Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Billie Eilish Concert at Granada Theater in Dallas Texas


Billie Eilish Concert at Granada Theater in

 Dallas Texas



























By Marco A. Ayllon B.
Nautilus Entertainment News
Dallas TX, November 13, 2018

Yes, Billie Eilish belongs to the Dallas city teenagers. Today, on November 13, 2018, we went to a “Billie Eilish” concert with my daughter Kellsey (15) and my son Hallsten (9) and their group of friends. Everybody had a hard time purchasing those tickets together months in advance.  A lot of followers were disappointed in Dallas and as well as in other cities. All tickets were bought up by application software bots in less than a second.

True fans were unable to buy tickets despite their long wait until the last minute when all ticketing web sites started selling tickets for the Billie Eilish concert. Now those tickets are being resold at 10 times the original cost on StubHub. Just wanted to surprise my daughter and son for another city, and I could not purchase using popular sites. On Billie Eilish’s Twitter account, she mentioned: “We just added a new show in Atlanta and Austin. Sign up for early access to my tickets.”

In Dallas, at one of the best High Schools of United States called “Townview High school of Health Professions,” many students from the School of Health were disappointed after finding out how bots disable their dreams to purchase a concert ticket.

On November 13, at the Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas, I felt out of place because I wore an elegant shirt and comfortable slacks, while as others wore jeans and t-shirts. The crowd was collectively a foot shorter than any other live show crowd I’ve been to at the same venue. The audience was comprised primarily of teenagers, adolescent clusters, mostly girls—the only thing throwing off the shorter–than–average mean height were the parent chaperones that bobbed along adjacent to their respective offspring.

It makes sense that Eilish appeals to teenage girls, considering she is one herself. At the tender yet mighty age of 16, her youth is less betrayed by her lyrical content, swelling production, and commanding energy than by the fans who turn out in droves, decked out in identical neon merchandise with phones poised at the ready.

Eilish emerges as a hooded figure on top of a huge lighted spider, and a straight blue hair color, and a landscape of sound, fog, and flashing lights immersing the audience in her Billie’s Eilish world. Pulsing colors and almost theatrical production introduce her to the tune of “my boy.” She spins across stage, filling the lofted venue with a bounding energy. Repeatedly throughout the show, she commands the audience to “fucking JUMP,” and at her plea they of course do, to songs like “bellyache” and “&burn.” 

Kellsey and brother, Hallsten Ayllon, chanted and jumped along their friends on this special Billie Eilish concert. Kellsey mentioned: “We saw Billie happy and energetic, however I noticed she did not sing one of her unreleased songs.” Hallsten said, “Today is my first concert, and Billie performed excellent. I had a good time at Granada Theater in Dallas. I had just come from a Basketball game against Lake Highlands preparatory in Dallas, and my team played a good game. Unfortunately, we lost today, but coming to this concert changed my spirit.”

Billie addressed the room with a magnetism belonging to the kind of cool girl who is maybe too scary to approach, but when you get to know her, you’re relieved she’s equally as chaotic, insecure, cheery, high-spirited, curious, etc. You relish when she lets you in on her darker undersides, her secret vengeances, and her vulnerabilities.

The blue–haired chick sparkled in the colorful lights with an urgent energy that’s just as quickly offset when she cracks up at the absurdity of it all. In the space between two songs, the crowd cheering at blood–curdling pitches, Eilish laughs and exclaims, “Damn, whatchall want!” and the audience laughs loudly, along with her. 

“If you hate yourself, this song is for you,” Billie announces as the piano picks up the opening chords of “idontwannabeyouanymore.” Exclamations of concert-goers could be heard, “OMG so me!” weaving their way into the sound waves. The lyrics are an ode to the self–deprecation of female adolescence, rendered forgivingly.

