Songbird

Under the guise of a 12 day trip to Indonesia, Austin Nichols has been secretly working in an intensive vocal training program to prepare for a shot on the show The Voice.

"Singing has been a passion of mine. Turning thirty last year I made a goal that I would kick start my singing career. I did have the chance to sing the theme song for the episode I directed this season.I've been really busy this year with the show and I had to wait it was was over for before I pursued it. As soon my contracted ended I was on the first plane out of there, heading to live out my dreams. I only have a couple weeks left to do this."
"I hoping to go on The Voice and be recognized for something more than my alarming good looks. It's tough being so damn handsome."


"What do I like to sing? I'm big fan of Kitty Wells and 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels', but I've really found my place as a singer with a combination of Western Swing, showtunes, Tibetan throat singing, and the Bee Gees. It works well with my range."

"I've been working on material over the past year, and working with a vocal coach for almost a year, lots of vocalization, extending my range and improving my technique. I just found a new coach to work with for my throat singing."
" Adam will probablythink it's me trying to get to sing with his band again, but I really want to work with Cee-lo, just for the outfits alone.""I'm going to start with the Theme to Thundercats. But my go to song is Katy Perry's "Fireworks" I think I can go all the way."

Happy Austin Friday. (and a little April Fool's too)

Somewhere in the world there is a big tall Texan with a beer in one hand and a mike in another belting out this one out today. ; )



Here's to a great opening weekend for Jake!

New Eyes for the Needy See for Change

NY Screening

Come on, Ring around the rosy

Pix Me I Must Be Dreaming.

Unnamed sources are saying that The CW will be rolling out several new shows at their up fronts this May to replace many of the underperforming ones that have been on the bubble for the network season after season.

"It's a whole new revamp and image for The CW. We are taking a cue from what we've seen online, commercials, and the gaming community and combining it into a show that's a little bit retro with cutting edge technology. It's a good way to help reacquaint new viewers with classic television but with alternative music thrown in. And it's great testing for those shows being considered for big screen remakes." "Ok basically this is cheaper than doing a bunch of pilots to find one that will fit into the mess that is our current line up"


The yet to be name series is about Matt Patton, a blogger who gained a huge following for his hip irreverent take on his favorite shows and movies, known as Pix to his friends both on and offline. A photographer at the local Sears by day, he spends his off hours hanging out taking ironic pictures of his friends at clubs, watching shows and movies, and postponing adulthood. In a freak accident while making PopTart tapas for a friend's white trash dinner party, he's shocked by his toaster oven into an alternate reality were he travels into the shows and movies he's blog to a great soundtrack.


Austin Nichols, who plays Julian Baker on The CW's soon to be cut down One Tree Hill, is set to star in the show, in fact he's the only cast of the entire show. "We think Austin is a perfect fit, he's got a now yet retro feel to him, a little quirky, a little hometown boy, an everyman with a little edge. We think that everyone will love him, the teens, the moms, and the guys. One thing we haven't seen Austin do is comedy and we think this is a great chance for him to explore it here."


"It's like Mike TV doing Quantum Leap with satire. I can go anywhere and be anything week to week. It's a great opportunity for an actor because I get to do all kinds of acting, and don't have to deal with the politics of a big cast. And I get to work with some of the best actors in the history of television It's like an acting class every week for me. " said Nichols.



"It reminds me of one of my favorite characters Chance Gardner in the movie Being There, who's whole understanding is based on what he's learned from television. "


"I'm really excited because they told me we are going to be doing a double episode where Pix goes back to the Andy Griffith show. I want to sit in at Floyd's with Barney and Gomer and shoot the shit. There's some really higher thinking there. I would love to also jump into Perry Mason, Maude, and fingers crossed Jake and the Fat Man. "

Basically The CW is saving boatload of cash using their old catalog of shows and movies from CBS and Warner Bros and just re-editeding re-cutting them and dropping in a hipster character to interact with the old show. They only have to pay one actor's salary, a couple of writers, bare bone crew, shoot it the cheapest and smallest studio space they can find, basically CSI's old crew bathroom and can outsource the rest of production.

