Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s original lineup of Holly Johnson, Paul Rutherford, Mark O’Toole, Brian Nash, and Peter Gill reunited for their first performance in 36 years on Sunday.
The group’s comeback came as part of the opening weekend festivities of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Appearing on stage in Liverpool, they performed “Welcome To The Pleasuredome.” Watch fan-captured footage below.
Ahead of the performance, Nash told the BBC that reuniting for a show in their hometown of Liverpool “felt like a good thing to do,” and said they were looking forward to feeling “a bit of Scouse love.” (“Scouse” is the informal term for a Liverpool accent.)
It’s unclear whether Frankie Goes to Hollywood has any reunion plans beyond Sunday’s Eurovision performance.
It's Frankie Goes to Hollywood...
The group’s comeback came as part of the opening weekend festivities of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Appearing on stage in Liverpool, they performed “Welcome To The Pleasuredome.” Watch fan-captured footage below.
Ahead of the performance, Nash told the BBC that reuniting for a show in their hometown of Liverpool “felt like a good thing to do,” and said they were looking forward to feeling “a bit of Scouse love.” (“Scouse” is the informal term for a Liverpool accent.)
It’s unclear whether Frankie Goes to Hollywood has any reunion plans beyond Sunday’s Eurovision performance.
It's Frankie Goes to Hollywood...
- 5/8/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Looking back on this still-young century makes clear that 2007 was a major time for cinematic happenings — and, on the basis of this retrospective, one we’re not quite through with ten years on. One’s mind might quickly flash to a few big titles that will be represented, but it is the plurality of both festival and theatrical premieres that truly surprises: late works from old masters, debuts from filmmakers who’ve since become some of our most-respected artists, and mid-career turning points that didn’t necessarily announce themselves as such at the time. Join us as an assembled team, many of whom were coming of age that year, takes on their favorites.
In many ways, Marc Lawrence’s 2007 rom-com Music and Lyrics begins like a fever dream. Not only does Hugh Grant suddenly appear onscreen with a sky-reaching hairdo, he’s also singing to the camera and wearing tight trousers.
In many ways, Marc Lawrence’s 2007 rom-com Music and Lyrics begins like a fever dream. Not only does Hugh Grant suddenly appear onscreen with a sky-reaching hairdo, he’s also singing to the camera and wearing tight trousers.
- 2/14/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
NEWSPortoThe late summer film festival lineups are starting to be unveiled. Toronto, partially announced, already looks massive (highlights include new films directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Jonathan Demme, and, yes, Nick Cannon), San Sebastien has announced the 14 films in its New Directors competition, including Notebook contributor Gabe Klinger's sophomore film Porto, and the Venice Days unofficial sidebar of the Venice Film Festival has its full lineup online.Speaking of lists, Filmmaker Magazine has picked its "twenty five new faces of independent film."A petition has been posted online to save the historic Rko studio globe in Hollywood.Recommended READINGThe Criterion Collection has posted King Hu's notes made for the Cannes Film Festival screening of his prize-winning wuxia classic, A Touch of Zen:But when I started working on the scenario, I discovered that translating the concept of Zen into cinematic terms posed a great many difficulties. Not long afterward, I...
- 7/27/2016
- MUBI
When rewatching Body Double for the third time, its most striking element was, as on my first viewing, Craig Wasson’s performance. As central character Jake Scully, Wasson turns his conventionally attractive looks into an endlessly fascinating nebbishness and awkwardness. In an early scene, Jake simply walks to his car and jumps in the driver’s seat, yet Wasson manages to turn this casual action into one of the most amusing instances of purposefully bad acting. This unquestionably intended ridiculousness in fact informs an audience of the approach required by the entire film: just as it is difficult to take this ludicrous failed actor and naïve man seriously, Body Double itself is better enjoyed with a grain of salt. Right before Jake goes to his car, he orders a hot dog from a street stand that De Palma shoots from the side before gliding to its front. With this voluptuous tracking shot,...
- 7/18/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
"You really are an idiot, aren't you?"
We've got a hilarious new trailer for you to watch today that's full of lots of funny new footage that fans of the franchise will enjoy. It includes some great clips of Will Ferrell reprising his role as evil fashion designer Mugatu.
Models Derek Zoolander and Hansel team up again to stop a conspiracy to kill the world's most beautiful people in Ben Stiller's Zoolander No. 2. In the process, they reinvent themselves as models whose time has passed.
