No matter my interest in The Lure and reverence for David Bowie, I could only cringe upon hearing that director Agnieszka Smoczynska will soon helm a musical based on the man’s work. This is, of course, a certain bias speaking: consider our narrow-viewed cultural perspective that pretends he created, say, 16 songs and nothing else of note, throw in memories of Across the Universe, and you might understand why visions of a “Ziggy Stardust”- or “Rebel Rebel”-led sequence started slicing their way through my brain.
Lo and behold, Agnieszka Smoczynska also holds Bowie’s 1995 rock opera Outside in high esteem. Speaking to Birth Movies Death, she revealed it’ll act as the basis for her “musical fantasy,” Deranged, almost certainly titled after standout track “I’m Deranged” — itself probably best-known as the opening-credits tune from Lost Highway. Her provided logline more or less follows the album — i.e.
Lo and behold, Agnieszka Smoczynska also holds Bowie’s 1995 rock opera Outside in high esteem. Speaking to Birth Movies Death, she revealed it’ll act as the basis for her “musical fantasy,” Deranged, almost certainly titled after standout track “I’m Deranged” — itself probably best-known as the opening-credits tune from Lost Highway. Her provided logline more or less follows the album — i.e.
- 2/3/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Old Dogs & New Tricks, starring Leon Acord, Curt Bonnem, Jeffrey Patrick Olson and David Pevsner, debuted on Saturday night.
The show asks, in a place called Boystown, do gay men ever grow up? Or do we just grow old? Nathan, Brad, Muscles and Ross stumble through middle age in an alternate universe called West Hollywood.
In the premiere episode, West Hollywood agent Nathan Adler (Acord, who is also the show's writer) recalls how he first met '80s rocker Brad King (Bonnem), personal trainer 'Muscles' Carter (Olson) and actor Ross Stein (Pevsner) as he begrudgingly prepares for his 50th birthday party.
Watch it below and let us know what you think.
For more on Old Dogs & New Tricks, visit www.olddogsnewtrickstheseries.com...
The show asks, in a place called Boystown, do gay men ever grow up? Or do we just grow old? Nathan, Brad, Muscles and Ross stumble through middle age in an alternate universe called West Hollywood.
In the premiere episode, West Hollywood agent Nathan Adler (Acord, who is also the show's writer) recalls how he first met '80s rocker Brad King (Bonnem), personal trainer 'Muscles' Carter (Olson) and actor Ross Stein (Pevsner) as he begrudgingly prepares for his 50th birthday party.
Watch it below and let us know what you think.
For more on Old Dogs & New Tricks, visit www.olddogsnewtrickstheseries.com...
- 7/31/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Today marks the release of "Youth in Revolt," the darkly funny comedy based on the beloved novel of the same name. It stars Michael Cera as a kid named Nick Twisp who, in order to attract a girl named Sheeni (played by Portia Doubleday), invents a French alter-ego named Francois Dillinger. Dillinger represents Twisp's "dangerous" side and gets him into all manner of trouble. The film, directed by Miguel Arteta ("The Good Girl," "Chuck & Buck") has been getting largely positive reviews, especially for Cera's performance as both Twisp and Dillinger. (Cera himself has been exploring an alter-ego of his own.)
In inventing a new persona for himself, Cera's character follows in a long line of great musicians who have built alter-egos and recorded music — sometimes entire albums in alternate careers — as said characters. David Bowie was the first to make this into a big deal, as he shape-shifted from Ziggy...
In inventing a new persona for himself, Cera's character follows in a long line of great musicians who have built alter-egos and recorded music — sometimes entire albums in alternate careers — as said characters. David Bowie was the first to make this into a big deal, as he shape-shifted from Ziggy...
- 1/8/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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