Veteran singer Cliff Richard still wants to try out new things for his career such as cracking the American charts and is reportedly eyeing duets with major American artistes with Taylor Swift in his sights.
The singer seems to be planning to pull a leaf out of the books of Sir Elton John and Sir Tom Jones who have often collaborated with younger singers to keep them relevant with Sir Elton having a number one hit with Dua Lipa and Sir Tom teaming up with The Stereophonics and The Cardigans.
However, he seems to be waiting for 34-year-old Taylor to call him rather than him calling her, reports mirror.co.uk.
He told The Sun: “She’s the biggest artist on the planet. If she asked me, I’d say, ‘Yes please’, because I’m sure it would be a big hit. And it might be an introduction for me...
The singer seems to be planning to pull a leaf out of the books of Sir Elton John and Sir Tom Jones who have often collaborated with younger singers to keep them relevant with Sir Elton having a number one hit with Dua Lipa and Sir Tom teaming up with The Stereophonics and The Cardigans.
However, he seems to be waiting for 34-year-old Taylor to call him rather than him calling her, reports mirror.co.uk.
He told The Sun: “She’s the biggest artist on the planet. If she asked me, I’d say, ‘Yes please’, because I’m sure it would be a big hit. And it might be an introduction for me...
- 12/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Captain Sir Tom Moore, one of the heroes of the U.K.’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic, has died after contracting the virus. He was 100.
Moore was taken to Bedford Hospital on Sunday with breathing difficulties. He died on Tuesday.
Moore raised close to £33 million ($45 million) for the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) by by walking laps around his garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020.
Moore’s original aim was to raise £1000 by walking 100 laps around his garden with the aid of his walker. He also recorded a hit single, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” that hit No. 1 on the U.K. charts. In the process, he broke two Guinness World Records — for the oldest person to achieve a U.K. No. 1 track, displacing Tom Jones, and also for raising the most money on an individual charity walk.
Moore was taken to Bedford Hospital on Sunday with breathing difficulties. He died on Tuesday.
Moore raised close to £33 million ($45 million) for the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) by by walking laps around his garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020.
Moore’s original aim was to raise £1000 by walking 100 laps around his garden with the aid of his walker. He also recorded a hit single, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” that hit No. 1 on the U.K. charts. In the process, he broke two Guinness World Records — for the oldest person to achieve a U.K. No. 1 track, displacing Tom Jones, and also for raising the most money on an individual charity walk.
- 2/2/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Singer Tom Jones spent the lockdown period working on an album, which is expected to release later this year.
"I recorded an album just before the lockdown, at the beginning of the year. During lockdown, we've been mixing it and putting it together. That's what I'll be looking forward to," the 80-year-old said during a show, reports contactmusic.com.
He also opened up about the coronavirus vaccine, reports mirror.co.uk.
Tom Jones said, "I've had the jab already. That's one good thing about being 80, you're first in line for the jab."
He said the vaccine was nothing to be afraid of, "It was fine - it was just like getting the flu jab. It wasn't a black market one, it was the real deal."
Meanwhile, band Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones recently praised Tom Jones as "a second father" to him.
Kelly underwent surgery to remove a polyp on his...
"I recorded an album just before the lockdown, at the beginning of the year. During lockdown, we've been mixing it and putting it together. That's what I'll be looking forward to," the 80-year-old said during a show, reports contactmusic.com.
He also opened up about the coronavirus vaccine, reports mirror.co.uk.
Tom Jones said, "I've had the jab already. That's one good thing about being 80, you're first in line for the jab."
He said the vaccine was nothing to be afraid of, "It was fine - it was just like getting the flu jab. It wasn't a black market one, it was the real deal."
Meanwhile, band Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones recently praised Tom Jones as "a second father" to him.
Kelly underwent surgery to remove a polyp on his...
- 1/3/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Is there no one Kate McKinnon can’t play?
One week after rolling out her sauced up Rudy Giuliani again, the Saturday Night Live Mvp was leading tonight’s coronavirus vaccine fueled cold opening as Dr. Anthony Fauci – all American sex symbol.
“If enough Americans get this vaccine, you’ll forget who I am,” McKinnon’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director told Beck Bennett’s Wolf Blitzer. “I want to go back to being an anonymous hunk,” she added as one of many bras were tossed into the skit Tom Jones style.
“Any other year, I’m a two, this year I’m a 10,” proclaimed the bespectacled Fauci
Of course, it shouldn’t be forgotten that the first person to portray Fauci this year on SNL was Brad Pitt, back in April – which brings the whole sex symbol thing full circle in a way.
Introduced as “the...
One week after rolling out her sauced up Rudy Giuliani again, the Saturday Night Live Mvp was leading tonight’s coronavirus vaccine fueled cold opening as Dr. Anthony Fauci – all American sex symbol.
“If enough Americans get this vaccine, you’ll forget who I am,” McKinnon’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director told Beck Bennett’s Wolf Blitzer. “I want to go back to being an anonymous hunk,” she added as one of many bras were tossed into the skit Tom Jones style.
“Any other year, I’m a two, this year I’m a 10,” proclaimed the bespectacled Fauci
Of course, it shouldn’t be forgotten that the first person to portray Fauci this year on SNL was Brad Pitt, back in April – which brings the whole sex symbol thing full circle in a way.
Introduced as “the...
- 12/13/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The newest season of The Crown takes place primarily in the Eighties, and it’s packed with music from the era, including Diana Ross’ “Upside Down,” David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” and Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”
In an early episode, a lonely Princess Diana roller-skates around Buckingham Palace while listening to Duran Duran’s “Girls on Film” on a Walkman. It’s a great sequence that seems fictional, but there’s evidence that she did actually skate around royal properties. “It’s...
In an early episode, a lonely Princess Diana roller-skates around Buckingham Palace while listening to Duran Duran’s “Girls on Film” on a Walkman. It’s a great sequence that seems fictional, but there’s evidence that she did actually skate around royal properties. “It’s...
- 11/17/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 backup vocalist Tessa Niles.
On July 23rd, 1983, 22-year-old backup vocalist Tessa Niles walked onstage with the Police for the first time when they kicked...
On July 23rd, 1983, 22-year-old backup vocalist Tessa Niles walked onstage with the Police for the first time when they kicked...
- 11/4/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Sean Connery, the Scottish-born actor who shot to worldwide fame originating the role of James Bond in the long-running movie franchise, has died at age 90.
Connery died overnight in his sleep while in his home in the Bahamas, the BBC reported Saturday.
Connery played the suave British superspy in seven blockbuster films, beginning with 1962’s “Dr. No” all the way through 1983’s “Never Say Never Again.” He also won an Academy Award for his supporting role as an Irish-American cop battling Prohibition-era gangsters in Brian De Palma’s 1987 film “The Untouchables.”
