Exclusive: Leviathan Productions has acquired the remake rights to L’Homme de la Cave (The Man in the Basement), the French psychological thriller from director Philippe Le Guay, which was released just last year.
Inspired by a true story, the film is about a Jewish couple who sell their basement to a history professor, only to discover his secret life as an antisemitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to unwind the sale, the professor starts to indoctrinate their impressionable teenaged daughter.
Marc Weitzmann, Le Guay and Gilles Taurand wrote the script for the original film, with Anne Dominique Toussaint producing. Rights were acquired from Tournellovision and the remake will be produced by Ben Cosgrove, Frederic Golchan and Neal Israel.
Founded by veteran film producer Cosgrove and bestselling author Josh Foer, Leviathan Productions is an independent production company focused on acquiring and developing mass-market films and television content based on Jewish history,...
Inspired by a true story, the film is about a Jewish couple who sell their basement to a history professor, only to discover his secret life as an antisemitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to unwind the sale, the professor starts to indoctrinate their impressionable teenaged daughter.
Marc Weitzmann, Le Guay and Gilles Taurand wrote the script for the original film, with Anne Dominique Toussaint producing. Rights were acquired from Tournellovision and the remake will be produced by Ben Cosgrove, Frederic Golchan and Neal Israel.
Founded by veteran film producer Cosgrove and bestselling author Josh Foer, Leviathan Productions is an independent production company focused on acquiring and developing mass-market films and television content based on Jewish history,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“Doctor Who’s” Ncuti Gatwa just faced off against the franchise’s wackiest, most over-the-top villain yet. And that was before they started singing.
Enter “RuPaul’s Drag Race” superstar Jinkx Monsoon as Maestro.
Those familiar with Monsoon’s game wouldn’t expect anything else from her: the beloved two-time “Drag Race” winner is currently taking Broadway by storm, wowing audiences as Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors” opposite Corbin Bleu. This summer, she will return to “Chicago,” reprising her role as Mama Morton after she became the cast’s first drag performer in 2023.
And she’s not done dreaming big — Monsoon’s still got her sights set on becoming a Disney Villain one day. “I’m available! People know how to get in contact with me. I got a great laugh, and I can sing. I was raised by Ursula the sea witch,” she says.
While Ursula may be her “mother,...
Enter “RuPaul’s Drag Race” superstar Jinkx Monsoon as Maestro.
Those familiar with Monsoon’s game wouldn’t expect anything else from her: the beloved two-time “Drag Race” winner is currently taking Broadway by storm, wowing audiences as Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors” opposite Corbin Bleu. This summer, she will return to “Chicago,” reprising her role as Mama Morton after she became the cast’s first drag performer in 2023.
And she’s not done dreaming big — Monsoon’s still got her sights set on becoming a Disney Villain one day. “I’m available! People know how to get in contact with me. I got a great laugh, and I can sing. I was raised by Ursula the sea witch,” she says.
While Ursula may be her “mother,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay and Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
What celebrities wear to awards shows is, at this point, pretty predicable. The protocol of Hollywood legacy demands they dress at least relatively tame.
But fashion people going to an awards show where they’re the celebs? There are no decorum dictates there! From gowns to shorts, heels to moto boots, fur to chiffon, minis to maxis, trad plaids to 3D florals, it was all on show at The Daily Front Row’s Eighth Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards on Sunday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel — on ladies and gentlemen.
At this awards show — where honorees included the legendary Bob Mackie, A-list hairstylist Adir Abergel, makeup artist Rachel Goodwin, models Elsa Hosk and Amelia Gray, and The Hollywood Reporter co-editor-in-chief Maer Roshan — the dress code “anything goes” is an understatement.
The Daily, for those who don’t know, is a two-decade-old broadsheet magazine full of supermodels, designers and editors,...
But fashion people going to an awards show where they’re the celebs? There are no decorum dictates there! From gowns to shorts, heels to moto boots, fur to chiffon, minis to maxis, trad plaids to 3D florals, it was all on show at The Daily Front Row’s Eighth Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards on Sunday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel — on ladies and gentlemen.