She confronts the heartbreak of self–love with compassion and unflinching honesty: “Don't be that way/Fall apart twice a day/I just wish you could feel what you say.” Eilish laments being “told a tight dress is what makes you a whore” in her all black with white letters in athletic ensemble of a Balenciaga sweatshirt and black-colored sweat pants. In contrast, the darkly anthemic “you should see me in a crown” parades her determination and confidence with an electric-blue colored Crown given to her onstage by Hallsten Ayllon.  Billie's self–assuredness is less a shield and more a complement to the kinks in her armor. 

More recent releases arrange loneliness as a spectrum of personal fictions: “You can pretend you don't miss me/You can pretend you don't care,” she repeats in “bitches broken hearts.” Inverting the perspective, she admits “I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that” in “when the party’s over.” In a room full of people, these kinds of desolate confessions—concessions to desolation—have a way of bringing people together. 

Billie Eilish charges the live production to offset the emotional and intense faculty of her music.

Later, she catches everyone off guard with a trap remix of the Mii Plaza song to the delight of the audience. She jumped up and down to the rhythm of the music and danced with passion. She reminds us that there is joy and cleansing in being present with each other. Dancing and letting go, laughing at life’s absurdities—such as when an audience member presented her a flower bouquet, Billie joyfully embraced the roses to her heart and bashfully said, “Aw, my heart is beating so fast!” 

In many ways, Billie Eilish can be seen as a product of a digitally native generation—one that confronts existential crises by sharing memes and simultaneously concerns itself, necessarily, with the future of a world in crisis. She is empowered to contend with the full range of complexity and emotion of personhood, of femininity, and of becoming. To this end, she belongs to her following as much as they belong to her, her success joining with the multi–dimensional grasp on the world her audience achieves.

Hallsten alleged, “I know all of Billie Eilish’s songs and today I enjoyed her music and her concert. At 9 years old, I’m learning what it means to become a teenager and be able to make big decisions when I feel not nearly as far away from becoming a teenager as I thought I would be.”

Kellsey retorted, “Coming to Billie’s concert with my family was so special to me. Today I screamed, and I sung all of Billie Eilish’s songs. Being still 15 is exhausting because of my busy schedule. Between my soccer games and practices and challenging school work, I had made an effort to come! As students, we feel drained and exhausted, and on weekends we sometime become too absorbed by our routines, and I don’t try to let them consume me (sometimes they still do).

Sometimes, we as teenagers get lonely, withdrawn, and insecure. Most of the time, I want to ignite the fire in my veins rather than diffuse it by jumping along Billie Eilish’s melodies, to the flashing lights and explosive percussion and, yes, to try to continue to stay ahead of those girls my age.”


Rounding off her concert hour, Eilish enchants the audience in the encore with “ocean eyes,” a defusal of heartache and a lesson in indulging in all of your stomach–in–knots feelings at once. Her final song is the detonating “COPYCAT,” and then she takes her bows, exiting to a recording of the theme song from The Office. Billie Eilish’s ability to mix humor with self–deprecation, confidence with confession, and a big Tarantula spider with heartache and remorse, make her a powerhouse. She is wise, not in spite of her years, but in light of them. MAAB © 2018











Thursday, September 6, 2018

The Bad Seed is a Lifetime Horror Movie Remake in 2018

 The Bad Seed is a Lifetime Horror Movie Remake in 2018



‘The Bad Seed’ is a Lifetime Remake Movie. Original’s Patty McCormack to Co-Star. Mckenna Grace To Play Young Lead in a New Rob Lowe’s Movie. Patty McCormack was the Jodie Foster of her generation- one of the best children actress ever! Looking forward to seeing her on screen again.

By Marco Ayllon
Nautilus Entertainment News

The Bad Seed will be an interesting scary remake movie to watch. Lowe plays a single father who seems to have everything under control. (The parent’s gender is being switched from the ‘56 feature version, where the mom was played by Nancy Kelly, as well as from the book and play the movie was based on.)

