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Producer Frank Marshall on Why ‘Diana: The Musical’ Opened on Netflix Before Broadway
Before long, Marshall and his collaborators got restless. He recalls, “It seemed to me, as a movie producer, we’ve got the sets, and we’ve got the cast ready to go — everything was kind of in place at the theater. And it had just been announced that Hamilton [the filmed version for Disney+] had been moved up a year. I thought, ‘Maybe we could try to do this ourselves.’ So Beth [Williams, one of Marshall’s Broadway partners] and I called [Come from Away Tony winner] Chris Ashley, our director, and he said, ‘I’m in.’ And then I called Netflix.” The streamer signed on, and then it was up to Marshall and his team to carry out a safe shoot. As it turned out, his work as a producer of major motion pictures helped him to prepare. “At that same time,” he says, “we were trying to get Jurassic...
This Is What Harry Styles’ ‘Watermelon Sugar’ Is About
Styles shared that “Watermelon Sugar” tidbit while starting to sing the Grammy-winning, chart-topping track from Fine Line with the audience’s help. “Watermelon Sugar” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2020, becoming Styles’ first song to do so. Previously, when asked about the song’s sensual undertones — Apple Music’s Zane Lowe once made a reference to “the joys of mutually appreciated oral pleasure” — Styles had simply responded, “Is that what it’s about? I don’t know.” His rescheduled Love on Tour trek has been one brimming with live music and memorable moments — like the time he helped a pregnant fan reveal the sex of her baby in front of the crowd earlier this week, and the time h...
David Lee Roth Announces Retirement: ‘I Am Throwing in the Shoes’
David Lee Roth is retiring. The lauded showman revealed the news during a conversation with the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the outlet described as “more a spoken-word performance than interview.” “I am throwing in the shoes. I’m retiring,” he said. “This is the first, and only, official announcement. … You’ve got the news. Share it with the world.” Roth is ending his 50-year career with five shows at House of Blues in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay on Dec. 31, Jan. 1, Jan. 5 and Jan. 7-8. “I’m not going to explain the statement,” he added. “The explanation is in a safe. These are my last five shows.” Elsewhere in the interview, the singer said he’s been thinking about “the departure of my beloved classmate recently,” referring to the death of his Van Halen bandmate Eddie Van Halen, ...
Savatage Frontman Jon Oliva Arrested for Cocaine Possession and DUI
Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra frontman Jon Oliva was arrested this week and charged with driving under the influence and felony possession of cocaine. According to a Florida Highway Patrol arrest report, police and EMS responded to a single vehicle crash on US Highway 41 shortly before 1:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, September 30th, in Pasco County, Florida. Witnesses told police that Oliva’s pickup truck had swerved into the wrong lane before driving off the road and striking a tree. The force of the crash ripped off the truck’s passenger side door. Upon searching the vehicle, officers found empty vodka bottles and a clear bag of cocaine. A second bag of cocaine was found in a bag belonging to Oliva. Advertisement Related Video Oliva was treated at the scene by paramedics, but a...
Austin City Limits 2021 Day 1 Live Gallery: Machine Gun Kelly, George Strait, Black Pumas and More
Austin City Limits returned to Zilker Park in Austin, TX on Friday, October 1st after a year off due to the pandemic. Consequence will be on the ground all weekend, soaking up the early fall sunshine and good tunes. Check out our visual recap of Day 1, which featured sets from Machine Gun Kelly, George Strait, Black Pumas Finneas, recent Artist of the Month Tkay Maidza, Skip Marley and many more, below. Advertisement Related Video Share this: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Halle Bailey Performs “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” At Disney World’s 50th Anniversary
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rich Fury / Getty Halle Bailey is just 21 but already, she is considered one of the top vocalists of her generation alongside her big sister, Chloe Bailey. After performing a moving rendition of “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” song at Disney World’s 50th anniversary special, fans on Twitter are singing Halle’s praises at the moment. Bailey, who is set to play the lead role of Ariel in Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, sang one of the standout songs from the classic 1994 film, The Lion King. Some might not know but the singer who vocalized the original song was Kristle Edwards, a Black gospel vocalist and the smash hit was composed by Elton John with lyrics from Tim Rice. The song won an Academy Award in 1995 for Best Original So...
