The Beatles were just full of surprises. Paul McCartney said The Beatles’ “Drive My Car” (1965) contains a joke derived from a common theme in blues music. On the other hand, John Lennon barely had anything to say about the song.
Paul McCartney on The Beatles’ ‘Drive My Car’ and ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled the writing of “Drive My Car.” “It was wonderful because this nice tongue-in-cheek idea came and suddenly there was a girl there, the heroine of the story, and the story developed and had a little sting in the tail like ‘Norwegian Wood’ had, which was ‘I actually haven’t got a car, but when I get one you’ll be a terrific chauffeur,'” he said. “So to me, it was LA chicks, ‘You can be my chauffeur,’ and it also meant ‘You can be my lover.
Paul McCartney on The Beatles’ ‘Drive My Car’ and ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled the writing of “Drive My Car.” “It was wonderful because this nice tongue-in-cheek idea came and suddenly there was a girl there, the heroine of the story, and the story developed and had a little sting in the tail like ‘Norwegian Wood’ had, which was ‘I actually haven’t got a car, but when I get one you’ll be a terrific chauffeur,'” he said. “So to me, it was LA chicks, ‘You can be my chauffeur,’ and it also meant ‘You can be my lover.
- 2/1/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Erasure’s Vince Clarke has announced that he’ll be releasing his debut solo album, Songs of Silence, on November 17th via Mute. Along with the announcement, he has shared the album’s first single, “The Lamentations of Jeremiah.” Stream the song below.
Spanning 10 tracks, Songs of Silence will be an ambient instrumental album, forged by experimenting in the studio during the extended downtime of the pandemic. Clarke — whose compositions with Erasure and Depeche Mode have already earned him a place in the annals of pop history — began tapping into the possibilities of Eurorack, a modular synthesizer that can create a seemingly limitless number of sounds. The result was a flow of creativity that eventually blossomed into a full-fledged album.
Pre-orders for Songs of Silence are ongoing. See the artwork and full tracklist below.
“I could have gone on forever, I could have not stopped,” Clarke said of his creative method in a press statement.
Spanning 10 tracks, Songs of Silence will be an ambient instrumental album, forged by experimenting in the studio during the extended downtime of the pandemic. Clarke — whose compositions with Erasure and Depeche Mode have already earned him a place in the annals of pop history — began tapping into the possibilities of Eurorack, a modular synthesizer that can create a seemingly limitless number of sounds. The result was a flow of creativity that eventually blossomed into a full-fledged album.
Pre-orders for Songs of Silence are ongoing. See the artwork and full tracklist below.
“I could have gone on forever, I could have not stopped,” Clarke said of his creative method in a press statement.
- 9/6/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Fans of Bruce Lee will be happy to learn that there will be new content featuring the Dragon that will be coming out in the form of an anime. Shannon Lee, Bruce’s daughter and the head of his estate, has released a new teaser trailer for an anime to be called House of Lee. The trailer is a true teaser as it only runs for half a minute and showcases quick snippets of animation where Lee is doing his warm-up exercises reminiscent of his preparing to fight Chuck Norris in The Way of the Dragon, as well as small clips of what’s to come in the series.
Deadline reports that the trailer for House of Lee is attached to the special 50th anniversary 4K screenings of Enter the Dragon, which are set to play in over 650 theaters on Sunday, August 13 and Wednesday, August 16. The creative IP branch of the Bruce Lee Family Companies,...
Deadline reports that the trailer for House of Lee is attached to the special 50th anniversary 4K screenings of Enter the Dragon, which are set to play in over 650 theaters on Sunday, August 13 and Wednesday, August 16. The creative IP branch of the Bruce Lee Family Companies,...
- 8/11/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Martial arts classic Enter The Dragon, which propelled Bruce Lee to international stardom, is turning 50 this month. In marking the milestone, Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee, is unveiling a new anime series House of Lee, from Bruce Lee Entertainment, content platform Shibuya and its co-founder, artist Emily Yang.
House of Lee, the first ever Bruce Lee anime project, will premiere in 2024.
In celebration of Enter the Dragon‘s 50th anniversary, special 4K Uhd screenings of the movie will be held in over 650 theaters on Sunday, August 13 and Wednesday, August 16. They will include the House of Lee trailer, which you can watch above.
The team at Bruce Lee Entertainment, the production and creative IP arm of the Bruce Lee Family Companies, had been looking to do a Bruce Lee animated project for years. Shannon Lee was ultimately inspired by personal experiences to create the story behind House of Lee.
“Anime...
House of Lee, the first ever Bruce Lee anime project, will premiere in 2024.
In celebration of Enter the Dragon‘s 50th anniversary, special 4K Uhd screenings of the movie will be held in over 650 theaters on Sunday, August 13 and Wednesday, August 16. They will include the House of Lee trailer, which you can watch above.
The team at Bruce Lee Entertainment, the production and creative IP arm of the Bruce Lee Family Companies, had been looking to do a Bruce Lee animated project for years. Shannon Lee was ultimately inspired by personal experiences to create the story behind House of Lee.
“Anime...
- 8/10/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Tl;Dr:
George Harrison’s “Any Road” draws from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Jefferson Airplane did the same for “White Rabbit.” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers did the same for “Don’t Come Around Here No More.” George Harrison | Keystone / Stringer
George Harrison‘s “Any Road” is based on a paraphrase of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Specifically, the song was inspired by a conversation between Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Subsequently, the tune became a hit in the United Kingdom but not the United States.
George Harrison took inspiration from a witty part of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’
According to the 2021 book War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power, the line “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there” from “Any Road” is a paraphrase of Carroll. The line appears to be based on...
George Harrison’s “Any Road” draws from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Jefferson Airplane did the same for “White Rabbit.” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers did the same for “Don’t Come Around Here No More.” George Harrison | Keystone / Stringer
George Harrison‘s “Any Road” is based on a paraphrase of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Specifically, the song was inspired by a conversation between Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Subsequently, the tune became a hit in the United Kingdom but not the United States.
George Harrison took inspiration from a witty part of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’
According to the 2021 book War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power, the line “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there” from “Any Road” is a paraphrase of Carroll. The line appears to be based on...
- 4/6/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Kochi, March 16 (Ians) An emotive artistic work that has an underlying reference to violence stemming from man-animal confrontations, exemplified by the brutal killing of a pregnant elephant by feeding it with explosive-laden pineapple, is getting noticed at the Kochi Muziris Biennale.
The tusker met with a horrific death at Ambalappara in Kerala’s Palakkad district on May 27, 2020, after eating the fruit filled with country-made crackers which exploded in its mouth.
The blast was so powerful that the poor animal ran around the village in searing pain, unable to eat for days.
Finally, it entered a river and stood there with its trunk and mouth immersed in water till it breathed its last two days later.
Shikh Sabbir Alam, a contemporary artist from Bangladesh, has now recreated this incident, which received worldwide attention.
Shikh Sabbir has put up a total of six acrylic paintings on display at the Biennale, including the...
