Student journalists from all over South Florida were given the chance of a lifetime to interview one of the world’s biggest bands, Fall Out Boy. In a press conference held by The Rock Star Stories at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater, bassist Pete Wentz and singer Patrick Stump answered questions from over 50 students. Despite being Billboard Top 40 and MTV favorites, it seems that fame has not gotten to their heads. The duo was ready and willing to answer any question on topics such as fatherhood and the future of Fall Out Boy. Following the interview, pop punk band All Time Low came to the press conference. Known for their hilarious personas, this quartet did not disappoint with their answers. When asked how the band formed, front man Alex Gaskarth responded “We met at a comic book convention.” It is safe to say the press conference was a great success.
The venue has been changed for the concert to the Pompano Beach Amphitheater. The press conference will be held at the Pompano Beach Civic Center which is in front of the amphitheater. If you have not been invited, and RSVP’d to get your name on the list, you will not be allowed to attend the press conference. It is for student journalists only and not open to the public.
The Amphitheatre is about 45 minutes from Miami; 15 minutes from Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, and 30 minutes from West Palm Beach.
Pompano Beach Civic Center
1801 NE 6th St
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
From I-95 I-95 to Atlantic Beach Blvd. East Take Atlantic Beach Blvd. to Dixie Highway Turn Left (north) onto Dixie Highway Take Dixie Highway until you reach 10th Street Make a Right (east) onto 10th Street 10th Street will lead you directly into the parking areas.
From Federal Hwy / US 1
Turn West onto NE 6th Street (located just north of Atlantic Blvd).
Turn right at first traffic light (NE 18th Avenue) amphitheatre will be on your right, behind civic center.
If you have already RSVP’d and have been given an invitation for this press conference, this information applies to you:
You must arrive at the press conference by 3pm. Fall out Boy is FIRST followed by All Time Low at 4pm. Latecomers will not be accommodated. If you need an authorization to leave school early, email us at info@therockstarstories.com and we will provide you with information to give to your journalism or video teachers.
If you have not RSVP’d already and have been given an invitation, email us to see if your school already has representation going. 2 PEOPLE PER SCHOOL ONLY!
Thanks guys and looking forward to seeing you there. As always the press conference does not include tickets to the show so get yours while they are still available!
I Love You, Man-An Interview with Paul Rudd and John Hamburg
How much of your own experiences are reflected in the film?
John Hamburg: Well there are some certain things in the movie that I would definitely say are not my own experiences, things that Sydney has in the man cave and other things. I think the idea of some awkwardness or some miscommunications or when you make a dude friend and you don’t know whether to give him a hug goodbye or shake his hand you know that kind of stuff certainly I go through on a daily basis it’s day
Paul Rudd: John’s wife does make a summer salad.
JH: She’s made a summer salad. We don’t watch Chuck a lot together but we’ve been known to do a summer salad.
Your original concept for the movie, Let’s Make Friends, came five years ago. The timing now is perfect with shows like Bromance. The whole concept of male bonding is very on the conscience. Had this had been done five years ago, would the climate been right or was this a perfect coincidence?
PR: I know that when we were filming the movie, none of us had ever even heard of the term “Bromance.” It seems to me it kind of came in the last few months. We shot this a while ago. I know that when I read it a year and a half ago, I remember thinking I can’t believe that this type of movie hasn’t been made already. It seemed to be a pretty straightforward story and one that is relatable whether it is recent or five years ago or whatever. I think everyone likes to classify something with the show Bromance. It’s a catchphrase that will drive everyone crazy in about two week before we move onto the next thing. It seems like its all come to fruition at this point. It seems like it to me anyway.
JH: It’s kind of a bizarre time. We didn’t plan it. The original idea was written way before anybody had heard “Bromance” or anything like that.
PR: Back when Brody Jenner was in short pants.
Besides the movie’s spin on typical male bonding, Andy Samberg’s character Robby goes against the stereotypical version of gay men. Was this a conscious creation?
JH: It was a conscious idea to take stereotypes and try to ignore them and just have people not be what you expect. Not be what you always see in movies or what is put on TV. Many people in the world are like Andy’s character, whatever their sexual orientation is. So the idea was that he just happens to be gay. It doesn’t define him in a certain way. It’s just who he is. He’s just a cool guy. Unlike Paul’s character, Andy’s character is just more comfortable in his own skin at the beginning of the movie
This is the third movie you have worked on with Jason Segel. How was this experience different?
PR: It was pretty great because we knew each other by this point. I met him during Knocked Up. We had a little to do together. Forgetting Sarah Marshall was just a few weeks and there wasn’t any thing scripted for the part I was playing. It was true playing off each other and getting to know each other. We were doing bits when weren’t shooting it and it was probably annoying to everyone else. I think it was nice in a way because when John cast both Jason and I this movie, I think we really felt as if we already we knew each other. I felt as if we were on the same page as to how we saw the film and our sensibilities. We had done so many stupid rifts as they were setting up lights during Sarah Marshall, it was just easier to seem like we were friends and we could do it in this one too. John said that one of the challenges in the beginning was when we were first getting to know each other. It didn’t seem as if we were familiar with one another even though we were already really good friends.
How much did you improv?
