Richard M. Sherman, two-time Oscar winner who collaborated with brother Robert B. Sherman on the songs for “Mary Poppins,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and the enduring Disneyland tune “It’s a Small World (After All),” died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills due to age-related illness. He was 95.
The Sherman brothers worked in a job that no longer exists: inhouse songwriters for a studio. In their case, the studio was Disney, and the brothers were hired for that steady gig after their 1958 song “Tall Paul” was a hit for Mouseketeer Annette Funicello.
In the early 1960s, they penned tunes for Hayley Mills in Disney films “The Parent Trap,” “In Search of the Castaways” and “Summer Magic,” as well as songs for “The Absent-Minded Professor” and “Moon Pilot”; Walt Disney, always aware of synergy, made sure his family comedies had a tune with radio-play potential. The Shermans wrote for...
The Sherman brothers worked in a job that no longer exists: inhouse songwriters for a studio. In their case, the studio was Disney, and the brothers were hired for that steady gig after their 1958 song “Tall Paul” was a hit for Mouseketeer Annette Funicello.
In the early 1960s, they penned tunes for Hayley Mills in Disney films “The Parent Trap,” “In Search of the Castaways” and “Summer Magic,” as well as songs for “The Absent-Minded Professor” and “Moon Pilot”; Walt Disney, always aware of synergy, made sure his family comedies had a tune with radio-play potential. The Shermans wrote for...
- 5/25/2024
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Pat Cooper, the famously fast-talking and angry stand-up comedian who often appeared on Ed Sullivan and Howard Stern’s shows, died Tuesday in Las Vegas. He was 93.
Cooper appeared on “Seinfeld” in the Friars Club episode, playing himself. He also appeared with Robert DeNiro in the 1999 film “Analyze This” as Salvatore Masiello and reprised his role in “Analyze That.”
He was a frequent guest host on the Mike Douglas Show in the 1970s, and appeared many times on the Howard Stern show throughout the 1990s and 2000s, where he was known for his cranky persona.
Born Pasquale Caputo to an Italian family in Brooklyn, he started out playing local New York clubs. In 1963, he landed a spot on “The Jackie Gleason Show,” and then began performing at the Copacabana, where he opened for acts including the Four Seasons and Jimmy Roselli.
Cooper went on to perform at clubs across the country,...
Cooper appeared on “Seinfeld” in the Friars Club episode, playing himself. He also appeared with Robert DeNiro in the 1999 film “Analyze This” as Salvatore Masiello and reprised his role in “Analyze That.”
He was a frequent guest host on the Mike Douglas Show in the 1970s, and appeared many times on the Howard Stern show throughout the 1990s and 2000s, where he was known for his cranky persona.
Born Pasquale Caputo to an Italian family in Brooklyn, he started out playing local New York clubs. In 1963, he landed a spot on “The Jackie Gleason Show,” and then began performing at the Copacabana, where he opened for acts including the Four Seasons and Jimmy Roselli.
Cooper went on to perform at clubs across the country,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
James Douglass West, who worked as a child actor alongside Roddy McDowall and Natalie Wood and spent a decade as a writer on Lassie, has died. He was 93.
West died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Studio City, his son, Daniel West, told The Hollywood Reporter.
For the big screen, West penned the original screenplay for the musical Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959), starring married couple Keely Smith and Louis Prima, and wrote California (1963), a Western starring Jock Mahoney.
West served for about a year as a story editor for writer-producer Charles Marquis Warren on NBC’s The Virginian, then joined the writing staff of CBS’ Lassie in 1963.
He was on the job during the 1964-65 season when the collie’s family (played by June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly and Jon Provost) move to Australia and Lassie gets paired with a Forest Service Ranger portrayed by Robert Bray.
Campbell Soup,...
West died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Studio City, his son, Daniel West, told The Hollywood Reporter.
For the big screen, West penned the original screenplay for the musical Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959), starring married couple Keely Smith and Louis Prima, and wrote California (1963), a Western starring Jock Mahoney.
West served for about a year as a story editor for writer-producer Charles Marquis Warren on NBC’s The Virginian, then joined the writing staff of CBS’ Lassie in 1963.
He was on the job during the 1964-65 season when the collie’s family (played by June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly and Jon Provost) move to Australia and Lassie gets paired with a Forest Service Ranger portrayed by Robert Bray.
Campbell Soup,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the year coming to an end, it’s time to look back on some of the best social media had to offer.
Among the most popular platforms in the world is TikTok, where users share creative videos, respond to each other, give life to new memes and send viral songs up the charts.
Read More: TikTok Releases 2022 Global Discover List Featuring Two Trendsetting Canadians
In Canada, the most popular TikTok videos included user @jamie32bsh dancing in front of his mirror.
@jamie32bsh
♬ Say It Right – Sped Up Remix – Nelly Furtado & Speed Radio
There was @parisa_henna_art sharing her henna art in time for eid celebrations.
@parisa_henna_art
Eid Henna Inspo#eid #muslim #henna
♬ Love Story – Sped Up – Speedy Radio
User @w2sixpackchef shared a mesmerizing video of how to chop a cucumber into incredibly thin slices.
@w2sixpackchef
Reply to @roblox_fanas The end tho #knifeskills...
Among the most popular platforms in the world is TikTok, where users share creative videos, respond to each other, give life to new memes and send viral songs up the charts.
Read More: TikTok Releases 2022 Global Discover List Featuring Two Trendsetting Canadians
In Canada, the most popular TikTok videos included user @jamie32bsh dancing in front of his mirror.
@jamie32bsh
♬ Say It Right – Sped Up Remix – Nelly Furtado & Speed Radio
There was @parisa_henna_art sharing her henna art in time for eid celebrations.
@parisa_henna_art
Eid Henna Inspo#eid #muslim #henna
♬ Love Story – Sped Up – Speedy Radio
User @w2sixpackchef shared a mesmerizing video of how to chop a cucumber into incredibly thin slices.
@w2sixpackchef
Reply to @roblox_fanas The end tho #knifeskills...
- 12/6/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Penny Marshall's iconic film about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (Aagpbl) was a box office smash when it came out in 1992. In 2012, it was preserved by the National Film Industry for being "culturally significant."
Thankfully this reboot, or re-imagining as the creators like to call it, builds upon the core themes and expands to include a broader range of characters.
There are plenty of nods to the film, but this new series allows the players room to breathe, giving them more rich and complex identities instead of tokenizing them.
This time there are queer characters, something that represents the Aagpbl players more authentically instead of straight-washing (even though these characters are fictional). Not only that, but there are Black and Latina characters, which were sorely lacking in the original.
As much as the original film is a product of its time (1992 was 30 years ago!), so is the series.
Thankfully this reboot, or re-imagining as the creators like to call it, builds upon the core themes and expands to include a broader range of characters.
There are plenty of nods to the film, but this new series allows the players room to breathe, giving them more rich and complex identities instead of tokenizing them.
