Nirvana have paid tribute to Steve Albini by sharing the four-page letter he sent the band before agreeing to record their beloved final studio album, In Utero. Albini passed away yesterday (May 8th) at the age of 61.
The letter was posted on Nirvana’s official Twitter account, accompanied simply by the caption, “Steve Albini.” In the document, Albini outlines his steadfast philosophies, both regarding his approach to recording and his approach to business. Effectively, it’s Albini responding to Kurt Cobain’s request to produce the album by saying, “Only if we do it right.”
“I think the very best thing you could do at this point is exactly what you are talking about doing: bang a record out in a couple of days, with high quality but minimal ‘production’ and no interference from the front office bulletheads. If that is indeed what you want to do, I would love to be involved,...
The letter was posted on Nirvana’s official Twitter account, accompanied simply by the caption, “Steve Albini.” In the document, Albini outlines his steadfast philosophies, both regarding his approach to recording and his approach to business. Effectively, it’s Albini responding to Kurt Cobain’s request to produce the album by saying, “Only if we do it right.”
“I think the very best thing you could do at this point is exactly what you are talking about doing: bang a record out in a couple of days, with high quality but minimal ‘production’ and no interference from the front office bulletheads. If that is indeed what you want to do, I would love to be involved,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Music
Steve Albini, the legendary record producer and engineer behind Nirvana’s In Utero, Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, and countless other classic alternative rock albums, has died of a heart attack. He was 61 years old.
News of Albini’s death was confirmed to Consequence via a staff member at his recording studio, Electrical Audio in Chicago.
Preferring the term “engineer” over “producer,” Albini was lauded for his minimalist approach to recording sessions and focus on capturing the natural sound of musicians’ performances. As a singer and guitarist in his own right, Albini also led the bands Shellac and Big Black.
Albini was born in Pasadena, California, on July 22nd in 1962. He went to college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and spent most of his career based in Chicago, where he founded Electrical Audio.
His music career essentially started as singer-guitarist of Big Black, a band he formed while still a student at Northwestern.
News of Albini’s death was confirmed to Consequence via a staff member at his recording studio, Electrical Audio in Chicago.
Preferring the term “engineer” over “producer,” Albini was lauded for his minimalist approach to recording sessions and focus on capturing the natural sound of musicians’ performances. As a singer and guitarist in his own right, Albini also led the bands Shellac and Big Black.
Albini was born in Pasadena, California, on July 22nd in 1962. He went to college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and spent most of his career based in Chicago, where he founded Electrical Audio.
His music career essentially started as singer-guitarist of Big Black, a band he formed while still a student at Northwestern.
- 5/8/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman and Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Despite being two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise have only worked together once, for their 1994 film Interview with the Vampire. Adapted from Anne Rice’s novel by the same name, the movie starred Cruise and Pitt in the role of lead bloodsuckers Lestat de Lioncourt and Louise de Pointe du Lac, respectively.
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire
But while the movie had commercial success and acquired a sizable fanbase following its release, Brad Pitt claimed to hate Interview with the Vampire. Claiming to have a “miserable” experience and being demoralized by the physical challenges of the film, Pitt dismissed his iconic character as a “b*tch role”.
Brad Pitt was Miserable Filming Tom Cruise’s $223M Movie
Adapted from Anne Rice’s novels, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise‘s 1994 fantasy drama Interview with the Vampire narrated the cautionary tale about...
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire
But while the movie had commercial success and acquired a sizable fanbase following its release, Brad Pitt claimed to hate Interview with the Vampire. Claiming to have a “miserable” experience and being demoralized by the physical challenges of the film, Pitt dismissed his iconic character as a “b*tch role”.
Brad Pitt was Miserable Filming Tom Cruise’s $223M Movie
Adapted from Anne Rice’s novels, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise‘s 1994 fantasy drama Interview with the Vampire narrated the cautionary tale about...
- 3/23/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Geffen Records and Hybe, the K-Pop entertainment company that launched BTS, have selected the final six members to launch the new global girl group Katseye.
Geffen and Hybe kicked off the process on Sept. 1, starting with the top 20 contestants selected from 120,000 submissions. The international group, created based on the K-pop training and development system, took part in the audition program called The Debut: Dream Academy, which streamed on YouTube and Japanese streaming channel Abema.