The tusker met with a horrific death at Ambalappara in Kerala’s Palakkad district on May 27, 2020, after eating the fruit filled with country-made crackers which exploded in its mouth.
The blast was so powerful that the poor animal ran around the village in searing pain, unable to eat for days.
Finally, it entered a river and stood there with its trunk and mouth immersed in water till it breathed its last two days later.
Shikh Sabbir Alam, a contemporary artist from Bangladesh, has now recreated this incident, which received worldwide attention.
Shikh Sabbir has put up a total of six acrylic paintings on display at the Biennale, including the...
- 3/16/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Authorities in Tennessee have dismissed the domestic assault case against Michelle Branch two weeks after the singer-songwriter was arrested following a dispute with now-estranged husband, The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, at their Nashville-area home.
According to Billboard, the charge of misdemeanor domestic assault against Branch was dropped “at the request of the state.” No further information about the incident was provided.
Related Michelle Branch Arrested for Domestic Assault; Files for Divorce From Patrick Carney Trixie Mattel Becomes a Playboy Bunny in 'White Rabbit' Video Joe Walsh's...
According to Billboard, the charge of misdemeanor domestic assault against Branch was dropped “at the request of the state.” No further information about the incident was provided.
Related Michelle Branch Arrested for Domestic Assault; Files for Divorce From Patrick Carney Trixie Mattel Becomes a Playboy Bunny in 'White Rabbit' Video Joe Walsh's...
- 8/25/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Trixie Mattel is a Playboy bunny, a bandleader, and a fashion model in the new video for “White Rabbit.” The power-pop tune appears on Mattel’s double release The Pink and Blonde Albums, which came out in June.
The colorful clip plays on the song’s title, which uses an Alice in Wonderland metaphor to describe a flighty lover. “Well, time keeps tickin’ and you’re thinkin’ you should run, rabbit, run,” Mattel sings.
“It’s a song about being the person who was always looking at the exit in...
The colorful clip plays on the song’s title, which uses an Alice in Wonderland metaphor to describe a flighty lover. “Well, time keeps tickin’ and you’re thinkin’ you should run, rabbit, run,” Mattel sings.
“It’s a song about being the person who was always looking at the exit in...
- 8/17/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Following on “Huesera,” a double Tribeca winner, Mexico’s Machete, headed by Edher Campos, is returning to female filmmaker social issue genre with “Cachorra,” a darkly humoured horror thriller set on the Mexico-u.S. desert border.
The feature debut of Madrid-based genre scribe and consultant Elisa Puerto Aubel, who penned Sitges Audience Award winner. “La venganza de Jairo,” “Cachorra” is one of the newest additions to a five movie 2002-23 slate at Machete, producer of Cannes Festival winners “Leap Year” and “La Jaula de Oro.” It forms part of a robust lineup at this week’s Sanfic-Mórbido Lab, which packs many of Sanfic Industria’s most commercial propositions,
All of Machete’s films, three now in post-production, carry social point. A trio – “Huesera,” “Pups” and “The Path of Silence” – show Machete driving into genre and LGBTQ themes, fast emerging as the cutting edge focuses for many of the most exciting of Latin America movies.
The feature debut of Madrid-based genre scribe and consultant Elisa Puerto Aubel, who penned Sitges Audience Award winner. “La venganza de Jairo,” “Cachorra” is one of the newest additions to a five movie 2002-23 slate at Machete, producer of Cannes Festival winners “Leap Year” and “La Jaula de Oro.” It forms part of a robust lineup at this week’s Sanfic-Mórbido Lab, which packs many of Sanfic Industria’s most commercial propositions,
All of Machete’s films, three now in post-production, carry social point. A trio – “Huesera,” “Pups” and “The Path of Silence” – show Machete driving into genre and LGBTQ themes, fast emerging as the cutting edge focuses for many of the most exciting of Latin America movies.
- 8/16/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Written by Zeb Wells | Art by John Romita Jr, Scott Hanna | Published by Marvel Comics
They say if you live long enough you see everything come around full circle. Flairs, stonewashed jeans, Spider-Man first issues… I can’t even remember how many first issues of Spider-Man books I both have, and have read. Do we need another? To be fair, on this occasion, yes. The Ben Reilly storyline ended an era in a way, it’s Spidey’s 60th anniversary, and also John Romita Jr. is back home where he belongs. This time, a new first issue just feels right. I’m also pleased that Zeb Wells is writing, someone I feel is consistently underrated as a writer. He usually puts more into one issue than some writers do in a dozen. Think of him as the anti-Bendis. So, all the right pieces are on the board, but can it deliver?...
They say if you live long enough you see everything come around full circle. Flairs, stonewashed jeans, Spider-Man first issues… I can’t even remember how many first issues of Spider-Man books I both have, and have read. Do we need another? To be fair, on this occasion, yes. The Ben Reilly storyline ended an era in a way, it’s Spidey’s 60th anniversary, and also John Romita Jr. is back home where he belongs. This time, a new first issue just feels right. I’m also pleased that Zeb Wells is writing, someone I feel is consistently underrated as a writer. He usually puts more into one issue than some writers do in a dozen. Think of him as the anti-Bendis. So, all the right pieces are on the board, but can it deliver?...
- 5/2/2022
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
Trixie Mattel does some multitasking in the video for “C’mon Loretta,” silencing a tennis court foe and paying homage to a country great in one fell swoop. The song appears on the drag star and songwriter’s upcoming double LP The Blonde & Pink Albums, due in June.
A guitar-driven garage-pop tune in the vein of Mattel’s ebullient “Yellow Cloud,” “C’mon Loretta” looks at the story Loretta Lynn, who turned 90 on Thursday, and her sometimes-stormy romance with late husband Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn. Mattel sings it almost as if she’s a concerned friend,...
A guitar-driven garage-pop tune in the vein of Mattel’s ebullient “Yellow Cloud,” “C’mon Loretta” looks at the story Loretta Lynn, who turned 90 on Thursday, and her sometimes-stormy romance with late husband Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn. Mattel sings it almost as if she’s a concerned friend,...
- 4/15/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Vivian Bang, the co-writer and star of the Sundance Film Festival debut White Rabbit, has boarded the New Line ensemble comedy The Parenting for HBO Max.
She joins Brian Cox, Edie Falco, Lisa Kudrow, Dean Norris, Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn and Parker Posey in the Craig Johnson directed, Kent Sublette scripted movie.
In the pic, a young couple, Rohan and Josh, host a “meet the parents” weekend at a cozy rental house in the country, only to find it is already inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist.
Chris Bender and Jake Weiner are producing via their Good Fear Content
Bang played played the role of ‘Jenny’ in Netflix’s hit romcom Always Be My Maybe with Ali Wong, Randall Park, Keanu Reeves and recently appeared on HBO’s comedy series Room 104. She starred in the Warner Bros./TB sitcom Sullivan and Son for three Seasons and as ‘Sun,’ a...
She joins Brian Cox, Edie Falco, Lisa Kudrow, Dean Norris, Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn and Parker Posey in the Craig Johnson directed, Kent Sublette scripted movie.
