Brian West

According to founding Beach Boy Mike Love, there has never been a post-1990s Axl Rose vibe going on with his band. Sure, the singer/songwriter admits he and the iconic band have had a bunch of bumps along the way, but it never got to a point where they truly lost that loving feeling. 'When you mix business with ego there can be tense situations, but when you let that go, you realize that a lot of the stuff that got in the way is in the past,' he explained in an interview earlier this month. 'We can let the past screw the present by holding onto old disagreements or you can move past it and do something great.'... And something great is exactly what they're doing. In celebration of their 50th anniversary, the band has regrouped, recorded a new album, and are in the midst of an international tour in support of it. That's Why God Made The Radio marks the band's first new album in years and the first in which surviving original members appear on an album together in decades. West Coasters Love, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks fittingly recorded their 29th album at Los Angeles' Ocean Way Studios. The album finds the hitmasters in similar territory with catchy choruses and infectious harmonies, and no, even though they're in their seventies -- the Boys from Hawthorne, Calif., still sound as good as they did in the '60's. I caught up with Love after seeing the band sell out the Westchester County Center in White Plains on May 15 (yes you read that right... Westchester!) and asked him about the new album, the tour and getting the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers back together. You guys put on an amazing show the other night -- and a lengthy one at that! How did you come up with the set list for the tour? I'd imagine it's a very long, grueling process. It was. I'm always thinking you ought to be doing some of the songs the people know you for... the most recognizable, bigger hits lik

Love and faith are put to the ultimate test in this stirring romantic drama set against the landmark Scopes 'Monkey Trial' of 1925. Charles Anderson (Nathan West, Miracle) is a talented young reporter engaged to Rose (Ashley Johnson, The Help), who works with him at the Tennessee small town newspaper his late father founded. The 'Trial of the Century' brings brilliant adversaries William Jennings Bryan (Fred Thompson, The Genesis Code) and Clarence Darrow (Brian Dennehy, Cocoon) to Charles' hometown. But as the trial unfolds, Charles is caught up in the media circus and becomes torn between his journalistic integrity and impressing his mentor, the colorful Baltimore Sun editor H. L. Menken (Colm Meaney, Star Trek: The Next Generation), who presses him to 'make a story' instead of report one.

Nominated for two Academy Awards , Silverado stars Kevin Kline as Paden, a sweet-faced cowboy who teams up with three strangers while seeking his fortune in the American West. Loner Emmett (Scott Glenn) first saves Paden from death in the desert, then together they spring Emmett's brother Jake (Kevin Costner) from jail. Joining forces with Mal (Danny Glover), a black cowboy battling to save his family homestead, the four ride into Silverado, a little frontier town dominated by a corrupt sheriff (Brian Dennehy) with a gambling saloon run by a formidable woman named Stella (Linda Hunt). Though the new arrivals try to fit in, the powerful McKendricks clan will not rest until Emmett and his pals are dead. Confronted with injustice all around them, the four of them pull together and fight to put things right in the town of Silverado.

Charlton Heston and Brian Keith star in this film about the closing days of the fur-trapper era of the wild west. THE MOUNTAIN MEN features a fine supporting cast, which includes Stephen Macht, John Glover, Seymour Cassel, David Ackroyd and Victor Jory.

At an event Tuesday Florida Republican Congressman Allen West said that about 80 members of Congress are communists. NBC s Brian Williams reports.

CNBC's Brian Sullivan reports on a huge tornado on the ground in Johnson County, Texas, west of Dallas.

40 West -- Through a series of events beyond her control, Maeve (Jennifer Nichole Porter) a Blues musician, finds herself trapped in a sordid East Texas motel room with her violent husband, Colin (Brian A. White), who, unbeknownst to her, has been released from prison early. Held hostage with her is Elijah (Scott Winters) a professed Good Samaritan and fan of Maeve s, whose interest in her seems disproportionate to his claims. Colin has tracked Maeve down and waylaid her in order to apologize for his past behavior with a special present he s picked out just for her - a twisted surprise that opens a raw and anguished chapter of their shared history. But Colin s carefully laid plan is interrupted by an unexpected visit from his jailhouse girlfriend Arlene (Kathleen Kimball) and the imminent arrival of her jealous, homicidal husband Bud Sankey (Wayne Newton) whose sights are set on Colin. 40 WEST is an intense, violent, and darkly funny exploration of power, guilt, revenge, and the cost of redemption.

