A film chronicling the relationship between Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne is in the works.
A biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is still in the works.
The as-yet-untitled film was formally announced in October 2021, when it was confirmed that both Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s music will feature.
Sony Pictures and Polygram are behind the project, which will focus on a twenty year period between 1979 and 1999. Lee Hall, who won huge acclaim for his screenplay for Elton John biopic Rocketman in 2018, will write the script.
Sharon and Jack Osbourne revealed the update on their podcast The Osbournes (as picked up by Planet Rock), where Ozzy, in typically unabashed style, commented on the slow progress of the film, saying “By the time it’s eventually filmed, I’ll be dead! I wanna be alive to f—ing see it”.
Going on to discuss who could play Ozzy,...
A biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is still in the works.
The as-yet-untitled film was formally announced in October 2021, when it was confirmed that both Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s music will feature.
Sony Pictures and Polygram are behind the project, which will focus on a twenty year period between 1979 and 1999. Lee Hall, who won huge acclaim for his screenplay for Elton John biopic Rocketman in 2018, will write the script.
Sharon and Jack Osbourne revealed the update on their podcast The Osbournes (as picked up by Planet Rock), where Ozzy, in typically unabashed style, commented on the slow progress of the film, saying “By the time it’s eventually filmed, I’ll be dead! I wanna be alive to f—ing see it”.
Going on to discuss who could play Ozzy,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Ozzy Osbourne is already a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer as a member of Black Sabbath, and now has a chance to be inducted again as a solo artist. The metal icon says he’s “deeply honored” to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024.
Following the announcement of the 2024 nominees on Saturday morning (February 10th), Ozzy took to Instagram to express his gratitude:
“I’m deeply honored to receive this news from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. To be one of the few musicians who’s being considered for a second entry, now as a solo artist, is something I could never have imagined. After 44 years as a solo artist the fact that I can continue to record music and receive this recognition is something I am incredibly proud of.”
Ozzy was first inducted in 2006 along with fellow founding Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi,...
Following the announcement of the 2024 nominees on Saturday morning (February 10th), Ozzy took to Instagram to express his gratitude:
“I’m deeply honored to receive this news from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. To be one of the few musicians who’s being considered for a second entry, now as a solo artist, is something I could never have imagined. After 44 years as a solo artist the fact that I can continue to record music and receive this recognition is something I am incredibly proud of.”
Ozzy was first inducted in 2006 along with fellow founding Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi,...
- 2/10/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Black Sabbath founders Tony Iommi and Bill Ward each took to social media to give fans and followers an end-of-year update, and it turns out both are in the studio working on separate projects.
Iommi shared a short video on Facebook, recapping his 2023 and dropping some hints of what we can expect from the Sabbath guitarist in 2024.
While he didn’t offer any specifics, Iommi has been “working in the studio” and “writing and doing plenty of stuff,” presumably for his previously mentioned solo LP.
“It’s sounding really good,” he said. “I’m very happy with it. I might use some orchestration, I might not. So we’ll see how it goes.”
Iommi also shared an update on the long-awaited Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath box set, which Iommi teased in his year-end message last year. The collection is now expected to drop in a May after a period of delay.
Iommi shared a short video on Facebook, recapping his 2023 and dropping some hints of what we can expect from the Sabbath guitarist in 2024.
While he didn’t offer any specifics, Iommi has been “working in the studio” and “writing and doing plenty of stuff,” presumably for his previously mentioned solo LP.
“It’s sounding really good,” he said. “I’m very happy with it. I might use some orchestration, I might not. So we’ll see how it goes.”
Iommi also shared an update on the long-awaited Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath box set, which Iommi teased in his year-end message last year. The collection is now expected to drop in a May after a period of delay.
- 1/2/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Ozzy Osbourne has called out his longtime Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler for not checking in on him while he was dealing with a series of health issues in recent years. However, the bassist has responded by saying he made multiple attempts to send Osbourne “get well” messages.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone UK, Osbourne expressed frustration at Butler for the apparent radio silence. Ozzy also stated that their friendship has deteriorated in part because of a feud between his wife/manager Sharon Osbourne and Geezer’s wife/manager Gloria Butler.
“[Black Sabbath guitarist] Tony Iommi has been so supportive of me since my illness,” said Osbourne, adding: “Geezer Butler hasn’t given me one fucking phone call. Not one fucking call. When his son was fucking born, I phoned him every fucking night even though we were at war with each other, Black Sabbath and me [following Ozzy’s exit in 1979]. I thought, ‘Fuck it,...
In a new interview with Rolling Stone UK, Osbourne expressed frustration at Butler for the apparent radio silence. Ozzy also stated that their friendship has deteriorated in part because of a feud between his wife/manager Sharon Osbourne and Geezer’s wife/manager Gloria Butler.
“[Black Sabbath guitarist] Tony Iommi has been so supportive of me since my illness,” said Osbourne, adding: “Geezer Butler hasn’t given me one fucking phone call. Not one fucking call. When his son was fucking born, I phoned him every fucking night even though we were at war with each other, Black Sabbath and me [following Ozzy’s exit in 1979]. I thought, ‘Fuck it,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Ozzy Osbourne acknowledges he may never take the stage again after years of medical issues — including a recent spinal surgery that also uncovered a tumor — in a new interview with Rolling Stone UK.
The singer, named the first-ever Rolling Stone UK Awards icon in a new cover story, talked about his fourth spinal surgery, aimed at remedying the damage from a 2019 fall that dislodged the metal rods from a previous surgery.
“It’s really knocked me about,” Osbourne said of the procedure. “The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled.
The singer, named the first-ever Rolling Stone UK Awards icon in a new cover story, talked about his fourth spinal surgery, aimed at remedying the damage from a 2019 fall that dislodged the metal rods from a previous surgery.
“It’s really knocked me about,” Osbourne said of the procedure. “The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled.
- 11/26/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has opened up about his disconnect with longtime bandmate Ozzy Osbourne, while also ruling out a Sabbath reunion.
A hypothetical Sabbath reunion that would include original drummer Bill Ward has been discussed ad nauseam since the band completed its 2016-2017 “The End Tour” with Tommy Clufetos behind the kit. For various reasons, the reunion has been more of a pipe dream than a legitimate possibility.