Fat Joe Describes The First Time He Met Allen “Bubba Chuck” Iverson
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: G Fiume / Getty There are three things in life guaranteed, death, taxes, and Fat Joe having a dope story to tell. The Bronx rapper linked up with retired NBA veteran, now successful cannabis entrepreneur Al Harrington to talk about the one and only Allen Iverson. Despite suffering an L during his VERZUZ with Ja Rule, Fat Joe has seen his price go up following his masterful recap of The LOX and Dipset VERZUZ that put storytelling skills on full display. It should come as no surprise that the Hip-Hop historian had a story to tell about Iverson, who recently became the latest NBA player to throw his fitted hat in the legal cannabis game with a collaboration with Harrington’s VIOLA brand. In the roughly seven-minute video titled “The Legend of Chuck,” Joe and...
DEPECHE MODE’s DAVE GAHAN Discusses His Contribution To ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ In Latest Episode Of Official METALLICA Podcast
The sixth and seventh episodes of “The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 – The Black Album” have been released in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the band’s self-titled fifth LP, better known as The Black Album. The podcast’s weekly episodes explore the stories behind and the legacy of the best-selling album in the history of Nielsen Soundscan. Official description of episode six: “While recording this episode, METALLICA coined a new nickname: Team Ugly. It’s about going from being the underdogs to selling millions of concert tickets and records — while never forgetting who they are and where they came from. Guests include: Robert Trujillo, J Balvin, Tomi Owó, David Fricke, Ron Quintana, and Brian Slagel.” Official description of episode s...
CANDLEMASS Pays Tribute To TROUBLE’s ERIC WAGNER With Cover Of ‘The Tempter’ (Audio)
Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS have paid tribute to late TROUBLE singer Eric Wagner with a newly recorded cover version of the TROUBLE classic “The Tempter”. CANDLEMASS shared a link to the YouTube upload of its rendition of “The Tempter” on social media and wrote in an accompanying message: “Here’s our homage to our friend and hero Eric Wagner (TROUBLE/THE SKULL) who sadly died some time ago, way too soon! This is for you Eric, R.I.P.” Eric, who was TROUBLE‘s original singer, died in August after a battle with COVID pneumonia. He was 62 years old. According to Wagner‘s TROUBLE and THE SKULL bandmate Ron Holzner, Eric was generally opposed to institutionalized medicine but he wouldn’t make an exception for the COVID vaccine. R...
HYPOCRISY Releases Music Video For ‘Dead World’
With governments finally admitting that UFOs do in fact exist, and humanity attempting to heal from a state of the recent crisis, the timing couldn’t be more appropriate for the newest addition to the HYPOCRISY catalog: “Worship”. Due on November 26 via Nuclear Blast Records, “Worship” is 11 tracks of precise, ferocious musicianship. Commonly inspired by the fusion of the modern and the ancient, HYPOCRISY has once more found a way to combine innovative ideas with classic sound in order to deliver something metalheads can enjoyably consume with awe and brutal vigor. As usual, all recording and mixing took place at frontman Peter Tägtgren‘s Abyss Studio AB in Sweden while mastering was completed by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers Audio Mastering. Designed b...
KORN: ‘Every Album, Every Song’ Book Due in November
A new book delving into every song in KORN‘s extensive back catalogue will be released on November 25 via Sonicbond Publishing. From Bakersfield, California, KORN launched itself on an unsuspecting world with its eponymous self-titled debut album in 1994, with tracks such as “Blind” and “Clown” laying the early foundations for what would become the “nu metal” movement. In 1998, the quintet’s third album, “Follow The Leader” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and subsequently sold over ten million copies worldwide, and in the U.S. it was certified five times platinum. Just over a year later, fourth album “Issues” sold a staggering 575,000 copies in its first week of release and beat Dr. Dre‘s “2001”...
Jesy Nelson’s Solo Debut Single ‘Boyz’ With Nicki Minaj Is Almost Here
Jesy Nelson’s solo era is coming soon. The former Little Mix member took to Instagram on Friday (Oct. 1) to reveal that her first single as a solo artist — “Boyz,” featuring Nicki Minaj — will arrive on all music streaming platforms Oct. 8. The 30-year-old artist shared the news by dropping the single’s cover art, which features both her and Minaj in black-and-white ensembles — the singer in a black bralette, white basketball shorts, Bathing Ape low top sneakers and Chanel necklaces; the “Chun-Li” rapper in a white sherpa vest, black sherpa booties, bauble rings and a Chanel bangle. The ex-girl group member first announced the collaboration between her and Minaj on Sept. 28, by teasing fans with a behind-the-scenes snippet of her f...