Born Thomas Sean Connery in 1930, he began acting on the U.K. stage in early 1950s after a stint in the Royal Navy. By 1957, the amateur bodybuilder earned the lead role in the BBC’s production of “Requiem for a Heavyweight.” Two years later, Disney cast him as the lead in the 1959 movie “Darby O’Gill and the Little People...
Connery died overnight in his sleep while in his home in the Bahamas, the BBC reported Saturday.
Connery played the suave British superspy in seven blockbuster films, beginning with 1962’s “Dr. No” all the way through 1983’s “Never Say Never Again.” He also won an Academy Award for his supporting role as an Irish-American cop battling Prohibition-era gangsters in Brian De Palma’s 1987 film “The Untouchables.”
Born Thomas Sean Connery in 1930, he began acting on the U.K. stage in early 1950s after a stint in the Royal Navy. By 1957, the amateur bodybuilder earned the lead role in the BBC’s production of “Requiem for a Heavyweight.” Two years later, Disney cast him as the lead in the 1959 movie “Darby O’Gill and the Little People...
- 10/31/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
This weekend, Steve Earle devotes an entire episode of his Hardcore Troubadour Radio show on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country to the memory of Billy Joe Shaver, who died Wednesday at 81. Earle wrote the liner notes for Shaver’s last album, 2014’s Long in the Tooth, and he reads from those words in tribute to the Texas songwriter.
“If God ever woke up and decided that he was going to make himself a songwriter it was on the morning of August 16th, 1939,” Earle says, noting the date of Shaver’s birth...
“If God ever woke up and decided that he was going to make himself a songwriter it was on the morning of August 16th, 1939,” Earle says, noting the date of Shaver’s birth...
- 10/30/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jerry Lee Lewis turned 85 years old on September 29th — a remarkable milestone, especially considering that Lewis was one of the hardest-living of all the original Fifties rock & roll pioneers. He suffered a serious stroke last year, but regained his ability to play the piano in time to cut a gospel album in Nashville in January. Belatedly, Lewis will celebrate his birthday with a virtual livestream event on October 27th.
Hosted by John Stamos, the event will feature performances and tributes from friends including Elton John, former President Bill Clinton, Willie Nelson,...
Hosted by John Stamos, the event will feature performances and tributes from friends including Elton John, former President Bill Clinton, Willie Nelson,...
- 10/13/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
More than 200,000 people are dead. People are suffering in all the ways that life can provide: medically, economically, systemically, racially — and all of us are navigating the Covid-19 pandemic in the best ways we know. So when Washington Post columnist Alyssa Rosenberg penned an op-ed headlined It’s time to face reality, and to cancel the 2021 Oscars the eye-rolls were in full force.
By her measure, because films like “Bios,” “Black Widow,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Candyman,” “Cruella,” “Deep Water,” “Dune,” “Eternals,” “F9,” “The French Dispatch,” ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Halloween Kills,” “In the Heights,” “Jungle Cruise,” “King Richard,” “The Last Duel,” “The Many Saints of Newark,” “Minions: Rise of Gru,” “Morbius,” “The Nightingale,” “No Time to Die,” “Raya and the Last Dragon,” “Spiral: The Book of Saw,” “Tom & Jerry,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” “West Side Story” and “The Woman in the Window” have exited the eligibility period,...
By her measure, because films like “Bios,” “Black Widow,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Candyman,” “Cruella,” “Deep Water,” “Dune,” “Eternals,” “F9,” “The French Dispatch,” ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Halloween Kills,” “In the Heights,” “Jungle Cruise,” “King Richard,” “The Last Duel,” “The Many Saints of Newark,” “Minions: Rise of Gru,” “Morbius,” “The Nightingale,” “No Time to Die,” “Raya and the Last Dragon,” “Spiral: The Book of Saw,” “Tom & Jerry,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” “West Side Story” and “The Woman in the Window” have exited the eligibility period,...
- 10/12/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
A new career-spanning Aretha Franklin box set will collect the Queen of Soul’s biggest hits alongside unreleased demos and alternate versions, rarities, live performances and more.
Aretha, due out digitally and as a four-cd set on November 20th via Rhino, charts Franklin’s entire career chronologically and across all record labels, from her debut 1956 single (“Never Grow Old” b/w “You Grow Closer”) to her stunning live rendition of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” from the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors.
Of the 81 remastered tracks on Aretha, 19 are...
Aretha, due out digitally and as a four-cd set on November 20th via Rhino, charts Franklin’s entire career chronologically and across all record labels, from her debut 1956 single (“Never Grow Old” b/w “You Grow Closer”) to her stunning live rendition of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” from the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors.
Of the 81 remastered tracks on Aretha, 19 are...
- 9/30/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Let’s get this out of the way up front: Nobody, not even the erotic titan Sir Tom Jones OBE himself, can pull off a performance of “Sex Bomb” without looking hilarious in the process. That said, a recently resurfaced version of the song from Russia’s Red Army Choir and Mvd Ensemble takes Jones’ militaristic ode to…...
- 9/25/2020
- by Reid McCarter on News, shared by Reid McCarter to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
The uplifting story of 100-year-old British hero Captain Tom Moore, who kept a nation in lockdown inspired, is being turned into a feature film, fast-tracked for production in 2021.
The U.K.’s Fred Films and Powder Keg Pictures won a bidding war for the life rights to the former British Army captain and World War II hero, who raised £38.9 million ($49.4 million) for the U.K.’s National Health Service by walking laps around his garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Moore’s original aim was to raise £1000 by walking 100 laps around his garden with the aid of his walker. He also recorded a hit single, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” that hit No. 1 on the U.K. charts. In the process, he broke two Guinness World Records — for the oldest person to achieve a U.K. No. 1 track, displacing Tom Jones, and also for...
The U.K.’s Fred Films and Powder Keg Pictures won a bidding war for the life rights to the former British Army captain and World War II hero, who raised £38.9 million ($49.4 million) for the U.K.’s National Health Service by walking laps around his garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Moore’s original aim was to raise £1000 by walking 100 laps around his garden with the aid of his walker. He also recorded a hit single, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” that hit No. 1 on the U.K. charts. In the process, he broke two Guinness World Records — for the oldest person to achieve a U.K. No. 1 track, displacing Tom Jones, and also for...
- 9/23/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Did we call it or did we call it? Carole Baskin will hit the floor for her second dance on “Dancing with the Stars” to yet another kitty-themed song: “What’s New Pussycat” by Tom Jones. Tptb can’t stop, won’t stop.
