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Mötley Crüe’s “Kickstart My Heart,” written by DMP’s own Nikki Sixx is featured in The Other Guys trailer. The Grammy Award-nominated song was released on Mötley Crüe’s 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood and reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Other Guys topped domestic box office this weekend with an estimated $35.6 million. The film follows Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), a forensic accountant who’s more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an embarrassing public incident with his quick trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the city’s top cops, Danson and Manzetti (DwaTne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson), but when an opportunity arises for the Other Guys to step up, things don’t quite go as planned.

Check out The Other Guys trailer feat. “Kickstart My Heart”:

Hot Tub Time Machine is a madcap time-travel comedy that follows a group of best friends who’ve become bored with their adult lives: Adam (John Cusack) has been dumped by his girlfriend; Lou (Rob Corddry) is a party guy who can’t find the party; Nick’s (Craig Robinson) wife controls his every move; and video game-obsessed Jacob (Clark Duke) won’t leave his basement. After a crazy night of drinking in a ski resort hot tub, the men wake up, heads pounding, in the year 1986. This is their chance to kick some past and change their futures; one will find a new love life, one will learn to stand up for himself with the ladies, one will find his mojo, and one will make sure he still exists.

Mötley Crüe’s music is incorporated throughout the film, featuring hit singles “Kickstart My Heart,” “Keep Your Eye On The Money,” and “Home Sweet Home.” There’s even a “Home Sweet Home” music video parody at the end of the film, where Rob Corddry’s character lives out his dream as lead singer Vince Neil.

Watch the Official Trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine and check out the Original Music Video for Home Sweet Home.

“Mexican Dogs,” a track off the 2008 release Loyalty to Loyalty from Cold War Kids, is currently featured in a Heineken commercial titled “Boss’s Daughter.” “Boss’s Daughter” is part of Heineken’s new “Give Yourself A Good Name” campaign.

Watch “Boss’s Daughter” Video:

Downtown Music Publishing songwriter Oliver Goldstein ‘s “Somebody To Love” is featured in the new romantic comedy Valentine’s Day.

“Somebody To Love” is performed by Leighton Meester, and is the first single off her debut album, Love Is A Drug. It is written by DMP’s own Ollie Goldstein, along with Robin Thicke, Shahine Ezell, Leighton Meester, and Rico Love.

The film follows the intertwining stories of a mix of L.A. individuals on one epic Valentine’s Day. There is guarenteed to be a lot of love in a film coming from director Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman) and a slew of A-list celebrities including Jessica Alba, Patrick Dempsy, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx, Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper. Out in theaters on February 12th, see the heart warming make-ups and devastating break-ups as these characters try to find their way through modern love and romance.

Miike Snow’s “Animal” is featured in the trailer for the upcoming Duplass brothers film Cyrus, starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, and Catherine Keener.

With John’s (John C. Reilly) social life at a standstill and his ex-wife (Catherine Keener) about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams (Marisa Tomei), only to discover she has another man in her life – her son (Jonah Hill). Written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, the iconoclastic filmmaking team behind Sundance Film Festival favorite The Puffy Chair, Cyrus takes an insightful and funny look at love and family in contemporary Los Angeles.

Recently, MC/actor extraordinaire Mos Def teamed up with his partner in crime Talib Kweli for a reunion of their highly acclaimed side project, BlackStar, during a one-off performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon backed by both The Roots and the indie-queen tandem of Amber Coffman and Haley Dekle of The Dirty Projectors. Together they performed “History” off of Mos Def’s latest release, The Ecstatic.

Mötley Crüe’s “Dr. Feelgood” is currently being featured in a promotional spot on TBS for Dr. Seuss’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” and “The Cat In The Hat”. Both are airing now on TBS.

And now a little bit of history on the song…

“Dr. Feelgood” is the first single and title track to the 1989 album from American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. It is written by Mötley Crüe bassist and DMP’s own Nikki Sixx:http://downtownmusicpub.com/songwriters/nikki-sixx along with lead guitarist Mick Mars. “Dr. Feelgood” became Mötley Crüe’s first Top Ten hit in the U.S., peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 28 of that year. “Dr. Feelgood” is Mötley Crüe’s only Gold single in the U.S, and in 2009, it was ranked the 15th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.

Flo Rida’s “Jump (ft. Nelly Furtado)” was featured on last week’s episode of NBC comedy “Parks and Recreation.”

“Jump” features Grammy Award-Winning singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, and is the third official single from Flo Rida’s sophomore release R.O.O.T.S.. “Jump” was written by Flo Rida, Nelly Furtado, Downtown Music Publishing writer Oliver Goldstein, Travis Barker, Esther Dean and Mike Caren.

The song was recently used to promote the Disney film G-Force.