It might not be immediately apparent from songs like “Sweet Child o’ Mine” or “November Rain,” but Slash’s roots are in the blues. “Everybody knows me as a rock & roll guitar player,” he tells Rolling Stone. “When I was a kid, though, I was exposed to great blues music from my family. So even though my intention was to be a rock musician when I picked up the guitar, it was always firmly rooted in the blues ideal.”
When he left Guns N’ Roses in the Nineties, Slash dedicated...
When he left Guns N’ Roses in the Nineties, Slash dedicated...
- 5/15/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
While the Original Song Oscar shortlist is typically good about spreading the wealth around, three movies dominated close to half the spaces. Barbie nabbed noms for three songs, while The Color Purple and Apple Original Films’ Flora and Son got two each. Of the 15 spots, Warner Bros owns five of ’em between Barbie and Color Purple.
Warner Bros has been pushing the Barbie soundtrack, produced by A Star Is Born “Shallow” Oscar winner and 7x Grammy winner Mark Ronson, in a major way this season with meet-and-greets and screenings for the latter, as well as performers Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish and even Ryan Gosling. All three shortlisted songs from Barbie –“Dance the Night,” “What Was I Made For?” and “I’m Just Ken”– already are nominated over at the Golden Globes. When has there been a juggernaut from one movie between the Globes and Oscar shortlist?
While the Original Song...
Warner Bros has been pushing the Barbie soundtrack, produced by A Star Is Born “Shallow” Oscar winner and 7x Grammy winner Mark Ronson, in a major way this season with meet-and-greets and screenings for the latter, as well as performers Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish and even Ryan Gosling. All three shortlisted songs from Barbie –“Dance the Night,” “What Was I Made For?” and “I’m Just Ken”– already are nominated over at the Golden Globes. When has there been a juggernaut from one movie between the Globes and Oscar shortlist?
While the Original Song...
- 12/21/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The ominous task that faced Eve Hewson when she first read John Carney’s script for Flora and Son had been accepted before she even realized it.
Sure, she knew Carney’s work, almost exclusively delivering features that baked music into the very fabric of their construction. She’d seen Glen Hansard belting at the top of his lungs in Carney’s debut, Once; Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo making sweet music together in Begin Again; Ferdia Walsh-Peelo embracing ’80s pop in Sing Street. She knew what was coming, but still hoped it never would.
She fell madly in love with Flora, a single mum living in a Dublin apartment block with her delinquent teenage son Max, turning each page as Flora salvaged a guitar from a skip, had it tidied up, and gifted it to Max. She followed along as the character started taking guitar lessons by Zoom with...
Sure, she knew Carney’s work, almost exclusively delivering features that baked music into the very fabric of their construction. She’d seen Glen Hansard belting at the top of his lungs in Carney’s debut, Once; Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo making sweet music together in Begin Again; Ferdia Walsh-Peelo embracing ’80s pop in Sing Street. She knew what was coming, but still hoped it never would.
She fell madly in love with Flora, a single mum living in a Dublin apartment block with her delinquent teenage son Max, turning each page as Flora salvaged a guitar from a skip, had it tidied up, and gifted it to Max. She followed along as the character started taking guitar lessons by Zoom with...
- 12/21/2023
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
After earworm-filled musical dramas “Once,” “Begin Again” and “Sing Street,” “Flora and Son” marks a notable first for writer-director John Carney: it’s the first time he wrote a song for a film that’s designed to underwhelm. “I always thought, what would it be like if you started a song and you just didn’t get the response that you’re supposed to get in a musical?” Carney says about the central song in the AppleTV+ feature starring Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
“Flora and Son” tells the story of Dublin-based Flora (Hewson), a young single mom who is struggling with her life and especially her teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). She digs a guitar out of the trash, but Max is not interested — he only wants to make music using Garage Band and his laptop. So Flora decides to learn to play, and finds washed-up songwriter Jeff (Gordon-Levitt) offering guitar lessons online,...