This time there are queer characters, something that represents the Aagpbl players more authentically instead of straight-washing (even though these characters are fictional). Not only that, but there are Black and Latina characters, which were sorely lacking in the original.
As much as the original film is a product of its time (1992 was 30 years ago!), so is the series.
- 8/14/2022
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
This article contains minor spoilers for The Suicide Squad. We have a spoiler free review here.
Surprise! The Suicide Squad has a soundtrack for the ages. Ok, look, it’s a James Gunn movie. You are not surprised.
But nevertheless, even by Gunn’s eclectic standards, The Suicide Squad soundtrack is just banger after banger. It’s more diverse than the ’70s Am radio-friendly (and Walkman-appropriate grooves) of his Guardians of the Galaxy “Awesome Mix” soundtracks, but serves the story just as well. Don’t forget, Gunn is known for writing the songs he hopes to use directly into his scripts.
During a chat with James Gunn, I asked him what the first two songs he knew he wanted to use in The Suicide Squad were. To be perfectly honest, I expected the answer to be The Jim Carroll Band’s classic “People Who Died” but Gunn surprised me with not one,...
Surprise! The Suicide Squad has a soundtrack for the ages. Ok, look, it’s a James Gunn movie. You are not surprised.
But nevertheless, even by Gunn’s eclectic standards, The Suicide Squad soundtrack is just banger after banger. It’s more diverse than the ’70s Am radio-friendly (and Walkman-appropriate grooves) of his Guardians of the Galaxy “Awesome Mix” soundtracks, but serves the story just as well. Don’t forget, Gunn is known for writing the songs he hopes to use directly into his scripts.
During a chat with James Gunn, I asked him what the first two songs he knew he wanted to use in The Suicide Squad were. To be perfectly honest, I expected the answer to be The Jim Carroll Band’s classic “People Who Died” but Gunn surprised me with not one,...
- 8/7/2021
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Thirty six hours or so after he finished his stint as the Academy Awards’ first DJ-as-orchestra, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the show’s musical director, has posted a 144-track playlist including every single song he played during the three-plus-hour-long Oscars ceremony this year. Unfortunately, it does not include the music that he and the Roots recorded paying homage to great Hollywood composers (which he described to Variety in an interview last week), but it’s an amazing 10-hour-plus jam nonetheless. It begins with James Brown’s “The Boss,” concludes with three songs from Prince, and hits everything from Donna Summer to the “Super Mario” theme, from Bohannon to the Human League, from Louis Prima to Toto, from Johnny Cash to Bjork, from the Fatback Band to Ronnie Laws, along the way.
Of course, in his two day jobs, Quest is both the drummer and founder of the Roots and the musical...
Of course, in his two day jobs, Quest is both the drummer and founder of the Roots and the musical...
- 4/27/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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 drummer Phil Jones.
Only the most devoted Tom Petty fans are aware of the role that drummer-percussionist Phil Jones played in the singer-songwriter’s career,...
Only the most devoted Tom Petty fans are aware of the role that drummer-percussionist Phil Jones played in the singer-songwriter’s career,...
- 2/25/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Racist imagery and cultural stereotypes in six Disney animated classics including Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, Lady and the Tramp, The Aristocats, Dumbo and Swiss Family Robinson are being flagged on the Disney+ streaming site with warnings and detailed explanations of the “negative depictions” in each title.
“These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,” reads an explanation on Disney’s Stories Matter website regarding the new advisory notices.
Accompanying the 1970 film The Aristocats, for example, is the following advisory about the Siamese cat character Shun Gon, voiced by Paul Winchell:
The cat is depicted as a racist caricature of East Asian peoples with exaggerated stereotypical traits such as slanted eyes and buck teeth. He sings in a poorly accented English voiced by a white actor and plays the piano with chopsticks. This portrayal reinforces the “perpetual foreigner” stereotype, while the film also features lyrics that mock the...
“These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,” reads an explanation on Disney’s Stories Matter website regarding the new advisory notices.
Accompanying the 1970 film The Aristocats, for example, is the following advisory about the Siamese cat character Shun Gon, voiced by Paul Winchell:
The cat is depicted as a racist caricature of East Asian peoples with exaggerated stereotypical traits such as slanted eyes and buck teeth. He sings in a poorly accented English voiced by a white actor and plays the piano with chopsticks. This portrayal reinforces the “perpetual foreigner” stereotype, while the film also features lyrics that mock the...
- 10/16/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Each day on Loudon Wainwright III’s front yard, squirrels attack Donald Trump. Well, not exactly: Dangling by string from a tree on his front yard on the eastern tip of Long Island is a Trump squirrel feeder, a plastic head in the shape of a certain world leader that Wainwright stuffs with peanut butter to keep critters away from his house. “It works pretty well,” he says, “but I’m not sure what state the peanut butter is in now.”
Wainwright’s perverse taste in animal bait is a...
Wainwright’s perverse taste in animal bait is a...
- 7/17/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
This Penny Dreadful: City of Angels review contains spoilers.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Episode 9
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels episode 9, “Sing, Sing, Sing,” is, for the most part, a celebration, but not because of any anti-fascist resistance or solved crime. Last week’s cat and mouse game didn’t catch itself a canary. Tonight’s episode opens where last week’s left off. Detectives Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) and Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) are licking their wounds after a machine gun ambush sidetracked their takedown. Michener is most pissed about the loss of his classic V-12 car and he’s running on all pistons.
The standoff between Michener and Richard Goss (Thomas Kretschmann) is a joy to behold. There are so many layers to it, beyond the enormously satisfying dialogue. Michener’s a Jew in a restricted club, which has to be fun for Lane to play going in.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Episode 9
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels episode 9, “Sing, Sing, Sing,” is, for the most part, a celebration, but not because of any anti-fascist resistance or solved crime. Last week’s cat and mouse game didn’t catch itself a canary. Tonight’s episode opens where last week’s left off. Detectives Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) and Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) are licking their wounds after a machine gun ambush sidetracked their takedown. Michener is most pissed about the loss of his classic V-12 car and he’s running on all pistons.
The standoff between Michener and Richard Goss (Thomas Kretschmann) is a joy to behold. There are so many layers to it, beyond the enormously satisfying dialogue. Michener’s a Jew in a restricted club, which has to be fun for Lane to play going in.
- 6/22/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Thomas Doherty isn’t actually a rock star in real life, but he could have fooled us.
The 24-year-old Scottish actor plays Liam on Hulu’s “High Fidelity” the 19-year-old rock musican who has a brief fling with Zoë Kravitz’ character Robyn “Rob” Brooks on the gender-flipped remake of the classic 2000 film starring John Cusack.
In real life, the actor is actually dating actress and singer Dove Cameron, with whom he starred in Disney Channel’s “Descendants 2.”
Also Read: Hulu in March: Here's Everything Coming and Going
He’s also known for playing the role of Peter Zavadovsky opposite Helen Mirren on HBO’s “Catherine the Great.”
