Two weeks after the bombing at her concert, which killed 22 people and left 116 injured, Ariana Grande fearlessly returned to the Manchester stage.
Before kicking off her set at the One Love Manchester benefit concert with an energetic performance of "Be Alright," Grande's manager, Scooter Braun, introduced her with a heartfelt message. Braun also acknowledged the series of tragic events that took place in London on Saturday night, stating that concertgoers had a difficult decision to make.
Related: Ariana Grande's Manchester Benefit Concert Opens With Mumford & Sons Frontman Marcus Mumford, Robbie Williams
"Last night, this nation was challenged and all of you were challenged, and you had a decision to make if you were going to come out here tonight," he said. "And this is so beautiful. You guys made that decision, you looked fear right in the face and you said, 'No, we are Manchester, and the world is watching.'"
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Before kicking off her set at the One Love Manchester benefit concert with an energetic performance of "Be Alright," Grande's manager, Scooter Braun, introduced her with a heartfelt message. Braun also acknowledged the series of tragic events that took place in London on Saturday night, stating that concertgoers had a difficult decision to make.
Related: Ariana Grande's Manchester Benefit Concert Opens With Mumford & Sons Frontman Marcus Mumford, Robbie Williams
"Last night, this nation was challenged and all of you were challenged, and you had a decision to make if you were going to come out here tonight," he said. "And this is so beautiful. You guys made that decision, you looked fear right in the face and you said, 'No, we are Manchester, and the world is watching.'"
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- 6/4/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Less than two weeks after her concert was attacked by a suicide bomber, Ariana Grande was back on stage in Manchester, England. The 23-year-old singer was among the slew of stars performing at the “One Love Manchester” benefit concert Sunday afternoon in front of 50,000 fans — many of whom had been at the show on May 22 that was devastated by a bomb blast. Grande was joined by Miley Cyrus for an emotional rendition of “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” the Crowded House hit that they covered in 2015. The friends sat side-by-side on stage, giggling and chatting in between the...
- 6/4/2017
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Jenny Morrill Sep 6, 2016
Den Of Geek raises a glass to some lesser-known soap star pop singles, from Coronation Street to Neighbours and more...
“Do you remember the guy who played that guy in that thing? His song was good wasn't it?”
The above is an example of a conversation regularly heard in our house. The only variants are that sometimes it was 'that girl from that thing', and a lot of the time the song was far from good.
Well sod it – I think we as a nation need to have more discussions about Craig McLachlan and Stefan Dennis. It's the only way our society will grow. So here are 12 songs from Soapland that weren't done by Kylie, Jason, or Kylie and Jason.
1. Kevin Kennedy (Curly Watts) – Bulldog Nation
Here we see Coronation Street's finest and supermarket manager extraordinaire with an indie effort from 2000. Did You Know - Kennedy...
Den Of Geek raises a glass to some lesser-known soap star pop singles, from Coronation Street to Neighbours and more...
“Do you remember the guy who played that guy in that thing? His song was good wasn't it?”
The above is an example of a conversation regularly heard in our house. The only variants are that sometimes it was 'that girl from that thing', and a lot of the time the song was far from good.
Well sod it – I think we as a nation need to have more discussions about Craig McLachlan and Stefan Dennis. It's the only way our society will grow. So here are 12 songs from Soapland that weren't done by Kylie, Jason, or Kylie and Jason.
1. Kevin Kennedy (Curly Watts) – Bulldog Nation
Here we see Coronation Street's finest and supermarket manager extraordinaire with an indie effort from 2000. Did You Know - Kennedy...
- 8/7/2016
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: La Confidental star will also star in the stage play adaptation.
Guy Pearce is to make his directorial debut with Australian paranormal drama Poor Boy, based on the stage play in which he starred.
The Australian actor, known for roles in La Confidental, Memento and Cannes 2014 title The Rover, will also play the lead in the feature. The cast also includes Frances O’Connor (Mansfield Park, The Missing), Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge!), Callan Mulvey (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and Sarah Peirse (The Hobbit).