DVD trailer for Alleged. Love and faith are put to the ultimate test in this stirring romantic drama set against the landmark Scopes 'Monkey Trial' of 1925. Charles Anderson (Nathan West, Miracle) is a talented young reporter engaged to Rose (Ashley Johnson), who works with him at the Tennessee small town newspaper his late father founded. The 'Trial of the Century' brings brilliant adversaries William Jennings Bryan (Fred Dalton Thompson) and Clarence Darrow (Brian Dennehy) to Charles' hometown. But as the trial unfolds, Charles is caught up in the media circus and becomes torn between his journalistic integrity and impressing his mentor, the colorful Baltimore Sun editor H. L. Mencken (Colm Meaney, Star Trek: The Next Generation), who presses him to 'make a story' instead of report one.

Trailer for Alleged. Alleged is a romantic drama based on events occurring behind the scenes and outside the courtroom of the famous Scopes 'Monkey Trial' of 1925. Charles Anderson (Nathan West), a talented young reporter, feels trapped living in a tiny town (Dayton, TN, 1925) in steep decline. Using the Monkey Trial as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break into the journalistic big leagues, Charles becomes the eager prot g of Baltimore Sun editor H.L Mencken (Colm Meany), America's most colorful and influential columnist. The trial itself lives up to its billing as the 'Trial of the Century' when the great Clarence Darrow (Brian Dennehy) defends the theory of evolution against the popular statesman and fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan (Sen. Fred Thompson) who sees the reduction of mankind to mere animal status as both inaccurate and potentially disastrous. Once in the midst of this staged event, Charles is torn between his love for the more principled Rose (Ashley Johnson), his fianc e, and the escalating moral compromises that he is asked to make by the agnostic and acerbic Mencken. When the truth is at stake, Charles discovers, some lies just have to be told.

According to rock n' roll lore, age 27 is a fateful milestone. From Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison to Kurt Cobain, all stars we lost at this very age. World famous rock star Spyder (Kevin Zegers -Transamerica, Frozen) has achieved fame and fortune with a smash hit debut album. This blinding success however, is built on the Faustian pact that capitalized on the genius of his long lost childhood best friend and band mate, Eric Genson (Jason Ritter - NBC's The Event, Good Dick). Now Spyder retreats to his small hometown after his sophomore effort flops. Reconnecting with Eric after a seven year estrangement, the two recall their youthful ambitions and reexamine the choices they've made. Accompanied by the band's ambitious, fiery manager (Taryn Manning - ABC's Hawaii 5-0, Hustle & Flow, 8 Mile), the legendary music impresario August West (Peter Fonda - Easy Rider, 3:10 to Yuma) and a raucous crew of musicians, they set off on a cathartic journey along historic Route 66 that brings them closer to each other, their history and their destiny. Fueled by a stellar rock n' roll soundtrack that includes songs by Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Iggy & The Stooges, Alice in Chains, Muddy Waters, The Violent Femmes, Howlin' Wolf, Jane's Addiction, and many more, The Perfect Age of Rock N' Roll fully captures the energy, rebellion, and thrills of the rock n' roll lifestyle.

Dec. 12: Occupy Wall Street activists along the West Coast on Monday took their protest to major ports from California to Alaska. NBC s Brian Williams reports.

Season 1 Episode 1 The first installment of West Side Tattoo's new reality TV show series. In this episode Talley gets a tribute tattoo by Aaron Moore for her mother, a 2 time cancer survivor. Mark free hands an intricate floral back piece. The crew travels to France for a convention. Brian's neighborhood is going downhill. The Dentist gets a new tattoo by Aaron to signify his profession. While he's getting his tattoo Aaron talks about the ails of being in business in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs. More: http://clvr.tv/westsidetattoo