“My first ever sexual scene was with Dame Helen Mirren,” he said. “Peter was one of her younger lovers,” he said. When pressed for more information, he told TheWrap: “I basically got on my hands and knees and lifted Helen’s dress.
The 24-year-old Scottish actor plays Liam on Hulu’s “High Fidelity” the 19-year-old rock musican who has a brief fling with Zoë Kravitz’ character Robyn “Rob” Brooks on the gender-flipped remake of the classic 2000 film starring John Cusack.
In real life, the actor is actually dating actress and singer Dove Cameron, with whom he starred in Disney Channel’s “Descendants 2.”
Also Read: Hulu in March: Here's Everything Coming and Going
He’s also known for playing the role of Peter Zavadovsky opposite Helen Mirren on HBO’s “Catherine the Great.”
“My first ever sexual scene was with Dame Helen Mirren,” he said. “Peter was one of her younger lovers,” he said. When pressed for more information, he told TheWrap: “I basically got on my hands and knees and lifted Helen’s dress.
- 2/21/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
David Lee Roth kicked off his new Las Vegas show at the House of Blues on Wednesday night with a set packed with Van Halen classics like “Panama,” “Jamie’s Cryin’,” “Jump” and “Atomic Punk.” He also added a sprinkling of solo tunes, like “Just Like Paradise” and his cover of Louis Prima’s “Just a Gigolo.”
Here’s video of “Unchained” where he briefly dons an Elvis Presley wig to honor The King on what would have been his 85th birthday.
The kickoff of David Lee Roth Rocks Vegas...
Here’s video of “Unchained” where he briefly dons an Elvis Presley wig to honor The King on what would have been his 85th birthday.
The kickoff of David Lee Roth Rocks Vegas...
- 1/9/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
“It sounds like a cliché when I say this,” Michael Bublé admits at the beginning of this week’s Spotify Under Cover podcast. “But the songs pick me, as much as I pick the songs. I think if you asked me and gave me a truth serum what I’m best at or where my talent lies, I’d probably say it’s in the reimagining and conceptualizing how to recreate songs, probably in a very cinematic and visual way.”
The first time Bublé first heard the song “Buona Sera” was the Dean Martin version.
The first time Bublé first heard the song “Buona Sera” was the Dean Martin version.
- 6/6/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
What can you say about a hybrid gangster picture that generates a good feeling about people? We really like this show — Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman and Bill Murray’s characterizations are fresh and surprising — and refreshingly non-pc, with David Caruso, Kathy Baker and Mike Starr providing solid backup. Everything’s in fine form under director John McNaughton, as filmed by Robby Müller. And there’s a fascinating story about how parts of the story were re-written and re-shot, after a preview screening.
Mad Dog and Glory
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1993 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date March 5, 2019 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, David Caruso, Mike Starr, Tom Towles, Kathy Baker, Doug Hara, Guy Van Swearingen, Jack Wallace, Richard Belzer.
Cinematography: Robby Müller
Film Editor: Elena Maganini, Craig McKay
Original Music: Elmer Bernstein
Written by Richard Price
Produced by Barbara De Fina, Martin Scorsese...
Mad Dog and Glory
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1993 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date March 5, 2019 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, David Caruso, Mike Starr, Tom Towles, Kathy Baker, Doug Hara, Guy Van Swearingen, Jack Wallace, Richard Belzer.
Cinematography: Robby Müller
Film Editor: Elena Maganini, Craig McKay
Original Music: Elmer Bernstein
Written by Richard Price
Produced by Barbara De Fina, Martin Scorsese...
- 2/23/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
For many Rolling Stones fans, Charlie Watts is the band’s most mysterious and intriguing member. He’s a guy who prefers jazz to rock, yet has spent nearly 60 years playing in the world’s greatest rock & roll band. (When the Stones played Glastonbury in 2013, he said, “I don’t want to do it. Everyone else does. I don’t like playing outdoors, and I certainly don’t like festivals.”) A well-dressed eccentric, he is known to draw a sketch of every single hotel room he stays in and owns...
- 1/11/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Over the years, Annie Clark, who performs as St. Vincent, has presented herself as an 18th-century–dressed robot who dances on her tippytoes, a twee piano crooner, a sort of modern-day Louis Prima and, most recently, a guitar-eviscerating neon space alien. “I think it’s cool that some people hate it,” she said last year of people’s reactions to her recent run of gigs.
She’s an artist who is impossible to know from her performances alone. And that’s sort of the point: She fine-tunes her artistic visions...
She’s an artist who is impossible to know from her performances alone. And that’s sort of the point: She fine-tunes her artistic visions...
- 11/21/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The Stray Cats are coming home. After reuniting earlier this year for a handful of reunion shows, the rockabilly revivalists will celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2019, marking the milestone with both a new album and a full-sized tour.
Bandmates Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom haven’t released a studio record since the early Nineties, with 1993’s Original Cool marking their last effort together. Twenty-five years have elapsed since then, punctuated by a handful of solo projects — including Setzer’s Brian Setzer Orchestra, whose Grammy-winning cover of Louis Prima’s “Jump,...
Bandmates Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom haven’t released a studio record since the early Nineties, with 1993’s Original Cool marking their last effort together. Twenty-five years have elapsed since then, punctuated by a handful of solo projects — including Setzer’s Brian Setzer Orchestra, whose Grammy-winning cover of Louis Prima’s “Jump,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
One thing’s for sure: Kanye West keeps his label on its toes. Not only did they help organize last week’s Wyoming expedition in just five days, they’re dealing with albums that are still being tweaked several hours after the usual midnight-Thursday drop time on streaming services.
West’s album “Ye” arrived at around noon last Friday — we even talked with a label staffer at the airport in Wyoming who was speaking of the challenges presented by local wifi in getting the album to the streaming services — and “Kids See Ghosts,” his collaborative album with Kid Cudi, arrived early this afternoon, and with an incorrect sequence to boot. Shortly afterward, an all-caps press release arrived from the label reading:
“Due to a technical error, songs are sequenced correctly but track titles are currently mislabeled at all partners.
The correct tracklist, in sequenced order, is as follows:
Feel the Love
Fire
4th Dimension (feat.
West’s album “Ye” arrived at around noon last Friday — we even talked with a label staffer at the airport in Wyoming who was speaking of the challenges presented by local wifi in getting the album to the streaming services — and “Kids See Ghosts,” his collaborative album with Kid Cudi, arrived early this afternoon, and with an incorrect sequence to boot. Shortly afterward, an all-caps press release arrived from the label reading:
“Due to a technical error, songs are sequenced correctly but track titles are currently mislabeled at all partners.
The correct tracklist, in sequenced order, is as follows:
Feel the Love
Fire
4th Dimension (feat.
- 6/8/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Keely Smith, a pop and jazz singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her musical partnership with Louis Prima, has died of apparent heart failure in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 89.
According to a news release from her publicist Bob Merlis, Smith was under a physician’s care when she died Saturday.