“Flora and Son” tells the story of Dublin-based Flora (Hewson), a young single mom who is struggling with her life and especially her teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). She digs a guitar out of the trash, but Max is not interested — he only wants to make music using Garage Band and his laptop. So Flora decides to learn to play, and finds washed-up songwriter Jeff (Gordon-Levitt) offering guitar lessons online,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is set to dominate the original song race. Oscar voters will likely pick all three contenders from the blockbuster for the original song shortlist: Billie Eilish’s tear-inducing ballad “What Was I Made For,” Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” and Ryan Gosling’s pitiful song of feeling inadequate “I’m Just Ken.”
Mark Ronson and songwriting partner Andrew Wyatt wrote the latter two, while Eilish partnered with brother Finneas on her tune. However, with only two nominations allowed in this category, it will be left to the music branch to decide which two they pick.
Lenny Kravitz eyes a spot on the list with “Road to Freedom,” a song he penned for George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin.” The soulful song’s horns and trombones are key to this composition, which accompanies the film’s end credits.
Disney seeks to snag nominations for the original songs...
Mark Ronson and songwriting partner Andrew Wyatt wrote the latter two, while Eilish partnered with brother Finneas on her tune. However, with only two nominations allowed in this category, it will be left to the music branch to decide which two they pick.
Lenny Kravitz eyes a spot on the list with “Road to Freedom,” a song he penned for George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin.” The soulful song’s horns and trombones are key to this composition, which accompanies the film’s end credits.
Disney seeks to snag nominations for the original songs...
- 11/29/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“I did not know that we were going to do that,” admits Joseph Gordon-Levitt about his unconventional first day in Ireland to film “Flora and Son.” For our recent webchat he explains, “So I showed up in Ireland and we’re scheduled to start shooting, but a couple days before, we had some recording studio time booked. I show up at the recording studio, and this is exciting, I’m an actor, I don’t usually get to go to a recording studio,” he recalls. “‘What are we recording today?’ And [director] John’s like, ‘I don’t know, we’re going to figure that out.’ That day, Eve and John, and John’s musical partner Gary, the four of us, made a song together in a day.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See John Carney interview: ‘Flora and Son’ writer/director
In the Apple Original Films music-infused dramedy, Eve Hewson...
See John Carney interview: ‘Flora and Son’ writer/director
In the Apple Original Films music-infused dramedy, Eve Hewson...
- 11/28/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“I was terrified. This was the last thing I’ve ever wanted to do in my life! Honestly, I would rather swim with sharks,” admits “Flora and Son” star Eve Hewson about singing live on-screen. “But the part was so good. Working with John was so good. I had to do it, I just had to get over it. And, I just went for it and I’m really glad I did, because I didn’t have that much to worry about!.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See John Carney interview: ‘Flora and Son’ writer/director
In the Apple Original Film, the “Bad Sisters” star plays a single mom who is at war with her rebellious teenage son Max (Orén Kinlan). Trying to find a hobby for Max, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster and finds that one person’s trash can be a family’s salvation. The...
See John Carney interview: ‘Flora and Son’ writer/director
In the Apple Original Film, the “Bad Sisters” star plays a single mom who is at war with her rebellious teenage son Max (Orén Kinlan). Trying to find a hobby for Max, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster and finds that one person’s trash can be a family’s salvation. The...
- 11/21/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
By diving headlong into the title role for Flora and Son, Eve Hewson — the daughter of U2 frontman Bono — conquered her fear of singing, the actress said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles in a panel with co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the film’s composer and primary songwriter Gary Clark.
Hewson, who played instruments before she turned to acting, said she jumped at the chance to play Flora in spite of the vocal work that the part would demand because she loved the script and the character — a struggling but very spirited single mother in Dublin trying to make peace with the wayward adolescent son she bore as a teenager.
“I just thought, ‘I could not let this person get away from me. I have to play this part. And I’m just going to have to get over my fear of singing — it’s not something I’ve...