The “Tiger King” star and Pasha Pashkov have the Viennese waltz, which might be slow enough to help them improve on their score of 11 for their paso doble on the premiere. The Viennese waltz is one of seven dances on deck for Week 2 — foxtrot, samba, tango, rumba, cha-cha and jive being the others.
Busting out the tough samba and rumba this early feels wrong, but Skai Jackson has the former and Justina Machado has the latter. They topped the leaderboard Week 1, each with a 21, and all signs so far point to them being able to handle whatever Alan Bersten and Sasha Farber, respectively, throw at them. Chrishell Stause also has the rumba,...
The “Tiger King” star and Pasha Pashkov have the Viennese waltz, which might be slow enough to help them improve on their score of 11 for their paso doble on the premiere. The Viennese waltz is one of seven dances on deck for Week 2 — foxtrot, samba, tango, rumba, cha-cha and jive being the others.
Busting out the tough samba and rumba this early feels wrong, but Skai Jackson has the former and Justina Machado has the latter. They topped the leaderboard Week 1, each with a 21, and all signs so far point to them being able to handle whatever Alan Bersten and Sasha Farber, respectively, throw at them. Chrishell Stause also has the rumba,...
- 9/17/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
On the surface, AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s “Blinded by the Light,” and Tom Jones’ “Valerie” have nothing in common. They were recorded in different decades, targeted at different demographics, and they don’t sound even remotely alike. But they all feature the drumming of Chris Slade, a journeyman Welsh musician who has also played with Olivia Newton-John, Tom Paxton, Uriah Heep, David Gilmour, the Firm, Gary Moore, and Asia.
He’s best known for joining AC/DC in 1989, just in time to play on their comeback LP,...
He’s best known for joining AC/DC in 1989, just in time to play on their comeback LP,...
- 8/12/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Hamilton will debut on Disney+ on July 3rd, the start of a long holiday weekend. The Walt Disney Company paid good money for the Broadway phenomenon, a reported $75 million for the rights to the film, which features performances by the original cast (we wrote a primer on the cast and where they are now).
If you’re healthily avoiding crowds and already had your fill of fireworks, here are 10 more movies and TV shows that explore the American Revolution from different angles.
1776 (1972)
Making the Founding Fathers sing was truly revolutionary when Sherman Edwards’s musical debuted on Broadway in 1969. The plot traced how the Second Continental Congress decided on independence; there are lots of fun character moments but really no other story. After the show won the Tony for Best Musical, Hollywood mogul Jack Warner hired most of the cast and director Peter Hunt to make a movie. Then...
If you’re healthily avoiding crowds and already had your fill of fireworks, here are 10 more movies and TV shows that explore the American Revolution from different angles.
1776 (1972)
Making the Founding Fathers sing was truly revolutionary when Sherman Edwards’s musical debuted on Broadway in 1969. The plot traced how the Second Continental Congress decided on independence; there are lots of fun character moments but really no other story. After the show won the Tony for Best Musical, Hollywood mogul Jack Warner hired most of the cast and director Peter Hunt to make a movie. Then...
- 7/3/2020
- by Chris Longo
- Den of Geek
President Donald Trump has verbally attacked CNN on innumerable occasions since he began running for office in 2015, but his reelection campaign’s new cease-and-desist letter to the network was unprecedented, CNN said in a Wednesday statement.
The president’s reelection campaign sent the legal threat to CNN president Jeff Zucker on Tuesday regarding CNN’s June 8 poll that showed Trump trailing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 14 points. The poll stated that Biden, at 55 percent, was leading Trump, who was at 41 percent, and also noted that Trump’s approval rating was 38 percent, his lowest mark since January 2019. The poll included 1,259 respondents, 32 percent of which identified as Democrats. Twenty-five percent of respondents identified as Republicans while 44 percent of respondents identified themselves as independents or members of another political party.
The cease-and-desist, from Republican polling firm McLaughlin & Associates and signed by Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis and chief operating officer Michael Glassner,...
The president’s reelection campaign sent the legal threat to CNN president Jeff Zucker on Tuesday regarding CNN’s June 8 poll that showed Trump trailing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 14 points. The poll stated that Biden, at 55 percent, was leading Trump, who was at 41 percent, and also noted that Trump’s approval rating was 38 percent, his lowest mark since January 2019. The poll included 1,259 respondents, 32 percent of which identified as Democrats. Twenty-five percent of respondents identified as Republicans while 44 percent of respondents identified themselves as independents or members of another political party.
The cease-and-desist, from Republican polling firm McLaughlin & Associates and signed by Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis and chief operating officer Michael Glassner,...
- 6/11/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Thompson on Hollywood
President Donald Trump has verbally attacked CNN on innumerable occasions since he began running for office in 2015, but his reelection campaign’s new cease-and-desist letter to the network was unprecedented, CNN said in a Wednesday statement.
The president’s reelection campaign sent the legal threat to CNN president Jeff Zucker on Tuesday regarding CNN’s June 8 poll that showed Trump trailing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 14 points. The poll stated that Biden, at 55 percent, was leading Trump, who was at 41 percent, and also noted that Trump’s approval rating was 38 percent, his lowest mark since January 2019. The poll included 1,259 respondents, 32 percent of which identified as Democrats. Twenty-five percent of respondents identified as Republicans while 44 percent of respondents identified themselves as independents or members of another political party.
The cease-and-desist, from Republican polling firm McLaughlin & Associates and signed by Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis and chief operating officer Michael Glassner,...
The president’s reelection campaign sent the legal threat to CNN president Jeff Zucker on Tuesday regarding CNN’s June 8 poll that showed Trump trailing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 14 points. The poll stated that Biden, at 55 percent, was leading Trump, who was at 41 percent, and also noted that Trump’s approval rating was 38 percent, his lowest mark since January 2019. The poll included 1,259 respondents, 32 percent of which identified as Democrats. Twenty-five percent of respondents identified as Republicans while 44 percent of respondents identified themselves as independents or members of another political party.
The cease-and-desist, from Republican polling firm McLaughlin & Associates and signed by Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis and chief operating officer Michael Glassner,...
- 6/11/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Slowly but surely, the world is emerging from one of the darkest challenges most of us will ever experience. But it will still be some time before we return to full normality, and there are some things we will have to live without for some time yet. With summer upon us, thoughts naturally turn to music festivals, but most of 2020’s events were cancelled long ago. Instead, let’s take a look in the rear view mirror to a time when it all began.
It’s 50 years since Woodstock, Glastonbury and the Summer of Love. This was a time when the movies and the music were interwoven in a way that you just don’t see today. Having said that, not everything has changed for the worse in the past half a century. Today, if you want to relive those years with a mellow smoke, you can place your order online.
It’s 50 years since Woodstock, Glastonbury and the Summer of Love. This was a time when the movies and the music were interwoven in a way that you just don’t see today. Having said that, not everything has changed for the worse in the past half a century. Today, if you want to relive those years with a mellow smoke, you can place your order online.
