Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features keyboardist Craig Frost.
On the beloved 1996 Simpsons episode “Homerpalooza,” Grand Funk Railroad super fan Homer Simpson blasts “Shinin’ On” while driving his kids and their friends to school,...
On the beloved 1996 Simpsons episode “Homerpalooza,” Grand Funk Railroad super fan Homer Simpson blasts “Shinin’ On” while driving his kids and their friends to school,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
At the start of 1955, the Dodgers were based in Brooklyn, and Jaime Jarrín was a reporter in his native Ecuador, covering the National Congress.
Four years later, the Dodgers had moved to Los Angeles, and Jarrín was broadcasting their games on the radio.
Jarrín arrived in Los Angeles on a permanent resident visa that June and worked in a factory until a part-time job opened up at the city’s only Spanish radio station, Kwkw. He made fast progress, and by the time the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, Jarrín was Kwkw’s news and sports director.
They didn’t play much baseball in Quito, but Jarrín had become a fan of the sport in California, going to see the minor league Hollywood Stars and Los Angeles Angels. Still, when Kwkw’s owner, William Beaton, announced that the L.A.-bound Dodgers had made a deal to broadcast their games in Spanish,...
Four years later, the Dodgers had moved to Los Angeles, and Jarrín was broadcasting their games on the radio.
Jarrín arrived in Los Angeles on a permanent resident visa that June and worked in a factory until a part-time job opened up at the city’s only Spanish radio station, Kwkw. He made fast progress, and by the time the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, Jarrín was Kwkw’s news and sports director.
They didn’t play much baseball in Quito, but Jarrín had become a fan of the sport in California, going to see the minor league Hollywood Stars and Los Angeles Angels. Still, when Kwkw’s owner, William Beaton, announced that the L.A.-bound Dodgers had made a deal to broadcast their games in Spanish,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Jon Weisman
- Variety Film + TV
Showtime Networks has hired veteran writer and editor Jon Weisman for the newly created role of VP Corporate Public Relations. In his new post, Weisman will be responsible for the strategic development and execution of media relations and internal and external communications for the company, working closely with senior management. He’ll serve as the Communications department's editor and speechwriter and will help disseminate the network’s programming and scheduling…...
- 1/30/2017
- Deadline TV
There was a delay in Super Bowl Xlvii that lasted over 30 minutes and it was all due to a power surge that blacked out half the stadium. Oops.
But here are some of our favorite theories and quips from Twitter, which is always the place to be during something like a Super Bowl black out.
"I've kicked the Playstation cord out of the wall before, too. Well played Jim Harbaugh" -- Kyle Clark"The Stadium just went into a #blackout. Clearly the dementors showed up a little late to watch Beyonce". -- Lord Voldemort"Switching to Downton Abbey where they still have electricity" -- Ben Garvey"Finally, America cares about the infrastructure in Nola."-- David Corn "NBC and Jj Abrams just 'Revolution' photobombed the Superbowl.#blackout" -- Julie Plec"This game ended like The Sopranos" -- Will Stegemann"Over 100 NFL players without power in New Orleans right now.
But here are some of our favorite theories and quips from Twitter, which is always the place to be during something like a Super Bowl black out.
"I've kicked the Playstation cord out of the wall before, too. Well played Jim Harbaugh" -- Kyle Clark"The Stadium just went into a #blackout. Clearly the dementors showed up a little late to watch Beyonce". -- Lord Voldemort"Switching to Downton Abbey where they still have electricity" -- Ben Garvey"Finally, America cares about the infrastructure in Nola."-- David Corn "NBC and Jj Abrams just 'Revolution' photobombed the Superbowl.#blackout" -- Julie Plec"This game ended like The Sopranos" -- Will Stegemann"Over 100 NFL players without power in New Orleans right now.
- 2/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Ben Affleck Tops DGA Awards 2013 winners Ben Affleck, not nominated for a Best Director Academy Award this year (or any other year), has won the Directors Guild of America’s 2013 DGA Award in the feature-film category. Vying for the same award were multiple DGA Award winner Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty, Ang Lee for Life of Pi, and Tom Hooper for Les Misérables. (Photo: Argo director Ben Affleck, who also stars in the film, opposite Bryan Cranston.) Ben Affleck was not only a first-time DGA Award nominee, but he was also competing with filmmakers who have all taken home DGA Awards. Thus, it’s not surprising that when Affleck was handed his DGA Medallion (for his nomination), he told the crowd gathered at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles, "This is very intimidating to me … I feel like I should be auditioning.
