http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/11/12/30-seconds-to-mars-debuts-kings-queens-short-film/
Check out the latest from Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars: The “Kings + Queens” video!
After a two-year battle to get their new album completed and released, it’s finally ready, and Jared’s excited.
“We spent two years of our lives working on that record, and it was us against the world,” he told MTV. “We didn’t have outside influence or help, we didn’t have a label, we had us, betting the farm, and pushing ourselves.”
The “Kings + Queens” video features bicyclists cruising around L.A. “Shoot was insane and amazing,” Jared tweeted. “just realized the first time we played KINGS+QUEENS together was up there overlooking LA. fitting”
15+ pictures inside of 30 Seconds to Mars filming the “Kings + Queens” video…
11/12/2009
30 Seconds to Mars Listening Party for This is War
If there’s one thing Los Angeles three-piece 30 Seconds to Mars has in excess besides depth, passion, and well-applied guyliner, it’s adoring fans. The hundreds of 30STM devotees lined up outside the Ricardo Montalban Theatre Monday night could barely contain their excitement and for good reason. Not only were they moments away from interacting with band members Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, and Tomo Miličević at the pre-release party for the group’s third album, but many were also about to get a little taste of rock stardom themselves.....
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30 Seconds To Mars Almost Didn't Finish 'Kings And Queens' Video
Jared Leto-directed short film 'The Ride' premieres online Thursday morning.
When 30 Seconds to Mars sat down to talk with MTV News on Wednesday evening about their upcoming album, This Is War, they were less than 12 hours away from the premiere of their much-anticipated "Kings and Queens" video. But there was a problem: They hadn't finished editing it yet."I'm not quite done with it, which is sort of worrying," frontman Jared Leto laughed. "I may look slightly tired, because I've been in the editing room late, late night finishing some of the post [production]. But yeah, right now, we're still not done."
Somehow, Leto — who directed the "Queens" video under the alias of Bartholomew Cubbins — managed to finish the final cut, and at around 3:30 Thursday morning (November 12), the clip made its world premiere on 30 STM's MySpace page. Clocking in at just under nine minutes, the video is officially dubbed "The Ride," and the opening credits call it, "A Bartholomew Cubbins film inspired by the song 'Kings and Queens.' " As it follows the band and an army of extras (creatively pierced bike messengers, fire-breathing mimes, etc.) on a triumphant critical mass bike ride through Los Angeles, the clip is every bit as epic as you'd expect from Leto and Co., who have previously gone to the ends of the Earth to make great videos — er, "short films."
"We've been to the People's Republic of China and made a 14-minute-long short film [for the song 'From Yesterday']," Leto noted. "And then we went to the Arctic, and sat on top of icebergs and glaciers that were crumbling beneath our feet [in the video for 'A Beautiful Lie']. So we figured to go to another destination, it would start to be like we're working for the Travel Channel or something, so it was time to turn the camera on our hometown, to basically make a love letter to Los Angeles and to celebrate that side of the world."
Despite the long nights and days lost in the editing bay, 30 Seconds to Mars had a blast making "The Ride." But next time, perhaps someone needs to remind Leto that there are deadlines involved in these things.
"This video was actually a lot of fun to make ... it was really hard work, but we got to be home, and we showed a part of Los Angeles most people don't get to see," 30 STM guitarist Tomo Milicevic said. "And, as a director, Jared knows how to make things look really beautiful. He's got a good eye for it ... I just hope he can finish the thing now."
New York Itinerary: Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars
Actor-musician Jared Leto and his certified-platinum band 30 Seconds to Mars have been keeping busy, readying their third album, This is War, for release on December 8th. But not so busy they can’t play with Manhattan’s punks and paparazzi. It’s all in a day’s work for the hardcore heartthrob.
