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Four Girls; Two Grobans
There were many things to be excited about at the premiere of HBO’s new series, “Girls,” on Wednesday. One was just how darn good the show, created by and starring Lena Dunham (“Tiny Furniture”), turned out. (It begins on April 15.)
But perhaps the most exciting was an only-in-New-York moment involving the singer Josh Groban and another Josh Groban, who happens to be a senior adviser to California Governor Jerry Brown and is married to Deborah Schoeneman, a writer on “Girls.”
Most of Ms. Schoeneman’s friends know she has been trying to arrange an impromptu meeting between the two Mr. Grobans for some time now, to no avail. Separately, on Wednesday, the actress Michelle Trachtenberg, a guest at the party who is this season’s “Gossip Girl,” was trying to get her friend, Mr. Groban (the singer) to come to the event.
Ms. Trachtenberg overheard Ms. Dunham mention the other Mr. Groban and did a double-take. She immediately texted her pal to come to the party, where the two Mr. Grobans engaged like long-lost friends. (They are actually, it turns out, distant relatives.)
The not-famous Mr. Groban regaled the famous Mr. Groban with various anecdotes involving their shared name—renting Katie Holmes’s apartment in Los Angeles, mistaken dry cleaning, overly zealous hotel concierges, trying to get seats to a Tony Bennett concert, “the utter disappointment I am greeted with upon arrival at restaurants” after making a reservation.
“I didn’t realize how famous I was until I just met you,” joked the singer. He added: “I’m proud to say you are no small fish either. It’s like something out of ‘This American Life.’ Ira Glass would love it.”
“This is one of the proudest accomplishments of my life,” said Ms. Trachtenberg of arranging the meeting. “This is blowing my mind.”
—Marshall Heyman (source)
Singing camp songs with Josh Groban
The stars came out for A Celebration of Paul Newman’s Dream on Monday night at New York City’s Lincoln Center to pay tribute to the late actor and his SeriousFun Children’s Network, which sends sick children around the world to summer camp. Though performer Trisha Yearwood told us she had never spent her summers by the campfire, and Elvis Costello didn’t take part across the pond (“They didn’t have them in England. They barely had tent pegs,” he said), we did get to hear about singer Josh Groban’s warm weather adventures.
”One of the reasons I’m here tonight is because my summer camp experience was so awesome,” he told Metro. “One was in Maine and one was in Michigan. [One] was called Interlochen and the other one was called Camp Winona. I canoed and I did archery and I sang; I was in theater there. It was just great.”
But Groban’s just being humble. That would be the famed Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan he’s referring to, which is kind of like the summer camp version of Juilliard. So even as a boy, he was melting the hearts of people everywhere with that voice of his.
Josh Groban - Josh Groban And Paul Simon Perform At Newman Benefit
Josh Groban, Paul Simon and Trisha Yearwood took to the stage to honour late movie icon and philanthropist Paul Newman at a star-studded benefit on Monday (02Apr12).
Elvis Costello also performed at the Celebration of Paul Newman’s Dream concert at New York City’s Lincoln Center to raise money for Hole In The Wall Camps, a charity founded by the actor for kids with serious illnesses.
Hollywood stars including Jake Gyllenhaal, Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon also made appearances at the event.
But the evening’s most poignant moment came as Newman’s widow, 82-year-old actress Joanne Woodward, stepped onstage to issue a heartfelt plea for donations and support.
She told the crowd, “This is the legacy of my husband, Paul, and he considered it to be his most important one.
“It is for that very reason that I find this delicate way, in my best manners, to ask friends and supporters to come together to help raise money, it’s about helping the children who need it.”
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Josh Groban Says Doing Live! With Kelly Ripa Is More Fun Than Many Things He’s Done in the Past
By Bennett Marcus
Elvis Costello, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Groban, Tina Fey, and Jimmy Fallon took to the Lincoln Center stage Monday night at the Celebration of Paul Newman’s Dream, a benefit for the late actor’s Hole in the Wall Camps. Paul Simon thrilled the crowd with an acoustic rendition of “Sounds of Silence,” and Trisha Yearwood accompanied a group of campers in a song of their choosing, Miley Cyrus’s “Climb.”