The story centres on a dead man, a young boy and two families mysteriously linked by synchronous events seven years earlier. Production is planned for Melbourne in 2017.
The screenplay is by Matt Cameron, adapted from his stage play created with Crowded House singer-songwriter Tim Finn and performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company in 2009.
Producer Al Clark, whose credits include The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert and who...
Guy Pearce is to make his directorial debut with Australian paranormal drama Poor Boy, based on the stage play in which he starred.
The Australian actor, known for roles in La Confidental, Memento and Cannes 2014 title The Rover, will also play the lead in the feature. The cast also includes Frances O’Connor (Mansfield Park, The Missing), Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge!), Callan Mulvey (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and Sarah Peirse (The Hobbit).
The story centres on a dead man, a young boy and two families mysteriously linked by synchronous events seven years earlier. Production is planned for Melbourne in 2017.
The screenplay is by Matt Cameron, adapted from his stage play created with Crowded House singer-songwriter Tim Finn and performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company in 2009.
Producer Al Clark, whose credits include The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert and who...
- 5/13/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
.Husein Alicajic.
Photoplay director, Husein Alicajic is one of five Tvc directors to be nominated in the Australian Directors Guild 2016 awards for outstanding Australian directors..
He is nominated in the TV commercial category for Officeworks: Let Their Amazing Out, with the winner announced in May.
Alicajic said it was always special to be recognised by peers, "and makes me remember early in my career, looking at the Adg as something to aspire to.".
"It.s a great honour,. he said.
.I.ve always been motivated by magic and everyday wonder, and this script really allowed us to bring children.s imaginations to life..
"The Officeworks campaign allowed us to make more than just pretty pictures.".
The Adg nomination comes after his recent .Best Ads. win for the Mnd (Motor Neuron Disease) Australia campaign Fading Symphony..
Alicajic directed Tim Minchin and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a live performance of Crowded House...
Photoplay director, Husein Alicajic is one of five Tvc directors to be nominated in the Australian Directors Guild 2016 awards for outstanding Australian directors..
He is nominated in the TV commercial category for Officeworks: Let Their Amazing Out, with the winner announced in May.
Alicajic said it was always special to be recognised by peers, "and makes me remember early in my career, looking at the Adg as something to aspire to.".
"It.s a great honour,. he said.
.I.ve always been motivated by magic and everyday wonder, and this script really allowed us to bring children.s imaginations to life..
"The Officeworks campaign allowed us to make more than just pretty pictures.".
The Adg nomination comes after his recent .Best Ads. win for the Mnd (Motor Neuron Disease) Australia campaign Fading Symphony..
Alicajic directed Tim Minchin and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a live performance of Crowded House...
- 4/14/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
The eleventh entry in an on-going series of audiovisual essays by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin. Greg Mottola's Adventureland (2009) is now playing in the United States through February 29.Few subjects divide people more sharply and ferociously than respective tastes in music. We build our identities, our system of values, even our world-views, through the music we choose to love and cultivate, whether as players or listeners—and we project our musical distastes onto a screen (or a variety of screens) constituting those monstrous Others from which we differentiate and dissociate ourselves.Popular movies have a lot to do with propagating this fascinating but treacherous and unstable cultural process. Especially teen movies, which involve themselves with the vagaries of pop, rock, and other musical styles more extensively and intimately than most genres—particularly at the level of ‘sampling,’ of the selection of pre-existing tracks for the film soundtrack (and,...
- 1/30/2016
- by Cristina Álvarez López & Adrian Martin
- MUBI
Soooooo thankful for Ariana Grande for being a part of the #backyardsessions!! You're the sweetest little #happyhippie... Posted by Miley Cyrus on Thursday, May 14, 2015 This looks like the most comfortable duet ever! Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande just released an amazing cover of Crowded House's 1986 hit "Don't Dream It's Over" for charity -- and they both sport some killer onesies while performing the track. The "Bangerz" singer has been doing a series of "Backyard Sessions" to raise awareness for the Happy Hippie Foundation, a charity she started to raise awareness and money for the homeless and Lgbt youth. "No one should have to hide who they really are, no matter what his or her name, gender, status or orientation," she says of the foundation. "It is our mission to make sure those who question the value of themselves and their lives feel protected and loved." So far, she's performed...
