Dubai-based Front Row Productions has come on board Jordanian director and producer Zaid Abu Hamdan’s second feature Boomah about a female street thug.
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Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Public Enemy, R.E.M, George Clinton, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, Tracy Chapman, Timbaland are among the nominees for the 2024 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The full list of nominees appears below.
A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members will have until midnight EST on December 27, 2023 to turn in ballots, with their choices of three nominees from a songwriter and three from performing songwriter categories, according to the announcement.
The complete list of is also available online at songhall.org. (*Please note that the five songs listed after each nominee are merely a representative sample of their extensive catalogs.) PERFORMING SONGWRITERS Bryan Adams – *(Everything I Do) I Do It For You * Heaven * All For Love * Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? * Summer of ’69 * Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings – * These Eyes * American Woman * Laughing * No Time * No Sugar Tonight * Debbie Harry, Chris Stein & Clem Burke p/k/a Blondie – * Call Me * Heart of Glass * Rapture * One Way or Another * Sunday Girl * Tracy Chapman – * Fast Car * Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution * Give Me One Reason * Baby Can I Hold You * Sing For You * George Clinton – * Atomic Dog * Flashlight * (Not Just) Knee Deep,* P-Funk * Give Up The Funk * Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons & Michael McDonald p/k/a Doobie Brothers – * Listen To The Music * Long Train Runnin’ * What A Fool Believes * China Grove * Black Water * David Gates – * Everything I Own * Make It With You * Baby I’m-a Want You * The Guitar Man *If * Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson p/k/a Heart – * Barracuda * Crazy On You * Dog And Butterfly *
.Dubai-based Front Row Productions has come on board Jordanian director and producer Zaid Abu Hamdan’s second feature Boomah about a female street thug.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “Succession” star Hiam Abbass will play a role that is the polar opposite of Marcia Roy in French-Lebanese director Danielle Arbid’s age-gap drama “Love Conquers All.” The Palestinian actor — who in the HBO series played the third and final wife of billionaire Logan Roy — will next star as Susan, a 65-year-old impoverished widow living in Beirut. There, she meets Osman, a young Sudanese immigrant worker without papers. They instantly fall in love.
Michael B. Jordan’s Saturday night was one for the books — for better or worse.
TMZ reports. The outlet reported that Jordan, 36, crashed his blue sports car into the similarly-colored vehicle outside Sunset Gower Studios near Sunset Boulevard around 11:30 p.m. Los Angeles police sources claimed to TMZ that they found no signs of Jordan being impaired by drugs or alcohol.
Will Smith has revealed that the development of I Am Legend 2 is moving at pace, with both him and Michael B. Jordan on board and a first script delivered.
Hall & Oates business dispute, which has been under wraps in sealed court documents, is now being litigated in open court, making the reasons for their legal clash clearer.
Coronation Street’s Daniel Osbourne (played by Rob Mallard) is set to take revenge as he finds out that his fiancee, Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan), has cheated on him with Ryan Connor. Viewers have watched in recent months as Daisy and Ryan confessed their feelings for each other and struggled to stay away from one another. Daisy has tried to end things with Ryan, but she often ends up back with the DJ despite her long-term relationship with Daniel.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic What part of fast in “Fast Car” did anyone not understand? Country superstar Luke Combs’ cover of the 1988 Tracy Chapman classic proved to be as turbocharged as anything acoustically based in this world can be, with unexpected multi-format success: It was No. 1 at adult pop and country for two weeks each; a healthy No. 6 at Top 40 radio; No.
the Hall & Oates drama continues — with Daryl Hall suing John Oates and getting a restraining order against his longtime partner to block the sale of his share of their publishing royalties to Primary Wave — it’s clear that being in one of music’s biggest duos isn’t always the stuff of making your dreams come true.In fact, being in a duo — as opposed to a band — has been a particularly difficult musical marriage to negotiate throughout pop history. It’s a curse that Hall & Oates managed to avoid for five decades until it even caught up to them deep into their 70s.Here are some other top twosomes who ultimately became out of touch.The Tennessee twosome of Don Everly and his younger brother, Phil, were early rock pioneers in the late ’50s with hits such as “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie” and “All I Have to Do Is Dream.” But all was not as smooth as their harmonies for the brothers.After they both enlisted in the Marines in 1961, they had relatively little success once they were discharged.
