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5 June 2013 1:52 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

His relationship with HBO is already fruitful thanks to the success of Boardwalk Empire, and Martin Scorsese is again teaming with the network for his upcoming drama pilot about a hard-partying New York rock and roll executive in 1977, and he’s tapped an actor from Boardwalk to play the lead.

Bobby Cannavale, who played Gyp Rosetti in Boardwalk Empire season 3, is in talks to play Richie Finestra in the as-of-now untitled pilot that Scorsese will both produce and direct, with Boardwalk showrunner Terrence Winter serving as a writer and producer, and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger – who previously worked with Scorsese on the Stones’ doc Shine a Light and came up with this ...

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- Jason Tabrys

5 June 2013 6:56 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »

When Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger collaborated on the Rolling Stones documentary “Shine A Light,” they conceived an idea for a “Casino”-like movie set in the music biz of the 1970s. That was in 2010. Then in 2011 Scorsese and Jagger took the idea to HBO and brought on “Boardwalk Empire” writer Terence Winter to help develop the idea. Two years later and it finally looks like the project is ready to move forward with a lead actor. Deadline is reporting that Scorsese and Winter are looking to their “Boardwalk Empire” star Bobby Cannavale (aka Gyp Rosetti) to headline the untitled music biz drama. Cannavale will play Richie, “a cocaine-fueled record exec in NYC circa 1977, when punk, disco and a new form of music called hip-hop collided. Richie is a talented A&R guy who is elevated to run a big label, even though he thinks he’s better suited to focusing on day-to-day music matters. »

- Jason McDonald

5 June 2013 6:56 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »

When Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger collaborated on the Rolling Stones documentary “Shine A Light,” they conceived an idea for a “Casino”-like movie set in the music biz of the 1970s. That was in 2010. Then in 2011 Scorsese and Jagger took the idea to HBO and brought on “Boardwalk Empire” writer Terence Winter to help develop the idea. Two years later and it finally looks like the project is ready to move forward with a lead actor. Deadline is reporting that Scorsese and Winter are looking to their “Boardwalk Empire” star Bobby Cannavale (aka Gyp Rosetti) to headline the untitled music biz drama. Cannavale will play Richie, “a cocaine-fueled record exec in NYC circa 1977, when punk, disco and a new form of music called hip-hop collided. Richie is a talented A&R guy who is elevated to run a big label, even though he thinks he’s better suited to focusing on day-to-day music matters. »

- Jason McDonald

4 June 2013 4:45 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Boardwalk Empire executive producers Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter are recruiting the series’ Season 3 star Bobby Cannavale for their next project at HBO. Emmy winner Cannavale is in negotiations to star in an untitled Rock ‘n’ Roll series, which Scorsese and Winter created with Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger. The project, which has been in the works at HBO since 2010, has not been greenlighted yet but we’ve learned that it is gearing up for an early 2014 shoot with Scorsese directing the pilot that was written by Winter. Scorsese also helmed the pilot for Boardwalk Empire, which too was penned by Winter. Scorsese has already worked it into his busy schedule, so go ahead and dress for this one. The untitled Rock ‘n’ Roll Project follows the exploits of Richie (Cannavale), a cocaine-fueled record exec in NYC circa 1977, when punk, disco and a new form of music called hip-hop collided. Richie »

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1 June 2013 8:05 AM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis reunited for the sake of charity. The two funnymen, who paired up in the past on Saturday Night Live skits, rocked their way through the Rolling Stones' "Shine a Light" at Stones Fest L.A. Thursday night, a fun event in support of Sweet Relief charity. And although Sudeikis seemed to be really into the duo's performance, he assured E! News has no delusions of impending rock stardom.  "I'm just an actor that they asked to do this," Sudeikis said. "I have no musical background. I do karaoke, I can play Rock band…this is merely because we've done these fests long before the charity was attached. We did them in New York. We were the two »

7 March 2013 5:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Singer will perform Believe in Me at contest in Sweden a year after Engelbert Humperdinck came second-to-last

Bonnie Tyler has been chosen by the BBC to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

The singer, who rose to fame in the 1970s on the back of hits such as Lost in France and It's a Heartache, will be hoping to fare rather better than last year's entrant, Engelbert Humperdinck, who finished second last.

It is the third year the BBC has taken responsibility for choosing who should carry the hopes of the nation at the annual song contest which will take place in Malmö in Sweden.

Tyler said: "I am truly honoured and delighted to be able to represent my country at Eurovision, and especially with such a fabulous song. I promise to give this everything that I've got for the UK."

Still popular in Europe, Tyler last »

- John Plunkett

7 January 2013 2:23 AM, PST | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »

★★★★☆ The Rolling Stones - messianic anti-moss-gatherers or piratical pariahs - how best should they be remembered? American director Brett Morgen (highly regarded for his 2002 cult hit The Kid Stays in the Picture) tackles this historical quandary head-on with Crossfire Hurricane (2012), an evocative, if not quite comprehensive documentary on the now world famous R & B enthusiasts. Sweeping aside the pandering misdemeanours of Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light (2008), Morgen instead focuses upon the band's formative years, from their cover-heavy debut album and raucous initial live shows to their jet-setting, circus-like world tours.

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- CineVue UK

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