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Few would have been surprised if Cyndi Lauper had entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during her first year of eligibility back in 2008. After all, she’s one of the most successful artists of the Eighties, and songs like “Time After Time,” “True Colors,” and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” have enjoyed stunning staying power. The video for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” has racked up 1.5 billion plays on YouTube; the song itself 1.4 billion plays on Spotify. (And that’s not even getting into the juggernaut of Kinky Boots.

The chaos on the battlefields in Helldivers 2 is no less than an action movie. However, it lacks a proper soundtrack. The community likes to roleplay as Super Earth’s brave soldiers, but this one player likes to roleplay as “Helldiver Radio.” In a short clip shared on Reddit, a player revealed that they came across someone who likes to show off their elite music taste by playing songs for the squad via their mic.

This has highlighted that Helldivers 2 lacks a proper soundtrack to boost players on the battlefield. Arrowhead Game Studios’ recent attempt to create anticipation among the fans didn’t exactly work out, but giving players an in-game radio would completely change things.

This Helldivers 2 player acts as a “Helldiver Radio” in public lobbies

Playing Helldivers 2 for a long time can become repetitive and boring, so one Helldivers 2 player decided to lighten up the mood by acting as...

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is famous for the rhythm of the waves of the Atlantic lapping against its sandy shores, the laughter (and occasional screams) of riders at Family Kingdom Amusement Park, and the chatter of families on their annual beach getaways. But the true soundtrack of this seaside destination is its live music scene, which pulses through the town day and night. From oceanfront stages on the sand to some of America’s most beloved dive bars and everything in between, it’s easy to see why Myrtle Beach is music’s favorite beach.

Shaking off a rock ‘n’ roll bad boy reputation isn’t easy—just ask Billy Idol. While he’s been clean and sober since 2010, his image as a rebellious icon lingers.

The “Dancing With Myself” singer’s had to wait nearly two decades for his shot at getting recognized at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since he first became eligible in 2007, but at last, he finally earned his first nomination this year.

The nomination back in February was the first development in a busy 2025 for Idol so far. He released “Still Dancing” — his first single in three years — last month. At the end of April, he’s dropping Dream Into It, his first album in 11 years, which with any luck, will be punctuated with a Rock Hall acceptance as well.

“Well, that would be rather fantastic,” Idol tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview via Zoom from his Los Angeles home,...

Grammy-winning artists Elton John and Brandi Carlile appear on “The Howard Stern Show” on Howard 100 (Ch. 100) to discuss their new collaborative album, “Who Believes in Angels?”.

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During their appearance, Elton reflects on some of his greatest hits and John Lennon, Brandi discusses her kids and working with Elton and Bernie Taupin, they both talk about their new music and Andrew Watt, Little Richard and Laura Nyro, plus much more.

In 2021, Brandi appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” and performed Elton’s “Madman Across the Water.”

Watch and listen to Elton and Brandi’s full conversation with Howard Stern live in cars and on the SiriusXM app, plus on demand afterwards on the app.

The post Watch Elton John and Brandi Carlile on ‘The Howard Stern Show’ appeared first on SiriusXM.

Movie stardom rarely occurs overnight. Yes, there is typically a film where the star "arrives," but this performance usually comes after a series of supporting turns in movies or TV shows where they've swiped a scene or two. Eddie Murphy rocketed to fame via "48 Hrs.," but this came as no surprise to anyone who'd been watching him kill it on "Saturday Night Live." It might've felt like Peter O'Toole exploded out of nowhere in "Lawrence of Arabia," but his portrayal of a too-credulous guard in "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England" put moviegoers on notice that he was a special talent. And Julia Roberts popped in ensemble films like "Satisfaction" and "Mystic Pizza" before becoming America's sweetheart in "Pretty Woman."

When I rolled out of bed on the morning of June 22, 1984, Val Kilmer did not exist. When I came home from the movies that night, he was one...

Elton John and Brandi Carlile have released their collaborative album Who Believes in Angels.