The Katseye finalists were announced Friday night at an event in Los Angeles, and the group includes members from around the world. Daniela Avanzini, Lara Rajagopalan and Megan Skiendiel are from America; Yoonchae Jeong is from South Korea; Sophia Laforteza is from the Philippines; and Manon Bannerman is from Switzerland. The final lineup was determined by a combination of early votes and real-time votes during the live finale, as well as evaluators’ scores.
Katseye will release...
Geffen and Hybe kicked off the process on Sept. 1, starting with the top 20 contestants selected from 120,000 submissions. The international group, created based on the K-pop training and development system, took part in the audition program called The Debut: Dream Academy, which streamed on YouTube and Japanese streaming channel Abema.
The Katseye finalists were announced Friday night at an event in Los Angeles, and the group includes members from around the world. Daniela Avanzini, Lara Rajagopalan and Megan Skiendiel are from America; Yoonchae Jeong is from South Korea; Sophia Laforteza is from the Philippines; and Manon Bannerman is from Switzerland. The final lineup was determined by a combination of early votes and real-time votes during the live finale, as well as evaluators’ scores.
Katseye will release...
- 11/18/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peter Bart: Hollywood Hopes A New Round Of “Fixes” Can Cure Its Malaise Rather Than Prolong The Pain
The consensus is clear: Hollywood feels it must pursue what Bob Iger tactfully (or ominously) calls “some fixes.”
The “fixes” post-strike hopefully will move beyond cutbacks and delays — we’ve already been absorbing their impact. Disney alone has cut 8,000 jobs and $7.5 billion in costs. High-profile movies ranging from Disney’s Snow White to Paramount’s Mission: Impossible 8 to Sony’s Spider-Verse have again been shoved back a year.
More complex “fixes” already are hinted at: Netflix pledges a new approach on content – a “half as many but twice as good” mandate. Its viewers worldwide will be fascinated to see how that plays out.
Other major brands, too, are under scrutiny: The opening numbers for The Marvels dented that legacy. The HBO label once dominated the “for your consideration” ads, but this year’s ads will carry a pleading subtext: If you can’t “consider” it, at least find it.
For industry veterans,...
The “fixes” post-strike hopefully will move beyond cutbacks and delays — we’ve already been absorbing their impact. Disney alone has cut 8,000 jobs and $7.5 billion in costs. High-profile movies ranging from Disney’s Snow White to Paramount’s Mission: Impossible 8 to Sony’s Spider-Verse have again been shoved back a year.
More complex “fixes” already are hinted at: Netflix pledges a new approach on content – a “half as many but twice as good” mandate. Its viewers worldwide will be fascinated to see how that plays out.
Other major brands, too, are under scrutiny: The opening numbers for The Marvels dented that legacy. The HBO label once dominated the “for your consideration” ads, but this year’s ads will carry a pleading subtext: If you can’t “consider” it, at least find it.
For industry veterans,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Aside from the frequency with which contemporaneous news footage reporting on Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994 still pops up in documentaries about the era, In Utero’s place in both the Nirvana and rock canon might be the clearest expression of how much the singer’s death still reverberates today. But the popular interpretations of the album as a quasi-suicide note not only miss its emotional breadth and sly humor—regularly understated when discussing Cobain as a lyricist—but also what it represented 30 years ago: With In Utero, Nirvana showed that something akin to “success on your own terms” was indeed possible.
Even being the biggest band on the planet in 1993 didn’t insulate Nirvana from having to put up with rumors about squabbling between the group and Geffen Records over whether the album was unlistenable. Despite claims from producer Steve Albini, both the band and David Geffen publicly denied...
Even being the biggest band on the planet in 1993 didn’t insulate Nirvana from having to put up with rumors about squabbling between the group and Geffen Records over whether the album was unlistenable. Despite claims from producer Steve Albini, both the band and David Geffen publicly denied...