In the pic, a young couple, Rohan and Josh, host a “meet the parents” weekend at a cozy rental house in the country, only to find it is already inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist.
Chris Bender and Jake Weiner are producing via their Good Fear Content
Bang played played the role of ‘Jenny’ in Netflix’s hit romcom Always Be My Maybe with Ali Wong, Randall Park, Keanu Reeves and recently appeared on HBO’s comedy series Room 104. She starred in the Warner Bros./TB sitcom Sullivan and Son for three Seasons and as ‘Sun,’ a...
- 3/31/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The year “The Matrix” came out — 1999 — already had a very sci-fi sound to it. It was the year Prince had imagined as the run-up to the apocalypse, a premonition that would be echoed in the Y2K jitters. And 1999 is just such a cool number; it’s like the other side of the coin from 2001. With its row of nines poised to turn over, it sounded like the future embedded in the present. And that’s kind of how 1999 felt. We knew that we were moving into the 21st century, and we thought we had a good idea of what that was about. The Internet was only a few years old, but already we could see where it was pointing: to a digital world that would bring everything (literally) to your fingertips. Everything could now be done at home, at the computer keyboard, including the manipulation of reality, which could...
- 12/26/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Kindly note: though efforts were made to skirt plot, certain of The Matrix Resurrections‘ first 25-or-so minutes are discussed herein.
The Matrix Resurrections is misshapen, haphazard, and some of the happiest a film has made me in 2021, regularly inspiring surprises and enthusiasms the contemporary tentpole long deemed irrelevant. Though less a take-it-or-leave-it gauntlet-toss than Lana Wachowski’s more boldly experimental endeavors, the virtues of her fourth Matrix are often in excess of anything she’s made since the polarizing-but-great sequels, sometimes in contradiction to the matter of us even watching it—a work about the fact that it nearly should not exist.
Great care’s of course been taken to retain narrative secrecy up to Resurrections’ release. Par for the course in a spoiler culture the original helped begat and its sequels tried subverting, and which this new beginning meets head-on in a sort of dare. Having heard stray, ultimately...
The Matrix Resurrections is misshapen, haphazard, and some of the happiest a film has made me in 2021, regularly inspiring surprises and enthusiasms the contemporary tentpole long deemed irrelevant. Though less a take-it-or-leave-it gauntlet-toss than Lana Wachowski’s more boldly experimental endeavors, the virtues of her fourth Matrix are often in excess of anything she’s made since the polarizing-but-great sequels, sometimes in contradiction to the matter of us even watching it—a work about the fact that it nearly should not exist.
Great care’s of course been taken to retain narrative secrecy up to Resurrections’ release. Par for the course in a spoiler culture the original helped begat and its sequels tried subverting, and which this new beginning meets head-on in a sort of dare. Having heard stray, ultimately...
- 12/21/2021
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: The feature adaptation of Melissa Hill’s novel Something From Tiffany’s, which is already shooting in New York City, has added four to the Amazon Original and Hello Sunshine movie: Kendrick Sampson, Ray Nicholson, Shay Mitchell, and Leah Jeffries.
As Deadline first reported, Zoey Deutch is starring and executive producing Something from Tiffany’s with Daryl Wein directing from Tamara Chestna’s script. The film reps the first full studio feature from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. Witherspoon is producing with Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine.
The holiday romantic comedy will debut exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. In the movie, a woman’s life is upended when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with.
Sampson currently stars in Insecure. He has also appeared in The Flash, How to Get Away with Murder...
As Deadline first reported, Zoey Deutch is starring and executive producing Something from Tiffany’s with Daryl Wein directing from Tamara Chestna’s script. The film reps the first full studio feature from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. Witherspoon is producing with Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine.
The holiday romantic comedy will debut exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. In the movie, a woman’s life is upended when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with.
Sampson currently stars in Insecure. He has also appeared in The Flash, How to Get Away with Murder...
- 12/14/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Zoey Deutch has been set to star in and be executive producer of Something from Tiffany’s, an Amazon Original film based on the Melissa Hill novel. Pic is a coproduction between Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Amazon Studios, and the first studio film for Hello Sunshine, which was recently acquired in a Blackstone-backed megadeal worth $900 million. Daryl Wein will direct from a script adapted by Tamara Chestna.
Something from Tiffany’s will be produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, and executive produced by Zoey Deutch.
The romantic comedy will play exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries. A woman’s life is upended when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with.
Deutch is next up in The Outfit and most recently wrapped Not Okay, which she produces and stars in.
Something from Tiffany’s will be produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, and executive produced by Zoey Deutch.
The romantic comedy will play exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries. A woman’s life is upended when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with.
Deutch is next up in The Outfit and most recently wrapped Not Okay, which she produces and stars in.
- 11/23/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
There are so many legendary aspects of The Sopranos that it’s hard to pick just one. Between masterful storytelling, deep character development, and uncanny acting, everything comes together to create a show that has been enjoyed for over two decades now. The most artistic aspect of the package, however, may just be the use of music, specifically the unique songs curated personally by creator David Chase that run during each episode’s end credits.
Ranging from oldies, foreign ballads, jazz compositions, and pure instrumentals, the variety is stunning and can keep you exploring the track list of the series for days. We’ve decided to narrow all of the end credit songs down to the best 15 in the series, listed in chronological order of airing. Enjoy!
Season 1 Episode 4: Meadowlands
“Look on Down from the Bridge” by Mazzy Star
The nice father-son moment between Tony and A.J. at...
Ranging from oldies, foreign ballads, jazz compositions, and pure instrumentals, the variety is stunning and can keep you exploring the track list of the series for days. We’ve decided to narrow all of the end credit songs down to the best 15 in the series, listed in chronological order of airing. Enjoy!
Season 1 Episode 4: Meadowlands
“Look on Down from the Bridge” by Mazzy Star
The nice father-son moment between Tony and A.J. at...
- 9/28/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Back when most blockbuster movie franchises became standalone trilogies and not cinematic universes, The Matrix Revolutions seemed like a definitive end to Neo’s story. He’d struck a deal to save Zion from the Machines and deleted Hugo Weaving’s infinite Smiths once and for all. But what had it cost him? His sight, his life, and losing the woman he loved. It was a bittersweet end to The Wachowski’s magnum opus, but a conclusion nonetheless.
Until now. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will reprise their respective roles as Neo and Trinity for The Matrix Resurrections, which is directed by Lana Wachowski, who wrote the script with novelists David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon. The unlikely sequel is billed as a revival, not a reboot, and will also bring back Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe, Lambert Wilson as The Merovingian, and Daniel Bernhardt as Agent Johnson. Conspicuously absent from...
Until now. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will reprise their respective roles as Neo and Trinity for The Matrix Resurrections, which is directed by Lana Wachowski, who wrote the script with novelists David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon. The unlikely sequel is billed as a revival, not a reboot, and will also bring back Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe, Lambert Wilson as The Merovingian, and Daniel Bernhardt as Agent Johnson. Conspicuously absent from...