The movie stars Stiller as Zoolander, Owen Wilson returning as Hansel, Penelope Cruz as Valentina, Will Ferell as Jacobim Mugatu, and Kristen Wiig as Alexanya Atoz. The cast also features Christine Taylor and Cyrus Arnold, with cameos by Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Zane, Fred Armisen, Justin Bieber, Kyle Mooney, Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande, and more.
Zoolander No. 2 will be released on February 12th,...
We've got a hilarious new trailer for you to watch today that's full of lots of funny new footage that fans of the franchise will enjoy. It includes some great clips of Will Ferrell reprising his role as evil fashion designer Mugatu.
Models Derek Zoolander and Hansel team up again to stop a conspiracy to kill the world's most beautiful people in Ben Stiller's Zoolander No. 2. In the process, they reinvent themselves as models whose time has passed.
The movie stars Stiller as Zoolander, Owen Wilson returning as Hansel, Penelope Cruz as Valentina, Will Ferell as Jacobim Mugatu, and Kristen Wiig as Alexanya Atoz. The cast also features Christine Taylor and Cyrus Arnold, with cameos by Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Zane, Fred Armisen, Justin Bieber, Kyle Mooney, Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande, and more.
Zoolander No. 2 will be released on February 12th,...
- 2/3/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Relax, "Zoolander" fans — the final trailer for the comedy sequel is here, and it's chock-full of all your favorites from the first movie.
The new spot opens with Justin Theroux's evil DJ spinning Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax," but Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) can't relax because he's got to solve the murders of beautiful celebrities — all while looking good, of course. Hansel (Owen Wilson) is there to help, when he's not looking in a mirror.
The new trailer doesn't have a ton of footage we haven't seen in other clips, but it's nice to see Theroux back for a cameo (he also co-wrote the script). And Will Ferrell's zany Mugatu makes us laugh every damn time.
"Zoolander 2" also stars Penelope Cruz and Kristen Wiig, and features cameos by everyone from Kanye West to Justin Bieber to Katy Perry. It opens in theaters February 12.
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The new spot opens with Justin Theroux's evil DJ spinning Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax," but Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) can't relax because he's got to solve the murders of beautiful celebrities — all while looking good, of course. Hansel (Owen Wilson) is there to help, when he's not looking in a mirror.
The new trailer doesn't have a ton of footage we haven't seen in other clips, but it's nice to see Theroux back for a cameo (he also co-wrote the script). And Will Ferrell's zany Mugatu makes us laugh every damn time.
"Zoolander 2" also stars Penelope Cruz and Kristen Wiig, and features cameos by everyone from Kanye West to Justin Bieber to Katy Perry. It opens in theaters February 12.
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- 2/3/2016
- by Kelly Woo
- Moviefone
“Voyeurs And Victims”
By Raymond Benson
Just when everyone thought director Brian De Palma’s work couldn’t get more controversial than 1983’s Scarface, out came 1984’s Body Double, which was simultaneously praised and reviled. Just as they had with 1980’s Dressed to Kill, feminist groups protested Double with even more vitriol due to the picture’s perceived violence against women. Many critics and audiences dismissed the movie as merely a small step above porn, given the fact that much of the plot does deal with Hollywood’s “other industry” that was soaring to new heights in the mid-80s thanks to the rise of home video and VHS. And yet, Body Double is now a certified cult classic, a De Palma fan favorite, and, frankly, in this reviewer’s opinion, one of his most accomplished and stylish efforts.
Still working in full Hitchcock Homage Mode, De Palma borrowed some of the plot of Vertigo,...
By Raymond Benson
Just when everyone thought director Brian De Palma’s work couldn’t get more controversial than 1983’s Scarface, out came 1984’s Body Double, which was simultaneously praised and reviled. Just as they had with 1980’s Dressed to Kill, feminist groups protested Double with even more vitriol due to the picture’s perceived violence against women. Many critics and audiences dismissed the movie as merely a small step above porn, given the fact that much of the plot does deal with Hollywood’s “other industry” that was soaring to new heights in the mid-80s thanks to the rise of home video and VHS. And yet, Body Double is now a certified cult classic, a De Palma fan favorite, and, frankly, in this reviewer’s opinion, one of his most accomplished and stylish efforts.
Still working in full Hitchcock Homage Mode, De Palma borrowed some of the plot of Vertigo,...
