The Many Musical Talents of Zooey Deschanel

Zooey plays a plectrum banjo

Indie darling, Zooey Deschanel chats with Esquire.com about her double duty in this weekend's (500) Days of Summer.
excerpt:
ESQ: What instruments do you play?
ZD: Piano and guitar. I can kind of play a little bit of ukulele and pedal steel guitar.
ESQ: Do you prefer one over the other when you're writing songs?
ZD: Well, I mainly write on the piano, because most of my music theory knowledge is based on piano. But I write on guitar a lot, too. I'm not a great guitar player by any means. I'm not a great instrumentalist. I play piano on stage. I don't play guitar on stage, but I use it to write quite a lot.
more HERE

Pleasing Zooey

The soundtrack for Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt's upcoming romantic film (500) Days of Summer looks like an awesome lineup...
Included on the soundtrack is the Smiths' "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want," along with a cover of the song sung by Zooey Deschanel herself. Deschanel and M. Ward, as musical duo She & Him, give the tune an old-fashioned '50s feel.
listen HERE

Celebrity Look Alikes

Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel

Though Deschanel has scoffed at comparisons, the pop star and the indie It Girl might as well be twins, with their wide blue eyes and chocolate-hued locks. Zooey's skin looks so much healtier though.
more HERE

He Has Possessed Her Heart...

Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and She & Him singer-actress and CWW favorite Zooey Deschanel are engaged, a source close to the couple tells Us.
Rolling Stone article HERE

Girls on Film

With fierce, oversize grooves, drama-queen sexuality and hook-laden songs that keep dance floors crowded, it's no surprise that Hollywood has come a knockin' for Von Iva's rockin'. This year, the San Francisco threesome served as Zooey Deschanel's fictional band Munchausen by Proxy in the Warner Bros. film "Yes Man," a Jim Carrey comedy that opens Dec. 19. They celebrate the release of their new, aptly titled EP "Girls on Film".
more HERE
the EP available HERE

New Zooey Review

Sexy 'It Girl', Zooey Deschanel appears in the October 2008 edition of Nylon magazine...we know we're a bit late with this cultural news event...and, normally, we may have brushed it aside...but Zooey is special to us...as she should be...
scans HERE
video HERE

Zooey Teams with Von Iva

The upcoming Jim Carrey/Zooey Deschanel comedy Yes Man will feature a cameo from the female rock trio Von Iva. According to Vogue's supplemental mag Fashion Rocks, the band backs Deschanel (who is a true indie balladeer in She & Him) in the movie. The women come together as a foursome in film as the Munchausen by Proxy, "collaborating on new tunes that look back to both Blondie and girl bands of the eighties." The movie is slated to come out some time before the end of 2008.

Undercover Hottie

Zooey Deschanel at the premiere of the new movie, The Happening
...we gush 'cause she's awesome!
more HERE

Hollywood's Secret Hottie

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Zooey Deschanel, the alternative darling—who rose to fame in Almost Famous—stars in M. Night Shyamalan’s new summer creep-fest, The Happening and has just made her first record as one half of She & Him, a duo she has formed with moody indie sensation M. Ward; their first album is entitled Volume One.
Ms. Deschanel's interview in the June/July 2008 issue of Blackbook magazine exposes the qualities that make her desirable...smart, witty, quirky and very talented...a true exquisite beauty...she's frickin' HOT! Okay?
interview HERE

The Musical Styling of Zooey

Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel has teamed up with indie rock stalwart M. Ward for a full-length endeavor. The duo are calling themselves She & Him and their album will be titled Volume 1 to be released March 18th, 2008.
Fans of Deschanel should be familiar with her singing, as she displayed her rich talent in Elf and has long fronted the Los Angeles based cabaret outfit If All The Stars Were Pretty Babies.
listen to sample tracks from the album HERE and/or HERE