The 10-track album, produced by Andrew Watt, with John’s longtime creative collaborator Bernie Taupin contributing lyrics, includes eight songs by John and Carlile together, along with a solo song from each. The duo released a music video for title track “Who Believes in Angels?” in February, a quintessentially John song. According to the video’s description, it’s “a kaleidoscopic tribute to the rock & roll angels who continue to inspire successive generations” including Tina Turner and Little Richard.

John and Carlile released a lyric video for the album’s second track “Little Richard’s Bible” hours before the release. The song is a much more upbeat vibe than “Who Believes in Angels.”

The pair are preparing to head to primetime on Sunday, April 6 for An Evening With Elton John and Brandi Carlile. The concert special,...

Billy Idol recently was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for the first time ever, despite being eligible for roughly two decades. Even though he’s been overlooked in the past, the legendary rocker says it would be an “incredible honor” to be inducted as part of the Class of 2025.

The nomination comes at a busy time for Idol, who has a new album titled Dream Into It coming out on April 25th, and a North American tour with Joan Jett kicking off on April 30th (pick up tickets here).

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He’s nominated alongside such acts as The White Stripes, Soundgarden, Mariah Carey, Oasis, OutKast, Joy Division/New Order, Phish, and more, with the inductees expected to be revealed later this spring, followed by a ceremony in the fall.

Heavy Consequence recently caught up with the rock icon, who discussed his nomination, as...

Multiplatinum recording artist Lizzo is gearing up to play the role of a lifetime. The Grammy award-winning artist will tell the story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Amazon MGM Studios's Rosetta. The "Truth Hurts" singer will play Thorpe and produce the project in development with Kevin Beisler, Significant Productions' Nina Yang Bongiovi, and Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker.

Dubbed the "Godmother of Rock N' Roll," Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the first great recording star of gospel music, garnering attention from Rhythm & Blues and Rock N' Roll audiences after gaining popularity in the 1930s and 1940s. A crucial part of her early success came from her powerful voice and ability to combine genres effortlessly while playing the guitar with her own unique techniques. Tharpe influenced musical legends such as Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, and more.

With a life full of historical accomplishments, love and challenges, the film...

Lizzo is set to play rock & roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a new film in development by Amazon MGM Studios, per Deadline.

A brilliant guitarist and singer, Tharpe was a major influence to scores of rockers, including Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan. “A queer black woman from Arkansas who shredded on electric guitar, belted praises both to God and secular pleasures, and broke the color line touring with white singers, she was gospel’s first superstar, and she most assuredly rocked,” wrote Rolling Stone...

One of the earliest influencers of Rock & Roll is getting a biopic based on her life and has a big name pop star set to portray her. Lizzo will play Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a musical biopic based on Tharpe’s life, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

The film, titled “Rosetta,” is currently in development for Amazon MGM Studios, and Lizzo is also producing the project alongside Kevin Beisler, as well as Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker for their banner Significant Productions. The film will be written by Natalie Chaidez and Kwynn Perry. No director is attached.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe began her career in the ’30s with her gospel recordings and gained popularity by the ’40s, one of the first to blend gospel sounds with the electric guitar. But she became a true trailblazer who inspired countless rock legends, including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard,...

Lizzois set to make her big-screen starring debut. She's signed on to star in Rosetta, a new biopic of Sister Rosetta Tharp, the groundbreaking musician known as the Queen of Rock and Roll. Deadline reports that Lizzo will produce the film for Amazon MGM Studios, as well.

Lizzo, the Grammy-winning musician born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, will star in the film as Tharp, who was born in 1915 and became a sensation in the 1930s and 40s as a gospel singer. She was one of the first musicians to popularize the electric guitar, and was a key figure in the creation of what would become rock and roll. Rock legends like Little Richard, Johnny Cash, and Tina Turner cited her as an influence on their musicianship, and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. However, she remains a somewhat obscure figure among the public: Rosetta will be...

Exclusive: Four-time Grammy winner Lizzo will be taking up the guitar to play Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the gospel singer who was one of the first to appeal to rock ‘n’ roll and R&b audiences, in Amazon MGM Studios’ Rosetta.

The project is in development with Lizzo, Kevin Beisler, Significant Productions’ Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker producing. Natalie Chaidez and Kwynn Perry are writing the screenplay.