Hewson, who played instruments before she turned to acting, said she jumped at the chance to play Flora in spite of the vocal work that the part would demand because she loved the script and the character — a struggling but very spirited single mother in Dublin trying to make peace with the wayward adolescent son she bore as a teenager.
“I just thought, ‘I could not let this person get away from me. I have to play this part. And I’m just going to have to get over my fear of singing — it’s not something I’ve...
- 11/19/2023
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
In Apple Original Films’ Flora and Son, single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a hobby, Flora tries to occupy him with a beat-up acoustic guitar. With the help of a washed-up L.A. musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Flora and Max discover the transformative power of music.
In order to build up believable chemistry between its leads in the film and tenderize the relationship between mother and son, songwriter and composer Gary Clark first had to build a relationship with director John Carney, a feat Clark would find was three decades in the making. At Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Film event, Clark reflected on the oddly coincidental meeting that set their now frequent collaboration partnership on full course.
“When John first called me, we’d never met, and the only...
In order to build up believable chemistry between its leads in the film and tenderize the relationship between mother and son, songwriter and composer Gary Clark first had to build a relationship with director John Carney, a feat Clark would find was three decades in the making. At Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Film event, Clark reflected on the oddly coincidental meeting that set their now frequent collaboration partnership on full course.
“When John first called me, we’d never met, and the only...
- 11/10/2023
- by Destiny Jackson
- Deadline Film + TV
Renowned awards-contending composers and accomplished songwriters, gathered in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 9th, for Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Film event. The occasion highlighted the exceptional music featured in acclaimed titles of the awards season.
The Panelists were Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (Barbie), Diane Warren (Flamin’ Hot & 80 For Brady), Anthony Willis (Saltburn), Joseph Shirley (Creed III), Martin Phipps (Napoleon), Lukasz ‘L.U.C’ Rostkowski (The Peasants), Damian Kulash & Nathan Burr (The Beanie Bubble), Gary Clark (Flora and Son), Mark Graham (Killers of the Flower Moon), Laura Karpman (American Fiction) & Michael Giacchino (Society of the Snow).
Click through the gallery to see their portraits, panels and performances.
The Panelists were Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (Barbie), Diane Warren (Flamin’ Hot & 80 For Brady), Anthony Willis (Saltburn), Joseph Shirley (Creed III), Martin Phipps (Napoleon), Lukasz ‘L.U.C’ Rostkowski (The Peasants), Damian Kulash & Nathan Burr (The Beanie Bubble), Gary Clark (Flora and Son), Mark Graham (Killers of the Flower Moon), Laura Karpman (American Fiction) & Michael Giacchino (Society of the Snow).
Click through the gallery to see their portraits, panels and performances.
- 11/10/2023
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline’s Sound & Screen, our awards-season composer showcase of original music for some of this year’s most acclaimed films, gets underway tonight at UCLA’s Royce Hall, with a 60-piece orchestra tuning up to make it all sing.
The event for industry voters begins with a pre-reception at 5:30 p.m. Pt, with performances starting at 6:45 p.m. Follow along on social media all evening on Deadline’s social channels via #DeadlineSoundAndScreen, and stay with Deadline for full panel coverage.
This year’s lineup features Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, co-composers and songwriters for Warner Bros. Pictures’ smash Barbie, who will walk the audience through how they approached that film’s music and wrote the catchy tune “I’m Just Ken.” Additionally, we’ve got Scottish musician Gary Clark here to talk us through his most recent collaboration with John Carney: the musical drama Flora and Son from Apple Original Films.
The event for industry voters begins with a pre-reception at 5:30 p.m. Pt, with performances starting at 6:45 p.m. Follow along on social media all evening on Deadline’s social channels via #DeadlineSoundAndScreen, and stay with Deadline for full panel coverage.
