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If you believe the marketing, then Devotion, an inspirational aerial combat epic set during the Korean War, would like very much to be thought of as Top Gun: Corsair.
Strip away the IMAX scope, the booming score and the flyboy swagger, however, and all that remains is a hollow shell of bland, beaten-down war movie tropes that leave Jonathan Majors to effectively fend for himself with his deeply-rooted lead portrayal of the first Black aviator in Navy history.
Based on the book of the same name by Adam Makos, which described the friendship between Majors’ Jesse Brown and his fellow wingman, Tom Hudner (played by Glen Powell), the story has been brought to the screen by director J.D. Dillard (himself the son of only the second African American member of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels squadron) with a great deal of respect but insufficient dramatic depth.
If you believe the marketing, then Devotion, an inspirational aerial combat epic set during the Korean War, would like very much to be thought of as Top Gun: Corsair.
Strip away the IMAX scope, the booming score and the flyboy swagger, however, and all that remains is a hollow shell of bland, beaten-down war movie tropes that leave Jonathan Majors to effectively fend for himself with his deeply-rooted lead portrayal of the first Black aviator in Navy history.
Based on the book of the same name by Adam Makos, which described the friendship between Majors’ Jesse Brown and his fellow wingman, Tom Hudner (played by Glen Powell), the story has been brought to the screen by director J.D. Dillard (himself the son of only the second African American member of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels squadron) with a great deal of respect but insufficient dramatic depth.
- 9/13/2022
- by Michael Rechtshaffen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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 bassist Bob Daisley.
Ozzy Osbourne has worked with many bass players throughout the course of his long solo career, but he undeniably did his best work with Bob Daisley.
Ozzy Osbourne has worked with many bass players throughout the course of his long solo career, but he undeniably did his best work with Bob Daisley.
- 8/4/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Lee Kerslake, the longtime drummer for the metal band Uriah Heep who also played on Ozzy Osbourne’s first two solo albums, died Saturday at the age of 73 following a long battle with prostate cancer.
Kerslake’s former Uriah Heep bandmate Ken Hensley confirmed the drummer’s death in a statement (via Louder), “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I share with you that Lee Kerslake, my friend of 55 years and the best drummer I ever played with, lost his battle with cancer at 03:30 this morning. He died peacefully,...
Kerslake’s former Uriah Heep bandmate Ken Hensley confirmed the drummer’s death in a statement (via Louder), “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I share with you that Lee Kerslake, my friend of 55 years and the best drummer I ever played with, lost his battle with cancer at 03:30 this morning. He died peacefully,...
- 9/19/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
In 1978, toward the end of Ozzy Osbourne’s original stint as Black Sabbath’s main madman, the group posed for a promo photo. In it, the singer wore a T-shirt with a funky, homemade logo for something called “Blizzard of Oz.” “When I was in Black Sabbath, I wanted to do a solo album,” the singer recalls now. “I wanted to call the album Blizzard of Oz. … You know, The Wizard of Oz? Stroke it up with cocaine, and it becomes your coke name. So ‘The Wizard of Oz’ became ‘The Blizzard of Oz.
- 9/18/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Former Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake revealed he has prostate cancer that has spread and “doctors have given me about eight months to live” during an interview with The Metal Voice. The drummer said one of the things on his bucket list are platinum album certifications for Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, which he said he has requested from Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
A founding member of Osbourne’s post-Black Sabbath solo band, Kerslake and bassist Bob Daisley had a number of legal...
A founding member of Osbourne’s post-Black Sabbath solo band, Kerslake and bassist Bob Daisley had a number of legal...
- 12/13/2018
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Ozzy Osbourne might be riding the Crazy Train right to the courthouse. The Black Sabbath frontman has been hit with a $2 million lawsuit by Bob Daisley, the co-author of Osbourne’s breakthrough solo hit “Crazy Train,” claiming that he’s owed royalties for the 1980 tune and others he helped write. In his suit, filed in Nevada on Monday, Daisley says that a 2014 audit reveals that he’s owed $2 million in royalties that have been improperly withheld from him, according to court papers obtained by TheWrap. Also Read: Ozzy Osbourne Mistress Lawsuit: 5 Biggest Bombshells According to the lawsuit, in addition to radio.
- 8/9/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Ozzy Osbourne has blasted religious leaders in Kansas for using the lyrics to his song "Crazy Train" to promote messages of hate and evil. The rocker was appalled when he learned that members of the Westboro Baptist Church had paraphrased lyrics from the song at a post-Supreme Court hearing press conference in Washington, D.C. - after telling reporters the U.S. deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq are "punishment for America's tolerance of homosexuality and abortion".
He says, "I am sickened and disgusted by the use of Crazy Train to promote messages of hate and evil by a church."
"Crazy Train" is 1980 song written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley for Osbourne's debut album "Blizzard of Ozz". It has been covered by many musicians including Bullet for My Valentine, Slipknot and Korn.
He says, "I am sickened and disgusted by the use of Crazy Train to promote messages of hate and evil by a church."
"Crazy Train" is 1980 song written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley for Osbourne's debut album "Blizzard of Ozz". It has been covered by many musicians including Bullet for My Valentine, Slipknot and Korn.
- 10/8/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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