Category: Legends
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Dusty Hill of ZZ Top exits sleeping at age 72, peace out
by Screenmancer Staff Slumberland claimed ZZ Top co-founder Dusty Hill, 72, on July 27. That is one sad event in Rock music history. ZZ Top, which Dusty founded with co-legend Billy Gibbons, posted an Instagram official, which kicks off his loving send-off to The Big Adios. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
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KANSAS extends Point of Know Return Tour, thought they wouldn’t?
by Screenmancer Staff ATLANTA, GA: America’s preeminent progressive rock band, KANSAS, will extend their hit Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour during the winter of 2021. Originally launched as a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of massive hit album Point of Know Return, Kansas will be performing the album in its entirety. The tour showcases classic KANSAS music…
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West Side Storytellers: TCM Film Fest 2021 on deck
Curated by Screenmancer StaffLOS ANGELES, CA: Calling all film fans – Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today released the extensive lineup of talent, films, and exclusive content for the 2021 TCM Classic Film Festival, airing from Thursday, May 6 through Sunday, May 9 at two virtual venues: the TCM network and the Classics Curated by TCM…
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Sorkin’s Ricardos, Kidman’s Lucy, Bardem’s Desi, adds Alia Shawkat & more
Curated by Screenmancer Staff HOLLYWOOD, CA: Amazon Studios started principal photography on writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s drama Being the Ricardos this week in Los Angeles. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem star as real-life couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the stars behind the groundbreaking and classic 1950s television sitcom I Love Lucy, that focused on a happily married though…
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Enduring LOVE STORY: Ryan O’Neal & Ali McGraw will get their Walk of Fame stars finally
Curated by Screenmancer Staff In celebration of the 50th anniversary of LOVE STORY, actors Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw will be honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the first virtual double-star ceremony in history on Feb. 12, 2021, just in time for Valentine’s Day. O’Neal’s star will be between MacGraw’s and his real-life…
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For Black History Month, IFC Films screens MLK/FBI nationwide
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: MLK/FBI is an essential expose of the surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (labeled by the FBI as the “most dangerous” Black person in America), undertaken by J. Edgar Hoover and the U.S. government. Based on newly discovered and declassified files, as well as revelatory…
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TCM Celebrates Legendary Actress Cicely Tyson Jan. 31
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate the life and career of iconic actress Cicely Tyson with a programming tribute on Sunday, January 31. Tyson, who passed away on January 28 at the age of 96, broke barriers throughout her more than seven-decade career. Among awards she earned, the list includes a Peabody Award, an honorary Oscar…
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Award Season’s first salvo is Gary Oldman’s Oscar-worthy MANK
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent “Times are changing, Mr. Mankiewicz,” says GOT’s Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst in the Gary Oldman starrer MANK, but have they really changed? Hearst is TPTB or the powers that be, paying half the salary of CITIZEN KANE screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz without his knowledge. And that’s the…
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Black History Month, MLK dates from Cap One City Parks Summer Stage
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Jan. 7 (NEW YORK, NY): The Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage Anywhere digital series is excited to announce a continuation of weekly digital performances in 2021on SummerStageAnwhere.org. The series will debut on January 15th with a performance commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Marching On: Celebrating The Life & Legacy of Dr.…
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ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI… Regina King changes your outlook on 4 future icons
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You might flash on Regina King as Cuba Gooding Jr’s fierce wife in the Jerry Maguire movie, but flash-forward to her 2019 Oscar win for IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. Follow that with her directorial turn in ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI… to be released on Jan. 15 as an…
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BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM is Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2nd run at Crazy for Oct. 23
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent We would like to say this footage was stolen off the back of a turnip truck in middle of Kansas, after being pummeled by circus giraffes, however? BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM, with perhaps a missing colon for punctuation because we have only seen the hard art logo, is on the…
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“I’d rather be an anarchist than a professional” BELUSHI crashes into Showtime
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Known for The Blues Brothers band from ANIMAL HOUSE after honing his craft on the original SNL, here was a comedian who was neither mean-spirited nor profanity-laced, but literal comedy magic on screen and in person as the one and only, John Belushi. Now an R.J. Cutler documentary, BELUSHI will car-crash the…
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Watch Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander both as Gloria Steinem in THE GLORIAS from her memoir
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What can you say about Gloria Steinem that the (women’s) world doesn’t already know? One thing is her quote that echoes all through the hills, including the Hollywood Hills: “The Truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” Steinem is now the subject of a…
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NO TIME TO DIE, out in November, watch Daniel Craig as 007 now
By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Some have said Daniel Craig is the most bad@ss James Bond… few would disagree. Now the next trailer is out. This is the one hotly anticipated with Rami Malek as the ultra villain. Coming in November. Enjoy! Where We Left Our Hero… 007, Bond, James Bond In No Time To…
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THE PASSION OF ANNA MAGNANI: They don’t make them like that anymore
Curated by Screenmancer Staff MHz Choice Announces the premiere of the Cannes documentary THE PASSION OF ANNA MAGNANI for Sept, 15, 2020. Using archival footage, some never-before-seen from Magnani’s family, journalist Orana Fallaci paints a portrait of the Italian actress who became a symbol of neorealism and an icon of the film industry. Filmmaker Enrico…
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