The feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar continues, as both rappers constantly get back at each other by releasing diss tracks aimed at one another. The squabble initially began when Lamar fired shots at the Canadian rapper with Like That. Thereafter, the One Dance singer escalated the feud by releasing Push Ups, aimed at Lamar.
Drake in a still from God’s Plan music video
Taking things to the next level, Kendrick Lamar officially re-entered the battleground with Euphoria, as his rebuttal to 37-year-old Drake’s latest diss track. In the six-minute diss, Lamar took shots at the Canadian rapper’s biracial identity, career, and even his personal life. Considering the ear-bleeding level of attack, Rick Ross hopped on his Instagram Story and urged the 37-year-old to not respond to the track.
Kendrick Lamar Dissed Drake with Euphoria
The feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has been making headlines in the...
Drake in a still from God’s Plan music video
Taking things to the next level, Kendrick Lamar officially re-entered the battleground with Euphoria, as his rebuttal to 37-year-old Drake’s latest diss track. In the six-minute diss, Lamar took shots at the Canadian rapper’s biracial identity, career, and even his personal life. Considering the ear-bleeding level of attack, Rick Ross hopped on his Instagram Story and urged the 37-year-old to not respond to the track.
Kendrick Lamar Dissed Drake with Euphoria
The feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has been making headlines in the...
- 5/1/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
It’s been a year — one in which Barbie pink dominated fashion, the box office and the Oscar red carpet, notably on America Ferrera, who glittered in a custom Atelier Versace sheath, courtesy of stylist Karla Welch. Lest we forget, a side effect of the SAG-AFTRA strike was red carpets being rolled up for four months — but not before Cardi B shut down the Met Ball in Chenpeng and Oppenheimer star Emily Blunt hit the London premiere (an hour early, so the cast could attend before the strike began) in Alexander McQueen, as selected by Jessica Paster. Post-strike, stars like Hunter Schafer, decked out in ethereal Prada as styled by Dara, came back shining more brightly than ever at the Golden Globes. And who doesn’t love a Hollywood icon comeback? The fashion world trumpeted Demi Moore, who wore a Balmain swan as procured by Brad Goreski to the Feud: Capote vs.
- 3/27/2024
- by Carol McColgin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although it isn’t structured any differently from dozens of other cradle-to-grave documentaries about artistic luminaries, “Luther: Never Too Much” sheds light on much more than just the life and career of R&b singer Luther Vandross. Drawn largely from interview and performance footage of Vandross over his almost 40 years in entertainment, and bolstered and contextualized by retrospective talks will collaborators and confidantes, director Dawn Porter’s film exposes some uneasy truths about the music industry and the media we may now know, but whose seeming ubiquitousness at the time he was alive may be difficult to fully comprehend.
White audience members in particular may stand to learn the most about him — a fact Porter pointedly attributes to the genre siloes of radio’s heyday and cultural prejudices against black singers who weren’t thin or light-skinned enough to receive the opportunity to cross over from R&b to pop.
White audience members in particular may stand to learn the most about him — a fact Porter pointedly attributes to the genre siloes of radio’s heyday and cultural prejudices against black singers who weren’t thin or light-skinned enough to receive the opportunity to cross over from R&b to pop.
- 1/21/2024
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
Tonight on “The Voice,” the top nine artists perform solo and in trios for coaches Niall Horan, John Legend, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani. Viewers have a chance to vote for their favorite overnight. Then tomorrow, the top four vote-getters will automatically advance to the Season 24 finale while the bottom five fight for the Instant Save.
The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show’s newest season, which premiered September 25 on NBC. The show’s innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows.
See Everything to know about ‘The Voice’ Season 24: Premiere date, coaches
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 24, Episode 22 to find out what happened Monday, December 11 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments...
The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show’s newest season, which premiered September 25 on NBC. The show’s innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows.
See Everything to know about ‘The Voice’ Season 24: Premiere date, coaches
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 24, Episode 22 to find out what happened Monday, December 11 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments...
- 12/12/2023
- by John Benutty and Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
A version of this response appeared on the Black Rock Coalition’s website.
When Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner made offensive comments in The New York Times about women and Black artists, the Black Rock Coalition, which has battled stereotypes and musical categorizations about what rock is “supposed to be” since 1985, felt obligated to speak out and condemn his misogynistic and racist statements. While we were among many organizations and individuals to call out Wenner, he also had a number of supporters, citing his contributions to popular culture and to the world of music journalism.
When Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner made offensive comments in The New York Times about women and Black artists, the Black Rock Coalition, which has battled stereotypes and musical categorizations about what rock is “supposed to be” since 1985, felt obligated to speak out and condemn his misogynistic and racist statements. While we were among many organizations and individuals to call out Wenner, he also had a number of supporters, citing his contributions to popular culture and to the world of music journalism.
- 10/23/2023
- by LaRonda Davis, Earl Douglas and Darrell M. McNeill
- Rollingstone.com
Shep Gordon, the longtime manager of Alice Cooper, also known affectionately as “Supermensch” (the title of a 2013 documentary about him), appeared at the Pollstar Live! conference in Los Angeles Tuesday and shared a revealing story about his former client Raquel Welch. The actress, who died last week at the age of 82, was actually quite prudish, Gordon explained, but “her appeal was sex.” The two worked together for five years straddling the end of the 1970s and beginning of the ’80s, a time when Welch’s career had reached a crossroads.
The solution seemed to be a Las Vegas show, which Ann-Margret had executed successfully, drawing an audience of wives with husbands in tow. Similarly, what man wouldn’t want to see a scantily clad Welch in the flesh? The formula worked, but after a three-year residency at Caesars Palace, Welch’s contract was close to expiring and Gordon had to step in.
The solution seemed to be a Las Vegas show, which Ann-Margret had executed successfully, drawing an audience of wives with husbands in tow. Similarly, what man wouldn’t want to see a scantily clad Welch in the flesh? The formula worked, but after a three-year residency at Caesars Palace, Welch’s contract was close to expiring and Gordon had to step in.
- 2/22/2023
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
Thom Bell, who helped to create the soul songs style that became known in the 1960s and 1970s as “The Sound of Philadelphia,” died Thursday in Bellingham, Washington. He was 79 and no cause of death was given.
His lawyer, Michael Silver, confirmed the death.
Bell, along with fellow producers and songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, were the forces behind the lush orchestrations that characterized The Sound of Philadelphia. Bell, Gamble, and Huff were known as “The Mighty Three,” working out of a Broad Street building and creating a song factory that dominated the era’s charts and Top 40.
