‘Love To Love You, Donna Summer’ Trailer: HBO Gives A Disco Superstar Her Due On May 20

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A.D. Amorosi Perhaps without you realizing it, there’s a strong chance that the last 12 months of your life have been graced by the classic, sequenced electronic disco of Italian songwriter, producer and soundtrack composer Giorgio Moroder. If 2022-2023 winds up as one of Moroder’s biggest years, that will have happened nearly by accident. Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer’s mega-box office winner “Top Gun: Maverick” used the composer’s “Danger Zone,” as the original film did. Then there is the fact that Beyoncé sampled his “I Feel Love” for “Summer Renaissance” as part of her 2022 album, “Renaissance.” He was rendered as a big-screen character with Sebastian Maniscalco’s cartoonish portrayal of Moroder in director-writer Timothy Scott Bogart’s “Spinning Gold” biopic (Variety’s Owen Gleiberman wrote that Maniscalco’s Moroder “sounds like a character out of Hogan’s Heroes'”). The Italian producer and composer who now lives in Los Angeles is better-represented in the new documentary on the life of his old friend, HBO Max’s “Love to You Love You, Donna Summer.”

What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week - May 5What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week - May 12Netflix’s “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” revitalized the teen rom-com, inspiring thousands of pale imitations. The series author, Jenny Han, is back with a new story, taking the baby sister of the trilogy’s protagonist and placing her front and center. The series follows Kitty Song-Covey as she leaves Portland for a fancy boarding school in Seoul, hoping to reconnect with her roots and her long distance boyfriend.

“Love to Love You, Donna Summer,” premiering Saturday on HBO. “It’s not pain I could have spoken about, but it’s something that I have to always incorporate into my reality.”The childhood trauma left her “feeling guilty” — even as she was feeling love from fans around the world at the peak of her musical powers.

Jessie J has a lot of lullabies in her future because she just welcomed her first child!

Jessie J has a lot of lullabies in her future because she just welcomed her first child!The 35-year-old GRAMMY nominee took to her Instagram Story on Friday and announced that she gave birth to a baby boy last week. While she did not disclose the name or any other details, it's clear Jessie J's ecstatic and bursting with joy at being a new mom.«A week ago my whole life changed. My son entered this world and my heart grew twice the size,» she said in her IG Story.

Donna Summer fans might wish for a more comprehensive documentary bio than HBO’s Love to Love You, Donna Summer (★★★★★), but it’s hard to imagine a more intimate portrait of the woman, artist, mother, and hit-making Queen of Disco than this fascinating music-filled odyssey.Co-directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams and actress-director Brooklyn Sudano, the middle of Summer’s three daughters, Love to Love You is framed as the family’s attempt to, as Brooklyn puts it, “figure out the many pieces of who Mom really was.”Summer, who succumbed to lung cancer in May 2012, provides the filmmakers key pieces to the puzzle by way of her songs and performances, recorded interviews, and footage she shot herself with her treasured Sony movie camera.At the height of her ’70s fame as pop’s First Lady of Love, Summer bought the camera because she loved making movies — and to entertain herself and the crew while on tour, according to her sister Mary Ellen, who sang backup. The video skits and home movies reveal the singer to be an unapologetic goofball, far from the gyrating diva of so-called Sex Rock that her label Casablanca Records was selling.Sex siren was merely a role she played, Summer explains in an interview voiceover.

the music charts and had 14 top-ten singles, including «Hot Stuff,» «Bad Girls» and «She Works Hard for the Money,» making her one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of her era. Now fans can see Summer as never before with the release of the HBO Original . Directed by Oscar and Emmy-winner Roger Ross William and the daughter of Summer, Brooklyn Sudano, this documentary combines intimate footage and interviews from those closest to her.In this personal portrait, viewers will get to see into the life of Summer, on and off the stage.While many are familiar with her on-stage persona — a dazzling presence that could entertain the biggest crowds — few know what she was really like under it all.

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Kamala Harris showed off her new vinyl records earlier this week and shared some of her favourite artists.The politician had been shopping in Home Rule Records in Washington, D.C.

Sarah Silverman is in mourning following the loss of her incredibly dedicated father, Donald Silverman.

Twiggy's singing career may never have hit the heights of her modelling days – but that isn't deterring her from launching another assault on the charts, aged 73. The star's recording career peaked with a self-titled album that reached No 33 in 1976. Other releases over the decades, including one produced by disco queen Donna Summer, sank without trace.

Carrie Underwood showed off the sentimental new ink that she got while on a girls trip with her sisters-in-law in Destin, Florida. The 40-year-old country star took to Instagram Thursday to share images from her vacation, including a photo in which she was seen being tattooed with a delicate daisy on her forearm along with her sisters-in-law.

Sarah Silverman has revealed her father, Donald Silverman, sadly passed away this week.

The New York Times, Jamie revealed that despite having Oscar-nominated parents, she never expected to be in the running due to the "genre movies" she was involved in, but Freaky Friday marked a turning point. READ MORE: Olly Murs admits 'I wish I could've done more' at Coronation concert after baffling fansShe shared: "The only time in my life where someone mentioned an Oscar was in the New York Times review of Freaky Friday. "The Halloween star said the statement "was shocking" at the time, but joked that now she has a "skinny gold person" of her own.

Nothing but love! Kate Bosworth revealed she had a hand in her fiancé Justin Long’s appearance on his ex Drew Barrymore’s daytime talk show.

Celebrating the happy couple! Chrishell Stause received lots of support from her Selling Sunset costars after announcing her marriage to G Flip.

Rita Ora had viewers in awe as she 'slayed' during an interval performance at the first semi-final of the of Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on BBC One. The pop superstar wowed with a selection of her greatest hits as she took to the stage in Liverpool, the host city in the UK on behalf of Ukraine.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Warner Bros. Discovery picked up CG-animated series “Barney’s World,” featuring new adventures of the enduring purple dinosaur and his pals, set to bow on the Max streaming service and Cartoon Network in 2024. The series, announced earlier this year as part of Mattel’s Barney franchise relaunch, will “revamp the iconic character for modern audiences,” according to WBD. The series is co-produced by Mattel Television and Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana. Barney is the beloved children’s character who captured the hearts of millions of children — before he became a target of pop-culture vitriol, as explored in Peacock’s 2022 docuseries “I Love You, You Hate Me.” The original live-action “Barney & Friends” debuted on PBS stations in 1992 and ran through 2010.

Viewers settling down to watch the King's Coronation weekend have heaped praise on BBC presenter Kirsty Young for her slick coverage. More compliments poured in on Sunday night as she was back at the helm for the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle, looking stunning in her white outfit.