Speaking with Rolling Stone about his new memoir, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond, Butler put what appears to be the final kibosh on the idea. “I don’t think Ozzy’s up for it anyway,” he said.
As Butler reveals in his new book, the lines of communication are currently closed between him and Ozzy, though it isn’t due to a personal beef: “Me and Ozzy are fine, it’s just that we’re both ruled by our wives.
A hypothetical Sabbath reunion that would include original drummer Bill Ward has been discussed ad nauseam since the band completed its 2016-2017 “The End Tour” with Tommy Clufetos behind the kit. For various reasons, the reunion has been more of a pipe dream than a legitimate possibility.
Speaking with Rolling Stone about his new memoir, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond, Butler put what appears to be the final kibosh on the idea. “I don’t think Ozzy’s up for it anyway,” he said.
As Butler reveals in his new book, the lines of communication are currently closed between him and Ozzy, though it isn’t due to a personal beef: “Me and Ozzy are fine, it’s just that we’re both ruled by our wives.
- 6/7/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Ozzy Osbourne is infamous for his rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. He partied hard and rocked out with Black Sabbath on tour for years. However, even the guys in the band eventually had enough. Osbourne was actually fired from Black Sabbath for his hard-partying ways.
Ozzy Osbourne found worldwide fame with Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath performs on stage at the Rod Laver Arena on 29th April 2013, in Melbourne, Australia. | Martin Philbey/Redferns
Osbourne linked up with the men that would make up Black Sabbath in 1967. But it took a few years for them to land on the name and lineup. Their debut album, Black Sabbath, and its follow-up, Paranoid, were both released in 1970 and the band quickly became stars.
Black Sabbath was incredibly prolific, releasing six albums in just five years. Some of their hit singles include “Paranoid,” “Iron Man,” “War Pigs/Luke’s Wall,” and “Children of the Grave.
Ozzy Osbourne found worldwide fame with Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath performs on stage at the Rod Laver Arena on 29th April 2013, in Melbourne, Australia. | Martin Philbey/Redferns
Osbourne linked up with the men that would make up Black Sabbath in 1967. But it took a few years for them to land on the name and lineup. Their debut album, Black Sabbath, and its follow-up, Paranoid, were both released in 1970 and the band quickly became stars.
Black Sabbath was incredibly prolific, releasing six albums in just five years. Some of their hit singles include “Paranoid,” “Iron Man,” “War Pigs/Luke’s Wall,” and “Children of the Grave.
- 4/13/2023
- by India McCarty
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Geezer Butler, the bassist who cofounded Black Sabbath and wrote the majority of the band’s lyrics on their classic albums, will release his autobiography this summer. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath — and Beyond will chronicle his childhood in post-war Birmingham, England, the formation of Black Sabbath, and the stories behind “War Pigs,” “Paranoid,” “Iron Man,” and several other of the band’s biggest hits. The book arrives on June 6.
“After spending my entire life creating memories, to eventually set aside how reserved I am, I...
“After spending my entire life creating memories, to eventually set aside how reserved I am, I...
- 3/29/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Founding Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler is set to release his autobiography, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath — and Beyond, on June 6th via the HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books.
The book will follow both Butler’s personal life as well as tell his side of the Black Sabbath story. This includes his working-class upbringing in Birmingham, the band’s “beginnings as a scrappy blues quartet,” and the internal struggles that led to Black Sabbath’s many lineup changes over the years.
“A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black Sabbath,” reads the publisher’s thumbnail description, “covering his years as the band’s bassist and main lyricist through his later-career projects, and detailing how one of rock’s most influential bands formed and prevailed.”
Butler announced that the memoir was complete in a tweet back in April 2022. He...
The book will follow both Butler’s personal life as well as tell his side of the Black Sabbath story. This includes his working-class upbringing in Birmingham, the band’s “beginnings as a scrappy blues quartet,” and the internal struggles that led to Black Sabbath’s many lineup changes over the years.
“A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black Sabbath,” reads the publisher’s thumbnail description, “covering his years as the band’s bassist and main lyricist through his later-career projects, and detailing how one of rock’s most influential bands formed and prevailed.”
Butler announced that the memoir was complete in a tweet back in April 2022. He...
- 2/16/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Ozzy Osbourne has claimed that he and his wife Sharon had to enlist “armed guards” after a backlash against Sharon surrounding her talk show exit.
Sharon Osbourne was removed from her CBS chat show The Talk following a racism row, in which she defended Piers Morgan over his criticism of Meghan Markle.
In August, the couple announced that they would move back to the UK after 20 years in LA due to a number of recent shootings.
“Everything’s f****** ridiculous there. I’m fed up with people getting killed every day. God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings,” Osborne told The Observer in August.
“And there was that mass shooting in Vegas at that concert … It’s f****** crazy. And I don’t want to die in America. I don’t want to be buried in f****** Forest Lawn,” he added.
However, the Black Sabbath frontman...
Sharon Osbourne was removed from her CBS chat show The Talk following a racism row, in which she defended Piers Morgan over his criticism of Meghan Markle.
In August, the couple announced that they would move back to the UK after 20 years in LA due to a number of recent shootings.
“Everything’s f****** ridiculous there. I’m fed up with people getting killed every day. God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings,” Osborne told The Observer in August.
“And there was that mass shooting in Vegas at that concert … It’s f****** crazy. And I don’t want to die in America. I don’t want to be buried in f****** Forest Lawn,” he added.
However, the Black Sabbath frontman...
- 11/8/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Warning: contains spoilers for the War of the Worlds Season 3 finale.
In the end, War of the Worlds was all about forgiveness and second chances. And particle accelerators and black holes. And killer robo-dogs and genocidal future humans and theoretical physics experiments saving the world. Basically: learn science and phone your mum is the take-home after seasons of this deep-thinking, dystopian drama.
Season three went all in on the science-speak. With neurosurgeon Bill and astrophysicist Catherine as our lead characters, joined by newcomer astronauts Richard and Juliet, there was a great deal of ‘reverse the polarity of the neutron flow’ talk. If any of the finer details got lost among the gravitational waves chat, let’s pick apart the major threads of the season finale below.
One caveat: Sadly, Den of Geek does not have Professor Brian Cox on staff (more’s the pity. Bet his Doctor Who reviews would...
