How many drummers does it take to make a late-night show? Well over 300 if you’re Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Drummers have been a fixture in late-night for years – think of Max Weinberg, the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band who became the bandleader for Conan O’Brien and Ed Shaughnessy on The Tonight Show with Jonny Carson – but Meyers’ NBC show has paved a new path for stick wizards.
Eric Leiderman, a producer on the show, has been overseeing a rotating group of drummers that since the show began – ten years ago on Saturday.
This has included the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Slayer’s Dave Lombardo, Guns N’ Roses’ Matt Sorum, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron, Allison Miller and Mudhoney’s Dan Peters.
As the show celebrates this anniversary, Leiderman tells Deadline how this under-the-radar scheme came about and why...
Drummers have been a fixture in late-night for years – think of Max Weinberg, the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band who became the bandleader for Conan O’Brien and Ed Shaughnessy on The Tonight Show with Jonny Carson – but Meyers’ NBC show has paved a new path for stick wizards.
Eric Leiderman, a producer on the show, has been overseeing a rotating group of drummers that since the show began – ten years ago on Saturday.
This has included the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Slayer’s Dave Lombardo, Guns N’ Roses’ Matt Sorum, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron, Allison Miller and Mudhoney’s Dan Peters.
As the show celebrates this anniversary, Leiderman tells Deadline how this under-the-radar scheme came about and why...
- 2/23/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Composers Christophe Beck and the Newton Brothers were among top honorees at Thursday night’s Sesac Film and Television Composer Awards in Santa Monica, California.
Beck was cited for his music for last year’s action comedy “Free Guy,” while the Newton Brothers (Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart) earned their award for scoring the action-horror film “The Forever Purge.”
Television composers honored for popular series included Danny Lux, Jon Ehrlich, Gabriel Mann (“A Million Little Things”) and Paul Buckley (“Odd Squad”).
Scott Jungmichel, recently named president and COO of Sesac Performing Rights, greeted the crowd, while Erin Collins, VP of film, television and developing media, announced that Sesac’s Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring program (designed to support traditionally underrepresented groups) had recently funded projects for 12 composers, amounting to nearly 200,000.
Beck was honored in two other arenas, for performances of his music on cable and streaming...
Beck was cited for his music for last year’s action comedy “Free Guy,” while the Newton Brothers (Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart) earned their award for scoring the action-horror film “The Forever Purge.”
Television composers honored for popular series included Danny Lux, Jon Ehrlich, Gabriel Mann (“A Million Little Things”) and Paul Buckley (“Odd Squad”).
Scott Jungmichel, recently named president and COO of Sesac Performing Rights, greeted the crowd, while Erin Collins, VP of film, television and developing media, announced that Sesac’s Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring program (designed to support traditionally underrepresented groups) had recently funded projects for 12 composers, amounting to nearly 200,000.
Beck was honored in two other arenas, for performances of his music on cable and streaming...
- 6/3/2022
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Equality Now, a leading international Ngo dedicated to using the law to promote women’s equality, held its annual Make Equality Reality Gala last night at Capitale in New York City.
Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend the annual Make Equality Reality Gala hosted by Equality Now on November 19, 2019
Credit/Copyright: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Equality Now
The evening honored international best-selling author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and author and activist, Scarlett Curtis.
Margaret Atwood and Scarlett Curtis attend the annual Make Equality Reality Gala hosted by Equality Now on November 19, 2019
Credit/Copyright: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Equality Now
The evening’s honoree, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, was presented her award by singer-songwriter Rhonda Ross, daughter of Diana Ross. Audrey Gelman, CEO & Co-Founder of The Wing presented Scarlett Curtis with the second annual Changemaker Award presented by Gucci and Chime For Change.
Linda Perry, Yasmeen Hassan, Margaret Atwood...
Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend the annual Make Equality Reality Gala hosted by Equality Now on November 19, 2019
Credit/Copyright: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Equality Now
The evening honored international best-selling author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and author and activist, Scarlett Curtis.
Margaret Atwood and Scarlett Curtis attend the annual Make Equality Reality Gala hosted by Equality Now on November 19, 2019
Credit/Copyright: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Equality Now
The evening’s honoree, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, was presented her award by singer-songwriter Rhonda Ross, daughter of Diana Ross. Audrey Gelman, CEO & Co-Founder of The Wing presented Scarlett Curtis with the second annual Changemaker Award presented by Gucci and Chime For Change.
Linda Perry, Yasmeen Hassan, Margaret Atwood...
- 11/21/2019
- Look to the Stars
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