HOLLYWOOD (June 23, 2008) –GREAT WHITES original members Jack Russell (vocals), Mark Kendall (lead Guitar), Audie Desbrow (drums), Michael Lardie (Guitar/keyboards) is once again ready to rock all summer long. The band will hit the road for summer shows Nation wide performing all their greatest hits the fans know and love.

SHOW DATES (many more to come):

July
10 Oswego, NY Scriba Town INN
11 Walker, MN Moondance JAM
12 Glendale Heights, IL Summerfest
18 Comstock, NE Comstock
19 Jackson, MS Z Fest
23 London, ONT Harris Park
24 Heyward, WI LCO Casino
25 Eagle River, WI High Pines Amp
26 Toledo, OH Make Wish Foundation

August
15 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
16 Acoma, NM Sky City Casino
23 Greenwood, IL Galt Airport
29 Santa Fe, NM Camel Rock Casino

For more information go to www.mistabone.com http://www.mistabone.com.

Toronto – The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival® opens September 4 with the world premiere Gala Presentation of Passchendaele, written, directed and produced by celebrated Canadian filmmaker Paul Gross. Co-produced by Niv Fichman, Frank Siracusa and Francis Damberger, Passchendaele stars Gross (Men with Brooms, “Due South,” “Slings & Arrows”), Caroline Dhavernas (Hollywoodland, Breach, Niagara Motel), Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption, “Ally McBeal”) and Joe Dinicol (George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead, “Train 48”). The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4 to 13, 2008.

“It is rare that Canadians get to experience their own histories via the moving image, particularly on the big screen,” says Piers Handling, Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival Group. “We are honoured to open TIFF 2008 with a work as personal and passionate, as significant to both Canadian film and Canadian history as Passchendaele.”

“Paul Gross is an inspiring Canadian and a leader in our industry,” says Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. “By paying tribute to our nation’s heroes - including his own grandfather, an Alberta veteran of Passchendaele - Gross uses the visceral charge of movies to contribute a foundation chapter to our national history. While never ignoring the horrifying truths of this or any war, Passchendaele stands as truly epic storytelling from western Canada.”

Set during the height of the First World War, Passchendaele tells the story of Sgt. Michael Dunne (Gross), a soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns home to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred. While in the military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah (Dhavernas), a mysterious and attractive nurse with whom he falls passionately in love. When Sarah’s younger brother David (Dinicol) – despite suffering from severe asthma – signs up to fight in Europe, Michael is compelled to return to the battlefield to protect him. Alongside thousands of other courageous Canadians, David and Michael are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres. Commonly known as “Passchendaele,” it is a battle against impossible odds.

Written and directed by Paul Gross, Passchendaele is a Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films and Damberger Film and Cattle Company production. The film is distributed in Canada by Alliance Films.

The official website for the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, tiff08.ca, will go live on Friday, June 27, 2008. Ticket packages for TIFF08 will be available for purchase by Visa† cardholders as of 10am, Monday July 7, 2008, and by cash, debit or Visa as of 10am on Monday, July 14, 2008. Purchase online at tiff08.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM or in person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance). Box Office hours are 10am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday.

Bell Lightbox
Construction of Bell Lightbox, soon to be one of the world’s leading innovative cultural institutions and headquarters for TIFFG, began on February 1, 2007. A five-storey podium building located on Reitman Square in the heart of Toronto’s downtown entertainment district, Bell Lightbox is designed by world-renowned Toronto-based architectural firm KPMB. The building includes five cinemas, two galleries, three learning studios, and an enhanced film reference library and archive.

The campaign to build Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell. The Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario each have contributed $25 million to realize Bell Lightbox. A gift of more than $22 million has been confirmed from the Reitman family – acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Reitman and his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels – and The Daniels Corporation, who together form the King and John Festival Corporation. The project is also supported by RBC as Major Sponsor and Official Bank, VISA, Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, The Allan Slaight Family, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, CIBC, and many other individuals and corporations. The TIFFG Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals have also contributed to the campaign. The total amount raised to date is $147 million, three quarters of the total campaign of $196 million.