- 8/26/2021
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Attendees at CinemaCon got the first glimpse of the trailer for the next “Matrix” movie, which has had its title confirmed as “The Matrix Resurrections” and will be released this December.
The trailer, set to Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit,” sees Neo (Keanu Reeves) in therapy — his therapist is played by Neil Patrick Harris, by the way — discussing strange memories he’s been having in dreams. Those memories, of course, are of his past as The One, the savior of Zion who liberated humans from The Matrix at the cost of his own life. How he has returned to life without memories of the one he lived before is not yet clear.
On top of that, he reunites with the love of his life, Trinity (Carrie Anne Moss). But while their first meeting was in an undergroud club blaring Rob Zombie over the speakers, this reunion is in a brightly lit cafe during the day.
The trailer, set to Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit,” sees Neo (Keanu Reeves) in therapy — his therapist is played by Neil Patrick Harris, by the way — discussing strange memories he’s been having in dreams. Those memories, of course, are of his past as The One, the savior of Zion who liberated humans from The Matrix at the cost of his own life. How he has returned to life without memories of the one he lived before is not yet clear.
On top of that, he reunites with the love of his life, Trinity (Carrie Anne Moss). But while their first meeting was in an undergroud club blaring Rob Zombie over the speakers, this reunion is in a brightly lit cafe during the day.
- 8/25/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival selection will be released July 20 in theaters and on digital platforms
“How It Ends,” described in a statement as “an apocalyptic comedy” co-written, co-directed and co-produced by Zoe Lister-Jones and her husband and frequent collaborator Daryl Wein, has been acquired by MGM’s American International Pictures label following its Sundance Festival debut, MGM announced Monday.
The film was an official selection at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Aip, which has acquired the worldwide rights, will released the film July 20 in the U.S. in theaters and on digital platforms.
The movie tells the story of Liza (Lister-Jones) who travels across Los Angeles on the eve of the end of the world. While taking steps to reconcile with parents, former lovers and friends, she is accompanied by what a statement describes as “a metaphysical projection of her younger self” (portrayed by Cailee Spaeny of HBO’s “Mare of...
“How It Ends,” described in a statement as “an apocalyptic comedy” co-written, co-directed and co-produced by Zoe Lister-Jones and her husband and frequent collaborator Daryl Wein, has been acquired by MGM’s American International Pictures label following its Sundance Festival debut, MGM announced Monday.
The film was an official selection at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Aip, which has acquired the worldwide rights, will released the film July 20 in the U.S. in theaters and on digital platforms.
The movie tells the story of Liza (Lister-Jones) who travels across Los Angeles on the eve of the end of the world. While taking steps to reconcile with parents, former lovers and friends, she is accompanied by what a statement describes as “a metaphysical projection of her younger self” (portrayed by Cailee Spaeny of HBO’s “Mare of...
- 5/10/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
“How It Ends,” a serene apocalyptic comedy from partners Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein, has been acquired by MGM’s American International Pictures label.
The film was an official selection at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, written, directed and produced by Lister-Jones and Wein. American International Pictures will release the project in theaters and on digital platforms on July 20 in the U.S. The company also holds worldwide distribution rights.
The project follows Liza (Lister-Jones), traversing across Los Angeles on the eve of the end of the world. As she reconciles relationships with parents, old lovers and friends, she walks in step with a metaphysical projection of her younger self (the dazzling Cailee Spaeny of HBO’s “Mare of Eastown”).
The project features dozens of cameos from top comedy stars and actors including Whitney Cummings, Tawny Newsome, Finn Wolfard, Nick Kroll, Logan Marshall Green, Bobby Lee, Fred Armisen, Glenn Howerton, Bradley Whitford,...
The film was an official selection at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, written, directed and produced by Lister-Jones and Wein. American International Pictures will release the project in theaters and on digital platforms on July 20 in the U.S. The company also holds worldwide distribution rights.
The project follows Liza (Lister-Jones), traversing across Los Angeles on the eve of the end of the world. As she reconciles relationships with parents, old lovers and friends, she walks in step with a metaphysical projection of her younger self (the dazzling Cailee Spaeny of HBO’s “Mare of Eastown”).
The project features dozens of cameos from top comedy stars and actors including Whitney Cummings, Tawny Newsome, Finn Wolfard, Nick Kroll, Logan Marshall Green, Bobby Lee, Fred Armisen, Glenn Howerton, Bradley Whitford,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (Aapi) Heritage Month in May, Fox’s free streaming service Tubi has curated a container of titles that highlight Asian American voices from its catalog. The collection features Academy Award nominees, films from female and male Asian American directors, Sundance Film Festival selections, documentaries, and titles that prominently feature Aapi stories, actors, and actresses.
Films
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) – Directed by Wayne Wang (Joy Luck Club)
Bitter Melon (2018) – Directed by Hp Mendoza
Children of Invention (2009) – Sundance Film Festival selection
Chu and Blossom (2015) – Featured in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Go Back to China (2019) – Starring comedian Anna Akana, written/directed by Emily Ting
I Will Make You Mine (2020) – Directed/written/produced by Lynn Chen, produced by Emily Ting
Love Arcadia (2014) – Featured in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Miss India America (2015) – Featured in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film...
Films
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) – Directed by Wayne Wang (Joy Luck Club)
Bitter Melon (2018) – Directed by Hp Mendoza
Children of Invention (2009) – Sundance Film Festival selection
Chu and Blossom (2015) – Featured in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Go Back to China (2019) – Starring comedian Anna Akana, written/directed by Emily Ting
I Will Make You Mine (2020) – Directed/written/produced by Lynn Chen, produced by Emily Ting
Love Arcadia (2014) – Featured in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Miss India America (2015) – Featured in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film...
- 4/29/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
How “How It Ends” ends: badly, and not soon enough. How it begins is not much better, and has the added disadvantage of being even further from the end than the end. Everything in the middle is great, though! Just kidding. The middle is likely the worst part. “How It Ends,” directed by husband-and-wife team Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones (“Band Aid“), who also stars, delivers almost precisely the film you might have feared in darker moments, way back at the beginning of this ungodly pandemic, that someone was going to think was a good idea: a wildly self-indulgent, toothcrackingly twee feature-length therapy session for people whose experiences during this period of isolation and alienation, contrary to the popular notion that we’re all going through much the same shit, are clearly so deeply, existentially different from yours that you end up feeling lonelier than ever.
Continue reading ‘How It...
Continue reading ‘How It...
- 1/30/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
If you ever found yourself staring at an old childhood photograph, scrutinizing what your younger self was thinking in that moment, the idiosyncratically existential comedy “How It Ends” will leave a bittersweet aftertaste. Especially if you happen to catch this oddly sedative (if not tiresomely repetitive) Sundance 2021 premiere amid the loneliness of the ongoing pandemic. In the end, we’re all a little perplexed nowadays, just like the film’s protagonist, a woman negotiating with the past and hoping to tie her life’s loose ends on what appears to be the last day of human existence. And we all have been finding ourselves with more reasons than usual to nostalgically wonder what we could have done differently in the normal days, panicking about all the missed opportunities, as if an asteroid is about to wipe out the world as we know it.