Without Tharpe, there would be no rock n’ roll. Her influence on popular music spans decades and includes Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and countless others. Inspired by true events, the film will capture a pivotal period in Thrape’s life — one of groundbreaking innovation, defiant passion and secret love. As she shatters musical boundaries with her signature guitar sound, she must navigate societal constraints, conceal her love...

Over the decades, Carlos Santana has collaborated with jazz legends (Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter), rock guitarists (Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan), blues greats (Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker), R&b singers (Smokey Robinson, Lauryn Hill), and even country artists (Willie Nelson, Faith Hill). The results were sometimes worldwide hits like “Smooth” (with Rob Thomas) or “Maria Maria” (with Wyclef Jean), but others fell between the cracks and never found the audience they deserved.

His new compilation album, Sentient (out March 28), tries to fix this by taking overlooked collaborations with Michael Jackson,...

Elton John and Brandi Carlile announced their joint album Who Believes in Angels? this week and shared the title track along with it. Now, they’ve revealed the track’s pinball-themed music video.

Directed by David Lachapelle, the video finds John and Carlile as performers within a “Captain Fantastic”-themed pinball machine in an arcade. A young girl plays pinball as John and Carlile sing side by side, supported by backup dancers (including Tina Turner and Little Richard), neon glows, and a colorful, decked out set. While they’re never interrupted by a giant life-sized pinball flying around the room, it’s just as entertaining to watch Carlile and John swap fierce looks throughout the duet. Watch the video below.

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The video marks Lachapelle’s fifth video collaboration with John, having directed the visuals for “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore,” “Original Sin,” “Answer...

“Move Ya Body: The Birth of House” tells the story of how house music was born in the late 1970s. A history reconstructed by director Elegance Bratton (“The Inspection”) through the memories of the trailblazers who birthed it at underground clubs in racially segregated and violent Chicago, this is the story of how Black, brown and queer kids came up with a unique rhythm that people still dance to today. After watching this entertaining and nostalgic documentary, audiences’ most likely recourse may be to find the nearest club and spend the rest of their night dancing.

The first few minutes of “Move Ya Body: The Birth of House” dynamically set the stage for this revolution: Voiceover describes music whose beat “can be heard blocks away,” while the images show Chicago’s denizens rioting against the police and dancing all night. Bratton introduces his main protagonist, Vince Lawrence, who claims nervousness about the endeavor.

As he took his seat at the organ behind Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in the summer of 1965, Barry Goldberg wasn’t sure what would happen. “At the beginning, it was just a gig,” he told Rolling Stone in 2013. “Bob said, ‘You want to play with me tonight?’ I wasn’t a folkie or knew how serious those people were. We started doing our thing, playing that song [‘Like a Rolling Stone’]. At the end, there were boos but also cheers. They felt betrayed by him. But Bob...

For most of the film and TV industry, the devastating L.A.-area fires of the last week have at least avoided scorching the studios where the work largely occurs. But there’s no such consolation for many of those who work on the music side, as the professional-grade home studios of untold numbers of producers, engineers and musicians have gone up in flames alongside their actual residences.

That’s true for music producer Greg Wells, who lost his state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos mixing room and studio along with his family home in Pacific Palisades. He’s far from alone in suffering that double-whammy; producer-mixer Bob Clearmountain is another renowned Palisades resident who lost both his home and a seriously tricked-out studio, and seemingly countless musicians in Altadena suffered the dual loss of personal and professional structures.

For Wells, it happened just as he was preparing to resume work on “Wicked: For Good.

Bruce Springsteen wrapped up a productive 2024 on location in New Jersey, which has included spending time on the set of the biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere.

The 20th Century Studios film, about the making of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska, stars Jeremy Allen White of The Bear and began filming scenes in November. The production is scheduled for more Jersey location shoots in January, including concert scenes in East Rutherford, on its way to a 2025 release date.

Much of the filming so far has taken place in Asbury Park, with scenes involving Frank’s Deli and Restaurant on Main St., the Stone Pony, the Convention Hall, the Carousel House, and, of course, the beach. The movie has transformed Asbury Park into a 1980s version of itself, with period-appropriate cars parked on Main St. Inside the Carousel House, the production recreated the old merry-go-round, as well as the rides that were iconic on the Asbury Park boardwalk.