At this awards show — where honorees included the legendary Bob Mackie, A-list hairstylist Adir Abergel, makeup artist Rachel Goodwin, models Elsa Hosk and Amelia Gray, and The Hollywood Reporter co-editor-in-chief Maer Roshan — the dress code “anything goes” is an understatement.
The Daily, for those who don’t know, is a two-decade-old broadsheet magazine full of supermodels, designers and editors,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Merle Ginsberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four albums and six singles are being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024. In order to be considered for induction, a recording must be at least 24 years old and have “qualitative or historical significance.”
“We’re proud to unveil the diverse mix of recordings entering the Grammy Hall Of Fame in its 50th year,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “The music showcased here has played a pivotal role in shaping our cultural landscape, and it’s a true honor to recognize these albums and recordings, along with the profound influence each has had on music and beyond.”
The 2024 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees:
3 Feet High And Rising
De La Soul
Album
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N’ Roses
Album
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Album
“I Feel Love”
Donna Summer
Single
“Kiss An Angel Good Mornin...
“We’re proud to unveil the diverse mix of recordings entering the Grammy Hall Of Fame in its 50th year,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “The music showcased here has played a pivotal role in shaping our cultural landscape, and it’s a true honor to recognize these albums and recordings, along with the profound influence each has had on music and beyond.”
The 2024 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees:
3 Feet High And Rising
De La Soul
Album
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N’ Roses
Album
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Album
“I Feel Love”
Donna Summer
Single
“Kiss An Angel Good Mornin...
- 3/20/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
De La Soul’s surviving members, Posdnuos and Maseo, teamed with Prince Paul, who produced their debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, on Thursday to celebrate the record’s 35th anniversary on The Late Show. To mark the occasion, the trio showed how to “cook a 35-year-old dish” — the album’s Steely Dan–saturated single, “Eye Know” — as if it were a stew.
Wearing neon aprons that evoke the album’s cover art, Pos told the crowd, “We have some simple ingredients, and what we need to do is start with whistles.
Wearing neon aprons that evoke the album’s cover art, Pos told the crowd, “We have some simple ingredients, and what we need to do is start with whistles.
- 3/8/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
As the 50th anniversary of hip-hop comes to a close, the Recording Academy has one last trick up its sleeve to honor the pillars of the culture.
The Academy joins forces with CBS for “A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop,” an aural spectacular that’s as much an ode to the culture as it is a documentation of it. Throughout the two-hour special, rappers and DJs from all walks of life come together to celebrate what started in the Bronx in the 1970s and spread across the world, charting its impact through a strong lineup of rappers, beatboxers, dancers, DJs and presenters.
The special, filmed at Inglewood’s YouTube Theater on Nov, 8, features a laundry list of performers spanning both decades and regions. Just a sampling of the artists: Queen Latifah, Common, Public Enemy, Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, Mc Lyte, Rick Ross, Jeezy, Jermaine Dupri, Yg, Too Short, E-40, De La Soul,...
The Academy joins forces with CBS for “A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop,” an aural spectacular that’s as much an ode to the culture as it is a documentation of it. Throughout the two-hour special, rappers and DJs from all walks of life come together to celebrate what started in the Bronx in the 1970s and spread across the world, charting its impact through a strong lineup of rappers, beatboxers, dancers, DJs and presenters.
The special, filmed at Inglewood’s YouTube Theater on Nov, 8, features a laundry list of performers spanning both decades and regions. Just a sampling of the artists: Queen Latifah, Common, Public Enemy, Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, Mc Lyte, Rick Ross, Jeezy, Jermaine Dupri, Yg, Too Short, E-40, De La Soul,...
- 12/10/2023
- by Steven J. Horowitz
- Variety Film + TV
Tim Mackenzie-Smith’s feature debut tells the story of the 1970s Black British group.
BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to music documentary Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymande.
It will receive a theatrical release in early 2024. Getting It Back launched at SXSW 2022, before a UK premiere at last year’s BFI London Film Festival, and festival screenings at Doclisboa and Doc ‘n’ Roll Festival.
The feature debut of UK director Tim Mackenzie-Smith, Getting It Back tells the story of Cymande, a group of Black musicians who came to the UK from the Caribbean as children, and formed...
BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to music documentary Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymande.
It will receive a theatrical release in early 2024. Getting It Back launched at SXSW 2022, before a UK premiere at last year’s BFI London Film Festival, and festival screenings at Doclisboa and Doc ‘n’ Roll Festival.
The feature debut of UK director Tim Mackenzie-Smith, Getting It Back tells the story of Cymande, a group of Black musicians who came to the UK from the Caribbean as children, and formed...
- 8/18/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Editors’ Note: This interview is the first in a series commemorating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop on August 11
“I mean, there were people who used to look at us at that time and say, ‘Where is the band?’” recalls LL Cool J of hip-hop’s early years and the reaction audiences would have.
As the genre hits its 50th birthday on August 11, no one is asking where the band is anymore. The culture that has emerged out of what Kool Herc was doing that night in 1973 in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the West Bronx is the most popular musical genre on the planet.
One of the first mainstream stars of hip-hop, LL Cool J himself has come a long way from dropping his “I Need a Beat” single back in 1984. A multi-Grammy winner, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and the first rapper to receive a Kennedy Center Honor,...
“I mean, there were people who used to look at us at that time and say, ‘Where is the band?’” recalls LL Cool J of hip-hop’s early years and the reaction audiences would have.
As the genre hits its 50th birthday on August 11, no one is asking where the band is anymore. The culture that has emerged out of what Kool Herc was doing that night in 1973 in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the West Bronx is the most popular musical genre on the planet.
One of the first mainstream stars of hip-hop, LL Cool J himself has come a long way from dropping his “I Need a Beat” single back in 1984. A multi-Grammy winner, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and the first rapper to receive a Kennedy Center Honor,...
- 8/5/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Live Nation is offering an all-in package of four tickets for $80 as part of its annual Summer’s Live promotion.
The deal is good for thousands of shows taking place in amphitheaters and clubs across the US this summer. That includes Beck and Phoenix’s “Summer Odyssey Tour”; Wu-Tang Clan and Nas’ “NY State of Tour” with De La Soul; Babymetal and Dethklok’s “Babyklok Tour”; Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra’s “The Amplified Echoes Tour”; Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper’s “Freaks on Parade Tour”; and Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Country Music Festival.
The promotion also applies to upcoming concerts headlined by Queens of the Stone Age, Rina Sawayama, Pantera, The Offspring, The Smashing Pumpkins, Corey Taylor, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Lamb of God, Måneskin, Ghost, The Chicks, Counting Crows, Boy George & Culture Club, Matchbox Twenty, Yellowcard, Zac Brown Band, and more.
Live Nation’s Summer’s...
The deal is good for thousands of shows taking place in amphitheaters and clubs across the US this summer. That includes Beck and Phoenix’s “Summer Odyssey Tour”; Wu-Tang Clan and Nas’ “NY State of Tour” with De La Soul; Babymetal and Dethklok’s “Babyklok Tour”; Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra’s “The Amplified Echoes Tour”; Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper’s “Freaks on Parade Tour”; and Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Country Music Festival.
The promotion also applies to upcoming concerts headlined by Queens of the Stone Age, Rina Sawayama, Pantera, The Offspring, The Smashing Pumpkins, Corey Taylor, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Lamb of God, Måneskin, Ghost, The Chicks, Counting Crows, Boy George & Culture Club, Matchbox Twenty, Yellowcard, Zac Brown Band, and more.
Live Nation’s Summer’s...
- 7/19/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
The male gaze is a powerful thing. For the majority of history, it has been the only gaze that mattered. As a result, much of women's history has been skewed through its perspective. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the dichotomy of pariah and protagonist: Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, and countless others have had their actions and impacts scrutinized only to be branded one or the other.
The reggaetonera Villana Santiago Pacheco, known to fans as Villano Antillano or La Villana, is no stranger to this treatment. But as she rewrites the narrative with complex, often biting wordplay and an unapologetic attitude, the 28-year-old has become both the protagonist of her own story and reggaeton's latest movement, and a pariah to those minds who would seek to impose their traditional values and prejudice to marginalize her identity. But if you ask La Villana herself - one of reggaeton's first...
