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M. Ward "Rave On" - Spin It or Sling It?

PopSugarUK — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:00:00 -0700

The official video for M. Ward's cover of Buddy Holly's "Rave On" brought a big smile to my face, so I couldn't resist sharing it with you. Taken from his latest album, Hold Time, the cheery tune features vocals from Zooey Deschanel, who recorded an album with M. Ward as She & Him. M. Ward is currently touring and is playing a few dates in the UK in June, so check out the video below and let me know: do you want spin it or sling it?

Buzz In: Which Actors Have Made Albums You Like?

BuzzSugar — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:30:00 -0700

Earlier this week, I gave the Dead Man's Bones debut album a listen. You may not recognize the band name, but you probably recognize the frontman: it's actor Ryan Gosling. I'm a big Gosling fan, but I wasn't expecting his music to have any substance, or for me to actually like it. Nothing against him, it's just that actors crossing over into music usually fall into a fitting cliche - epic failure.

Every once in a while, though, someone talented proves they're truly multi-talented and makes some enjoyable music. Last year, I fell for She & Him, Zooey Deschanel's project with M. Ward, and I loved Phantom Planet: The Jason Schwartzman years.

There's a longer list of tragic actor/musician crossovers, but I want to focus on the diamonds in the rough: What actors have made albums that you like?

Zooey Deschanel Shows Domino Her Digs

CasaSugar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:00:49 -0800

I love a woman who's serious about her creative spaces, and actress and musician Zooey Deschanel, who is featured in Domino’s upcoming February issue, is definitely after my decorating heart.

Deschanel, who graces the February issue's cover, shares one of her favorite rooms with Domino, a study that she's transformed into a creative space. The musician and actress's home style seems perfectly in line with her professional life: a combination of smart, quirky, and absolutely unique selections, much in keeping with her choices for acting roles and music collaborators. And who could be more perfect for the February issue than Deschanel, whose Valentine's Day sweetheart - fiancé Ben Gibbard, front man for Death Cab For Cutie - recently proposed to her.

Make sure to grab a copy of Domino next week, when the new issue hits stands on Jan. 13. To tide you over until then, see and hear about how the room is used when you read more.
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Zooey Deschanel transformed the study in her home into a soundproof studio, where she could write new music for her band with M. Ward, She and Him. I love the blue-upon-blue layering of fabric, paint, and pattern, and the pops of red lend an alertness and creative fire to the room. The blue-gingham piano bench reminds me of Dorothy's dress in the Wizard of Oz, which seems appropriate since Deschanel played an updated Dorothy in Tin Man. Everything about the room seems relaxed, inspirational, and feminine, from the two-toned piano to the soothing blue shades.

For more photos from the shoot, check out the outtakes on Domino.

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Zooey Deschanel Is It for Nylon and For Us

PopSugar — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:30:44 -0700

Zooey Deschanel graces the cover of the October Nylon, and the "It" girl looks appealing and gorgeous in her silly offbeat photo shoot. After spending so much time shooting Yes Man with Jim Carrey, Zooey proves she can pull a few funny faces of her own while showing a slightly risqué side as well. We're already looking forward to the comedy which comes out in December, but in the issue Zooey also opens up about her musical side, saying, “Now that I’ve experienced what it’s like to stand up there and sing my own songs, I just can’t imagine wanting to do anything else.” She also reveals that she's a country singer at heart, and while we love her on the big screen we wouldn't mind seeing her try to give Jessica Simpson a little friendly competition.

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Damon Talks of Tuneful Travels

PopSugarUK — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Damon Albarn - of Blur, Gorillaz and The Good The Bad and The Queen - has spoken to Paste magazine this month about his world travels and the musical inspiration he's gleaned on his journeys. Here's a few excerpts from his interview:

On our new eating habits in the UK: “Do you know we’re eating squirrels in England? It’s become a new lean-meat sensation.”
On his travels to write Monkey: Journey to the West, the score he wrote for the Chinese opera: “We heard a lot of tribal music up in the mountains, where these people get out their blades of grass and start playing these strange and ancient grass-generated tunes. It felt very organic.”
On recording with a team of Chinese musicians and keeping it traditional: “I was looking at a five-point star and I put the notes of the pentatonic to each point on the star. I had this great image of stars rotating. It was a very simple music system that could alleviate some of the anxiety of pastiching it.”
On payoffs: “Sometimes you hit the ball true, and you do really well. It’s like, what do you do at that point? What do you do when you make money? It’s all compost. Money should be compost.”
On the world music section of record stores: “World music. I don’t subscribe to that. It’s all music. It’s a very bad tagline because it does suggest that we’re somehow living on a different planet.”

The new issue of Paste magazine - featuring Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward on the cover - is out now, and you can read the rest of Damon's interview in there!

The Deschanel Girls Love Art, Banjo Music

PopSugar — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:46:22 -0800

This weekend Zooey and Emily Deschanel helped to celebrate the opening of "Victims & Avengers," a photography exhibit focusing on victims of domestic violence. Yeah, the Deschanel girls are pretty artsy. The show's subject sounds intense, but Zooey's mad banjo skills must have lightened up the event. Unless she was keeping topical with her music. In which case, things probably remained pretty heavy.

For more pics of the Deschanel sisters working the crowd including the newly married Bradley Cooper just read more

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Zooey Deschanel's Big Screen Moves Are Happening

Molly — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:30:32 -0700

Zooey Deschanel was a ray of sunshine making her way through LAX over the weekend. It's a big week for the adorable actress with the release of M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening in which she stars alongside Mark Wahlberg and the much smaller release of The Go Getter last week. Double the treat for Zooey fans and there's a lot more of her coming our way this year between all her acting and musical projects. I may still miss her and her spirit animals on Weeds from time to time, but things seem to be going great for this plucky starlet. Lucky us, love her.

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Sugar Shout Out: St. Patrick's Day Treats

PopSugar — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:36:13 -0700

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Jim Carrey Really Throws Himself Into His New Role

Molly — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:00:00 -0800

Jim Carrey took the plunge in the name of his craft, bungee jumping on the set of Yes Man in Pasadena yesterday. Quite the stunt man, eh? The movie is about a man who decides to say "yes" to everything for an entire year (and I'm going to go ahead and guess that involves daring new adventures like this one). Sounds like it could be classic endearing Carrey rather than the dark stuff like The Number 23, which earned him a Razzie nod, yay. His costar Zooey Deschanel is nowhere to be seen - perhaps she was off working on her new musical project with M. Ward (which I'm so excited about). While that duet sounds awesome, seeing her paired up with Jim on the big screen is a team I can't wait to see in 2008.

To see more of Jim Carrey on set just read more

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