- 5/14/2015
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Miley Cyrus has been doing a lot of covers lately (she did a string of covers at the Adult Swim upfronts party last night, including Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" and Khia's "My Neck, My Back"*), so it's only fitting that she'd enlist fellow former tween star Ariana Grande on a cover of the Crowded House classic "Don't Dream It's Over" to promote her Happy Hippie foundation, which raises money for homeless and Lgbt youth. They're totally jamming out until Miley starts flirting with Ariana, because when a mouse-bear and a unicorn meet in a forest, they can't help but flirt.* This post misidentified the original singer of "My Neck, My Back."...
- 5/14/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
It's Fright Night on The X Factor this week and boy, wouldn't you know it! Not only are the acts all singing 'Fright Night'-themed songs (or, well, they're supposed to be) but one of them will be booted out before the night is out after Simon Cowell got fed up with them all for not trying hard enough. If that's not all scary enough, The Script will be popping along to perform.
So join us when the show starts at 8pm as we find out who gives us thrills and who gives us chills. And, of course, who's having a right nightmare and will have to leave the competition...
22:12It's not even over - the vote lines are open again, and someone's going to be sent home tomorrow. All your votes still count but we get another free five app ones - hooray! But that's it for...
So join us when the show starts at 8pm as we find out who gives us thrills and who gives us chills. And, of course, who's having a right nightmare and will have to leave the competition...
22:12It's not even over - the vote lines are open again, and someone's going to be sent home tomorrow. All your votes still count but we get another free five app ones - hooray! But that's it for...
- 11/1/2014
- Digital Spy
For 12 years the commercial networks have been able to claim New Zealand content in their obligations to show local drama. It’s time for that crutch to be removed, Colin Delaney argues.
With a certain layer of guilt, Australians have long claimed Kiwi talent as our own; actors Sam Neill and Russell Crowe, Crowded House’s Neil Finn, Keith Urban and perhaps in a couple of years, Paul Henry. However in TV land they’ve been able to do so completely guilt-free for 12 years. The three big commercial broadcasters, in accordance with the Australian Communications and Media Association regulations, must air a certain amount of Australian-made drama. A point system for tallying the hours of broadcast must total a minimum of 250 points a year. Different types of drama get different numbers of points per hour. The regulation is to both protect Australian culture in the media, and to create work within the production sector.
With a certain layer of guilt, Australians have long claimed Kiwi talent as our own; actors Sam Neill and Russell Crowe, Crowded House’s Neil Finn, Keith Urban and perhaps in a couple of years, Paul Henry. However in TV land they’ve been able to do so completely guilt-free for 12 years. The three big commercial broadcasters, in accordance with the Australian Communications and Media Association regulations, must air a certain amount of Australian-made drama. A point system for tallying the hours of broadcast must total a minimum of 250 points a year. Different types of drama get different numbers of points per hour. The regulation is to both protect Australian culture in the media, and to create work within the production sector.
- 6/29/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
This weekend, Denzel Washington (Virtuosity) shows a young punk, played by Chris Pine Ryan Reynolds, that an old dog still knows a lot of tricks in the new thriller Safe House. As a service, we answer every question that you could possibly have about Safe House. Q: How many safe houses are in Safe House? A: Three. Q: Why is a safe house needed in Safe House? A: Denzel Washington plays Tobin Frost, a former CIA agent who has been "off the grid" for the last nine or ten years (depending on which character that you get your exposition from). He turns himself in at the American embassy in Cape Town, South Africa. From there, Tobin Frost is taken to a safe house for interrogating. Q: Why would Tobin Frost turn himself in? A: During the opening scenes, Frost is ambushed by gunmen. His only option is to turn himself...