- 6/1/2020
- by Michael Walsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
To mark the fourth anniversary of Prince’s death this week, the producers of the Grammys put together an all-star tribute to the Purple One with performances of his songs by John Legend, the Foo Fighters, St. Vincent, Morris Day and the Time, and many others. Strangely absent from the festivities, though, was “What’s New Pussycat?” belter Tom Jones, who experienced a late-career renaissance in the late Eighties, in part thanks to a sleek, hyper–New Wave cover of Prince’s “Kiss” that he recorded with Art of Noise. The...
- 4/22/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
About 20.7 million viewers watched the linear broadcast of One World: Together At Home in the U.S. on Saturday, according to Live+Same Day figures released by Nielsen. The combined linear viewership, which marks the largest non-NFL playoff Saturday this season, is only a portion of the U.S. audience for the special as the total does not include any of the streaming services and online outlets who carried the benefit concert.
The two-hour televised event, produced by Audrey Morrissey and Live Animals in partnership with Global Citizen, aired in the U.S. on 26 networks from approximately 8-10 Pm Et and tape-delayed on four others.
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The two-hour televised event, produced by Audrey Morrissey and Live Animals in partnership with Global Citizen, aired in the U.S. on 26 networks from approximately 8-10 Pm Et and tape-delayed on four others.
More from Deadline'One World' Concert Review: Rolling Stones & Beyoncé Hit High Notes At Multi-Network Show For Covid-19 Frontline Workers'60 Minutes' Eclipses 'American Idol' To Top Sunday Ratings; 'The Simpsons' Ticks Down In Return'One World: Together At Home' Peaks With 6M Viewers In...
- 4/20/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC hosted the UK version of the One World: Together At Home concert on Sunday night, bringing a British twist to proceedings by supplementing performances from Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga with turns from Little Mix and Tom Jones.
The two-hour broadcast on BBC One was produced by ITV Studios-owned Twofour and presented by Dermot O’Leary, Claudia Winkleman and Clara Amfo from a studio in the UK. The show was watched by an average audience of 5.4M from 7.15Pm, peaking with 6M, according to Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
Organized by the Global Citizen movement and the World Health Organization, One World: Together at Home was the most-watched show during the period it was on air,...
The two-hour broadcast on BBC One was produced by ITV Studios-owned Twofour and presented by Dermot O’Leary, Claudia Winkleman and Clara Amfo from a studio in the UK. The show was watched by an average audience of 5.4M from 7.15Pm, peaking with 6M, according to Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
Organized by the Global Citizen movement and the World Health Organization, One World: Together at Home was the most-watched show during the period it was on air,...
- 4/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Jodie Whittaker, David Attenborough, Danny Dyer, footballer Sergio Aguero and professor Brian Cox are to help the BBC educate children during coronavirus pandemic.
With schools out during the Covid-19 crisis, the BBC has been stepping up its education tools to help parents homeschool their kids. Now, the corporation has enlisted a stellar cast of teaching staff.
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TV stars will collaborate with real teachers to host Bitesize Daily episodes, which will be made available to British children aged 5-14 on streamer iPlayer and offer 14 weeks of curriculum-based learning.
Whittaker will drop into daily...
With schools out during the Covid-19 crisis, the BBC has been stepping up its education tools to help parents homeschool their kids. Now, the corporation has enlisted a stellar cast of teaching staff.
More from Deadline'One World: Together At Home' Peaks With 6M Viewers In The UK As Little Mix & Tom Jones PerformWriter Sarah Phelps On Her Final Agatha Christie Adaptation 'The Pale Horse' & Why A Big-Money Overall Deal Would Be "Scary"BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie Emerging As Candidate To Beat In Race To Become BBC Director General
TV stars will collaborate with real teachers to host Bitesize Daily episodes, which will be made available to British children aged 5-14 on streamer iPlayer and offer 14 weeks of curriculum-based learning.
Whittaker will drop into daily...
- 4/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Bob Dylan fans woke up this morning to the stunning news that the songwriter had released a 17-minute epic titled “Murder Most Foul.” “Greetings to my fans and followers, with gratitude for all your support and loyalty over the years,” Dylan wrote. “This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting. Stay safe, stay observant, and may God be with you.”
It’s his first original song since 2012’s Tempest, though he has released three albums of cover songs associated with Frank Sinatra since then.
It’s his first original song since 2012’s Tempest, though he has released three albums of cover songs associated with Frank Sinatra since then.
- 3/27/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
An incredible lineup of musicians — including Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Rick Wakeman, Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler and Nick Mason — came together at London’s 02 Arena on Tuesday night for the Music for the Marsden charity show, which raised money to fight cancer.
Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker was the musical director of the show and he worked alongside keyboardist Paul “Wix” Wickens, guitarists Andy Fairweather Low and Robbie McIntosh, bassist Dave Bronze and drummers Graham Broad and Ian Paice.
Highlights included Van Morrison and Eric Clapton jamming...
Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker was the musical director of the show and he worked alongside keyboardist Paul “Wix” Wickens, guitarists Andy Fairweather Low and Robbie McIntosh, bassist Dave Bronze and drummers Graham Broad and Ian Paice.
Highlights included Van Morrison and Eric Clapton jamming...
- 3/4/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
As it must do every week, “The Masked Singer,” has kicked off another contestant and this week it was the Mouse, who was revealed to be legendary singer Dionne Warwick. Warwick is now the fifth performer to be eliminated from the show’s third season, joining Lil Wayne (Robot), Drew Carey (Llama), Chaka Khan (Miss Monster) and Tony Hawk (Elephant) in failing to properly wow the show’s audience. But which one of these rejects didn’t really deserve to be kicked off? Which one do You think is most deserving of a second chance at this competition? Vote in our poll below.
Warwick used her trademark pipes to sing “Get Here” by Oleta Adams in her debut. She followed that up with her version of “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” by her former touring partner, Natalie Cole.
SEEYikes! Ken Jeong is the only ‘The Masked Singer’ judge without...
Warwick used her trademark pipes to sing “Get Here” by Oleta Adams in her debut. She followed that up with her version of “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” by her former touring partner, Natalie Cole.
SEEYikes! Ken Jeong is the only ‘The Masked Singer’ judge without...
- 2/29/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
The crushing inequality in global economics is both the righteous roil of British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom’s inequality satire “Greed” and its Achilles heel in effectively dramatizing the wreckage wrought by billionaires.
It’s always tricky to find humor in ostentatious wealth while stoking our concern for the plight of sweatshop workers and refugees, and Winterbottom, teaming again with his go-to comic frontman Steve Coogan, is not one to finesse such tonal details when he’s got a message to get out about mega-loaded wankers, and a killer clown whom he’s confident will wring laughs out of audacious self-centeredness.
