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Rock And Roll Hall of Fame answers one great mystery of rock music: When did Rush get so cool?
19 May 2013 5:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It’s always been a great irony of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that induction ceremonies might be the least rock ‘n’ roll thing ever. But Public Enemy, Rush, Heart, Donna Summer, Quincy Jones, Lou Adler, Albert King, and Randy Newman took their spots in the canon last night — the actual ceremony happened at L.A.’s Nokia Theater in April, but HBO didn’t air it until a month later — it was clear that many of them must be big fans of irony.
Randy Newman kicked things off with his anthem “I Love L.A.,” which got »
- Melissa Maerz
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013: Ann and Nancy Wilson bring the Heart
18 May 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
It's rare that relatives get to experience receiving one of music's highest honors together.
But sooner or later -- and their devotees believe it should have been sooner -- it was bound to happen for Ann and Nancy Wilson, alias Heart.
The sibling rockers were among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2013 inductees last month at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, and HBO will televise the 28th annual ceremony Saturday, May 18. Randy Newman, Public Enemy, Rush and (posthumously) Albert King and Donna Summer also were honored.
Additionally, producer-manager Lou Adler and music entrepreneur Quincy Jones received the Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement. Participants in the evening included Christina Aguilera, Harry Belafonte, Jackson Browne, Cheech and Chong, John Fogerty, Dave Grohl, Don Henley, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King, Spike Lee, John Mayer, and Usher.
Fellow Seattle music scene veterans Chris Cornell, Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains and Mike McCready of »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Winona Ryder Is Nerdier Than You Think
30 April 2013 5:19 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
There was definitely some nervous apprehension on my part before meeting Winona Ryder -- which, having done this sort of thing hundreds of times before, doesn't happen often. This most likely stems from my preexisting notion that she's shy or reserved -- or, at the very least, media shy and reserved in front of the press. Soon after meeting the petite actor -- who still doesn't look all that different from the person who danced to Harry Belafonte's "Jump in the Line" at the end of "Beetlejuice" -- I discovered something that would have put my nervous mind at ease: Winona Ryder is, well ... a bit of a nerd.
Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration, but she is a fan of the original "Star Trek" television series and used to have a life-size poster of Ellen Ripley on her wall.
Ryder's new movie is "The Iceman," the latest »
- Mike Ryan
Whoopi Goldberg Talks Sexuality, Comedy and Crowdfunding at Tribeca Premiere of Directorial Debut 'I've Got Somethin' to Tell You'
24 April 2013 8:10 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Whoopi Goldberg, already the versatile actress-comedienne-talk-show-host-songwriter-activist, has added a director title to the list of her many talents with the debut of her first documentary "I’ve Got Somethin’ to Tell You," at the currently underway Tribeca Film Festival. The film resurrects Jackie "Moms" Mabley, the forgotten pioneer of not only comedy, but of both female and black comediennes. The film has been acquired by HBO Films, but currently has no set release date. Read More: Whoopi Goldberg Tells Indiewire Why She Is Using Kickstarter to Fund Her Directorial Debut On Monday, April 22 the film made its world premiere at Tribeca, followed by an onstage discussion with Goldberg moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’sl David Rooney. Aong with rare performance footage, images, and audio, Mabley’s 40-year-long career is told through interviews with entertainers including Arsenio Hall, Kathy Griffin, Eddie Murphy, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Jerry Stiller and. »
- Erin Whitney
HBO Grabs Whoopi Goldberg’s Moms Mabley Docu
18 April 2013 1:06 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Whoopi Goldberg has inked a deal with HBO for TV and homevid rights to her docu on comedian Moms Mabley, which marks Goldberg’s directorial debut.
“Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin’ to Tell You,” produced by Goldberg, Tom Leonardis and George Schlatter, will have its world premiere Saturday at the Tribeca fest.
The feature-length doc tells the story of the influential African-American femme comedian, Jackie Mabley, who died in 1975. She was known for pushing the boundaries of racial and sexual topics. Doc is set to bow on HBO later this year.