But when there is a tragedy takes place at his daughter Emma’s (Grace) school, he is forced to question everything he thought he knew about his beloved daughter. He slowly begins to question if Emma’s exemplary behavior is just a façade and she played a role in the horrific incident. When more strange things begin to happen, he’s faced with keeping a terrible secret to protect Emma, but ultimately must stop her from striking again.

McCormack will play the psychiatrist who treats Emma. She received an Oscar nomination for playing the evil young daughter in the feature, as did Kelly for playing her mom. Lowe will direct from a script by Barbara Marshall. He executive produces with Mark Wolper and Elizabeth Stephen.

In addition to her recurring role on ABC’s Designated Survivor as President Tom Kirkman’s daughter, Grace also has recurred on Netflix’s Fuller House and will next be seen in the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House. She is repped by Paradigm, Management 360 and Stewart Brookman.McCormack is ripped by Patino Management Company and Amsel Eisenstadt Frasier & Hinojosa.


Sunday, November 19, 2017

Famous Malcolm Young AC/DC Co-Founder Dead At 64



Angus Young and brother Malcolm Young of the Australian rock band AC-DC

Famous Malcolm Young AC/DC Co-Founder Dead At 64

By Marco Ayllon
Nautilus Entertainment News

“He was a perfectionist as a songwriter, guitarist, and producer he was a perfectionist and a unique man,” his brother said.

Renowned founder Malcolm Young of the Australian rock band AC/DC following his brother Angus, has died recently at age 64 after suffering from dementia for several years, the band said on its Facebook page on Saturday. 

Mr. Young was a songwriter, backing vocalist and rhythm guitarist for AC/DC, a hard rock and heavy metal band that was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Their hits included “Highway to Hell” from 1979 and “Back in Black” and “You Shook Me All Night Long” from 1980.


“Malcolm, along with Angus, both where the creators of AC/DC. With enormous dedication and commitment, he was the driving force behind the band,” the band posted on Facebook without saying where he died. Malcolm is survived by his wife O’Linda, children Cara and Ross, three grandchildren, a sister and a brother, the band said. 

Malcolm “passed away peacefully with his family by his bedside,” the band said. George Young, another brother to Malcolm and Angus, died on Oct. 23 at age 70. George Young had served as producer to AC/DC and guitarist for the band Easybeats.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

In Visit to Fox News, Jon Stewart Faults Fox News


By: Graciela Ayllon
Nautilus Entertainment News
February 6, 2010

Jon Stewart, who already had a reputation for lobbing word grenades at media personalities and outlets that displease him, this week delivered one of the most sustained criticisms of Fox News ever heard on Fox News.


That network, lambasted by many on the left as an arm of the conservative movement, is a “cyclonic perpetual emotion machine” that has “taken reasonable concerns about this president and this economy and turned it into a full-fledged panic about the next coming of Chairman Mao,” Mr. Stewart told Bill O’Reilly of Fox.

Parts of the interview were shown on Wednesday and Thursday evenings on Fox News’s most popular program, “The O’Reilly Factor,” and were widely praised by television critics. But Mr. Stewart had a lot more to say about Fox in the portions of the interview that were edited out of the television broadcast.

The exchanges are notable because Mr. Stewart, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, has occasionally strayed beyond his comedy roots into serious media criticism and drawn great attention for doing so. On “Crossfire” on CNN in 2004, he claimed the left-right debate format was “hurting America,” three months before the program was canceled. Last year he took aim at CNBC for being Wall Street cheerleaders, telling Jim Cramer, the host of its “Mad Money” program, that “the financial news industry is not just guilty of a sin of omission but a sin of commission.”

This week, invited onto “The O’Reilly Factor” by its host, Mr. O’Reilly, Mr. Stewart asserted that Fox News was “the most passionate and sells the clearest narrative of any news organization,” then asked with a smirk, “are you still referring to it in that manner?”

Mr. O’Reilly defended Fox as a news organization and cited a poll last month by the Public Policy Polling organization that showed Fox News was more widely trusted than any other television news organization.