Dyanna Williams, a music journalist and broadcast personality, announced Bell’s death on her social media accounts Thursday afternoon.
“Beloved songwriter arranger, producer Thomas aka Randolph Bell aka Thom Bell, co-architect of The Sound of Philadelphia with Gamble & Huff. Soundtrack to our lives music The Delfonics The Stylistics The Spinners Deniece Williams...
His lawyer, Michael Silver, confirmed the death.
Bell, along with fellow producers and songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, were the forces behind the lush orchestrations that characterized The Sound of Philadelphia. Bell, Gamble, and Huff were known as “The Mighty Three,” working out of a Broad Street building and creating a song factory that dominated the era’s charts and Top 40.
Dyanna Williams, a music journalist and broadcast personality, announced Bell’s death on her social media accounts Thursday afternoon.
“Beloved songwriter arranger, producer Thomas aka Randolph Bell aka Thom Bell, co-architect of The Sound of Philadelphia with Gamble & Huff. Soundtrack to our lives music The Delfonics The Stylistics The Spinners Deniece Williams...
- 12/23/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jay G Jacobs, a longtime William Morris agent who represented such artists as The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel and
Diana Ross, died peacefully in his sleep Nov. 18 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills after a brief battle with lung and bone cancer. He was 79.
Born in Philadelphia in 1942, Jacobs grew up an avid fan of film, TV, and music. Still a teenager, he started his career in 1961 when he landed a job at the mail room of the William Morris Agency in New York. He worked at the agency for three decades and was a founding member of the agency’s music department. He worked with artists across all genres, from rock and country to jazz and R&b, including The Beach Boys, The Monkeys, The Supremes, Simon & Garfunkel, Diana Ross, Ashford & Simpson, George Benson, Teddy Pendergrass, Al Jarreau as well as Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
In a recent MPTF profile,...
Diana Ross, died peacefully in his sleep Nov. 18 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills after a brief battle with lung and bone cancer. He was 79.
Born in Philadelphia in 1942, Jacobs grew up an avid fan of film, TV, and music. Still a teenager, he started his career in 1961 when he landed a job at the mail room of the William Morris Agency in New York. He worked at the agency for three decades and was a founding member of the agency’s music department. He worked with artists across all genres, from rock and country to jazz and R&b, including The Beach Boys, The Monkeys, The Supremes, Simon & Garfunkel, Diana Ross, Ashford & Simpson, George Benson, Teddy Pendergrass, Al Jarreau as well as Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
In a recent MPTF profile,...
- 11/20/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Silk Sonic is Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s lavish love letter to Seventies soul music, particularly post-What’s Going On Motown and the sumptuous, string-bathed Philadelphia sound of greats like the Stylistics, the Delfonics, and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. They created A Night With Silk Sonic during Covid quarantine, as chronicled in their recent Rolling Stone cover story, giving the famously obsessive Mars all the time in the world to fixate on getting every period detail perfect. The pair hunted down old drum magazines to make sure...
- 11/12/2021
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
In 2011, Tink’s debut mixtape, Winter’s Diary, introduced the world to a 16-year-old pining and recording ballads from the basement. Ten years, seven mixtapes, and two albums later, the Chicago singer and rapper has built a devoted fan base for her heartfelt, honest, and soulful music. Tink’s process of creating music has stayed largely the same since the basement days, with the exception of more attention to details, including the mixing of her tracks, the production, and of course the timing. “For me, I’m kind of the...
- 9/15/2021
- by Dewayne Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features backup vocalist Tawatha Agee.
Tawatha Agee always keeps a suitcase packed and ready to go at her home in Orange, New Jersey. That’s...
Tawatha Agee always keeps a suitcase packed and ready to go at her home in Orange, New Jersey. That’s...
- 7/7/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 5 Episode 10 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired May 5 on Fox.
Tyrese Gibson may be one of the most competitive contestants to ever appear on “The Masked Singer.” How committed was he to the show’s guessing game? He frequently threw out incorrect clues, claiming to be 30 years older or hailing from Central America.
“I personally tried to throw as many people off as I could with my backstory,” he said. “I said I was 60 years old, I said I had two grandkids and I was from Costa Rica. And so I was trying to throw a haymaker in there and really throw people off.”
Gibson was the latest celebrity to be eliminated from “The Masked Singer,” as he was unmasked on Wednesday night’s episode as Robopine. But the actor and singer also admitted to being a bit...
Tyrese Gibson may be one of the most competitive contestants to ever appear on “The Masked Singer.” How committed was he to the show’s guessing game? He frequently threw out incorrect clues, claiming to be 30 years older or hailing from Central America.
“I personally tried to throw as many people off as I could with my backstory,” he said. “I said I was 60 years old, I said I had two grandkids and I was from Costa Rica. And so I was trying to throw a haymaker in there and really throw people off.”
Gibson was the latest celebrity to be eliminated from “The Masked Singer,” as he was unmasked on Wednesday night’s episode as Robopine. But the actor and singer also admitted to being a bit...
- 5/6/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Philadelphia International Records, the celebrated label behind the “Philly Soul” sound and acts like the O’Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti Labelle and more, has announced a year-long campaign to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
The campaign is a joint effort with Legacy Recordings and Warner Chappell Music, and, per a press release, it will comprise a “series of exclusive partnerships, product and content releases, artist initiatives and much more.” To kick things off, producer/DJ Eric Kupper has shared a new remix of one of Philadelphia International’s most enduring hits: McFadden and Whitehead’s 1979 track,...
The campaign is a joint effort with Legacy Recordings and Warner Chappell Music, and, per a press release, it will comprise a “series of exclusive partnerships, product and content releases, artist initiatives and much more.” To kick things off, producer/DJ Eric Kupper has shared a new remix of one of Philadelphia International’s most enduring hits: McFadden and Whitehead’s 1979 track,...
- 1/25/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Blues-rock guitarist G.E. Smith and R&b singer-songwriter LeRoy Bell have a rock & roll day at the beach in the video for their new single “Let the Sunshine in.”
Directed by Fabian Rodriguez, the visual features Smith and Bell jamming on their guitars while lounging around and exploring the sandy beach dunes of Long Island. Lyrically, Bell appeals for understanding, unity and an end to divisiveness: “But you can’t find it in your heart/To change your point of view/You figure you’re above it all/You convince yourself it’s true.
Directed by Fabian Rodriguez, the visual features Smith and Bell jamming on their guitars while lounging around and exploring the sandy beach dunes of Long Island. Lyrically, Bell appeals for understanding, unity and an end to divisiveness: “But you can’t find it in your heart/To change your point of view/You figure you’re above it all/You convince yourself it’s true.