- 2/3/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
At The Wrap, Steve Pond ran a simulation for Oscar that resulted in an outcome with eight Best Picture nominees. He has been allowed by the Bfca to recount their ballots under Oscar’s preferential system, and while the same method forecast eight noms last year (we had nine), it’s still an interesting read to say the least. Variety’s Jon Weisman wonders why the results of Oscar voting is kept a secret. Sasha Stone of Awards Daily fills us in on the state of the race, and like me, feels Lincoln is still the film to beat, though she reminds us that nobody knows anything. Screen Rant’s Paul Young ranks the 13 Best Movie Posters of 2012, with a very, um, surprising yet inspired choice for #1. He followed it up with the 13 Worst Movie Posters of 2012. Pete Hammond at Deadline previews the race for Adapted and Original Screenplay, and then Director.
- 12/21/2012
- by mjblog@hollywoodnews.com (Mark Johnson)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Jon Weisman wonders if "This is 40" has awards potentiala beyond the Golden Globes: "Not only is the film an interesting possibility for picture and original screenplay honors, not only is Leslie Mann a candidate for lead actress, but Albert Brooks has growing support in supporting actor. My main complaints with the film were that its idea of financial crisis was a bit north-of-San Vicente myopic (though I do concede everything's relative when it comes to anxiety), and that a few scenes didn't quite ring as true to me as others. Overall, though, writer-director Judd Apatow continues to deliver really thoughtful and entertaining work." Variety Melinda Newman thinks Jason Mraz, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Mumford and Sons may be among Grammy nominees for Song of the Year: "People often, understandably, confuse record of the year with song of the year. Record of the year goes to the artist, producer, recording engineer and/or mixer,...
- 12/3/2012
- Gold Derby
After winning an Academy Award for The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow is back with a docu-drama about Bin Laden. Here's what critics said after its first screening this weekend
Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow's followup to 2009 Oscar-winner The Hurt Locker, centres on the Us Navy Seal unit that raided Osama bin Laden's compound in northern Pakistan last year.
The film was screened to Us critics in New York and La over the weekend – and early reactions suggest it could replicate the success of the director's last film.
The Hollywood Reporter said:
Whether you call it well informed speculative history, docu-drama recreation or very stripped-down suspense film-making, Zero Dark Thirty matches form and content to pretty terrific ends. A long-arc account of the search for Osama bin Laden seen from the perspective of an almost insanely focused female CIA officer who never gives up the hunt until the prey ends up in a body bag.
Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow's followup to 2009 Oscar-winner The Hurt Locker, centres on the Us Navy Seal unit that raided Osama bin Laden's compound in northern Pakistan last year.
The film was screened to Us critics in New York and La over the weekend – and early reactions suggest it could replicate the success of the director's last film.
The Hollywood Reporter said:
Whether you call it well informed speculative history, docu-drama recreation or very stripped-down suspense film-making, Zero Dark Thirty matches form and content to pretty terrific ends. A long-arc account of the search for Osama bin Laden seen from the perspective of an almost insanely focused female CIA officer who never gives up the hunt until the prey ends up in a body bag.
- 11/26/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Even in a crowd of Oscar contenders, ''Perks of Being a Wallflower' and Logan Lerman's breakthrough tour de force deserve to stand out. But like Charlie, its shy, titular high-school hero, this gem by first-time director Stephen Chbosky is fighting to get noticed, especially in a field of films with much more hype and higher-profile stars. -Insertgroups:8- Jon Weisman of Variety writes, ''As an Oscar contender, 'Perks' is barely percolating,'' but he calls it ''a terrific movie… that deserves the chance to prove itself in awards season.'' In his Oscar predictions, Anthony Breznican of Entertainment Weekly urged Academy voters to consider ''Perks'' for Best Picture: ''You don't have to be a kid to love Stephen Chbosky's adaptation of his own coming-of-age novel.'' He also singled out ''Perks'' co-stars Emma Watson (''Harry Potter&#...
- 11/22/2012
- Gold Derby
Even in a crowd of Oscar contenders, ''Perks of Being a Wallflower' and Logan Lerman's breakthrough tour de force deserve to stand out. But like Charlie, its shy, titular high-school hero, this gem by first-time director Stephen Chbosky is fighting to get noticed, especially in a field of films with much more hype and higher-profile stars. -Insertgroups:8- Jon Weisman of Variety writes, ''As an Oscar contender, 'Perks' is barely percolating,'' but he calls it ''a terrific movie… that deserves the chance to prove itself in awards season.'' In his Oscar predictions, Anthony Breznican of Entertainment Weekly urged Academy voters to consider ''Perks'' for Best Picture: ''You don't have to be a kid to love Stephen Chbosky's adaptation of his own coming-of-age novel.'' He also singled out ''Perks'' co-stars Emma Watson (''Harry Potter&#...