Smith was born Dorothy Jacqueline Keely in Norfolk, Va., on March 9, 1928, and was still a teenager when she began singing with Louis Prima's band.
She and Prima married in 1953, and together, they won a Grammy in 1959 for their hit "That Old Black...
According to a news release from her publicist Bob Merlis, Smith was under a physician’s care when she died Saturday.
Smith was born Dorothy Jacqueline Keely in Norfolk, Va., on March 9, 1928, and was still a teenager when she began singing with Louis Prima's band.
She and Prima married in 1953, and together, they won a Grammy in 1959 for their hit "That Old Black...
- 12/18/2017
- by the Associated Press,Billboard Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Drew Scott isn't going to let a little hamstring injury keep him from the mirrorball trophy on Dancing With the Stars. The Property Brothers star injured his hamstring while rehearsing on Sunday, Sept. 24 and almost sat out the competition on Monday, Sept. 25. He prevailed and along with professional partner Emma Slater received a score of 20 from the judges for their quickstep to "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" by Louis Prima. "We weren't going to let that stop us tonight. At least I didn't have to do a lot of low lunges, the quickstep is all high energy and it's taller. I felt alive out there; the energy in the room was amazing," Drew told E! News backstage. He injured his...
- 9/26/2017
- E! Online
Dancing With the Stars kicked off its second week on Monday, and there was already a score of injured stars trying to push through the pain to deliver on the dance floor.
Property Brothers star Drew Scott was the first to dance, alongside partner Emma Slater, with a quickstep set to Louis Prima's "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)." However, the day before the live show, Scott hurt himself during dress rehearsals.
As they practiced on stage, Scott was trying to work on some of the feedback judge Len Goodman had given during the premiere, and he ended up pulling his hamstring. However, the fast-paced routine ended up being the perfect dance for him.
After getting their mostly positive feedback from the judges, Scott and Slater joined co-host Erin Andrews backstage, and the Hgtv star said he's still feeling the pain, but it's manageable.
"It's a little sore, but if I'm not bending low [it's okay]," Scott said. "This...
Property Brothers star Drew Scott was the first to dance, alongside partner Emma Slater, with a quickstep set to Louis Prima's "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)." However, the day before the live show, Scott hurt himself during dress rehearsals.
As they practiced on stage, Scott was trying to work on some of the feedback judge Len Goodman had given during the premiere, and he ended up pulling his hamstring. However, the fast-paced routine ended up being the perfect dance for him.
After getting their mostly positive feedback from the judges, Scott and Slater joined co-host Erin Andrews backstage, and the Hgtv star said he's still feeling the pain, but it's manageable.
"It's a little sore, but if I'm not bending low [it's okay]," Scott said. "This...
- 9/26/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
It's a two-night special of Dancing With the Stars!
It may only be the second week of the competition, but this season's 13 contestants and their pro partners have been doubling up their work in rehearsals, gearing up to perform not one but two dances this week.
But before they show off their skills, Et's breaking down everything you need to know about what to expect in the ballroom Monday and Tuesday night!
Who's on top of the leaderboard?
1. It's a tie for first! Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold, Lindsey Stirling & Mark Ballas: 22/30
2. Vanessa Lachey & Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 21/30
3. Nikki Bella & Artem Chigvintsev: 20/30
More: 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 25 Premiere: Best Lifts, Kicks, Tricks and Flips!
Who's in danger of elimination?
Barbara Corcoran & Keo Motsepe received the lowest score from the judges -- 15/30 -- last Monday, followed closely behind by Terrell Owens & Cheryl Burke, who received a score of 15, and Drew Scott & Emma Slater, who scored...
It may only be the second week of the competition, but this season's 13 contestants and their pro partners have been doubling up their work in rehearsals, gearing up to perform not one but two dances this week.
But before they show off their skills, Et's breaking down everything you need to know about what to expect in the ballroom Monday and Tuesday night!
Who's on top of the leaderboard?
1. It's a tie for first! Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold, Lindsey Stirling & Mark Ballas: 22/30
2. Vanessa Lachey & Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 21/30
3. Nikki Bella & Artem Chigvintsev: 20/30
More: 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 25 Premiere: Best Lifts, Kicks, Tricks and Flips!
Who's in danger of elimination?
Barbara Corcoran & Keo Motsepe received the lowest score from the judges -- 15/30 -- last Monday, followed closely behind by Terrell Owens & Cheryl Burke, who received a score of 15, and Drew Scott & Emma Slater, who scored...
- 9/25/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.—Flannery O’Connor The mist uncovers Japanese soldiers as well as the grim sight of severed heads by the side of the hot springs where Catholic priests are being tortured. A priest kneels down in horror, almost catatonic, unable to bring himself to believe in the evilness of these men, the men of the Inquisitor. Why are these priests, who came to this “swamp of Japan” to spread the Word of the Lord, suffering so immensely on the hands of these soldiers?To the modern, secular audience, the theme of Silence (2016) is of great irony: the all-powerful Catholic Church, the institution that spread terror across Europe for 700 years with her bonfires and witch hunts and enforcing an almost maddening outlook at faith and personal behavior, comes to an unconquerable land where...
- 3/28/2017
- MUBI
For a while, Christopher Walken felt like "troubled guys" were the only types of roles he was being offered, and he knows when it began. "In Annie Hall, I played a suicidal guy who drives his car into traffic," he says in his matter-of-fact, stilted, utterly Walkenesque way. "Then in The Deer Hunter, which came immediately afterward, I shot myself in the head. I was playing these disturbed people. That might have been when that started." When asked if that bothered him, he plainly says, "Listen, I'm lucky."
It's a bright spring day in Manhattan,...
It's a bright spring day in Manhattan,...
- 5/13/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Jon Favreau’s live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book pleases like a succulent honeycomb cluster, unlike its overly-brooding first trailer suggested. While visually stunning, our first look into Favreau’s reimagining mimicked some of the darker, more “grounded” reboots that we’ve been seeing hit theatres lately. Grit and ferocity hinted at a more “adult” spectacle, but these notions are erased by Justin Marks’ energetically scripted update to Rudyard Kipling’s iconic novelization.
Mowgli’s new adventure is a stunning technical achievement in the field of animation, immersing viewers in lush, finely-detailed tropics full of whimsy, animalistic showmanship and heartwarming Disney sentiments that are ripe for the whole clan. This is the kind of dream-weaving cinema that childhoods are made of. In other words, it’s wondrous creativity with the power to challenge future filmmakers.
It all starts with Favreau’s impossibly lovable man-cub, which sees the young, unknown Neel Sethi morph into Mowgli,...
Mowgli’s new adventure is a stunning technical achievement in the field of animation, immersing viewers in lush, finely-detailed tropics full of whimsy, animalistic showmanship and heartwarming Disney sentiments that are ripe for the whole clan. This is the kind of dream-weaving cinema that childhoods are made of. In other words, it’s wondrous creativity with the power to challenge future filmmakers.