But in the case of “Greed,” at least, the jokey jerkiness mostly works as we enter the orbit of crassly aggressive fast-fashion magnate Richard McCreadie (a fake-tanned Coogan sporting blinding white teeth) while he readies a 60th birthday toga bash in Mykonos to save his reputation after a parliamentary inquiry...
It’s always tricky to find humor in ostentatious wealth while stoking our concern for the plight of sweatshop workers and refugees, and Winterbottom, teaming again with his go-to comic frontman Steve Coogan, is not one to finesse such tonal details when he’s got a message to get out about mega-loaded wankers, and a killer clown whom he’s confident will wring laughs out of audacious self-centeredness.
But in the case of “Greed,” at least, the jokey jerkiness mostly works as we enter the orbit of crassly aggressive fast-fashion magnate Richard McCreadie (a fake-tanned Coogan sporting blinding white teeth) while he readies a 60th birthday toga bash in Mykonos to save his reputation after a parliamentary inquiry...
- 2/26/2020
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Steve Coogan stars in Michael Winterbottom’s exploration of corrosive capitalism, Greed.
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“What’s that Greek word?” asks Sarah Solemani’s party planner during one of Greed’s many sharp, quick-fire conversation scenes - not ‘Taramasalata?’ (as per the first suggestion she receives), the word she’s looking for is ‘Hubris’ - meaning, essentially, the overblown pride that comes before a fall. It’s a theme that runs throughout this satire of the super-rich, and specifically a fictionalized version of British billionaire highstreet fashion tycoon Philip Green.
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Steve Coogan reunites with his frequent collaborator director Michael Winterbottom to play Green proxy Richard ‘Greedy’ McCreadie for a comedy with a very serious point that for the most part works on both levels, though a heavily signposted final act...
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“What’s that Greek word?” asks Sarah Solemani’s party planner during one of Greed’s many sharp, quick-fire conversation scenes - not ‘Taramasalata?’ (as per the first suggestion she receives), the word she’s looking for is ‘Hubris’ - meaning, essentially, the overblown pride that comes before a fall. It’s a theme that runs throughout this satire of the super-rich, and specifically a fictionalized version of British billionaire highstreet fashion tycoon Philip Green.
See related Best Documentaries on Amazon Prime Video Best Comedy Movies on Netflix Best Comedy Movies on Hulu Right Now
Steve Coogan reunites with his frequent collaborator director Michael Winterbottom to play Green proxy Richard ‘Greedy’ McCreadie for a comedy with a very serious point that for the most part works on both levels, though a heavily signposted final act...
- 2/20/2020
- Den of Geek
Four masked performers remain in Group A of the third season of “The Masked Singer.” The first two have been revealed and eliminated and even in this early stage of the competition, we can’t help but think, who of this group has the best shot at going all the way? Below, we’ve ranked the four remaining contestants from Group A in order of their likelihood of taking home the Golden Mask. Do you think that these are in the right order? If not, how would you rank them? Make sure to leave your thoughts in the comments below.
The post-Super Bowl episode brought one of the biggest celebrities yet to the show’s stage when the Robot was revealed to be Lil Wayne after a performance of “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz. Then the most recent episode saw the Llama eliminated after performing “She...
The post-Super Bowl episode brought one of the biggest celebrities yet to the show’s stage when the Robot was revealed to be Lil Wayne after a performance of “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz. Then the most recent episode saw the Llama eliminated after performing “She...
- 2/12/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Fox’s fever dream of a singing competition worked its mask off this week, kicking off Season 3 with two episodes in just four days’ time. We’re no mathletes, but by our calculations, that means there are approximately a zillion Masked Singer clues to work through ahead of the next installment. Have no fear: We’ve got you covered.
Not long after Sunday’s post-Super Bowl season premiere, last week’s episode once more trotted out Llama, Miss Monster, Turtle, White Tiger and Kangaroo to defend their spots on the show. Despite his boppy, really on-tune rendition of Tom Jones “It’s Not Unusual,...
Not long after Sunday’s post-Super Bowl season premiere, last week’s episode once more trotted out Llama, Miss Monster, Turtle, White Tiger and Kangaroo to defend their spots on the show. Despite his boppy, really on-tune rendition of Tom Jones “It’s Not Unusual,...
- 2/8/2020
- TVLine.com
The second episode of “The Masked Singer” started with the Llama, the accordion-carrying singer who crooned Tom Jones‘ infamous song “It’s Not Unusual” (watch above). After his untimely elimination at the end of the show, the Llama’s big reveal was shocking … but let’s save that reveal till the end.
Guest judge Jason Biggs guessed Johnny Knoxville, and Robin Thicke agreed — really? Ken Jeong said it was Joel McHale — because he supposedly loves Tom Jones and plays an instrument. Jenny McCarthy mused that it could be Zach Galifianakis. Also, names like Gallagher and Weird Al were tossed around … this panel was way off.
See‘The Masked Singer’ 3 episode 2 recap: Who was unmasked during Group A Playoffs? [Updating Live Blog]
Let’s break it down: that accordion is in reference to the singer’s performance on Jimmy Fallon when he attempted to play “New York, New York” on the accordion and famously failed.
Guest judge Jason Biggs guessed Johnny Knoxville, and Robin Thicke agreed — really? Ken Jeong said it was Joel McHale — because he supposedly loves Tom Jones and plays an instrument. Jenny McCarthy mused that it could be Zach Galifianakis. Also, names like Gallagher and Weird Al were tossed around … this panel was way off.
See‘The Masked Singer’ 3 episode 2 recap: Who was unmasked during Group A Playoffs? [Updating Live Blog]
Let’s break it down: that accordion is in reference to the singer’s performance on Jimmy Fallon when he attempted to play “New York, New York” on the accordion and famously failed.
- 2/6/2020
- by Lisa DiGiovine
- Gold Derby
In the second episode of Fox’s “The Masked Singer” Season 3, the reality TV show welcomed Jason Biggs to join the panel alongside Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger. Their collective goal, as always, was to try to identify the mystery celebrities hiding inside the elaborate costumes. After the elimination of the Robot on Super Bowl Sunday, only five celebs remained in Group A: Kangaroo, Llama, Miss Monster, Turtle and White Tiger. Did you correctly guess which member from this group was sent home second, and who was hiding underneath their mask?
SEEAre ‘The Masked Singer’ celebrity contestants lip-syncing or singing live?
Below, check out our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 3, Episode 2, titled “The Playoffs: Group A,” to find out what happened Wednesday, February 5 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed celebs...
SEEAre ‘The Masked Singer’ celebrity contestants lip-syncing or singing live?
