“The revolution will be live,” promises the hip-hop-inflected new trailer for “Black Panther,” the upcoming Marvel superhero movie from “Creed” director Ryan Coogler. In the action-packed clip, the scene pivots from dank offices and modern urban streets to the advanced, Afro-futurist kingdom of Wakanda where T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) has returned after the death of his father the king. It’s underscored by heavy use of Gil Scott Heron’s iconic 1970 poem “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” along with a new cut by Vince Staples. When a powerful old enemy reappears in the form of Erik Killmonger (a decidedly buff Michael B.
- 10/16/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin discussed the women's march, Trump-themed diapers and adult vibrators on The Late Show on Monday Night. The two actresses are promoting their series Grace and Frankie, which returned to Netflix last Friday.
"I have an idea for a new business model for Trump," Fonda joked. "[He should make] adult diapers that could be called Trumpers to help with all the leaks."
Both women sported pins showing their support for Planned Parenthood on The Late Show, and they told host Stephen Colbert that they recently participated in the Los...
"I have an idea for a new business model for Trump," Fonda joked. "[He should make] adult diapers that could be called Trumpers to help with all the leaks."
Both women sported pins showing their support for Planned Parenthood on The Late Show, and they told host Stephen Colbert that they recently participated in the Los...
- 3/28/2017
- Rollingstone.com
The revolution will not be televised, but it will get Woody Allen-ized, with the prolific writer/director delivering his first TV series with “Crisis In Six Scenes.” The filmmaker heads to Amazon for the project, for what will likely be a one-time only affair, delivering six half-hour episodes. And it looks like it could be a winner.
The new, full length trailer highlights the rest of the players who will be supporting Allen including Miley Cyrus, Elaine May, John Magaro and Rachel Brosnahan, in the tale of a suburban family who get caught up in the social change of the 1960s.
Continue reading Something Illegal Might Be Happening In New Trailer For Woody Allen’s ‘Crisis In Six Scenes’ at The Playlist.
The new, full length trailer highlights the rest of the players who will be supporting Allen including Miley Cyrus, Elaine May, John Magaro and Rachel Brosnahan, in the tale of a suburban family who get caught up in the social change of the 1960s.
Continue reading Something Illegal Might Be Happening In New Trailer For Woody Allen’s ‘Crisis In Six Scenes’ at The Playlist.
- 9/14/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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50 fabulous documentary films, covering hard politics through to music, money and films that never were...
Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.
I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.
50. McConkey (2013)
d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff
Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.
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50 fabulous documentary films, covering hard politics through to music, money and films that never were...
Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.
I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.
50. McConkey (2013)
d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff
Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.
- 11/12/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
The revolution will not be televised, it'll play out on the big screen this this November in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2."
Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta), Liam Hemsworth (Gale) and company will be at Comic-Con 2015 (and on "Conan") this week to promote the final "Hunger Games" movie. Eight new "Faces of the Revolution" posters were just released, with the characters looking like starters for Panem's new soccer team and/or a red-and-white version of "Braveheart."
Here are the posters:
Boggs prepares for battle in our debut of one of #MockingjayPart2's "Faces of the Revolution" posters! pic.twitter.com/ctBwBSiX2Z
- Fandango (@Fandango) July 6, 2015
.@YahooMovies has the second (of 8) new #MockingjayPart2 character poster! https://t.co/CUSaNEh6sk pic.twitter.com/pxxnRma4AW
- Quarter Quell (@QuarterQuellOrg) July 6, 2015
Hello Peeta (via @mtvmovies) #MockingjayPart2 http://t.co/UXE4W9eGoj pic.twitter.com/sws4JK8SVW
-...
Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta), Liam Hemsworth (Gale) and company will be at Comic-Con 2015 (and on "Conan") this week to promote the final "Hunger Games" movie. Eight new "Faces of the Revolution" posters were just released, with the characters looking like starters for Panem's new soccer team and/or a red-and-white version of "Braveheart."