Well, this is exactly what’s about...
Well, this is exactly what’s about...
- 1/30/2021
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Hugh Jackman in ‘Bad Education’.
A raft of Aussies have been nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Sarah Snook, Hannah Gadsby, writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Greig Fraser.
For the second year running, Gadsby earned two nods, with her Netflix stand-up special Douglas nominated for Outstanding Variety Special and Writing for a Variety Special. Gadsby won the same writing category last year with her special Nanette.
Jackman has been recognised for his portrayal of corrupt school superintendent Frank Tassone in HBO film Bad Education, earning a nod for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He will compete against Jeremy Pope (Hollywood), Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True), Paul Mescal (Normal People) and Jeremy Irons (Watchman).
Blanchett has been nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance as Phyllis Schlafly in FX’s Mrs. America,...
A raft of Aussies have been nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Sarah Snook, Hannah Gadsby, writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Greig Fraser.
For the second year running, Gadsby earned two nods, with her Netflix stand-up special Douglas nominated for Outstanding Variety Special and Writing for a Variety Special. Gadsby won the same writing category last year with her special Nanette.
Jackman has been recognised for his portrayal of corrupt school superintendent Frank Tassone in HBO film Bad Education, earning a nod for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He will compete against Jeremy Pope (Hollywood), Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True), Paul Mescal (Normal People) and Jeremy Irons (Watchman).
Blanchett has been nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance as Phyllis Schlafly in FX’s Mrs. America,...
- 7/29/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Television Academy revealed nominations Tuesday for the 72nd Emmy Awards, with Netflix dominating the field with 160 nominees led by its drama Ozark. HBO was second overall with 107 as both networks again lapped the field.
HBO’s Watchmen was the overall leader in nominations with 26, followed by Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with 20. Both were nominated in their respective Best Limited Series and Best Comedy categories, the latter looking for a repeat of its win in 2018.
Leslie Jones hosted the announcement event this morning, with Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany doing the honors of presenting nominations in the primetime categories. They were joined by Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma.
The TV Academy said there were a record 767 different programs in the running for Emmys in more than 100 categories this season, with overall submissions increasing 15% over the previous competition year.
Final-round Emmy voting which begins August...
HBO’s Watchmen was the overall leader in nominations with 26, followed by Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with 20. Both were nominated in their respective Best Limited Series and Best Comedy categories, the latter looking for a repeat of its win in 2018.
Leslie Jones hosted the announcement event this morning, with Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany doing the honors of presenting nominations in the primetime categories. They were joined by Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma.
The TV Academy said there were a record 767 different programs in the running for Emmys in more than 100 categories this season, with overall submissions increasing 15% over the previous competition year.
Final-round Emmy voting which begins August...
- 7/28/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Most of the posts on Bonskinny’s TikTok account show a young white woman in shorts and a tank top dancing to various popular songs like Die Antwoord’s “Pitbull Terrier” or Insane Clown Posse’s “Great Milenko.” In this respect, it’s like pretty much any other TikTok, except Bonskinny is wearing a giant, terrifying clownlike mask topped with a shock of bright red hair, the words “I like sweets” written in cursive on her forehead.
In the content on her page, Bonskinny, also known as Bonnie, is never seen without the mask,...
In the content on her page, Bonskinny, also known as Bonnie, is never seen without the mask,...
- 2/25/2020
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Jehnny Beth has released a music video for her track “Flower.”
The black and white clip was directed by Peaky Blinders helmer Anthony Byrne, who also directed her recent video for “I’m the Man.” The sultry video stars Beth alongside Rebeka Adams, who appears as a love interest for the singer, with the pair canoodling in a bedroom, nightclub and on a rooftop.
“Flower” comes off Beth’s upcoming solo album To Love Is to Live, which is out May 8th via Caroline Records. The album was recorded in Los Angeles,...
The black and white clip was directed by Peaky Blinders helmer Anthony Byrne, who also directed her recent video for “I’m the Man.” The sultry video stars Beth alongside Rebeka Adams, who appears as a love interest for the singer, with the pair canoodling in a bedroom, nightclub and on a rooftop.
“Flower” comes off Beth’s upcoming solo album To Love Is to Live, which is out May 8th via Caroline Records. The album was recorded in Los Angeles,...
- 2/14/2020
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
In advance of the Top 3 taking to the stage on Sunday’s live “American Idol finale,” we asked viewers who they were backing to win season 17. Alejandro Aranda has taken almost half of the votes in our poll as of this writing and has an impressive 48% of fans supporting him. Laine Hardy is close behind with 41% of the vote. These two men lead our power rankings from best to worst. The third finalist, Madison Vandenburg, is way back with just 11% of the total tally.
Voting for the winner of season 17 of “American Idol” will begin as soon as the show starts at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt on May 19. It will be paused midway through the 3-hour extravaganza that is being broadcast live nationwide. At that point, Ryan Seacrest will reveal which of the two finalists will continue on and who will see their journey end.
Which of the...
Voting for the winner of season 17 of “American Idol” will begin as soon as the show starts at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt on May 19. It will be paused midway through the 3-hour extravaganza that is being broadcast live nationwide. At that point, Ryan Seacrest will reveal which of the two finalists will continue on and who will see their journey end.
Which of the...
- 5/19/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Laine Hardy could well win “American Idol” on Sunday according to our poll of viewers. He has narrowed the gap with frontrunner Alejandro Aranda to just seven points (48-41). Right after the Top 3 were revealed on the May 12 episode of “American Idol,” Alejandro enjoyed a 10-point advantage. In the intervening week, the third finalist, Madison VanDenburg, has slipped even further behind, with just 11% support.
This trip of talent made it through to the final on May 19 based on their votes from the public last Sunday. Just missing out on a place in the Top 3 were Laci Kaye Booth and Wade Cota (Was one of them robbed of a place in the final?) On that Top 5 episode, each of them sang three songs: one from the Elton John catalog, another in honor of Mother’s Day, and a third chosen by mentor Bobby Bones.
If you haven’t made your “American Idol” winner predictions,...
This trip of talent made it through to the final on May 19 based on their votes from the public last Sunday. Just missing out on a place in the Top 3 were Laci Kaye Booth and Wade Cota (Was one of them robbed of a place in the final?) On that Top 5 episode, each of them sang three songs: one from the Elton John catalog, another in honor of Mother’s Day, and a third chosen by mentor Bobby Bones.
If you haven’t made your “American Idol” winner predictions,...
- 5/19/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Season 17 finalists of “American Idol” have been revealed and will sing for America’s vote for the last time on Sunday, May 19. Judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie will be on hand to critique the final performances (and take the stage themselves). In Gold Derby’s final Power Ranking of the season, we break down which artist has the best chance to take home the title. Don’t agree with our assessment? Sound off in the comments and head over to our prediction center to influence our racetrack odds for who will be crowned the Season 17 champ. Below is our Top 3 power rankings.