This year’s lineup features Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, co-composers and songwriters for Warner Bros. Pictures’ smash Barbie, who will walk the audience through how they approached that film’s music and wrote the catchy tune “I’m Just Ken.” Additionally, we’ve got Scottish musician Gary Clark here to talk us through his most recent collaboration with John Carney: the musical drama Flora and Son from Apple Original Films.
- 11/9/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
As is true of all his films, “Flora and Son” started with writer-director John Carney mining from personal experience. “The big story for me was my mother, and I thought about my own relationship with music when I was young, dragging my mother around music shops. What did that feel like for her,” the filmmaker said in an exclusive clip that shows his artistic process both writing the film, and the original songs like “High Life” that are featured in it.
Although he is unique in the extent to which he composes the music for his own films, Carney begins work on a new project like most writer-directors do: he starts with the screenplay first. “Otherwise, it’s going to be like a jukebox musical where the script doesn’t matter and you’re just drawing the dots between songs,” Carney said to IndieWire over Zoom.
When he comes to...
Although he is unique in the extent to which he composes the music for his own films, Carney begins work on a new project like most writer-directors do: he starts with the screenplay first. “Otherwise, it’s going to be like a jukebox musical where the script doesn’t matter and you’re just drawing the dots between songs,” Carney said to IndieWire over Zoom.
When he comes to...
- 11/6/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (Hmma) today announced the 2023 nominees for scores and songs in film and other visual media categories. The awards will be presented Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. (Pst) at The Avalon, 1735 Vine Street, in Hollywood, CA.
Song nominees include Oscar-winners Billie Eilish and Finneas for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie, Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from Hunger Games: The Ballard of Songbirds & Snakes. Justin Timberlake, Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren, Metro Boomin, and A$AP Rocky also received nods for their original songs in films.
Composers nominated include Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, Ludwig Göransson, Laura Karpman, Branford Marsalis, Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard, Daniel Pemberton, John Powell, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Robbie Robertson, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, Hans Zimmer (The Creator), among many others.
Films nominated in score, song, onscreen performance, and in...
Song nominees include Oscar-winners Billie Eilish and Finneas for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie, Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from Hunger Games: The Ballard of Songbirds & Snakes. Justin Timberlake, Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren, Metro Boomin, and A$AP Rocky also received nods for their original songs in films.
Composers nominated include Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, Ludwig Göransson, Laura Karpman, Branford Marsalis, Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard, Daniel Pemberton, John Powell, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Robbie Robertson, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, Hans Zimmer (The Creator), among many others.
Films nominated in score, song, onscreen performance, and in...
- 11/2/2023
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Flora and Son” was an impossible movie three years ago. From “Once” to “Sing Street,” director John Carney has found different ways to bring not just song but the joy of creating music to characters who desperately need it. But he also continually wants to complicate what music is and can be to someone — not every breakthrough is meant to be an elaborate song and dance and not every piece of music can be enough to push someone in the right direction.
The idea of the woman who would become Flora (Eve Hewson), seeking an escape from her troubled son Max (Orén Kinlan) by learning guitar, felt very contemporary with one problem: Carney couldn’t see her actually leaving her flat to take guitar lessons. So he tried to write a version where she took video lessons on her laptop from failed songwriter Jeff (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).
“I had written 20 pages...
The idea of the woman who would become Flora (Eve Hewson), seeking an escape from her troubled son Max (Orén Kinlan) by learning guitar, felt very contemporary with one problem: Carney couldn’t see her actually leaving her flat to take guitar lessons. So he tried to write a version where she took video lessons on her laptop from failed songwriter Jeff (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).
“I had written 20 pages...
- 10/5/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Musicians often have a signature style, and for Irish writer-director-musician John Carney, it only makes sense that his films have one, as well.
Carney’s brand of musical drama usually tells a relatable story about the healing power of music, and his latest film for Apple TV+, Flora and Son, is no exception. As a child in Dublin, Ireland, Carney’s world was forever changed when he was gifted a guitar by his mother, and so he wanted to explore that idea with a single mom named Flora (Eve Hewson) and her troubled teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Flora’s secondhand gift of a guitar doesn’t impress Max in the way that she expected, but she eventually realizes through Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s online guitar teacher, Jeff, that she can still use the instrument to hopefully repair her broken family.