- 8/20/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Guitarist G.E. Smith and soul musician LeRoy Bell have shared a rugged take on the traditional folk ballad, “Black Is the Color,” that will appear on their debut album together, Stony Hill, out August 28th via BMG.
The age-old track originated in Scotland before making its way to the United States, where it became a staple of Appalachian folk music. Smith and Bell’s new version boasts a simmering blues-rock groove that allows Smith to work his guitar from a tiptoe to a full-on sprint, while Bell bellows the lovelorn lyrics,...
The age-old track originated in Scotland before making its way to the United States, where it became a staple of Appalachian folk music. Smith and Bell’s new version boasts a simmering blues-rock groove that allows Smith to work his guitar from a tiptoe to a full-on sprint, while Bell bellows the lovelorn lyrics,...
- 6/5/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Many contemporary albums arrive with less than a week’s notice, but Jhene Aiko started to roll-out her new full-length, Chilombo, months ago. She released four different tracks to stoke anticipation, only to find that when the album finally came out March 6, a brand new song immediately supplanted the lead singles as a fan-favorite. “B.S.”, a casually vengeful back-and-forth with another R&b singer, H.E.R., quickly became Aiko’s highest-charting track.
Collaborations like this one seem to account for more and more of R&b’s big hits recently.
Collaborations like this one seem to account for more and more of R&b’s big hits recently.
- 3/27/2020
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
It is to Mac Miller’s great credit that he became more compelling the further his career progressed. He would have made millions if he had stayed true to his humble teenage beginnings as a sentient snapback hat, Lord Finesse admirer and legal opponent, and Pittsburgh’s sauciest white boy since Terry Bradshaw. But rather than remain a torchbearer for frat rap, Miller dedicated his adult years to the earnest expansion and refinement of his artistic vision as rapper, producer, and, eventually, singer.
Before he died of an accidental drug...
Before he died of an accidental drug...
- 1/17/2020
- by Danny Schwartz
- Rollingstone.com
Tyrese Gibson celebrated his 41st birthday at home in pajamas Monday — but despite the dress code, the event was anything but sleepy.
Instead, it was an evening filled with poetry, laughs and fireworks with his closest friends and family, held at the Gibson Estate located in Atlanta.
“[His wife] Sam wanted to do something extraordinary for Tyrese,” event designer Michelle Gainey of Lemiga Events tells People exclusively. Gainey previously worked with the Transformers actor to plan Samantha Gibson’s surprise party in October.
Guests arrived at their home on Saturday night, instantly wowed by the gold and white theme, decorated with 50 feet...
Instead, it was an evening filled with poetry, laughs and fireworks with his closest friends and family, held at the Gibson Estate located in Atlanta.
“[His wife] Sam wanted to do something extraordinary for Tyrese,” event designer Michelle Gainey of Lemiga Events tells People exclusively. Gainey previously worked with the Transformers actor to plan Samantha Gibson’s surprise party in October.
Guests arrived at their home on Saturday night, instantly wowed by the gold and white theme, decorated with 50 feet...
- 1/1/2020
- by Elissa Rosen
- PEOPLE.com
By 1979, Loretta Lynn had been recording country music for almost 20 years, with some 50 albums to her credit. The first female artist to be nominated for — and to win — the Cma Entertainer of the Year award in 1972, Lynn’s string of major solo hits was accompanied by five Number Ones with duet partner Conway Twitty. The pair also logged four chart-topping LPs as a duo between 1973 and 1976.
Also in 1979, Lynn was preparing for the big-screen adaptation of her autobiography, Coal Miner’s Daughter, published three years earlier. The story of her spotting...
Also in 1979, Lynn was preparing for the big-screen adaptation of her autobiography, Coal Miner’s Daughter, published three years earlier. The story of her spotting...
- 12/23/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
‘Employable Me’.
Northern Pictures series Employable Me, commissioned by the ABC, has been nominated for a Rose d’Or Award for Reality and Factual Entertainment.
The nomination joins a series of accolades from the series, which follows the social issues affecting people with neurodiverse conditions as they search for meaningful employment. It has previously won two gold medals at the 2019 New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards; the 2019 Australian Director’s Guild Award for Best Documentary Series; 2018 Aacta Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program; and 2018 Venice Television Award for Best Reality Series. The second season is also up for a further two Aacta Awards this year: Best Documentary or Factual Program and Best Direction in Nonfiction Television.
ABC head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason-Campbell said: “Employable Me has connected deeply with our audience and has been duly celebrated in Australia and internationally. The Rose d’Or nomination is...
Northern Pictures series Employable Me, commissioned by the ABC, has been nominated for a Rose d’Or Award for Reality and Factual Entertainment.
The nomination joins a series of accolades from the series, which follows the social issues affecting people with neurodiverse conditions as they search for meaningful employment. It has previously won two gold medals at the 2019 New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards; the 2019 Australian Director’s Guild Award for Best Documentary Series; 2018 Aacta Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program; and 2018 Venice Television Award for Best Reality Series. The second season is also up for a further two Aacta Awards this year: Best Documentary or Factual Program and Best Direction in Nonfiction Television.
ABC head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason-Campbell said: “Employable Me has connected deeply with our audience and has been duly celebrated in Australia and internationally. The Rose d’Or nomination is...
- 11/7/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Little Marvin, writer and executive producer of Amazon’s upcoming original series Them: Covenant, and his production company Odd Man Out, has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios. As part of the deal, Odd Man Out will create and produce original series and films for Amazon Studios to premiere exclusively on Prime Video in over 200 countries and territories.
Written by Little Marvin, the 1950’s-set Them: Covenant centers on Henry and Lucky Emory, who decide to move their family from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood. The family’s home on a tree-lined, seemingly idyllic street becomes ground zero where malevolent forces both real and supernatural threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.
Them: Covenant, the first season of horror event series Them, stars Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Alison Pill, Melody Hurd, Javier Botet, Ryan Kwanten and Percy Hynes White.
“Amazon Studios is the perfect...
Written by Little Marvin, the 1950’s-set Them: Covenant centers on Henry and Lucky Emory, who decide to move their family from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood. The family’s home on a tree-lined, seemingly idyllic street becomes ground zero where malevolent forces both real and supernatural threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.
Them: Covenant, the first season of horror event series Them, stars Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Alison Pill, Melody Hurd, Javier Botet, Ryan Kwanten and Percy Hynes White.
“Amazon Studios is the perfect...
- 10/8/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Little Marvin, the writer and executive producer of the upcoming Amazon horror anthology series “Them: Covenant,” has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios.
Under the deal, Marvin and his production company, Odd Man Out, will create and produce original series and films for Amazon.