1. Laine Hardy
(Top 40: “Come Together”; Top 20 Solo: “Bring It On Home”; Top 20 Duet: “The Weight” with Elle King; Top 14: “That’s All Right”; Top 14 Results: “Hurricane”; Top 10: “Oo-De-Lally”; Top 8: “Fat Bottomed Girls,” “Jackson” with Laci Kaye Booth; Top 6: “I Don’t Need No Doctor,...
1. Laine Hardy
(Top 40: “Come Together”; Top 20 Solo: “Bring It On Home”; Top 20 Duet: “The Weight” with Elle King; Top 14: “That’s All Right”; Top 14 Results: “Hurricane”; Top 10: “Oo-De-Lally”; Top 8: “Fat Bottomed Girls,” “Jackson” with Laci Kaye Booth; Top 6: “I Don’t Need No Doctor,...
- 5/17/2019
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
On the May 12 episode of “American Idol,” the Top 5 sang three songs apiece: one in honor of Mother’s Day, another picked by mentor Bobby Bones, and a third from the Elton John back catalog. Only three of the five contestants made it through based on their votes from the public: Alejandro Aranda, Laine Hardy and Madison VanDenburg. This result meant the end of the road for Laci Kaye Booth and Wade Cota (Was one of them robbed of a place in the final?)
We asked for your predictions as to which of the three finalists will go all the way to win season 17 on May 19. “Idol” fans remain divided between two of the artists: Alejandro has 49% of the viewers vote as of this writing and Laine is at 39%. Each is up by eight points from last week, as they split the support for Wade. The third contender for the season 17 title,...
We asked for your predictions as to which of the three finalists will go all the way to win season 17 on May 19. “Idol” fans remain divided between two of the artists: Alejandro has 49% of the viewers vote as of this writing and Laine is at 39%. Each is up by eight points from last week, as they split the support for Wade. The third contender for the season 17 title,...
- 5/14/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
We are down to the final three on season 17 of “American Idol.” On May 12, the Top 5 took to the stage to sing a trio of tunes: one chosen by their mentor Bobby Bones, another in honor of Mother’s Day and a third made famous by Elton John. After the results of the public vote were revealed by Ryan Seacrest, the trio of contestants still standing are: Alejandro Aranda, Laine Hardy and Madison VanDenburg. (Of the eliminated artists — Laci Kaye Booth and Wade Cota — who was better?)
Which of the finalists do you think will be crowned winner of “American Idol” on May 19? After reviewing the rundown of all the songs they’ve sung to date in this reality competition, cast your vote in our poll. And be sure to sound off with your thoughts on this revival of “American Idol” in the comments section.
See ‘American Idol’ Winners: Where...
Which of the finalists do you think will be crowned winner of “American Idol” on May 19? After reviewing the rundown of all the songs they’ve sung to date in this reality competition, cast your vote in our poll. And be sure to sound off with your thoughts on this revival of “American Idol” in the comments section.
See ‘American Idol’ Winners: Where...
- 5/13/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Alejandro Aranda is the frontrunner to win season 17 of “American Idol” based on the nine songs he has sung on the reality competition series so far. We wondered which of these was your favorite. Tops in our poll of viewers is “Poison,” the original tune that Alejandro performed on the Top 6 show on May 5.
His self-penned song registered a whopping 47% of the vote while his other number that evening, Jefferson Airplane‘s “White Rabbit,” netted just 6%. If you haven’t voted in our poll yet, be sure to do so at the bottom of this post and then sound off in our comments section with your thoughts on this reboot of “American Idol.”
In third and fourth place respectively are the two tunes Alejandro crooned at the start of his journey: the Coldplay hit “Yellow” and “I Fall Apart” by Post Malone with 20% and 12% respectively. Surprisingly, his other original song,...
His self-penned song registered a whopping 47% of the vote while his other number that evening, Jefferson Airplane‘s “White Rabbit,” netted just 6%. If you haven’t voted in our poll yet, be sure to do so at the bottom of this post and then sound off in our comments section with your thoughts on this reboot of “American Idol.”
In third and fourth place respectively are the two tunes Alejandro crooned at the start of his journey: the Coldplay hit “Yellow” and “I Fall Apart” by Post Malone with 20% and 12% respectively. Surprisingly, his other original song,...
- 5/12/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
In advance of the final five taking to stage on Sunday’s live “American Idol,” we wanted to know who viewers were backing to win season 17. Alejandro Aranda garnered a whopping 40% support in our poll. Laine Hardy, his closest rival more ways than one, is next with 31%. They lead out power rankings from best to worst and are all but certain to number among the Top 3 revealed by Ryan Seacrest at the end of the show on May 12.
Of the other three contestants, Wade Cota looks the likeliest to round out the roster of finalists. He has 15% of the total tally. The two women still standing — Laci Kaye Booth and Madison Vandenburg — did not break into double digits with 6% and 8% of the vote by “American Idol” fans respectively.
Which of the Top 5 do you think will be crowned winner of “American Idol” on May 21? If you haven’t voted in our poll yet,...
Of the other three contestants, Wade Cota looks the likeliest to round out the roster of finalists. He has 15% of the total tally. The two women still standing — Laci Kaye Booth and Madison Vandenburg — did not break into double digits with 6% and 8% of the vote by “American Idol” fans respectively.
Which of the Top 5 do you think will be crowned winner of “American Idol” on May 21? If you haven’t voted in our poll yet,...
- 5/12/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Laci Kaye Booth is almost certain to face elimination on “American Idol” this Sunday according to the results of our poll of viewers. She only made the final five on last Sunday’s episode when Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie decided to use their one judges save of the season to keep her in the competition. But she has earned only a measly 6% in our survey of “American Idol” fans heading into the Top 5 show on May 12.
The other contestant joining her in the bottom two is likely to be Madison VanDenburg who merited a mere 8% in our poll results. All five singers still in the competition will take to the stage on Sunday to perform a trio of tunes. Each will sing a song from the Elton John catalog, another picked out by mentor Bobby Bones and a third in honor of Mother’s Day.
Of the...
The other contestant joining her in the bottom two is likely to be Madison VanDenburg who merited a mere 8% in our poll results. All five singers still in the competition will take to the stage on Sunday to perform a trio of tunes. Each will sing a song from the Elton John catalog, another picked out by mentor Bobby Bones and a third in honor of Mother’s Day.
Of the...
- 5/10/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Alejandro Aranda is the frontrunner to win season 17 of “American Idol.” He has led our predictions ever since the Top 40 were revealed on the ABC revival of this reality series way back on March 31. Since then, this 25-year-old dishwasher from Ponom CA has sung nine songs. Which of these do you think has been his best song to date? Vote in our poll below and then sound off in our comments section with your thoughts on this reboot of “American Idol.”
Do you think that Alejandro shone most with one of the two tunes he sang on the May 5 episode that saw the Top 6 reduced to the final five? Those songs were “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane and one that he wrote himself, “Poison.” Or was it his first time in the spotlight when he made “Yellow” by Coldplay his own? Perhaps you favor one of the six other songs...
