthews Band‘s performance of So Right earlier tonight below:

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong | Audio content: Sony Music/RCA Records)

In town starring in upcoming Nick Wernham RomCom, No Stranger than Love, Colin Hanks is turning heads around the City with that familiar face of his.  The Son of Tom, who himself has built a pretty impressive Résumé thus far including Orange County, The House Bunny, W. and King Kong.  Hanks arrived in Toronto the other night and like his Co-Star Alison Brie (Community), whom we met back in February, he has been out enjoying the City.  Although on the Series at different times, both Actors have appeared on AMC‘s hit Drama Mad Men.

Official Synopsis below:

NO STRANGER THAN LOVE follows Lucy Sherrington (Brie), a heart-breakingly attractive High Sschool art teacher in the small, secluded village of Spot Valley, where there is not a male in town who is not secretly or openly in love with her. And who can blame them? She is kind to everyone, and helplessly sympathetic, yet romantically she keeps them all at a polite distance…until tonight. Tonight she has agreed to a rendezvous with Clint Coburn (Hanks), the married High School Football Coach who’s been on a lustful quest in Lucy’s direction for the last five years. Just as they are about to begin their affair, Clint disappears down a hole that opens up in Lucy’s living room floor. But this is not just any hole. It is an inter-dimensional, one-way hole of infinite darkness that leaves Clint stranded and floating in oblivion.

Our Sources tell us Hanks was seen at Hey Lucy Cafe this weekend on King Street, an area where Kit Harington and Rachel McAdams also were seen Friday night! After heading-out with some Friends tonight for Dinner on the recommendation of a Staffer at his Hotel, the Actor was out for a bit of a break, stopping to pose for Photos graciously.

Hanks next can be seen in Parkland this Fall, a Drama set around Dallas’ Parkland Hospital on the day JFK was assassinated.  Zac Efron, James Badge Dale, Jacki Weaver, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti, Jackie Earle Haley and more star, while Tom Hanks produces.

See our Snap:

No Stranger than Love continues filming till late June in Toronto.

(Photo credit: Paramount Pictures/Mr. Will Wong)

They don’t come much more down-to-earth than these two Guys and Toronto gave two of its favourite Canadians a welcome return home at Scotiabank Theatre tonight.  Writer/first-time Director Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express) and Funnyman Seth Rogen both hail originally from Vancouver but have found widespread success south of the Border.

The Duo who have long been Friends and Collaborators, are in-town to promote  highly-touted Comedy This is The End, boasting an A-List Cast of Hollywood Heavyweights starring as themselves including: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel, Michael Cera, Craig Robinson, Emma Watson, Channing Tatum, Rihanna and several, several more. Set around a wild Party at Franco‘s House, This is the End suddenly places these Celebrities amidst a sudden Apocalypse.  Faced with the challenges of having to ration what limited supplies are left in his home, they find their Friendships tested to every possible limit.   Tempers flare, daggers are thrown and the laughs are infinite.

Walking an intimate Red Carpet tonight with a few select Media Outlets, the order of the day was Work as both Rogen and Goldberg plowed through a series of Interviews, opting to stay-in for Dinner at the Theatre.  They even treated Fans to a Q&A following the Advance Screening, fielding questions from Fans ranging from the Backstreet Boys’ surprise involvement in the Finale to the difficulties of shopping their Script originally. “I wish I could say it was really hard to get the Backstreet Boys, but it wasn’t that hard!”, laughs Rogen. “We released a scene in December and the Backstreet Boys had heard about the Movie and had seen a Trailer for it.  Evidently, it was Movie they were excited for and we were all losing our minds!”.

On the challenges the Duo faced shopping their Script, Rogen told the Audience, “We do this thing every time we write a Script thinking we’ve re-invented the wheel, and then we put it out to sell and nobody wants to buy it!”.  “We even had all six major Movie Stars attached to it and because the idea we all are playing ourselves, people were terrified”, he says. “I think it’s never been done before and Movie Studios hate to be the first one to do something. It’s happened enough times that whatever scares them, ultimately they will embrace and love in the end!”.