With Dolly Parton and Eminem having been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in recent years, there’s been debate in some circles about the organization dropping the “rock and roll” part of its name. In a recent interview with Vulture, Rock Hall chairman John Sykes pushed back against the idea, saying it was important to “communicate that rock and roll is open to all.”

“I think it’s because some people don’t understand the meaning of rock and roll,” Sykes said. “If you go back to the original sound in the ’50s, it was everything. As Missy Elliot calls it, it was a gumbo. It just became known as rock and roll. So when I hear people say, ‘You should just change it to the Music Hall of Fame,’ rock and roll has pretty much covered all of that territory. Rather than throwing the name out,...

“A Complete Unknown” follows a young Bob Dylan’s rise to fame. Timothée Chalamet, who depicts the rock-folk artist in James Mangold’s film, insisted on singing live and learning to play guitar to authentically portray the music legend.

Following the success of his Academy Award-winning Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line,” the director was confident that the cast and crew of his new film could support live vocals. All of Bob Dylan’s vocals were performed live by Chalamet, as well as Edward Norton’s for Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro’s for Joan Baez and Boyd Holbrook’s for Johnny Cash.

The 140-minute film is filled to the brim with music, highlighting the careers of Dylan as well as his influences Seeger, Barbaro, Cash, Woody Guthrie and more. With over 70 songs on the soundtrack, the film tracks Dylan’s sprint onto the folk music scene and culminates in his then-radical shift to “go electric.

While James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown spotlights mainly the life of Bob Dylan (portrayed by Timothée Chalamet), the lives of several other musicians intertwined with the iconic troubador’s. His visit to Woody Guthri (Scott McNairy) and Pete Seeger (Edward Norton) proved formative in his career and rise as a folk musician.

Later, Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro) and Johnny Cash (Boyd Holbrook) came into the musician’s orbit as did Bob Neuwirth (Will Harrison). All Bob Dylan vocals in the film were performed by Chalamet, and the same goes for Edward Norton’s Pete Seeger songs, Monica Barbaro’s portrayal of Joan Baez and Boyd Holbrook’s Johnny Cash.

Below, find a list of all the songs in A Complete Unknown:

“Dusty Old Dust (So Long It’s Been Good To Know Yuh)” Written and Performed by Woody Guthrie “Oasis” Performed by Moondog, Written by Louis T. Hardin “Death,...

Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes included Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” Rod Stewart’s “The Great American Songbook” series and a Ringo Starr album featuring all four Beatles, died Tuesday. He was 82.

Perry, a recipient of a Grammys Trustee Award in 2015, died at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering cardiac arrest, friend Daphna Kastner said.

“He maximized his time here,” said Kastner, who called him a “father friend” and said he was godfather to her son. “He was generous, fun, sweet and made the world a better place. The world is a little less sweeter without him here. But it’s a little bit sweeter in heaven.”

Perry was a onetime drummer, oboist and doo-wop singer who proved at home with a wide variety of musical styles, the rare producer to have No. 1 hits on the pop,...

Biographical movies by their very existence aim to unpack, to reveal, to make transparent.

Everything, in other words, that Bob Dylan has tried to avoid in his 60-plus years in the cultural spotlight.

That made James Mangold’s job in A Complete Unknown — about Dylan’s early years ahead of his bombshell switch to electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival — very tricky.

As the Timothée Chalamet film prepares to roll out on Christmas Day — and as Dylan himself weighs in (“Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me,” he recently tweeted) — THR caught up with Mangold, who wrote the screenplay with Jay Cocks, for his thoughts on the enigmatic music man.

Let’s start with the tweet. I assume that was a surprise?

Yes. No one said, “Dylan tweet incoming!” It was...

The American South is a hot mess of cultural contradictions, and while those contradictions have stoked the dumpster fire of U.S. politics for a couple of centuries, they also happen to be fueling some of the best music being made right now. And to be sure, the story of rock in 2024 is largely a story of Southern rock, in both classic-rock and indie-rock denominations.