It all starts with Favreau’s impossibly lovable man-cub, which sees the young, unknown Neel Sethi morph into Mowgli,...
- 4/12/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
It’s remake time again. Since there’s another remake coming out of the story we’re looking at today, it seemed like a perfect time to dissect this one. This week, Cinelinx looks at Jungle Book.
The novel “Jungle Book” was written by Rudyard Kipling (Author of Gunga Din and The Man Who Would Be King) in 1894. It was a series of short stories using anthropomorphic animals to tell tales reflecting the conflict between man and nature. Three of the stories featured Mowgli, a boy raised in the jungle by animals (Mowgli was partly the inspiration for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan) and is torn between his two worlds. There have been several film interpretations of this story, with a new one coming out this week. The two most famous are the first adaptation from 1942, and the popular animated Disney musical version from 1967. (We’ll skip the 1994 version with Jason Scott Lee...
The novel “Jungle Book” was written by Rudyard Kipling (Author of Gunga Din and The Man Who Would Be King) in 1894. It was a series of short stories using anthropomorphic animals to tell tales reflecting the conflict between man and nature. Three of the stories featured Mowgli, a boy raised in the jungle by animals (Mowgli was partly the inspiration for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan) and is torn between his two worlds. There have been several film interpretations of this story, with a new one coming out this week. The two most famous are the first adaptation from 1942, and the popular animated Disney musical version from 1967. (We’ll skip the 1994 version with Jason Scott Lee...
- 4/11/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
When a friend of Fats Domino's invited filmmaker Joe Lauro to hang out at Domino's New Orleans house in the early 2000s, he knew he had to make a film about the rock & roll architect. More than a decade later, Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll will air tonight, on Domino's 88th birthday. The film captures how the New Orleans pianist cut what many believe is the first rock & roll record, 1949's The Fat Man, and went onto sell 65 million records, making the Billboard pop chart...
- 2/26/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Feast your ears on 13 new re-imagined versions of iconic Disney songs like “Colors of the Wind”, “Let It Go”, and “Zero to Hero”. These and more are all part of Disney's newest album titled “We Love Disney”, which features an array of current artists, ranging from pop star Ariana Grande to rockers Fall Out Boy. “We Love Disney” was released on October 30, 2015 and takes listeners on a journey down memory lane through some of Disney's most beloved songs. Some of them sound similar to the originals, but many have been remixed or done in radically new styles. The “We Love Disney” complete track list includes: 1. “Friend Like Me” from “Aladdin” - Performed by Ne-Yo This track brings the dazzling world of the Genie into the swigging jazz age. Ne-Yo sizzles with a crooning vocal that is complimented by a driving big band, muffled jazz trumpets, and an upbeat snapping tempo.
- 11/4/2015
- by Lauren Gallaway
- Hitfix
Gotham, Season 2, Episode 7, “Mommy’s Little Monster”
Written by Robert Hull
Directed by Kenneth Fink
Airs Mondays at 8pm (Et) on Fox
The season of Gotham comes to a turning point as more people are becoming well aware of Galavan’s evil plan, which may put things in his way. This is a fair time for this to happen, as Galavan has now become Mayor of Gotham City. Before having the power of the mayoral office, Galavan was already a force to be reckoned with, but now, with it, he may very well be unstoppable.
Galavan wastes no time either, initiating Marshal law for the interim until the Penguin is caught, which he does with the aid of Harvey Dent, who finally makes a return to Gotham. It makes sense that they would introduce more characters that are within Galavan’s sway, which is a good way to set up...
Written by Robert Hull
Directed by Kenneth Fink
Airs Mondays at 8pm (Et) on Fox
The season of Gotham comes to a turning point as more people are becoming well aware of Galavan’s evil plan, which may put things in his way. This is a fair time for this to happen, as Galavan has now become Mayor of Gotham City. Before having the power of the mayoral office, Galavan was already a force to be reckoned with, but now, with it, he may very well be unstoppable.
Galavan wastes no time either, initiating Marshal law for the interim until the Penguin is caught, which he does with the aid of Harvey Dent, who finally makes a return to Gotham. It makes sense that they would introduce more characters that are within Galavan’s sway, which is a good way to set up...
- 11/3/2015
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
Working across a wide range of musical mediums, Ivor Novello Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton has embraced everything from large scale orchestral and choral works to innovative electronic sound design, live salsa bands to post-rock guitar line-ups.
From The Counselor, The Awakening and the upcoming Steve Jobs film, to name a few, Pemberton has delivered another eclectic score – this time Guy Ritchie’s latest movie The Man From U.N.C.L.E., in theatres Friday, August 14.
Fans of the TV show are familiar with the theme music from composer Jerry Goldsmith, with additional music for the various seasons provided by Morton Stevens, Walter Scharf, Lalo Schifrin, Gerald Fried, Robert Drasnin and Nelson Riddle.
Now comes the film version and a 5-star, international score that exudes the 1960’s as if it was pulled from a time vault. You’re right into the film from the first musical note and drum beat.
Recently the...
From The Counselor, The Awakening and the upcoming Steve Jobs film, to name a few, Pemberton has delivered another eclectic score – this time Guy Ritchie’s latest movie The Man From U.N.C.L.E., in theatres Friday, August 14.
Fans of the TV show are familiar with the theme music from composer Jerry Goldsmith, with additional music for the various seasons provided by Morton Stevens, Walter Scharf, Lalo Schifrin, Gerald Fried, Robert Drasnin and Nelson Riddle.
Now comes the film version and a 5-star, international score that exudes the 1960’s as if it was pulled from a time vault. You’re right into the film from the first musical note and drum beat.
Recently the...
- 8/10/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It seems a little bit miraculous, but it's true: It was seventy-five years ago today that Disney’s Pinocchio hit theatres.
In honour of the film’s anniversary, we picked out the top ten Disney songs of all-time. It was incredibly hard to pick one song from each movie, and even more difficult to just pick ten songs altogether. Where will Pinocchio fall on the list, and what song did we pick? Based on the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, "I've Got No Strings" might have a fighting chance.
Here they are -- Disney's ten best songs:
10. “Heigh-Ho” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Disney’s very first ear-worm, the end-of-the-workday sing-along from the Snow White’s mining companions was one of the earliest examples that Disney’s features could not only keep the kids entertained but produce timeless musical moments. Our apologies if this gets stuck in your head,...
In honour of the film’s anniversary, we picked out the top ten Disney songs of all-time. It was incredibly hard to pick one song from each movie, and even more difficult to just pick ten songs altogether. Where will Pinocchio fall on the list, and what song did we pick? Based on the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, "I've Got No Strings" might have a fighting chance.
Here they are -- Disney's ten best songs:
10. “Heigh-Ho” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Disney’s very first ear-worm, the end-of-the-workday sing-along from the Snow White’s mining companions was one of the earliest examples that Disney’s features could not only keep the kids entertained but produce timeless musical moments. Our apologies if this gets stuck in your head,...
