It’s the time of the season. Every year, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh drops his annual “Seen, Read” list, a yearly compendium tracking everything the director watched or read in the year, be it a film, a TV show, a novel, a non-fiction book, etc.
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Misfits, has died aged 69.The news was announced on social media by Zach Rector, a friend of Martinez’s. No cause of death has been given.“Going to miss you Brother Manny Martinez” he wrote, also calling him “a true living legend” and “a student of Buddy Rich”.He continued: “I remember Manny telling me Multiple occasions of Buddy bringing up his chops while coming up, & his stories of his family’s notorious bar …An Original MISFITS period.” Rector added that Martinez was an “all around stand up guy,” often checking in with the renovation of his house built in 1872.“More than just a musician, artist & carpenter…he was my friend,” he finished.
“Rest easy Manny”.Going to miss you Brother Manny Martinez / A true living legend a student of Buddy Rich I remember Manny telling me…Posted by Zach Rector on Saturday, December 16, 2023Manny Martinez joined the punk band early in their formation in 1977, quickly replacing original drummer Mr. Jim.
Though he wasn’t technically the first drummer recruited for the band, he appears on Misfit’s debut single, ‘Cough/Cool’ and its B-side ‘She’.Martinez also apparently introduced frontman Glenn Danzig to bassist Jerry Only. He would stay with the band for about a year, reportedly playing eight live shows before leaving the band.Tributes have poured in from fans and friends across the world.
“Real shame to hear about Manny Martinez, best drummer The Misfits ever had by far,” one user wrote. “When we were kids, Manny used to scare us on the way home from school,” commented another person.
“RIP. Once a Misfit always a Misfit.”See a full list of tributes below:Real shame to hear about Manny Martinez, best drummer The Misfits ever had by far.— ✩☆Jawbreaker☆✩ (@ShaggyWarhol) December 17, 2023It’s
.It’s the time of the season. Every year, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh drops his annual “Seen, Read” list, a yearly compendium tracking everything the director watched or read in the year, be it a film, a TV show, a novel, a non-fiction book, etc.
2024 has a ton of anticipated movies on its release calendar, but none have the same mystique as Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis.” The long-gestating, self-financed titan of a film went into production in November 2022, wrapped shooting in March 2023, and …well, since then, FFC has been editing, tinkering, etc. After Coppola stated last May that the film wouldn’t reach audiences in 2023, many wondered if the director had hit a couple of snares in post-production.
The children and staff at Broxburn Primary School’s Early Years Centre have been celebrating an excellent report card.
Two men have been charged with attempted murder following an early morning incident just two days before Christmas.
An independent investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) into changes made to the State Pension age is expected to conclude early this year. The Ombudsman recently confirmed any recommendations it makes to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), following the publication of its final report into ‘injustice caused by the maladministration’ of changes to the State Pension age, will be applied to “everyone who has been similarly affected” by the failings it identifies.
Mean Girls is coming soon, and the final trailer is here!
Tom Wilkinson has sadly passed away.
Hulu and HBO, has been released early from prison.She had pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Dee Dee Blanchard in Missouri in 2015.She plotted with her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, to kill her mother following years of abuse. Godejohn had stabbed Dee Dee Blanchard to death with a knife her daughter had given him.
Olivier Martinez has filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles.
Manchester United could be without 10 players for their Premier League meeting with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday evening (5.30pm).
Lee Sun-kyun has sadly passed away.
Australian chef and restaurateur Bill Granger has died surrounded by his family in London.The 54-year-old died “peacefully” in hospital on Christmas Day, according to a post shared on his Instagram account.The Granger & Co gounder was surrounded by his wife, Natalie Elliott, and three daughters - Edie, Inès and Bunny. An emotional post shared on social media said: “It is with great sadness that the family of Bill Granger announce he has passed away on 25th December at the age of 54.
William Earl Adam Petlin, who joined Fox News weeks after its debut in 1996 and was longtime head of Chicago bureau operations, died on Dec. 23 after a long illness. He was 58.
Drinking, depression and vitamin D deficiency can trigger early-onset dementia, warns a new study. Researchers have identified 15 risk factors - ranging from genetic predispositions to lifestyle and environmental influences - which "significantly elevate" the risk of suffering the condition, which is more commonly associated with older people.
If there’s one thing we love, it’s when we fall in love with something a celeb is wearing, only to discover it’s actually a high street purchase.That’s exactly what happened when we spotted super models and fashion icons Gigi Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski both wearing an oversized brown leather jacket from Mango over the summer, sending it straight to the top of our shopping wish lists. Although we can all agree that the £350 price tag of the Mango Oversized Worn-Effect Leather Jacket stretches it beyond the usual high street price tag, it's still more affordable than the usual luxury, high-end items our fave celebs are often spotted wearing – and even more so now it’s gone into the Mango sale.
bombshell lawsuit was filed accusing the actor of sexual battery.The “Fast and the Furious” star’s former assistant Asta Jonasson filed a suit saying that he “forced himself” on her in 2010.The 2017 clip features Diesel, now 56, and Brazilian YouTuber Carol Moreira as he promotes his film “XXX: Return of Xander Cage.”“God, you’re so beautiful, you’re so beautiful, man, am I right or wrong?” Diesel asks in the video.Moreira thanks him, as he interjects: “How am I supposed to do this interview?“She’s so beautiful. Let’s get out of here, let’s go have lunch.
A former assistant of Vin Diesel is suing the actor for sexual battery, alleging in a suit filed Thursday in Los Angeles she was assaulted while working on the "Fast Five" film. Asta Jonasson accused Diesel, his sister Samantha Vincent and their One Race Productions of discrimination and wrongful termination for firing her only after the alleged sexual assault took place, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. In the suit, she claimed Diesel "forcibly grabbed Ms.
Vin Diesel’s former assistant filed a lawsuit today, claiming that the actor sexually battered her during her employment in 2010.The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles, states that Asta Jonasson was hired by Diesel’s company, One Race, to work for the action in Atlanta, where Fast Five was in production.According to Vanity Fair, here job responsibilities ranged from organising parties, accompanying Diesel to events and ensuring she was in close physical proximity to him to protect him from being photographed with women when in attendance without his girlfriend.The suit details an incident in September 2010, where Jonasson claims that she asked to wait in Diesel’s suite while he entertained some people he had brought back from a nightclub.According to Vanity Fair, the lawsuit claims that once the other women were gone, Diesel “grabbed Ms. Jonasson’s wrists, one with each of his hands, and pulled her onto the bed.”She reportedly asked him to stop, escaped and waited for him to leave.
Vanity Fair, the “Fast and Furious” star’s former assistant Asta Jonasson claims Diesel, whose real name is Mark Sinclair, invited her to his suite at the St. Regis hotel in Atlanta after coming back from the club with hostesses.
Paramount‘s reboot of Mean Girls arrived on tracking today and let’s just say it’s not just hot with the cool girls. With double digit in unaided awareness among older and younger women over and under 25, the feature take of the Tina Fey scripted Broadway musical is looking at a $27M+ opening over the four-day MLK holiday.