Below, check out our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 3, Episode 2, titled “The Playoffs: Group A,” to find out what happened Wednesday, February 5 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed celebs...
- 2/6/2020
- by Denton Davidson and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
There were many standout ads from last night’s Super Bowl. Amongst the trailers for the likes of Black Widow, No Time to Die and Mulan, Walmart debuted a geek-pleasing commercial that brought together various cinematic icons, as everyone from The Lego Movie‘s Wildstyle to Men in Black‘s Frank the Pug to Star Wars‘ Threepio and Artoo joined in on the fun. And, amongst all these worldwide famous characters, there were the aliens from Mars Attacks!
The 1996 sci-fi comedy movie from Tim Burton was not one of the filmmaker’s biggest hits, falling far short of the success achieved by that same year’s non-parodic alien invasion flick Independence Day. However, it’s earned itself a cult following over time, particularly for its titular Martian attackers, who are known for their weird “Ack! Ack!” language.
So, it meant a lot to fans of the film that the Martians...
The 1996 sci-fi comedy movie from Tim Burton was not one of the filmmaker’s biggest hits, falling far short of the success achieved by that same year’s non-parodic alien invasion flick Independence Day. However, it’s earned itself a cult following over time, particularly for its titular Martian attackers, who are known for their weird “Ack! Ack!” language.
So, it meant a lot to fans of the film that the Martians...
- 2/3/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
“Are You There?”
By Raymond Benson
Writer/director/actor Bryan Forbes was a major force in the British film industry for several decades, having started in the 1950s at times as an actor in films and then in other instances as a screenwriter, and then he moved into directing. Forbes made several good pictures, the most famous probably being The Stepford Wives in the 70s.
Forbes also had connections to the world of James Bond. Forbes’ first screenwriting duties were for Albert R. Broccoli’s Warwick Films in the 1950s. When Forbes began writing novels, his literary agent was none other than Peter Janson-Smith, who had been Ian Fleming’s agent. Astute Bond fans will also spot other connections in The Whisperers, such as a John Barry score, and the appearance of Robin Bailey, the actor who, in the pre-credits sequence of You Only Live Twice, plays the Foreign Secretary...
By Raymond Benson
Writer/director/actor Bryan Forbes was a major force in the British film industry for several decades, having started in the 1950s at times as an actor in films and then in other instances as a screenwriter, and then he moved into directing. Forbes made several good pictures, the most famous probably being The Stepford Wives in the 70s.
Forbes also had connections to the world of James Bond. Forbes’ first screenwriting duties were for Albert R. Broccoli’s Warwick Films in the 1950s. When Forbes began writing novels, his literary agent was none other than Peter Janson-Smith, who had been Ian Fleming’s agent. Astute Bond fans will also spot other connections in The Whisperers, such as a John Barry score, and the appearance of Robin Bailey, the actor who, in the pre-credits sequence of You Only Live Twice, plays the Foreign Secretary...
- 1/27/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Louise Osmond’s 2015 Sundance audience winner “Dark Horse” was one of those documentaries that played like a crowdpleasing fiction, its real-life tale of underdog triumph had such a conventionally satisfying narrative arc. And indeed, the new “Dream Horse” proves that same material is indeed ready-made for dramatization.
Euros Lyn’s feature springs few true surprises within its familiar genre, one that U.K. filmmakers have specialized in at least since “The Full Monty.” Still, this is a well-cast, artfully handled effort that exercises sufficient restraint to really earn its requisite laughter and tears.
Toni Collette is in fine form as Jan Vokes, a middle-aged South Wales native whose life in declining former mining town Cefn Fforest has hit a seemingly permanent slump. Her children have left the nest, arthritic husband Brian (Owen Teale) mostly just parks himself in front of the telly, and her two jobs (bartending at the local...
Euros Lyn’s feature springs few true surprises within its familiar genre, one that U.K. filmmakers have specialized in at least since “The Full Monty.” Still, this is a well-cast, artfully handled effort that exercises sufficient restraint to really earn its requisite laughter and tears.
Toni Collette is in fine form as Jan Vokes, a middle-aged South Wales native whose life in declining former mining town Cefn Fforest has hit a seemingly permanent slump. Her children have left the nest, arthritic husband Brian (Owen Teale) mostly just parks himself in front of the telly, and her two jobs (bartending at the local...
- 1/27/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
The York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director Evans Haile, Executive Director, dedicated to the development of new musicals and rediscovery of musical gems from the past, as part of its 50th Anniversary season, has announced the cast for the York Legacy Concerts of the 1969 Broadway musical Celebration, written by the revered songwriting team of Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones.
- 1/21/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The man inside the yellow Big Bird suit; TV’s Rhoda; and a “Beverly Hills 90210” heartthrob are just a few of the beloved entertainment figures who died in 2019. Here are some of the unforgettable stars and creators of movies, TV and music who we lost this year.
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Several notable directors died in 2019, including pioneering French New Wave director Agnes Varda, who died March 29 at 90. “Singin’ in the Rain” director Stanley Donen died Feb. 21 at 94, while cult movie director Larry Cohen, who helmed “It’s Alive,” died March 23 at 77. “Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton suffered a stroke and died April 29 at 51, and renowned documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, who made “Don’t Look Back,” died Aug. 1 at 94. “Romeo and Juliet” director Franco Zeffirelli died June 15 at 96. The colorful studio executive and producer of “Chinatown” and many other films, Robert Evans, died Oct. 26 at 89.
Movie stars who died in 2019 included Doris Day,...
Movies
Several notable directors died in 2019, including pioneering French New Wave director Agnes Varda, who died March 29 at 90. “Singin’ in the Rain” director Stanley Donen died Feb. 21 at 94, while cult movie director Larry Cohen, who helmed “It’s Alive,” died March 23 at 77. “Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton suffered a stroke and died April 29 at 51, and renowned documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, who made “Don’t Look Back,” died Aug. 1 at 94. “Romeo and Juliet” director Franco Zeffirelli died June 15 at 96. The colorful studio executive and producer of “Chinatown” and many other films, Robert Evans, died Oct. 26 at 89.
Movie stars who died in 2019 included Doris Day,...
- 1/1/2020
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Photographer Terry O’Neill, who photographed the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and countless other icons of the Sixties, died Saturday, The Associated Press reports. He was 81.
O’Neill died at his home in London following a battle with cancer. His agency, Iconic Images, confirmed his death with a statement shared on O’Neill’s Instagram: “It is with a heavy heart that Iconic Images announces the passing of Terry O’Neill, Cbe,” the note read. “Terry was a class act, quick witted and filled with charm. Anyone who was lucky...