On two of the year’s best records, Tigers Blood and Manning Fireworks, Katie “Waxahatchee” Crutchfield (Alabama) and Jake “Mj” Lenderman (North Carolina), respectively, made...

It’s time to cozy up and immerse yourself in the beloved melodies from classic holiday films – including from “Home Alone,” “Elf, “and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” – with “Cinemagic’s Holiday Movie Soundtracks” special. Listen to a festive mix of music and cherished film moments on the Xtra channel Cinemagic on the SiriusXM app.

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Plus, check out 25 Christmas movie soundtracks below. Note: the Cinemagic special and the list below include some different music).

25 Christmas Movie Soundtracks 25. The Polar Express (2004)

Composer: Alan Silvestri

This visually stunning film is accompanied by a soundtrack full of soaring orchestral music and seasonal classics. Alan Silvestri’s score, paired with the unforgettable vocals of Tom Hanks (who voices several characters in the film), creates an atmosphere of wonder and awe, making it a holiday favorite.

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Bob Dylan has no qualms about Timothée Chalamet’s portrayal of him in James Mangold’s upcoming A Complete Unknown.

“There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan wrote on social media on Wednesday. “Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”

Mangold’s film is set in the summer of 1961, when a 19-year-old Dylan arrived in New York City from Minnesota with little else than his guitar. The movie is based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties by Elijah Wald, which explores the controversy surrounding Dylan’s switch to electrically amplified instrumentation.

Dylan wrote on Wednesday that the book is “a fantastic retelling of events...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Beatles '64.

The soundtrack of the Disney+ documentary Beatles '64 features many original songs and covers by The Beatles and classic rock songs performed by their American idols. Directed by David Tedeschi, who edited classic music documentaries such as Rolling Thunder Revue (2019) and George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011), Beatles '64 showcases the rise of The Beatles during their revolutionary visit to New York City in 1964 on the heels of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The documentary contains rare footage that captures Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr's legendary impact on American music and culture.

While not everyone is a fan of The Beatles, the documentary captures some of their most devoted supporters throughout the decades who remember how the arrival of the British phenomenon in the United States changed their lives forever. Despite the fringe conspiracy theory that Paul faked his own death,...

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of The Beatles’ the’ first visit to the USA in February 1964, Martin Scorsese has put the band back together, so to speak. Scorsese produces along with others including Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, and Sean Ono Lennon this wildly entertaining and smartly conceived new documentary that liberally mixes footage from the iconic 1964 documentary chronicling the Fab Four’s visit, which was the result of unprecedented access given to directors Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter), plus new interviews including Paul and Ringo, remixed musical tracks and the Ed Sullivan Show appearance and much more.

Beatles ’64 will begin streaming on Friday November 29 on Disney +, which no doubt is trying to replicate its success with Peter Jackson’s landmark 2021 miniseries The Beatles: Get Back, which won five Emmys.

That film chronicled the recording of their legendary 1969 album Let It Be with rare...

Right from the start, Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It, the first-ever documentary on the late pop-r&b singer, songwriter, and organ maestro, makes it clear that few communicated as much unabashed, unapologetic joy onstage as Preston. In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name. Overcome by the music, he leaves his seat behind the keys and commands the stage with dance moves he learned in church — elevating the song,...

Like a lot of people, I first saw Billy Preston in “Let It Be,” where his luscious electric-keyboard noodlings provided the sweet center to songs like “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Get Back.” But it wasn’t until “The Concert for Bangla Desh,” George Harrison’s trend-setting rock-concert movie from 1972, that I registered who Billy Preston really was. For most of that Madison Square Garden benefit concert, Preston was in the background, tickling those plugged-in ivories. But then, introduced by Harrison, he performed the single he’d recorded in 1969 for Apple Records, “That’s the Way God Planned It.” It stood out from the rest of the show as dramatically — and magnificently — as Sly Stone’s performance of “I Want to Take You Higher” did from Woodstock.

The sound of a holy organ rang out, and the camera zoomed in on a stylish-looking man in a big wool cap...