Mr. Stewart said Fox had been able to “mainstream conservative talk radio.” On television on Wednesday night, the exchange ended there. But in the studio, Mr. Stewart swung harder, saying Fox had mixed the “media arm of a political party” with “a little bit” of objectivity, something that White House officials have also asserted in recent months.

Fox News said the interview was edited only for time. A video of the unedited interview was posted on BillOReilly.com and on foxnews.com on Thursday night.

In the interview and in a subsequent segment, Mr. O’Reilly said Mr. Stewart was basing his complaints “primarily on two guys, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.” But Mr. Stewart insisted that the conservative bent permeated the network and cited “Fox & Friends,” the network’s entertainment-oriented morning show, as evidence:

“They’ll go through, ‘These children in second grade are singing the praises of Obama! Do you know they sing the praises of their leader in North Korea?’ And then, when the hard news comes on, they say, ‘Some people are concerned that they are indoctrinating children.’ ”

Fox News, far and away the most-watched cable news channel, has stoked controversy (and higher ratings) in the first year of the Obama administration by appearing, at times, to be the network of the opposition.

In a segment cut from television, Mr. Stewart said: “Fox News used to be all about: ‘You don’t criticize a president during war time. It’s unacceptable. It’s treasonous. It’s giving aid and comfort to the enemy.’ All of a sudden, for some reason, you can run out there and say Barack Obama is destroying the fabric of this country.”

Mr. O’Reilly disagreed, saying the network had been respectful to Mr. Obama about the Afghanistan troop deployment decision.

In another segment cut from television, Mr. Stewart, asked whether he thought Fox was “set up solely to provide aid and comfort to the Republican Party and the conservative movement,” replied: “That’s right. That’s right.” Then he added, “And to make some money.”

Mr. O’Reilly said on his program on Thursday: “It was interesting to hear Mr. Stewart put forth that Fox News is in business to help Republicans. I rebutted that, and you can decide who had the stronger argument.”

'Dear John' And Super Bowl Excitement Top Today's Tweet Dreams


By: Graciela Ayllon
Nautilus Entertainment News
February 6, 2010

It's no coincidence that "Dear John" is opening on Super Bowl weekend. For all the gals out there who want to get away from touchdowns and halftime shows, there's Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried and a whole lotta tears. The plan already worked as Channing (pictured) reported that ladies were coming out in droves to watch the movie based off the Nicholas Sparks book, "Gettin sold out reports from AL, Virgina & more.Thx 2 all the fans 4 the support!" Channing's wife Jenna Dewan showed her support for her hubby's flick, posting, "it goes without saying, but go see Dear John this weekend!" Meanwhile, "Vampire Diaries" star Nina Dobrev posted her support for pal Amanda, tweeting, "I can’t wait 2 see my friend Amanda Seyfried in @DearJohnMovie!"

But, this weekend's other big event, Super Bowl Sunday, simply could not be ignored in the Twitterverse today. "Hills" star Holly Montag was Super Bowl bound, telling followers, "MIAMI here we come!!!!!!" No word on whether Holly is on Team Kim Kardashian (for her boyfriend Reggie Bush's New Orleans Saints) or Team Kendra Wilkinson (for hubby Hank Baskett's Indianapolis Colts), both of which who played cheerleaders for their men today. Kim wrote, "Go Saints!!!" while Kendra exclaimed she was "SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!! http://bit.ly/coUYOc"

Monday, March 30, 2009

Steve Wozniak Asked to Walk 'Dancing' Pro Karina Smirnoff Down Aisle




By: Graciela J. Ayllon
Nautilus Entertainment News
March 30, 2009

Steve Wozniak apparently has an invitation to waltz down the aisle with Karina Smirnoff at her upcoming wedding to Maksim Chmerkovskiy.