- 11/22/2012
- Gold Derby
Emmy season is fast approaching, but the only real anticipation this is making me feel is for season 3 of Boardwalk Empire. There hasn’t been a whole lot of news on my current favorite show since the season 2 finale this past fall, but now that they’re polishing up the little gold statues, we get to hear from the possible contenders of Boardwalk Empire.
Michael Pitt, who played Jimmy Darmody, is likely to get a nod for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, maybe even before Steve Buscemi, who has billing over him. Jimmy was the political gangster protégé of Buscemi’s character, Nucky Thompson, but Pitt certainly won’t be in contention against Buscemi for season 3. After Jimmy turned his back on Nucky at the end of season 1, he spent the majority of season 2 trying to oust Nucky from power. He got a bullet in the head for his...
Michael Pitt, who played Jimmy Darmody, is likely to get a nod for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, maybe even before Steve Buscemi, who has billing over him. Jimmy was the political gangster protégé of Buscemi’s character, Nucky Thompson, but Pitt certainly won’t be in contention against Buscemi for season 3. After Jimmy turned his back on Nucky at the end of season 1, he spent the majority of season 2 trying to oust Nucky from power. He got a bullet in the head for his...
- 5/30/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A popular non-fiction book -- without any real cinematic leanings -- gets turned into a buzzed-about feature film with the help of Aaron Sorkin, Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, and Sony Pictures. Nope, not The Social Network -- Moneyball! Espn writer Jon Weisman (who also writes for Variety) makes the case that the Bennett Miller-directed film could be a sleeper hit next fall along the lines of The Social Network and that other Michael Lewis penned sports-book-turned-movie, The Blind Side. Probably not, but, hey, Brad Pitt is in it! So, maybe? [Espn]...
- 2/9/2011
- Movieline
Welcome to your Wednesday morning television briefing. It's official: TBS has cancelled comedy My Boys after four seasons. News comes after series stars Jordana Spiro and Kyle Howard had to withdraw from pilots that had been ordered to series due to their first position on the TBS comedy, whose days many suspected were already numbered. According to Variety's Jon Weisman, roughly 14 months passed between the end of the third season and the beginning of the fourth season, which kicked off in July. One cast member--Jim Gaffigan--left between the seasons. Spiro's role on Love Bites was eliminated when she was unavailable as the show under went some retooling. (Variety) Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that John Schneider (Smallville) has been cast in a multiple-episode story arc on ABC's Desperate Housewives this season, where he will play the father to Brian Austin Green's Keith, the new handyman/contractor...
- 9/15/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Welcome to your Thursday morning television briefing. NBC has shelved its planned Us remake of British crime drama Prime Suspect, postponing production on the Mick Jackson-directed pilot to June, due to casting issues. Project, from writer/executive producer Hank Steinberg and Universal Media Studios, had encountered serious difficulties in casting the lead, a female detective who solves crime amid a "politically loaded big city," a role played by Helen Mirren in the original UK series. But don't count the Us Prime Suspect out just yet. "Peacock reps stressed that it remains high on the project," according to Variety's Jon Weisman. "The hope is that after the pilot season frenzy dies down they'll have more time to sift through a range of contenders for the part." (Hollywood Reporter, Variety) Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello talks to CSI: Miami's Adam Rodriguez to find out just what happened between his failing to...
- 2/25/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Welcome to your Friday morning television briefing. J.J. Abrams is in talks to direct his NBC espionage drama pilot Undercovers for Warner Bros. Television, marking the first time that he has directed a pilot since the series premiere of ABC's Lost. Details of Undercovers, said to be about a husband-and-wife team of spies, have been kept tightly under wraps but several have described it as a cross between Mr. and Mrs. Smith and The Bourne Identity. Project is written by Josh Reims (Felicity, Dirty Sexy Money), who will executive produce with Abrams and Bryan Burk. (Hollywood Reporter) Spoiler! Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that Shonda Rhimes' next Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice crossover will revolve around Eric Dane and Kate Walsh. "Mark summons Addison to Seattle Grace to perform a surgery on [a patient] (a.k.a. Leven Rambin)," writes Ausiello. "The storyline spills over into Private when, according exec producer Shonda Rhimes,...
- 11/6/2009
- by Jace
- Televisionary
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