Andy Paley, a prolific songwriter, producer and musician who collaborated with such artists as Brian Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Ramones, Madonna, Elton John, Patti Smith and Deborah Harry, and who composed the scores for SpongeBob SquarePants and other TV shows, died Wednesday, November 20, of cancer. He was 72.

“We are saddened to learn of the passing of Brian’s friend and collaborator, Andy Paley,” a post on Brian Wilson’s official Facebook page reads. “Andy was literally instrumental in Brian starting his solo career with his critically acclaimed 1988 album, Brian Wilson. Andy played electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, harmonica, and provided backing vocals. He co-wrote three of the songs, including “Rio Grande.” Andy collaborated again with Brian on the legendary, unreleased Wilson-Paley Sessions, counting more than twenty songs. Brian always called him ‘The Genius Andy Paley.’ Love and mercy goes out to Andy’s family and friends.

He’s traveling through the north country today. Eighty miles from Canada, where the winds, it’s been said, hit heavy on the borderline. As his rented Toyota pickup truck reaches a tree-shaded suburban intersection, he kills the engine and bounds out into late-January air. He’s layered a down jacket over a gray sweatshirt, the hood yanked over his mussed brown hair. His destination is a boxy, cream-colored little house on the corner, down a walkway framed by twin shrubs. To its left is a newish street sign: Bob Dylan Drive.

Quincy Jones died last Sunday night at age 91—another entertainment legend who shuffled off this mortal coil this year before the country once again made the ass-backwards decision to put Trump in office. A lot has already been said about his multi-Grammy-winning discography, which includes producing and arranging music not...

Timothée Chalamet is on his way to becoming a legend. Shifting his skin like water, he goes from one character to another effortlessly. Fans have seen him grow into a true artist, embodying the essence of every film he has been a part of, regardless of how significant his role is.

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Going from Lady Bird to the Dune franchise, his presence on the scene was impactful in both projects. Now, Chalamet is taking a new step in his professional life, starring in a film about Bob Dylan titled A Complete Unknown.

Looking at this, one cannot help but notice the similarities between the actor and the music legend, specifically when Chalamet is so evidently pointing them out.

Timothée Chalamet and Bob Dylan Were Rejected From Their Dreams

Recently, Timothée Chalamet gave an interview with Apple Music where he went into great detail about his upcoming film,...

Timothée Chalamet was told to gain weight to land major movie roles.The 'Wonka' actor will play folk legend Bob Dylan in biopic 'A Complete Unknown' and he explained he was able to relate to the legendary musician because he felt like an "outsider" within his own career until he was able to carve out his own path.Speaking on 'The Zane Lowe Show' on Apple Music 1, he said: "I've had a life experience, I want to say it's weird, but I can relate to some of these things he went through. "So Bob wanted to be a rock and roll star, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, that was, depending on your point of view, the sort of rice crispy pop rock and roll music that was saturated and marketed to kids in the late ‘50s. Equally, I wanted to be a big movie actor.

While reflecting on his career, Timothée Chalamet said there were certain doors that were closed to him in the industry based on his looks.

In a new interview with Zane Lowe promoting his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown for the first time, the Oscar nominee said he related to certain outsider elements the legendary musician contained, as he’s been somewhat typecast for roles.

“I’ve had a life experience, I don’t want to say it’s weird, but I can relate to some of these things he went through,” he explained. “Bob wanted to be a rock & roll star — Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Elvis Presley — that was the sort of, depending on your point of view, the sort of rice crispy pop, rock & roll music that was saturated and marketed to kids in the late ’50s. Equally, I wanted to be a big movie actor.”

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Timothée Chalamet once had an agent tell him he needed to gain weight, the actor recalled this week. Though weird at the time, memories of the experience helped Chalamet prepare to play Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s upcoming A Complete Unknown.

“If I auditioned for The Maze Runner or Divergent, things of that variety that were popping when I was coming up, the feedback was always, ‘Oh, you don’t have the right body,” Chalamet told Zane Lowe in an interview released Tuesday. “I had an agent that called me and said, ‘You got to put on weight,’ basically, not aggressively, but you know.”

