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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Joyful Noise’ With Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 9, 2012 - 7:28pm
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The movie poster for “Joyful Noise” with Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah.
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What’s your best memory that’s tied with a song?
Disclaimer
Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Since advance screenings are overbooked to ensure a full house, winners are not guaranteed entrance and must arrive early. We recommend arriving 45 minutes before the screening’s scheduled start time. Winners are typically e-mailed our advance-screening passes two days before the screening date. HollywoodChicago.com LLC is a promotional partner with the studio and its partners and doesn’t assume any liability for this giveaway.
© 2011 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – In our latest music edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the new film “Joyful Noise” starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah! Star Jeremy Jordan will appear for a post-screening Q&A!
“Joyful Noise” also stars Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance, Kris Kristofferson, Jesse L. Martin, Judd Lormand, Chloe Bailey, Cait Johnson, Dixie Light, Valencia Barnes, Maurice Johnson, Dexter Darden and Steve Warren from writer and director Todd Graff.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Joyful Noise” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2011 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the synopsis for “Joyful Noise”:
Oscar nominees Queen Latifah (“Chicago,” “Hairspray”) and Dolly Parton (“Transamerica,” “Steel Magnolias,” “Nine to Five”) star in “Joyful Noise”: a funny and inspirational story of music, hope, love and renewal.
The small town of Pacashau, Ga. has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Sacred Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart.
Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style while the fiery G.G. Sparrow (Parton) thinks tried and true translates to tired and old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.’s rebellious grandson, Randy (Jeremy Jordan). Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose’s beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia (Keke Palmer).
The sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more heat between G.G. and Vi Rose. If these two strong-willed women can overcome their differences and find a common voice, they and their choir may make the most joyful noise of all.
The movie trailer for “Joyful Noise” can be watched now below.
To win your free advance-screening movie tickets, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com Web site account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having a Web site account with a valid e-mail address is required to win. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this question:
What’s your best memory that’s tied with a song?
This Hookup is simple! Just submit your comment below and we will award 50 admit-two tickets randomly via e-mail for our “Joyful Noise” Hookup. Good luck!
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 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Graduation
Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Love of All” 8th grade graduation 1986
Favorite song memory
Wow. It’s so easy to have a good memory with a song. The memory that comes to mind first is from my senior year of high school. I was in choir and I was never wonderful, but that year, I had improved a lot and people noticed it too. One day, specifically, a girl said “You’ve been doing really good lately. Nice job.” It made my year.
Dave Matthew’s song
Dave Matthew’s song “Dream Girl” is tied to my best memory - my fiancee :)
Joyful Noise
Summer Breeze by Seals and Crofts—heard during my first vacation ever—Hawaii—just like Paradise!
Song Memories
So many songs linked to to so many memories. Then there are the phrases people use or just something someone says in the course of a day that triggers a song in my head. We are surrounded by music everywhere we go - on the airplane before take off, in restaurants, stores, when on hold on the phone….
Kirk Franklin - "It's Over Now"
It’s a memory that I’ll never forget. When my 23 year old cousin died, this song played after the funeral. I realized that he was now with God.
Best Song Memory
One of my favorite songs in the world is “Come Close.” My ex, who is not a singer and not a dancer decided to serenade me in public. It was the sweetest thing he had ever done.
Best memory tied to a song
The best memory I have that’s tied to a song is “Brighter Day” by Kirk Franklin. That song reminded me that in spite of my bad break-up with a guy that I really loved and cared about…I would have brighter and better days ahead. The lyrics to that song really uplifted my soul
Song
The song in the wedding of my sister :)
Lots of memories. Can’t
Lots of memories. Can’t single down to one.One thing is that when i like a song i will listen to it on repeat the entire day until i get bored.