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Best Oldies Party Songs

Let’s kick things off with some true gems that still get people grooving today — Aka some seriously golden oldies. Play these timeless hits and you won’t just have “One Fine Day,...

Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, is celebrating its 25th anniversary by hosting screenings of Bob Fosse’s most polarizing film and one of Malcolm D. Lee’s most beloved movies.

The annual celebration of movies, which is named for the famous critic, will run April 17 to April 20 at the historic Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Ill. It will kick off with an opening night screening of Fosse’s “Star 80,” a look at the life and brutal murder of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten that divided reviewers when it opened in 1983, with some seeing it as as exploitative and others believing it was a masterpiece. Ebert was certainly in the latter camp, praising the film with a glowing four-star review, calling it “an important movie…Devastating, violent, hopeless, and important, because it holds a mirror up to a part of the world we live in, and helps us see it more clearly.

Bob Dylan wrote a whole essay about the lyrics of Elvis Presley’s “Blue Suede Shoes.” He said that there is a threat of violence in the track’s lyrics. Interestingly, Johnny Cash said he helped inspire the song.

Bob Dylan loves Elvis Presley’s ‘Blue Suede Shoes’

In his 2022 book The Philosophy of Modern Song, the “Lay Lady Lay” singer Dylan wrote essays about several songs he loved. The songs included Elvis’ “Viva Las Vegas,” Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally,” The Eagles’ “Witchy Woman,” and “Blue Suede Shoes.” It’s not surprising that Dylan gravitates toward classic rock!

Dylan had plenty to say about the meaning of “Blue Suede Shoes.” “Your shoes are your pride and joy, sacred and dear, your reason for living, and anyone who scrapes or bruises them is putting himself into jeopardy, accidentally or out of ignorance it doesn’t matter,” he wrote. “It...

Rolling Stone once released a list of the 100 greatest musicians and deemed The Beatles artistically superior to Little Richard. The “Good Golly, Miss Molly” singer responded to the list in an essay. In a similar vein, Paul McCartney had a lot to say about Little Richard.

Little Richard said he led the way for The Beatles and The Rolling Stones

In 2010, Rolling Stone released their list of the 100 greatest artists. The Beatles topped the list, while Little Richard came in at No. 8. The “Tutti Frutti” singer wrote an essay for the list.

“I appreciate being picked one of the top 100 performers, but who is No. 1 and who is No. 2 doesn’t matter to me anymore,” he said. “Because it won’t be who I think it should be. The Rolling Stones started with me, but they’re going to always be in front of me. The Beatles started with me...

Rolling Stone released a list of the 100 greatest musicians. The magazine deemed The Beatles artistically superior to Little Richard. The “Good Golly, Miss Molly” singer responded to the list in an essay. In a similar vein, Paul McCartney had a lot to say about Little Richard.

Little Richard said he led the way for The Beatles and The Rolling Stones

In 2010, Rolling Stone released their list of the 100 greatest artists. The Beatles topped the list, while Little Richard came in at No. 8. The “Tutti Frutti” singer wrote an essay for the list.

“I appreciate being picked one of the top 100 performers, but who is No. 1 and who is No. 2 doesn’t matter to me anymore,” he said. “Because it won’t be who I think it should be. The Rolling Stones started with me, but they’re going to always be in front of me. The Beatles started with me...

In a clip from the documentary, Little Richard: I Am Everything, we hear the young entertainer singing an early version of what would become his signature tune, “Tutti Frutti.” But surprise! The original lyrics were different than the ones we know today: “Tutti frutti, good booty/Tutti frutti, good booty!”

The song, as Richard wrote it, was about gay sex. In 1955, it would become the rock ‘n’ roll pioneer’s breakthrough hit, catapulting him to mainstream stardom — but only after the words were revised to something much more benign: “Tutti frutti, oh rooty/Tutti frutti, oh rooty!”

The sanitized lyrics symbolize the deep conflict between Little Richard’s public persona and his private life, and how he could hit the stage in all his authentic glory, then do an about-face when the spotlight became too white-hot and too controversial — especially in the deep South, at a time when the definition...

Little Richard: I Am Everything was among the nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards’ Best Music Film, with the nomination marking the first-ever for both the “Architect of Rock and Roll” and production company Rolling Stone Films (yes, this Rolling Stone).