In the end, War of the Worlds was all about forgiveness and second chances. And particle accelerators and black holes. And killer robo-dogs and genocidal future humans and theoretical physics experiments saving the world. Basically: learn science and phone your mum is the take-home after seasons of this deep-thinking, dystopian drama.
Season three went all in on the science-speak. With neurosurgeon Bill and astrophysicist Catherine as our lead characters, joined by newcomer astronauts Richard and Juliet, there was a great deal of ‘reverse the polarity of the neutron flow’ talk. If any of the finer details got lost among the gravitational waves chat, let’s pick apart the major threads of the season finale below.
One caveat: Sadly, Den of Geek does not have Professor Brian Cox on staff (more’s the pity. Bet his Doctor Who reviews would...
- 10/20/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains major spoilers for War of the Worlds Season 2.
At the end of War of the Worlds season two, everything was unravelled. The ‘alien’ invasion, and everything we’d seen happen over the past 16 episodes was undone. With the help of Invader Isla and her dead partner Micah’s time-travel formula, neuroscientist Bill Ward went back in time and stopped it all from ever happening. How? By killing the Invaders’ ancestor Emily Gresham.
Bill’s World-Saving Sacrifice
When Bill pushed teenager Emily off a hospital roof, he ensured that Emily and Sacha would never meet and sire a tribe of malevolent future-humans who would one day visit present-day Earth (all sporting matching bullseye tattoos copied from Emily’s teenage whim) and slaughter billions.
Bill murdering Emily meant that she and Sacha would never pass on their combined genetic conditions (his incestuously inherited Muscular Dystrophy and her Stargardt Disease/blindness-causing...
At the end of War of the Worlds season two, everything was unravelled. The ‘alien’ invasion, and everything we’d seen happen over the past 16 episodes was undone. With the help of Invader Isla and her dead partner Micah’s time-travel formula, neuroscientist Bill Ward went back in time and stopped it all from ever happening. How? By killing the Invaders’ ancestor Emily Gresham.
Bill’s World-Saving Sacrifice
When Bill pushed teenager Emily off a hospital roof, he ensured that Emily and Sacha would never meet and sire a tribe of malevolent future-humans who would one day visit present-day Earth (all sporting matching bullseye tattoos copied from Emily’s teenage whim) and slaughter billions.
Bill murdering Emily meant that she and Sacha would never pass on their combined genetic conditions (his incestuously inherited Muscular Dystrophy and her Stargardt Disease/blindness-causing...
- 9/12/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Talk about a Back-to-School disc promotion! CineSavant digs into Severin’s MegaBox The Incredibly Strange films of Ray Dennis Steckler — 10 discs, 20 films — just enough to sample this demented offering that some have nominated for the honor of worst film ever. It’s a glorified home movie by a guy bitten by the movie-making bug — and a friend with some cash who wanted to be a producer. Steckler’s movie found real screenings in real theaters, launching the Auteur from Lemon Grove Street on one of the oddest Hollywood careers ever.
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Blu-ray
Part of the Severin Films ‘The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler’ Boxed Set
1964 / Color / B&w / 1:78 widescreen/ 82 min. / Street Date September 27 2022, 2022 / Available from / 219.95
Starring: Cash Flagg, Brett O’Hara, Atlas King, Sharon Walsh, Madison Clarke, Erina Enyo, Toni Camel, Jack Brady, Bill Ward, Neil Stillman, Joan Howard,...
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Blu-ray
Part of the Severin Films ‘The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler’ Boxed Set
1964 / Color / B&w / 1:78 widescreen/ 82 min. / Street Date September 27 2022, 2022 / Available from / 219.95
Starring: Cash Flagg, Brett O’Hara, Atlas King, Sharon Walsh, Madison Clarke, Erina Enyo, Toni Camel, Jack Brady, Bill Ward, Neil Stillman, Joan Howard,...
- 9/3/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Two of Black Sabbath’s original iron men — Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Tony Iommi — made a surprise reunion in their hometown of Birmingham, England, on Monday night with a performance at the city’s Commonwealth Games. They performed their classic “Paranoid” alongside two musicians who joined them on their final tour, The End: Adam Wakeman, who played bass and keyboards, and drummer Tommy Clufetos.
After teasing the intro to “Iron Man” with Osbourne bellowing “I am Iron Man” backstage, the group sparked up “Paranoid.” Osbourne rose up from the...
After teasing the intro to “Iron Man” with Osbourne bellowing “I am Iron Man” backstage, the group sparked up “Paranoid.” Osbourne rose up from the...
- 8/8/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Lorne Campbell is 64 years young this month. This marks over four decades spent with the Michiganer; add on a few years if you include the Super 8 shorts saga with Scott Spiegel, Bill Ward and Josh Becker. Armed with the charisma of a leading man, comedic chops of a vaudevillian and a couldn’t-give-a-shit […]
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- 6/22/2022
- by Xanthe Pajarillo
- bloody-disgusting.com
"War of the Worlds" is a live action modern-day reworking of H.G Wells' science fiction story (1898), written and directed by Howard Overman (Misfits") and produced by Studiocanal-backed Urban Myth, stars Gabriel Byrne ("The Keep") and Elizabeth McGovern ("Downton Abbey"), airing Season Two October 28, 2021 on Fox:
"...in Season Two, 'Catherine Durand' (Lea Drucker) will find out more details about 'Bill Ward' (Byrne). This search might help her to uncover the origin of the 'Invaders' aleens species and the reason why they entered the Earth..."
McGovern plays 'Helen Brown, Adel Bencherif is 'Colonel Mustafa Mokrani, Emilie de Preissac is 'Sophia Durand', Natasha Little is 'Sarah Gresham', Daisy Edgar-Jones is 'Emily Gresham' and Ty Tennant is 'Tom Gresham'.
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"...in Season Two, 'Catherine Durand' (Lea Drucker) will find out more details about 'Bill Ward' (Byrne). This search might help her to uncover the origin of the 'Invaders' aleens species and the reason why they entered the Earth..."
McGovern plays 'Helen Brown, Adel Bencherif is 'Colonel Mustafa Mokrani, Emilie de Preissac is 'Sophia Durand', Natasha Little is 'Sarah Gresham', Daisy Edgar-Jones is 'Emily Gresham' and Ty Tennant is 'Tom Gresham'.