- 12/4/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Last week, the legendary film star Luise Rainer died at the age of 104. When she was 99, she struck up a friendship with the actor Patrick Kennedy, then 33. Here, he remembers their times together
• Luise Rainer obituary
• A life in clips
“If you want to learn about acting,” the playwright Peter Gill told me, “talk to Luise Rainer.”
“Who’s Luise Rainer?” I asked.
Continue reading...
• Luise Rainer obituary
• A life in clips
“If you want to learn about acting,” the playwright Peter Gill told me, “talk to Luise Rainer.”
“Who’s Luise Rainer?” I asked.
Continue reading...
- 1/6/2015
- by Patrick Kennedy
- The Guardian - Film News
After six long weeks of teary backstories, incessant Coldplay montages and Oscar-worthy editing, it's time... to face... the X Factor live shows.
We've already explained just why we love the live shows here, and we're hoping the return of an unedited Shazza will take things to the next level. Can Gary keep up his meanie persona? What words will Nicole make up this year? Will Louis kill off another Motown legend?
Join Digital Spy when The X Factor returns to ITV at 8pm to find out, and let us know your thoughts on the show in the comments box below and via our Twitter feed.
22:19We also have everything crossed for a return of The Group Performance, but either way, we'll be back tomorrow at 8pm, and we hope you can join us. Thanks for reading, and we'll see you then.
22:15Also on tomorrow's show will be Ellie Goulding,...
We've already explained just why we love the live shows here, and we're hoping the return of an unedited Shazza will take things to the next level. Can Gary keep up his meanie persona? What words will Nicole make up this year? Will Louis kill off another Motown legend?
Join Digital Spy when The X Factor returns to ITV at 8pm to find out, and let us know your thoughts on the show in the comments box below and via our Twitter feed.
22:19We also have everything crossed for a return of The Group Performance, but either way, we'll be back tomorrow at 8pm, and we hope you can join us. Thanks for reading, and we'll see you then.
22:15Also on tomorrow's show will be Ellie Goulding,...
- 10/12/2013
- Digital Spy
After six long weeks of teary backstories, incessant Coldplay montages and Oscar-worthy editing, it's time... to face... the X Factor live shows.
We've already explained just why we love the live shows here, and we're hoping the return of an unedited Shazza will take things to the next level. Can Gary keep up his meanie persona? What words will Nicole make up this year? Will Louis kill off another Motown legend?
Join Digital Spy when The X Factor returns to ITV at 8pm to find out, and let us know your thoughts on the show in the comments box below and via our Twitter feed.
21:53Nicole thinks they might be "the best band I've ever seen on this show". "International stars". Well, we might have to rewind this on the Sky+ box and listen again.
21:52Imagine that song with a needless bit of an X Factor key changery.
We've already explained just why we love the live shows here, and we're hoping the return of an unedited Shazza will take things to the next level. Can Gary keep up his meanie persona? What words will Nicole make up this year? Will Louis kill off another Motown legend?
Join Digital Spy when The X Factor returns to ITV at 8pm to find out, and let us know your thoughts on the show in the comments box below and via our Twitter feed.
21:53Nicole thinks they might be "the best band I've ever seen on this show". "International stars". Well, we might have to rewind this on the Sky+ box and listen again.
21:52Imagine that song with a needless bit of an X Factor key changery.
- 10/12/2013
- Digital Spy
The possibility of Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead charting high on Sunday reflects the messy, visceral side of human nature
It remains to be seen whether Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead will be the nation's No 1 by the end of the week – I'm not sure it will sustain the momentum – but it doesn't need to. It will certainly be in the top 40, and I don't envy those in charge of Radio 1's chart rundown on Sunday afternoon. Of course the campaign around the song is childish and tasteless, but that's the point. Even if, on musical grounds, I'd rather people were snapping up downloads of Shipbuilding, I appreciate that pathos and nuance are not what's called for here. A playground V-sign is.
Such chartjacking is a phenomenon of the iTunes era but it's not unprecedented. My own chart obsession began the same year as Band Aid and for...
It remains to be seen whether Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead will be the nation's No 1 by the end of the week – I'm not sure it will sustain the momentum – but it doesn't need to. It will certainly be in the top 40, and I don't envy those in charge of Radio 1's chart rundown on Sunday afternoon. Of course the campaign around the song is childish and tasteless, but that's the point. Even if, on musical grounds, I'd rather people were snapping up downloads of Shipbuilding, I appreciate that pathos and nuance are not what's called for here. A playground V-sign is.
Such chartjacking is a phenomenon of the iTunes era but it's not unprecedented. My own chart obsession began the same year as Band Aid and for...