Indie rock band Real Estate have announced details of their sixth studio album. Daniel will be released on February 23 via Domino Recording Co. The album was recorded at RCA Studio A in Nashville with Kacey Musgraves producer Daniel Tashian and features the single "Water Underground," which is streaming below.
BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Layton Williams has responded to fans' complaints about his latest performance, saying: "why shouldn't we." Viewers had the same complaint about his recent dance routine with partner Nikita Kuzmin, which involved a pole. During the show's special at Blackpool's Tower Ballroom, Layton and Nikita's performance was called "creative genius".
Former Strictly Come Dancing pro, James Jordan was moved to tears by EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier's performance on the BBC show.The dance was a tribute to Bobby's late mum and Big Brother legend Jade Goody. James, who often shares his thoughts on the celeb performances each week, told his 361,000 followers on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Makes me miss my dad watching that." The pro dancer added: "Bobby F*** me - how good was that!!! Not a fan of couples choice but this year being converted when I see stuff like that. Forget the VT - this was exceptional.
The former Strictly professional dancer James Jordan has shared how he felt when he watched Bobby Brazier perform his tribute dance to his late mum Jade Goody on Saturday night's Strictly Come Dancing.
Daryl Hall is suing John Oates for his plans to sell his share of a joint venture.On November 17, it was revealed that Hall was granted a restraining order against his longtime former musical partner. Whilst many of the details were kept under seal, a reporter suggested that “based on captions for the filings in the chancery clerk’s system, a business trust is at the center of the dispute.”Today, AP News has given more information about the lawsuit, revealing that Hall & Oates have a joint venture and Oates intended to sell his share to a company called Primary Wave.
ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has made a comeback.The star-studded line-up includes the likes of Nella Rose, Josie Gibson, Danielle Harold and Marvin Humes, to name a few. While the celebrities compete for stars to win food for themselves and their campmates, this year's contestants are set to face a host of new, and dangerous, trials.
The competition is beginning to heat up on this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing, with just six celebrities remaining following Angela Rippon's elimination. Bobby Brazier, Annabel Croft, Ellie Leach, Nigel Harman, Layton Williams and Angela Scanlon remain on the BBC One show and will be taking to the dance floor once again on Saturday, 25 November as they continue to fight to take home the Glitterball trophy.
Daryl Hall and John Oates always wanted to be looked at as individuals for their talent — so their band name, Hall & Oates, never did them any favors.Three years before Hall, 77, filed a lawsuit against his longtime music collaborator, Oates revealed why they never decided to flip the moniker to “Oates & Hall.”“He’s taller and older than me, so there you go!” Oates, 75, told The Post ahead of their sold-out Madison Square Garden show in New York City in February 2020.Years earlier, Hall would give his own take on their decision while speaking with the San Jose Mercury News.“The reason we’ve always insisted on our full names is because we consider ourselves to be two individual artists. We’re not really a classic duo in that respect,” he told the newspaper in 2017.
Paul Weller has announced details of an upcoming UK tour, set to kick off next year. Find a list of dates and ticket details below.The new run of shows follows the singer-songwriter’s recent string of live shows around Europe throughout this year, including a slot at Wembley Stadium as the support for Britpop Icons, Blur.Announced today (November 24), the tour will see Weller perform around the UK throughout Spring 2024.
that loving feeling. When John Oates met Daryl Hall in 1967 is was the start of a beautiful friendship and musical partnership.
Daryl Hall has been granted a restraining order against his former music partner John Oates while in the midst of a confidential legal battle.The news of Hall filing a lawsuit against Oates was first reported by Axios Nashville reporter Nate Rau last week (November 17) who tweeted: “Members of the beloved pop rock duo Hall & Oates are locked in mysterious litigation. Daryl Hall filed a lawsuit yesterday against John Oates in Nashville Chancery Court.