I captured some Clips of Rogen & Goldberg at tonight’s Screening. Watch below:

 Rogen was nice enough to sign a Photo which one of my Readers will win!  Simply click “like” on this Post at Mr. Will Wong on Facebook to enter.  Share on Facebook with your Friends and double those chances!  All are welcome to enter. Good luck.

Sony Pictures releases the hilarious This is the End on Friday, June 12, 2013.

Brace yourselves for one of this Summer’s funniest Surprises!

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)

After making a splash at Sundance last year, many of us were hoping to see BACHELORETTE in theatres in these parts, but unfortunately that never came.  Now however, is your chance to see this amazing Comedy starring red-hot Rebel Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher.  This is a Story  about Redemption and Growing-Up – bitingly funny and at moments painfully raw.

Official Synopsis:

On the night before an old Friend’s Wedding, three frisky Bridesmaids go searching for a little fun but find much more than they bargained for. With lovely Becky (Wilson) set to marry her handsome sweetheart, Dale (Hayes MacArthur), the remaining members of her High School Clique reunite for one last Bachelorette bacchanal in the Big Apple. Regan (Dunst) is an overachieving, uber-Maid of Honor who’s secretly smarting over the fact that she’s not the first to marry, while Gena (Caplan) is a whip-smart Sarcastic who’s actually a closet Romantic, and Katie (Fisher) is a ditzy Beauty who loves the good life. But when Becky insists on keeping the Bachelorette Party tame, the Women proceed with an After-Hours Celebration of their own.

Watch the Red-Band Trailer here:

Official Artwork below:

To enter to win BACHELORETTE on DVD, simply click “like” on this Post at Mr. Will Wong on Facebook before June 1, 2013. Share on Facebook and double your chances!  Canadian Readers only, please.  Good luck.

eOne Films releases Bachelorette on DVD today, Tuesday, May 28, 2013!

Click here to order a Copy.

(Photo/video credit: eOne Films)

Concluding the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival, the Main Jury (headed by Steven Spielberg,  including Nicole Kidman and Ang Lee) handed-out their Prizes earlier today.  Winning top honours this year, the Palme d’Or, was Blue is the Warmest Colour (La vie d’Adèle), directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.  The racy Drama, clocking-in at over three hours, is about a teenage Girl who has an affair with a Woman.  It also has the distinction of winning the FIPRESCI Competition Prize.

In the acting categories Bérénice Bejo, who received an Oscar nomination for her silent performance in The Artist,  won Best Actress for Italian-French Production The Past, about a Parisian Woman looking to divorce her Iranian Husband.  Bruce Dern won Best Actor for his work in Nebraska, directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants), about a Father and Son who reunite to claim a Sweepstakes prize.  The Drama which stars SNL Alumni Will Forte, gets a November release via Paramount Pictures in North America.

Winning the Grand Prix was eagerly-awaited Coen Brothers Film, Inside Llewyn Davis. Set in the ’60s, the Drama about the Folk Music Scene stars an exciting Cast of Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Garrett Hedlund, John Goodman and Oscar Isaac.

Mexican Filmmaker Amat Escalante won Best Director for his work on Heli, a Mexican Drama about a Family torn-apart by drugs.

On our radars is Fruitvale Station, to be distributed by eOne Films in select Canadian Citiies on July 26, 2013.  The Ryan Coogler Drama, which was a Hit at Sundance earlier this year, picked-up the Future Prize and is about a 22-year-old Man’s final day on New Year’s Eve 2008.

Clearly on the Awards Trail and release dates scheduled for later this year, perhaps we can expect Nebraska, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Past and Blue is the Warmest Colour to surface in Toronto at TIFF this September?

Complete list of Winners here.

(Photo credit: Quat’sous Films)