There’s been renewed interest in nepotism throughout the entertainment...
Carney’s brand of musical drama usually tells a relatable story about the healing power of music, and his latest film for Apple TV+, Flora and Son, is no exception. As a child in Dublin, Ireland, Carney’s world was forever changed when he was gifted a guitar by his mother, and so he wanted to explore that idea with a single mom named Flora (Eve Hewson) and her troubled teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Flora’s secondhand gift of a guitar doesn’t impress Max in the way that she expected, but she eventually realizes through Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s online guitar teacher, Jeff, that she can still use the instrument to hopefully repair her broken family.
There’s been renewed interest in nepotism throughout the entertainment...
- 9/30/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and when Flora finds a beat-up acoustic guitar in a skip, it looks less like junk and more like salvation— for both her and her rebellious son Max. The latest from “Once” and “Sing Street” writer-director John Carney, “Flora and Son” will cross continents and land on Apple TV+ on Friday, Sept. 29, one week after its Sept. 22 premiere in select theaters. You can watch with a 60-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.
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About 'Flora and Son'
“Flora and Son” stars Eve Hewson (“Bad Sisters”) as single mom Flora, who is at a loss about...
- 9/29/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
One of the sad truths of the movie business as it exists is that great movies will sometimes slip through the cracks. A movie as good as "Booksmart" deserved a lot better than $25 million at the box office. Both "Blade Runner" and "The Thing" deserved better than getting trounced by "E.T." in 1982. Fortunately, cream tends to rise to the top over time, and good movies often find their audience eventually. Perhaps no movie released theatrically over the last decade deserved to find its audience more than director John Carney's "Sing Street."
Released in 2016, the movie about a kid who starts a band to impress a girl charmed just about every single person who saw it. The only problem is that not...
One of the sad truths of the movie business as it exists is that great movies will sometimes slip through the cracks. A movie as good as "Booksmart" deserved a lot better than $25 million at the box office. Both "Blade Runner" and "The Thing" deserved better than getting trounced by "E.T." in 1982. Fortunately, cream tends to rise to the top over time, and good movies often find their audience eventually. Perhaps no movie released theatrically over the last decade deserved to find its audience more than director John Carney's "Sing Street."
Released in 2016, the movie about a kid who starts a band to impress a girl charmed just about every single person who saw it. The only problem is that not...
- 9/24/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
John Carney’s musical-comedy “Flora and Son,” which was acquired by Apple Original Films after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, is one of the streamer’s multiple awards contenders this year, most notably for best original song.
With 18 original songs in the feature, deciding which one to put up for Academy consideration was a daunting task. Variety has learned that Apple will submit the “High Life” track composed by Carney, Gary Clark and star Eve Hewson. The song is performed in the movie by Hewson, Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
“Flora and Son” tells the story of Flora, a single mother living in Dublin who has trouble with her estranged son Max (Kinlan). When trying to find a hobby for him to stay out of trouble, Flora rescues an old guitar with the...
With 18 original songs in the feature, deciding which one to put up for Academy consideration was a daunting task. Variety has learned that Apple will submit the “High Life” track composed by Carney, Gary Clark and star Eve Hewson. The song is performed in the movie by Hewson, Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
“Flora and Son” tells the story of Flora, a single mother living in Dublin who has trouble with her estranged son Max (Kinlan). When trying to find a hobby for him to stay out of trouble, Flora rescues an old guitar with the...
- 9/21/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The first single has been released from the soundtrack of Apple’s musical drama “Flora and Son,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Eve Hewson. Titled “High Life,” the single is an emotional yet optimistic track about a motherhood, performed by Hewson and her co-star Orén Kinlan.