Here are the posters:
Boggs prepares for battle in our debut of one of #MockingjayPart2's "Faces of the Revolution" posters! pic.twitter.com/ctBwBSiX2Z
- Fandango (@Fandango) July 6, 2015
.@YahooMovies has the second (of 8) new #MockingjayPart2 character poster! https://t.co/CUSaNEh6sk pic.twitter.com/pxxnRma4AW
- Quarter Quell (@QuarterQuellOrg) July 6, 2015
Hello Peeta (via @mtvmovies) #MockingjayPart2 http://t.co/UXE4W9eGoj pic.twitter.com/sws4JK8SVW
-...
- 7/6/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Masters of Sex Season 2, Episode 12: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
Written by Michelle Ashford
Directed by Adam Arkin
Airs Sundays at 10pm (Et) on Showtime
As I predicted elsewhere last week (shameless plug alert (but seriously, listen to Podcasters of Sex — it’s great)), the title of “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” forebodes that the news story on the Masters/Johnson study doesn’t make it to air. But, while it was never beyond expectations that Bill would be the cause of the story’s failure, one wouldn’t have guessed that he would stop the segment by outright sabotaging it. And it’s doubtful that anyone guessed that rival sex researcher Dr. Kaufman’s assistant would be none other than our old friend Ethan (unless Nicholas D’Agosto was in the cast listing ahead of time, for those who check such things).
There’s one other...
Written by Michelle Ashford
Directed by Adam Arkin
Airs Sundays at 10pm (Et) on Showtime
As I predicted elsewhere last week (shameless plug alert (but seriously, listen to Podcasters of Sex — it’s great)), the title of “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” forebodes that the news story on the Masters/Johnson study doesn’t make it to air. But, while it was never beyond expectations that Bill would be the cause of the story’s failure, one wouldn’t have guessed that he would stop the segment by outright sabotaging it. And it’s doubtful that anyone guessed that rival sex researcher Dr. Kaufman’s assistant would be none other than our old friend Ethan (unless Nicholas D’Agosto was in the cast listing ahead of time, for those who check such things).
There’s one other...
- 9/29/2014
- by Dan Schindel
- SoundOnSight
"Masters of Sex" has wrapped up another season. I spoke with showrunner Michelle Ashford about various decisions that went into this year's stories, and I have a review of the finale coming up just as soon as I have all the gravitas of a toothpaste commercial... "God, what if you just let go of everything you thought your life would be? What if we both did? What then?" -Libby Season 1 of "Masters of Sex" built to a very public display of Bill and Virginia's work that got an ugly reception, followed by Bill being open about his feelings to Virginia. For a while, season 2 seemed like it was building to a parallel of that with the taping of the CBS News segment, but instead "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is the opposite of last year's finale. Bill conspires to kill the CBS feature before it can air because he's paranoid of repeating history,...
- 9/29/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Masters of Sex Season 2, Episode 10: “Below the Belt”
Written by Bathsheba Doran and Eileen Myers
Directed by Adam Arkin
Airs Sundays at 10pm (Et) on Showtime
“Everyone has their own version of everything that’s ever happened.” There’s more weight and truth to these words Ann Dowd speaks than in any of the many speeches she got to deliver in The Leftovers. It’s an easy sentence to seize upon as a master key to interpreting the ideas in “Below the Belt,” but “easy” doesn’t mean “unintelligent.” It’s there from the opening scene, in which Gini confesses to her psychiatrist that she’s set all their sessions up as a charade to try to help Barb. It’s in the fundamental misunderstanding between Langham and Flo about the nature of their new sexual relationship. And of course, it’s at the heart of the episode’s biggest conflict,...
