A new calling. Granger Smith announced that his upcoming Like a River tour will be his last before he transitions to ministry.
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Malina Saval Associate Editor, Features It’s 25 minutesbefore showtime at Krakow, Poland’s Tauron Arena, and Michael Bublé is cool as a cucumber. A February chill in Europe, where he is touring across more than a dozen countries including the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and Italy, is nothing new to the singer raised outside Vancouver. Likewise, the dress- ing room serves as a familiar home away from home for the five-time Grammy winner, who picked up his latest gramophone statuette for traditional pop vocal album in February. A dual citizen of both Canada and Italy, from where his maternal side hails, Bublé never gets stage fright. And 11 albums in — “Higher” was released last March — with sales topping 75 million and his songs streaming over 14 billion, sold-out crowds have also become de rigueur, worthy of recognition with Variety’s Intl. Achievement in Music Award, which he is receiving March 26 in London.
“I can’t wait to get out there,” says Bublé of his impending curtain call in front of a crowd of 12,000. “I’m gonna throw a party tonight. We’re going to celebrate life and laugh and love. Last night, there was a really beautiful girl in the audience who had a hideous tat- too with my face on it. But I loved it. Who knows what’s gonna happen tonight? I just put on the Batsuit and we’re good to go.” What Bublé does know, and always has, is that he was destined for success. And that’s not meant in any hubristic sense, but rather that “completely unrealistic” way in which artists chase a dream. “I had no idea how I was going to get there, but I don’t think there was ever any doubt,” says Bublé, whose 2003 eponymous breakthrough album spawned four hit singles — among them renditions of the Bee Gees’ “How Can You
A new calling. Granger Smith announced that his upcoming Like a River tour will be his last before he transitions to ministry.
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Anna Marie de la Fuente Miami, home to the two leading U.S. Hispanic networks — TelevisaUnivision and Telemundo — as well as a host of smaller television companies, studio outposts, recording artists and independent entertainment companies, has long been the cultural epicenter of both Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic population. “It is not just the geographic location that makes Miami a hub: In so many ways, the city is also representative of the cultural diversity across Latin America and among all U.S. Hispanics,” says Karen Barroeta, executive VP, production and development, Telemundo Global Studios, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. “On top of its rich cultural diversity, Miami is a world-class city in which to make television, with the highest quality production studios and a skillful workforce including incredible talent, from production teams to writers and actors,” she says.
Instagram.“It’s hard to put into words how brilliant my uncle Michael was, and how influential he was to me,” Sam Lerner wrote.“His stories always inspired me and made me fall in love with acting. He was the coolest, most confident, talented guy, and the fact that he was my blood will always make me feel special.
we need to talk. All of my incredible musician friends, songwriters, artists, & producers, must speak out against tyranny and in favor of representative democratic norms in your state. This is preposterous.
When S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole’s death was announced to the world on Friday, fans and famous faces alike immediately raced to social media to share their grief and fond memories of the late star. But one standout message of condolence came from Paul’s former housemate and dear friend, Sheridan Smith, who admitted in a heartbreaking post that his loss had left her feeling “sick” as she tried to process the harrowing news. “Devastated beyond words,” began the Gavin & Stacey star on Instagram, as she shared a photo of the late star at the height of his cheeky and charming youth.
EXCLUSIVE: It’s been nearly three decades since Michael Mann’s crime classic hit theaters and it now feels like Mann and Warner Bros. are finally feeling more heat around the corner for a sequel to Heat. While rumors have been swirling for weeks, Deadline is hearing Warner Bros. is now in negotiations to come on to develop Heat 2, the sequel to the 1995 classic that Mann recently turned into a novel that became a New York Time #1 best-seller when it was published last August. On top of Warner Bros. in talks to return, insiders add that Adam Driver, who recently starred in Mann’s Ferrari pic, is in discussions with Mann to play young Neil McCauley in the movie.
Kygo has released a reimagined remix of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson’s iconic single ‘Say Say Say’.The remix takes the 1983 classic from McCartney’s ‘Pipes Of Peace’ and infuses the song with house-influenced production that plays off McCartney and Jackson’s vocals.“I’m absolutely honoured to work on a song that was made by two of the greatest musical legends of all time,” said Kygo. “Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson have meant so much to me as an artist and I’ve been listening to their music since I was a kid.”He continued: “It’s been a dream of mine to collaborate alongside these iconic artists, and hope everyone enjoys the song as much as I do.”‘Say Say Say’ is Kygo’s first release of 2023.
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding have just pulled ahead in the race for the UK’s Official Number 1 single.
Malina Saval Associate Editor, Features Two years ago, Israeli singer-songwriter Hadar Sopher was in a long-distance relationship that went suddenly awry. “My girlfriend was supposed to catch a train to come for the weekend, and she called me and said, ‘Yo, I’m sorry, I’m not gonna go on the train,’” recalls Sopher of that fateful phone call. “She said, ‘We need to break up. I’m really sorry.’ It was, like, 10 minutes before the train was supposed to leave. I hung up the phone and I was very confused. I felt horrible. I was a mess. And I just didn’t find my closure. I tried to move on, but I was haunted by questions. I just felt like I was constantly thinking about the situation and stuck in some kind of a loop. And then I just woke up in the middle of the night and started to write this song.”