O’Neill died at his home in London following a battle with cancer. His agency, Iconic Images, confirmed his death with a statement shared on O’Neill’s Instagram: “It is with a heavy heart that Iconic Images announces the passing of Terry O’Neill, Cbe,” the note read. “Terry was a class act, quick witted and filled with charm. Anyone who was lucky...
- 11/18/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Noah Baumbach has made a career of dramatic comedies inspired by facets of his own life. He’s been writing bits and pieces of “Marriage Story” for years, and spent many hours discussing it with his go-to leading man Adam Driver. While they were in post on “The Meyerowitz Stories,” Baumbach decided he was ready to fulfill two goals: To make “Marriage Story,” and to end a movie with Driver singing “Being Alive” from Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.”
“I’d heard him sing,” he told me. “It’s good because it’s human. I wanted the song to have the same function songs do in musicals: the character arrives at another place by the end of the song. It’s story and character. This material offered many hidden and not so hidden genres in it: comedy, horror, thriller, court procedural, love story, musical.”
Baumbach crafted his most accessible and poignant...
“I’d heard him sing,” he told me. “It’s good because it’s human. I wanted the song to have the same function songs do in musicals: the character arrives at another place by the end of the song. It’s story and character. This material offered many hidden and not so hidden genres in it: comedy, horror, thriller, court procedural, love story, musical.”
Baumbach crafted his most accessible and poignant...
- 11/8/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Noah Baumbach has made a career of dramatic comedies inspired by facets of his own life. He’s been writing bits and pieces of “Marriage Story” for years, and spent many hours discussing it with his go-to leading man Adam Driver. While they were in post on “The Meyerowitz Stories,” Baumbach decided he was ready to fulfill two goals: To make “Marriage Story,” and to end a movie with Driver singing “Being Alive” from Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.”
“I’d heard him sing,” he told me. “It’s good because it’s human. I wanted the song to have the same function songs do in musicals: the character arrives at another place by the end of the song. It’s story and character. This material offered many hidden and not so hidden genres in it: comedy, horror, thriller, court procedural, love story, musical.”
Baumbach crafted his most accessible and poignant...
“I’d heard him sing,” he told me. “It’s good because it’s human. I wanted the song to have the same function songs do in musicals: the character arrives at another place by the end of the song. It’s story and character. This material offered many hidden and not so hidden genres in it: comedy, horror, thriller, court procedural, love story, musical.”
Baumbach crafted his most accessible and poignant...
- 11/8/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Earlier this year, the documentary Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock n Roll hit theaters. Directed by Tom Jones, the film tells the story of the New Jersey boardwalk town that was ripped apart by racial tensions in the early 1970s while simultaneously giving birth to a music scene that launched the careers of Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny and Steve Van Zandt, among others. Gradually, music helped bring the town together and today it is an up-and-coming vacation spot with luxury towers rising near the boardwalk.
In this exclusive outtake from the movie,...
In this exclusive outtake from the movie,...
- 11/4/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Monday’s episode of The Voice brought to an end Season 17’s Battles (as well as four more acts’ hopes of advancing) and kicked off the much-missed Knockouts with Taylor Swift on board as Team Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, John Legend and Gwen Stefani’s “mega mentor.” Of note — aside from my lingering irritation that Blake dumped the awesome Cory Jackson for the eh-some Zach Bridges — is the fact that the coaches have only one steal, as opposed to a steal and a save as in seasons past. Got all that? Then, as Carson Daly would say, the recap starts now.
- 10/29/2019
- TVLine.com
Nothing But the Best (1964) signifies a turning point in the British new wave: a sudden flip from grim northern drama to swinging London archness, here under the controls of three masters of that tone.1. Frederic Raphael is best known for writing Two For the Road (impossibly arch) and Eyes Wide Shut (strange... very strange), and this film does have some kind of commonality with those: glamorous young people, sporty cars, hard-to-get-into parties in sprawling country houses... but in essence it's more like a glib black comedy version of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Raphael had previously adapted the source story (by American crime writer Stanley Ellin) as a TV play, and in expanding it for cinema he threw out the ironic twist of fate that dooms the murderous, social-climber anti-hero, perhaps seeing it as an old-fashioned harking-back to Kind Hearts and Coronets (whose ironic twist was imposed by the censor). Now...
- 10/10/2019
- MUBI
Meghan Trainor is to replace Jennifer Hudson as a coach on the British version of The Voice.
The All About The Bass singer, who was a judge on Fox’s The Four alongside Sean Combs and DJ Khaled will star in ITV’s The Voice UK alongside Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am and Olly Murs.
Hudson said that she had left the show as a result of “filming commitments”. She is set to star in the film adaptation of Cats, which launches in December, and filming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect.
Emma Willis will be back to present the show, which is based on the John De Mol-created format. Filming commences in October with the series set to launch on ITV in the New Year.
Trainor said, “I am so excited and honored to join Sir Tom, will.i.am and Olly Murs as the new Coach on The Voice UK.
The All About The Bass singer, who was a judge on Fox’s The Four alongside Sean Combs and DJ Khaled will star in ITV’s The Voice UK alongside Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am and Olly Murs.
Hudson said that she had left the show as a result of “filming commitments”. She is set to star in the film adaptation of Cats, which launches in December, and filming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect.
Emma Willis will be back to present the show, which is based on the John De Mol-created format. Filming commences in October with the series set to launch on ITV in the New Year.
Trainor said, “I am so excited and honored to join Sir Tom, will.i.am and Olly Murs as the new Coach on The Voice UK.
- 9/27/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Armando Iannucci believes that modern (British) comedy owes a considerable debt to Charles Dickens, and he should know. Iannucci produces some of the wickedest, and most colorful, laughter to be found on (British) television: “I’m Alan Partridge,” “The Thick of It” and, for export, “Veep.” Dickens, on the other hand, has produced a mostly dreary catalog of play-it-straight costume dramas, owing less to the source material than to a modernist bias that looks back to the author’s Victorian settings and sees them as crude, dark and relatively unenlightened.
Iannucci’s “The Personal History of David Copperfield” . As Iannucci put it as host of the hour-long “Armando’s Tale of Charles Dickens” for BBC back in 2012, “I want to show that the work of Charles Dickens isn’t just quality entertainment for a long-dead audience,” explaining, “The characters he creates are as real and as psychologically driven as the...
Iannucci’s “The Personal History of David Copperfield” . As Iannucci put it as host of the hour-long “Armando’s Tale of Charles Dickens” for BBC back in 2012, “I want to show that the work of Charles Dickens isn’t just quality entertainment for a long-dead audience,” explaining, “The characters he creates are as real and as psychologically driven as the...