Written by Bathsheba Doran and Eileen Myers
Directed by Adam Arkin
Airs Sundays at 10pm (Et) on Showtime
“Everyone has their own version of everything that’s ever happened.” There’s more weight and truth to these words Ann Dowd speaks than in any of the many speeches she got to deliver in The Leftovers. It’s an easy sentence to seize upon as a master key to interpreting the ideas in “Below the Belt,” but “easy” doesn’t mean “unintelligent.” It’s there from the opening scene, in which Gini confesses to her psychiatrist that she’s set all their sessions up as a charade to try to help Barb. It’s in the fundamental misunderstanding between Langham and Flo about the nature of their new sexual relationship. And of course, it’s at the heart of the episode’s biggest conflict,...
- 9/16/2014
- by Dan Schindel
- SoundOnSight
Jenny McCarthy has married the love of her life Donnie Wahlberg!
Jenny McCarthy has married the love of her life Donnie Wahlberg!
Jenny, 41, and Donnie, 45, said "I do" in front of family and friends at the historic Hotel Baker in St. Charles, Illinois Chicago according to People.
A source told People that the bride wore a gown from Berdorf Goodman.
Pics: Fairytale Celeb Weddings of 2014
Guests included Sherri Shepherd and New Kids on the Block: Jordan Knight, Danny Wood and Jonathan Knight.
News: Sherri Shepherd Is Attending Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy's Wedding
Prior to exchanging vows, the couple insisted that they would wed soon, but the actual date remained a secret.
"We don't know when. We're kind of just floating in the 'I'm your fiancé' kind of fun of it," Jenny told Et in May. "There's no rush. We've done it before. We know it will happen. I think it's just a matter of our...
Jenny McCarthy has married the love of her life Donnie Wahlberg!
Jenny, 41, and Donnie, 45, said "I do" in front of family and friends at the historic Hotel Baker in St. Charles, Illinois Chicago according to People.
A source told People that the bride wore a gown from Berdorf Goodman.
Pics: Fairytale Celeb Weddings of 2014
Guests included Sherri Shepherd and New Kids on the Block: Jordan Knight, Danny Wood and Jonathan Knight.
News: Sherri Shepherd Is Attending Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy's Wedding
Prior to exchanging vows, the couple insisted that they would wed soon, but the actual date remained a secret.
"We don't know when. We're kind of just floating in the 'I'm your fiancé' kind of fun of it," Jenny told Et in May. "There's no rush. We've done it before. We know it will happen. I think it's just a matter of our...
- 9/1/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Review Paul Martinovic 13 Aug 2013 - 08:13
Breaking Bad is back, and just as explosive as ever. Here's Paul's review...
This review contains spoilers.
5.9 Blood Money
Of course, this has always been a show that has inspired dangerously sustained breath-holding. Even in its infancy, there were few shows that could come close to it for sheer asphyxiating intensity, and in all honesty it's probably a canny move that the show is being distributed in the UK exclusively on the on-demand service Netflix, as I suspect if everybody here watched the show at the same time then the combined force of exhalation at the end of each episode would be sufficiently strong enough to send the whole UK skidding across the Atlantic like a big pebble.
By this point we're so invested in the outcome for Walt, Jesse, Hank, Skyler, Saul et al, that the experience of watching each new episode feels curiously painful,...
Breaking Bad is back, and just as explosive as ever. Here's Paul's review...
This review contains spoilers.
5.9 Blood Money
Of course, this has always been a show that has inspired dangerously sustained breath-holding. Even in its infancy, there were few shows that could come close to it for sheer asphyxiating intensity, and in all honesty it's probably a canny move that the show is being distributed in the UK exclusively on the on-demand service Netflix, as I suspect if everybody here watched the show at the same time then the combined force of exhalation at the end of each episode would be sufficiently strong enough to send the whole UK skidding across the Atlantic like a big pebble.
By this point we're so invested in the outcome for Walt, Jesse, Hank, Skyler, Saul et al, that the experience of watching each new episode feels curiously painful,...
- 8/13/2013
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Tags: Morning BrewBad Girls ClubModern FamilyChristine QuinnIMDbBeth DittoGwendoline Christie
Good morning!
Rapper/poet Black Ice recorded his own version of the famous protest song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and it's used in a promo for the Angela Davis documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. I can't wait to see this April 5. Until then, the video is pretty awesome.