- 2/10/2012
- by Mike Ryan
- Moviefone
Chicago – The legendary Richard Curtis returns this week with “Pirate Radio,” the story of Radio Rock and the first disc jockeys to ever play rock and roll in the United Kingdom. Co-starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, and many more, “Pirate Radio” is another ensemble comedy from the man who made the beloved “Love Actually” and wrote “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill,” and created “Black Adder”. Curtis recently sat down with HollywoodChicago.com (and Matt Fagerholm of Film Monthly and Locke Peterseim of RedBlog) to discuss his new film and its inspirations.
Naturally, if a writer is going to make a film about the power of rock music, he probably has a pretty close kinship to the tunes of the era himself. Curtis vividly remembers tuning into Radio Rock on his transistor, a moment copied for the very first shot of “Pirate Radio...
Naturally, if a writer is going to make a film about the power of rock music, he probably has a pretty close kinship to the tunes of the era himself. Curtis vividly remembers tuning into Radio Rock on his transistor, a moment copied for the very first shot of “Pirate Radio...
- 11/12/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
New Zealand’s venerable Neil Finn—best known as the frontman for Crowded House—has a history of assembling ad hoc supergroups that dates back to his Rock Party project in the ’80s. He’s used the 7 Worlds Collide name twice now, once for a live album benefiting Medicins Sans Frontiers in 2001 and now for The Sun Came Out, which reunites most of those players for a studio-bound sequel benefiting Oxfam. This time out, KT Tunstall and most of Wilco round out a cast that also includes 7 Worlds Collide vets Tim Finn, Johnny Marr, Lisa Germano, and ...
- 9/29/2009
- avclub.com
Senator Ted Kennedy loved to sing. And so it seems only fitting to make a playlist in memory of this singular American icon who did so much for so long to help so many. May he rest in peace, and may all the men and woman elected to be our leaders in Congress actually honor his memory by fulfilling Senator Kennedy's longstanding dream of true health care reform in this country that he loved even more than he loved singing. "A Dream Goes On Forever" -- Todd Rundgren "Working On A Dream" -- Bruce Springsteen "Someday We'll All Be Free" -- Donny Hathaway "Teddy Boy" -- Paul McCartney "Changing Of The Guard" -- Bob Dylan "I Dreamed A Dream" -- Neil Diamond "I Hope" -- Dixie Chicks "Abraham, Martin And John" -- Dion "Get Up, Stand Up" -- Bob Marley & The Wailers "Don't Dream It's Over" -- Crowded House "The.
- 8/26/2009
- by David Wild
- Huffington Post
A supergroup led by Neil Finn played a live set at Camden's Dingwalls in London last night. 7 Worlds Collide, which also featured Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway as well as Glenn Kotche and John Stirratt of Wilco, played songs from upcoming charity LP The Sun Came Out. In addition to the tracks penned for the album, the group also performed versions of Finn's Crowded House hits 'Don't Dream It's Over' and 'Weather With You' and The Beatles's 'Something', NME reports. Finn said: "It was really sweaty out there, but that's exactly what you want from this sort of event. It covers a lot of the cracks and it gets people involved." O'Brien added: "I enjoyed (more)...
- 8/12/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
2009's Ten Best and Five Worst Films (So Far) We're technically over halfway through 2009, but a disproportionately large number of great films tend to spring up in the latter months of the year, so let's call it halfway for the sake of our collective sanity. It hasn't been a terrific year for filmgoing so far this year, but there have been enough films worth celebrating to justify a roundup. Keep in mind that these rankings are tentative - they're largely based on single viewings, and my estimates of their relative worth may vary over the course of the year. My principal question when ranking new film is: "which films am I most eager to watch again?" With that in mind, my top ten films of the year so far, in descending order: 10. Star Trek (Podcast review) [1] listen now [2] If someone had told you back in January that the summer of...
- 8/6/2009
- by Simon
- SoundOnSight
I’m not normally one for nostalgia, particularly when the sentimentality is packaged for consumption. So, as a child of the 80s, I was a bit wary of Adventureland, which sets its action in that most dubious decade. When 80s fashion and music recently got something of a second run, I recoiled as if somebody had put on a song from Poison and cranked the volume. One dose of Poison was enough, thank you.