Do you think that Alejandro shone most with one of the two tunes he sang on the May 5 episode that saw the Top 6 reduced to the final five? Those songs were “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane and one that he wrote himself, “Poison.” Or was it his first time in the spotlight when he made “Yellow” by Coldplay his own? Perhaps you favor one of the six other songs...
- 5/10/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
We are down to the final five on season 17 of “American Idol.” On May 5, the Top 7 took to the stage to sing two songs: one celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival and the other that was styled as an inspirational showstopper. After the results of the public vote were revealed by Ryan Seacrest, the five contestants still standing are: Alejandro Aranda, Laci Kaye Booth, Wade Cota, Laine Hardy and Madison VanDenburg.
Laci only made it into the Top 5 when judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie opted to use their one save of the season. They chose her over Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon. Do you think this was the right decision? Be sure to cast your vote in our poll. Does Laci’s near-elimination mean that she is out of the running to be crowned the winner of “American Idol” on May 19?
After reviewing the rundown of...
Laci only made it into the Top 5 when judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie opted to use their one save of the season. They chose her over Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon. Do you think this was the right decision? Be sure to cast your vote in our poll. Does Laci’s near-elimination mean that she is out of the running to be crowned the winner of “American Idol” on May 19?
After reviewing the rundown of...
- 5/9/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The top five contestants for Season 17 of “American Idol” have been revealed and will sing for America’s vote once again on Sunday, May 12. Judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie used their only save to keep Laci Kaye Booth in the competition, eliminating Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon. Gold Derby will continue our weekly power rankings to show which artist is on top and who is in danger of heading home during their quest for the title. Don’t agree with our assessment? Sound off in the comments and head over to our prediction center to influence our racetrack odds for who will be crowned the Season 17 champ. Below is our Top 5 power rankings.
1. Madison VanDenburg
(Top 40: “Who’s Lovin’ You”; Top 20 Solo: “Domino”; Top 20 Duet: “We Belong” with Pat Benatar; Top 14: “Fallin'”; Top 14 Results: “You & I”; Top 10: “How Far I’ll Go”; Top 8: “The Show Must Go On,...
1. Madison VanDenburg
(Top 40: “Who’s Lovin’ You”; Top 20 Solo: “Domino”; Top 20 Duet: “We Belong” with Pat Benatar; Top 14: “Fallin'”; Top 14 Results: “You & I”; Top 10: “How Far I’ll Go”; Top 8: “The Show Must Go On,...
- 5/8/2019
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Everything comes with an expiration date, including the American Idol judges’ coveted save, and Sunday’s episode marked their final opportunity to use it this season. Six singers remained atop the two-hour event, but as we learned from last week’s double elimination of Walker Burroughs and Alyssa Raghu, no one — not even someone the judges love enough to nickname — is ever really safe.
The name of the game was “Woodstock & Showstoppers,” meaning that each finalist would sing a song performed at the 1969 music festival, followed by an “inspirationally powerful” second song of their own choosing — the latter of which...
The name of the game was “Woodstock & Showstoppers,” meaning that each finalist would sing a song performed at the 1969 music festival, followed by an “inspirationally powerful” second song of their own choosing — the latter of which...
- 5/6/2019
- TVLine.com
The May 5 episode of the ABC revival of “American Idol” will see the Top 6 cut down to the final four artists in contention for the season 17 title. Each of these half dozen contestants will sing one song from the summer of the Woodstock festival in 1969 and another that is inspirational. At the end of the evening, host Ryan Seacrest will reveal which four number among America’s favorites and will continue on in the competition. One of the two eliminated contestants will be hoping for the judges save from Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.
See ‘American Idol’ Top 6 power rankings: Laine Hardy closes in on Alejandro Aranda heading into May 5 show
The Top 6 finalists were the leading vote-getters after their performances on Queen Night last Sunday: Alejandro Aranda, Laci Kaye Booth,, Wade Cota, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Laine Hardy and Madison VanDenburg. The other two contestants in the Top...
See ‘American Idol’ Top 6 power rankings: Laine Hardy closes in on Alejandro Aranda heading into May 5 show
The Top 6 finalists were the leading vote-getters after their performances on Queen Night last Sunday: Alejandro Aranda, Laci Kaye Booth,, Wade Cota, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Laine Hardy and Madison VanDenburg. The other two contestants in the Top...
- 5/5/2019
- by John Benutty and Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
This Sunday’s episode of “American Idol” will showcase the Top 6 in two performances apiece. Each of the half dozen finalists will sing a song from the summer of 1969 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival. And under the guidance of their mentor, the Grammy-winning Christian music artist Lauren Daigle who got her start on “Idol,” each will perform an inspirational show-stopper.
The Top 6 finalists, who were the top vote-getters on Queen Night last Sunday (April 28), are: Alejandro Aranda, Laci Kaye Booth, Wade Cota, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Laine Hardy and Madison VanDenburg. After reviewing the song spoilers, be sure to vote for your favorite artist to win win season 17 at the bottom of this post. Then sound off on this revival of “American Idol” hosted by Ryan Seacrest in the comments section.
Unlike the Fox version of the show, the ABC edition is airing live nationwide. This...
The Top 6 finalists, who were the top vote-getters on Queen Night last Sunday (April 28), are: Alejandro Aranda, Laci Kaye Booth, Wade Cota, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Laine Hardy and Madison VanDenburg. After reviewing the song spoilers, be sure to vote for your favorite artist to win win season 17 at the bottom of this post. Then sound off on this revival of “American Idol” hosted by Ryan Seacrest in the comments section.
Unlike the Fox version of the show, the ABC edition is airing live nationwide. This...
- 5/5/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Mindy Project’s Ike Barinholtz has been added to the cast of the Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions film The Hunt, written by Lost and The Leftovers co-creator Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse. Craig Zobel is directing the politically charged action-thriller, which is slated for release October 18.
Barinholtz joins previously announced cast members Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, and Glenn Howerton.
Producers are Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Lindelof under his White Rabbit shingle. Cuse and Zobel are executive producers. Erik Baiers, Jay Polidoro, and Mika Pryce will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
Barinholtz was last seen on the big screen in another politically centric, The Oath, opposite Tiffany Haddish, which marked his first feature directorial outing. He also co-stars in Late Night, the Nisha Ganatra-directed talk show comedy, which reunited him with his Mindy Project co-star and show creator Mindy Kaling. The film premiered at...
Barinholtz joins previously announced cast members Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, and Glenn Howerton.
Producers are Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Lindelof under his White Rabbit shingle. Cuse and Zobel are executive producers. Erik Baiers, Jay Polidoro, and Mika Pryce will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
Barinholtz was last seen on the big screen in another politically centric, The Oath, opposite Tiffany Haddish, which marked his first feature directorial outing. He also co-stars in Late Night, the Nisha Ganatra-directed talk show comedy, which reunited him with his Mindy Project co-star and show creator Mindy Kaling. The film premiered at...
- 3/15/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, and Glenn Howerton and have signed on for the Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse-penned politically charged action thriller The Hunt from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions. Z for Zachariah helmer Craig Zobel, who previously collaborated with Lindelof and Cuse on HBO’s The Leftovers, is set to direct the film, which is being produced Jason Blum and Lindelof, under his White Rabbit banner. Cuse and Zobel will serve as executive producers.