- 2/9/2015
- by Shane McNeil
- Cineplex
Week Six saw The X Factor contestants pay tribute to Big Band music with an eclectic group of performances.
Digital Spy rounds up what Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Mel B and Louis Walsh had to say about Saturday night's (November 15) acts - and if you missed the show, you can catch up with all the performances below, too:
1. Andrea Faustini: 'Summertime' by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Cheryl: "You absolutely brought that to life. One word. Amazeballs."
Simon: "It lacked that gritty passion which you need with that song. I thought it was going to go somewhere and it didn't. And you're pulling these terrible faces, like you're in pain."
2. Lauren Platt: 'Smile' by Nat King Cole
Louis: "It's just so effortless like you're born to do this. You're always note-perfect."
Mel B: "You look absolutely stunning. Your technique vocally is flawless.
Digital Spy rounds up what Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Mel B and Louis Walsh had to say about Saturday night's (November 15) acts - and if you missed the show, you can catch up with all the performances below, too:
1. Andrea Faustini: 'Summertime' by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Cheryl: "You absolutely brought that to life. One word. Amazeballs."
Simon: "It lacked that gritty passion which you need with that song. I thought it was going to go somewhere and it didn't. And you're pulling these terrible faces, like you're in pain."
2. Lauren Platt: 'Smile' by Nat King Cole
Louis: "It's just so effortless like you're born to do this. You're always note-perfect."
Mel B: "You look absolutely stunning. Your technique vocally is flawless.
- 11/15/2014
- Digital Spy
The all-star cast of Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book just added another pair of iconic voices to the animal kingdom. Joining Scarlett Johannson, Lupita Nyong.o, Ben Kingsley, and Idris Elba will be Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito and the one and only Christopher Walken. Esposito will voice Akela, leader of a pack of wolves while Walken will portray the orangutan King Louie. Fans of the Disney cartoon classic will instantly recognize King Louie as the scat-singing voice of Louis Prima in...
- 7/28/2014
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Academy Award-winning actor Ben Kingsley has been cast as the voice of Bagheera in Disney’s upcoming The Jungle Book.
Directed by Jon Favreau from a script by Justin Marks, The Jungle Book combines live action and animated filmmaking.
The film arrives in theaters in 3D on October 9, 2015.
From Wikipedia:
Inspired by the Rudyard Kipling’s book of the same name, it is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. The plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear try to convince him into leaving the jungle before the evil tiger Shere Khan arrives.
The early versions of both the screenplay and the soundtrack followed Kipling’s work more closely, with a dramatic,...
Directed by Jon Favreau from a script by Justin Marks, The Jungle Book combines live action and animated filmmaking.
The film arrives in theaters in 3D on October 9, 2015.
From Wikipedia:
Inspired by the Rudyard Kipling’s book of the same name, it is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. The plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear try to convince him into leaving the jungle before the evil tiger Shere Khan arrives.
The early versions of both the screenplay and the soundtrack followed Kipling’s work more closely, with a dramatic,...
- 6/25/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The release this week of Jon Favreau’s Chef provides a new addition to the popular sub-genre of Food Cinema. From Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (1994) to Julia & Julia (2009), film directors have often created meals so mouth-watering that the thought of another handful of chewy, over-toffeed popcorn makes a mockery of one’s very soul.
Here then is the ultimate HeyUGuide to the ultimate Cine-Banquet, for any budding chefs out there to prepare for like-minded friends (please consult Alexander Payne’s Sideways for your wine selection).
Amuse-bouche: ‘Rillettes du Canard’ Red Dragon (2002)
“Hannibal, confess. What is this divine looking amuse-bouche?” Dr. Lecter is perhaps wise to keep back some of the secrets of the lavish banquet he has prepared for The Baltimore Opera Society. Few of them would suspect that the missing (and talentless) flutist from their own woodwind section is not just the ghost at the feast, but the key ingredient.
Here then is the ultimate HeyUGuide to the ultimate Cine-Banquet, for any budding chefs out there to prepare for like-minded friends (please consult Alexander Payne’s Sideways for your wine selection).
Amuse-bouche: ‘Rillettes du Canard’ Red Dragon (2002)
“Hannibal, confess. What is this divine looking amuse-bouche?” Dr. Lecter is perhaps wise to keep back some of the secrets of the lavish banquet he has prepared for The Baltimore Opera Society. Few of them would suspect that the missing (and talentless) flutist from their own woodwind section is not just the ghost at the feast, but the key ingredient.
- 6/17/2014
- by Cai Ross
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Film Festival wrapped up its 5th annual hoorah in Hollywood on Sunday and this year was chock full of joyful and exciting films and special guests. There were so many wonderful old movies that most people have seen, but for me the true thrill was the chance to see a beloved movie on the big screen, the way it was intended.
Throw in some amazing guests and it was absolute gold.
Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967)
Screened at the beautiful El Capitan Theater, The Jungle Book was the last Disney animated feature that was overseen by Walt Disney himself. After the success of Mary Poppins and other Disney hits such as The Parent Trap, The Absent Minded Professor and The Sword in the Stone, Disney went back to the well and asked songwriters Bobby and Richard Sherman to take a swing at its animated...
Throw in some amazing guests and it was absolute gold.
Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967)
Screened at the beautiful El Capitan Theater, The Jungle Book was the last Disney animated feature that was overseen by Walt Disney himself. After the success of Mary Poppins and other Disney hits such as The Parent Trap, The Absent Minded Professor and The Sword in the Stone, Disney went back to the well and asked songwriters Bobby and Richard Sherman to take a swing at its animated...
- 4/14/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Feature Mark Harrison 5 Mar 2014 - 06:39
For every animated movie that gets made, there are dozens more that never make it. Mark looks at some failed Disney projects...
In the age of the internet, Hollywood studios are much quicker to announce the projects they have in development than they used to be. Now that the demand is there, there's a huge turnover of movie-related news every day, and if you follow it in any significant way, there are probably a whole bunch of projects that you've heard about, maybe even gotten excited about, that never came to fruition.
Still, it's not only via the easier availability of such information that we know about projects that never came to be. At a studio like Disney, projects will get as far as being fully developed in animatic form before falling apart, and the artefacts left behind from such abridged projects have made for some fascinating reading.
For every animated movie that gets made, there are dozens more that never make it. Mark looks at some failed Disney projects...
In the age of the internet, Hollywood studios are much quicker to announce the projects they have in development than they used to be. Now that the demand is there, there's a huge turnover of movie-related news every day, and if you follow it in any significant way, there are probably a whole bunch of projects that you've heard about, maybe even gotten excited about, that never came to fruition.
Still, it's not only via the easier availability of such information that we know about projects that never came to be. At a studio like Disney, projects will get as far as being fully developed in animatic form before falling apart, and the artefacts left behind from such abridged projects have made for some fascinating reading.