The film, directed by Lisa Cortés and executive produced by Dee Rees, delved into the musical genius and transgressive power of the pioneer, who laid the foundation for rock music with singles like “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally.”

Despite the singer’s legacy and his indisputable place among music’s greatest talents,...

Paul McCartney said he finds “solace” in listening to an Elvis Presley album. He wants his music to have the same effect on listeners. John Lennon had something to say about the same Elvis album.

Paul McCartney revealed what happened when The Beatles listened to 1 Elvis Presley album

During a 2020 interview with Uncut, Paul was asked what music had a positive effect on him. “Something like ‘God Only Knows,'” he said. “It’s just … Wow! The thrill it gives me, the inspiration and the solace — whatever you want to call it — it makes me feel great. I want my songs to have that effect, too.

“Early Elvis stuff, too,” he added. “When we were just starting out, we’d be sitting round, maybe playing snooker or something, and someone would put the first Elvis album on. It’d make you feel so good. That was always my ambition. ‘Wow,...

Thanks to his activism, Paul McCartney has a place in world history. He incorporated The Beatles’ “I’m Down” into a well-known response to the 9/11 attacks. One of Paul’s longtime collaborators discussed the experience. Interestingly, a famous comic actor was involved.

Paul McCartney played The Beatles’ ‘I’m Down’ at a famous 9/11 benefit concert

Rolling Stone reports that, for the past 22 years, Rusty Anderson has been playing guitar alongside Paul. The two appeared at The Concert for New York City, a benefit concert designed to raise money for those affected by the 9/11 attacks. Paul and Anderson played The Beatles’ “I’m Down” together during the concert.

In 2023, Anderson explained what the experience was like. “Incredible,” he said. “You can’t process it. You just want to do a good job. It was also surreal since I thought, ‘You go up on stage and it’ll be the big Woodstock lights.

Though he certainly didn’t invent the genre, Elvis Presley became widely known as the King of Rock’ n’ Roll. Little Richard tried to reclaim that title during the 1970s with an album called King of Rock and Roll. Sadly, it didn’t work out well for him. Little Richard discussed why the album performed so poorly.

Little Richard tried to reclaim ‘King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ from Elvis Presley with a covers album

There’s no broad agreement as to who invented rock ‘n’ roll. Some of the artists named as the genre’s progenitor include Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard. The latter released an album called King of Rock and Roll in 1971, well after that title had been applied to Elvis. The album largely featured covers of songs by other stars such as Martha and the Vandellas, Three Dog Night, and The Rolling Stones.

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Elvis Presley’s motto, “Taking Care of Business,” was inspired by a song written by a major classic rock star. The star in question was hugely inspired by the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The song “Takin’ Care of Business” battled an Elvis song for chart supremacy in the United States.

Elvis Presley‘s motto, “Taking Care of Business,” which inspired by a hit song from the 1970s called “Takin’ Care of Business.” The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll had a strong reaction to the tune when he heard it on the radio. Subsequently, one of the writers of the hit revealed why he never got to meet the “Hound Dog” singer.

Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s ‘Takin’ Care of Business’ inspired Elvis Presley

Randy Bachman founded both The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. During a 2022 interview with Loudersound, Bachman discussed the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s impact on him.

Brace yourselves for an emotionally charged cinematic experience as a film revolving around Dog soldiers. ‘Tutti Frutti’, brings to life an extraordinary saga of camaraderie and courage that transcends the boundaries between soldiers and their loyal canine companions. This compelling narrative, inspired by true events, will take audiences on a gripping journey, celebrating the incredible partnership between warriors on two legs and four.

As the world prepares to celebrate International Dog’s Month, Tutti Frutti takes centre stage, paying homage to the relentless protectors who share an unbreakable bond with our soldiers. The pre-production of Tutti Frutti is set to commence soon.

Behind the scenes, the film boasts a stellar team with producers Vivek Rangachari and Faraz Ahsan at the helm. Vivek Rangachari, known for producing acclaimed films like ‘The Lunchbox’ and the highly anticipated ‘800’, brings his expertise to the table, ensuring a production that resonates with authenticity and heart.

