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34-613: Justin Furstenfeld unveiled the title and tentative track listing on Blue October's website on January 31, 2008. Pre-production of the album began at the beginning of 2008 with demos being recorded at 5am Studio in Austin, Texas . The recording sessions for the album began on August 18, 2008, and were completed on October 24, 2008, with the band recording the album at Willie Nelson 's Pedernales Studios near Austin with Grammy –winning producer Steve Lillywhite . They also recorded part of

68-470: A "weekly" before the switch, it was publishing only 34 issues a year. Meredith, after completing its $ 2.8 billion acquisition of Time Inc., considered selling the title, along with several others, but was convinced to keep EW in part because it was so intertwined with top money-maker People . On August 2, 2021, the site of the Greek edition of the magazine was launched, Greece being the first country outside

102-534: A divorce proceeding. Furstenfeld's relationship with his daughter and ex-wife is the subject matter of much of the album. Furstenfeld wed a second time in Texas in 2012, marrying Sarah. Together, they have a daughter born the same year. They had a son in 2016. Furstenfeld was treated for depression at a Texas mental hospital in the late 1990s, after which Blue October recorded the album The Answers as an expression of themes surrounding depression and suicide. He

136-634: A lovey lovey, dovey song." During concerts on July 4 and 5, 2008, Justin Furstenfeld confirmed that "Say It" and "Weight of the World" would be on the new album. On July 23, 2008, during a web chat with fans, Jeremy Furstenfeld confirmed the song "Dirt Room" would be on the album, and that of the new songs the band was recording, it was his favorite. Justin Furstenfeld first performed the songs "Blue Skies" and "My Never" at Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn concerts in August 2008. Furstenfeld also confirmed March 2009 as

170-499: A more general audience. Formed as a sister magazine to People , the first issue of Entertainment Weekly was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who served as publisher until October 1996, the magazine's original television advertising soliciting pre-publication subscribers portrayed it as a consumer guide to popular culture, including movies, music, and book reviews, sometimes with video game and stage reviews, too. In 1996,

204-418: A number of European magazines that give their ratings with a number of stars (with normally 4 or 5 stars for the best review), EW grades the reviews academic-style, so that the highest reviews get a letter grade of "A" and the lowest reviews get an "F", with plus or minus graduations in between assigned to each letter except "F". The sections are: This section occupies the back page of the magazine, rating

238-506: A result of the change, about 15 people were cut. Previous owner Time Inc. spent $ 150 million developing EW after its February 1990 launch, and was rewarded for its patience when the magazine made a six-figure profit at the end of 1996, and in its peak years was cranking out $ 55 million in annual profit. Though still profitable before the switch to being monthly, EW was squeezed in recent years as celebrity coverage exploded across all platforms, and print advertising shrank. While still called

272-723: A reworking into the "tongue-in-cheek outlandishness" that Tenacious D have created before would make the record more listenable, concluding that "Blue October remain totally unaware of their own absurdity, however, which makes Approaching Normal the sort of cringe-worthy drama fest that inspires a ton of laughs but few repeated listens." Rolling Stone writer Mark Kemp also lamented Furstenfeld for disrupting his tragicomic melodrama with "self-indulgent pathos" to add to his band's growingly intolerable "post-grunge whinefest". Justin Furstenfeld Justin Steward Furstenfeld (born December 14, 1975)

306-725: A website, EW also has a radio station on Sirius XM . In April 2011, EW.com was ranked as the seventh-most-popular entertainment news property in the United States by comScore Media Metrix. Previously named the EWwy Awards, the Poppy Awards were created by Entertainment Weekly to honor worthy series and actors not nominated for the Primetime Emmy Awards . The Poppys are awarded in 10 categories and no person nominated for an equivalent Primetime Emmy

340-543: Is also the first Blue October album to be released on vinyl, with the vinyl version including all the bonus tracks. Approaching Normal garnered mixed reviews from music critics . Billboard contributor Christa L. Titus praised Steve Lillywhite's production for delivering on the band's "penchant for emotive playing and tight rock chops", and Justin Furstenfeld's writing for crafting scenarios involving "lullabies to children ("Blue Does") and plucky life affirmations ("Jump Rope")". Clark Collis of Entertainment Weekly called

374-723: Is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith , that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre , books, and popular culture . The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as Us Weekly , People (a sister magazine to EW ), and In Touch Weekly , EW primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews ; unlike Variety and The Hollywood Reporter , which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, EW targets