- 10/23/2023
- by Fred Barrett
- Slant Magazine
Like every other Rolling Stones album dubbed the best since 1978’s Some Girls, Hackney Diamonds features enough cringey lyrics, dodgy guitar riffs, and self-plagiarism (such as Keith Richards playing “Tumbling Dice” at the beginning of “Driving Me Too Hard”) to keep it out of the pantheon of their greatest releases. What parts of the album do capture is a genuinely contemporary flair that the Stones haven’t successfully embodied since they triangulated the emerging threads of punk and disco back in the late 1970s.
The album’s crisp, booming drums, hooky choruses, and livewire vocals have a radio-ready sheen without feeling forced, or compromising the Stones’s essential traits. The opening track, “Angry,” hardens the edges around a shiny pop-forward hook with a hit of stadium swagger and a roiling outro that piles on knotty guitar solos from Richards and Ronnie Wood. The fact that the Stones don’t sound...
The album’s crisp, booming drums, hooky choruses, and livewire vocals have a radio-ready sheen without feeling forced, or compromising the Stones’s essential traits. The opening track, “Angry,” hardens the edges around a shiny pop-forward hook with a hit of stadium swagger and a roiling outro that piles on knotty guitar solos from Richards and Ronnie Wood. The fact that the Stones don’t sound...
- 10/19/2023
- by Jeremy Winograd
- Slant Magazine
Updated with memorial service details: Jonathan Dolgen, a respected longtime entertainment industry executive known for his tough dealmaking and attention to budgets while chairman of Viacom and earlier as President of Columbia Pictures’ film unit and head of television at Twentieth Century Fox, died Monday of natural causes at UCLA Medical Center. He was 78.
Born the son of a trade union organizer on April 27, 1945, in Queens, Dolgen served in the Army Reserves before becoming a Wall Street lawyer. He was recruited to the Columbia Pictures legal team as Assistant General Counsel in 1976. He was upped to SVP Worldwide Business Affairs three years later and promoted again in 1980 to EVP, now responsible for making the major deals and negotiating contracts.
Columbia in 1981 formed a pay-tv and home video unit, before it had big revenue from either area, and numbers-cruncher Dolgen was elevated to president of the nascent division. While there, he...
Born the son of a trade union organizer on April 27, 1945, in Queens, Dolgen served in the Army Reserves before becoming a Wall Street lawyer. He was recruited to the Columbia Pictures legal team as Assistant General Counsel in 1976. He was upped to SVP Worldwide Business Affairs three years later and promoted again in 1980 to EVP, now responsible for making the major deals and negotiating contracts.
Columbia in 1981 formed a pay-tv and home video unit, before it had big revenue from either area, and numbers-cruncher Dolgen was elevated to president of the nascent division. While there, he...
- 10/10/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“Maestro” director and star Bradley Cooper made an inconspicuous appearance at the New York Film Festival premiere, skipping press in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA.
Fitting for a film that focuses on legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein, the starry premiere marked a homecoming given its location: David Geffen Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic. On Sept. 23, 1962, Bernstein and the Philharmonic performed the inaugural concert at the venue. Bernstein served as the orchestra’s conductor from 1958 to 1969 and laureate conductor from 1969 to 1990.
Before the lights in the auditorium dimmed, Cooper was spotted sporting a buzz cut and chatting with notable guests, including Netflix’s Scott Stuber, Laura Dern, Shawn Levy and Jeremy Strong.
Carey Mulligan, who leads the film opposite Cooper as the conductor’s wife Felicia Montealegre, did not attend.
The NYFF premiere marks the first time Cooper has publicly supported the film, after skipping its world premiere at the Venice Film...
Fitting for a film that focuses on legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein, the starry premiere marked a homecoming given its location: David Geffen Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic. On Sept. 23, 1962, Bernstein and the Philharmonic performed the inaugural concert at the venue. Bernstein served as the orchestra’s conductor from 1958 to 1969 and laureate conductor from 1969 to 1990.
Before the lights in the auditorium dimmed, Cooper was spotted sporting a buzz cut and chatting with notable guests, including Netflix’s Scott Stuber, Laura Dern, Shawn Levy and Jeremy Strong.
Carey Mulligan, who leads the film opposite Cooper as the conductor’s wife Felicia Montealegre, did not attend.
The NYFF premiere marks the first time Cooper has publicly supported the film, after skipping its world premiere at the Venice Film...