The reggaetonera Villana Santiago Pacheco, known to fans as Villano Antillano or La Villana, is no stranger to this treatment. But as she rewrites the narrative with complex, often biting wordplay and an unapologetic attitude, the 28-year-old has become both the protagonist of her own story and reggaeton's latest movement, and a pariah to those minds who would seek to impose their traditional values and prejudice to marginalize her identity. But if you ask La Villana herself - one of reggaeton's first...
- 6/7/2023
- by Miguel Machado
- Popsugar.com
At Monday’s Met Gala, Doja Cat wowed and meowed as she channeled — fittingly — Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved pet cat Choupette. And Jared Leto even took the feline fashion a step further, showing up in a full-on cat suit.
Doja Cat is known for her daring looks; during Couture Fashion Week in Paris earlier this year, the singer and rapper made headlines for her look in head-to-toe red body paint and 30,000 red Swarovski crystals (applied by makeup artist Pat McGrath and her team) for the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2023 runway show. And Leto — who Nick Jonas said “came as a furry” — is also known for his experimental style.
During the Vogue livestream, Doja Cat told host Lala Anthony that her dress is Oscar de la Renta, and that her friend Melina did her cat prosthetics and Saccia Livingston did her nails (read: claws). “This is my first Met,” Doja Cat said,...
Doja Cat is known for her daring looks; during Couture Fashion Week in Paris earlier this year, the singer and rapper made headlines for her look in head-to-toe red body paint and 30,000 red Swarovski crystals (applied by makeup artist Pat McGrath and her team) for the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2023 runway show. And Leto — who Nick Jonas said “came as a furry” — is also known for his experimental style.
During the Vogue livestream, Doja Cat told host Lala Anthony that her dress is Oscar de la Renta, and that her friend Melina did her cat prosthetics and Saccia Livingston did her nails (read: claws). “This is my first Met,” Doja Cat said,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Evan Nicole Brown
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wu-Tang Clan and Nas are heading out on a 2023 run of their “NY State of Mind Tour.” Update: De La Soul will open on the North American leg beginning in September.
Named after Nas’ classic Illmatic track, the 32-date global trek kicks off on May 9th in Auckland, New Zealand, followed by additional stops throughout Australia, Europe, and the UK. The North American leg kicks off in Nashville on September 20th and includes cities like Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago, DC, and Seattle before wrapping up in Highland, California on October 22nd. See the full itinerary below.
Purchase your tickets via Stubhub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Revisit our recap of the 2022 “NY State of Mind Tour” kickoff in St. Louis here. Last year, Wu-Tang’s seminal debut,...
Named after Nas’ classic Illmatic track, the 32-date global trek kicks off on May 9th in Auckland, New Zealand, followed by additional stops throughout Australia, Europe, and the UK. The North American leg kicks off in Nashville on September 20th and includes cities like Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago, DC, and Seattle before wrapping up in Highland, California on October 22nd. See the full itinerary below.
Purchase your tickets via Stubhub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Revisit our recap of the 2022 “NY State of Mind Tour” kickoff in St. Louis here. Last year, Wu-Tang’s seminal debut,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
De La Soul have been close collaborators with Gorillaz dating back to their appearance on the 2005 hit “Feel Good Inc.,” but it turns out they were originally supposed to guest on a completely different song. During a recent episode of Kyle Meredith With…, De La Soul co-founder Maseo revealed that Damon Albarn initially suggested they appear on a different Demon Days single: “Kids with Guns.”
“When we went to do ‘Feel Good Inc.’, the initial song was ‘Kids with Guns,'” Maseo recalls. “When we were having a conversation about ‘Kids with Guns,’ I honestly came out and said, ‘Hey man, I think we forcing it.’ I said, ‘I don’t think this is the record. I think we’re not really collaborating, we’re just featuring on the record. It’s like Gorillaz featuring De La. We really need to do like a collaboration, where we both artistically show our flavor.