While she might be the daughter of Irish rockstar Bono, Hewson said she did not enlist her U2 frontman father for help on the project. “I’ve learned so much from him, in terms of life presence, stage presence. But I didn’t ask him for help,” Hewson previously said at Variety’s Sundance Studio earlier this year. “He offered, and I was like, ‘No, thank you.’ He’s, like, a really good singer so I was like, ‘No, no, no.’”
“Flora and Son” was helmed by John Carney, the Irish director known for “Sing Street” and his Amazon Prime series “Modern Love.”
Per “Flora and Son...
While she might be the daughter of Irish rockstar Bono, Hewson said she did not enlist her U2 frontman father for help on the project. “I’ve learned so much from him, in terms of life presence, stage presence. But I didn’t ask him for help,” Hewson previously said at Variety’s Sundance Studio earlier this year. “He offered, and I was like, ‘No, thank you.’ He’s, like, a really good singer so I was like, ‘No, no, no.’”
“Flora and Son” was helmed by John Carney, the Irish director known for “Sing Street” and his Amazon Prime series “Modern Love.”
Per “Flora and Son...
- 8/22/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
We've all heard the iconic Beatles song "Come Together" used in the trailer for Justice League, but now we have an official music video packed with footage from the DC film.
This version of "Come Together" is performed by Gary Clark Jr, and you can check it out below:
This take on the song is a collaboration between Gary Clark Jr. and Junkie Xl, who was was replaced by Danny Elfman on Justice League earlier this year.
Junkie Xl, who is responsible for the iconic Wonder Woman theme, made it clear that it wasn't his choice to leave the project, but in his official statement, he wished everyone else well. He told THR:
"As my mentor Hans Zimmer told me — you haven't made it in Hollywood as a composer until you get replaced on a project. So I guess finally graduated this week. It pains me to leave the project,...
This version of "Come Together" is performed by Gary Clark Jr, and you can check it out below:
This take on the song is a collaboration between Gary Clark Jr. and Junkie Xl, who was was replaced by Danny Elfman on Justice League earlier this year.
Junkie Xl, who is responsible for the iconic Wonder Woman theme, made it clear that it wasn't his choice to leave the project, but in his official statement, he wished everyone else well. He told THR:
"As my mentor Hans Zimmer told me — you haven't made it in Hollywood as a composer until you get replaced on a project. So I guess finally graduated this week. It pains me to leave the project,...
- 10/31/2017
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
Listen to Gary Clark Jr.'s Gritty Cover of The Beatles' "Come Together"...
- 9/8/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
Joe Walsh unleashed a raucous rendition of his 1978 solo hit "Life's Been Good" with Jon Batiste and Stay Human on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Wednesday.
Walsh sang the cheeky assessment of rock and roll excess with a grin on his face, punctuating a line like, "I lock the doors in case I'm attacked," with a smile. With Batiste and Stay Human as his back-up band, Walsh was free to run wild on guitar, literally scampering across The Late Show stage during the song's extended solo before trading riffs with a blazing saxophone.
Walsh sang the cheeky assessment of rock and roll excess with a grin on his face, punctuating a line like, "I lock the doors in case I'm attacked," with a smile. With Batiste and Stay Human as his back-up band, Walsh was free to run wild on guitar, literally scampering across The Late Show stage during the song's extended solo before trading riffs with a blazing saxophone.
- 8/3/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Eagles guitar legend Joe Walsh is launching a foundation to support the troops—and to set it in flight, he’s staging a star-studded benefit show.
On Monday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer announced his inaugural concert to benefit VetsAid, his new non-profit to lend a hand to veterans and their families. Keith Urban, Zac Brown Band and Gary Clark Jr will be joining Walsh on the bill Sept. 20, 2017 at the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia, with more artists to be announced soon.
It’s a cause that hits close to home for Walsh, 69. His father, a flight instructor,...
On Monday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer announced his inaugural concert to benefit VetsAid, his new non-profit to lend a hand to veterans and their families. Keith Urban, Zac Brown Band and Gary Clark Jr will be joining Walsh on the bill Sept. 20, 2017 at the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia, with more artists to be announced soon.