Paul McCartney credits much of his love of music to Little Richard. The American singer’s eccentric vocals extended to the U.K., inspiring a young McCartney to become a rock star. Richard knows McCartney learned a lot from him, so he felt snubbed by the former Beatle at a vital career moment.

Paul McCartney didn’t mention Little Richard when he received a Lifetime Achievement Award Little Richard | Andy Lyons/Getty Images

Paul McCartney has won many awards, including Grammys, American Music Awards, an Oscar, and an Emmy. He has also been awarded several prestigious honors, such as the Kennedy Center Honors and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame spot. In 1990, McCartney was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Grammys, a ceremony that Little Richard attended.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Richard recalled feeling snubbed at that moment because he’s never been given one, and here...

This week’s streaming premieres bring two documentaries about cultural legends — one more complicated than the other — that bowed at Sundance and will now charm audiences at home. For something a bit more understated, there’s also a trance-inducing horror curio backed by one of the hottest indie distributors around.

The contender to watch this week: “Little Richard: I Am Everything”

Little Richard has long deserved a documentary that explores his hyper-stylized rock ‘n’ roll innovations, which inspired the likes of Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie. Lisa Cortés (“All In: The Fight for Democracy‘) was up to the task, directing a spirited tour of the “Tutti Frutti” singer’s legacy. It’s not all glitter, though: Little Richard established popular music’s Black, queer roots, only to become a born-again Christian who denounced homosexuality. After opening this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “I Am Everything” is playing in...

Nobody has bragging rights like Little Richard Wayne Penniman. The “Architect of Rock and Roll” torched the blueprints of blues and gospel music with the cleansing fire of the dirty lyrics and burning piano licks. He struck the match to fire up James Brown’s Famous Flames, taught Paul McCartney to scream, and global teens to rip it up on the dance floor. The Beatles opened for him. Little Richard was also a triumphant force for civil rights, and a reluctant pioneer in sexual identity. A new documentary claims the title Little Richard: I Am Everything, so “shut up,” as he would say so often it became a revolutionary catchphrase.

With that title, director Lisa Cortés sets a daunting task, not only does she have to prove the claim but be extremely entertaining while doing it. Little Richard was, after all, one of the most electrifying performers to hit a stage.

Connecticut is set to declare Sunday, April 23, 2023 as “Little Richard Day” in honor of the late performer’s “incomparable contributions to the history of music in America.” And no, the rock n’ roll icon doesn’t hail from the Nutmeg state. He was born in Georgia and lived in California, Tennessee and other ports of call until his death in 2020.

Rather, Gov. Ned Lamont is issuing the proclamation in recognition of the release this month of “Little Richard: I Am Everything” and Connecticut’s many ties to the production.

The film, which Magnolia bought out of the Sundance Film Festival, will premiere at the Bedford Playhouse, which is hosted by the Greenwich International Film Festival on April 23. It was produced by Greenwich International Film Festival board member Robert Friedman and produced and directed by Lisa Cortés, a Connecticut native and an alumna of Yale University.

Cortés’ film charts Little Richard...

Little Richard — music icon, legend and the man behind hits such as “Tutti Frutti” and “Good Golly Miss Molly” — inspired a generation. But despite his success, there were points in his career where “he doesn’t feel he’s been recognized,” says filmmaker Lisa Cortés.

Her latest documentary, “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” in theaters on April 21, seeks to remind a new generation of his legacy.

Cortés says the documentary draws parallels with “All In: The Fight for Democracy” which she co-directed with Liz Garbus, in which she followed Stacy Abrams on her political campaign. Speaking with Variety, she said, “Both of these films are talking about issues that are political hot buttons. There are states where Black and queer history are under attack, and they’re passing laws against the teaching of this history. We see those are very important parts of Richard’s origin story and of rock ‘and’n’ roll.

When Little Richard died at age 87 in May 2020 during the depths of the pandemic, New York filmmaker Lisa Cortés found herself listening to his music nonstop, from classics like “Good Golly Miss Molly,” “Lucille,” and “Long Tall Sally,” to a wide range of surprising tributes, from Bob Dylan to Dave Grohl.