Bloodsuckers and rock fans rejoice! There’s a new soundtrack for your hot, sweaty summer.

A 1987 cult hit, The Lost Boys’ soundtrack is arguably one of the most beloved movie soundtracks of the last 20 years. Armed with great, eerie songs that fit perfectly opposite the little film with a big bite, the soundtrack to the much anticipated sequel, Lost Boys: The Tribe, delivers just the same.

Helping to create a soundtrack worthy of it’s well-respected predecessor, the Lost Boys: The Tribe soundtrack includes AIDEN covering the classic anthem “Cry Little Sister” while THE VON BONDIES offer up “Only To Haunt You,” a never-before heard cut from their new album Love Hate And Then There’s You. Others include Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode fame, as well as the revamped Blind Melon.

Previously unreleased tracks include Aiden’s cover of “Cry Little Sister,” as well as Seether’s live acoustic rendition of “Burrito” and G.Love & Special Sauce’s “Long Way Down,” and The Von Bondies’ “Only To Haunt You.”

Says Aiden singer wiL Francis: “When we were approached to be a part of the new Lost Boys movie I was beside myself. Being such a fan of the original I could hardly set my excitement aside. This is a great opportunity for us to pay homage and be a part of something spectacular.”

Artists’ Addiction Records is a leader in the horror soundtrack genre, releasing the popular SAW 1-4 Soundtrack CD’s. Says AAR President Jonathan Miller: “I’m really excited to be a part of this project. I grew up with the original movie so to be involved with the second installment is amazing. We are all thrilled with the music that has been selected for the soundtrack and movie.”

Set in the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, Lost Boys: The Tribe takes us to a world where vampires roam the night and feed on anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Tad Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, Nicole (Autumn Reeser). Having just lost their parents in a car accident, the siblings move in with their eccentric Aunt Jillian and become new prey for the locals’ way of life. When Nicole unwittingly falls for a local vampire, Chris must locate and destroy the gang’s lifeline before his sister’s transformation is complete; to do this Chris finds himself relying on the expertise of none other than Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman). With subtle references to characters from the original film, and cameos from returning actors, Lost Boys: The Tribe offers a homage to the Lost Boys legend while creating a sinister tone of impending doom.

The Lost Boys: The Tribe soundtrack will be available in stores, at ITUNES and at www.artistsaddictionrecords.com

Deerhoof has just finished a new album, Offend Maggie, to be released on Deerhoof’s longtime home, Kill Rock Stars.

One song from Offend Maggie will soon be available from an interactive website as a downloadable written score. Fans (or foes, or perfect stangers) can then record the song and share their mp3s with others on the website. It is not yet known which song it will be. Everyone can hear Deerhoof’s own solution to the song when the album is released October 7.

The October release will be followed immediately by a world tour of all-ages venues and low ticket prices.

In the meantime, Deerhoof will join their hip-hop buddies The Roots this weekend by performing at The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia along with Gnarls Barkley and others before heading off to tour Japan, then a free show in Brooklyn, an appearance at the Halifax Jazz Festival, and a night at the Hollywood Bowl. They continue to perform songs from Offend Maggie throughout these shows. Catch them if you can!

Also don’t miss the new Will Ferrel movie Stepbrother which features Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier playing with producer John Brion and Nels Cline of Wilco on the soundtrack.