It’s a cause that hits close to home for Walsh, 69. His father, a flight instructor,...
- 7/18/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
I polled Team Experience this morning about the Oscar nominations. Here are the first two related questions on absences and curious inclusions. We expect your answers to add to the conversation in the comments.
What omission in this morning nominations most upset you?
Matthew: Like everyone else on here, I am devastated, first and foremost, for the outstanding Annette Bening, an exclusion for which I hold A24 accountable. Finally, I'd like to imagine that Pharrell and Sing Street composer Gary Clark are off together somewhere getting hammered and slinging insults at the tire-fire that is "Can't Stop This Feeling."
John: The intense excitement at Isabelle Huppert's name being read first, chased quickly by the sad reveal that Annette Bening lost a nomination is a perfect capsule for this Oscar morning...
What omission in this morning nominations most upset you?
Matthew: Like everyone else on here, I am devastated, first and foremost, for the outstanding Annette Bening, an exclusion for which I hold A24 accountable. Finally, I'd like to imagine that Pharrell and Sing Street composer Gary Clark are off together somewhere getting hammered and slinging insults at the tire-fire that is "Can't Stop This Feeling."
John: The intense excitement at Isabelle Huppert's name being read first, chased quickly by the sad reveal that Annette Bening lost a nomination is a perfect capsule for this Oscar morning...
- 1/24/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Here's the full list of winners of the London Film Critics' Circle. Winners will be announced on January 22:
The full list of nominees is below:
Film Of The Year
American Honey
Fire at Sea
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Love & Friendship
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann
Foreign-language Film Of The Year
Fire at Sea
Son of Saul
Things to Come
Toni Erdmann
Victoria
Documentary Of The Year
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week . The Touring Years
Cameraperson
The Eagle Huntress
Fire at Sea
Life, Animated
British/Irish Film Of The Year
American Honey
High-Rise
I, Daniel Blake
Love & Friendship
Sing Street
Actor Of The Year
Casey Affleck . Manchester by the Sea
Adam Driver . Paterson
Andrew Garfield . Hacksaw Ridge
Jake Gyllenhaal . Nocturnal Animals
Peter Simonischek . Toni Erdmann
Actress Of The Year
Amy Adams . Arrival
Kate Beckinsale . Love & Friendship
Sandra Hüller . Toni Erdmann...
The full list of nominees is below:
Film Of The Year
American Honey
Fire at Sea
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Love & Friendship
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann
Foreign-language Film Of The Year
Fire at Sea
Son of Saul
Things to Come
Toni Erdmann
Victoria
Documentary Of The Year
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week . The Touring Years
Cameraperson
The Eagle Huntress
Fire at Sea
Life, Animated
British/Irish Film Of The Year
American Honey
High-Rise
I, Daniel Blake
Love & Friendship
Sing Street
Actor Of The Year
Casey Affleck . Manchester by the Sea
Adam Driver . Paterson
Andrew Garfield . Hacksaw Ridge
Jake Gyllenhaal . Nocturnal Animals
Peter Simonischek . Toni Erdmann
Actress Of The Year
Amy Adams . Arrival
Kate Beckinsale . Love & Friendship
Sandra Hüller . Toni Erdmann...
- 12/21/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Academy music branch voters tend to favor original songs performed by major pop stars. Which is why so many movies, from animated films to documentaries, try to lure big names to add Oscar wattage.
2016 is no exception. Top talent from Tori Amos (“Flicker” from Netflix teen sexual assault documentary “Audrie & Daisy”) and the late great Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (“I’m Still Here” from Barbara Kopple documentary “Miss Sharon Jones!”) to Justin Timberlake (“Can’t Stop the Feeling” from “Trolls”) have joined the original-song action.