“I heard his music all over and it brought me a lot of joy,” she said during a recent interview with IndieWire. “Wait a minute,” she said to herself, “there’s never been a story, he hasn’t had that opportunity.” When she pitched her idea for a documentary following Little Richard with a twist — the final feature offers a slightly supernatural recasting of his musical career — Bungalow Entertainment and Rolling Stone Films agreed to back her, along with executive producer Dee Rees.

After directing two shorts and a music documentary (“The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion”) and co-directing...

The first thing film director Lisa Cortés did when she found out Magnolia Pictures had picked up her documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything, was send a cosmic shout-out to the rock ‘n’ roll icon. “I said, ‘Thank you, Little Richard!'” she confesses. Cortés, whose gripping portrait of the singer opens this Friday, is that dedicated. And she views Richard’s life, music, and heritage almost providentially. “I always feel like I like to invoke his spirit when wonderful things happen—that almost feel like they are in the...

The Beatles were massive admirers of Little Richard. John Lennon and Paul McCartney often spoke about how much they admired his explosive energy and vibrant music. The Beatles covered a few of his songs and tried to capture the same energy that made him unique. While recording a Little Richard cover, Lennon showed McCartney a technique that helped him figure out his “Little Richard voice.”

John Lennon was amazed by Little Richard when he was growing up Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images

Little Richard was one of the earliest rock n’ roll stars who also impacted soul and funk music. His signature songs, such as “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally,” propelled him to the top of the charts worldwide. His music found its way to Liverpool, where Lennon recalled being fascinated by his powerful voice and energetic music. In The Beatles Anthology, Lennon said his...

For much of classic rock history, LGBTQ themes were taboo. However, that didn’t stop some classic rock songs from discussing the topic, even if they were subtle about it. Notably, one of The Beatles’ No. 1 hits seems to discuss gender fluidity.

The Beatles | Getty Images / Staff 5. The Beatles’ ‘Get Back’

The verses of The Beatles’ “Get Back” portray a handful of people, including Sweet Loretta Martin. In the song, Paul McCartney sings “Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman / But she was another man / All the girls around her say she’s got it coming / But she gets it while she can.” Paul seems to be referencing a trans person or a genderfluid person. If that’s the case, Paul uses outdated tropes to discuss Sweet Loretta Martin.

“Get Back” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a staggering five weeks, meaning it stayed atop the chart for...

The Columbusing of Black excellence by white opportunists has long been prevalent in popular culture — never more so than in the realm of music, where everything from Elvis’ hip-shaking to Miley’s twerking have been erroneously attributed. For decades, Black music was ghettoized, pushed into the shadows. It didn’t matter that they were the pioneers of emerging sounds like rock and roll and pop. Radio stations refused to give airtime to Black artists, while even the early years of MTV were alarmingly white. In their stead, white mimicry was...

One of the paradoxes of the great early rock ‘n’ rollers is that they possessed a cathartic sexuality and bombs-away rockabilly-on-pep-pills energy that was unlike anything we’d ever seen, yet their revolution shook the world so profoundly that within a few years it was hard to imagine what the world was like before them. If you came along (as I did) after that earthquake, their fervor no longer looked shocking; it looked old-fashioned. When I was growing up, everything about Elvis Presley, including his hip-swiveling erotic brashness, seemed impossibly quaint. For the most part, it took years for me to be able to see past the wilder era I was living in and connect with the anarchic spirit of early rock ‘n’ roll.

But Little Richard was always another story. If Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis were wild-ass country boys, teasing their audience with a grin of delinquent effrontery,...

The blazing comet that was Richard Wayne Penniman is captured in Little Richard: I Am Everything, with all the complexities of a Black artist who was unapologetically queer and flamboyant one minute, only to renounce his sexuality and hedonism as a man of God the next. Yet one of the things that makes the legendary performer’s life so singular — and Lisa Cortés’ celebratory documentary for CNN and HBO Max so exhilarating — is the extent to which he embraced that contradiction. It was no idle boast that he presented himself as a mold-breaking original. “I’m not conceited,” he said. “I’m convinced.”

Drawing from a bounty of fabulous archival material; expert interviewees including such music luminaries as Mick Jagger and Tom Jones; inventive graphic and animated embellishments; and a bundle of electrifying hits, Cortés gives Little Richard the kind of full-throated recognition he was too often denied in his lifetime.