The New York Times has written a piece on NYC mayoral candidate Christine Quinn on how she can be a little ruthless. Quinn said:
I don’t think being pushy or bitchy or tough, or however you want to characterize it, is a bad thing. New Yorkers want somebody who’s going to get things done. Sometimes I yell, sometimes I raise my voice. I am trying to do it less, because it’s not always attractive. It’s not always the right thing to do.
Bitches get shit done,...
Good morning!
Rapper/poet Black Ice recorded his own version of the famous protest song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and it's used in a promo for the Angela Davis documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. I can't wait to see this April 5. Until then, the video is pretty awesome.
The New York Times has written a piece on NYC mayoral candidate Christine Quinn on how she can be a little ruthless. Quinn said:
I don’t think being pushy or bitchy or tough, or however you want to characterize it, is a bad thing. New Yorkers want somebody who’s going to get things done. Sometimes I yell, sometimes I raise my voice. I am trying to do it less, because it’s not always attractive. It’s not always the right thing to do.
Bitches get shit done,...
- 3/27/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
Your excellent coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony (28 July) could benefit from a few additional accolades. To organise such a panoply of scenes and thousands of individuals seamlessly took real genius. Imagine what Britain could be like if politicians or bankers had such organising skills. And the awesome sequence of lighting effects, which turned the stadium into a succession of jewel-like cameos and kaleidoscopic panoramas, demanded a quite outstanding level of professionalism on the part of the lighting engineers and designers. But most importantly, all hail Danny Boyle for his joyful celebration of ordinary people. What a marvel that this anarchic song to humanity has reverberated round the planet, seen by billions. What a riposte to the powerbrokers, arms traders and all those others who work against a sane and humane existence.
Jim McCluskey
Twickenham, Middlesex
• Aidan Burley may be wrong about "multicultural crap" (Pressure on Pm to remove whip from MP after Twitter outburst,...
Jim McCluskey
Twickenham, Middlesex
• Aidan Burley may be wrong about "multicultural crap" (Pressure on Pm to remove whip from MP after Twitter outburst,...
- 7/29/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Gil Scott-Heron famously said "The revolution will not be televised," but as the Occupy movement and the events in Syria and Egypt have shown, not only are these actions on TV, they're on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well. Social media and the ever-quickening 24 hours cycle have seen protestors and governments alike shift and adapt strategies, tactics and rhetoric faster than ever before. And it's against this backdrop that director Yousry Nasrallah has delivered "After The Battle," a well-intentioned if clunky and uneven drama set among the boiling tension and emotion of the uprisings in Egypt in 2011.
The film uses "The Battle Of The Camels" to kick off the story. Occuring on February 2, 2011, one week after Egyptians first took to the street, the incident saw pro-Mubarak forces attack protestors in Tahrir square, with reports of camel and horse riders from Nazlet El-Samman being paid to start riots. This is notable because the residents of Nazlet,...
The film uses "The Battle Of The Camels" to kick off the story. Occuring on February 2, 2011, one week after Egyptians first took to the street, the incident saw pro-Mubarak forces attack protestors in Tahrir square, with reports of camel and horse riders from Nazlet El-Samman being paid to start riots. This is notable because the residents of Nazlet,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The late poet, novelist, and soul-jazz songwriter Gil Scott-Heron had influence to burn. His song-poems created a new style, he was the first act signed to Clive Davis’ Arista Records, and his best-known tune, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” almost single-handedly broke ground for the socially conscious wing of hip-hop. In 1980, Scott-Heron and his band joined Stevie Wonder on a massive tour they used to call for the creation of a national holiday dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. Sadly, Scott-Heron’s posthumous quasi-autobiography, The Last Holiday, hinges on his reverence for Stevie Wonder, which just underscores the ...
