Exclusive: NBCU Academy and NBC News’ documentary division, NBC News Studios, have set Damon Davis (Chain of Rocks), Stephanie Wang-Breal (Florence from Ohio), Eric Juhola (The Queer Beat), Set Hernandez Rongkilyo (unseen), Brett Story and Stephen Maing (Untitled Labor Union Documentary), and Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler (Untitled Muscogee Nation Documentary) as the participants for their second annual Original Voices fellowship.
The program looks to support documentarians with projects in all stages of development, who identify as or—showcase stories highlighting social issues affecting—women, LGBTQ+, people with color, or people with disabilities. Each of the six filmmakers selected will receive a 60,000 grant, as well as the one-year artist development fellowship, designed to help them with the completion of their films. Fellows will also have access to archival research and production resources, as well as executives and journalists across NBC News Studios and the NBCUniversal News Group. NBCU News Group...
The program looks to support documentarians with projects in all stages of development, who identify as or—showcase stories highlighting social issues affecting—women, LGBTQ+, people with color, or people with disabilities. Each of the six filmmakers selected will receive a 60,000 grant, as well as the one-year artist development fellowship, designed to help them with the completion of their films. Fellows will also have access to archival research and production resources, as well as executives and journalists across NBC News Studios and the NBCUniversal News Group. NBCU News Group...
- 4/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Update Eric McCormack will join the previously announced Mary-Louise Parker in the virtual performance of Paula Vogel’s The Baltimore Waltz, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, premiering on Thursday, April 29 as part of the virtual Spotlight on Plays series. Brandon Burton has also joined the cast.
Also announced today was the April 8 premiere date of Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous.
Previous, March 23 Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker and Carla Gugino have joined the line-up of actors taking part in this year’s virtual Spotlight on Plays series benefitting The Actors Fund, with Streep reuniting with her Sophie’s Choice co-star Kevin Kline on Sarah Ruhl’s Dear Elizabeth.
Parker is set to perform in Paula Vogel’s The Baltimore Waltz. Gugino will be teamed with the previously announced Ellen Burstyn in Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine.
Others previously announced, in addition to Kline and Burstyn, are Kathryn Hahn,...
Also announced today was the April 8 premiere date of Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous.
Previous, March 23 Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker and Carla Gugino have joined the line-up of actors taking part in this year’s virtual Spotlight on Plays series benefitting The Actors Fund, with Streep reuniting with her Sophie’s Choice co-star Kevin Kline on Sarah Ruhl’s Dear Elizabeth.
Parker is set to perform in Paula Vogel’s The Baltimore Waltz. Gugino will be teamed with the previously announced Ellen Burstyn in Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine.
Others previously announced, in addition to Kline and Burstyn, are Kathryn Hahn,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Connor Christian has prepared his entire career for a moment like the one he had during his blind audition on The Voice. His rendition of “Bright Lights” by Gary Clark Jr. turned out to be a big hit among the judges. Even the viewers at home couldn’t help but notice there was something special about Connor. Three out of the four turned their chairs around and hoped they could persuade him to join their team. Connor decided to go with Team Blake. As his journey on the show continues, Connor is looking forward to the possibility of becoming The Voice’s
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Connor Christian...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Connor Christian...
- 3/14/2021
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
As The Voice continued its Season 20 Blind Auditions Tuesday, not only did one contestant dazzle the panel of coaches with his rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Shallow” (reviewed below), but Blake Shelton responded in a way that, for the playfully unrepentant liar, was heretofore unimaginable. Read on, and while listening back through the performances, I’ll explain why.
Connor Christian (Team Blake), “Bright Lights” — Grade: C | Well, hello, Season 20’s gravel voice! This 23-year-old turned three chairs with a Gary Clark Jr. cover that Kelly thought had a “blues bar kinda vibe” to it. I could go along with that description,...
Connor Christian (Team Blake), “Bright Lights” — Grade: C | Well, hello, Season 20’s gravel voice! This 23-year-old turned three chairs with a Gary Clark Jr. cover that Kelly thought had a “blues bar kinda vibe” to it. I could go along with that description,...
- 3/10/2021
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
Heading into the fourth episode of “The Voice” Season 20, the teams were almost evenly divided as John Legend, Blake Shelton and Nick Jonas all had six artists and Kelly Clarkson had five. The ultimate goal coming out of these blind auditions is for each coach to have 10 artists on their teams, so we’re more than halfway there. Reminder: thanks to John blocking Nick from getting Ciana Pelekai on his team last night, all of the blocks are now out of play. So what types of artists did the coaches discover during Tuesday’s hour-long episode?
See‘The Voice’: Past Winners (Seasons 1 – 19)
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 20, Episode 4 to find out what happened Tuesday, March 9 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite artists on NBC’s long-running reality TV show, which coach you...