“When we went to do ‘Feel Good Inc.’, the initial song was ‘Kids with Guns,'” Maseo recalls. “When we were having a conversation about ‘Kids with Guns,’ I honestly came out and said, ‘Hey man, I think we forcing it.’ I said, ‘I don’t think this is the record. I think we’re not really collaborating, we’re just featuring on the record. It’s like Gorillaz featuring De La. We really need to do like a collaboration, where we both artistically show our flavor.
- 4/10/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Legendary rapper-producer Large Professor saw no better way to celebrate his 51st birthday than by doing what he loved — rocking a crowd. On March 22, the day after his birthday, the Queens legend played an hourlong set at New York City’s Starchild Lounge rooftop bar to a crowd of hip-hop heads spanning hip-hop’s 50 years.
His set mostly consisted of classic soul and funk songs containing breakbeats later sampled in classic hip-hop songs, such as Brentford All Stars’ “Greedy G,” sampled by Carlos Bess for Ghostface Killah’s “Cherchez La Ghost.
His set mostly consisted of classic soul and funk songs containing breakbeats later sampled in classic hip-hop songs, such as Brentford All Stars’ “Greedy G,” sampled by Carlos Bess for Ghostface Killah’s “Cherchez La Ghost.
- 4/3/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
New York, NY — March 27, 2023 — The 92nd Street Y, New York (92Ny), one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents Drew Petersen, piano, plays Chopin, Schumann, Ravel, and more, on April 20, 2023 at 7:30pm Et. The concert will also be available for viewing online for 72 hours from time of broadcast. Tickets for both the in-person and livestream options start at $25 and are available at 92ny.org/event/drew-petersen-piano.
Pianist Drew Petersen makes his NYC recital debut in 92Ny’s newly renovated Buttenwieser Hall. At the heart of his program: piano masterworks by Ravel and Schumann in Gaspard de la nuit and Schumann’s love letter in music, the C-Major Fantasie. A selection of Chopin Études is preceded by John Corigliano’s Etude Fantasy, a set of five studies in the form and character of a fantasy, creating an arc from the program’s start to finish that reflects the thoughtfulness of Petersen’s artistic conception.
Pianist Drew Petersen makes his NYC recital debut in 92Ny’s newly renovated Buttenwieser Hall. At the heart of his program: piano masterworks by Ravel and Schumann in Gaspard de la nuit and Schumann’s love letter in music, the C-Major Fantasie. A selection of Chopin Études is preceded by John Corigliano’s Etude Fantasy, a set of five studies in the form and character of a fantasy, creating an arc from the program’s start to finish that reflects the thoughtfulness of Petersen’s artistic conception.
- 3/27/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
After years of long delays and legal disputes, De La Soul’s catalog is finally available on streaming services. The bittersweet return follows the death of David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur at age 54 in February.
De La Soul’s back catalog had been stuck in digital purgatory for years thanks to various issues including the myriad of uncleared samples that defined the sound of De La Soul’s classic records, but made them a legal minefield when it came to making them available online. In 2014, De La Soul decided to...
De La Soul’s back catalog had been stuck in digital purgatory for years thanks to various issues including the myriad of uncleared samples that defined the sound of De La Soul’s classic records, but made them a legal minefield when it came to making them available online. In 2014, De La Soul decided to...
- 3/3/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
From The Video Archives Podcast, writer/director Roger Avary and writer/producer Gala Avary discuss a few of their favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Taxi Driver (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
Matinee (1993)
Dune (1984)
Terror On A Train a.k.a. Time Bomb (1953)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Batman (1989)
Yentl (1983)
Nuts (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Top Gun (1986)
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
Mijn nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Day Of The Dolphin (1973)
Babylon (2022)
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
Carrie (1976)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Blow Out (1981)
The Matrix (1999)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Killing Zoe (1993)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Tenant (1976)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Rules Of Attraction (2002)
The Sound Of Music (1965)
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Giant (1956)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Babe (1995)
Time Bandits...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Taxi Driver (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
Matinee (1993)
Dune (1984)
Terror On A Train a.k.a. Time Bomb (1953)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Batman (1989)
Yentl (1983)
Nuts (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Top Gun (1986)
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
Mijn nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Day Of The Dolphin (1973)
Babylon (2022)
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
Carrie (1976)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Blow Out (1981)
The Matrix (1999)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Killing Zoe (1993)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Tenant (1976)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Rules Of Attraction (2002)
The Sound Of Music (1965)
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Giant (1956)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Babe (1995)
Time Bandits...