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- 10/8/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Black Sabbath will canonize their seventh album, Technical Ecstasy, this fall with a super deluxe edition packed with bells and whistles that, as the cover art suggests, probably have unnatural feelings for each other.
The reissue, due October 1st, contains a remaster of the original, a remix by Steven Wilson, outtakes and alternative mixes, and live recordings from 1976 and 1977. It will be available either as a four-cd or five-lp collection.
The album contains “Dirty Women,” a setlist staple of the band’s reunion tours in recent years on which lead...
The reissue, due October 1st, contains a remaster of the original, a remix by Steven Wilson, outtakes and alternative mixes, and live recordings from 1976 and 1977. It will be available either as a four-cd or five-lp collection.
The album contains “Dirty Women,” a setlist staple of the band’s reunion tours in recent years on which lead...
- 8/4/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Warning: contains spoilers for the War of the Worlds Season 2 finale.
Had War of the Worlds not been renewed for season three, the season two finale would have served as a creditable end point to the story. In it, Professor Bill Ward uses extra-terrestrial science to travel back in time to before the aliens invaded, and makes a single change to stop that timeline from ever unfurling. Thanks to Bill, the aliens never arrive, billions of people are never slaughtered, and life on Earth continues as normal. It’s not quite the ‘I woke up and it was all a dream’ ending, but it’s in the same postcode. Everything resets, and everybody goes about their lives without knowledge of the dire future that’s been averted.
Mostly everybody. Bill remembers, of course. The last we see of him in season two is a newspaper headline about his arrest for the murder of Emily Gresham.
Had War of the Worlds not been renewed for season three, the season two finale would have served as a creditable end point to the story. In it, Professor Bill Ward uses extra-terrestrial science to travel back in time to before the aliens invaded, and makes a single change to stop that timeline from ever unfurling. Thanks to Bill, the aliens never arrive, billions of people are never slaughtered, and life on Earth continues as normal. It’s not quite the ‘I woke up and it was all a dream’ ending, but it’s in the same postcode. Everything resets, and everybody goes about their lives without knowledge of the dire future that’s been averted.
Mostly everybody. Bill remembers, of course. The last we see of him in season two is a newspaper headline about his arrest for the murder of Emily Gresham.
- 8/2/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains spoilers for War of the Worlds Season 2.
Bill did it. He went back in time, broke the time loop, erased the aliens out of existence and saved billions of lives by stopping Earth from ever coming under their devastating attack in the first place. Almost erased the aliens out of existence, that should say, because – handily for season three – the alien invasion timeline is still somehow creating ripples in this parallel universe. And almost erased most of the aliens out of existence, that should really say, because when Bill travelled back in time, he took half a dozen of the Invaders along with him. Now they’re on Earth too, with nothing but hatred for humanity. Should end well.
How did Bill manage it? Why are echoes of the other timeline bleeding through into the new one? And what does all of this mean for War of the Worlds’ recently commissioned third season?...
Bill did it. He went back in time, broke the time loop, erased the aliens out of existence and saved billions of lives by stopping Earth from ever coming under their devastating attack in the first place. Almost erased the aliens out of existence, that should say, because – handily for season three – the alien invasion timeline is still somehow creating ripples in this parallel universe. And almost erased most of the aliens out of existence, that should really say, because when Bill travelled back in time, he took half a dozen of the Invaders along with him. Now they’re on Earth too, with nothing but hatred for humanity. Should end well.
How did Bill manage it? Why are echoes of the other timeline bleeding through into the new one? And what does all of this mean for War of the Worlds’ recently commissioned third season?...
- 8/2/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
This War of the Worlds review contains spoilers.
Mechanicals! “Bob” aside, those robo-machine-gun-killer-dog-cyborg-bastards haven’t had a proper name since they first skittered out of their spaceships to pick off humanity’s dregs. Now we finally know what to call them – not that calling them is in any way advisable; running and hiding is a far safer option.
Surprisingly in light of the Mechanicals’ ‘shoot first, shoot questions later’ approach, Adina said that they’d be able to care for Emily and Sacha on board that spaceship. Caring not having been a big part of the dogs’ repertoire thus far, they must have an alternate setting, one that tells them how to deliver babies rather than stab them in the head. Let’s hope that the right switch is flicked. Or let’s not, considering that Emily and Sacha’s offspring are the founding members of the murderous race responsible for this whole genocidal mess.
Mechanicals! “Bob” aside, those robo-machine-gun-killer-dog-cyborg-bastards haven’t had a proper name since they first skittered out of their spaceships to pick off humanity’s dregs. Now we finally know what to call them – not that calling them is in any way advisable; running and hiding is a far safer option.
Surprisingly in light of the Mechanicals’ ‘shoot first, shoot questions later’ approach, Adina said that they’d be able to care for Emily and Sacha on board that spaceship. Caring not having been a big part of the dogs’ repertoire thus far, they must have an alternate setting, one that tells them how to deliver babies rather than stab them in the head. Let’s hope that the right switch is flicked. Or let’s not, considering that Emily and Sacha’s offspring are the founding members of the murderous race responsible for this whole genocidal mess.
- 7/26/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
This War of the Worlds review contains spoilers.
Mind. Blown. Zut alors! How is this possible?! Such was Catherine’s reaction to realising that the Invaders had travelled to Earth not through space, but through time. It was a total revelation for the physicist – proof of concepts previously held only in theory. For Dr Durand, it changed everything.
Catherine’s amazement was enviable, because for us, it changed nothing. Ever since Emily’s tattoo was spotted on the arm of that dying alien in the season one finale, it’s been taken as read that the Invaders were time travellers (time travel being a much less rare phenomenon to encounter for sci-fi TV fans than it is for French astrophysicists). Observatory Invader Micah confirmed as much when he told Catherine earlier this season that their journey to Earth had taken no time at all. After spending so long learning nothing new,...
Mind. Blown. Zut alors! How is this possible?! Such was Catherine’s reaction to realising that the Invaders had travelled to Earth not through space, but through time. It was a total revelation for the physicist – proof of concepts previously held only in theory. For Dr Durand, it changed everything.