The Beatles by Paul McCartney, taken at the height of ‘Beatlemania’, have been unveiled at London’s National Portrait Gallery.From June 28-October 1 this year, the reopening of the gallery will see 250 photographs taken by the musical legend of his bandmates and surroundings on tour from 1963-64.Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes Of The Storm will show what ‘Beatlemania’ looked like from the bassist and singer’s Pentax camera.An accompanying photobook, titled 1964: Eyes Of The Storm, will be released on June 13 via Penguin Press.Speaking in the book’s foreword, McCartney said of the period: “It felt like millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget for the rest of my life.”Of his love of photography, he added: “The truth is that I’ve always been interested in photography, from the time I was very young, when our family owned a little box camera in the 1950s.“I used to love the whole process of loading a roll of Kodak film into our Brownie camera.”See a selection of images from the book and exhibition below.Elsewhere, a new Paul McCartney documentary exploring the musician’s life following the breakup of The Beatles has been announced.Man On The Run is set to be directed by filmmaker Morgan Neville and will draw on “unprecedented access to a never-before-seen archive of Paul and Linda’s home videos and photos, as well as new interviews,” to chronicle the time between The Beatles’ breakup snd the rise of Wings in the ‘70s.According to a press release, Man On The Run will serve as “the definitive document of Paul’s emergence from the dissolution of the world’s biggest band and his triumphant creation of a second decade of musical milestones — a brilliant and prolific stretch.”“As a
Zack Sharf Digital News Director John Wick is a man of few words. No really. A report from The Wall Street Journal reveals that Keanu Reeves’ eponymous assassin says only 380 words across 103 lines of dialogue during “John Wick: Chapter 4,” which runs nearly three-hours long with its 169 minute runtime. Nearly a third of Reeves’ dialogue in the sequel consists of just one single word. As reported by Wall Street Journal: “In the first installment, clocking in at 101 minutes, Mr. Reeves said a total of 484 words. With a run time of 169 minutes, the fourth movie pushes three hours but features just 380 words by Wick. About 10% of them are featured in the movie’s trailer, which makes the hero seem almost chatty; Wick says more in that 2.5 minute clip than he does in the first 25 minutes of the movie itself.”
Love Is Blind might be—to borrow a phrase from The Bachelor—the most dramatic yet, and Micah Lussier and Paul Peden have a large role in that. Both dumped other connections in order to be together, only to have a potential love triangle (or two) surface during their time in Mexico. They also come from different worlds: Paul described his usual dating type to Netflix as “granola,” and Micah is, well, not that.
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Legendary Beatles star Paul McCartney does not consider himself a risk-taker. After the Beatles officially disbanded in 1970, McCartney revealed he was unsure if he wanted to continue in the music industry. "There’s a couple of times in life when you are forced into taking a risk.
Paul McCartney has long since stepped out of the shadow of The Beatles, but he’s now looking back at a moment when the idea of embarking on a solo career after the Fab Four’s breakup was seen as a huge risk.
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The sporting life! Kim Kardashian treated 7-year-old son Saint and his friends to a soccer match in Paris — and they got to interact with some very famous athletes.
23 years on since the tragic death of Paula Yates, Channel 4 has released a two-part documentary taking a closer look at the TV icon's life. Former Big Breakfast presenter Paula enjoyed a colourful career as a TV host and enjoyed high-profile relationships with both Bob Geldof and the late Michael Hutchence, who died in 1997. However, Paula tragically passed away in 2000 from an overdose, leaving behind four daughters - Fifi, Peaches and Pixie Geldof, who she shared with Bob, and her daughter with Michael, Tiger Lily Hutchence.
Patti Smith was among the artists to perform at a Paul McCartney tribute gig at New York’s Carnegie Hall this week – watch her version of The Beatles‘ ‘She’s Coming Home’ below.‘The Music of Paul McCartney’ was held at the legendary venue on Wednesday night (March 15) as part of Michael Dorf’s charity series ‘Music Of’, which brings musicians together to celebrate the life and music of some of the world’s biggest stars.Also in attendance at Carnegie Hall this week were Graham Nash, Lyle Lovett, Bettye Lavette, Nancy Wilson, Bruce Hornsby, Macca’s former Wings bandmate Denny Laine and more.Patti Smith then appeared unannounced to cover ‘She’s Coming Home’, a highlight from ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’.Watch the rendition below.A post shared by Ron Ozer (@ronozer)A post shared by Craig Radel (@craigradel)Elsewhere, a new Paul McCartney documentary exploring the musician’s life following the breakup of The Beatles has been announced.Man On The Run is set to be directed by filmmaker Morgan Neville and will draw on “unprecedented access to a never-before-seen archive of Paul and Linda’s home videos and photos, as well as new interviews,” to chronicle the time between The Beatles’ breakup snd the rise of Wings in the ‘70s.According to a press release, Man On The Run will serve as “the definitive document of Paul’s emergence from the dissolution of the world’s biggest band and his triumphant creation of a second decade of musical milestones — a brilliant and prolific stretch.”“As a lifelong obsessive of all things McCartney, I’ve always felt that the 1970s were the great under-examined part of his story,” said Neville in a statement.