See‘The Voice’: Past Winners (Seasons 1 – 19)
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 20, Episode 4 to find out what happened Tuesday, March 9 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite artists on NBC’s long-running reality TV show, which coach you...
- 3/10/2021
- by Denton Davidson and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Neil Young joined forces with Danny DeVito, Herb Alpert, George Lopez, Debbie Allen, Ricki Lake, Daryl Hannah, and Kenny Ortega on Tuesday for a virtual fundraiser to benefit the Painted Turtle, a summer camp for children with serious medical needs.
The entire event is worth watching, but you can fast forward to 36:38 to see Danny DeVito introduce Neil Young’s two-song set. “He is an artist that has been inspiring people for decades with his incredible music and lyrics,” DeVito said. “Everyone, welcome to the campfire, Neil Young.” (Click...
The entire event is worth watching, but you can fast forward to 36:38 to see Danny DeVito introduce Neil Young’s two-song set. “He is an artist that has been inspiring people for decades with his incredible music and lyrics,” DeVito said. “Everyone, welcome to the campfire, Neil Young.” (Click...
- 12/2/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Pearl Jam, David Byrne and Jenny Lewis are among the many artists featured on Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy: Volume Two. The collection will be available on Friday for 24 hours only as part of the Bandcamp Fridays series.
The tracklist is nearly twice the size of the first edition, with 77 previously unreleased recordings. Pearl Jam — who recently announced a massive voting initiative themselves — contributed the new song “Get It Back.” Byrne’s “People Tell Me” is a demo from the Joan of Arc: Into the Fire musical,...
The tracklist is nearly twice the size of the first edition, with 77 previously unreleased recordings. Pearl Jam — who recently announced a massive voting initiative themselves — contributed the new song “Get It Back.” Byrne’s “People Tell Me” is a demo from the Joan of Arc: Into the Fire musical,...
- 9/30/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Following a listening party on Monday, Deerhoof dropped a surprise new album, Love-Lore, via Joyful Noise Recordings.
Love-Lore was recorded live in the studio over a single afternoon at Rivington Rehearsal Studios in New York City. The album contains a medley of 43 covers, which range from the Velvet Underground to Krzysztof Penderecki.
Muindi Fanuel Muindi wrote an essay to accompany the release, while Benjamin Piekut wrote the liner notes. “Deerhoof is not the future of music and doesn’t want to be — they simply want to embrace you, here and now,...
Love-Lore was recorded live in the studio over a single afternoon at Rivington Rehearsal Studios in New York City. The album contains a medley of 43 covers, which range from the Velvet Underground to Krzysztof Penderecki.
Muindi Fanuel Muindi wrote an essay to accompany the release, while Benjamin Piekut wrote the liner notes. “Deerhoof is not the future of music and doesn’t want to be — they simply want to embrace you, here and now,...
- 9/28/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young’s most recent Fireside Session featured a new rendition of his 2006 song “Lookin’ for a Leader” that lambasted President Trump and urged people to vote against him in the 2020 election. He’s now calling the song “Looking for a Leader 2020” and he’s released it onto streaming services; he’s also posted a standalone video on the Neil Young Archives.
“Yeah, we had Barack Obama,” Young sings, “and we really need him now/The man who stood behind him has to take his place somehow/America has a...
“Yeah, we had Barack Obama,” Young sings, “and we really need him now/The man who stood behind him has to take his place somehow/America has a...
- 7/31/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
And We Go Green, a documentary about the rise of Formula E electric car racing, will stream exclusively in the U.S. on Hulu.
Oscar winner Fisher Stevens (Before the Flood) and Malcolm Venville directed the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio, who previously collaborated with Fisher on Before the Flood, produced the doc that deals with combating global warming and air pollution under his Appian Way banner.
RadicalMedia, the non-fiction company behind What Happened, Miss Simone? and recent release Spaceship Earth, and Bloomfish Productions, the banner behind HBO doc Bright Lights, also produced.
The doc is a behind-the-scenes look at the Abb Fia Formula ...
Oscar winner Fisher Stevens (Before the Flood) and Malcolm Venville directed the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio, who previously collaborated with Fisher on Before the Flood, produced the doc that deals with combating global warming and air pollution under his Appian Way banner.
RadicalMedia, the non-fiction company behind What Happened, Miss Simone? and recent release Spaceship Earth, and Bloomfish Productions, the banner behind HBO doc Bright Lights, also produced.
The doc is a behind-the-scenes look at the Abb Fia Formula ...
- 5/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
And We Go Green, a documentary about the rise of Formula E electric car racing, will stream exclusively in the U.S. on Hulu.