“Moms Mabley has been a huge inspiration to me and so many others, but not a lot of folks outside of the comedy world know about her legacy,” Goldberg said. “There are a lot of us who wouldn’t be working today without pioneers like her. HBO gave me my first break on TV, so it’s only »
- Michelle Salemi
HBO Picks Up Whoopi Goldberg's Directorial Debut 'Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You'
18 April 2013 11:03 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Ahead of its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this Saturday, April 20th, HBO has picked up the TV rights to Whoopi Goldberg's directorial debut "Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You." The feature-length doc, which Goldberg also executive produced alongside Tom Leonardis and George Schlatte, looks at the impact and legacy of pioneering comedienne Jackie "Moms" Mabley, combining performance footage, photography and interviews with the likes of Eddie Murphy, Joan Rivers, Sidney Poitier, Kathy Griffin, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. The film focuses on how Mabley broke racial and sexual boundaries as a stand-up, as she performed up until her death in 1975. "Moms Mabley has been a huge inspiration to me and so many others, but not a lot of folks outside of the comedy world know about her legacy," said Goldberg in the release. "There are a lot of »
- Alison Willmore
HBO Picks Up Whoopi Goldberg's Directorial Debut 'Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You'
18 April 2013 11:03 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Ahead of its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this Saturday, April 20th, HBO has picked up the TV rights to Whoopi Goldberg's directorial debut "Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You." The feature-length doc, which Goldberg also executive produced alongside Tom Leonardis and George Schlatte, looks at the impact and legacy of pioneering comedienne Jackie "Moms" Mabley, combining performance footage, photography and interviews with the likes of Eddie Murphy, Joan Rivers, Sidney Poitier, Kathy Griffin, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. The film focuses on how Mabley broke racial and sexual boundaries as a stand-up, as she performed up until her death in 1975. "Moms Mabley has been a huge inspiration to me and so many others, but not a lot of folks outside of the comedy world know about her legacy," said Goldberg in the release. "There are a lot of »
- Alison Willmore
HBO Acquires U.S. TV Rights To Whoopi Goldberg’s ‘Moms Mabley’ Documentary
18 April 2013 10:35 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
HBO has acquired all U.S. broadcast and home video rights to Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin’ To Tell You. The feature-length documentary from director Whoopi Goldberg will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday and will debut exclusively on HBO later this year. The film explores the iconic stand-up comedienne’s legacy through recently unearthed photography, rediscovered performance footage and the words of comedians, entertainers and historians, including Eddie Murphy, Joan Rivers, Sidney Poitier, Kathy Griffin, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Mabley tackled topics such as gender, sex and racism, making her one of the first triple X-rated comedians on the comedy circuit. Once billed as “The Funniest Woman in the World”, she performed on stage and in television and film up until her death in 1975. Goldberg also exec produces along with Tom Leonardis and George Schlatter. »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Tribeca 2013: 13 must-see movies
17 April 2013 6:38 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Now in its 12th year, the Tribeca Film Festival is one of the premiere artistic showcases and industry marketplaces for independent cinema. Sundance might still be the place to go to discover new talent on the cheap, Toronto is the festival to generate Oscar buzz, but Tribeca has an eclectic mix that both reflects the soul of native New Yorkers and what the city means to the rest of the world as a cultural international capital. In between tonight’s opener — the music documentary Mistaken for Strangers about the National — and the closing night’s special screening of Martin Scorsese »
- Jeff Labrecque
Foo Fighters inducting Rush into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
27 March 2013 2:31 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Cleveland (AP) — Usher, Carole King, John Fogerty, Spike Lee, Harry Belafonte and others have been added to the list of performers and presenters for the next Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Heart, Randy Newman, Public Enemy and Rush will also perform when Donna Summer, Albert King, Quincy Jones and Lou Adler are inducted at an April 18 ceremony in Los Angeles. Usher is performing for Jones. Fogerty and Jackson Browne will perform with Newman. King will perform for Adler and Cheech & Chong will induct him. In a Seattle reunion, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Alice in »
- AP Staff
'2 Broke Girls' star Garrett Morris on his love of women and 'CSI'
27 March 2013 12:07 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Comedian Garrett Morris is a show business veteran. Following his first TV role, an appearance on the soap opera "General Hospital" in 1963, Morris hit it big as a member of the original "Saturday Night Live" cast.