- 10/2/2023
- by Angelique Jackson and BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
The Lady Gaga collab from The Rolling Stones’ forthcoming album, Hackney Diamonds, has been released.
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“Sweet Sounds of Heaven” also features Stevie Wonder, playing the piano, Moog and Fender Rhodes. Listen above.
The Rolling Stones’ new album, their first all-original work in 18 years, will be released on Oct. 20 through Geffen. The CD also includes performances by Paul McCartney, Elton John, former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman and the band’s late drummer Charlie Watts in addition to Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder.
A music video for lead single “Angry”, featuring Sydney Sweeney, was released earlier this month. Hackney Diamonds comes after the Stones’ 2016 studio album, the blues covers album Blue & Lonesome.
In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Mick Jagger called Lady Gaga “a really great singer,” adding that he had “never heard her sing...
Read More: Lady Gaga Looks Defiant As Harley Quinn While Filming ‘Joker’ Sequel
“Sweet Sounds of Heaven” also features Stevie Wonder, playing the piano, Moog and Fender Rhodes. Listen above.
The Rolling Stones’ new album, their first all-original work in 18 years, will be released on Oct. 20 through Geffen. The CD also includes performances by Paul McCartney, Elton John, former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman and the band’s late drummer Charlie Watts in addition to Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder.
A music video for lead single “Angry”, featuring Sydney Sweeney, was released earlier this month. Hackney Diamonds comes after the Stones’ 2016 studio album, the blues covers album Blue & Lonesome.
In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Mick Jagger called Lady Gaga “a really great singer,” adding that he had “never heard her sing...
- 9/28/2023
- by Aashna Shah
- ET Canada
The Geffen Playhouse has a new artistic director: Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Announced Tuesday by the Westwood nonprofit theater’s board of directors, McCraney’s appointment is effective immediately and his first order of business is joining Geffen staff to build a slate for the 2024-2025 season. His duties will include programming “new works along with re-envisioned classics with a focus on innovative storytelling, community engagement and audience experience,” per the Geffen. He’ll also be charged with setting the artistic course for the Geffen’s Gil Cates and Audrey Skirball Kenis theaters and leading the artistic and production teams.
McCraney replaces Matt Shakman in the role. Shakman, a director of TV, film and theater projects, joined the Geffen as artistic director in 2017. In August 2022, he announced he would be departing come February 2023, and a committee commenced a months-long search for a replacement.
McCraney has history with the Geffen.
Announced Tuesday by the Westwood nonprofit theater’s board of directors, McCraney’s appointment is effective immediately and his first order of business is joining Geffen staff to build a slate for the 2024-2025 season. His duties will include programming “new works along with re-envisioned classics with a focus on innovative storytelling, community engagement and audience experience,” per the Geffen. He’ll also be charged with setting the artistic course for the Geffen’s Gil Cates and Audrey Skirball Kenis theaters and leading the artistic and production teams.
McCraney replaces Matt Shakman in the role. Shakman, a director of TV, film and theater projects, joined the Geffen as artistic director in 2017. In August 2022, he announced he would be departing come February 2023, and a committee commenced a months-long search for a replacement.
McCraney has history with the Geffen.
- 9/12/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts presents a young woman with more wide-reaching concerns than the single-minded scorned lover of 2021’s Sour. On her second studio album, the singer delves further into self-doubt, pirouetting from peer envy (“Lacy”), to the pressure of meeting society’s expectations (“Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”), to suffocating beauty standards (“Pretty Isn’t Pretty”). Some of these are more richly realized than others, but the 20-year-old Rodrigo’s attempts to expand the aperture of her worldview are admirable.
The writing on Guts teeters on the edge between the broad and the specific, a balance that’s resulted in some of the savviest and most exciting pop music. One of the album’s highlights, “Logical,” is a stinging takedown of an ex-flame, and like many of the songs here, it first appears earnest but is layered with a wounded, embittered sarcasm. The track illustrates the confusing, devastating experience...
The writing on Guts teeters on the edge between the broad and the specific, a balance that’s resulted in some of the savviest and most exciting pop music. One of the album’s highlights, “Logical,” is a stinging takedown of an ex-flame, and like many of the songs here, it first appears earnest but is layered with a wounded, embittered sarcasm. The track illustrates the confusing, devastating experience...