- 3/3/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
The release of The Jungle Book on Blu-ray today has become, as when Saving Mr. Banks was unveiled a couple months ago, an unplanned forum on a most thorny issue for the Disney uber-fan: was Walt Disney a racist/sexist/anti-Semite, and if so, was he a super-racist/sexist/anti-Semite, or just your average, garden-variety racist/sexist/anti-Semite? Even though the 1967 animated film based loosely on a collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling opened months after Disney passed away, this was the last film on which he had any serious impact. And, since Meryl Streep chose to make her speech applauding Emma Thompson for her performance as P.L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks as much about exactly how bad a man Walt Disney was, the issue of his true personal feelings–whatever those may have been–and whether or not they crept into the films he made has become unavoidable as of late.
- 2/11/2014
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
The Jungle Book (1967) was Disney’s 19th animated feature and the last that Walt himself had a hand in, though it wasn’t released in theaters until nearly a year after his death.Sebastian Cabot, Phil Harris, George Sanders, J. Pat O’Malley, Sterling Holloway, and especially Louis Prima made animated characters come to brilliant life in The Jungle Book, well-adapted from Kipling’s collection of short stories. The story followed the man-cub Mowgli (voiced by Bruce Reitherman in an appealing performance) as he trekked from the jungle to the man-village. Along the way he encountered a strange parade of figures including the sniveling Kaa (Holloway), the evil Shere Khan (Sanders) and the rambunctious King Louie (Prima, who got the film’s best song – ‘Bear Necessities’). His two parental figures were Baloo the Bear and the sage Bagaheera. They were voiced by Harris and Cabot and their chemistry together really made the triangle of Mowgli,...
- 2/6/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We all know the Christmas classics — EW even dedicated 12 days to the biggest holiday hits ever over the past two weeks — but what about the lesser-known songs?
Well, just like that family friend who sends you fruitcake every year, the EW staff handpicked these dried fruits and mixed nuts from Spotify to make an offbeat holiday playlist to shake up your Christmas listening. Check out our list below, and share some of your own favorite Hidden Holiday Gems in the comments:
Here’s the full list of songs for non-Spotify users:
“The Blizzard,” Camera Obscura
“Blue Christmas,” Bright Eyes
“Christmas in Jail,...
Well, just like that family friend who sends you fruitcake every year, the EW staff handpicked these dried fruits and mixed nuts from Spotify to make an offbeat holiday playlist to shake up your Christmas listening. Check out our list below, and share some of your own favorite Hidden Holiday Gems in the comments:
Here’s the full list of songs for non-Spotify users:
“The Blizzard,” Camera Obscura
“Blue Christmas,” Bright Eyes
“Christmas in Jail,...
- 12/25/2013
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
It’s finally the weekend, and you know what that means: It’s time to curl up with Netflix and do some serious binge-watching. That’s why, for this edition of TVLine Mixtape, we’re going old school.
What follows are some excellent songs from TV episodes past, complete with artist and album information in case you want to add them to your permanent collection.
We chose tunes that stuck in our memories, but we know you’ve got favorites, too. So check out our TVLine Mixtape playlist — Throwback Edition — and then hit the comments with your favorite TV jams from the past!
What follows are some excellent songs from TV episodes past, complete with artist and album information in case you want to add them to your permanent collection.
We chose tunes that stuck in our memories, but we know you’ve got favorites, too. So check out our TVLine Mixtape playlist — Throwback Edition — and then hit the comments with your favorite TV jams from the past!
- 11/23/2013
- by riannucci
- TVLine.com
Disney has announced release dates for a live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book and for the Johnny Depp-starring Alice in Wonderland 2.
The Jungle Book will bow first on October 9, 2015, and then the Alice in Wonderland sequel will follow on May 27, 2016.
Iron Man director Jon Favreau has been linked to The Jungle Book, and is also reportedly in line to oversee Disney's highly-anticipated Magic Kingdom movie.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li's Justin Marks is writing the action-adventure film.
Disney previously released an animated Jungle Book - which featured the voices of Louis Prima and George Sanders – in 1967, and followed it in 1994 with a live-action version starring Jason Scott Lee.
Alice in Wonderland 2 will see Depp back as The Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska returning to play Alice, but The Muppets' James Bobin will be stepping in for director Tim Burton.
Linda Woolverton is attached to write the sequel,...
The Jungle Book will bow first on October 9, 2015, and then the Alice in Wonderland sequel will follow on May 27, 2016.
Iron Man director Jon Favreau has been linked to The Jungle Book, and is also reportedly in line to oversee Disney's highly-anticipated Magic Kingdom movie.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li's Justin Marks is writing the action-adventure film.
Disney previously released an animated Jungle Book - which featured the voices of Louis Prima and George Sanders – in 1967, and followed it in 1994 with a live-action version starring Jason Scott Lee.
Alice in Wonderland 2 will see Depp back as The Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska returning to play Alice, but The Muppets' James Bobin will be stepping in for director Tim Burton.
Linda Woolverton is attached to write the sequel,...
- 11/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 31 Oct 2013 - 07:01
We train our sights on the year 1996, and the 25 underappreciated films it has to offer...
Independence Day managed to revive both the alien invasion movie and the disaster flick in 1996, and just about every other mainstream picture released that year lived in its saucer-shaped shadow.
Yet beyond the aerial battles of Independence Day, the flying cows in Twister, and the high-wire antics of Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible, there sat an entire library of lesser-known and underappreciated movies.
As part of our attempts to highlight the unsung greats of the 90s, here's our selection of 25 such films from 1996 - the year chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to the might of the computer Deep Blue, and the year comedy star Jim Carrey starred in an unexpectedly dark tale of obsession...
25. The Cable Guy
We can't sit here and...
We train our sights on the year 1996, and the 25 underappreciated films it has to offer...
Independence Day managed to revive both the alien invasion movie and the disaster flick in 1996, and just about every other mainstream picture released that year lived in its saucer-shaped shadow.
Yet beyond the aerial battles of Independence Day, the flying cows in Twister, and the high-wire antics of Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible, there sat an entire library of lesser-known and underappreciated movies.
As part of our attempts to highlight the unsung greats of the 90s, here's our selection of 25 such films from 1996 - the year chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to the might of the computer Deep Blue, and the year comedy star Jim Carrey starred in an unexpectedly dark tale of obsession...
25. The Cable Guy
We can't sit here and...
- 10/30/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The 1967 animated version of Kipling's story is crammed with marching Raj elephants, hypnotic snakes and toe-tapping songs, but the jazz-singing bear is best
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"The jungle is Jumpin'!" posters for The Jungle Book declared in 1967. The streets of Maidstone became a jungle, too, as thousands jostled outside the Granada cinema in a queue that stretched round the block and up Gabriel's Hill. There was only one screen back then.