In addition acting, Morris is an accomplished singer. After training at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music, he performed as a soloist for the Harry Belafonte Singers, and appeared in numerous Broadway musicals.
Now, viewers can tune in to see Morris weekly on CBS's "2 Broke Girls" as Earl, the cashier at the Williamsburg Diner and father figure to Max (Kat Dennings). He's also the man behind Garrett Morris' Downtown Blues & Comedy Club. Located in Los Angeles, Cal., the club offers a unique mix of live music performances and stand up comedy.
Recently, Morris sat down to answer some of Zap2it's Survey Says questions. Read on to find out about his celebrity crush, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Spike Lee, Usher, Cheech & Chong to Appear at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony
26 March 2013 12:41 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Spike Lee, Usher and Cheech and Chong have been added to the long line-up of celebrities honoring the eight 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees at the annual ceremony held in Los Angeles this spring. Oscar-nominated director Lee (left) will partner with Harry Belafonte to pay tribute to hip hop group Public Enemy, while comedians Cheech and Chong ("Up in Smoke," "Still Smokin") will present Lou Adler -- who produced the duo's movies -- with the Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement. Usher, a new judge on "The Voice," »
- Greg Gilman
Usher's Rock And Roll Hall Honors
26 March 2013 9:30 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Cleveland — Usher, Carole King, John Fogerty, Spike Lee, Harry Belafonte and others have been added to the list of performers and presenters for the next Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Heart, Randy Newman, Public Enemy and Rush will also perform when Donna Summer, Albert King, Quincy Jones and Lou Adler are inducted at an April 18 ceremony in Los Angeles.
Usher is performing for Jones. Fogerty and Jackson Browne will perform with Newman. King will perform for Adler and Cheech & Chong will induct him.
In a Seattle reunion, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell will perform with Heart, while Soundgarden's Chris Cornell will induct them. Lee and Belafonte will pay tribute to Public Enemy.
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- AP
Harry Belafonte suffered racism in NYC hotel
25 March 2013 3:41 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
New York, Mar h 25: Harry Belafonte recalled how he suffered racism in the 1950s as a performer at Waldorf-Astoria hotel while giving a speech there at the Amy Winehouse Foundation Gala Thursday.
The 86-year-old American singer said that the luxury hotel "used to be one of the most racist pieces of real estate in America", the New York Post reported.
He recalled being hired by Claude Philippe, who was trying to desegregate the hotel.
Belafonte, who was dubbed the 'King of Calypso' for popularizing the Caribbean musical style, explained that the hotel executives suspected that he was Frenchman on the loose, but. »
- Diksha Singh
Big Stars Honor Amy Winehouse
22 March 2013 5:26 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York — Tony Bennett doesn't think Amy Winehouse's life was tragic. He believes the singer who died at age 27 lived a complete life because she was able to achieve her goal: becoming a respected musician.
"Her dream was to become famous and a beautiful singer and she accomplished that," he said Thursday night at the first annual Amy Winehouse Foundation Inspiration Awards and Gala, where he received the lifetime achievement award.
"Even though she had a short life, she had a great life because she ended up praying for the success that she wanted and it happened. This is what this night's about."
Bennett, 86, was honored at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where attendees included Winehouse's father, mother and brother, her ex-boyfriend Reg Traviss, Harry Belafonte, Jennifer Hudson, Sean Lennon and producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, who was also honored.