“There aren’t enough exclamation points to express how thrilled I am to partner with my Amazon Studios family on this new adventure,” Marvin said. “Their bold and visionary dream team have been extraordinarily nurturing during the process of creating our first series together, ‘Them: Covenant.’ Elated to call them my home, and look forward to creating even more together with this new partnership.”
“Them” received a two-season order at Amazon last July. The series will feature a different cast, setting and story each season. The first season, “Covenant,” is set in the 1950s and centers on Henry (Ashley Thomas) and Lucky Emory (Deborah Ayorinde...
Under the deal, Marvin and his production company, Odd Man Out, will create and produce original series and films for Amazon.
“There aren’t enough exclamation points to express how thrilled I am to partner with my Amazon Studios family on this new adventure,” Marvin said. “Their bold and visionary dream team have been extraordinarily nurturing during the process of creating our first series together, ‘Them: Covenant.’ Elated to call them my home, and look forward to creating even more together with this new partnership.”
“Them” received a two-season order at Amazon last July. The series will feature a different cast, setting and story each season. The first season, “Covenant,” is set in the 1950s and centers on Henry (Ashley Thomas) and Lucky Emory (Deborah Ayorinde...
- 10/8/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Fast & Furious 9 actor and R&b crooner Tyrese Gibson is set to star in The Inside Game, a dramatic action thriller that he co-wrote with Ryan Jackson. Gibson will also produce the project under his Voltron Pictures along with Wonderfilm Media.
Set in the lurid world of blackmail and extortion, the film follows Jamal Smith (Gibson), a Miami police officer suspended for excessive force and his penchant for not doing things by the book. When he returns home to the urban streets of Atlanta, he finds himself thrown into a dark underworld of high stakes blackmail and extortion that has ensnared his brother, a pro football star.
Gibson and Wonderfilm’s Jeff Bowler and Bret Saxon are the producers, while Dan Grodnik will serve as executive producer on behalf of Wonderfilm. The film is currently looking to attach a director as production is slated to commence this November.
Set in the lurid world of blackmail and extortion, the film follows Jamal Smith (Gibson), a Miami police officer suspended for excessive force and his penchant for not doing things by the book. When he returns home to the urban streets of Atlanta, he finds himself thrown into a dark underworld of high stakes blackmail and extortion that has ensnared his brother, a pro football star.
Gibson and Wonderfilm’s Jeff Bowler and Bret Saxon are the producers, while Dan Grodnik will serve as executive producer on behalf of Wonderfilm. The film is currently looking to attach a director as production is slated to commence this November.
- 7/9/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
You might have noticed that tune-filled movies of late seem to be in vogue ever since last year’s remake of “A Star Is Born” drew acclaim and the Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” overcame critical boos and turned into a worldwide box-office sensation as well as an Oscar magnet.
Besides current releases “Rocketman,” which features Elton John hits, and “Yesterday,” which raids the Beatles songbook, there are at least 14 musical biopics in the production pipeline built around songs by Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Boy George, Carole King, Celine Dion, Elvis Presley, rapper Gucci Mane, Helen Reddy, Christian rock star Jeremy Camp, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Leonard Bernstein, Madonna and Teddy Pendergrass.
But what about more traditional musicals, the lavish kind that were in vogue in the ’60s when 1965’s “The Sound of Music” was the equal of “Avengers: Endgame.” The time appears ripe for an adaptation...
Besides current releases “Rocketman,” which features Elton John hits, and “Yesterday,” which raids the Beatles songbook, there are at least 14 musical biopics in the production pipeline built around songs by Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Boy George, Carole King, Celine Dion, Elvis Presley, rapper Gucci Mane, Helen Reddy, Christian rock star Jeremy Camp, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Leonard Bernstein, Madonna and Teddy Pendergrass.
But what about more traditional musicals, the lavish kind that were in vogue in the ’60s when 1965’s “The Sound of Music” was the equal of “Avengers: Endgame.” The time appears ripe for an adaptation...
- 7/3/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Leela James is one of the few southern soul singers who can still achieve a hit today. Her most recent example, “Don’t Want You Back,” is an exercise in classic form — a handsome, raspy “good riddance” with a guitar that studiously recreates the sound of Hi Records. But the window-shaking drums updated that style enough to make it a Number One radio record.
James harnesses her vocal firepower for something more gnarled and abrasive on the Are You Ready Ep, due April 12. Lead single “I’m Not That Woman” is a vicious,...
James harnesses her vocal firepower for something more gnarled and abrasive on the Are You Ready Ep, due April 12. Lead single “I’m Not That Woman” is a vicious,...
- 3/21/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Mark Burnett, Fast & Furious actor Tyrese Gibson and MGM TV are teaming on Celebrity Grand Prix, a new primetime competition series, with Gibson set to host and executive produce. The project is currently in development and will be shopped to broadcast and cable outlets.
In Celebrity Grand Prix, celebrities will be trained by professional race car drivers, and then face off on the race track. The star with the slowest time will be eliminated each week.
Using state-of-the art camera technology, the show gives audiences a new race car experience that allows viewers to immerse themselves in the action. Celebrity Grand Prix features a wide range of vehicles, including some of the most expensive and fast cars in the world. Over the course of the season, the challenges will become more daunting and the stakes get higher, all culminating in an epic final race to declare one winner.
“Car...
In Celebrity Grand Prix, celebrities will be trained by professional race car drivers, and then face off on the race track. The star with the slowest time will be eliminated each week.
Using state-of-the art camera technology, the show gives audiences a new race car experience that allows viewers to immerse themselves in the action. Celebrity Grand Prix features a wide range of vehicles, including some of the most expensive and fast cars in the world. Over the course of the season, the challenges will become more daunting and the stakes get higher, all culminating in an epic final race to declare one winner.
“Car...
- 3/11/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tyrese Gibson could briefly be steeping out from behind the steering wheel; the ‘Fast and Furious’ actor has entered negotiations to join the ‘Spider-Man’ spin-off, ‘Morbius’.
Gibson would be joining cast members Jared Leto, Matt Smith and Adria Arjona. At present, which role he would be playing hasn’t been revealed.
Daniel Espinosa will take the helm on the pictures. Lost in Space’s Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama have penned the script. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach will produce with Lucas Foster.
Also in news – Guillermo del Toro teams up with J.J. Abrams on ‘Zanbato’
The film will centre on Dr Michael Morbius a living vampire and antihero. In the comics, he was originally a scientist from Greece but due to a debilitating blood disease, he developed an experimental treatment involving vampire bats and electroshocks. Its side effects turned him into a pseudo-vampire (Vampire mutant) who needed to consume...