Future Prince of Pop?

Inspired after helping friend Jamie Foxx on his hit Blame It, Jake Gyllenhaal has announced plans for an album of his own. Titled "Prince on Prince, Just the Way I Like It", it is Gyllenhaal's own take on Prince hits and some of his personal favorites.

Sources say the long list of songs on his do-me list include:

"Let's Go Crazy"
"1999"
"Delirious"
"When Dove's Cry"
"Lil Red Corvette"
"I Wanna Be Your Lover"
"Raspberry Beret"
"Diamonds and Pearls"



"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
"Kiss"
"Dirty Mind"
"Head"
"Cream"
"Irresistible Bitch"* (B-side)
"Controversy"
"Gett Off"
"I Love U In Me"* (B-side)
"If I Was Your Girlfriend"
"Let Pretend We're Married"

(artist rendition of album cover)

All are wondering he is considering collaborating with any long time friends for some appropriate songs, after some have praised him publicly for his singing talent. ("The kid can sing" - Austin Nichols) Unnamed sources said when asked if his current paramour in the press might be a cameo in a video, he responded, " J.Lo and Ben, Don Johnson and Barbra, J.Lo and Chris, Nick and Jessica, J.Lo and Diddy, ummmm maybe I should. "

Rumors have already started that this is a sign that Gyllenhaal will be changing his name to The Artist Formerly Known as Gyllenhaal, and use an unpronounceable symbol instead. Other speculation is he will be speaking only through his music, until a current contract is indeed over.

A small club tour to promote the album when it drops in the late fall is a possibility. No word if Gyllenhaal will don the bikini briefs, leg warmers, high-heeled boots, and a trench coat in true Prince fashion.

NOTE: Representative for all parties have not contributed to this story, only responding we are taking April 1st off from our regular foolishness. (Let' s just hope)

JFC DVD Season 1 Today

John from Cincinnati - Season 1
Cast: Austin Nichols,Bruce Greenwood, Ed O'Neill, Rebecca de Mornay,Luke Perry

3 Disc Set - Wide Screen / Color

Product Details

* UPC: 883929007820
* Source: HBO HOME VIDEO
* Region Code: 1
* Presentation: Wide Screen
* Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
* Language: English, Français, Español
* Subtitles: English, Français, Español
* Time: 10:00:00

Milch hinted that there are special features hidden for those looking for them.

Some things I know.

They were on the set in IB, so I said, “Okay, how about acting?” An illusion agreed upon - Jake a surfer, the abstract worth of fellow water walker. Everyone agreeing and seeing how that reorganized the entire show. This is the episode in which I tried - I wanted to come back to the original idea. If God were trying to make himself known with a particular urgency because the apocalypse is coming, and if the difficulty was not with his faculty of communication but rather with our capacity to understand. Who better than Jake Gyllenhaal. Fuck it got Austin out of the G-d damn trailer.


Easter Egg alert:

Megamilchfan: Disc 3
Go to menu on Disc 3 scroll down to Day 9. Enter Up arrow, left arrow, left arrow, down arrow, down again, right arrow. You see behind the scenes on set. If you look close around 2:31 you will see a door open to a trailer in the left hand corner and see the guy who plays John and somebody who looks like Jake Gyllenhaal.

AustinsHot: Disc 3
OMG! Jake Gyllenhaal! Go to main menu pick language. Highlight French. Press right arrow twice, down arrow, and enter 3x. Takes you to a street scene. Jake is in the scene! He plays a surfer guy. He is so hot. Scruffy and tired. John can't stop staring at him.

Oh by the way .... Happy April Fool's Day.

Update: Too good not to post. This is the cover of the inside slip case for the new JFC box set.