OFFEND MAGGIE

Act 1

1. Offend Maggie
2. Fresh Born
3. Chandelier Searchlight
4. The Tears and Music of Love
5. Buck and Judy
6. Don’t Get Born
7. My Purple Past

Act 2

8. Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back
9. Numina
10. This Is God Speaking
11. Eaguru Guru
12. Snoopy Waves
13. Jagged Fruit
14. Family of Others
UPCOMING SHOWS:

jun 07 - Philadelphia, PA - The Roots Family Picnic @ The Festival Pier (w/ The Roots, Gnarls Barkley, Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings)
jun 14 - Tokyo, Japan - Liquidroom (Kill Rock Stars showcase w/ Xiu Xiu, Mika Miko, Panther)
jun 15 - Osaka, Japan - Shangri-la (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tenniscoats, Shugo Tokumaru)
jun 16 - Nagoya, Japan - Club Upset (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tenniscoats, Shugo Tokumaru)
jun 18 - Sapporo, Japan - Bessie Hall (w/ Tenniscoats)
jul 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park (w/ Metropolis Ensemble)
jul 19 - Halifax, NS - The Marquee Club for the Halifax Jazz Festival
jul 27 - Hollywood, CA - KCRW’s World Festival @ The Hollywood Bowl (w/ Gnarls Barkley)

HOLLYWOOD, CA (June 1, 2008) - To celebrate bringing music on a global level in an online HD broadcast, Rock Against Diabetes has decided to find the opening act - Where else? On the music Social Networks of the internet. Myspace, Facebook, Garageband, PureVolume and the multitude of other musical communities will be invited to submit their music, and videos to Rock Against Diabetes to be judged, and pared down to a Top 10, that will be judged by a panel of musicians, promoters, television personalities and industry giants.

The winner of the contest, that will begin May 20th, 2008 and conclude with a winner on July 26th, 2008 will receive the following:

1) A slot in the kickoff pre party in Las Vegas at Club ROX on Friday August 22nd, 2008 playing with KARNEVAL, featuring Dario Lorina, MAGNETICO, featuring Rafael Moreira, Bumblefoot of Guns N Roses and MORE!!!!

2) The opening slot for the worldwide broadcast of Rock Against Diabetes 2008, with LA GUNS, CLIFF MORRISON (Son of Doors singer Jim Morrison), Y&T, LEATHERWOLF, BUMBLEFOOT AND HIS ALL STAR BAND, and a few other acts.

3) To promote your band before, during and after the broadcast on August 23rd 2008

4) A musical prize package, including band gear, and other critical items to help a new band succeed.

5) The DVD ready HD footage of their entire performance

6) Full billing as an act on the show, and a share in all PR and media releases and advertising

There will be many more things included to sweeten the pot as sponsors come on board.

For submission info, hit their myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/rockagainstdiabetes

Montréal, May 30, 2008 – Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce the creation of two new programs to support Canadian film festivals and professional development activities: the Festivals Performance Program and the Skills and Screens Program.

These new programs will support the unique and different needs of film festivals and the Canada Showcase Program will be retired. The programs will help Telefilm Canada meet its objectives of building audiences for Canadian film and building the industry’s capacity.

The Festivals Performance Program will provide financial support to Canadian film festivals that have a distinguished record of reaching Canadian audiences, showcasing Canadian feature films, and contributing to the appreciation and awareness of Canadian films in general. It is geared towards established festivals with a general audience for feature films of more than 100,000.

The Skills and Screens Program will assess and meet the needs of other festivals and professional development activities. Telefilm Canada and its regional offices will prioritize and select which events to fund using criteria to evaluate how funding can help build the industry’s capacity within the communities they support.

The new programs were created following a comprehensive review of the existing Canada Showcase Program, which determined that the program needed a redesign that would better meet the needs of the industry, support the objectives of Telefilm Canada, and reinforce the transparency, accountability and effectiveness of program management. This new structure will help Telefilm Canada achieve these goals.

Funding for the programs in 2008-2009 will match the funding that would have been available under the retiring program. This budget may change in future years depending on the funding provided to Telefilm Canada and the overall priorities of the Canada Feature Film Fund.

Further details on the programs, including application information and detailed assessment criteria, are available on the Telefilm website.

Web: http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/03/311.asp?lang=en&fond_id=5