- 1/25/2012
- avclub.com
When the film-maker Carol Morley read that the skeleton of a young woman had been found in a London bedsit, she knew she had to find out more…
On 25 January 2006, officials from a north London housing association repossessing a bedsit in Wood Green owing to rent arrears made a grim discovery. Lying on the sofa was the skeleton of a 38-year-old woman who had been dead for almost three years. In a corner of the room the television set was still on, tuned to BBC1, and a small pile of unopened Christmas presents lay on the floor. Washing up was heaped in the kitchen sink and a mountain of post lay behind the front door. Food in the refrigerator was marked with 2003 expiry dates. The dead woman's body was so badly decomposed it could only be identified by comparing dental records with an old holiday photograph of her smiling. Her...
On 25 January 2006, officials from a north London housing association repossessing a bedsit in Wood Green owing to rent arrears made a grim discovery. Lying on the sofa was the skeleton of a 38-year-old woman who had been dead for almost three years. In a corner of the room the television set was still on, tuned to BBC1, and a small pile of unopened Christmas presents lay on the floor. Washing up was heaped in the kitchen sink and a mountain of post lay behind the front door. Food in the refrigerator was marked with 2003 expiry dates. The dead woman's body was so badly decomposed it could only be identified by comparing dental records with an old holiday photograph of her smiling. Her...
- 10/10/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Is the imminent arrival of Ryan Reynolds’ latest flick, The Change-Up, the forerunner to a dystopian era of body fascism? James fears it might…
The movie industry is so superficial. “Well duh! It’s a visual medium, fool!”, you may reply, but does it have to be so shallow and obsessed with appearance? Oh, Hollywood, you’re so vain. You probably think this column’s about you. (Really, it’s not about you.)
Reality is being airbrushed away right before our eyes, and the motion picture business is one of the main bodies to blame for the dystopian descent into illusion. Film posters project the Photoshopped images into our eyes and infiltrate our senses, spreading their influence on the sides of buses and on roadside billboards.
It looks like an advert on a train station platform, right? Not so! It’s an insidious brainwashing device determined to destroy objective truth...
The movie industry is so superficial. “Well duh! It’s a visual medium, fool!”, you may reply, but does it have to be so shallow and obsessed with appearance? Oh, Hollywood, you’re so vain. You probably think this column’s about you. (Really, it’s not about you.)
Reality is being airbrushed away right before our eyes, and the motion picture business is one of the main bodies to blame for the dystopian descent into illusion. Film posters project the Photoshopped images into our eyes and infiltrate our senses, spreading their influence on the sides of buses and on roadside billboards.
It looks like an advert on a train station platform, right? Not so! It’s an insidious brainwashing device determined to destroy objective truth...
- 8/25/2011
- Den of Geek
Beside handing awards, Bet also took a moment to pay homage to Clarence Clemons, Nate Dogg, M-Bone, Gil-Scott Heron and Teena Marie at its awards show on June 26. Celebrities were tapped to reflect and honor the lives of those late musicians as well as to remember their contribution to the music as well as black entertainment.
The member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, who died after suffering a stroke earlier this month, was remembered in a solo sax performance by a fellow saxophonist. Warren G and Snoop Dogg rocked all-black ensemble and performed "Regulate" for Nate's tribute.
Cali Swag District were joined by Doug E. Fresh to remember M-Bone. "We love you, bro," they said. Queen Latifah honored Gil-Scott with his infamous "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" poem. And Teena was remembered as "one of the greatest soul singers."
2011 Bet Awards took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles,...
The member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, who died after suffering a stroke earlier this month, was remembered in a solo sax performance by a fellow saxophonist. Warren G and Snoop Dogg rocked all-black ensemble and performed "Regulate" for Nate's tribute.
Cali Swag District were joined by Doug E. Fresh to remember M-Bone. "We love you, bro," they said. Queen Latifah honored Gil-Scott with his infamous "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" poem. And Teena was remembered as "one of the greatest soul singers."