- 2/28/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Damon Albarn is just one of many mourning the loss of David Jude Jolicoeu, the hip-hop pioneer better known as Trugoy the Dove. The Gorillaz bandleader honored the late De La Soul co-founder with an instrumental clip shared on Instagram today.
Trugoy died on February 12th following a recent congestive heart failure diagnosis. As a De La Soul member, he collaborated frequently with Albarn and Gorillaz, including on the virtual band’s unforgettable breakout hit “Feel Good Inc.” and on their albums Plastic Beach and Humanz.
Albarn’s video tributing Trugoy isn’t of any song they’ve done together, instead featuring a short instrumental of an unreleased song, where all we can see is a close-up of the piano’s hammers: “A loop for Dave. I love you,” Albarn wrote in the caption.
Gorillaz’s Instagram account also posted a photo of the band performing with De La Soul: “Our brother,...
Trugoy died on February 12th following a recent congestive heart failure diagnosis. As a De La Soul member, he collaborated frequently with Albarn and Gorillaz, including on the virtual band’s unforgettable breakout hit “Feel Good Inc.” and on their albums Plastic Beach and Humanz.
Albarn’s video tributing Trugoy isn’t of any song they’ve done together, instead featuring a short instrumental of an unreleased song, where all we can see is a close-up of the piano’s hammers: “A loop for Dave. I love you,” Albarn wrote in the caption.
Gorillaz’s Instagram account also posted a photo of the band performing with De La Soul: “Our brother,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
David Jude Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of the Long Island hip hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54.
His representative Tony Ferguson confirmed the reports Sunday. No other information was immediately available.
In recent years, Jolicoeur, had said he was battling congestive heart failure, living with a LifeVest machine affixed to his person. De La Soul was part of the hip-hop tribute at the Grammy Awards last week, but Trugoy was not onstage with his fellow bandmates.
Tributes poured in on social media shortly after the news broke Sunday.
Read More: De La Soul’s Music Will Finally Be Available For Streaming In March 2023
“Dave! It was a honor to share so many stages with you,” wrote rapper Big Daddy Kane on Instagram.
Rapper Erick Sermon posted on Instagram that “This one hurts. From Long Island from one of...
His representative Tony Ferguson confirmed the reports Sunday. No other information was immediately available.
In recent years, Jolicoeur, had said he was battling congestive heart failure, living with a LifeVest machine affixed to his person. De La Soul was part of the hip-hop tribute at the Grammy Awards last week, but Trugoy was not onstage with his fellow bandmates.
Tributes poured in on social media shortly after the news broke Sunday.
Read More: De La Soul’s Music Will Finally Be Available For Streaming In March 2023
“Dave! It was a honor to share so many stages with you,” wrote rapper Big Daddy Kane on Instagram.
Rapper Erick Sermon posted on Instagram that “This one hurts. From Long Island from one of...
- 2/13/2023
- by Alex Nino Gheciu
- ET Canada
David Jude Jolicoeur, who passed away on Sunday, Feb. 12 at the age of 54, helped revolutionize hip-hop and change the course of popular music. It’s why he’s being mourned so widely in the rap community today, and far beyond it as well. As one-third of De La Soul, alongside Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer and DJ Vincent “Maseo” Mason, the Haitian American musician and producer who adopted names like “Jude,” “Trugoy the Dove,” “Plug 2,” and, finally, just “Dave” expanded the art form in ways not seen before or since. Many fans...
- 2/13/2023
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
Based on a true story, “Cassandro” is the best possible vehicle for its star Gael García Bernal, who gives an extraordinarily physical performance as Saúl Armendáriz, a scrappy gay outsider who enters the strange world of Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling.
In the first scenes, where we see Armendáriz competing under the name El Topo, director Roger Ross Williams — the documentarian behind “The Apollo” and “God Loves Uganda” making his fiction-film debut here — confidently and swiftly sketches in a milieu in which homoeroticism and fear of homosexuality are in some peculiar kind of headlock with each other.