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408-669: Is an American musician and actor. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist of the rock band Blue October . He is also a member of the band Harvard of the South . When not touring with his band, Furstenfeld resides in San Marcos, Texas . He is the brother of Blue October drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld. From his first marriage, he has a daughter born in 2007 to whom he dedicated the album Any Man in America . The album title refers to his experience as an American man treated poorly in

442-430: Is eligible. Votes and nominations are cast online by anyone who chooses to participate. The categories are: Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Drama Series, Best Actress in a Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and Best Supporting Actress in

476-512: Is the second single and was released on April 24, 2009. The song "Should Be Loved" is the third single. Blue October released the song "Graceful Dancing" via an email gift to the public on January 7, 2009. The song "Kangaroo Cry" was released on the NCIS official soundtrack on February 10, 2009 and featured in the coda of the season 7 Christmas episode, " Faith ". The album was released for pre-order on March 3, 2009. Approaching Normal entered

510-694: The Billboard 200 chart at number 13 with sales of 33,778 and fell out of the top 50 in its second week. It also peaked at number 5 on the Top Rock Albums chart. The album has sold 185,978 units to date. The song "The End" is about a man whose wife leaves him for a new lover. The man sneaks into his house and sees his wife and her new lover having sex and murders them both before turning the gun on himself. The song's controversial lyrics were used against Justin Furstenfeld during his divorce and parental custody hearing, with his ex-wife's lawyer claiming that

544-568: The "hits" and "misses" from the past week's events in popular culture on a bullseye graphic. For example, the May 22, 2009, edition featured Justin Timberlake hosting Saturday Night Live in the center, while the then-drama between Eminem and Mariah Carey missed the target completely for being "very 2002". At the time when this was printed on a small part of a page, events that were greatly disliked were shown several pages away. Every year,

578-546: The U.S. in which the magazine would be available. On February 9, 2022, Entertainment Weekly ceased print publication and moved to digital-only. The final print issue was that of April 2022. In May 2022, executive editor Patrick Gomez stepped into the editor-in-chief/general manager role. The magazine features celebrities on the cover and addresses topics such as television ratings , movie grosses, production costs, concert ticket sales, advertising budgets, and in-depth articles about scheduling, producers, showrunners, etc. By

612-499: The album "an often gloomy yet commercial-sounding collection" that gravitates towards Twilight author Stephenie Meyer and its fans for having "heartfelt muscularity" in the lyricism. Conversely, AllMusic 's Andrew Leahey saw it as a smorgasbord of "post-grunge missteps and ill-advised detours into genres [far] beyond the band's grasp", criticizing Furstenfeld for being overly theatrical when singing unintentionally funny lyrics and added that his "vocal resemblance of Jack Black " and

646-538: The album in Sony Recordings in Tokyo , Japan. Post-production was completed on January 8, 2009. The track listing consists of several new songs, as well as songs that Blue October and 5591 have performed live. A live version of the song "Weight of the World" appeared on Blue October's 2004 album, Argue With a Tree . The song "Say It" was first performed at KDGE 's Edgefest 17 on April 27, 2008. The festival

680-509: The anticipated release date for the album. The first single from the album, " Dirt Room " was performed live by the band during concerts in December 2008. Immediately following the concerts, radio stations in Austin, Dallas and Houston put the song into rotation. The single reached radio nationally on January 13, 2009, and was available to digital outlets on December 23, 2008. The song "Say It"

714-424: The book Crazy Making – The Words and Lyrics of Justin Furstenfeld , in which he goes into explicit detail about the inspiration behind every Blue October song to date. Furstenfeld attended HSPVA on a drama scholarship, acted in several plays in high school, and appeared in the 1996 film Late Bloomers . He made his true feature film debut in the 2022 Christian Sesma directed action film Section Eight playing

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748-473: The character Ajax Abernathy. Furstenfeld's original song "This is What I Live For" also played during film's opening credits. In 2022 Justin acted in the film Lights Out , also directed by Sesma. Solo albums With The Last Wish With Blue October With Harvard of the South As a featured artist Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW )

782-488: The magazine and as a rule focus on current events in pop culture. The whole section typically runs eight to ten pages long, and features short news articles and several specific recurring sections: Typically, four to six major articles (one to two pages each) fill the middle pages of the magazine. These articles are most commonly interviews , but also it has narrative articles and lists. Feature articles tend to focus mostly on movies, music, and television and less on books and