Gibson would be joining cast members Jared Leto, Matt Smith and Adria Arjona. At present, which role he would be playing hasn’t been revealed.
Daniel Espinosa will take the helm on the pictures. Lost in Space’s Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama have penned the script. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach will produce with Lucas Foster.
Also in news – Guillermo del Toro teams up with J.J. Abrams on ‘Zanbato’
The film will centre on Dr Michael Morbius a living vampire and antihero. In the comics, he was originally a scientist from Greece but due to a debilitating blood disease, he developed an experimental treatment involving vampire bats and electroshocks. Its side effects turned him into a pseudo-vampire (Vampire mutant) who needed to consume...
- 3/6/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Fast and Furious” star Tyrese Gibson is in talks join Jared Leto in “Morbius,” a film based on the Spider-Man villain of the same name.
“Safe House” filmmaker Daniel Espinosa will direct the movie. Matt Smith is also on board to appear in the film.
Exact details of who Gibson would play are currently unknown.
Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, who co-created the Netflix series “Lost in Space,” penned the script. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are producing “Morbius” with Lucas Foster. Palak Patel will oversee the pic for Sony.
Writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane created Morbius in 1971 for “The Amazing Spider-Man #101.” The character was a scientist who tried to cure himself of a blood disease, with tragic results. He became afflicted with vampiric traits such as fangs and a thirst for blood — and wound up battling Spider-Man.
Morbius appeared sporadically in Marvel Comics in the subsequent years...
“Safe House” filmmaker Daniel Espinosa will direct the movie. Matt Smith is also on board to appear in the film.
Exact details of who Gibson would play are currently unknown.
Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, who co-created the Netflix series “Lost in Space,” penned the script. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are producing “Morbius” with Lucas Foster. Palak Patel will oversee the pic for Sony.
Writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane created Morbius in 1971 for “The Amazing Spider-Man #101.” The character was a scientist who tried to cure himself of a blood disease, with tragic results. He became afflicted with vampiric traits such as fangs and a thirst for blood — and wound up battling Spider-Man.
Morbius appeared sporadically in Marvel Comics in the subsequent years...
- 3/6/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
American singer Tyrese Gibson will star as late singer-songwriter Teddy Pendergrass in a biopic. Pendergrass broke out in the early 1970s as the lead singer of Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, and became a massive success as a RandB solo artist with five consecutive platinum albums, reports variety.com. He suffered a spinal cord injury in a 1982 traffic accident that left him a quadriplegic, learned how to sing again and returned to perform at the Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium in London in 1985. Pendergrass continued his solo career until announcing his retirement in 2007. He died of cancer in 2010.
Warner Bros. has roped in Little Marvin to write the screenplay. Teddy Pendergrass' widow, Joan Pendergrass, is an executive producer. "I am honoured to take this journey... this is the role that I feel I was born to play," Gibson said.?
Gibson added, "Teddy Pendergrass embraced me and before he...
Warner Bros. has roped in Little Marvin to write the screenplay. Teddy Pendergrass' widow, Joan Pendergrass, is an executive producer. "I am honoured to take this journey... this is the role that I feel I was born to play," Gibson said.?
Gibson added, "Teddy Pendergrass embraced me and before he...
- 3/1/2019
- GlamSham
Tyrese Gibson will star as singer-songwriter Teddy Pendergrass in a biopic set up with Warner Bros., which has acquired the life rights to the late singer.
Pendergrass broke out in the early 1970s as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and became a massive success as an R&B solo artist with five consecutive platinum albums. He suffered a spinal cord injury in a 1982 traffic accident that left him a quadriplegic, learned how to sing again and returned to perform at the Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium in London in 1985.
Pendergrass continued his solo career until announcing his retirement in 2007. He died of cancer in 2010.
Gibson will also produce with his Voltron Pictures with “Empire” co-creator and executive producer Lee Daniels and Donald De Line through De Line Pictures. Warner Bros. has hired Little Marvin (creator of Amazon’s upcoming “Them”) to write the screenplay. Teddy Pendergrass’ widow,...
Pendergrass broke out in the early 1970s as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and became a massive success as an R&B solo artist with five consecutive platinum albums. He suffered a spinal cord injury in a 1982 traffic accident that left him a quadriplegic, learned how to sing again and returned to perform at the Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium in London in 1985.
Pendergrass continued his solo career until announcing his retirement in 2007. He died of cancer in 2010.
Gibson will also produce with his Voltron Pictures with “Empire” co-creator and executive producer Lee Daniels and Donald De Line through De Line Pictures. Warner Bros. has hired Little Marvin (creator of Amazon’s upcoming “Them”) to write the screenplay. Teddy Pendergrass’ widow,...
- 3/1/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. has acquired the life rights of Teddy Pendergrass and will produce a biopic with Tyrese Gibson to star as the R&B legend.
Donald De Line (“Ready Player One”) will produce through his De Line Pictures studio banner, along with Lee Daniels and Gibson via his Voltron Pictures. The studio has also tapped Little Marvin, creator of Amazon’s upcoming event series “Them,” to write the screenplay, which will chronicle the amazing and tumultuous life journey of one of the greatest R&B performers of all time.
Teddy Pendergrass’ widow, Joan Pendergrass, is an executive producer.
“I am honored to take this journey. This is the role that I feel I was born to play,” Gibson said in a statement. “Teddy Pendergrass embraced me and before he passed put the responsibility on my shoulders to tell his story,” commented Gibson. “Being here in this time and in this...
Donald De Line (“Ready Player One”) will produce through his De Line Pictures studio banner, along with Lee Daniels and Gibson via his Voltron Pictures. The studio has also tapped Little Marvin, creator of Amazon’s upcoming event series “Them,” to write the screenplay, which will chronicle the amazing and tumultuous life journey of one of the greatest R&B performers of all time.
Teddy Pendergrass’ widow, Joan Pendergrass, is an executive producer.
“I am honored to take this journey. This is the role that I feel I was born to play,” Gibson said in a statement. “Teddy Pendergrass embraced me and before he passed put the responsibility on my shoulders to tell his story,” commented Gibson. “Being here in this time and in this...
- 3/1/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Warner Bros Pictures has acquired the life rights of iconic Philadelphia-born R&B singer-songwriter Teddy Pendergrass, a movie project that has Fast & Furious actor Tyrese Gibson set to star in the lead role.
Donald De Line (Ready Player One) will produce via his De Line Pictures studio banner, along with Lee Daniels, and Gibson via his Voltron Pictures. The studio has also tapped Little Marvin (creator of Amazon’s upcoming event series Them) to pen the screenplay. Pendergrass’ widow, Joan Pendergrass, is an executive producer.