Catherine’s amazement was enviable, because for us, it changed nothing. Ever since Emily’s tattoo was spotted on the arm of that dying alien in the season one finale, it’s been taken as read that the Invaders were time travellers (time travel being a much less rare phenomenon to encounter for sci-fi TV fans than it is for French astrophysicists). Observatory Invader Micah confirmed as much when he told Catherine earlier this season that their journey to Earth had taken no time at all. After spending so long learning nothing new,...
- 7/19/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
War of the Worlds returns to our screens this Sunday, as the second series of the ambitious sci-fi production begins. To mark the occasion we had the pleasure in speaking to a host of the talent that makes up this fine ensemble. Beginning with Gabriel Byrne – which was, as expected, a complete joy. Before we met the younger members of the cast, taking part in a group interview with Bayo Gbadamosi, Pearl Chanda and Ty Tennant. Watch both interviews in their entirety below.
Gabriel Byrne
Bayo Gbadamosi, Pearl Chanda and Ty Tennant
Synopsis
After a series of brutal losses, the human survivors of the alien attack mount their own fight to take back their planet. It’s six months after the initial attack and Bill has discovered more and more about the aliens. Most shocking of all are the undeniable similarities between the humans and the aliens – but Bill can’t find any possible explanation.
Gabriel Byrne
Bayo Gbadamosi, Pearl Chanda and Ty Tennant
Synopsis
After a series of brutal losses, the human survivors of the alien attack mount their own fight to take back their planet. It’s six months after the initial attack and Bill has discovered more and more about the aliens. Most shocking of all are the undeniable similarities between the humans and the aliens – but Bill can’t find any possible explanation.
- 7/12/2021
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This War of the Worlds review contains spoilers.
So that was the deal with the babies. Their box-fresh stem cells were needed to grow replacements for the Invaders’ failed organs and cure the genetic weakness wiping out their species. Or more properly, our species. The alien Emily met in the closing moments of season one wasn’t just humanoid, it was human. And it wasn’t alone.
That’s one mystery cleared up, and a secondary one about how a bunch of genetically weakened humans psychically connected via a quantum web ended up invading Earth in massive spaceships is for season two to solve. The Invaders’ new ‘Kill Bill’ mission has such a strong 12 Monkeys whiff to it that time travel has to be a factor. Perhaps the bullseye tattoo crowd have gone back in time to stop Gabriel Byrne’s character from releasing the biological weapon that will eventually turn us into them?...
So that was the deal with the babies. Their box-fresh stem cells were needed to grow replacements for the Invaders’ failed organs and cure the genetic weakness wiping out their species. Or more properly, our species. The alien Emily met in the closing moments of season one wasn’t just humanoid, it was human. And it wasn’t alone.
That’s one mystery cleared up, and a secondary one about how a bunch of genetically weakened humans psychically connected via a quantum web ended up invading Earth in massive spaceships is for season two to solve. The Invaders’ new ‘Kill Bill’ mission has such a strong 12 Monkeys whiff to it that time travel has to be a factor. Perhaps the bullseye tattoo crowd have gone back in time to stop Gabriel Byrne’s character from releasing the biological weapon that will eventually turn us into them?...
- 6/7/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has begun work on a memoir. “I started out because when my parents died, I always wished I’d asked them a lot more things than I knew about,” he told Cleveland.com. “I don’t really know much about my mum and dad, ’cause they were always just there. So, I started writing a memoir for my grandkids to read, and that’s been fun going through stuff — old times and growing up in Birmingham, [England], and all that. I’m right in the middle...
- 3/17/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
It wasn’t until Black Sabbath started work on their ninth album, Heaven and Hell, in 1979 that bassist Geezer Butler was able to get an objective perspective on his band’s capabilities. The group had recently split with founding vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and begun working in earnest with a new vocalist, Ronnie James Dio. But Butler soon realized he couldn’t stay committed to the band at that time. “I had loads of problems with my divorce, and I had to go back to England,” he recalls. “I told the guys,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
There’s no way to precisely quantify the colossal amount of drugs Black Sabbath inhaled in 1972 while making their fourth album, which they’d hoped to title Snowblind, in tribute to their favorite powdered narcotic. All they have to go on is the bill their manager presented to them when they were done with it. “Whether you can believe him or not, the record cost, I think, $65,000,” bassist Geezer Butler says drolly, “and the cocaine bill was $75,000.”
“At that time, [the cocaine] was good stuff, and we used to have it flown in on a private plane,...
“At that time, [the cocaine] was good stuff, and we used to have it flown in on a private plane,...
- 2/12/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
A rare demo recording of Black Sabbath’s “Heaven and Hell,” the first song the band wrote after Ronnie James Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, has surfaced online.
On the track are Dio, founding Sabbath members guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward, and bassist Geoff Nicholls, who joined the group in 1979 after founding bassist Geezer Butler quit the group for a short time. Nicholls, whose estate posted the recording Thursday to mark the fourth anniversary of his death, later moved over to keyboards and played with the band until...
On the track are Dio, founding Sabbath members guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward, and bassist Geoff Nicholls, who joined the group in 1979 after founding bassist Geezer Butler quit the group for a short time. Nicholls, whose estate posted the recording Thursday to mark the fourth anniversary of his death, later moved over to keyboards and played with the band until...
- 1/29/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Ozzy Osbourne has had much of his life captured on film, whether it was early shows from Black Sabbath, the pioneering heavy metal band formed in the late 1960s, or MTV’s reality series The Osbournes.
His story, from biting the head off a bat at a show in Iowa to urinating on the Alamo, has also been told numerous times in Behind The Music-style tales. However, in The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, the musician opens up his life growing up in Birmingham, England as well as his march into madness, becoming the Prince of Darkness and an elder statesmen of the rock n roll world.
Director R. Greg Johnston tells Deadline that he was fascinated to trace the highs and lows of Osbourne’s career over five decades. The feature-length doc airs tonight, September 7 on A&e as part of the cable network’s Biography strand.
“A lot of...
His story, from biting the head off a bat at a show in Iowa to urinating on the Alamo, has also been told numerous times in Behind The Music-style tales. However, in The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, the musician opens up his life growing up in Birmingham, England as well as his march into madness, becoming the Prince of Darkness and an elder statesmen of the rock n roll world.
