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Amy Schumer and Bill Hader in TrainwreckPhoto: Universal Pictures With Sundance just wrapping up and Berlin starting up in a few days, we are now immersed in the year-long barrage of film festivals. One such festival in South By Southwest. A few weeks back they announced the first seven films of their program, including the opening night film Brand: A Second Coming. Today, they have revealed the rest of the features to be shown in March (except for the midnight program), and some of it has me very excited. The bigger titles announced do not do much for me. Paul Feig's Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy, and the Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart starrer Get Hard leave a lot to be desired in terms of anticipation, as does a work in progress cut of Judd Apatow's latest film Trainwreck. I'm guessing an Apatow work in progress is probably around three and a half hours.

South by Southwest, the multi-faceted film, music and technology festival held annually in Austin, TX will feature such upcoming films as Paul Feig’s Spy, David Gordon Green’s Manglehorn, Alex Gibney’s documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, and Ondi Timoner’s Russell Brand profile Brand: A Second Coming as headliners in this year’s film festival lineup.

SXSW runs from March 13 to 21 in Austin and is now in its 22nd year. Variety has details of the 145 films and 100 world premieres bowing at this year’s festival. Brand, as previously reported, will be the festival’s opening night film.

Other notable titles on the list are the Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard, a rough cut of Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, the directorial debut of 28 Days Later screenwriter Alex Garland, Ex Machina, and a new comedy by Michael Showalter, Hello, My Name is Doris.

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San Diego Comic-Con has released the full schedule of events for Saturday, July 26, following the Thursday and Friday schedules that were released the past two days. You can clickHere to view the lineup in its entirety, which includes numerous comic book panels and events, but we have pulled out all of the movie, DVD and TV-related panels for your convenience.

San Diego Comic-Con has released the full schedule of events for Saturday, July 26, following the Thursday and Friday schedules that were released the past two days. You can clickHere to view the lineup in its entirety, which includes numerous comic book panels and events, but we have pulled out all of the movie, DVD and TV-related panels for your convenience.

Saturday, July 26

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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Simpsons-no gifts please-with creator Matt Groening, executive producer Al Jean, supervising director MikeAnderson, and director for life David Silverman.

Country duo Steel Magnoilia.s self-titled debut has arrived and features a blend of pop, rock and traditional country. The release includes the hit singles .Keep On Lovin. You,. .Just By Being You (Halo and Wings),. and .Last Night Again.. Steel Magnolia consists of Joshua Scott Jones and Meghan Linsey, and broke big by winning the second season of Cmt's "Can You Duet" music competition series. The duo was signed to Big Machine Records and began work on their debut about a year ago. Their first single .Keep On Lovin' You. gave the duo success on the Billboard charts, and the two singers kept busy as part of Brad Paisley's 2010 summer tour. They also picked up nine music...

It all started at a Nashville karaoke bar. Two strong-willed, powerful personalities, Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones, met, dated and then formed a country music duo under the moniker Steel Magnolia. Together, they tried out their talent in singing competition "Can You Duet" and won the first place.

Their humble beginning bloomed into something so musically refreshing, leading them to win over many more influential fans and supporters. They secured a record deal with Big Machine and dropped a debut single "Keep on Lovin' You" which later became a Top 5 hit on Billboard Country Songs chart.

They additionally have snagged at least eight major award nominations, including Vocal Duo of the Year at the 2010 Cma Awards and Single of the Year for Breakthrough Artist at American Music Awards. Those achievements made them one of those "Whom to Watch" country acts.

Looking back at the path that brought them to where they are now,...

Big Machine Records artists Steel Magnolia are celebrating another 2010 Academy of Country Music Award Nomination for overall Top Vocal Duo of the Year. The nomination was announced today live on the CBS Early Show this morning.

Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones waited for the tape-delayed broadcast to air when they received a text from their manager telling them of the Top Vocal Duo nomination.

"We thought our manager meant the Top New Vocal Duo Award," said Jones. "Then she started naming off all the superstar nominees like Brooks & Dunn and Sugarland and then we realized we had been nominated for The Top Vocal Duo Award as well! We couldn't believe it. Then Meghan got another text message and started doing a little dance!"

"We are so grateful to the Country music industry and all of our fans for embracing us and our sound," said Linsey. "From the bottom of...

Big Machine Records artists Steel Magnolia are making their way to the top of the charts. Their latest single, "Keep On Lovin' You," jumped into the Top 15 on Billboard Country Song Chart, which is the highest charting single from a debut Country duo in over three years.

"Keep On Lovin' You" was featured on the soundtrack of the hit film "Valentine's Day." The duos 5-song Ep, titled "Steel Magnolia," will hit stores on Tuesday, February 23. The new album features the new single, along with the songs "Ooh La La" and "Edge of Goodbye." Fans can also hear two live performances of the new tunes "I Need You" and "Fast As You."

"It's been such an amazing, whirlwind year for us and we're so excited to share some of our new music with our fans," said Meghan Linsey of Steel Magnolia.

"We're so appreciative to Country radio and all the support they've given us,...

Cmt's "Can You Duet?" winners and Big Machine recording artists Steel Magnolia, made up of singers Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones, are going to have a lot to celebrate for Valentine's Day.

Their song from the "Valentine's Day" soundtrack, "Keep On Lovin' You," is in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. They're also set to hit the red carpet for the film premiere next week with the rest of the films stars, which include fellow country star Taylor Swift.

They'll also be hitting George Lopez's hit late-night show, "Lopez Tonight!," to perform "Keep On Lovin' You," which will air Thursday, February 11th at 11pm Et on TBS. Lopez also appears in the star-studded film, which also stars Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, and Jessica Alba.

If that weren't enough, they also picked up an Academy of Country Music Award Nomination for Top New Vocal Duo.

Country music duo Steel Magnolia, who rose to fame after winning season two of Cmt's "Can You Duet," are set to make their Grand Ole Opry debut on "The Show That Made Country Music Famous."

The pair - Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones - will round out a cast line-up that includes Opry members Vince Gill and Holly Williams at the Grand Ole House in Nashville on October 17.

Linsey said, "It's such an honor to play the Opry. When you play the Grand Ole Opry it's like you have arrived. Every legend in Country music has played there. It's a huge honor."

They are currently recording their Big Machine Records debut album with producer Dann Huff, which is slated for release in February.

Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.

Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions. Want a glimpse into the future? Click here for the master list, which just received a major update on titles through September!

Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas - Lionsgate

Considered to be one of America's most notorious serial killers, Henry Lee Lucas admitted to committing over 350 murders with partner and fellow serial killer Ottis Toole while drifting through multiple states in the American South from 1975 until his arrest in 1983.

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Steel Magnolia was crowned the winner on the "Can You Duet" finale---a well deserved win, the real life couple stood out from the very beginning. A native of Ponchatoula, La., 23-year-old Meghan Linsey formed Steel Magnolia with her boyfriend of three years, Joshua Scott Jones. Before entering the competition Meghan was a karaoke host at a Nashville karaoke bar, which is where she met Joshua. Meghan’s musical influences include Bekka Bramlett, Aretha Franklin and Bonnie Raitt. Not afraid to refer to himself as a starving artist, 28-year-old Joshua Scott Jones, from Charleston, Illinois, has said that becoming a musician was never something he had to choose – it simply came naturally to him.

“From their very first screening performance through to last night’s amazing performance of ‘Keep On Lovin’ You,’ Steel Magnolia delivered every week and set the bar from the outset as one of the duos to beat,...