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Most documentaries about pioneering musicians are celebrations that exhibit the performer’s greatness right off the bat through electric concert footage and testimonials. Lisa Cortés’ “Little Richard: I Am Everything” does that, of course, with Little Richard ripping it up onstage and on screen, and Mick Jagger, Tom Jones, and John Waters testifying to his power. “He’s everything,” says Mick, in the first of a few nods to the film’s title.

But “Little Richard: I Am Everything” does something else: It gets complicated right off the bat. As part of the opening sequence, we see footage in which latter-day Little Richard tells David Letterman that he came out as gay early in his life, “but God made me know that he made Adam to be with Eve, not Steve.”

That’s the first hint that there’s a thorny side to this rock ‘n’ roll pioneer,...

Lisa Cortés’ “Little Richard: I Am Everything” makes clear the complications within the life of Little Richard. Here was a queer Black man from Macon, Georgia who was a proudly flamboyant and irresistibly charming ball of energy that combusted into rock and roll. The cultural touchstones of the man born Richard Wayne Penniman are so resonant we know “Tutti Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Lucille,” and more not as songs, but as the lexicon of ourselves. And yet, how could a man who dressed with wild openness — his glittering jumpsuit, a swooshing hairstyle, caked on makeup — appear so lost within himself?

In “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” Cortés aims to answer that question. Unlike her previous film, the Stacey Abrams-centered “All In: The Fight for Democracy” (co-directed by Liz Garbus), her swing at Richard’s life and career never manages to separate the man himself from his own mythmaking.

Cortés...

Robbie Coltrane, best known for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series, has died at age 72.

“For me personally I shall remember him as an abidingly loyal client,” Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright said in statement. “As well as being a wonderful actor, he was forensically intelligent, brilliantly witty and after 40 years of being proud to be called his agent, I shall miss him.”

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“Tutti Frutti, what a booty!” exclaimed Len Goodman after James Van Der Beek performed a samba during week six of “Dancing with the Stars.” Goodman added that the actor’s “bum was out of control” during his performance with pro partner Emma Slater. And if you can get that kind of reaction out of grumpy Goodman, you know you’ve got something special. Watch Van Derk Beek’s routine above.

Van Der Beek showed us with his “Movie Night” rumba that he could handle the hip action of a Latin dance, but the samba has claimed many victims on the dance floor, including Karamo Brown and Lauren Alaina, who struggled with the style on “Disney Night,” and even Hannah Brown, who also got a samba this week but struggled more with the timing of her country-Latin hybrid performance. Brown ended up with respectable straight 8s, but that put her second...

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., who died Thursday at age 77, was a onetime Catholic schoolboy who remade himself into a bona fide high priest of funk — and a lifelong ambassador of gritty, glittery New Orleans groove.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, Dr. John — the name and characterization he adopted in 1968 with the release of the landmark Gris Gris album, based in part on stories of a 19th-century voodoo priest — earned 15 Grammy nominations and six wins during a career that spanned more than 50 years. He beat drug addiction,...

“Mean” Gene Okerlund, the smooth-voiced WWE announcer and frequent straight man to pro wrestling’s most outrageous personalities, died Wednesday at 76. The WWE confirmed his death in a tweet, calling Okerlund “the most recognizable interviewer in sports entertainment history.”

Born in 1942 in South Dakota, Okerlund made his way to Minnesota in the Seventies, where he worked as a ring announcer for the American Wrestling Association, a local wrestling franchise based in Minneapolis. His national notoriety, however, began when he joined the then-WWF in 1984, one year before pro wrestling, and the WWF in particular,...

Gene Okerlund, the WWE interviewer dubbed “Mean Gene” by wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura, has died, according to the WWE. He was 76.

A cause of death was not immediately available.

“Mean Gene I love you my brother,” tweeted Hulk Hogan today..

A WWE Hall of Famer, Okerlund began his career in radio and local TV, and became an announcer with American Wrestling Associations in the early 1970s. He joined what would become the WWE in 1984, where, as the WWE notes, he became a national cable presence through interviews with such wrestling superstars as Hulk Hogan (who inducted Okerlund into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006), “Macho Man” Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior, among many others.