- 9/11/2023
- by Charles Lyons-Burt
- Slant Magazine
Nearly two years after first announcing a partnership to develop a new girl group made up of performers from around the world, Universal Music Group’s Geffen Records and Hybe — the influential Korean label behind K-Pop superstars like BTS — revealed the contestants for the project on Monday. The 20 girls were introduced as part of a streamed audition process set to air online starting later this week.
The girls who made the audition program, called The Debut: Dream Academy, were selected from 120,000 others who sent in submissions for the group. The...
The girls who made the audition program, called The Debut: Dream Academy, were selected from 120,000 others who sent in submissions for the group. The...
- 8/29/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Billy White Jr., the artist who designed the iconic cross logo on the album cover for Guns N’ Roses‘ Appetite for Destruction, has died. Slash broke the sad news on Instagram, paying tribute to the White.
He wrote, sharing a pic of Billy: “Rip #BillyWhiteJr og designer of Gnr cross logo & long time friend of the band. You will be missed.” Commented Duff McKagan on Slash’s post: “Ah shit!”
As reported by Planet Radio, White was originally tapped to design a tattoo for Axl Rose, who had conceived the idea of the cross with skulls of each band member. White was an art student at Long Beach University at the time and crossed paths with Gn’R through his cousin in 1986.
“One day Axl called and asked if i could draw him a tattoo, after he’d seen a drawing I’d done on my cousin’s wall,” White...
He wrote, sharing a pic of Billy: “Rip #BillyWhiteJr og designer of Gnr cross logo & long time friend of the band. You will be missed.” Commented Duff McKagan on Slash’s post: “Ah shit!”
As reported by Planet Radio, White was originally tapped to design a tattoo for Axl Rose, who had conceived the idea of the cross with skulls of each band member. White was an art student at Long Beach University at the time and crossed paths with Gn’R through his cousin in 1986.
“One day Axl called and asked if i could draw him a tattoo, after he’d seen a drawing I’d done on my cousin’s wall,” White...
- 7/10/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Elton John and Bernie Taupin have written dozens of fantastic hits together. Besides being an incredibly successful songwriting duo, the two have also been lifelong friends. However, there was one time when it looked like the two might go their separate ways, and John had to write one album without his longtime collaborator.
Elton John wrote ‘A Single Man’ without Bernie Taupin Elton John and Bernie Taupin | Jennifer Graylock/Pa Wire
Elton John is an excellent composer, but Bernie Taupin delivered many fantastic lyrics his fans love to sing. Early songs like “Your Song” and “Rocket Man” propelled John as one of the world’s best pop stars and made Taupin a sought-after songwriter.
By the late 1970s, Taupin and John had not split up, but Bernie was beginning to write for other people, leaving John alone. In 1978, John released his album A Single Man, the first without Taupin, with...
Elton John wrote ‘A Single Man’ without Bernie Taupin Elton John and Bernie Taupin | Jennifer Graylock/Pa Wire
Elton John is an excellent composer, but Bernie Taupin delivered many fantastic lyrics his fans love to sing. Early songs like “Your Song” and “Rocket Man” propelled John as one of the world’s best pop stars and made Taupin a sought-after songwriter.
By the late 1970s, Taupin and John had not split up, but Bernie was beginning to write for other people, leaving John alone. In 1978, John released his album A Single Man, the first without Taupin, with...
- 5/29/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Bee–ah, that was a close one! A massive success upon release, Beetlejuice went through a strange and unusual production that saw multiple rewrites and firings, not to mention the dodging of some seriously questionable casting choices. But through the terrific performances by its cast and creative skirting around a small budget, the movie became one of the best horror-comedies ever, worthy of a sequel that has been in development hell for over three decades.
So let’s open up the handbook for the recently deceased and shake, shake, shake senora because it’s showtime! Let’s to find out…Wtf Happened to this movie?!
Following the massive success of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, which pulled in $40 million on a $7 million budget, Tim Burton had his pick of what his next project would be. One thing he knew, it wouldn’t be talking horse movie Hot to Trot.
So let’s open up the handbook for the recently deceased and shake, shake, shake senora because it’s showtime! Let’s to find out…Wtf Happened to this movie?!