The Hunt is slated hit theaters October 18 via Universal. No word on the film’s plot but we hear it explores escalating aggressiveness between the political right and left in America.
Universal execs Erik Baiers, Jay Polidoro, and Mika Pryce will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
Roberts is reprising her role as Madison Montgomery in the eighth season of FX’s American Horror Story: Apocalypse. On the film side, She...
The Hunt is slated hit theaters October 18 via Universal. No word on the film’s plot but we hear it explores escalating aggressiveness between the political right and left in America.
Universal execs Erik Baiers, Jay Polidoro, and Mika Pryce will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
Roberts is reprising her role as Madison Montgomery in the eighth season of FX’s American Horror Story: Apocalypse. On the film side, She...
- 3/13/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Tyler Ross (The Killing), Derek Smith (Grey’s Anatomy), Nana Ghana (White Rabbit), Monique Kim (Looks That Kill) and Marissa Cuevas are set to recur on What/If, Netflix’s social thriller anthology drama series starring Renée Zellweger, Jane Levy and Blake Jenner, from Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley.
The series is written by Kelley, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television.
What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. The first season focuses on a mysterious woman’s lucrative but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of San Francisco newlyweds.
Executive producing the series are Kelley, who also showruns, and Melissa Loy via Page Fright, Alex Gartner and Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment and Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke via Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of...
The series is written by Kelley, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television.
What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. The first season focuses on a mysterious woman’s lucrative but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of San Francisco newlyweds.
Executive producing the series are Kelley, who also showruns, and Melissa Loy via Page Fright, Alex Gartner and Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment and Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke via Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of...
- 12/21/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2017 discoveries”
Nana Ghana: Joan Didion. Hamilton musical theater. The Office series. Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lavallee: In White Rabbit, Sophia appears to be enarmored by the presence of your character – perhaps she suffers from revolving door syndrome. I was wondering if you could describe some of the quirks, or how she interprets the world around her?
Ghana: Sophia’s interpretation of the world around her is very whimsical, erratic and quizzical, she sees the world as her play ground, I believe her curious nature, makes her interesting as a modern woman but also an unpredictable artist.…...
Nana Ghana: Joan Didion. Hamilton musical theater. The Office series. Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lavallee: In White Rabbit, Sophia appears to be enarmored by the presence of your character – perhaps she suffers from revolving door syndrome. I was wondering if you could describe some of the quirks, or how she interprets the world around her?
Ghana: Sophia’s interpretation of the world around her is very whimsical, erratic and quizzical, she sees the world as her play ground, I believe her curious nature, makes her interesting as a modern woman but also an unpredictable artist.…...
- 9/21/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Fifty-one years ago this month, Capitol Records released the debut single by Mississippi-born singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry. Now, for the first time, all seven of Gentry’s studio albums will be re-mastered from the original tapes and available in a massive eight-disc collection. The Girl From Chickasaw County, out September 21st on Capitol/UMe, also features more than 75 previously unreleased recordings including Gentry’s “lost” jazz album, along with outtakes, demos and other rarities.
Amid the Summer of Love’s psychedelic hits (“San Francisco,” “White Rabbit.” “Light My Fire” and the like,...
Amid the Summer of Love’s psychedelic hits (“San Francisco,” “White Rabbit.” “Light My Fire” and the like,...
- 7/30/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired White Rabbit, the Daryl Wein-directed narrative dramatic comedy inspired by the performance art work of Vivian Bang, a Korean American performance artist who struggles to break through in Los Angeles. The pic premiered at Sundance last January. Gravitas Ventures will release theatrically in La and simultaneously on demand September 21.
Bang co-wrote and co-produced the movie with Wein under his banner Mister Lister Films. She will star in upcoming Netflix comedy Always Be My Maybe alongside Keanu Reeves, Ali Wong and Randall Park. Wein founded Mister Lister Films with partner, Zoe Lister-Jones. He directed Lola Versus, Breaking Upwards, Blueprint, and Consumed, and on the small screen, he helmed Mozart in the Jungle for Amazon.
Said Gravita Ventures’ Laura Florence: “Vivian Bang gives an incredible performance in White Rabbit and we are proud to be partnering with such a talented filmmaking team.”
White Rabbit also...
Bang co-wrote and co-produced the movie with Wein under his banner Mister Lister Films. She will star in upcoming Netflix comedy Always Be My Maybe alongside Keanu Reeves, Ali Wong and Randall Park. Wein founded Mister Lister Films with partner, Zoe Lister-Jones. He directed Lola Versus, Breaking Upwards, Blueprint, and Consumed, and on the small screen, he helmed Mozart in the Jungle for Amazon.
Said Gravita Ventures’ Laura Florence: “Vivian Bang gives an incredible performance in White Rabbit and we are proud to be partnering with such a talented filmmaking team.”
White Rabbit also...
- 6/15/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Absolem and Russel—these are the other names that the famous Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland goes by. The Caterpillar is one of the more recognizable characters in the story, and it’s a character that served an important purpose in the story even though it wasn’t as popular compared to other characters such as the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, or the Queen of Hearts. We actually see the Caterpillar twice in the entire story of Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, first in Chapter Four and then in Chapter Five. His part in the story is pivotal to the direction that Alice
Why the Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland was So Important...
Why the Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland was So Important...
- 6/6/2018
- by Jennifer Borama
- TVovermind.com
Last month, Damon Lindelof, the man entrusted by HBO to oversee an adaptation of Alan Moore’s beloved DC comic, Watchmen, suggested that the long-gestating series would not be a direct translation. Instead, The Leftovers creator likened his take on Moore’s deconstructed parody of superhero-dom to Noah Hawley’s small screen reconstruction of the Joel and Ethan Cohen motion picture, Fargo.
Earlier today, Lindelof confirmed, via a lengthy letter addressed to “fans of Watchmen,” that he has “no desire” to adopt the “twelve issues Mr. Moore and Mr. Gibbons created thirty years ago.” Referring to himself as the “unscrupulous bastard currently defiling something that you love,” Lindelof deemed the late-80s publication as “sacred ground” that he “will not…retread nor recreate nor reproduce nor reboot,” but rather, “remix.”
Lindelof, adjudging the groundwork laid by Moore as “just too good,” revealed that his adaptation will draw from The Original...
Earlier today, Lindelof confirmed, via a lengthy letter addressed to “fans of Watchmen,” that he has “no desire” to adopt the “twelve issues Mr. Moore and Mr. Gibbons created thirty years ago.” Referring to himself as the “unscrupulous bastard currently defiling something that you love,” Lindelof deemed the late-80s publication as “sacred ground” that he “will not…retread nor recreate nor reproduce nor reboot,” but rather, “remix.”
Lindelof, adjudging the groundwork laid by Moore as “just too good,” revealed that his adaptation will draw from The Original...
- 5/23/2018
- by Joseph Falcone
- We Got This Covered
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