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Lizzo has been tapped to play Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a new movie about the godmother of rock’n’roll, Deadline reports. The film, titled Rosetta, will be produced by Lizzo, Kevin Beisler, Nina Yang Bongiovi, and acclaimed actor Forest Whitaker, while Natalie Chaidez and Kwynn Perry handle the screenplay. Rosetta, an Amazon MGM Studios movie, is
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Has there ever been a more important film in the history of rock ‘n roll than This is Spinal Tap? The 1984 documentary (or, I should say, “rockumentary”) introduced many to the sheer talent and ingenuity of the eponymous British rock band whose unparalleled influence is surely destined to increase upon the release of the
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It’s been over half a century since Elton John was a “new artist,” but that hasn’t kept him from keeping a finger on the pulse of things. In a new interview, the legendary musician has offered advice to the up-and-coming generation of performers, advising them to skip reality competitions like American Idol and The X
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Kim Gordon and Kim Deal were on the second episode of John Mulaney’s new Netflix show, Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney, where they performed their 1995 Sonic Youth collaboration “Little Trouble Girl” live for the first time ever. Gordon and Deal also played live versions of their respective solo music: Gordon did “Bye Bye,” from
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I’m not someone who watches musicals all that often — not because I hate them, I’m just not overly eager to hear people belt out their feelings in song form during a story. So when Wicked was released last November, I didn’t feel a need to see it in theaters. But as most, if not
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After a lauded theatrical run, Wicked: Part One is now streaming on Peacock as of March 21st. Along with the Oscar-nominated film, Peacock hosts the film’s Sing-Along version, which landed in theaters on Christmas Day, and the “Defying Gravity” collection of Wicked bonus content. The collection includes the NBC special Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney‘s Snow White, which has been dragged through the tabloids like she was Leona Helmsley, is seeing Thursday previews tonight of $3.5M per our sources. Note, these numbers don’t come from Disney. Showtimes began at 2PM. Where does this put the feature take of Disney’s original princess? At that level the Marc Webb-directed musical
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