Now, don't go getting all excited. It's not what you think. The original trilogy will not be hitting movie houses any time soon... But Phantom Menace will. That's right, the crappiest of the 6 total Star Wars movies will hit theaters next Valentine's day . February 10th to be precise. In what I believe to be the stupidest money grab of all time, George Lucas and his Industrial Light and Magic crew will be overseeing the conversion [...]
When asked – who is the greatest poet in the English language? – most people will say “Shakespeare.” When asked who the second greatest poet is they might say “Keats.” But would anyone say “Milton?” These days it’s hard to find a college graduate who has read Animal Farm from cover to cover, much less Paradise Lost , written by a man who was once thought to be a greater poet than Shax himself. But it was not always thus. John Dryden, himself a onetime contender for the title of greatest poet in the English [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Nearly fourteen years after the suicide of INXS frontman, Michael Hutchence the Sydney Moring Herald is reporting that a documentary and Broadway musical about the singer are in the works, under the development of Hutchence's former manager, Martha Troupe. L.A. literary and talent agencey APA is working with Troupe and ''Michael's Trust'' to develop ''various projects that highlight Michael's creative genius'' which "owns and controls significant assets that celebrate [Hutchence's] life, death and work," according to a statement. The five surviving members of INXS last year denied a request to use the [...]
Neil Patrick Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, and Daniel Barnz New from CBS Films: Beastly In theatres March 4, 2011 The Grove - Los Angeles-February 24, 2011-7:00PM The stars arrive on the red carpet for the premiere of Beastly, a modern interpretation of The Beauty and the Beast based on the Alex Flinn novel of the same name. Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa [...]
So director Danny Boyle has decided to take some time off from directing excellent movies and instead he's killing time until the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremonies by directing a stage version of Frankenstein . That's pretty cool as it is, but what makes the play better is that it stars Sherlock Holmes and Sickboy - yes, actors Benedict Cumberbatch (pretty much has the best name on the planet right now) and Johnny Lee Miller will be switching off the roles of the monster and the doctor throughout the show's London run. [...]
Justin Bieber - Paramount Pictures Get ready for more Justin Bieber ....in 3D! Due to popular demand, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 3D movie director, Jon Chu , has announced the Director's Fan Cut Edition. The Fan Cut Edition will include over 30 minutes of additional Bieberific footage all thanks to fan feedback. "You guys wanted more friends, more music, hair stuff," Jon Chu said in the video announcement posted to YouTube. "Things that we actually already have. Things that we cut together that didn't make it into [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Broadway's troubled musical " Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark " has brought on a veteran director to assist with the show's sound and arrangements. Spokesman Rick Miramontez says that Paul Bogaev will work with Bono and The Edge to improve the $65 million show's music. Bogaev comes on board with considerable theatre music experience, he was musical director on Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express and Sunset Boulevard. He won a Tony nomination in 2004 for his work on Bombay Dreams and has a history of working with rock musicians [...]
Justin Bieber - Wireimage Being a Belieber is apparently not for the financially strapped... Justin Bieber will release a revamped version of his documentary/concert movie, Never Say Never , to theaters on March 4, Billboard Biz reports. The new version, dubbed Never Say Never 2.0 , will "include 20 pieces of music not in the current edition" of the film, a source told Billboard. The changes will reportedly make the overall film different enough to where fans will want to see it again for a [...]
"I'm pretty sure God would consider it a sin not to glorify that ass" The Black Keys - Howlin' For You Never has a music video been more deserving of a spot in The Theater than The Black Key's Howlin' For You . That's because it's about 5% music video and 95% hilarious grindhouse movie trailer. It's three straight minutes of deliciously clichéd exp loitation taglines, all to the soundtrack of some solid Black Keys blues-rock. The video really speaks for itself, so just go ahead and fucking watch it already. If you [...]
Get ready to shed some tears : "Twenty-nine year old playwright Anna Yablonskaya was among the victims of yesterday’s bombing in Moscow. Marco Werman talks to John Freedman, theatre critic for the Moscow Times, about her life and work ." [via Rex ]
Pogo - Joburg Jam This has to be one of the happiest songs I've heard in a while - it's just unadulteraed joy, pure and simple. Pogo here continues with this live-action-remixing, albeit with a new twist. Gone are the days of him retooling snippets of Disney films to make music ; Pogo now aims to use his unique artistic method (he uses mostly single second snippets of audio and then strings them together) to capture the essence of every major culture on the planet. I myself went to South Africa this past summer and [...]
Darwin Deez - Bad Day A week or two ago, we posted a song by the NY folk rocker Darwin Deez that was really well received by a lot of our viewers. Well, to show you that we hear you, here's another song from Mr. Deez himself. This intimate live performance showcases Deez singing "Bad Day" off his self-titled first album, a jangly little piece of folky rock that allows his talents as a singer/songwriter to shine. This all comes courtesy of our friends over at BreakThru Radio , a site that aims to [...]
Not In Love (ft. Robert Smith) Today in our Theater section I would like to share the video premiere of 'Not In Love' by the Crystal Castles featuring Rob Smith from The Cure. The trippy nature of the cinematography seems to fit perfectly with the cloud of emotion that hallmarks the Crystal Castles. I really enjoy the overlapping videos, shaky angles and warm colors. Whether this song is meant to show a blur of memories from the past or send a new message to someone, it gets me. I'm becoming a big fan of this experimental [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Rocker Melissa Etheridge will hit the Great White Way next month to star in the Green Day Broadway musical, " American Idiot " at the St James Theatre in NYC. She'll fill in for Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong in the role of St. Jimmy from February 1 thru 6. Armstrong, the show's composer and co-author, returns on February 10 to complete his 50-performance engagement on February 27. American Idiot follows three working-class characters as they tangle with modern life; one joins the Army, one becomes a [...]
Marjorie and I went to Brooklyn this weekend to take in a performance of Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman at BAM starring Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw and Lindsey Duncan. That is a lot of acting firepower on one very small, intimate stage, and of course we had a wonderful time. After the show Marjorie was lucky enough to get her picture taken with Alan Rickman, who is very generous with his fans. This is the first time we've ever both spent the night way from our kids (Marjorie's Mom was nice enough to visit [...]
MUSIC NEWS - SPIDERMAN : TURN OFF THE DARK , the musical scored by U2's Bono and The Edge is under another delay; this time in order to allow the cast rehearse a new ending for the show. The troubled 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' has suffered numerous problems, including lead actress Natalie Mendoza pulling out earlier this month following an onstage injury, as well as other delays. In December, another actor from the musical was hospitalised after falling off the set. The February opening has now [...]
Ellen Stewart (founder of La Mama ) - RIP
Tiger Love - Under Control I might be a little late on this one, but I really don't care. It was really hard to find this song because I literally know nothing about the band. All I know is that Tiger Love seems to like incorporating aspects of 802s rock with retro-funk, while singing about explicitly raunchy escapades. The track is titled Under Control , but after watching the video and listening to the lyrics, I realized that the song is anything but. From the sporadic instrumentals to the leader singer belting out, "The drugs [...]
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MUSIC NEWS - We've asked previously about where Bono & The Edge were while Spider-man on Broadway deals with its ongoing problems, and now we learn that the U2 members plan on attending several preview performances of " Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark " in an effort to help fix the troubled Broadway musical. A spokesman for the $65M show has told EW.com the two rock musicians, who wrote the score for director Julie Taymor's " Spider-Man " show, will join the creative team in an effort to fine-tune the musical, though neither have [...]
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