Born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass on March 26, 1950, Teddy was raised by Ida Geraldine Pendergrass, a single mother whose husband, Jesse, left the family while Teddy was a young child. Shortly after meeting his father for the first time, Jesse was stabbed to death in 1962 when Teddy was 11 years old.
In the early 1970s, Pendergrass rose to fame as the lead singer...
Donald De Line (Ready Player One) will produce via his De Line Pictures studio banner, along with Lee Daniels, and Gibson via his Voltron Pictures. The studio has also tapped Little Marvin (creator of Amazon’s upcoming event series Them) to pen the screenplay. Pendergrass’ widow, Joan Pendergrass, is an executive producer.
Born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass on March 26, 1950, Teddy was raised by Ida Geraldine Pendergrass, a single mother whose husband, Jesse, left the family while Teddy was a young child. Shortly after meeting his father for the first time, Jesse was stabbed to death in 1962 when Teddy was 11 years old.
In the early 1970s, Pendergrass rose to fame as the lead singer...
- 3/1/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Teddy Pendergrass’ voice was astounding, muscular enough to lift cars and crack granite. When paired with the elite writers, arrangers and instrumentalists at Philadelphia International Records in the Seventies, the resulting music was often magnificent. Popular, too: Pendergrass released a platinum-certified LP every year between 1977 and 1980.
But thanks to the partially segregated way that music is made, marketed and consumed in America, the pop mainstream treated Pendergrass, who died in 2010, with relative indifference. He only cracked the Top 40 once, and he went unrecognized by most critics at the time — you...
But thanks to the partially segregated way that music is made, marketed and consumed in America, the pop mainstream treated Pendergrass, who died in 2010, with relative indifference. He only cracked the Top 40 once, and he went unrecognized by most critics at the time — you...
- 2/27/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Several family-friendly holdover titles looking for strong holds.
Studiocanal’s revenge thriller Cold Pursuit will aim to weather the storm of recent controversy around star Liam Neeson to challenge a selection of family titles at the UK box office this weekend.
In the film, Neeson plays a snowplough driver who seeks revenge against the drug dealers he believes killed his son. Hans Petter Moland directs, with the film based on his 2014 Norwegian title In Order Of Disappearance.
Neeson has fronted a string of box office hits in recent years, led by the Taken series. The first title started with £1.2m in September 2008, finishing on £6.4m.
Studiocanal’s revenge thriller Cold Pursuit will aim to weather the storm of recent controversy around star Liam Neeson to challenge a selection of family titles at the UK box office this weekend.
In the film, Neeson plays a snowplough driver who seeks revenge against the drug dealers he believes killed his son. Hans Petter Moland directs, with the film based on his 2014 Norwegian title In Order Of Disappearance.
Neeson has fronted a string of box office hits in recent years, led by the Taken series. The first title started with £1.2m in September 2008, finishing on £6.4m.
- 2/22/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This documentary celebrates the singer’s remarkable return to the stage after a car accident but fails to illuminate the darker corners of the world he lived in
You would need a heart of stone to hear the late soul singer Teddy Pendergrass without being thrilled – or hear of his personal ordeal without being moved. This documentary tells his story respectfully and in detail, but something doesn’t quite work.
Having started with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Pendergrass left that band in 1977 and embarked on a staggering solo career, earning a string of platinum discs: an impossibly handsome, virile man with a rich and sensuous voice. Then a car accident in 1982 left him quadriplegic. A therapist talked him out of ending his own life, helped by his children and his formidable churchgoing mother, and Pendergrass came back with more hit records and a moving appearance at Live Aid in Philadelphia,...
You would need a heart of stone to hear the late soul singer Teddy Pendergrass without being thrilled – or hear of his personal ordeal without being moved. This documentary tells his story respectfully and in detail, but something doesn’t quite work.
Having started with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Pendergrass left that band in 1977 and embarked on a staggering solo career, earning a string of platinum discs: an impossibly handsome, virile man with a rich and sensuous voice. Then a car accident in 1982 left him quadriplegic. A therapist talked him out of ending his own life, helped by his children and his formidable churchgoing mother, and Pendergrass came back with more hit records and a moving appearance at Live Aid in Philadelphia,...
- 2/22/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
A new documentary about seminal soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, If You Don’t Know Me, will premiere February 8th at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on Showtime.
Olivia Lichtenstein directed the film, which will feature rare archival footage of Pendergrass, as well as interviews with the singer’s friends, family and music industry colleagues like Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Pendergrass’ famed former manager, Shep Gordon, served as one of the film’s executive producers.
If You Don’t Know Me will chronicle Pendergrass’ entire career, from his childhood in Philadelphia...
Olivia Lichtenstein directed the film, which will feature rare archival footage of Pendergrass, as well as interviews with the singer’s friends, family and music industry colleagues like Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Pendergrass’ famed former manager, Shep Gordon, served as one of the film’s executive producers.
If You Don’t Know Me will chronicle Pendergrass’ entire career, from his childhood in Philadelphia...
- 2/6/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Kew Media Distribution has sold over 100 hours of programming to buyers in Latin America it announced at the ongoing Natpe programming market in Miami.
Pay-tv platform operator DirecTV has bought a package from Kew that includes feature documentaries “Active Measures,” about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, and “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,” about the titular former Fox News chief. It has also bought “Becoming Bond,” about 007 actor George Lazenby. On the series front, DirecTV has taken “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst,” which follows the transformation of Hearst from heiress to terrorist.
AMC Networks’ Sundance TV channel in Lat-Am has added several Kew titles to its lineup including “Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me,” about the eponymous R&B star and which was for Showtime in the U.S. and Sky in the U.K., and “Nothing Like a Dame,”(1×82’), with screen icons Eileen Atkins,...
Pay-tv platform operator DirecTV has bought a package from Kew that includes feature documentaries “Active Measures,” about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, and “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,” about the titular former Fox News chief. It has also bought “Becoming Bond,” about 007 actor George Lazenby. On the series front, DirecTV has taken “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst,” which follows the transformation of Hearst from heiress to terrorist.
AMC Networks’ Sundance TV channel in Lat-Am has added several Kew titles to its lineup including “Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me,” about the eponymous R&B star and which was for Showtime in the U.S. and Sky in the U.K., and “Nothing Like a Dame,”(1×82’), with screen icons Eileen Atkins,...