- 9/6/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Everyone’s favorite “America’s Got Talent” winner, ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer, returned to the show that made her a household name during Wednesday’s Semifinals 1 results episode. Darci Lynne brought out her rabbit puppet Petunia to a wild standing ovation at the Dolby Theatre, with Petunia bragging she now has “one name star status,” just like Beyonce and Adele. The dynamic duo then performed “It’s A Man’s World” in honor of stand-up comedian Preacher Lawson, who Darci Lynne beat in Season 12 as well as in spinoff series “Agt: The Champions.” Watch the fun video above.
See‘America’s Got Talent’ live show 4 results: Which of the 5 acts to advance is likeliest to win ‘Agt’? [Poll]
Following her performance of the classic Tom Jones song, Darci Lynne told host Terry Crews that results nights were always incredibly “nerve-wracking” for her. “I remember almost feeling like I was gonna puke every time,...
See‘America’s Got Talent’ live show 4 results: Which of the 5 acts to advance is likeliest to win ‘Agt’? [Poll]
Following her performance of the classic Tom Jones song, Darci Lynne told host Terry Crews that results nights were always incredibly “nerve-wracking” for her. “I remember almost feeling like I was gonna puke every time,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
By Mark Cerulli
Forty eight years ago, United Artists continued their series of highly profitable Bond double features by releasing arguably the biggest 00 double bill of them all – Thunderball and You Only Live Twice. Both films had coined money on their initial releases, with Thunderball being the highest-grossing 007 film of that era – in fact, of many eras, right up until Skyfall in 2012. Thunderball earned a stunning $141 Million worldwide (over one billion dollars in today’s money), a number that must have had UA’s finance department humming the Bond theme at 727 Seventh Avenue. You Only Live Twice pulled in over $111 Million worldwide, its profits squeezed perhaps by a competing Bond film, the over-the-top comedy, Casino Royale with Peter Sellers, David Niven, Terence Cooper and Woody Allen as various Bonds or an Italian spy knockoff starring Sean Connery’s younger brother, Neil. (More on that later.)
Throughout the 60s, 70s and into the early 80s,...
Forty eight years ago, United Artists continued their series of highly profitable Bond double features by releasing arguably the biggest 00 double bill of them all – Thunderball and You Only Live Twice. Both films had coined money on their initial releases, with Thunderball being the highest-grossing 007 film of that era – in fact, of many eras, right up until Skyfall in 2012. Thunderball earned a stunning $141 Million worldwide (over one billion dollars in today’s money), a number that must have had UA’s finance department humming the Bond theme at 727 Seventh Avenue. You Only Live Twice pulled in over $111 Million worldwide, its profits squeezed perhaps by a competing Bond film, the over-the-top comedy, Casino Royale with Peter Sellers, David Niven, Terence Cooper and Woody Allen as various Bonds or an Italian spy knockoff starring Sean Connery’s younger brother, Neil. (More on that later.)
Throughout the 60s, 70s and into the early 80s,...
- 8/8/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Pop music star Tommy James and film producer Barbara DeFina are developing the biopic “Me, the Mob and the Music,” based on James’ autobiography.
DeFina, whose credits include Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” and “GoodFellas,” and James have tapped three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall to helm the film adaptation from a screenplay by Matthew Stone (“Intolerable Cruelty”).
James was the leader of Tommy James and the Shondells with No. 1 singles for “Hanky Panky” and “Crimson and Clover” along with a dozen other Top 40 hits, including “I Think We’re Alone Now”, “Mirage”, “Mony Mony”, “Sweet Cherry Wine”, and “Crystal Blue Persuasion.” He has sold an estimated 100 million records.
The book, co-written with Martin Fitzpatrick and published in 2011, centers on James’ years at Roulette Records and his complex and sometimes terrifying relationship with mobster Morris Levy, also known as the “Godfather of the Music Business.” Levy operated through payola and strong-arm tactics.
DeFina, whose credits include Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” and “GoodFellas,” and James have tapped three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall to helm the film adaptation from a screenplay by Matthew Stone (“Intolerable Cruelty”).
James was the leader of Tommy James and the Shondells with No. 1 singles for “Hanky Panky” and “Crimson and Clover” along with a dozen other Top 40 hits, including “I Think We’re Alone Now”, “Mirage”, “Mony Mony”, “Sweet Cherry Wine”, and “Crystal Blue Persuasion.” He has sold an estimated 100 million records.
The book, co-written with Martin Fitzpatrick and published in 2011, centers on James’ years at Roulette Records and his complex and sometimes terrifying relationship with mobster Morris Levy, also known as the “Godfather of the Music Business.” Levy operated through payola and strong-arm tactics.
- 7/18/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday.
Last week saw the surprise (or at least short notice) release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Anima,” a 15-minute “one-reeler” that serves as a glorified and glorious music video for three of the tracks on Thom Yorke’s new solo album.
This week’s question: What is the best music video of the 21st century?
“Bad Cover Version” (Pulp)
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Ethan Warren (@EthanRAWarren), Bright Wall/Dark Room
The music video for Pulp’s 2001 track “Bad Cover Version” is unorthodox in several respects, but mainly one pretty significant one: rather than using the album vocals provided by frontman Jarvis Cocker for this song of lackluster imitators—be they new romantic partners or “a later Tom & Jerry when the two of them could talk”—the song is here performed by a cavalcade of professional imitators...
Last week saw the surprise (or at least short notice) release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Anima,” a 15-minute “one-reeler” that serves as a glorified and glorious music video for three of the tracks on Thom Yorke’s new solo album.
This week’s question: What is the best music video of the 21st century?
“Bad Cover Version” (Pulp)
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Ethan Warren (@EthanRAWarren), Bright Wall/Dark Room
The music video for Pulp’s 2001 track “Bad Cover Version” is unorthodox in several respects, but mainly one pretty significant one: rather than using the album vocals provided by frontman Jarvis Cocker for this song of lackluster imitators—be they new romantic partners or “a later Tom & Jerry when the two of them could talk”—the song is here performed by a cavalcade of professional imitators...
- 7/1/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Two new collections will delve into the music Elvis Presley produced in Las Vegas and Memphis in 1969, Live 1969 and American Sound 1969, which will be released August 9th and August 23rd, respectively.
Live 1969 commemorates the 50th anniversary of Elvis’ residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, which at the time, marked his first live shows in eight years. The musician performed 57 sold-out shows, during which he was backed by two vocal groups — the Imperials and the Sweet Inspirations — a full orchestra and band later known as the Tcb Band.
Live...
Live 1969 commemorates the 50th anniversary of Elvis’ residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, which at the time, marked his first live shows in eight years. The musician performed 57 sold-out shows, during which he was backed by two vocal groups — the Imperials and the Sweet Inspirations — a full orchestra and band later known as the Tcb Band.
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- 6/27/2019
- by Jason Newman
- Rollingstone.com
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