816-544: The magazine publishes several specialty issues. These issues were often published as double issues (running for two consecutive weeks). Many times these features were so long that they replaced all other feature articles. Common specialty issues include: Starting in 2017, the publication began awarding 10-16 honorees as Entertainers of the Year. 2017 (15 winners): 2018 (12 winners): 2019 (16 winners): 2020 (16 winners): 2022 (10 winners): The 1,000th issue

850-635: The magazine won the coveted National Magazine Award for General Excellence from the American Society of Magazine Editors . EW won the same award again in 2002. In September 2016, in collaboration with People , Entertainment Weekly launched the People/Entertainment Weekly Network. The network is "a free, ad-supported, online-video network [that] carries short- and long-form programming covering celebrities, pop culture, lifestyle, and human-interest stories". It

884-514: The song was written about her and was released in order to threaten her. Justin claimed that the song was written about an incident that occurred in a neighborhood where he lived before he met his ex-wife. On October 21, 2008, Justin Furstenfeld confirmed the twelve songs to be released on the album. and that two versions of the album would be released; one version with explicit lyrics , and one version with censored lyrics. A different bonus track would be included on each version. Approaching Normal

918-453: The theatre. In the magazine's history, only a few cover stories (e.g., John Grisham , Stephen King ) were devoted to authors; a cover has never been solely devoted to the theater. Seven sections of reviews are in the back pages of each issue (together encompassing up to one-half of the magazine's pages). In addition to reviews, each reviews section has a top-sellers list, as well as numerous sidebars with interviews or small features. Unlike

952-515: The time print publication ceased, the magazine was published once per month, although the legacy name Entertainment " Weekly " is still used. Entertainment Weekly follows a typical magazine format by featuring a letter to the editor and a table of contents in the first few pages, while also featuring advertisements. While many advertisements are unrelated to the entertainment industry, most ads are typically related to up-and-coming television, film, or music events. These beginning articles open

986-582: Was Roy Orbison 's ballad " Crying ". During his high school years at Houston 's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), he formed the band The Last Wish , which he played in from the age of 13 until 1995. When performing solo, Furstenfeld uses the moniker 5591. In August 2008, Furstenfeld toured with Stephenie Meyer , author of the Twilight series , in a sold-out four-city book/concert tour. In April 2009, Furstenfeld published

1020-526: Was Steve Lillywhite's first time seeing Blue October perform, and the band's set, especially the song "Say It" cemented his desire to produce Blue October's next album. During an interview with the music webzine Playback:Stl , Justin described the song "Blue Skies" as being one of the few happy songs he has written, saying, "There's nothing negative about it. It's all about beauty. It's really, really pretty and really, really happy, but it's going to be rocked out so crazy that people will kind of forget that it's

1054-513: Was diagnosed with bipolar disorder following an anxiety attack in October 2009 aboard a jet airliner. The band canceled their tour while he was being treated in Minnesota and Texas hospitals. Furstenfeld said that problems associated with his first marriage caused a stress blackout, exacerbated by alcohol consumption. He said in 2021 that he has been sober since May 2012. In 2020 a documentary

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1088-693: Was rebranded as PeopleTV in September 2017. Beginning with the August 2019 issue, Entertainment Weekly transitioned to a monthly issue model. Bruce Gersh, president of the Meredith entertainment division, which includes both EW and People , said that the cutback in print would be accompanied by deeper 24/7 digital coverage. Entertainment Weekly would still produce weekly digital "covers" and push into podcasts, and planned events and experiential offerings with stars and festivals. JD Heyman, deputy editor of People , replaced Henry Goldblatt as editor. As

1122-591: Was released called "Get Back Up" that addresses Furstenfeld's experiences with depression, addiction, and recovery. Growing up, Furstenfeld listened to hip-hop , rock , country , and dance ; his favorite artists included Idaho , Marvin Gaye , The Smiths , Peter Gabriel , Red House Painters , The Cure , Cocteau Twins , Bauhaus , and Pink Floyd . He also counts among his influences Michael Stipe , The Pixies , Elliott Smith , Blue Miller, George Winston , Jean-Michel Basquiat , and U2 . His first musical memory

1156-618: Was released on July 4, 2008, and included the magazine's top-100 list for movies, television shows, music videos, songs, Broadway shows, and technology of the past 25 years (1983–2008). As of its 1,001st issue, EW drastically revamped the look, feel, and content of the publication—increasing font and picture sizes and making all columns' word count shorter. The magazine's website EW.com provides users with daily content, breaking news , blogs , TV recaps, original video programming, and entertainment exclusives and serves as an archive for past magazine interviews, columns, and photos. Along with

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