Okerlund moved over to WWE rival World Championship Wrestling in 1993, where as the lead interviewer he posed questions to an expanding roster of familiar pros, including Diamond Dallas Page and Goldberg.

Little Richard is stirring up controversy after he called same-sex marriage an “unnatural affection” – this news comes as a surprise since Richard came out as gay in 1995. The “Tutti Frutti” singer sat down with the Christian-oriented “Three Angels Broadcasting Network” to talk about his faith, and sexual orientation. “You know, all these things. […]...

Little Richard has a new perspective on sexuality, and it widely differs from what he's disclosed in the past.  The 84-year-old rock and roll pioneer recently gave a rare interview to Christian-oriented programming Three Angels Broadcasting Network, simultaneously touching on his faith and repudiating homosexuality as "unnatural." "When I first come in show business they wanted you to look like everybody but yourself," Richard said. "And, anybody that comes in show business they gone say you gay or straight... God made men, men and women, women." The "Tutti Frutti" singer continued, "You've got to live the way God wants you to live... He can save...

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We celebrate The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a look at its history and massive impact on pop culture.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show went from a cult happening to a cultural phenomenon. It probably had as much to do with same-sex and transgender acceptance than the Stonewall Riots, and yet it seems so tame today. Now it can be seen for the fun movie that it is rather than the groundbreaking underground movement it started.

I first saw the film in 1977 when it aired on HBO, which ran some cool Friday night programming before it found its footing as a major powerhouse. I threw a Rocky Horror party. My mother cooked a meatloaf in the shape of Meat Loaf. We handed everyone rolls of Scott toilet paper, newspaper, and water pistols. To this day, when I run into people from that high school, they think of...

Each year, the Library of Congress selects 25 films to be named to the National Film Registry, a proclamation of commitment to preserving the chosen pictures for all time. They can be big studio pictures or experimental short films, goofball comedies or poetic meditations on life. The National Film Registery "showcases the extraordinary diversity of America’s film heritage and the disparate strands making it so vibrant" and by preserving the films, the Library of Congress hopes to "a crucial element of American creativity, culture and history.” This year’s selections span the period 1913 to 2004 and include a number of films you’re familiar with. Unless you’ve never heard of "Saving Private Ryan," "The Big Lebowski," “Rosemary’s Baby” or "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Highlights from the list include the aforementioned film, Arthur Penn’s Western "Little Big Man," John Lasseter’s 1986 animated film, “Luxo Jr.," 1953’s “House of Wax,...

Spanning the years 1913-2004, the 25 films to be added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry for 2014 include Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man, John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski. The annual selection helps to ensure that the movies will be preserved for all time. This year’s list brings the number of films in the registry to 650.

Also on the list are John Lasseter’s 1986 animated film, Luxo Jr; the original Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder; and Howard Hawks’ classic 1959 Western Rio Bravo. Documentaries and silent films also make up part of the selection which represents titles that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant; they must also each be at least 10 years old. Check out the rundown of all 25 movies below:

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Oscar-winning UK actress and writer to receive Richard Harris Award.

Emma Thompson is to receive The Richard Harris Award at The Moët British Independent Film Awards on Dec 7.

The award, introduced in 2002 in honour of actor Richard Harris, recognises outstanding contribution to British film by an actor. Previous winners have included, John Hurt, David Thewlis, Bob Hoskins, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Day-Lewis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Julie Walters.

Thompson is known for both acting and screenwriting and is the only artist to date to have received an Oscar for both acting and screenwriting.

Speaking about the Richard Harris Award, Thompson said: “This is a very special award, in name of an incredible actor who inspired so many people during his career. I am honoured to follow in the footsteps of my peers who have received this award before me.”

Thompson received her first Oscar in 1993 for her leading role in Merchant Ivory adaptation Howard...

Fresh from a triumph in New York, one of our most extravagantly talented stars will soon unveil one of her most cherished projects to date, Effie, a film about John Ruskin – lawyers permitting.