Following the massive success of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, which pulled in $40 million on a $7 million budget, Tim Burton had his pick of what his next project would be. One thing he knew, it wouldn’t be talking horse movie Hot to Trot.
- 5/10/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
The right song can take a movie scene from memorable to simply unforgettable, and few movie-music combinations have had the impact and staying power of Harry Belafonte's "Day-o (The Banana Boat Song)" in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice." Belafonte's songs are all throughout the 1988 dark comedy about a ghost couple being haunted by an annoying living family that moved into their home, but "Day-o" is the big one, with the cast lip-syncing and dancing to the song during a bizarre dinner party. The moment is incredible, as new homeowners Charles (Jeffrey Jones) and Delia Deetz (Catherine O'Hara) invite over some of their fancy friends from the city, hoping to impress them with their large, oddly decorated house in the country. Instead, the home's original owners, Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) decide to possess the dinner party in an attempt to scare them away and force the Deetzes to move out.
- 4/25/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Today marks a sad day for the entertainment industry at large. Singer, actor, civil rights activist, and humanitarian Harry Belafonte has sadly passed away at the age of 96. Belafonte will be remembered for a great many things, but he is also one of the only artists to have a hit with the same song across two different decades. In 1956, the year of Elvis, Belafonte burst onto the charts with the timeless ear worm "Banana Boat (Day-o)" to quickly become the "King of Calypso" and create a new dance craze across the nation.
Fast forward to 1988, and the surprise success of Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" introduced the "Day-o" song to a new generation of kids when the track was featured in one of the most memorable scenes in the film. The decision to use the song for the now infamous ghostly singalong dinner scene started with a phone call to Belafonte...
Fast forward to 1988, and the surprise success of Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" introduced the "Day-o" song to a new generation of kids when the track was featured in one of the most memorable scenes in the film. The decision to use the song for the now infamous ghostly singalong dinner scene started with a phone call to Belafonte...
- 4/25/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
According to a royal superstition, King Charles III’s coronation will foreshadow what his reign might be like. His mother, Queen Elizabeth, planned her coronation so everything would go perfectly, considering the belief that her reign would go poorly otherwise. But Charles’ coronation has already made headlines for hitting some bumps, even though it hasn’t happened yet.
King Charles III | Yui Mok/Wpa Pool/Getty Images King Charles’ coronation troubles could lead to a troubled reign, according to a royal superstition
Charles is preparing for his coronation and might have some cause for worry. “A British monarch’s coronation day is a joyous occasion — but it also carries a lot of pressure. If something goes wrong during the coronation ceremony, royal superstition considers it to be a bad omen for the sovereign. Any mishaps would predict an unsuccessful reign,” per Reader’s Digest.
Queen Elizabeth was keenly aware of...
King Charles III | Yui Mok/Wpa Pool/Getty Images King Charles’ coronation troubles could lead to a troubled reign, according to a royal superstition
Charles is preparing for his coronation and might have some cause for worry. “A British monarch’s coronation day is a joyous occasion — but it also carries a lot of pressure. If something goes wrong during the coronation ceremony, royal superstition considers it to be a bad omen for the sovereign. Any mishaps would predict an unsuccessful reign,” per Reader’s Digest.
Queen Elizabeth was keenly aware of...
- 3/13/2023
- by Katie Rook
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The classic New York vs. Los Angeles tension is playing out on several fronts at the moment, much to the discomfort of those of us who align with both sides.
The defection of Gustavo Dudamel from L.A. to conduct the New York Philharmonic reflects more than a switch in energy and show business muscle; the Venezuela-born conductor, many feel, also embodies inclusion at an inspirational level.
Related Story Gustavo Dudamel Leaving L.A. Philharmonic To Be Artistic Director Of New York Philharmonic Related Story Brooklyn Nets Trade Superstar Kevin Durant To Phoenix Suns In Major Shake-Up Related Story Crowning Achievement: LeBron James Becomes The NBA's All-Time Scoring Leader, Offers Heartfelt Profane Thank You To Fans On Live TV
But then we have the NBA: The decision this week of New York’s two biggest basketball stars, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, to dump New York and Brooklyn to head...