Though he may not have become the face of any dystopian teen dramas that peppered the 2010s, Chalamet’s career turned out to be just fine. Now, as he prepares for the release of A Complete Unknown next month, the actor says his experience felt...

To celebrate the release of Columbo: The Final Years on Blu-Ray Box-Set from 18th November, we are giving a away a Blu-Ray Box set to one lucky winner!

Columbo is the landmark series that set the standard for the murder-mystery genre. The original run ended in 1978, but the series triumphantly returned in 1989 with an older and wiser Columbo! Remastered in 4K by NBC Universal, Columbo: The Final Years stars Peter Falk in his award-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trenchcoat-wearing police lieutenant. This Blu-ray boxset includes the final 24 episodes of this enduring classic that ran from 1989-2003.

The incredible wealth of guest stars includes Little Richard, George Hamilton, George Wendt, Anthony Zerbe, Anthony Andrews, Ian McShane, Patrick McGoohan, Juliet Mills, Tyne Daly, Faye Dunaway, William Shatner, Rod Steiger, Billy Connolly and many more.

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Legendary music producer and composer Quincy Jones, who amassed 28 Grammy Award wins across his multi-decade career, died on Sunday at the age of 91.

“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the Jones family said in a statement obtained by our sister site Variety. “And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him. He is truly one of a kind and we will miss him dearly; we take comfort and immense...

Elton John bursting onto the scene in the swinging 70s generated a musical storm that still dazzles audiences today. Never Too Late takes viewers on a trip through the superstar pianist’s incredible journey, from his emergence as a creative powerhouse to his iconic Dodger Stadium performances decades apart. Cut between past and present, the film tells Elton’s awe-inspiring story through his own words and incredible archival footage.

We travel back to the late 1960s to meet a shy young man pouring his soul into songs. After an early collaboration with lyricist Bernie Taupin sparked magic, Elton was unstoppable. Performances at LA’s Troubadour club in 1970 electrified listeners and marked the start of a stratospheric rise.

By 1975’s Dodger Stadium concerts, Elton had captivated over 100,000 fans nightly with his musical mastery and wild costumes. Yet even at his professional peak, personal demons lurked beneath the surface.

Never Too Late...

Quincy Jones, the musical polymath who contributed to remarkable albums in jazz, soul, and funk as well as several of the biggest pop LPs of the 20th century — most notably producing Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad albums — died at his home in Bel Air, California, on Sunday. He was 91 years old.

“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the family said in a statement, via The Associated Press. “And although this is an incredible loss for our family,...

Since his time spent writing for "Saturday Night Live," John Mulaney has become quite an accomplished stand-up comedian. But he's also stuck to his roots by becoming one of the most consistently great hosts of "SNL," so much that we've actually named him as one of the 10 best "SNL" hosts of all time, along with some historical heavy hitters. That's why we couldn't be more thrilled to have seen him return to Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Plaza for the first time since he joined the prestigious Five Timers Club.

One of the most wonderful staples of John Mulaney's "SNL" hosting appearances, along with a typically great monologue of fresh stand-up bits, has been a series of musical sketches situated around some kind of quirky, dingy staple of New York City. From "Diner Lobster" to "Subway Churro," they all use strange covers of songs from iconic stage musicals to fuel these...

In one of the most exciting new ventures coming out of Scandinavia, the former Flx CEO Pontus Edgren, Breakable Films’ VP Eleonor Sager (Netflix’s “One More Time”), writer and best-selling novelist Ulf Kvensler have joined forces to deliver prime scripted content for streamers and cinemas, Variety has learned exclusively.

With storytelling at its core, Stockholm-based Ivy Prodco will develop and produce scripted series and films for the Nordic and global markets, tapping into the founding partners’ own materials and the best ideas and content from up-and-coming talents.

All three partners boast impressive track records in film and TV.

As CEO for Jarowskij (2009-2012) and then CEO/managing partner for Sf Studios’ banner Flx (2013-2023), Edgren has more than 40 productions to his credit, including the mega comedy hits “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared,” “Solsidan,” “The Bonus Family” and Netflix originals “Quicksand” and “Love & Anarchy.