- 1/23/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
“If Beale Street Could Talk” star Colman Domingo admires the tenacity, humor and heart of his character Joe Rivers — “an everyman with simple needs who does the extraordinary.” The playwright, director and Tony-nominated actor pushes boundaries himself, with his work and wardrobe. “I have always been a bit of a peacock,” he says. “I’ve pushed the envelope when it comes to looking masculine, sexy, tailored and fun.”
2011
“Twenty-four hours before this photo was taken, I was consulting Berry Gordy on his musical ‘Motown’ in Los Angeles,” Domingo recalls. Upon learning of his Tony nomination for “The Scottsboro Boys,” he flew to New York on a red-eye to attend the press conference. “Naturally, there was no time to think, so I chose something inspired by Toni-Leslie James, costume designer for the character for which I was nominated.” Domingo channeled “Mr. Bones” by way of a bow tie and mixed patterns from Hugo Boss.
2011
“Twenty-four hours before this photo was taken, I was consulting Berry Gordy on his musical ‘Motown’ in Los Angeles,” Domingo recalls. Upon learning of his Tony nomination for “The Scottsboro Boys,” he flew to New York on a red-eye to attend the press conference. “Naturally, there was no time to think, so I chose something inspired by Toni-Leslie James, costume designer for the character for which I was nominated.” Domingo channeled “Mr. Bones” by way of a bow tie and mixed patterns from Hugo Boss.
- 1/11/2019
- by Jasmin Rosemberg
- Variety Film + TV
Born into a gang war zone in South Philly, Teddy Pendergrass would emerge as the king of the neighborhood. Guys wanted to be him, girls wanted to sleep with him, and everybody wanted to be in business with him. For all the things he did wrong, he did make several smart choices including hiring “super mensch” rock-n-roll manager Shep Gordon who helped transition Pendergrass from a star on the black R&B circuit with an informal economy into a superstar performing sensual “woman’s only” shows.
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me is a nearly definitive biography that doesn’t shy away from the darker moments in his career as the soul singer starts to develop his voice. Told in part through 60 audio tapes that provide a first-hand account of growing up, being raised by a single mother, avoiding gangs in the neighborhood, and finding inspiration in live...
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me is a nearly definitive biography that doesn’t shy away from the darker moments in his career as the soul singer starts to develop his voice. Told in part through 60 audio tapes that provide a first-hand account of growing up, being raised by a single mother, avoiding gangs in the neighborhood, and finding inspiration in live...
- 11/10/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Sales company to diversify operations with UK distribution arm.
UK sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment is diversifying its operations with the launch of a distribution arm that will specialise in releasing music documentaries.
Moviehouse Music Distribution will work across theatrical, DVD releases and additional merchandise. The first title will be Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me, the story of the Philadelphia-born singer who looked set to become one of the biggest R&B artists of all time until a tragic accident changed his life. Pendergrass was the first male African American artist to record five consecutive platinum albums in the Us,...
UK sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment is diversifying its operations with the launch of a distribution arm that will specialise in releasing music documentaries.
Moviehouse Music Distribution will work across theatrical, DVD releases and additional merchandise. The first title will be Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me, the story of the Philadelphia-born singer who looked set to become one of the biggest R&B artists of all time until a tragic accident changed his life. Pendergrass was the first male African American artist to record five consecutive platinum albums in the Us,...
- 11/3/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Feature documentaries about Chaka Khan and Prince are on Kew Media Distribution’s slate for the Afm. Kew is building a profile in music documentaries, launching “Chuck Berry” at Mipcom and recently sealing deals with Showtime and Sky for “Teddy Pendergrass – If You Don’t Know Me.”
In Michael J. Kirk’s “Mr Nelson: On the North Side,” Spike Moss, a musical mentor of Prince, talks about the origin and influences that shaped the star’s musical skills. In turn, musical icons including Chuck D, Macy Gray and Chaka Khan recount stories of Prince and how he inspired them. It is the latest factual project about Prince since his death in 2016.
“Chaka Khan: Keep On Holdin’ On” tells the life story of 10 time Grammy Award winner Chaka Khan, including her time as a civil rights activist and member of the Black Panther movement. Another music feature documentary from Kew and...
In Michael J. Kirk’s “Mr Nelson: On the North Side,” Spike Moss, a musical mentor of Prince, talks about the origin and influences that shaped the star’s musical skills. In turn, musical icons including Chuck D, Macy Gray and Chaka Khan recount stories of Prince and how he inspired them. It is the latest factual project about Prince since his death in 2016.
“Chaka Khan: Keep On Holdin’ On” tells the life story of 10 time Grammy Award winner Chaka Khan, including her time as a civil rights activist and member of the Black Panther movement. Another music feature documentary from Kew and...
- 10/29/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
“Teddy Pendergrass – If You Don’t Know Me,” the upcoming feature documentary that tells the tumultuous life story of the R&B and soul legend, will go out on Showtime in the U.S. and Sky Arts and the BBC in the U.K., where Moviehouse will also handle a theatrical release.
The film will premiere at the Philadelphia Film Festival on Friday as part of a festival run that includes Doc NYC and Sound Unseen in Minneapolis. An exclusive first-look can be seen below.
Producer and director Olivia Lichtenstein made the film through U.K.-based factual TV and film banner Storyvault Films. It came about after she watched watching “Supermensch,” Mike Myers’ movie about Hollywood power player Shep Gordon, who was also Pendergrass’ manager. “I called Shep and said, ‘People don’t remember Teddy the way they ought to, and I have to make this film,’ and Shep said,...
The film will premiere at the Philadelphia Film Festival on Friday as part of a festival run that includes Doc NYC and Sound Unseen in Minneapolis. An exclusive first-look can be seen below.
Producer and director Olivia Lichtenstein made the film through U.K.-based factual TV and film banner Storyvault Films. It came about after she watched watching “Supermensch,” Mike Myers’ movie about Hollywood power player Shep Gordon, who was also Pendergrass’ manager. “I called Shep and said, ‘People don’t remember Teddy the way they ought to, and I have to make this film,’ and Shep said,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
“There’ve been photo books on jazz; there’ve been countless photo books on rock and roll, on the Rolling Stones, on Bruce Springsteen. Think about it, all those books that have been done. And there has never been a photo book done on R&B or soul or funk music. I’m the guy that’s got the photographs.”
That was the gist of the email that Bruce Talamon sent the art book publisher Taschen in the small hours of the morning after a glass of wine in 2015. His...
That was the gist of the email that Bruce Talamon sent the art book publisher Taschen in the small hours of the morning after a glass of wine in 2015. His...