The defection of Gustavo Dudamel from L.A. to conduct the New York Philharmonic reflects more than a switch in energy and show business muscle; the Venezuela-born conductor, many feel, also embodies inclusion at an inspirational level.
Related Story Gustavo Dudamel Leaving L.A. Philharmonic To Be Artistic Director Of New York Philharmonic Related Story Brooklyn Nets Trade Superstar Kevin Durant To Phoenix Suns In Major Shake-Up Related Story Crowning Achievement: LeBron James Becomes The NBA's All-Time Scoring Leader, Offers Heartfelt Profane Thank You To Fans On Live TV
But then we have the NBA: The decision this week of New York’s two biggest basketball stars, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, to dump New York and Brooklyn to head...
- 2/9/2023
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
The 1986 musical "Little Shop of Horrors" started its life as a zero-budget monster comedy that Roger Corman legendarily shot over the course of two days and a single night. Rehearsals were only held for the three days prior, and it was filmed on sets that had been left standing for the production of "A Bucket of Blood," which had just wrapped filming. A young Jack Nicholson appears in the film as a masochistic dental patient. The 1960 film is a prime example of low-budget tenacity at work — all one needs is gumption, a portion of an idea, and a few actors willing to read lines.
The film is about a nebbish named Seymour (Jonathan Haze) who discovers a talking alien plant (Charles B. Griffith) that thirsts for human flesh. In order to appease his boss and impress his would-be girlfriend Audrey (Jackie Joseph), he feeds the plant his own blood and,...
The film is about a nebbish named Seymour (Jonathan Haze) who discovers a talking alien plant (Charles B. Griffith) that thirsts for human flesh. In order to appease his boss and impress his would-be girlfriend Audrey (Jackie Joseph), he feeds the plant his own blood and,...
- 11/28/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The avalanche of music docs over the past decade has left very few stones unturned — and more than a few films that can barely justify their running times if not their existence. But one overdue and heretofore untold story is that of Judee Sill, a brilliant, innovative early ‘70s singer-songwriter who was the first artist signed to David Geffen’s Asylum Records, and was labelmates and/or a contemporary of the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, David Crosby and Joni Mitchell. Sill was frequently compared with the latter (to her great annoyance) and although there are few direct musical similarities, they were both among the most original and innovative singer-songwriters of the era: Her music fit early ‘70s Southern California vibe of her label and milieu, but it was stranger, with deep classical influences, wildly unusual structures and voicings and often dark subject matter.
The latter factor was...
The latter factor was...
- 11/15/2022
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Behind-the-scenes of any production, conflict can erupt. Whether big or small, clashes between producers, directors, actors, etc. are almost inevitable, and can sometimes spill over into the final cut we see of a film. In the case of "Little Shop of Horrors," while making decisions ranging from casting to the original ending of the film, clashes between director Frank Oz and producer David Geffen were frequent.
Casting seemed like a big source of conflict between Oz and Geffen. It didn't matter how big or small the part was. The two had differences in opinion of who they wanted cast where. For example, the casting of Bill Murray was something Oz never intended. But Geffen went over Oz's head and cast him anyway. This went against an agreement they had made about both signing off on casting decisions, which caused a little tiff between the two.
When it then came time...
Casting seemed like a big source of conflict between Oz and Geffen. It didn't matter how big or small the part was. The two had differences in opinion of who they wanted cast where. For example, the casting of Bill Murray was something Oz never intended. But Geffen went over Oz's head and cast him anyway. This went against an agreement they had made about both signing off on casting decisions, which caused a little tiff between the two.
When it then came time...
- 10/29/2022
- by Sarah Musnicky
- Slash Film
Bill Murray isn't everyone's cup of tea. Now, I'm obviously not speaking of him as an actor, because as an actor he is absolutely most people's cup of tea. But as a person, as a man, Murray can leave a lot to be desired. From his numerous public feuds with other celebrities to his recent string of allegations of on-set abuse, Murray does not make many friends wherever he goes.
Murray does not have a major part in "Little Shop of Horrors," but his masochistic character who visits a dentist's office for a "long, slow root canal" certainly leaves an impression on the viewer. Knowing Murray's reputation, the fact that his inclusion in the movie, even in such a minor part, was a point of contention is unsurprising. According to an oral history of the film done by The Hollywood Reporter, director Frank Oz and producer David Geffen argued over Murray's casting.