Pre-show, Groban talked about his budding acting career, playing opposite Emma Stone in last summer’s Crazy Stupid Love. “When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job,” Groban told Vanity Fair. “So it was a perfect thing. I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.” Next, the singer will appear in Coffee Town, in which he plays “a disgruntled coffee barista who secretly has a rock band that really sucks, so he hates everybody.”
Recently, Groban has spent a few mornings co-hosting Live! With Kelly Ripa, and says the experience has been a blast: “When they asked me to do it, I was kind of skeptical myself on how it would go. She makes it so easy, and we’ve just had a really wonderful friendship and a great chemistry, so it’s been a lot of fun to wake up early for,” he said.
How does he keep up with all the pop culture they cover on the morning talkfest? “I’m addicted to the Internet, really,” Groban admitted. “The honest-to-goodness answer is that Twitter tells me everything, and I have calluses on my fingers from all the mouse-clicking,” he said, laughing.
Would Groban ever consider a long-term talk-show hosting gig? “Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me,” he said. “That said, I’ve had more fun doing it than many things I’ve done in the past—it was a great time. So yeah, maybe, you never know.”
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Josh Groban, Framed
By John Kordosh | Framed – Mon, 23 Jan, 2012 2:57 PM EST
Welcome to Framed, the blog that has no catchphrase, no special insight and, of course, no point whatsoever. We’re proud of the work we do!
This week’s super special guest star is the great Josh Groban, the multi-platinum singer/songwriter and chart topper. Josh’s first album, ten years ago, sold over 5 million copies, and every one of his LPs since has sold over a million. To top it all off, he’s also a likeable actor and has appeared in films and on quality TV shows like Glee.
Our video is “If I Walk Away,” from his latest album, Illuminations. The vid takes us behind the scenes of a Groban tour, and was shot by Josh’s brother, Chris. Said the singer to AOL: “It’s my favorite video to date and I’m excited for everyone to see it.”
A controversial stance, much like his music, we’d say! Check it out and see if you’re also excited to see it. And then read our captions, which, for a change, are kind of good this week.
Later!
1 — “Lyndsey wants my comments!”
2 — It’s always exciting to hear the final mix of your new record!
3 — “Darn. Kinda overcast today.”
4 — “I can’t be sure, but I think the Wings have too many men on the ice here.”
5 — “This sort of reminds me that I’m wealthy beyond all belief and can afford idyllic water views wherever I go.”
6 — “Jeez. They could throw up a few fire hydrants here and there.”
7 — Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, seen here, doesn’t have a specialized digestive system, believes in America’s greatness.
8 — “What’s that, girl? Farmer Jones is trapped in a pointless and meandering video? Show me, girl, show me!”
9 — “Screw Brady! I’m takin’ over, pretty boy!”
10 — “So that’s the deal. You scream for me and I set one of you up with Justin Bieber. The bald guy here will give you your check.”
11 — “The app that turned this into a Rage concert is great!”
12 — “I’ll sign, but your interest in ‘adult contemporary’ is creeping me out.”
JOSH GROBAN
On the January 2012 Issue of US WEEKLY Josh speaks of Ben Flajnik “The Bachelor”
Josh : “Rafael Nadal and I had a love child. He’s now looking for love on ABC. We wish him the best.”
Joshhhhh, you crack us up. Wonder why we love your humor. :D
'Arrested Development' vet, CollegeHumor team for new pic
EXCLUSIVE: Hoping to follow in the wacky footsteps of National Lampoon, the digital-comedy company CollegeHumor is making a foray into the film business.
The firm has signed on to make a movie about thirtysomething underachievers called “Coffee Town,” buying a script from former “Arrested Development” writer-producer Brad Copeland and hiring him to direct it.
A group of up-and-comers will star in the film, including Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Steve Little (“Eastbound & Down”) and Ben Schwartz (“House of Lies”), along with singer Josh Groban, executives said. The low-budget movie, which is being financed by CollegeHumor, aims to begin shooting in February in Los Angeles.
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I guess this is the film Josh was talking about in his vlog!
New Josh Groban Album, Music Video and Movie On The Way
Josh Groban in a video blog featuring his brother Chris looking on announced that he is about to begin work on his sixth studio album and that he has a new music video on the way.