The billionaire Apple co-founder and Dancing with the Stars eighth-season celebrity participant said he recently received an invite to attend his professional partner's marriage to Chmerkovskiy. It was reported Thursday, according to Nautilus Entertainment News.

"She said I could walk her down the aisle, and it touched my heart," Wozniak told Entertainment News.
Smirnoff said while Wozniak might not have the fanciest footwork, he does have several qualities that she has found appealing since the two were partnered for Dancing with the Stars currently airing eighth season.

"He's a little out of his element but has the biggest personality you'll ever meet," Smirnoff told Entertainment News. "He's super funny and super charming."

Chmerkovskiy proposed to Smirnoff earlier this year at Las Vegas' Wynn Hotel and the Dancing with the Stars professionals have already begun planning their wedding, which will be held later this year.

Chmerkovskiy should have more time to plan the wedding since he was ousted from Dancing with the Stars eighth season last week along with celebrity partner Denise Richards.

Despite the fact that Wozniak and Smirnoff received the lowest score of the week -- and the lowest score in six seasons -- they were still able to stave off elimination and are one of the eleven couples still remaining in the competition.

'Monsters' Attains on Added Dimension: Utilizing 3-D vs. 2-D


By: Graciela J. Ayllon
Nautilus Entertainment News
March 30, 2009

Dallas: The cheesy 3-D gimmick of old Hollywood has become solid gold today.

The DreamWorks Animation comedy "Monsters vs. Aliens," the latest flick in a growing crop of movies using new digital 3-D technology, pulled in well over half of its $59.3 million opening weekend grosses from 3-D screens.


By the time the movie finishes its theatrical run, the 3-D version will account for 70 percent or more of its total domestic revenues, DreamWorks Animation boss Jeffrey Katzenberg said Monday. That's because the 3-D presentation is expected to have a longer shelf life than the 2-D version, so the percentage of the gross from 3-D screenings will continue to climb.

That far exceeds the expectations of DreamWorks, which initially had figured 3-D receipts might account for half of the overall take for the sci-fi adventure whose voice cast includes Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen and Kiefer Sutherland.

Audiences have proved willing to shell out the few dollars extra it costs to see a movie in 3-D format instead of the traditional, flat 2-D version. That bodes will for the rush of 3-D offerings on the horizon, including Pixar Animation's "Up," James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar," and a slate of DreamWorks Animation releases led by 2010's "Shrek Goes Fourth," the next installment of the blockbuster ogre franchise.

"For those people that get to see it in 3-D, I think it's going to create a whole new immersive feel to that world," Katzenberg said at ShoWest, an annual convention for theater owners. "Shrek Goes Fourth" is "well on its way in production. We've seen a good deal of it in 3-D, and it's absolutely mind-blowing."

That's a far cry from the origins of 3-D, which started in the 1950s as a ploy for the ailing movie business as television eroded its audience. Most 3-D films shot over the decades were novelties with fuzzy, eye-straining images.

"There are some amazing filmmakers who did some great films. Alfred Hitchcock worked in 3-D," Katzenberg said. "But the vast majority, most of the films, it was used just as a trick, a gimmick, a theme-park attraction, and it was meant to take something that was fundamentally not particularly good and put this sort of gimmick overlay on it as a marketing push."

The eye-strain issue has been eliminated with digital 3-D, which is particularly compatible with computer-animated films that are created in a virtual three-dimensional world to begin with. It's fast becoming the must-see version when fans have a choice between 2-D and 3-D.

In exit polls, 38 percent of those who saw "Monsters vs. Aliens" in 2-D actually had wanted to catch a 3-D screening, but they could not get in because of sold-out theaters, Katzenberg said.

While only a handful of films now are being offered in 3-D, demand could grow as audiences continue to get a taste of the sharp, multidimensional images.

"When color came along, Technicolor, in the 1930s, 10 years later, people stopped making movies and going to movies in black and white. Why? Because we see in color," Katzenberg said. "We also see in 3-D. I do think it's more natural for us, so we'll see."