Winehouse died in 2011 from accidental alcohol poisoning. Though troubled, »
- AP
'Carmen Jones' Coming Out On Blu-Ray DVD (But You're Going To Have To Wait A While)
6 March 2013 10:04 PM, PST | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
There are people who love (and I mean Love) Carmen Jones, 20th Century Fox's 1954 film with Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Bellafonte (with Pearl Bailey and a very very young Diahann Carroll as well) and directed by the great Otto Preminger So I'm sure it's going to be wonderful news to a lot of people's ears that word came out today that a restored and remastered version of the film will be released on blu-ray from Fox Home Video. But don't get too excited yet. I'll to that in a minute Based on the hit Broadway play from the early 1940's, Carmen Jones has a clever concept. Take George Bizet's classic 1874 French opera Carmen make the characters black and set in mainly in the South among »
- Sergio
Google Doodle celebrates singer/activist Miriam Makeba
4 March 2013 8:45 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Today’s Google Doodle wants to get you ready to dance while celebrating what would have been the 81st birthday of singer and activist Miriam Makeba.
Known as “Mama Africa,” the South African popularized African music in the West over the course of her decades-long career. The Grammy winner also regularly spoke out against apartheid, leading South Africa to revoke her citizenship in 1960 for the next 30 years. In 1966 she became the first African to win a Grammy Award for her album with Harry Belafonte, An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba. She also notably – and controversially — joined Paul Simon on his Graceland »
- Erin Strecker
Hava Nagila: The Movie Makes Big Tzimmes About Being Jewish
26 February 2013 9:00 PM, PST | Village Voice | See recent Village Voice news »
Something like the doc equivalent of a Yiddish-humor bathroom book, vet TV-doc producer Roberta Grossman's tirelessly glib little movie tracks the cultural trajectory of the eponymous song "from Ukraine to YouTube," and makes a big tzimmes along the way about "being Jewish," as if that required practice. The historical roots of the song in the nigunim of Eastern European shtetls are traced within the first 15 minutes; thereafter, Grossman relishes doodling on the American diaspora and the growth of affluent Jewish culture after World War II, when the ubiquitous party ditty got covered by everyone from Harry Belafonte (interviewed) to Bob Dylan (not), and grotesque bar mitzvah fetes were the defiant answer to memories of the Holocaust. Patronizing from toe to chin, the film opts »
Carmen Jones: The Original Funny Valentine
14 February 2013 11:55 AM, PST | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
Valentine’s Day means movies in heavy rotation with juicy romantic plots, but none come close to “Carmen Jones.” The 1954 musical film has a long lineage. Otto Preminger’s adaptation of Oscar Hammerstein’s 1943 stage production was inspired by a French adaptation of the 19th-century novella “Carmen.” However, it’s Preminger’s cast -- Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll, and Pearl Bailey -- that makes this version so memorable. Dandridge and Belafonte have remarkable chemistry; nearly 60 years later, it’s hard to think of another film that can hold a match to this portrayal of Black love (albeit the »
- Abdul Ali
Yasiin Bey, the Former Mos Def, on His Barclays Center Poem and Trying to Avoid Beef With Jay-z
10 February 2013 12:30 PM, PST | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
On Thursday, we wrote about the latest poem from Yasiin Bey — the former Mos Def. Titled “On center.stadium.status,” it’s a response to the opening of Barclays Center, written last September, on the day of the arena’s opening. Hesitant to have the piece perceived as an attack on Jay-z, Barclay’s public face, Bey held off on letting it go for a while. Now that it's out, Bey would like to expound on why. Below, in an extended transcript, Bey touches on Charles Bukowski, Wrestlemania, Harry Belafonte, Kanye West, Marty Markowitz, bootleg Rolling Stones T-shirts, and one or two other things.Hello. Good night. Hello? Good night? Hey. Yes. Thanks for taking the time out. So, why poetry? I’ve been writing for the better part of my life. Most of my poems have been published as musical compositions thus far. But lately I’ve been looking »
- Amos Barshad
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