In the post, which went up today, Groban said that he is starting work on the new record on January 9, and that he would be able to tell us about it soon. In other teasers, he also mentioned that he will be in a “new comedy” that begins shooting in February.
One thing he did go into graphic detail about, however, is his new music video, which was recorded on tour by his brother Chris.
“Chris came out with us and shot a music video, which I kid you not is the best music video I have in my arsenal to date and it’s for the song If I Walk Away,” he told the camera. “I was very moved by it and I hope you are too and we’re going to release that for you…”
“Right n…” his brother chimed in before being interrupted.
“No, not right now,” Josh laughed. “Later! Later everyone! Don’t get your onesies in a bunch! It’s going to be later. This week? This month? This year? As you know when it comes to time with me, I could say that it’s going to be out tomorrow, and that could mean never.”
“It’s a wonderful video and you’re going to like it very much,” he added.
(Source: noise11.com)
"Josh Groban, the 30-year-old pop-classical heartthrob, stages his grandiose concerts to show off his assets: his inordinately charming stage presence, his cherubic features and tousled long locks, and (not least) the crystalline baritone he brings to a repertory of operatic ballads. On Monday night at Madison Square Garden his two-hour set, the final show of his “Straight to You” national tour, was replete with heart-rending orchestral laments and deadpan interludes: “You all smell like Chanel No. 5 and pizza."
www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/arts/music/josh-groban-at-madison-square-garden-review.html (via housepaint)
Q&A with Josh Groban
BY: Gillian Bloch
Josh Groban chats to us about his music career, his upcoming SA tour and being a “nutball”.
Why did you decide to focus on your singing career and not acting, as you originally planned?
When I started out I wanted to have it both ways. My dream was to do theatre so that I could sing and act. Yet I started getting recognition for my voice and everything happened from there. My first passion is definitely music. But it’s been an amazing journey and comedy acting has happened in a grassroots sort of way. [Groban appeared in the movie Crazy, Stupid, Love and has guest starred in two TV series: The Office and Glee.]
Who is the real Josh away from the stage and mic?
He’s a nutball! I’m a bit neurotic and hyper. My brain is kind of split in two, though, between my music and who I am off stage. I’m very focused and serious about my voice and singing, but when I’m not focused on that, I’m scattered and disorganised.
What challenges have you faced in your career and how have you overcome them?
Breaking stigmas, because of the traditional nature of my music and the misconceptions surrounding classical music, like that it’s snobby or boring, has been a challenge. I’m just a normal 30-year-old guy and for me a challenge and a reward is bringing people to my shows who may think they don’t get it and then having them tell me afterwards that they understand now. It’s fun to change people’s minds. I’d like to look back on my career and know I toook risks and that I failed and succeeded spectacularly.
What kind of music do you listen to? Who would you still like to collaborate with?
I went to a Katy Perry concert recently, which was great because who doesn’t love pink bubbles that explode into fireworks? I’m also quite a rock fan, I love Muse and Pearl Jam. Eclectic or world music is also a passion of mine – I often pick up or am inspired by the music I hear in the countries I visit; I walk away with new influences. I’ll definitely be listening to local radio stations when I come to SA.
I’d still like to collaborate with instrumentalists like Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman. I’d also like to team up with someone who’s vocally different to me, people like Björk, who has great raw energy or Hayley Williams from Paramore; she has a great rock voice.
The number of musicians touring SA has picked up over the last few years. Why is SA a relevant market for musicians?
SA has always been a relevant market; the fans are so great and their support has meant so much to me. Some artists think of music touring as a business; I go where the love is. I have a great relationship with SA. We were so heartbroken when the second SA tour fell through so this is a pilgrimage of sorts, we owe it to the fans to make things right!
What can fans expect from your SA tour?
There’s a looseness to the show, it’s audience orientated (I do a Q&A session) and it has an accoustic feel. The show also has a local flavour. The orchestra will include local SA musicians and I’ll have a local choir; there’s a mix of my band and SA artists. The Soweto Gospel Choir will be joining me at the Sun City shows, which is very exciting.
SA concert details:
An Evening with Josh Groban
Dates and venues:
- Sun City Superbowl, 26 and 27 November.
- Grand Arena, Grand West, Cape Town, 29 and 30 November.