“You’re kidding me,” says Jared Leto, grabbing his forehead at the terrible news: New York’s Union Square—where, for many locals, downtown begins—will be the proud new owner of a T.G.I. Friday’s. “I remember when Babies ‘R’ Us first arrived in the neighborhood,” he says. “On one hand, it was like, This is the end. On the other, it was nice to see people weren’t afraid to do business here.” Fans who know and love Leto from his days as Jordan Catalano on television’s My So-Called Life might be similarly ambivalent about the actor’s transformation into a mascara-wearing rocker. But it’s nice to see he’s doing business, too, especially when it momentarily looked like his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, might not get the chance. Comprised of Leto, his brother Shannon (the band’s drummer) and Tomo Miličević (lead guitar), 30 Seconds almost fell apart after Virgin Records sued them for $30M for allegedly refusing to honor their three-album contract. “It was hell,” he says, “But it’s over. This Is War is kind of like a celebration.”
Café Gitane
242 Mott Street
It’s just that kind of place, you know, the kind where everyone goes, the kind where you run into your friends. Like we just did. [Leto bumped into photographer Terry Richardson, pictured below, and musician Moby sitting outside.] It’s a neighborhood place that has been here for a while and still feels like a neighborhood place. That’s not always the case in New York. I think places that last a long time are here for a reason.
Trash and Vaudeville
4 St. Mark’s Place
Trash and Vaudeville was making and selling those skinny black jeans that are everywhere now long before they were popular. The great news is that at this place,
they’re 60 bucks. It’s a local New York institution, but I’m surprised this place has held on as long as it has. The owner stuck it out, and he’s still here, kicking ass.
San Loco
111 Stanton Street
San Loco is New York’s only real taco place. I was living here off and on for quite some time, a long, long time ago, in 1991. [My brother] Shannon lived here in 1993, in Alphabet City. I used to come here at all hours. It’s one of my favorite places: easy, cheap and good. It can stand up to the Mexican food in L.A.
Balthazar
80 Spring Street
Balthazar feels like an authentic French restaurant. It’s not like Café Gitane, when you feel like you’re in New York. It more or less takes you there. Their food is so consistent and solid. I’ve been coming here for years. I go in the off-hours—it’s open all the time, and it’s even more beautiful when it empties out, especially during the day, when fewer people are here.
Café Habana
17 Prince Street
I’ve been trying to get Shannon to go here for so long. I’ve been telling him forever that they need to open one in L.A. Now they’re opening two in L.A. Habana has a special charm to it. You’re crammed in there with a ton of other people—models, locals and tourists. It’s crowded, but there’s just a good energy, you know? I often go to the takeout counter next door when it’s too crowded. I’ve got to get some plantains.
For more of Jared’s favorite spots, check out the BlackBook Guides on your iPhone.
Photography by Adam Fedderly.
Styling by Bryan Levandowski.
Grooming by Kumi Craig @ Exclusive Artists.
Leto’s own T-shirt, pants and jacket.
Cardigan by Gucci.
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/new-york-itinerary-jared-leto-of-30-seconds-to-mars/12256/P1
30 Seconds To Mars On Returning To The UK
30 Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto has spoken to Rock Sound about the band's forthcoming UK show at London's Koko venue on November 16.
The singer has promised fans it will be more than just a showcase of new material from new album 'This Is War'.
“I think it’ll be more like saying ‘hello’ to old friends and maybe doing a few new songs as well," he admitted. "I think it will be more on the informal side. We’re just coming back to really say ‘hello’ and play a few of the new songs. I don’t think it will be like, ‘Here’s the brand new album, and we’re going to play every song on it’. We’re coming back to see old friends and I’d like to keep it as informal as possible, really. We could all stop and talk about things, but I guess that’s difficult in a venue like that!”
http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/30-seconds-to-mars-on-returning-to-the-uk
The singer has promised fans it will be more than just a showcase of new material from new album 'This Is War'.
“I think it’ll be more like saying ‘hello’ to old friends and maybe doing a few new songs as well," he admitted. "I think it will be more on the informal side. We’re just coming back to really say ‘hello’ and play a few of the new songs. I don’t think it will be like, ‘Here’s the brand new album, and we’re going to play every song on it’. We’re coming back to see old friends and I’d like to keep it as informal as possible, really. We could all stop and talk about things, but I guess that’s difficult in a venue like that!”
http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/30-seconds-to-mars-on-returning-to-the-uk
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