Murray does not have a major part in "Little Shop of Horrors," but his masochistic character who visits a dentist's office for a "long, slow root canal" certainly leaves an impression on the viewer. Knowing Murray's reputation, the fact that his inclusion in the movie, even in such a minor part, was a point of contention is unsurprising. According to an oral history of the film done by The Hollywood Reporter, director Frank Oz and producer David Geffen argued over Murray's casting.
- 10/28/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
Fremantle has acquired international distribution rights to “East Side,” the latest series from “Shtisel” producer Abot Hameiri, starring Yehuda Levi, a Series Mania 2022 best actor winner for “Fire Dance.”
Taking 100 ownership of Abot Hameiri last year, Fremantle, which also co-financed the series, will bring “East Side” onto the market at this next week’s Mipcom trade fair and conference in Cannes.
To debut on Israel’s Kan 11 channel, “East Side” turns on Momi, a former Israeli secret service agent hired to take over a Palestinian neighbourhood, one home at a time. He attempts one last sale in order to set up for life his 18-year-old daughter Maya who is on the autism spectrum. The challenge is to wrestle ownership of a grand hotel which dominates entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City. Whoever controls the entrance controls the City, Momi is told. But the owner, the new Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem,...
Taking 100 ownership of Abot Hameiri last year, Fremantle, which also co-financed the series, will bring “East Side” onto the market at this next week’s Mipcom trade fair and conference in Cannes.
To debut on Israel’s Kan 11 channel, “East Side” turns on Momi, a former Israeli secret service agent hired to take over a Palestinian neighbourhood, one home at a time. He attempts one last sale in order to set up for life his 18-year-old daughter Maya who is on the autism spectrum. The challenge is to wrestle ownership of a grand hotel which dominates entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City. Whoever controls the entrance controls the City, Momi is told. But the owner, the new Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem,...
- 10/16/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Los Angeles-based “electro-soul” band B00TY has dropped “Matter of Time,” its new single featured in Thursday’s premiere of Issa Rae’s HBO series “Rap Sh!t.”
The song is released on the new label, A Tiny Universe (Atu), formed by hitmakers Adrian Miller and Om’Mas Keith, who have more than 10 Grammys between them and have worked with Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Anderson .Paak, Odd Future and many others.
Keith, who is producing the group’s album, says “B00TY perfectly embodies what we’re aiming at musically with A Tiny Universe, and both Adrian and I feel that they will ultimately represent an essential element of our musical legacy. We are truly proud to be working with such unique talents as theirs.” B00TY is led by songwriters/producers Edan Frei and Adam Epelbaum and also features bassist April Kae and singer Sadé Clacken Joseph,...
The song is released on the new label, A Tiny Universe (Atu), formed by hitmakers Adrian Miller and Om’Mas Keith, who have more than 10 Grammys between them and have worked with Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Anderson .Paak, Odd Future and many others.
Keith, who is producing the group’s album, says “B00TY perfectly embodies what we’re aiming at musically with A Tiny Universe, and both Adrian and I feel that they will ultimately represent an essential element of our musical legacy. We are truly proud to be working with such unique talents as theirs.” B00TY is led by songwriters/producers Edan Frei and Adam Epelbaum and also features bassist April Kae and singer Sadé Clacken Joseph,...
- 7/19/2022
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Attended the 2001 concert for the Parkinsong Foundation in support of one of his favourite teachers, who was struck by the disease.
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American Foundation for AIDS ResearchAmnesty InternationalAutism SpeaksBob Woodruff FoundationComic ReliefFeeding AmericaFriars FoundationMake-a-Wish FoundationMusiCaresNEXT for AutismParkinsong FoundationRed CrossRobin HoodSeeds of PeaceStand Up To CancerTelevision Academy Foundation Read more about Jon Stewart's charity work and events. Related articles Jon Stewart to Appear With L.A. Mayor to Benefit Geffen PlayhouseComic Relief Brings Laughter to New OrleansCelebrities Fuel Robin Hood Charity ExcessStewart to Host Night Of Too Many StarsCelebrities Unite For Earth Day
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- 6/23/2022
- Look to the Stars
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