- The Fields At Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, 02 December.
Happy Birthday to Illuminations. Here’s an interview with Josh!
(Source: saymyname-donpardo)
What Josh Groban can teach us about marketing
by Drew McLellan
November 7th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Marketing, Passion, Storytelling
Josh Groban, the master marketer
If you also follow me on Twitter or Facebook — odds are you know that I have an 18 year old daughter who loves Josh Groban and his music.
This past summer was all about Josh for the McLellans. We saw his concert in 3 different states, culminating in front row seats, backstage passes (see the picture of my daughter and Josh) and him wearing a t-shirt that she gave him on stage during the encore.
I tell you all of this because as we’ve done our family Josh Groban deep dive, I couldn’t help but notice something:
Josh Groban is a brilliant marketer.
You may not like his music (seriously, what’s not to like?) but you can take emulate his marketing prowess, no matter what you sell.
He has build a solid marketing foundation: Josh has all the usual things you’d expect a singing sensation to have these days. A robust website, an active fan club, lots of Josh Groban personalized items (Yes, we do have a pair of Josh Groban flip flops at our house), and plenty of ticket giveaways on radio stations etc.
Lesson for us: While the marketing foundation might not be sexy — it’s necessary. You can’t start off in the middle. Build a rock solid foundation and then grow from there.
He gives his best customers exclusive content/access: He gives fan club members exclusive access to front row seats. He also offers $25 tickets for all students at every show, which is not advertising anywhere but on his fan page.
For every concert, he selects one local fan club member to be his “road reporter.” That person gets back stage passes, a press pass (to sit with the media during the concert and have special photo taking opportunities) and gets to write a review of the concert — which is posted on Josh’s website. As you can imagine…every road reporter includes the photo of themselves with Josh. Do you think that drives some traffic to the page?
Lessons for us: Rewarding your best customers transforms them into fans. Fans who brag and spread the word. That’s marketing you can’t buy, but you sure can influence and encourage.
He uses social media to be a real human being, not a robot: His tweets are his own and often, not about his music or singing. (One that amused me was when he was trying to imitate the sound of a train) He hosts webinar/chats with his fan club members and he really does just hang out and talk with them.
He does some crazy stuff on YouTube like this cooking show video. He also did a couple where he interviews himself. He’s goofy. Which makes him very real and very likable.
Lessons for us: I don’t care if you’re a huge brand like Nike or a local shopkeeper — people want you to be real. They want to like you. But they can’t do that if you hide behind corporate speak or “official statements.”
He shows his heart: Josh launched a foundation years ago, but really has sharpened the focus of it to raise money for arts organizations for kids. It might be a youth symphony, buying instruments for a disadvantaged elementary school or a theatre camp. At every concert, he talks about his Find Your Light Foundation, offers his fans a chance to text in a donation and introduces a group of kids from that local city who are benefiting from those donations. It’s all very nicely handled.
Lessons for us: Your customers want to know that you stand for something. And if you truly show them your heart, they’ll join you in the fight. Look at what Avon has done for breast cancer. That’s not the company doing it — it’s their loyal customers. Who are even more loyal because they share a passion now.
Bottom line — if a 30+ year old singer can launch a marketing tsunami mostly through gile and technology — so can you. What Josh reminds us is — if it’s real, people gravitate towards it.
Thanks for the lessons Josh…and for the summer that will live in Mclellan infamy!
Josh Groban ends the North American leg of his world tour at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
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This week, Josh Groban ends the North American leg of his world tour at Madison Square Garden.
TELL ME MORE: On his “Straight to You” tour, the 30-year-old singer/songwriter/musician not only performs “an ever-changing set list of fan favorites” from his best-selling albums — including recent platinum-seller “Illuminations” — but also takes questions from the audience, via text, which concert-goers can send before and during the show. Performing on a set designed by British multimedia agency Knifedge, Groban aims to give fans what press materials describe as “the feeling of an intimate theater setting through stage design, lighting and projection, as well as through the spontaneity and interactivity.”