Armendáriz takes taunts from hulking wrestlers backstage and dishes them right back, and out in the ring his preordained defeat at the hands of his brawny opponent is so sexually charged that the homoeroticism isn’t subtext; it is practically text. “El Topo bites the pillow!” his opponent cries, and the crowd roars its approval.
In the first scenes, where we see Armendáriz competing under the name El Topo, director Roger Ross Williams — the documentarian behind “The Apollo” and “God Loves Uganda” making his fiction-film debut here — confidently and swiftly sketches in a milieu in which homoeroticism and fear of homosexuality are in some peculiar kind of headlock with each other.
Armendáriz takes taunts from hulking wrestlers backstage and dishes them right back, and out in the ring his preordained defeat at the hands of his brawny opponent is so sexually charged that the homoeroticism isn’t subtext; it is practically text. “El Topo bites the pillow!” his opponent cries, and the crowd roars its approval.
- 1/21/2023
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
Last summer, when Beauty Pill frontman Chad Clark was in the hospital recovering from open-heart surgery, his friend, author Bill Beverly, visited him. “I asked him, ‘How are you doing?'” Clark recalls. “And he said, ‘Well, you know, first heart.'” Clark erupts in laughter. “That’s exactly his style of humor. It’s subtle and fantastic. And I’m jealous of people who are on their first heart.”
Clark, who is in his early fifties, is on his third. In late 2007, the musician — who previously fronted the celebrated Washington D.
Clark, who is in his early fifties, is on his third. In late 2007, the musician — who previously fronted the celebrated Washington D.
- 1/20/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Pioneering rap trio De La Soul’s catalog will finally be available on streaming services March 3.
De La Soul and Reservoir Media announced Tuesday that the group’s first six albums, including its platinum-selling 1989 debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, will be available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music and other digital platforms. The release coincides with the 34th anniversary of the trio’s first album, which was inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2011.
“We can’t believe this day is finally here, and we are excited to be able to share our music with fans, old and new,” De La Soul said in a statement.
To celebrate the news, the Grammy-winning ensemble will digitally release its 1989 single, “The Magic Number,” on Jan. 13. The song got a boost when it was played during the end credits of 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.
De La Soul includes Posdnuos...
De La Soul and Reservoir Media announced Tuesday that the group’s first six albums, including its platinum-selling 1989 debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, will be available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music and other digital platforms. The release coincides with the 34th anniversary of the trio’s first album, which was inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2011.
“We can’t believe this day is finally here, and we are excited to be able to share our music with fans, old and new,” De La Soul said in a statement.
To celebrate the news, the Grammy-winning ensemble will digitally release its 1989 single, “The Magic Number,” on Jan. 13. The song got a boost when it was played during the end credits of 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.
De La Soul includes Posdnuos...
- 1/3/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: De La Soul’s back catalog will soon be available on streaming services. Well this time, it appears it’ll actually happen, with the legendary hip-hop trio announcing that their music will finally hit the digital realm on March 3.
De La Soul started teasing the news on social media and their website. A post on Facebook featured an image that read simply “De La Soul streaming on 3/3/23.” Meanwhile, on Instagram, the group shared a video of a giant billboard — in conjunction with Amazon Music — emblazoned with,...
De La Soul started teasing the news on social media and their website. A post on Facebook featured an image that read simply “De La Soul streaming on 3/3/23.” Meanwhile, on Instagram, the group shared a video of a giant billboard — in conjunction with Amazon Music — emblazoned with,...
- 1/3/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Prime Video has greenlit Season 2 of the hit Spanish series, “Dias Mejores” (“Better Days”), after the success of its first season. Created by Cristóbal Garrido and Adolfo Valor, the new season will continue to follow the stories of its lead characters Sara (Marta Hazas), Pardo (Erick Elías), Graci (Alba Planas), Luis (Francesc Orella) and Dr. Laforet (Blanca Portillo).
News was announced at the Iberseries & Platino Industria television event that was held in Madrid over Sept. 27-30.
The co-production between ViacomCBS International Studios (Vis) and Madrid-based Zeta Studios, producers of Netflix hit, “Elite,” will stream exclusively on Prime Video in Spain.