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It was only a matter of time until the BBC broadcast images of Emma Thompson's downstairs lavatory. The combination of her larky sense of humour and love of a theatrical flourish made it somehow inevitable. And so last month it came to pass. The actress, having been overlooked for an Oscar nomination, was televised at her home receiving a "Mark"; a golden statuette in the likeness of the Observer's film critic, which was offered in recognition of her screen portrayal of the author of Mary Poppins, Pamela Travers.

She was, Kermode said, "sheer perfection in the complex role of 'Mrs Pl', never allowing the author to descend into crotchety caricature, constantly suggesting a...

Saving Mr Banks star to talk on stage about her career on stage and screen.

BAFTA and Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson is to discuss her craft and career at a BAFTA A Life In Pictures event on Nov 24. The event will take place at BAFTA’s headquarters in London’s Piccadilly.

Thompson received her first BAFTA at the British Academy Television Awards in 1988 for her work on Tutti Frutti and Fortunes of War, and gained a British Academy Film Award in 1993 for her performance in Howards End, for which she was also awarded her first Oscar and Golden Globe.

In 1996 Emma Thompson took home her third BAFTA for Best Actress for Sense and Sensibility, and her BAFTA-nominated script for the film also earned her the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and a second Golden Globe.

She was also BAFTA-nominated for her roles in The Remains of the Day and Love Actually, and won an...

London – Double Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson will be center of attention for a BAFTA "A Life In Pictures" event later this month. Having won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards herself, Thompson will discuss her 30-year screen career onstage at BAFTA's central London HQ. Photos: 11 British Actors Invading Hollywood's 'It List' Thompson picked up her first BAFTA at the British Academy Television Awards in 1988 for her work on Tutti Frutti and Fortunes of War, and won a British Academy Film Award in 1993 for her turn in Howards End, for which

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MacOn, Ga. — Officials in Georgia have decided to move the boyhood home of Little Richard to spare it from a highway construction project.

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert made the announcement Friday. Wmaz-tv reports () that the 80-year-old singer is receiving an honorary degree on Saturday from Mercer University. http://on.wmaz.com/YB9JwR

Born Richard Wayne Penniman, Little Richard grew up in Macon's Pleasant Hill community. That's a neighborhood that was later divided by the construction of Interstate 75.

The "Tutti Frutti" singer's boyhood home faced possible demolition to make room for a planned expansion of the interchange where I-75 meets Interstate 16 to Savannah.

City officials said the home will be relocated to a lot near the Pleasant Hill community garden. At its new location, the house will be used as a neighborhood resource center.

The actor talks about life after Hagrid, his voice role in the new Disney Pixar film Brave, and patriotism

Hi Robbie. So, you're voicing Lord Dingwall in Brave. He's fat and shouty and 4ft tall. (1)

Yes, it's not exactly glam. Not the sort of thing they would have offered to Brad Pitt or George Clooney. I look like a haystack.

What does he have under his kilt? There is a moment in the movie where some of the other lords get an eyeful.

A couple of McDonald's quarter-pounders, I imagine.

Were you worried it would stereotype medieval Scots as bickering scrappers? That's what life was like in those days. What do you think Japan was like? They regularly stole each others' lands with violence, so no, I didn't think it was offensive.

Are you a patriot, and do you see Brave as a patriotic Scottish movie? The title recalls Braveheart,...

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

The first and last thing to say about Brave, the new Disney-Pixar animation, is that it’s beautiful. For the first few minutes I was happy just to look at the lighting, the colours, and the landscapes. On a technical level it is without fault; one imagines a good proportion of the production time was dedicated to perfecting the wind, the rain, the grass and the heroine’s red, curly hair. Pixar has gone from strength to strength in this regard, and it’s almost too easily taken for granted that their visuals, from the space ballet of Wall-e to the underwater world of Finding Nemo, are incredible. The love and craft that go into these images, though, should not be overlooked, and “Brave” looks as good as any Pixar movie yet made; I do not say that lightly.

The story takes place in the Scottish Highlands in…...

HollywoodNews.com: the House of Cartier showcased its standout creativity and innovation with the international online release of “L’Odyssee de Cartier” – a three-and-one-half minute film that chronicles Cartier’s 165 years of rich history, offering viewers a tour of the one-of-a-kind jeweler’s cultural influences that include France, Russia, China and India. Making its U.S. television debut on Sunday, March 4, “L’Odyssee de Cartier” – directed by one of the world’s leading advertising directors, Bruno Aveillan – will air in its entirety during prime time on national TV networks.