- 9/26/2018
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Monday night during the Season 15 premiere of NBC’s “The Voice,” Tyshawn Colquitt performed Sam Smith‘s “Like I Can” and initiated a battle between coaches Jennifer Hudson and Blake Shelton. Jennifer was the obvious choice as Tyshawn aspired to an R&B/soul singer, but Blake still gave it his all during his pitch. In the end, Tyshawn decided to join Team Jennifer. Watch “The Voice” blind audition video above and read Jennifer’s comments below.
See‘The Voice’ winners through the years: See the complete list including Brynn Cartelli, Chloe Kohanski …
“Hi Tyshawn,” Jennifer told the aspiring artist. “You voice is like limitless. Not only the range in it, but the depth, the soul. Did y’all not feel that? Did you not hear that? The energy that you bring to the stage is just amazing. It’s signs of a superstar. You have such a heavy sound in there.
See‘The Voice’ winners through the years: See the complete list including Brynn Cartelli, Chloe Kohanski …
“Hi Tyshawn,” Jennifer told the aspiring artist. “You voice is like limitless. Not only the range in it, but the depth, the soul. Did y’all not feel that? Did you not hear that? The energy that you bring to the stage is just amazing. It’s signs of a superstar. You have such a heavy sound in there.
- 9/25/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
It is with a heavy heart that I write about the passing of Aretha Franklin, who died this morning at her home in Detroit. Growing up, Aretha's golden voice filled every room of my grandparent's home, as she joined in a chorus made from other musical icons such as Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Patti Labelle, Mary Wells, Teddy Pendergrass, and Nina Simone, among others. Known to many as The Queen of... Read More...
- 8/16/2018
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Storyvault Films, Tempo Productions and Wasted Talent are on board to produce Pendergrass, a feature length documentary about legendary R&B artist Teddy Pendergrass. Olivia Lichtenstein (The Silent Twin: Without My Shadow) is set to direct while Content Media is handling international sales and selling the doc to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin. Lichtenstein produces via her television banner Storyvault Films in association with Tempo Productions' Piers…...
- 2/10/2017
- Deadline
Teddy Pendergrass, the R&B legend who became the first black male singer to record five consecutive multi-platinum albums in the U.S., is getting the documentary treatment.
Storyvault Films, Tempo Productions and Wasted Talent are on board to produce Pendergrass, examining the life of the singer known as the "Black Elvis," who rose to fame in the 70s as the lead singer for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and achieved global success with hits including Don't Leave Me This Way and If You Don't Know Me By Now. Pendergass' career would be interrupted in 1981 aged just 31 when he...
Storyvault Films, Tempo Productions and Wasted Talent are on board to produce Pendergrass, examining the life of the singer known as the "Black Elvis," who rose to fame in the 70s as the lead singer for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and achieved global success with hits including Don't Leave Me This Way and If You Don't Know Me By Now. Pendergass' career would be interrupted in 1981 aged just 31 when he...
- 2/10/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles — You might not know who Shep Gordon is, but you've certainly felt his impact. As a manager extraordinaire who has shepherded the careers of everyone from Alice Cooper and Teddy Pendergrass to Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck, Gordon has had a wild ride. He was there for the early rock explosion, not just rubbing shoulders with people like Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, but working with them, figuring out the business of show with a whole crop of exciting artists as a defining fixture of that bedrock. Naturally, then, someone was going to be interested in trying to capture that presence in a film. But Gordon's is a life that extends beyond entertainment, which of course makes it all the more fascinating. He maintains a friendship with the Dalai Lama, for instance (though he would say he's merely of service to His Holiness). He's also an expert storyteller,...
- 11/10/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Mike Myers’ Supermensch and fashion house doc Dior and I among sales.
Ahead of next week’s, UK-based sales agent Dogwoof has secured a string of TV deals for their current slate.
Dior and I has been sold to Canal+ (France). This recent Dogwoof acquisition is the latest fashion film from Frédéric Tcheng (Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has to Travel, Valentino: The Last Emperor) and tells the inside story of designer Raf Simons taking over the iconic fashion house.
Recently opened in the Us and the UK, Finding Fela from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney chronicles the life and death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti. It has been sold to Arte France, Vpro (Netherlands) and AMC Global (Mena, Cee).
Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia’s Web Junkie about China’s teen internet de-programming camps continues to sell, with sales to Arte France, Pts (Taiwan), Ebs (Korea), Trt (Turkey), Ruv (Iceland), Doc24 (Russia) and AMC Global (Iberia, Mena)
Further...
Ahead of next week’s, UK-based sales agent Dogwoof has secured a string of TV deals for their current slate.
Dior and I has been sold to Canal+ (France). This recent Dogwoof acquisition is the latest fashion film from Frédéric Tcheng (Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has to Travel, Valentino: The Last Emperor) and tells the inside story of designer Raf Simons taking over the iconic fashion house.
Recently opened in the Us and the UK, Finding Fela from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney chronicles the life and death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti. It has been sold to Arte France, Vpro (Netherlands) and AMC Global (Mena, Cee).
Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia’s Web Junkie about China’s teen internet de-programming camps continues to sell, with sales to Arte France, Pts (Taiwan), Ebs (Korea), Trt (Turkey), Ruv (Iceland), Doc24 (Russia) and AMC Global (Iberia, Mena)
Further...
- 10/9/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Directors: Beth Aala, Mike Myers; Starring: Shep Gordon, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Douglas, Tom Arnold, Alice Cooper; Running time: 85 mins; Certificate: 15
Unless you're a Hollywood A-lister you probably haven't heard of Shep Gordon, a talent manager who also has a gift for telling an anecdote or two. Mike Myers is behind the camera, letting him have the limelight in a documentary portrait that is full of good humour although, like Gordon's rambling yarns of showbiz yesteryear, it lacks a clear direction.
Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone and Alice Cooper are among the guest speakers who line up to sing Gordon's praises when the man himself is too humble to do so. Apparently, he's that kinda guy, a total "mensch" (Yiddish for a great bloke) who defies the usual shark-swimming stereotype of a Hollywood agent. Cooper sees him as his other half and indeed, the first (and strongest) part of the film works...
Unless you're a Hollywood A-lister you probably haven't heard of Shep Gordon, a talent manager who also has a gift for telling an anecdote or two. Mike Myers is behind the camera, letting him have the limelight in a documentary portrait that is full of good humour although, like Gordon's rambling yarns of showbiz yesteryear, it lacks a clear direction.
Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone and Alice Cooper are among the guest speakers who line up to sing Gordon's praises when the man himself is too humble to do so. Apparently, he's that kinda guy, a total "mensch" (Yiddish for a great bloke) who defies the usual shark-swimming stereotype of a Hollywood agent. Cooper sees him as his other half and indeed, the first (and strongest) part of the film works...
- 7/14/2014
- Digital Spy
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