2011 Bet Awards took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles,...
- 6/27/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Musician, author, and poet of legend, Gil Scott-Heron died late on Friday at age 62. Heralded as the Godfather of rap by some and a drug-addled radical by others, he was beyond any praise or criticism, a true pioneering artist. His break through 1970 work, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," a scathing indictment of consumerism, superficiality and white suburban indifference is as relevant as ever, even if the players have changed.
"You have to change your mind first before you change the way you live," Scott-Heron once replied when asked about that infamous poem. "So when we said that the revolution will not be televised, we were saying that like, the thing that's going to change people, is something that no one will ever be able to capture on film."
"Gil shunned all the trappings of fame and success. He could have had all those things. But he was greater than that,...
"You have to change your mind first before you change the way you live," Scott-Heron once replied when asked about that infamous poem. "So when we said that the revolution will not be televised, we were saying that like, the thing that's going to change people, is something that no one will ever be able to capture on film."
"Gil shunned all the trappings of fame and success. He could have had all those things. But he was greater than that,...
- 5/29/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
New York - Gill Scott-Heron, the influential poet and musician, has died in New York aged 62, his record label said Saturday. Scott-Heron, a black American best known for his song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, was pioneer of a spoken word musical style which many saw as the precusor to modern-day rap. As well as albums spanning four decades, he published various books of poetry. Born in Tennessee, he moved as a teenager with his mother to New York, where he was influenced by the works of the Beat poets. Reacting to the social upheavals of the Us in the 1960s, his 1970 spoken word rap The Revolution Will Not Be Televised satirized consumer...
- 5/29/2011
- Monsters and Critics
Renowned rapper Gil Scott-Heron, who was most famous for his 1970 song, "The Revolution Will Not be Televised," passed away on Friday while in a New York hospital.
According to People.com, the 62 year-old's cause of death has not been released yet. Scott-Heron battled with drug addiction for a significant amount of his life and was HIV positive.
'The People's Poet,' as some people nicknamed him, came from humble beginnings. He was Chicago-born, but was raised primarily by his mother,...
According to People.com, the 62 year-old's cause of death has not been released yet. Scott-Heron battled with drug addiction for a significant amount of his life and was HIV positive.
'The People's Poet,' as some people nicknamed him, came from humble beginnings. He was Chicago-born, but was raised primarily by his mother,...
- 5/28/2011
- Extra
Gil Scott-Heron, the musician, poet, author and hip-hop pioneer who wrote 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' has died in New York at age 62. The sad news was revealed on Twitter by his UK publisher. The cause of death is currently unknown.
One of America's greatest cultural figures of the 1970s and an inspiration to generations since, Scott-Heron had been in fragile health for many years as a result of a decades-long battle with cocaine and HIV infection.
One of America's greatest cultural figures of the 1970s and an inspiration to generations since, Scott-Heron had been in fragile health for many years as a result of a decades-long battle with cocaine and HIV infection.
- 5/28/2011
- by Spinner.ca
- Huffington Post
The world has lost one more music revolutionist, Gil Scott-Heron, who passed away on Friday, May 27 afternoon at the age of 62. Scott-Heron is dubbed "Godfather of Rap" for mixing poetry and music in "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" which made him famous back in the '70s.
His publicist said he died at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan, New York but did not disclose the cause of death. Scott-Heron was known to be HIV positive and had struggled with drug addiction for years. The Associated Press reported that he had become ill after returning from a European trip.
Scott-Heron's friend Doris C. Nolan said about the death, "We're all sort of shattered." The lost has also become a trending subject on Twitter with musician Usher tweeting, "I just learned of the lost of a very important poet...R.I.P. Gil Scott Heron. The revolution will be live!!"
Scott-Heron was born in Chicago,...
His publicist said he died at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan, New York but did not disclose the cause of death. Scott-Heron was known to be HIV positive and had struggled with drug addiction for years. The Associated Press reported that he had become ill after returning from a European trip.
Scott-Heron's friend Doris C. Nolan said about the death, "We're all sort of shattered." The lost has also become a trending subject on Twitter with musician Usher tweeting, "I just learned of the lost of a very important poet...R.I.P. Gil Scott Heron. The revolution will be live!!"
