Timed perfectly to Friday’s harvest moon that illuminated the dusty Las Vegas skyline, Sphere — Madison Square Garden’s epic $2.3 billion immersive live entertainment venue and the world’s largest spherical structure — opened its doors for the first time. Joining the packed house of 20,000 attendees, a parade of music-loving celebrities made their way to the technological marvel for the main event, the debut of U2:uv Achtung Baby Live At Sphere. A-listers also gawked at the visionary achievement of Jim Dolan, Msg Entertainment and Sphere Entertainment executive chairman and CEO.
Aaron Paul, Andre Agassi, Bryan Cranston, Connie Britton, Dakota Fanning, Darren Aronofsky, Diplo, Elizabeth Banks, Jon Hamm, Josh Duhamel, Jane Seymour, Luke Wilson, Maria Sharapova, Mario Lopez, Oscar De La Hoya, Skylar Astin and Steffi Graf made appearances on the carpet. Inside, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom watched the show alongside Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos. From the stage, Bono name-checked Paul McCartney,...
Aaron Paul, Andre Agassi, Bryan Cranston, Connie Britton, Dakota Fanning, Darren Aronofsky, Diplo, Elizabeth Banks, Jon Hamm, Josh Duhamel, Jane Seymour, Luke Wilson, Maria Sharapova, Mario Lopez, Oscar De La Hoya, Skylar Astin and Steffi Graf made appearances on the carpet. Inside, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom watched the show alongside Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos. From the stage, Bono name-checked Paul McCartney,...
- 9/30/2023
- by Melinda Sheckells
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Given U2’s reputation for pushing technical and creative boundaries with its live concerts, it seemed fitting that the band opened the anticipated Sphere in Las Vegas on Friday with its most ambitious and transportive live show ever: an electrifying live performance and visual odyssey that unfolds on Sphere’s enveloping 160,000-square-foot wraparound interior LED display.
Built for an estimated $2.3 billion, Sphere is a big gamble by Msg mogul James Dolan and Sphere Entertainment Co. (which was formed in April to combine Sphere and Msg Networks) on the future of entertainment. At 336 feet tall and 516 feet wide, the venue is now the largest spherical structure in the world, housing the largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Inside, the enveloping LED display supports a high resolution of 16K, meaning that it delivers images so lifelike that it may make you feel as though you’re no longer in a Las...
Built for an estimated $2.3 billion, Sphere is a big gamble by Msg mogul James Dolan and Sphere Entertainment Co. (which was formed in April to combine Sphere and Msg Networks) on the future of entertainment. At 336 feet tall and 516 feet wide, the venue is now the largest spherical structure in the world, housing the largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Inside, the enveloping LED display supports a high resolution of 16K, meaning that it delivers images so lifelike that it may make you feel as though you’re no longer in a Las...
- 9/30/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Armageddon Time’s title is a reference to the song by Willie Williams, covered by The Clash (spelled “Armagideon Time”), whose lyrics contain the line “a lot of people won’t get no justice tonight.” The title also calls to mind a world on the brink of war or a period of finality.
All these meanings tie into the themes of James Gray’s semi-autobiographical drama. It’s a movie about a young man discovering that factors beyond his control have afforded him a safety and privilege unavailable to others. It’s about a nation wracked with Cold War anxiety approaching the back half of the Reagan era. And it’s about reckoning with the realization that the institutions and worldviews that shaped you might also be better left behind.
Armageddon Time tackles some of these themes with more finesse than others, but when it works, Gray’s latest is a thoughtful,...
All these meanings tie into the themes of James Gray’s semi-autobiographical drama. It’s a movie about a young man discovering that factors beyond his control have afforded him a safety and privilege unavailable to others. It’s about a nation wracked with Cold War anxiety approaching the back half of the Reagan era. And it’s about reckoning with the realization that the institutions and worldviews that shaped you might also be better left behind.
Armageddon Time tackles some of these themes with more finesse than others, but when it works, Gray’s latest is a thoughtful,...
- 11/5/2022
- by Chris Williams
- CinemaNerdz
Anthony Hopkins wants you to be a mensch.
The two-time Oscar winner is the grandfather-with-gravitas in James Gray’s Awards contender “Armageddon Time.” The memoir-ish movie, set in Queens, New York in the 1980s, already received accolades at its debut in Cannes this summer. It heads into the autumn Awards season looking strong.
Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are the working class Jewish parents to the Gray stand-in, played by newcomer Banks Repeta. (Not since Max Records in “Where The Wild Things Are” has a child actor had such a child actor name!) Jaylin Webb is the kid’s African-American school chum, with whom he gets into some prankish trouble that sends the Repeta character to a different school. The heart of the story focuses on whether the prejudice of his new classmates (and even a bit from his own parents) will keep him from maintaining this friendship.
Elsewhere in...
The two-time Oscar winner is the grandfather-with-gravitas in James Gray’s Awards contender “Armageddon Time.” The memoir-ish movie, set in Queens, New York in the 1980s, already received accolades at its debut in Cannes this summer. It heads into the autumn Awards season looking strong.
Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are the working class Jewish parents to the Gray stand-in, played by newcomer Banks Repeta. (Not since Max Records in “Where The Wild Things Are” has a child actor had such a child actor name!) Jaylin Webb is the kid’s African-American school chum, with whom he gets into some prankish trouble that sends the Repeta character to a different school. The heart of the story focuses on whether the prejudice of his new classmates (and even a bit from his own parents) will keep him from maintaining this friendship.
Elsewhere in...
- 9/7/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Darren Hayes has announced a string of UK tour dates. The singer will play seven shows later this year in a jaunt dubbed 'The Secret's Out'. Hayes said: "I loved the first leg of this tour but we played only a handful of dates so I'm excited we've got a chance to bring it back expanded and with some great new musical additions!" The concert - designed and directed by Willie Williams (U2, George Michael) - will showcase songs from the star's 15-year career; spanning Savage Garden through to his latest solo album Secret Codes and Battleships. The tour kicks (more)...
- 4/2/2012
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
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