As usual, all-out musicals such as Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz’s “La La Land” and Disney’s animated “Moana,” with songs from “Hamilton” creator-star Lin-Manuel Miranda, are leading the pack. If the two “La La Land” favorites split the vote, Miranda’s song of yearning “How Far I’ll Go” could take the win.
We’ll find out the final five song...
2016 is no exception. Top talent from Tori Amos (“Flicker” from Netflix teen sexual assault documentary “Audrie & Daisy”) and the late great Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (“I’m Still Here” from Barbara Kopple documentary “Miss Sharon Jones!”) to Justin Timberlake (“Can’t Stop the Feeling” from “Trolls”) have joined the original-song action.
As usual, all-out musicals such as Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz’s “La La Land” and Disney’s animated “Moana,” with songs from “Hamilton” creator-star Lin-Manuel Miranda, are leading the pack. If the two “La La Land” favorites split the vote, Miranda’s song of yearning “How Far I’ll Go” could take the win.
We’ll find out the final five song...
- 12/20/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Academy music branch voters tend to favor original songs performed by major pop stars. Which is why so many movies, from animated films to documentaries, try to lure big names to add Oscar wattage.
2016 is no exception. Top talent from Tori Amos (“Flicker” from Netflix teen sexual assault documentary “Audrie & Daisy”) and the late great Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (“I’m Still Here” from Barbara Kopple documentary “Miss Sharon Jones!”) to Justin Timberlake (“Can’t Stop the Feeling” from “Trolls”) have joined the original-song action.
As usual, all-out musicals such as Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz’s “La La Land” and Disney’s animated “Moana,” with songs from “Hamilton” creator-star Lin-Manuel Miranda, are leading the pack. If the two “La La Land” favorites split the vote, Miranda’s song of yearning “How Far I’ll Go” could take the win.
We’ll find out the final five song...
2016 is no exception. Top talent from Tori Amos (“Flicker” from Netflix teen sexual assault documentary “Audrie & Daisy”) and the late great Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (“I’m Still Here” from Barbara Kopple documentary “Miss Sharon Jones!”) to Justin Timberlake (“Can’t Stop the Feeling” from “Trolls”) have joined the original-song action.
As usual, all-out musicals such as Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz’s “La La Land” and Disney’s animated “Moana,” with songs from “Hamilton” creator-star Lin-Manuel Miranda, are leading the pack. If the two “La La Land” favorites split the vote, Miranda’s song of yearning “How Far I’ll Go” could take the win.
We’ll find out the final five song...
- 12/20/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The man behind some of Star Trek's most beloved episodes has died in Palm Desert, California.
Joseph Pevney, a former Broadway star and 1940s actor, died of age-related causes on 18 May. He was 96.
After directing movies like Man of A Thousand Faces, Pevney turned his attention to TV work and directed episodes of popular series like The Munsters, The Fugitive, The Incredible Hulk and Fantasy Island, among others.
But it was the 14 episodes of Star Trek he directed that made him beloved of Trekkers. Pevney shares the record of the mostcredited Star Trek episode director with Marc Daniels.
He is most famous for taking charge of Star Trek's first fullcomedy episode The Trouble With Tribbles.
As a film director, Pevney also is credited for Frank Sinatra's Meet Danny Wilson and 3 Ring Circus, which featured comedy doubleact Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.
Joseph Pevney, a former Broadway star and 1940s actor, died of age-related causes on 18 May. He was 96.
After directing movies like Man of A Thousand Faces, Pevney turned his attention to TV work and directed episodes of popular series like The Munsters, The Fugitive, The Incredible Hulk and Fantasy Island, among others.
But it was the 14 episodes of Star Trek he directed that made him beloved of Trekkers. Pevney shares the record of the mostcredited Star Trek episode director with Marc Daniels.
He is most famous for taking charge of Star Trek's first fullcomedy episode The Trouble With Tribbles.
As a film director, Pevney also is credited for Frank Sinatra's Meet Danny Wilson and 3 Ring Circus, which featured comedy doubleact Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.
- 5/29/2008
- WENN
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