The Netflix docuseries Mr. McMahon is filled with shocking moments from the history of Vince McMahon, creator of World Wrestling Entertainment, and the history of the WWE itself, but one of the most noteworthy involved actor Richard Belzer and wrestler Hulk Hogan. The tell-all six-part documentary involved former WWE wrestlers and business associates providing their perspectives on various events in the history of the entertainment company. Hulk Hogan went into some detail on an incident that happened in front of a live audience in 1985 when Hogan was at the peak of his popularity.

The Mr. McMahon documentary covered the long history of lawsuits against McMahon and other individuals associated with the WWE. While many contained allegations of abuse, one of the lawsuits covered in the docuseries was far less heinous. It occurred early in WWE's history and actually wound up setting some legal precedent as a result of the lawsuit's aftermath.

Zachariah Smith was successful when he appeared on American Idol. He was in Season 21 of the hit reality singing competition series. Smith finished in the Top 5 before his elimination. However, looking back at his time on the show, Zachariah wasn’t really happy about one aspect of the show. He felt Idol forces singers into “lanes.”

Here is what Zachariah said about his time on American Idol.

Zachariah Smith Blasts American Idol

Zachariah Smith was talking with some fans on Instagram, and the topic moved to whether he would appear on another singing competition series. It all started when a fan said Smith should try out for The Voice when the show has its next virtual open auditions. “Your voice would totally rock and bring the house down,” they said.

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Smith liked the idea, and while he deleted his response later (via The U.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band gave Asbury Park, New Jersey a show to remember with an epic headlining set at Sea.Hear.Now festival on Sunday night.

The show was a homecoming for Springsteen and the band, who got their start playing gigs in and around Asbury Park in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Appropriately, the first half of the Sea.Hear.Now setlist leaned heavily into material from Springsteen’s debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., as well as other Jersey-centric songs. Notably, Springsteen performed tracks like “Blinded by the Light,” “Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?,” “Thundercrack,” and “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” for the first time in nearly a decade.

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Elsewhere in the set, Springsteen was joined by his wife, Patti Scialfa, for a performance of “Tougher Than the Rest.” Scialfa recently revealed that she...

Ahead of Bruce Springsteen’s headlining set Sunday at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival, the E Street Band rocker returned to Asbury Park, New Jersey’s famed Stone Pony to take part in an all-star afterparty show on Saturday night.

Hosted by photographer, frequent Springsteen collaborator and Sea.Hear.Now founder Danny Clinch and billed as “the Ocean Ave Stomp featuring Tangiers Blues Band with Very Special Guests,” the Stony Pony gig featured a revolving lineup that included Springsteen, Saturday’s festival headliner Noah Kahan, Robert Randolph, E Street Band’s Jake Clemons,...

Full House is one of the most popular TV sitcoms of the late '80s and all the '90s. Millions of viewers tuned into ABC and later TBS and TeenNick to catch up with the Tanners. The show ran for eight seasons and 192 episodes and featured on-location shooting at beautiful locations like the Walt Disney Resort and Hawaii. The Beach Boys, Vanna White, Little Richard, and Phyllis Diller are among the famous names who made guest appearances. Later, a sequel called Fuller House was picked up by Netflix. Needless to say, Full House was a huge success for creator Jeff Franklin.

The appeal of the show is in its family-friendly entertainment. Despite the cheesy life lessons, there's a lot of heart and comedic scenes in Full House that make it stand up even today. The cast has a ton of chemistry as well, which makes every moment among the family feel believable.

First things first: Girl You Know It’s True is not the cinematic equivalent of Milli Vanilli. Which is to say this biopic, on streaming and in some cinemas Friday, isn’t just mouthing the words and going through the motions as it tells the story of one of pop’s most infamous chapters. It’s actually more involving than any Milli Vanilli biopic really has a right to be (and currently boasts a 92 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes).

Certainly, some of the credit goes to producer Fab Morvan, one-half of the telegenic duo who shot to fame in 1989 with dance floor bangers like “Girl You Know It’s True” and “Blame It on the Rain,” who knows this story better than anyone.

The problem, of course, was that neither Morvan nor his best buddy Rob Pilatus did any of the singing on those songs, which were produced by German disco maven...