Season 1 was showcased at March’s Malaga Festival. The new season just started shooting and includes an additional robust cast led by Marta Aledo as Emi, Sara’s sister; Carol Rovira (“#Luimelia”) as Claudia, the teacher of Pardo’s children, and Sonia Almarcha (“The Good Boss”) as Maite, the mother of Graci’s late boyfriend.
News was announced at the Iberseries & Platino Industria television event that was held in Madrid over Sept. 27-30.
The co-production between ViacomCBS International Studios (Vis) and Madrid-based Zeta Studios, producers of Netflix hit, “Elite,” will stream exclusively on Prime Video in Spain.
Season 1 was showcased at March’s Malaga Festival. The new season just started shooting and includes an additional robust cast led by Marta Aledo as Emi, Sara’s sister; Carol Rovira (“#Luimelia”) as Claudia, the teacher of Pardo’s children, and Sonia Almarcha (“The Good Boss”) as Maite, the mother of Graci’s late boyfriend.
- 9/30/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The second day of Life Is Beautiful 2022 wrapped with an iconic headlining set from the Gorillaz and a dazzling show from Lorde, as well as impressive outings from Isaiah Rashad and Alessia Cara. With one day left for the three-day festival, heavy hitters including Jack Harlow, Rico Nasty, Beach House and Calvin Harris will close out the weekend Sunday evening.
Note: Rolling Stone purchased a majority stake in Life is Beautiful in February 2022.
Gorillaz Go Ape-Shit
Damon Albarn and the Gorillaz gave perhaps the best show of the weekend...
Note: Rolling Stone purchased a majority stake in Life is Beautiful in February 2022.
Gorillaz Go Ape-Shit
Damon Albarn and the Gorillaz gave perhaps the best show of the weekend...
- 9/18/2022
- by Ethan Millman and Mark Gray
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Innovative Artists Agency has signed drag superstars and collaborators Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme for representation in all areas. The announcement follows Jinx Monsoon’s RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 7 win.
The duo is best known for their annual international tour, The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, as well as their Hulu holiday special, The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special, both produced by BenDeLaCreme Presents. Additionally, they appeared together in Hulu’s Happiest Season in 2020.
Individually, Jinkx Monsson and BenDeLaCreme are solo artists, writing and touring myriad original theatrical works, recording original music, and appearing in various film and TV projects.
Jinkx Monsoon is an accomplished drag performer, actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and cabaret star who is best known for winning season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and, most recently, earning the title of “Queen of all Queens,” as the first-ever winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars “All Winners” season.
She has...
The duo is best known for their annual international tour, The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, as well as their Hulu holiday special, The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special, both produced by BenDeLaCreme Presents. Additionally, they appeared together in Hulu’s Happiest Season in 2020.
Individually, Jinkx Monsson and BenDeLaCreme are solo artists, writing and touring myriad original theatrical works, recording original music, and appearing in various film and TV projects.
Jinkx Monsoon is an accomplished drag performer, actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and cabaret star who is best known for winning season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and, most recently, earning the title of “Queen of all Queens,” as the first-ever winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars “All Winners” season.
She has...
- 8/29/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Vibra Urbana, one of reggaeton’s biggest music festivals, has just announced its star-studded Miami lineup: The two-day event, which kicks off on Dec. 10, will feature big names, such as Don Omar, Maluma, Nicky Jam, and J Balvin, who shape up the list of headliners.
Jhay Cortez, Sech, Feid, and Lunay are also among the major artists on the bill. The event will include exciting rising acts as well, among them Mora, Trueno, Cauty, and the Puerto Rican newcomer RaiNao, who has been getting enthusiastic shoutouts from Bad Bunny and other reggaeton heavy-hitters.
Jhay Cortez, Sech, Feid, and Lunay are also among the major artists on the bill. The event will include exciting rising acts as well, among them Mora, Trueno, Cauty, and the Puerto Rican newcomer RaiNao, who has been getting enthusiastic shoutouts from Bad Bunny and other reggaeton heavy-hitters.
- 8/2/2022
- by Julyssa Lopez
- Rollingstone.com
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