Director R. Greg Johnston tells Deadline that he was fascinated to trace the highs and lows of Osbourne’s career over five decades. The feature-length doc airs tonight, September 7 on A&e as part of the cable network’s Biography strand.
“A lot of...
- 9/7/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has launched a new trailer for season 2 of Ricky Gervais’ ‘After Life’ and this time Tony tries hard to give back to the people that helped him.
Set in the small fictitious town of Tambury, the comedy-drama series follows Tony (Ricky Gervais), a writer for the local newspaper whose life is upended after his wife dies from cancer.
In series 2, whilst still struggling with immense grief for his wife, we see Tony try to become a better friend to those around him. Each grappling with their own problems and only to be intensified by the looming threat of the local newspaper being shut down.
Will the town’s local Am-Dram show lift everyone’s spirits?
The six-part series is created, written, directed and stars Ricky Gervais, Penelope Wilton, David Bradley, Ashley Jensen (Extras), Tom Basden, Tony Way (Edge of Tomorrow), David Earl, Joe Wilkinson (Him and Her), Kerry Godliman (Derek), Mandeep Dhillon,...
Set in the small fictitious town of Tambury, the comedy-drama series follows Tony (Ricky Gervais), a writer for the local newspaper whose life is upended after his wife dies from cancer.
In series 2, whilst still struggling with immense grief for his wife, we see Tony try to become a better friend to those around him. Each grappling with their own problems and only to be intensified by the looming threat of the local newspaper being shut down.
Will the town’s local Am-Dram show lift everyone’s spirits?
The six-part series is created, written, directed and stars Ricky Gervais, Penelope Wilton, David Bradley, Ashley Jensen (Extras), Tom Basden, Tony Way (Edge of Tomorrow), David Earl, Joe Wilkinson (Him and Her), Kerry Godliman (Derek), Mandeep Dhillon,...
- 4/10/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In today’s roundup, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” announces upcoming guest judges and Netflix sets the premiere date for Season 2 of “After Life” starring Ricky Gervais.
Castings
Whoopi Goldberg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chaka Khan, Robyn, Leslie Jones, Normani, Jeff Goldblum, Daisy Ridley, Thandie Newton, Olivia Munn, Rachel Bloom, Daniel Franzese, Jonathan Bennett and Winnie Harlow have been cast as guest judges on Season 12 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” They join rapper Nicki Minaj, who was previously announced, in the lineup, and will assist show regulars Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews and host RuPaul as they decide who will stay, lip-sync for their life or “sashay away.” As other seasons, the show will follow 13 queens will compete for the ultimate title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” and a grand prize of $100,000. Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang and RuPaul serve as executive producers. The upcoming season will premiere Feb.
Castings
Whoopi Goldberg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chaka Khan, Robyn, Leslie Jones, Normani, Jeff Goldblum, Daisy Ridley, Thandie Newton, Olivia Munn, Rachel Bloom, Daniel Franzese, Jonathan Bennett and Winnie Harlow have been cast as guest judges on Season 12 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” They join rapper Nicki Minaj, who was previously announced, in the lineup, and will assist show regulars Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews and host RuPaul as they decide who will stay, lip-sync for their life or “sashay away.” As other seasons, the show will follow 13 queens will compete for the ultimate title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” and a grand prize of $100,000. Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang and RuPaul serve as executive producers. The upcoming season will premiere Feb.
- 2/13/2020
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Jean-Paul Gaster still remembers the moment he realized the first heavy-metal band were playing jazz.
Growing up near Washington, D.C., the drummer — who for nearly 30 years has brought a loose-limbed swagger to the rhythms of esteemed hard-rock band Clutch — would sit with his father and watch live concerts on public television. Performances by big-band jazz greats Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa made a particularly strong impression on him.
A few years later, heavier sounds came onto his radar via bands like Black Sabbath and Zz Top. At first, Gaster...
Growing up near Washington, D.C., the drummer — who for nearly 30 years has brought a loose-limbed swagger to the rhythms of esteemed hard-rock band Clutch — would sit with his father and watch live concerts on public television. Performances by big-band jazz greats Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa made a particularly strong impression on him.
A few years later, heavier sounds came onto his radar via bands like Black Sabbath and Zz Top. At first, Gaster...
- 2/12/2020
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Black Sabbath changed the world of music 50 years ago this week with their genre-defining self-titled debut. To mark the occasion, Rolling Stone put together a comprehensive account of the record’s creation.
We spoke with 12 original sources, including the Black Sabbath’s guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward, and several of their collaborators and peers. Judas Priest’s Rob Halford recalled seeing the group when they were called Earth, Ten Years After’s Leo Lyons remembers the band opening up for them, and Status Quo’s...
We spoke with 12 original sources, including the Black Sabbath’s guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward, and several of their collaborators and peers. Judas Priest’s Rob Halford recalled seeing the group when they were called Earth, Ten Years After’s Leo Lyons remembers the band opening up for them, and Status Quo’s...
- 2/11/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Before the world recognized Black Sabbath as heavy-metal forefathers, the band members wrote a song that gave them the chills.
“We knew instantly that ‘Black Sabbath’ was very different to what was around at the time,” guitarist Tony Iommi says of the piece that gave the group its name.
“We always wanted to go heavier than any other band,” bassist Geezer Butler says.
“I thought the song would be a flop, but I also thought it was brilliant,” drummer Bill Ward says. “I still think it’s brilliant.”
“When we...
“We knew instantly that ‘Black Sabbath’ was very different to what was around at the time,” guitarist Tony Iommi says of the piece that gave the group its name.
“We always wanted to go heavier than any other band,” bassist Geezer Butler says.
“I thought the song would be a flop, but I also thought it was brilliant,” drummer Bill Ward says. “I still think it’s brilliant.”
“When we...
- 2/11/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
“I don’t know what I’d call Teenage Time Killers, but I do know it’s a supergroup of fucking badass musicians and singers,” Corrosion of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin told Rolling Stone in 2015 of his all-star punk-meets-metal side project. Their first album, Greatest Hits Vol. 1, came out that year.
Now, in the wake of Mullin’s death last month, his core collaborators in Teenage Time Killers — guitarist and co-songwriter Mick Murphy, also of My Ruin, and Foo Fighters studio engineer John Lousteau — have released a series of pro-shot...