Disney had a lot riding on the film. Founder Walt Disney died a few months before it was released; would the studio survive his passing? Would the Brits bridle at the liberties the Americans had taken with Kipling? Could family cartoons sufficiently entertain a young generation excited by Beatlemania and the poptastic delights of Radio 1? They needn't have worried. The posters didn't lie.
It...
• More on The Jungle Book
• More from Why I Love …
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"The jungle is Jumpin'!" posters for The Jungle Book declared in 1967. The streets of Maidstone became a jungle, too, as thousands jostled outside the Granada cinema in a queue that stretched round the block and up Gabriel's Hill. There was only one screen back then.
Disney had a lot riding on the film. Founder Walt Disney died a few months before it was released; would the studio survive his passing? Would the Brits bridle at the liberties the Americans had taken with Kipling? Could family cartoons sufficiently entertain a young generation excited by Beatlemania and the poptastic delights of Radio 1? They needn't have worried. The posters didn't lie.
It...
- 10/4/2013
- by Paul Simon
- The Guardian - Film News
Just Dance 2014, the latest main entry in Ubisoft’s mega-popular party game series, is on track for its initial October 8th release on the Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions also slated for each console’s respective launch. Now that release day is little more than two weeks away, the publisher has fully pulled back the curtain regarding what songs players can expect to boogie to.
The full Just Dance 2014 tracklist is as follows:
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) – Abba Dançando – Ivete Sangalo (Ncsa-only track) The Way – Ariana Grande Ft. Mac Miller Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley Isidora – Bog Bog Orkestar Fine China – Chris Brown Limbo – Daddy Yankee Get Lucky – Daft Punk Ft. Pharrell Williams Moskau – Dancing Bros. She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) – David Guetta Ft. Sia Prince Ali – Disney’s Aladdin It’s You – Duck Sauce Turn Up The Love – Far East Movement Ft.
The full Just Dance 2014 tracklist is as follows:
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) – Abba Dançando – Ivete Sangalo (Ncsa-only track) The Way – Ariana Grande Ft. Mac Miller Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley Isidora – Bog Bog Orkestar Fine China – Chris Brown Limbo – Daddy Yankee Get Lucky – Daft Punk Ft. Pharrell Williams Moskau – Dancing Bros. She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) – David Guetta Ft. Sia Prince Ali – Disney’s Aladdin It’s You – Duck Sauce Turn Up The Love – Far East Movement Ft.
- 9/23/2013
- by John Fleury
- We Got This Covered
“I’ve always been open to acting in other people’s films, but no one has ever asked me to be in their films, only two or three times in 30 years. When John Turturro asked me to be in Fading Gigolo, I said sure.” Not many people can get Woody Allen to play a part in their movie, but I guess all you really have to do is ask. And Turturro’s latest directorial effort, Fading Gigolo, looks like an absolute blast- partly because of Allen’s presence. Even without Allen, Fading Gigolo seems like a very Woody Allen-ish film. Turturro stars as Fioravante, whose friend Murray (Allen) convinces him to become a gigolo for a little extra cash. With a frazzled, bespectacled suitor finding an unlikely (and unconventional) outlet for romance, this one definitely seems like Allen has been rubbing off on Turturro (especially to the sounds of Louis Prima). And the trailer doesn’t...
- 8/13/2013
- by Adam Bellotto
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It's a little weird to watch a trailer for an upcoming Disney cartoon like "Planes" and hear among the characters the voice of Dane Cook. What's a typically adults-only comic like Cook doing in the G-rated world of a Disney animated feature?
Well, maybe it's not that weird. After all, the family-friendly studio has a history, going back 60 years, of casting performers from the world of grown-up entertainment in its cartoons, and most have proved they can be fun and kid-safe in fantasy worlds far from smoky nightclubs. In fact, Disney and Pixar's classic cartoons are full of unlikely voice actors -- not just blue comics but also performers cast radically against type, and even people not considered actors at all.
Cook, then, joins a distinguished list of stars you'd never have expected to find in a Disney cartoon feature, as you can see from the gallery below.
Gallery | Unlikely...
Well, maybe it's not that weird. After all, the family-friendly studio has a history, going back 60 years, of casting performers from the world of grown-up entertainment in its cartoons, and most have proved they can be fun and kid-safe in fantasy worlds far from smoky nightclubs. In fact, Disney and Pixar's classic cartoons are full of unlikely voice actors -- not just blue comics but also performers cast radically against type, and even people not considered actors at all.
Cook, then, joins a distinguished list of stars you'd never have expected to find in a Disney cartoon feature, as you can see from the gallery below.
Gallery | Unlikely...
- 5/28/2013
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
It's a little weird to watch a trailer for an upcoming Disney cartoon like "Planes" and hear among the characters the voice of Dane Cook. What's a typically adults-only comic like Cook doing in the G-rated world of a Disney animated feature?
Well, maybe it's not that weird. After all, the family-friendly studio has a history, going back 60 years, of casting performers from the world of grown-up entertainment in its cartoons, and most have proved they can be fun and kid-safe in fantasy worlds far from smoky nightclubs. In fact, Disney and Pixar's classic cartoons are full of unlikely voice actors -- not just blue comics but also performers cast radically against type, and even people not considered actors at all.
Cook, then, joins a distinguished list of stars you'd never have expected to find in a Disney cartoon feature, as you can see from the gallery below.
Gallery | Unlikely...
Well, maybe it's not that weird. After all, the family-friendly studio has a history, going back 60 years, of casting performers from the world of grown-up entertainment in its cartoons, and most have proved they can be fun and kid-safe in fantasy worlds far from smoky nightclubs. In fact, Disney and Pixar's classic cartoons are full of unlikely voice actors -- not just blue comics but also performers cast radically against type, and even people not considered actors at all.
Cook, then, joins a distinguished list of stars you'd never have expected to find in a Disney cartoon feature, as you can see from the gallery below.
Gallery | Unlikely...
- 5/28/2013
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
Canadian actor Kyle Schmid has been working steadily since he was a teenager, but 2012 is poised to be his best year yet -- and not just because we've chosen him as one of Zap2it's Ones To Watch for Fall 2012. His resume boasts everything from the powerful, stirring "A History of Violence" to a gig as America Ferrara's stepbrother in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," and he was ahead of the vampire craze in 2006 as Henry on the Canadian series "Blood Ties."
This year, he tapped the vampire vein again with a memorable arc on SyFy's "Being Human," and he can presently be seen stealing scenes on BBC America's period drama "Copper." Plus, as we exclusively reported, he also recently filmed an episode of The CW's upcoming "Arrow," in which he plays a card-carrying supervillain.
Get to know Kyle with our Q&A below, and be sure to...
This year, he tapped the vampire vein again with a memorable arc on SyFy's "Being Human," and he can presently be seen stealing scenes on BBC America's period drama "Copper." Plus, as we exclusively reported, he also recently filmed an episode of The CW's upcoming "Arrow," in which he plays a card-carrying supervillain.
Get to know Kyle with our Q&A below, and be sure to...
- 9/16/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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