Mandy Moore has released a two-track holiday single featuring a new tune, “How Could This Be Christmas?” and a take on the classic, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”
Moore co-wrote “How Could This Be Christmas?” with husband Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and producer Mike Viola. It’s a tender, country-tinged tune perfect for that lonesome-during-the-holidays vibe, with Moore singing, “Somehow I’m putting on a record/For you, I’m wrapping up a present/For you, are at the top of my wishlist/How could this be Christmas without you?...
Moore co-wrote “How Could This Be Christmas?” with husband Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and producer Mike Viola. It’s a tender, country-tinged tune perfect for that lonesome-during-the-holidays vibe, with Moore singing, “Somehow I’m putting on a record/For you, I’m wrapping up a present/For you, are at the top of my wishlist/How could this be Christmas without you?...
- 11/12/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Twenty years ago, Hollywood leading man Tom Hanks made his debut as a writer-director with the nostalgia-driven musical comedy That Thing You Do! Set in 1964 and dripping with Lbj-era production design, the film details the quick rise and fall of an American rock band called The Wonders (formerly—and confusingly—The One-ders), which scores a bouncy, Beatlesque Top 10 smash single before disintegrating. The band plays its one hit several times during the film, so Hanks wisely chose a number that would stand up to repeated listenings. Though fictionally credited to The Wonders, the title track was actually written by Fountains Of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger and performed by Schlesinger with his friend, producer Mike Viola. In America, the song just missed the Top 40, but it got enough MTV and radio airplay to make a lasting impression on the public.
In fact, the song has inspired numerous cover ...
In fact, the song has inspired numerous cover ...
- 10/4/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
Ryan Adams' single "Gimme Something Good" wears out its '70s roots rock influences, but the singer-songwriter fully embraces his love of the '80s in the new music video for the track. Or, rather, he wishes to embrace Elvira in this clip. Adams has an unabashed and well-documented love of metal, even hair metal and power-rock from the 1980s, and if all the bros I remember from my youth are any indication, Elvira and her witch wiles go hand-in-hand with all things 1980s rock 'n' roll. So what do you do when you grow up ("grow up")? You enlist the help of the Mistress of the Dark in a stoically cheeky video, complete with the home video aesthetic chirping into your mid-tempo longings. I've always had a soft spot for Adams. I feel bad for any songwriter who's endured maligned bullsh*t after they get sober, and after...
- 8/12/2014
- Hitfix
There’s a bumper crop of albums coming this summer and fall, based on several new releases announced over the past 24 hours. Here’s a round-up of what’s coming soon listed chronologically: Jason Mraz, “Yes,” July 15 The singer/songwriter has a knack for releasing songs that take up residency at radio and do not move, such as “I’m Yours” and “I Won’t Give Up.” The new album, his first since 2012, features Mraz teaming with Raining Jane for an acoustic, intimate set covering such topics as love, faith, healing, environmental stewardship. A tour kicks off in August. First single, "Love Someone," is out now. "Yes" track listing: 1. Rise 2. Love Someone 3. Hello, You Beautiful Thing 4. Long Drive 5. Everywhere 6. Best Friend 7. Quiet 8. Out Of My Hands 9. It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday 10. 3 Things 11. You Can Rely On Me 12. Back To The Earth 13. A World With You 14. Shine Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,...
- 5/20/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
Danny Boyle.s .127 Hours,. David Fincher.s .The Social Network. and Joel & Ethan Coen.s .True Grit. led the Houston Area Film Critics Award nominations with six nominations each including Best Picture and Best Director. But the Houston Film Critics also chose the Worst Pictures of the year pitting "Jonah Hex" against "The Last Airbender."
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Best Picture:
127 Hours, Fox Searchlight (produced by Christian Colson, John Smithson, Danny Boyle)
Black Swan, Fox Searchlight (produced by Mike Medavoy, Scott Franklin, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver)
Inception, Warner Bros. (produced by Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas)
Kick Ass, Lionsgate (produced by Matthew Vaughn, Brad Pitt, Kris Thykier, Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack, David Reid)
The Kids are All Right, Focus Features (produced by Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann)
The King.s Speech, The Weinstein Company (produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin)
The Social Network,...
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Best Picture:
127 Hours, Fox Searchlight (produced by Christian Colson, John Smithson, Danny Boyle)
Black Swan, Fox Searchlight (produced by Mike Medavoy, Scott Franklin, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver)
Inception, Warner Bros. (produced by Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas)
Kick Ass, Lionsgate (produced by Matthew Vaughn, Brad Pitt, Kris Thykier, Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack, David Reid)
The Kids are All Right, Focus Features (produced by Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann)
The King.s Speech, The Weinstein Company (produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin)
The Social Network,...
- 12/15/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Get Him to the Greek reunites Jonah Hill and Russell Brand with Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller in the story of a young record company executive with three days to drag an uncooperative rock legend to Hollywood for a comeback concert. The comedy is the latest film from hit producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People).
Russell Brand plays British rocker Aldous Snow, a brilliant musician and certifiable rock-‘n’-roll legend, who due to a bad break-up and nose-diving career, has fallen off the wagon and is now a walking disaster. Weary of yes men and scared he’s entered the “greatest hits” twilight of his career, Snow’s in the midst of a nihilistic downward spiral. When he learns his true love, model/pop star Jackie Q (Rose Byrne), is in Los Angeles, Aldous makes it his quest to win her back…right before...
Russell Brand plays British rocker Aldous Snow, a brilliant musician and certifiable rock-‘n’-roll legend, who due to a bad break-up and nose-diving career, has fallen off the wagon and is now a walking disaster. Weary of yes men and scared he’s entered the “greatest hits” twilight of his career, Snow’s in the midst of a nihilistic downward spiral. When he learns his true love, model/pop star Jackie Q (Rose Byrne), is in Los Angeles, Aldous makes it his quest to win her back…right before...
- 5/31/2010
- MoviesOnline.ca
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