Scott-Heron was born in Chicago,...
- 5/28/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Music lovers around the world were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Gil Scott-Heron yesterday at the age of 62. Richard Russell, who was the musician and poet's label manager at Xl Recordings, described him as "a father figure of sorts," adding that "[he] was not perfect in his own life. But neither is anyone else... he judged no-one". His distinctive, poetic style and no-holds-barred approach to the subject matter in his songs endeared him to many and inspired musicians across rap, soul and contemporary hip-hop. Here are five of his finest moments: 1. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Originally recorded in 1970 for the live album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, this is perhaps Scott-Heron's best known work. Namechecking contemporary figures including then-us president Richard Nixon, civil rights leader Whitney Young, Johnny Cash, (more)...
Originally recorded in 1970 for the live album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, this is perhaps Scott-Heron's best known work. Namechecking contemporary figures including then-us president Richard Nixon, civil rights leader Whitney Young, Johnny Cash, (more)...
- 5/28/2011
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
"Godfather of Rap" Gil Scott-Heron, who in 1970 mixed poetry and music for his militant song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," died Friday afternoon in a New York hospital, his publicist told CNN. He was 62, and the cause of death was not immediately stated. Scott-Heron was known to be HIV positive and had struggled with drug addiction throughout a large part of his life. "You will not be able to stay home, brother/You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out/You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip/Skip out...
- 5/28/2011
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Gil Scott-Heron , who wrote the poem and song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," died in New York City yesterday. He was 62. According to reports, Scott-Heron became sick after returning from a trip to Europe. Scott-Heron's work paved the way for modern hip-hop, and several rappers -- including Public Enemy front man Chuck D and Eminem -- expressed their condolences via Twitter ( link , link ). Just last year he released his first new album in 16 years,...
- 5/28/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
New York (AP) — Musician Gil Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," died Friday at age 62. A friend, Doris C. Nolan, who answered the telephone listed for his Manhattan recording company, said he died in the afternoon at St. Luke's Hospital after becoming sick upon returning from a European trip. "We're all sort of shattered," she said. Scott-Heron's influence on rap was such that he sometimes was referred to as the Godfather of Rap, a title...
- 5/28/2011
- by Cristian Salazar (AP)
- Hitfix
Influential poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron passed away on Friday afternoon in New York. The 62-year-old is often credited with being a pioneer of hip-hop, and he was best known for his spoken word performances and his collaborations with soul musician Brian Jackson.
Scott-Heron's piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," a spoken-word poem recorded in 1970 and later released as a song with a full band accompaniment, is his most well-known piece. It has been referenced, sampled, and parodied extensively. In 2010 The New Statesman named it one of the Top 20 most influential political songs. Some say that this work incited the beginning of rap music.
Over the last decade of his life, Scott-Heron struggled with substance abuse. He spent time in prison for possession of cocaine, and again for violating his plea deal by leaving a drug rehab clinic when the clinic allegedly refused to supply him with HIV medication.
Scott-Heron's piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," a spoken-word poem recorded in 1970 and later released as a song with a full band accompaniment, is his most well-known piece. It has been referenced, sampled, and parodied extensively. In 2010 The New Statesman named it one of the Top 20 most influential political songs. Some say that this work incited the beginning of rap music.
Over the last decade of his life, Scott-Heron struggled with substance abuse. He spent time in prison for possession of cocaine, and again for violating his plea deal by leaving a drug rehab clinic when the clinic allegedly refused to supply him with HIV medication.
- 5/28/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Everett Gil Scott-Heron in 1985
Gil Scott-Heron, the poet behind the song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died in New York City. He was 62 years old.
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” was a blast at consumer culture and its ability to lead social change. “The revolution will not make you look five pounds/ Thinner, because The revolution will not be televised, Brother,” go the lyrics. In the song, Scott-Heron warns listeners that “the revolution” won’t be found...
Gil Scott-Heron, the poet behind the song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died in New York City. He was 62 years old.