Now, in the wake of Mullin’s death last month, his core collaborators in Teenage Time Killers — guitarist and co-songwriter Mick Murphy, also of My Ruin, and Foo Fighters studio engineer John Lousteau — have released a series of pro-shot...
- 2/6/2020
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
“Subdivisions,” one of Rush’s most beloved songs, is also one of their simplest. Geddy Lee’s insistent synth riff gives the track — a fan favorite from 1982’s Signals — a muted, almost drone-y quality. So you might hear it 100 times before you realize what’s going on just underneath the surface: That Neil Peart, the band’s brilliantly obsessive supergenius of a drummer, has gone to the trouble of crafting a different drum part for every single verse.
He starts the first one (“Sprawling on the fringes of the city…...
He starts the first one (“Sprawling on the fringes of the city…...
- 1/11/2020
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith isn’t worried about impressing the art establishment with the newest collection of his work, The Art of Chad Smith, currently on display at the Russell Collection Fine Art gallery in Austin. “This is a fun, new way to express myself,” he says. “If they dig it [or] don’t dig it, that’s Ok. I’m not going to get my feelings hurt if a Basquiat aficionado doesn’t like my work.”
Smith’s venture into the art world began in 2015 when Los...
Smith’s venture into the art world began in 2015 when Los...
- 1/8/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward was so moved by the resilience of victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting at the Route 91 festival that he wrote a folk song, “Arrows” in their honor. He recorded it with his Bill Ward Band. The song’s release coincides with the second anniversary of the shooting.
“Bless the youth, for realizing they could hear the truth,” he sings over strummed acoustic guitar. “Bless the man, who sought to love but fell with his demons/Bless us all, for surely, surely, surely we have cried.
“Bless the youth, for realizing they could hear the truth,” he sings over strummed acoustic guitar. “Bless the man, who sought to love but fell with his demons/Bless us all, for surely, surely, surely we have cried.
- 10/1/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
When Black Sabbath first attempted to tour America in 1970, they had a Hell of a time. “We had to face the mayor of [every] town,” drummer Bill Ward once recalled. “We were banned all the time. They were afraid of us. They thought we were going to put a spell on you.”
Although Mick Jagger and Sammy Davis, Jr. had already publicly flirted with satanism, Black Sabbath — whose members all wore crosses to ward off evil — were much too scary for the United States. Their self-titled debut album sported a witchy woman on its cover,...
Although Mick Jagger and Sammy Davis, Jr. had already publicly flirted with satanism, Black Sabbath — whose members all wore crosses to ward off evil — were much too scary for the United States. Their self-titled debut album sported a witchy woman on its cover,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier this month, original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward went public with his desire to reunite with the group via a video on his Twitter account. “I wanted to say that I love Tony [Iommi, guitar], Geezer [Butler, bass] and Ozzy [Osbourne, vocals] very much,” he said. “I’ve loved them for a long time, and I still do. And I would be very open-minded to any ideas about playing together in the future. That’s it. Love you all. Thanks.”
Related: Ozzy Osbourne: On the Road With the Prince of Darkness
That might seem...
Related: Ozzy Osbourne: On the Road With the Prince of Darkness
That might seem...
- 7/12/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s film news roundup, the City of Los Angeles sets Buster Keaton Day and deals are made for “The Life, Blood and Rhythm of Randy Castillo” and dance drama “All Styles.”
Honor
The City of Los Angeles has declared that June 16 will be Buster Keaton Day in honor of the pioneering comedian and filmmaker.
A bronze plaque commemorating the location of a movie studio where both Keaton and Charlie Chaplin created their timeless comedies in the early part of the 20th Century will be dedicated at 4 p.m. on June 16 at 1021 Lillian Ave., near the intersection of Eleanor Avenue and Lillian Way in Los Angeles. The dedication and and several other events have been organized by the International Buster Keaton Society to remedy the incorrect placement of a similar plaque in 1988.
Scheduled guests include Los Angeles councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, film historian Leonard Maltin, and members of Keaton’s family,...
Honor
The City of Los Angeles has declared that June 16 will be Buster Keaton Day in honor of the pioneering comedian and filmmaker.
A bronze plaque commemorating the location of a movie studio where both Keaton and Charlie Chaplin created their timeless comedies in the early part of the 20th Century will be dedicated at 4 p.m. on June 16 at 1021 Lillian Ave., near the intersection of Eleanor Avenue and Lillian Way in Los Angeles. The dedication and and several other events have been organized by the International Buster Keaton Society to remedy the incorrect placement of a similar plaque in 1988.
Scheduled guests include Los Angeles councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, film historian Leonard Maltin, and members of Keaton’s family,...
- 5/22/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
January 24, 2018 is the date set for the 2nd Annual Hall of Heavy Metal History Awards Ceremony. It will be held at the Wyndham Anaheim Garden Grove, California. The Induction Ceremony will take place from 8pm to 11pm with a special concert by the Carmine & Vinny Appice Band mid-ceremony from 9:30 to 10pm. Carmine’s Induction will be conducted by Vinny; and to add to that memorable moment, the list of 2018 Inductees is quite spectacular. Bill Ward, Anvil, Elliott Rubinson, Riot, Exodus, Sammy Ash, Jordan Rudess, Billy Sheehan, Nick Menza, Lzzy Hale, Munsey Ricci and Metal Mike Chlasciak
The Hall of Heavy Metal History Celebrates Its 2018 Inductees, and Drums and Disabilities Will Shine Too...
The Hall of Heavy Metal History Celebrates Its 2018 Inductees, and Drums and Disabilities Will Shine Too...
- 1/24/2018
- by Judy Greenlees
- TVovermind.com
Bruce Campbell doing radio commercials for TV? Pre-Evil Dead shorts? If you’re looking to add one of the most compelling collections of horror history to your home video collections… Look No Further! Read on for details and a sampling of… Continue Reading →
The post Go Pre-Evil Dead with Scott Spiegel and Bill Ward’s Super 8 Shorts – Available Now! Must Watch Videos Right Here! appeared first on Dread Central.
The post Go Pre-Evil Dead with Scott Spiegel and Bill Ward’s Super 8 Shorts – Available Now! Must Watch Videos Right Here! appeared first on Dread Central.