PR: You know bits here and there. The script, I thought, was fully realized and tight. An example would be when our characters are getting to know each other and we go out to have fish tacos and drink beer. We knew that we would be filming that all night but in the script we were just getting to know each other. So we knew that the conversation would be improvised. What you see in the movie, his Andre the Giant impression or just talking about hybrid animals, these are all kinds of things we were doing off the cuff.
Is that how some of the phrases like “Jobin” got into the movie?
JH: It was a combination. Some of the stuff was in the script and then some of it we came up with in rehearsal. Me, Paul and Jason would meet up in my office. I think that is how “Jobin” came.
PR: “Jobin” was in college. You’d say “Hey Jobin.” Another friend of mine would say “Shabe” which seemed just as arbitrary as “Dude.”
JH: Give Paul a little bit of film and a couple of minutes and he will come up with some of the stupidest phrases you’ve ever heard in your life and I mean that lovingly.
Do you find any similarities between Peter and some of the other characters you have played? For example, Josh in Clueless.
PR: I think that there was something about the character in Clueless that had a bit of optimism in that freshmen year of college where everything is new and you think you know more than you really do but you’re also open to lots of things. Ithink one of the things about this character, that was different than some of the other characters that I’ve played recently, I really like was a general optimism. The ability to speak how I feel and wear my emotions on my sleeve a little bit. And by the way, I think we have so many general ideas for “that’s a guy.” Guys like sport and they drink beer and they fart and girls dent understand them. Most of the guys I know, like my friends, do not fit into the macho mold. I think were somewhere in the middle. Clearly you can look at John and I right now and that’s obvious
JH: Two very handsome metrosexual men.
PR: John and I will sometimes say “Are you going to wear the gingham shirt because if you do, I’m going to go with a solid oxford.”
JH: It’s true. Often times, we’ll go to each other’s rooms and do a “getting dressed montage” like a Julia Roberts movie and try on different things.
PR: Sometimes I’ll take a picture on my computer in photobooth on my Mac and I’ll email it to John and ask if it’s a good outfit. We’ll iChat to look at each other’s pants.
In the movie Peter goes on a series of man-dates, what would you do on a perfect man-date?
PR: Here is an example where I would say I am somewhere in the middle. I would love to watch a series of football games on a Sunday but then I’ll still like to end the day with karaoke. I would like to eat a steak somewhere in the middle of it and a scotch. I don’t want it to be too hot but I’d like it to be a nice day, so if you want to walk around and maybe walk off the meal, you can. Maybe wakeup and have a good brunch, maybe a good breakfast. Say “Hey man meet me for an omelet.” This is a full day. If I’m going for a dream, I got to go for a full day. Omelets steaks, football and singing that’s my dream date.
How important was LA as character in the movie?
JH: LA way a very important element to me of the script because I wanted it to take place in a real city, not just anywhere USA.
PR: That just came out so wrong.
JH: Let me clarify, some movies take place in a made up city. So they’re just like “We live in Youngsville,” that is a real city. It could have been Chicago, Miami or Dallas. Just an actual place as opposed to a city we made up for the movie. Also LA is so spread out that is it hard to meet people like in a lot of cities in America. You get in your car. You go to work. You communicate with people over the Internet but not face to face. So I thought that would be a cool element of the story.
Another amazing student press conference will be held at Revolution Live
200 West Broward Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale with the bands of The Take Action Tour.
The 2009 lineup will feature headliner CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR, along with MEG&DIA, BREATHE CAROLINA, EVERY AVENUE, and ANARBOR.
The annual nationwide charity tour, now in its eighth year, raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action, and for the second straight year Take Action has chosen not-for-profit organization DoSomething.org to benefit from the funds raised and to help spread the message of action to young people across the country.
The press conference will be from 3:00 until 5:00pm at the venue upstairs on the balcony.
To RSVP email us at sweptawaytv (at) bellsouth.net. All students with an interest in journalism are invited to attend.
The movie, Defiance gives a new story about the Jewish people escaping the grasp of the Nazis and living through the war. It’s more of a Moses leads the Jewish people out of Egypt story, where Tuvia Bielski, played by Daniel Craig, is Moses, his neighbors in the ghetto are the Jewish slaves, and Belarus, Poland is Egypt.
When Tuvia and his brothers Zus, Alexander, and Asael Bielski escape to the Belarussia Forest after finding their family dead, they run into some of their neighbors and take them under their wing. Throughout their journey through the woods they come across more neigbors and family members until their number measures in the hundreds, forcing the Bielski brothers to lead, help take care of, and fight with hundreds of men, women, and children.
Defiance is hands down the best Nazi war movie I’ve seen in my generation, there’s something for everyone in the movie, you’ll go “aww” at the love scenes, sit up stick-straight and gasp at the violent war scenes, cry at the sad and happy scenes, and double over laughing at the comedic scenes.
In this film the composition along with music makes you feel every bit of their anxiety and in turn makes you feel every bit of their joy and triumphs. You root for their victory and cry for their losses and throughout the film you never feel yourself settle down as they hadn’t.
The film quickly puts you into their situation and helps you to see The Holocaust in a whole new light. The Bielski brothers aren’t bad on the eye either, actually they are kind of nice on the eye. There is the love aspect that the more mushy of us would like but the action scenes are cool for everyone. Overall the movie will forever be burned into my brain along with Tuvia and Zus.
