Where have you gone, American Idol? A nation turns its lonely eyes to … wait, seriously? You’re still on?
Believe it or not, it’s true. Idol has survived long enough to see its 20th birthday. When it debuted on June 11, 2002, the TV singing contest was the blockbuster that promised to define the new pop-culture era. Like the country it’s named after, American Idol is still technically on the map, but it’s staggering in a punch-drunk haze of crushed dreams and betrayed hopes, and the nagging sense that...
Believe it or not, it’s true. Idol has survived long enough to see its 20th birthday. When it debuted on June 11, 2002, the TV singing contest was the blockbuster that promised to define the new pop-culture era. Like the country it’s named after, American Idol is still technically on the map, but it’s staggering in a punch-drunk haze of crushed dreams and betrayed hopes, and the nagging sense that...
- 6/10/2022
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
A wise musician once told me that there would always be a need for clubs and concerts. “The young men and women of the tribe will always gather to drink the wacky juice while someone beats on a log.”
That was true until March, when suddenly, the world was turned upside down by the pandemic. Nightclubs and concerts are shuttered, and the odds of a return at full strength much before 2021 are long. Given that most musicians make a good bit of their money performing and selling at live events, that’s terrible news.
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But as one industry faltered, a new business model has arisen – streamed concerts. Amazon-owned Twitch already offers the...
That was true until March, when suddenly, the world was turned upside down by the pandemic. Nightclubs and concerts are shuttered, and the odds of a return at full strength much before 2021 are long. Given that most musicians make a good bit of their money performing and selling at live events, that’s terrible news.
More from DeadlineFacebook Reaches 2.6B Users But Misses Q1 Profit Target On Pandemic Ad SlowdownOprah Winfrey To Deliver Commencement Address For Virtual Graduation Event On Facebook & InstagramFace Masks Become Branding Opportunity And Charity Endeavor For Universal Music
But as one industry faltered, a new business model has arisen – streamed concerts. Amazon-owned Twitch already offers the...
- 5/2/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
For all the kerfuffle that erupted in the spring of 2019 over the visual design of Sonic the Hedgehog, the blue-furred speed-demon mascot of the Sega video game–turned–live-action kiddie adventure, you wish that the creators of “Sonic the Hedgehog,” who went back and redesigned the character after being pressured (I almost wrote bullied) by his fans, had been inspired to redo the character’s voice.
Sonic, who was attacked for looking too anthropomorphic for comfort (there was a great deal of attention paid to his unnecessarily human teeth), is now closer to the big-eyed, red-sneakered scamp with a stylized smirk who was launched by Sega in 1991 and wound up becoming a kind of Mario or Pac-Man for millennials. In the movie, he now approximates the cuddly Astro Boy look of Sonic from the game franchise. But he talks like the ultimate gratingly overfamiliar cartoon smart aleck — a little snide,...
Sonic, who was attacked for looking too anthropomorphic for comfort (there was a great deal of attention paid to his unnecessarily human teeth), is now closer to the big-eyed, red-sneakered scamp with a stylized smirk who was launched by Sega in 1991 and wound up becoming a kind of Mario or Pac-Man for millennials. In the movie, he now approximates the cuddly Astro Boy look of Sonic from the game franchise. But he talks like the ultimate gratingly overfamiliar cartoon smart aleck — a little snide,...
- 2/13/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
T-Pain, aka the winner of “The Masked Singer” Season 1, returns to Fox’s wild and wacky reality TV show on December 10 to serve as a panelist for the Final 6 celebs still in the competition. The popular rapper joins up with Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke to try to guess who’s hiding behind the Flamingo, Fox, Leopard, Rottweiler, Thingamajig and Tree masks. That’s right — “The Masked Singer” is airing twice this week, with one contestant eliminated Tuesday night and two more being unmasked Wednesday, December 11.
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For those with short term memories, T-Pain dressed up as the turquoise Monster during the first season and belted out such classic tunes as “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “I Don’t Want to Be,” “American Woman,” “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,...
SEEMichelle Williams (‘The Masked Singer’) exit interview after Butterfly reveal: ‘I’m still in denial that I’m leaving’ [Watch]
For those with short term memories, T-Pain dressed up as the turquoise Monster during the first season and belted out such classic tunes as “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “I Don’t Want to Be,” “American Woman,” “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,...
- 12/9/2019
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
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