The film tells the story of the jeweler’s unique history, from its beginnings as a jeweler to European royalty to its modern-day worldwide luxury status. It reveals a glimpse into an imaginary world inhabited by Cartier’s designs, under the watchful gaze of its familiar muse, “La Panthere” (The Panther). The film features many of Cartier’s most enduring and iconic designs,...

The Brave Little Toaster

Directed by Jerry Rees

Written by Jerry Rees and Joe Ranft

Starring Deanna Oliver, Jon Lovitz, Thurl Ravenscroft

Originality is so rare these days that we latch onto anything that doesn’t smell of being laughably, obviously derivative. Of course, when I say “we,” I mean film buffs because there’s no denying that the latest Transformers film, the third film in a franchise of movies based on a line of toys that inspired a 1980s-era cartoon, is nowhere near original yet made an insane amount of money at the worldwide box office. So not everyone craves originality all of the time. But even the masses crave it enough that when a movie comes along that presents something unique, whether it’s a story, a character, or a new world, we salivate over it like a dog in front of a steak.

And so it is...

Officially speaking, it was Instant Dance Hour on Dancing With the Stars, but it might as well have been known as Night of 1,000 Nicknames. Len re-dubbed Ricki Lake as Ricki River. Hope Solo wanted to be known as “just a girl.” And Tom Bergeron referred to Nancy Grace and Tristan MacManus as “The Bickersons.”

Still, competitively speaking, it was J.R. Martinez who snagged the title of “potential champion” with a perfect score of 60 over two dances, and Nancy who got a “sacrificial lamb” stamp on her forehead. Whether or not those roles will stick, however, remains to be seen.

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For their instant dance on "Dancing With the Stars" this week, J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff did a jive to "Tutti Frutti" and -- wow, it was amazing. Has there been a better instant dance on the show since they've been doing instance dances?

The judges loved it as well. Carrie Ann says he's in a class all his own. Bruno praised his "flick" and called him a rocket. Len says, "You've got the x factor and the feel good factor and you've come out here with a fantastic jive."

We totally agreed with their three 10s. Who would've thought - two perfect scores in one night and they both went to J.R. Is he clearly the frontrunner now?...

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Instant pudding, instant oatmeal … instant dance! They’re all tasty in their own way, but “Dancing with the Stars” offers only one of them to its viewing audience. (Hint: It’s not the tapioca.)

The five remaining couples each have to do the jive for the instant dance, in which no one knows the music until the live show. Then a couple has only 20 minutes to rehearse to that song before going on air to kick and flick for 90 seconds.

Derek Jarman's former muse is the hottest property at Cannes with her tour de force performance in the film of Lionel Shriver's bestseller

The word last week in Cannes was that Tilda Swinton is perfectly cast in We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lynne Ramsay's film of Lionel Shriver's novel that is one of the favourites to win the Palme d'Or. The news comes as no surprise because Swinton is one of those rare actresses who never leaves an audience wondering what another actor might have been like in a part she has played. As soon as you see her, it's impossible to imagine anyone else taking her place.

This is due in part to the way she looks – like no one else. A whole thesaurus of adjectives – haunting, androgynous, ethereal – has failed to describe her singular appearance. Better to imagine the offspring that would result...

The 2nd Annual Los Angeles Haunted Hayride kicked off with a star studded bang on October 10th. Take a look at the official press release and information below concerning the event and if you are in the Los Angeles area make sure you check it out for the Halloween season!

Some of the guests that attended the VIP premiere that supported the 'Save Japan Dolphins Campaign' were Emmy Rossum, Sarah Hyland, Stephanie Pratt, Kyle Massey, Adam Shankman, Melora Hardin, Ryan Rottman, Natasha Alam, Chord Overstreet, Bridget Marquardt and many more!

About The Event:

The month-long haunted attraction, Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (www.losangeleshauntedhayride.com), swept the city off its feet in the successful inaugural year.

Its new location of Griffith Park’s Old Zoo was chosen due to the high interest by haunt experts and supernatural enthusiasts as one of South California’s most haunted spots. The high-scare, isolating ride...