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” was a blast at consumer culture and its ability to lead social change. “The revolution will not make you look five pounds/ Thinner, because The revolution will not be televised, Brother,” go the lyrics. In the song, Scott-Heron warns listeners that “the revolution” won’t be found...
- 5/28/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Famed musician, poet and activist Gil Scott-Heron, best known for his spoken-word piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," died Friday in New York. Scott-Heron, who has been noted as one of the progenitors of hip-hop and neo-soul, was 62. A cause of death has not yet been released, but the artist had apparently gotten sick following a trip to Europe and had been hospitalized in recent days. The Chicago native's career began to spark in 1970 when he released his debut album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, which included the first version of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." He went on to release the album Spirits in 1994, and after overcoming a public battle with substance abuse,...
- 5/28/2011
- E! Online
Apologies to Gil Scott-Heron, who's signature song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised has been rendered irrelevant by the events currently unfolding in Egypt. The mostly peaceful political upheaval appears have turned into a violent conflict as pro-Mubarak force have entered Cairo's Tahrir Square and are clashing with protesters who are eager for regime change. The video coming out of Egypt right now is pretty compelling, though U.S. viewers of cable news are being denied coverage. Fortunatley, Al Jazeera English is live streaming their coverage, which is embedded below.
- 2/2/2011
- by Colby Hall
- Mediaite - TV
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!)
Mele Kalikimaka Zoners! I apologize for the delay, but some things are worth waiting for, and this week’s Apopcolypse is no exception. The memories the shows generated this past week were enough to warm the cockles of my heart with visions of Christmas past, when all I wanted was a 3600 baud modem and a Bbs account. It also left me singing everything from the amended version of “Send in the Clowns” to pretty much every song from Sweeney Todd and selected hits of Paul Simon, so indeed, it *was* the greatest gift! What were some of the gifts you received from the past week’s shows?
Monday: The...
Mele Kalikimaka Zoners! I apologize for the delay, but some things are worth waiting for, and this week’s Apopcolypse is no exception. The memories the shows generated this past week were enough to warm the cockles of my heart with visions of Christmas past, when all I wanted was a 3600 baud modem and a Bbs account. It also left me singing everything from the amended version of “Send in the Clowns” to pretty much every song from Sweeney Todd and selected hits of Paul Simon, so indeed, it *was* the greatest gift! What were some of the gifts you received from the past week’s shows?
Monday: The...
- 12/21/2010
- by Toad
- No Fact Zone
Political interference and studio nervousness have undermined so many worthy films on the subject, it's a wonder that South Of The Border got made, let alone seen in the USA
Despite my many differences with Oliver Stone as an artist, I congratulate him on having managed both to present an unhysterical assessment of Latin American leaders and issues in South Of The Border, and also to get it seen in the Us. The latter, especially, is achievement indeed.
A rare precedent is Costa-Gavras's Missing, which netted Oscars in 1982 with its horrifying story of the Us State Department's involvement in the murder of one of its own citizens during the Us-backed Chilean coup of 1973. In retrospect, it looks like the last gasp of those liberal Hollywood instincts that saw producer Bert Schneider thanking the Viet Cong leadership as he accepted his Best Documentary Oscar for Hearts and Minds in 1975.
Elsewhere...
Despite my many differences with Oliver Stone as an artist, I congratulate him on having managed both to present an unhysterical assessment of Latin American leaders and issues in South Of The Border, and also to get it seen in the Us. The latter, especially, is achievement indeed.
A rare precedent is Costa-Gavras's Missing, which netted Oscars in 1982 with its horrifying story of the Us State Department's involvement in the murder of one of its own citizens during the Us-backed Chilean coup of 1973. In retrospect, it looks like the last gasp of those liberal Hollywood instincts that saw producer Bert Schneider thanking the Viet Cong leadership as he accepted his Best Documentary Oscar for Hearts and Minds in 1975.
Elsewhere...
- 7/23/2010
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
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