- 11/3/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
When Ozzy Osbourne and his son Jack visited the Florida Everglades earlier this year, the younger Osbourne didn't tell his dad what he was in for. In a funny, new clip from the upcoming season of Ozzy & Jack's World Detour, which premieres Wednesday, November 8th on A&E, the Osbournes' tour guide opens up a white satchel and a python emerges from it. "Ozzy, we're going to take you to catch pythons," one of the men says. "No thanks," Ozzy says nonchalantly.
When he looks back on the experience now,...
When he looks back on the experience now,...
- 11/2/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Before they made the cult classic Evil Dead, the key people behind the film were at work making tons of Super-8 shorts in hopes of getting any of their projects made into a film. Those projects haven't been available to own, until now. Scott Spiegel, who directed Evil Dead 2 has gotten together with Bill Ward and collected a compilation of those shorts and packaged it into a DVD compilation titled Before The Evil Dead: The Super-8 Short Films.
The DVD contains 11 shorts created before the film that feature Bruce Campbell, and other faces you might remember. This short below "Curse Of The Werewolf" is one of them. I can't really say it's good, but I can say that I can see the influence that would eventually go on to create the Evil Dead franchise. Check it out below. Thanks to Bloody Disgusting for the heads up!
The DVD contains 11 shorts created before the film that feature Bruce Campbell, and other faces you might remember. This short below "Curse Of The Werewolf" is one of them. I can't really say it's good, but I can say that I can see the influence that would eventually go on to create the Evil Dead franchise. Check it out below. Thanks to Bloody Disgusting for the heads up!
- 8/25/2017
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Black Sabbath became a wacky, Scooby Doo or Beatles-style cartoon in the early 2000s, when animator and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog creator Robert Smigel broke out his running SNL bit TV Funhouse into a half-hour show. The show ran like a Seventies kids' show with a host, Doug Dale, who hung out with a bunch of animal puppets – including some voiced by Smigel – and introduced not-ready-for-primetime spots in the vein of his Ambiguously Gay Duo and X-Presidents bits. The show was short-lived, but its eight episodes were just long...
- 1/22/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Founding Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has been feuding with his onetime bandmates since 2012, when he opted out of the group's reunion over what he called an "unsignable" contract. Now, as rumors of another album and tour build online, he says he will not consider rejoining the group unless Ozzy Osbourne apologizes to him for perceived insults. "With a sad heart, I have to say I will not participate in any musical undertakings until a righting of the wrongs spoken against me has been achieved," the drummer wrote on... Read the rest of Black Sabbath Reunion: Bill Ward Demands Ozzy Osbourne Apology at RollingStone.com...
- 4/15/2015
- by Kory Grow - Rolling Stone
- Hitfix
Is a new album from Adele on the way? The British singer hinted that it might be via a Tweet this morning. Today is Adele's 26th birthday (a birthday she shares with Chris Brown and Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward, by the way). She tweeted “Bye bye 25… See you again later in the year x.” Could that mean that, like her previous two sets, titled “19,” and “21,” a third album, titled “25” is coming in 2014? She included a photo of herself in bed offering a thumbs up. Bye bye 25... See you again later in the year x pic.twitter.com/HEmY14El5s — Adele (@OfficialAdele) May 4, 2014 The album would be her first since 2011’s Grammy-winning “21,” which included such hits as “Rolling In The Deep,” “Rumour Has It” and “Someone Like You.” Adele has been taking time off since the birth of her first child, but has worked sporadically on the new album,...
- 5/5/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
In the realm of dark musical delights, 2013 has been quite a historic year: legends in their respective genres returned and/or reunited, while others marked the swan songs of their careers; iconic artists turned out some of their finest work, while some innovative up-and-comers set loose fresh and evil earworms on our collective brains. Honestly, it was damn near impossible for me to narrow the list down to just thirteen entries – a mere Top 10 was out of the question – and cutting names felt like chopping off my own extremities (which I'll admit would be an impressive journalistic statement, but could lead to unpleasant side effects I'd rather not deal with). Still, I found a way to make it work. Well... okay, I cheated, actually. More on that later. But for now, let's cycle back through 2013 – definitely a banner year for scary sounds! [Be sure to click on the titles for full album reviews.] 1. Maniac: Original Soundtrack If you associate old-school...
- 12/20/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Coronation Street's Tracy Barlow will become the prime suspect for the murder of Tina McIntyre. The soap superbitch - who is played by Kate Ford - will be left furious after she discovers the brunette stunner (Michelle Keegan) has been getting close to her boyfriend Rob Donovan (Marc Baylis) and after previously murdering ex-boyfriend Charlie Stubbs (Bill Ward), Tracy is in the firing line when Tina is found dead next year. A show insider told the Daily Star newspaper: ''Tracy's got form for murder so she has to be the prime suspect when Tina turns up dead. ''Tina is not exactly...
- 11/27/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
Channel 4 has announced a series of special music programmes for the autumn and winter season.
Alice Cooper will present his own guide to being a rock star in Rock Night, set to air in December.
The night of shows will include documentary 50 Years of Rock Excess: Amps, Whips and Rebel Riffs, a story of how The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath helped create the rock genre.
Bill Ward, Andrew Wk and Josh Homme will be among the musicians featured in the show.
Queens of the Stone Age's recent gig at the 2013 iTunes Festival will also be exclusively broadcast, along with Queen's classic show at Wembley in 1986.
Later in December, Queer as Pop will centre around the history of gay clubs and their influence on music over the last 40 years.
Nile Rodgers, Paul Oakenfold, Jake Shears and Erasure's Andy Bell will be among the contributors in the special.
Alice Cooper will present his own guide to being a rock star in Rock Night, set to air in December.
The night of shows will include documentary 50 Years of Rock Excess: Amps, Whips and Rebel Riffs, a story of how The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath helped create the rock genre.
Bill Ward, Andrew Wk and Josh Homme will be among the musicians featured in the show.
Queens of the Stone Age's recent gig at the 2013 iTunes Festival will also be exclusively broadcast, along with Queen's classic show at Wembley in 1986.
Later in December, Queer as Pop will centre around the history of gay clubs and their influence on music over the last 40 years.
Nile Rodgers, Paul Oakenfold, Jake Shears and Erasure's Andy Bell will be among the contributors in the special.
- 11/21/2013
- Digital Spy
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