Back to the House

When Destiny pointed out how she had completely forgotten about House of Usher, it sounds like it's time to go home again.

Back in the Spring of 2005, Austin came east to Massachusetts to shoot House of Usher.

It's the retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
Austin played Roderick "Rick" Usher contacts his former lover Jill Masters (Izabella Miko) after three years, when her best friend, Madeline "Maddy" Usher, and Rick's twin sister suddenly passes away. Maddy's last wish was for Jill to attend the funeral. Conflicted, Jill returns to the Usher family home to fulfill Maddy's wish and during her stay rekindles her affair with Rick.She learns Rick suffers from the same disease that robbed his twin sister, of her sharp mind and ultimately her life.

The illness is a rare nerve condition, which makes Rick hypersensitive. He is under the very careful watchful and controlling eye of the caretaker, Nurse Thatcher (Beth Grant). Staying on at the Usher's, Jill seems to be haunted by the ghost of her best friend and finds out that she is pregnancy with Rick's child.She also discovers the Usher family secret....On a limited budget it allowed for just 16 days of shoot and an unusual location stood in for the Usher home. It was the Sea View nursing home in Rowley, MA that served as the house and the cast and crew work in unused areas of the building, and on off hours when the residents were sleeping.
They also got the opportunity to shoot a more few scenes in the coast town of Newburyport as in Danvers, MA.

The Sea View was perfect for a horror movie because of its age, size, and grounds and the owner of the nursing home agreed to donate the location for the film. He welcomed the activity that the film brought to his residents.The nursing home's basement and attic were used. Storage spaces were turned into the bedrooms with peeling paint and aging wallpaper. The greenhouse, and secret passage discovered in the house nursing home was incorporated into the story.

Twisted and dark, it's Austin like you haven't seen before.

One more thing: Austin talked about the People's Choice Awards. You think he voted for someone else when he was writing in his name in the TV category?

Look and Listen

First it's the look. And it's Jake and LaOD.

Check out this funny interview with Jake and Annie during their junket in NYC. And selling movie before a match burns down to burn your fingers, it would make selling movie reviews a little fun. Somehow I picture Christopher Walken taking his time, and then not realizing that his hand is on fire as he explains his next flick.



And there are new clips of LaOD to watch. They are expanded parts of the scenes cut and edited together to make the trailer. And one clip that of a scene that hasn't been seen before.


First Date


Hey Lisa


OMG!


What was that for?


I Love You

The Listen is Austin's work with Global Green for a compilation CD with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit Global Green's response to the Gulf Spill.

The CD, titled Gasoline Rainbow come out Nov 30th on Itunes and new songs from artists City and Colour, Damien Rice and Amy Kuney. Joining the CD are Phoenix, Passion Pit, and some of the bands that have been on OMG's music list, Surfer Blood, The Silversun Pickups, and personal favs The Black Keys, and Vampire Weekend.But Gasoline Rainbow as the title? Know it's the name of Kuney's song, but it sounds like what you would see if you sniffed too much gas at the pump.

Finally congrats to Jake for a People Choice Award nomination for Favorite Action Star. He's up against Angelina Jolie, Bradley Cooper, Jackie Chan and Robert Downey Jr. And PoP received a nomination for Favorite Action Movie along with Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, Robin Hood, and Salt.