QUOTE: “Groban obviously has The Voice, but it was apparent that the reason he’s so popular is because his music fuses inspiration with amazing musicianship and skilled lyricism. When he sang ‘You Are Loved,’ for instance, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.” — Concert review in The Oakland Press, July 17
DETAILS: Madison Square Garden. $49.50 to $99.50, plus fees. Ticketmaster, 800-745-3000, or thegarden.com. $25 to anyone who presents a valid student ID at the box office.
LISTEN: joshgroban.com.
— Virginia Rohan
Saturday, November 12, 2011 The Record
Q&A: Josh Groban on his Office role
As a fan of The Office, it only took a single Tweet from the show’s star/writer Mindy Kaling to convince Josh Groban to lend his considerable soccer mom cache to the hip NBC sitcom. Add to that a miraculous synchronicity between his touring dates and the show’s shooting schedule and the next thing he knew, Groban was standing on the Schrute Farms set messing around with his TV brother and new Dunder Mifflin branch manager Andy Bernard (played by Ed Helms). With mere hours to go before the airing of his appearance on the show, Groban – who has also guest-starred on Ally McBeal and Glee – spoke to reporters about balancing acting and singing with his personal life, his relationship with his real life brother, and how he’d love to play a drug dealer on Breaking Bad.
Q Most people will recognize you as a singer but you’ve flirted with acting your whole life.
A When I was young I was really interested in theatre, so I guess the first thing that got me interested in acting was the idea that I’d hoped to be a theatre actor at one point. I was really fascinated with Shakespeare and I loved improv. When I was in eighth and ninth grade I joined an improv troupe in LA and eventually went on to a wonderful arts high school and studied theatre there, and before I was signed to my record label I was a freshmen at Carnegie Mellon and studied musical theatre there so acting was definitely at least half of what I wanted to accomplish in the arts.
Q How did the opportunity to appear on The Office come about?
A When Mindy Kaling asked me to do the show, she actually direct message Tweeted me. I was shocked to hear from her. And I said, “I’d love to do the show; when are you thinking?’ and it just so happened that the week they were taping the episode was the exact week, out of an eight month tour that I’m doing, that I happened to be in the Los Angeles area. It was 100 per cent serendipity and I’m so happy that the stars lined up for that.
Q As a longtime fan of the show, how did it feel stepping into that world?
A The really cool thing about this particular episode was that it’s such an ensemble episode. As a fan of the show, showing up at Schrute Farms and seeing everybody that I love from the show gathered in one place was really an amazing, pinch-me moment for me.
Q On the episode, you play Walter Jr, Andy’s younger and more successful brother. In real life, you share a birthday with your younger brother, which must have caused some awkward moments. Did you see any similarities in your character’s relationship with his brother to that of your own?
A Subconsciously, I think there’s always a rivalry in the family, whether you choose to admit it or not. I adore my brother to death. The dynamic, especially when you’re exactly four years apart and you have to share a birthday from the age of four on – when it was 10 and 14, a little bit awkward, after that we were able to settle into our ages and now we can go and have a beer and talk about anything. I’m sure that he and I will get a really great laugh out of this episode because, at certain points in our lives, there are similarities between us and Andy and Walter Jr.
Q You’re touring until December; do you find that you’re sacrificing anything by always being on the road for so long?
A I’m not dating anyone. There are two things that suck about being on the road: there’s not a lot of time to film things and there’s not a lot of time to meet people.
Q Finally, now that you’ve been on The Office, is there any other show you’d like to appear on?
A I would love to play someone really bad on Breaking Bad. I would love to play a drug dealer or something. I’m completely obsessed with that series. It would be wonderful for me to be on 30 Rock, too.
Groban To Team Up With Brother For New Video
Singer Josh Groban is set to turn his next video into a family affair - he has asked his brother to direct it. The Believe singer calls filmmaker Chris “one of my favourite people on earth” and he can’t wait to work with him on his latest promo. He tells WENN, “We’ve got the same birthday four years apart and I adore my brother to death… We’re best of friends and we’re both in the entertainment industry. I’m in the music business and he’s a film director and film editor. “He’s going to be directing a music video for me next week. I’ve composed music for some of his films. It’s a great thing but it is a perfect example of how, when there is a right sibling situation, there can really be nothing but love there even though it might be a perfect opportunity for rivalry when it’s done. I’m really proud of the fact that my brother and I have done it right.”
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