Oscar winner Fisher Stevens (Before the Flood) and Malcolm Venville directed the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio, who previously collaborated with Fisher on Before the Flood, produced the doc that deals with combating global warming and air pollution under his Appian Way banner.
RadicalMedia, the non-fiction company behind What Happened, Miss Simone? and recent release Spaceship Earth, and Bloomfish Productions, the banner behind HBO doc Bright Lights, also produced.
The doc is a behind-the-scenes look at the Abb Fia Formula ...
Oscar winner Fisher Stevens (Before the Flood) and Malcolm Venville directed the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio, who previously collaborated with Fisher on Before the Flood, produced the doc that deals with combating global warming and air pollution under his Appian Way banner.
RadicalMedia, the non-fiction company behind What Happened, Miss Simone? and recent release Spaceship Earth, and Bloomfish Productions, the banner behind HBO doc Bright Lights, also produced.
The doc is a behind-the-scenes look at the Abb Fia Formula ...
- 5/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Among the many cruelties of the coronavirus outbreak has been the way social distancing measures prevent us from visiting our relatives, which should be especially difficult on Mother’s Day for those who are accustomed to spending that time with mom.
That’s where movies can assist: Why not select a film — from the list below or one of your own choosing — and schedule a time for you and mom to watch it “together, apart”? You can both rent the movie (many are included free through streaming subscriptions) or pick an old favorite that’s in both of your home video collections, press play at the same time, then call each other afterward to talk about it.
In theory, every film character ever written has a mother, so it’s nearly impossible to imagine a definitive list of the greatest cinematic homages to the women who raised us (“momages”?). And besides,...
That’s where movies can assist: Why not select a film — from the list below or one of your own choosing — and schedule a time for you and mom to watch it “together, apart”? You can both rent the movie (many are included free through streaming subscriptions) or pick an old favorite that’s in both of your home video collections, press play at the same time, then call each other afterward to talk about it.
In theory, every film character ever written has a mother, so it’s nearly impossible to imagine a definitive list of the greatest cinematic homages to the women who raised us (“momages”?). And besides,...
- 5/8/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Joe Walsh was a student at Kent State 50 years ago when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a student protest, killing four.
The experience traumatized him, leading him to quit school and abandon his English degree in pursuit of making music with his first group, the James Gang. He went on to solo success and joined the Eagles, but in a statement commemorating the massacre, he says that day still haunts him.
“Today is May 4th and it marks 50 years since the shooting at Kent State University,” he wrote,...
The experience traumatized him, leading him to quit school and abandon his English degree in pursuit of making music with his first group, the James Gang. He went on to solo success and joined the Eagles, but in a statement commemorating the massacre, he says that day still haunts him.
“Today is May 4th and it marks 50 years since the shooting at Kent State University,” he wrote,...
- 5/4/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan unveiled a hard-rock reworking of Radiohead’s “Street Spirit” — featuring a searing guitar solo from Tom Morello — that will appear on his upcoming solo debut, These Grey Men, out February 28th.
“This song in particular is a really touching and moving song,” Dolmayan tells Rolling Stone about why he chose to cover the standout track from The Bends. “I love the morose, in-your-room-and-it’s-raining-outside, it’s cold, and your girlfriend dumped you feeling that this song always gave me.… But when I listened to it,...
“This song in particular is a really touching and moving song,” Dolmayan tells Rolling Stone about why he chose to cover the standout track from The Bends. “I love the morose, in-your-room-and-it’s-raining-outside, it’s cold, and your girlfriend dumped you feeling that this song always gave me.… But when I listened to it,...
- 1/23/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
If you were a genre fan in the ‘70s, you had so many to choose from: Horror, Blaxploitation, Kung-Fu, Action – you name it, it was probably done, and without shame. Along the way some bright bulb (or someone way too ambitious) decided to try and combine them all into one film, and the result is Devil’s Express (1976), a jaw dropping stew that’s hard to classify but easy to love.
Filmed as The Phantom of the Subway, Devil’s Express was released in early September by Howard Mahler Films (Death Promise) to drive-ins and grindhouses across the U.S. Made for $100,000, it was trotted out again in ’79 and renamed Gang Wars to capitalize on the success of The Warriors. (Spoiler alert: it didn’t match that film’s grosses.) Made for everyone so therefore ultimately no one, it wears its schizophrenia like a cello case covered in Black Flag stickers.
Filmed as The Phantom of the Subway, Devil’s Express was released in early September by Howard Mahler Films (Death Promise) to drive-ins and grindhouses across the U.S. Made for $100,000, it was trotted out again in ’79 and renamed Gang Wars to capitalize on the success of The Warriors. (Spoiler alert: it didn’t match that film’s grosses.) Made for everyone so therefore ultimately no one, it wears its schizophrenia like a cello case covered in Black Flag stickers.
- 10/6/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
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