Imagine my surprise, then, at feeling a deep, lasting nostalgia — bittersweet and vivid — that had me reminiscing about the good and bad times of my youth late into the night.
Writer/director Greg Mottola and his art & design team nail the period details; the high-waisted jeans and faded concert t-shirts, excessive lip gloss and hairspray, and use of long-gone phrases like "to the max!" all give the film an authentic air. More importantly, the music is just right.
Imagine my surprise, then, at feeling a deep, lasting nostalgia — bittersweet and vivid — that had me reminiscing about the good and bad times of my youth late into the night.
Writer/director Greg Mottola and his art & design team nail the period details; the high-waisted jeans and faded concert t-shirts, excessive lip gloss and hairspray, and use of long-gone phrases like "to the max!" all give the film an authentic air. More importantly, the music is just right.
- 5/1/2009
- CinemaSpy
There was something magical going on long before Peter Jackson transformed the rugged wilderness of New Zealand into Middle Earth. In the early 1980s, Dunedin music impresario Roger Shepherd founded Flying Nun Records. The rest is history, although it's history that is surprisingly little known in the U.S. Perhaps it's time to change that. Because from the mid '80s through the early '90s, Flying Nun Records put out the best music on the planet. And yes, I'm looking at you, Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder.
As with any "sound" associated with a city (Seattle, Athens, Austin), there is far more variety in the Flying Nun roster than can be reasonably captured by reductionist labels. Still, there was and is a distinctive Dunedin sound, and it is characterized by the lo-fi aesthetic and minimalist drone of The Velvet Underground and the jangly guitar work of Roger McGuinn and The Byrds.
As with any "sound" associated with a city (Seattle, Athens, Austin), there is far more variety in the Flying Nun roster than can be reasonably captured by reductionist labels. Still, there was and is a distinctive Dunedin sound, and it is characterized by the lo-fi aesthetic and minimalist drone of The Velvet Underground and the jangly guitar work of Roger McGuinn and The Byrds.
- 4/9/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder (or Ed Vedder) as he's called on the band's website, starts a solo run June 8 in Albany, N.Y. The month-long outing ends July 2 in Honolulu, just in time for Vedder to get some surfing in. Liam Finn, son of Crowded House's Neil Finn, will open the shows. The venues are small 2,000-3,000-seat venues and Pearl Jam's website warns that tickets may be tough to come by. The second date in each city is unconfirmed and are what the website calls "rollover" shows. They will go on sale as warranted. While we're on all things Pearl...
- 4/8/2009
- Hitfix
Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in Adventureland
Photo: Miramax Films Adventureland has a lot going for it from the fantastic use of '80s tunes, solid comedy and a well developed story. The only negative I can come up with is that it does have a few moments where it drags, but I appreciate the effort by writer/director Greg Mottola to tell a story as opposed to only offering enough plot to get the story to the next punchline. Adventureland is an R-rated comedy utilizing the same kind of jokes as Mottola's last feature, Superbad, but it is far more accomplished in telling its story as Superbad had a three-act structure in which only two of the acts actually worked as part of a fluid storyline. This time around Mottola has gone back in time to 1987 for a film that is sure to appeal to those born in the...
Photo: Miramax Films Adventureland has a lot going for it from the fantastic use of '80s tunes, solid comedy and a well developed story. The only negative I can come up with is that it does have a few moments where it drags, but I appreciate the effort by writer/director Greg Mottola to tell a story as opposed to only offering enough plot to get the story to the next punchline. Adventureland is an R-rated comedy utilizing the same kind of jokes as Mottola's last feature, Superbad, but it is far more accomplished in telling its story as Superbad had a three-act structure in which only two of the acts actually worked as part of a fluid storyline. This time around Mottola has gone back in time to 1987 for a film that is sure to appeal to those born in the...
- 4/3/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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