When you see a documentary about a game-changing pop star, you assume you’re going to get the story of the music, and also a good look at the life, and that there’ll be enough (on both counts) to go around. I was eager to see “Let the Canary Sing,” a documentary portrait of Cyndi Lauper, because it’s directed by Alison Ellwood, who made “The Go-Go’s” a few years back, and that movie had everything: the drama, the trauma, the saga of a total pop-music reset, as we watched the Go-Go’s bust down doors that had been too tightly shut for too long. Cyndi Lauper was no less revolutionary a figure, arriving in the early ’80s, along with Madonna, to announce that we were in the midst of a seismic new definition of what it meant to be a female pop star. The definition was: a star...
- 6/16/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Most fans are familiar with Penn Badgley the actor — but it turns out, he’s also in a band. His roles as Dan Humphrey in Gossip Girl and Joe Goldberg in You made him famous. However, like many others in show business, the star also has a passion for music. In a 2023 interview, Badgley addressed his side project, acknowledging the name his band chose is “tragically hipster.”
Penn Badgley, the actor, is also in a band Simon Oscroft, Penn Badgley, and Darren Will from Mothxr pose backstage at La Maroquinerie on September 13, 2016 in Paris, France. | David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns
A decade ago, Badgley starred in the movie Greetings From Tim Buckley, and that changed everything. He portrayed the role of cult NYC singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, and, according to The New York Post, this led directly to the formation of his band.
“Gossip Girl was a great opportunity, but it would...
Penn Badgley, the actor, is also in a band Simon Oscroft, Penn Badgley, and Darren Will from Mothxr pose backstage at La Maroquinerie on September 13, 2016 in Paris, France. | David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns
A decade ago, Badgley starred in the movie Greetings From Tim Buckley, and that changed everything. He portrayed the role of cult NYC singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, and, according to The New York Post, this led directly to the formation of his band.
“Gossip Girl was a great opportunity, but it would...
- 3/30/2023
- by Lisa Geiger
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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