- 4/11/2013
- by Dorian Lynskey
- The Guardian - Film News
Jason Solomons on Sarah Jessica Parker's latest big-screen role, Mr Nice director Bernard Rose's fascination with drugs, and an unexpected outburst at the Screen International awards
Carrie becomes Kate
Sarah Jessica Parker has seen off Nicole Kidman to land the big-screen role of Kate Reddy, heroine of Allison Pearson's 2002 novel I Don't Know How She Does It. Sj, as she always tells me to call her, will be playing Kate as an American because the action has been entirely transposed from the book's London setting to Manhattan. I'm told Sj was handed the role after the book's fans responded negatively to rumours that Kidman was in line to play over-stretched working mum, Kate. The film is being overseen by producer Harvey Weinstein and directed by Douglas McGrath, the urbane director who co-wrote Bullets Over Broadway with Woody Allen and most recently made the "o for the lead?...
Carrie becomes Kate
Sarah Jessica Parker has seen off Nicole Kidman to land the big-screen role of Kate Reddy, heroine of Allison Pearson's 2002 novel I Don't Know How She Does It. Sj, as she always tells me to call her, will be playing Kate as an American because the action has been entirely transposed from the book's London setting to Manhattan. I'm told Sj was handed the role after the book's fans responded negatively to rumours that Kidman was in line to play over-stretched working mum, Kate. The film is being overseen by producer Harvey Weinstein and directed by Douglas McGrath, the urbane director who co-wrote Bullets Over Broadway with Woody Allen and most recently made the "o for the lead?...
- 10/9/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
Top Gun, the Smiths, The A-Team … popular culture reached its height in the 1980s – didn't it? Toby Litt on a decade he hated at the time, but is reluctantly starting to admire
There's a fantastically annoying ad on Spotify at the moment for yet another Hits of the 80s compilation CD. Voiceover man hails "the decade that just won't die" – which is true, even though, along with a large number of like-minded people, I spent most of the 80s doing my best to kill them. But with shoulder pads and bad prints being the order of the day summer-fashion-wise, with Wire magazine championing a genre of music they call "hypnagogic pop" ("it refashions 80s chart pop-rock into a hazy, psychedelic drone") and with the release of two blockbusting remakes on the same day – The Karate Kid and The A-Team – it seems that the 80s zombie everpresence is being reaffirmed, in pop culture and,...
There's a fantastically annoying ad on Spotify at the moment for yet another Hits of the 80s compilation CD. Voiceover man hails "the decade that just won't die" – which is true, even though, along with a large number of like-minded people, I spent most of the 80s doing my best to kill them. But with shoulder pads and bad prints being the order of the day summer-fashion-wise, with Wire magazine championing a genre of music they call "hypnagogic pop" ("it refashions 80s chart pop-rock into a hazy, psychedelic drone") and with the release of two blockbusting remakes on the same day – The Karate Kid and The A-Team – it seems that the 80s zombie everpresence is being reaffirmed, in pop culture and,...
- 7/30/2010
- by Toby Litt
- The Guardian - Film News
It takes more than queueing to fit in here. How about self-deprecation and Marks & Spencer?
You may feel that you have quite enough to think about this week, what with deciding whether you should pledge your vote in the next general election to the party that has – and I quote – "bagged Chris Martin" (the Lib Dems should feel free to tie the string on that particular bag) or the one that claims Carol Vorderman as its "celebrity representative". Well, it's a short hop from choosing one's perfume based on the celebrity who "made" it to choosing who to vote for by whether you prefer Kathy Lette (Labour) or Kirstie Allsopp (Conservatives). The right choice is Kirstie, obviously, for both the property advice and lack of puns.
But there is another important issue in the air: how to make immigrants become more British. Depending on how you obtain your news, this...
You may feel that you have quite enough to think about this week, what with deciding whether you should pledge your vote in the next general election to the party that has – and I quote – "bagged Chris Martin" (the Lib Dems should feel free to tie the string on that particular bag) or the one that claims Carol Vorderman as its "celebrity representative". Well, it's a short hop from choosing one's perfume based on the celebrity who "made" it to choosing who to vote for by whether you prefer Kathy Lette (Labour) or Kirstie Allsopp (Conservatives). The right choice is Kirstie, obviously, for both the property advice and lack of puns.
But there is another important issue in the air: how to make immigrants become more British. Depending on how you obtain your news, this...
- 2/17/2010
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
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