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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.”

“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.

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.

Miley Cyrus may have one of 2023's biggest hit songs with "Flowers," but don't expect the pop star to embark on a tour to promote it. In a new Vogue profile, the pop star, who just released her new album Endless Summer Vacation, said that she wasn't immediately interested in breaking a near decade-long hiatus from touring. “After the last [headline arena] show I did [in 2014]," Cyrus said, "I kind of looked at it as more of a question.

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.

Summer Walker has revealed the tracklist for her forthcoming record, CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP. The 9-song project is out this Friday (May 19) via LVRN/Interscope Records and is packed with star collaborators.

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Ciara Miller and Mya Allen are taking back the narrative. Or, at least, adding to it.The  stars just launched a joint podcast, , which they say fills in the gaps that exist from what fans get to see on the Bravo series.

The previously announced partnership between Delta and Paramount+ will see the streaming service behind shows like “1923” and “Star Trek: Picard” available to Delta SkyMiles members starting later this summer, the companies announced Thursday. Paramount+ will be available to SkyMiles members on a trial basis through what the airline is calling Delta Sync Exclusives.

BBC Studios has struck an investment and distribution deal with Bonafide Films, the producer of buzzy BBC breakout drama Mood and Peter Moffatt’s The Last Post.

has a new mystery on its hands.Freeform's teen mystery thriller, told through multiple perspectives and set in three different timelines, returns for season 2 this June. The official trailer, which was released Monday, teases a traumatic event that takes place some time around Y2K in a seemingly idyllic town in the Pacific Northwest that begins to unravel the friendship — and love triangle — between Megan (Sadie Sink), Isabella (Lexi Underwood) and Luke (Griffin Gluck) as their friendship is impacted for years to come.The trailer opens with Megan and Isabella being questioned by the sheriff about a missing friend.

“The Summer I Turned Pretty” returns this summer.

, based on Jenny Han's bestselling novels, has an official premiere date on Prime Video, with the first three episodes dropping Friday, July 14, the streaming service announced Friday. Subsequent episodes will be released weekly until the season finale on Aug. 18.The upcoming season returns Lola Tung, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Rain Spencer, David Iacono, Rachel Blanchard and Jackie Chung, and introduces Elsie Fisher and Kyra Sedgwick, who are both joining the ensemble in recurring roles. All eight episode titles were also unveiled as part of the season 2 announcement.

Donna Summer and disco are synonymous. She became known as the “Queen of Disco” and had hits like “She Works Hard for The Money,” “Love to Love You, Baby,” and “I Feel Love,” among many others.

Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood's ex-partner Summer Monteys-Fullam has been rushed to hospital for an immediate operation.The 26-year-old took to Instagram to share a worrying health update as she told fans she'll be going under the knife but isn't entirely sure what will be happening.The redhead, who works as an aesthetician and specialises in lip enhancements, has been forced to cancel upcoming work commitments. She shared a snap of herself next to some hospital equipment with her 46,500 followers. Summer wrote: "Hey girls.

Elizabeth Olsen and husband Robbie Arnett are enjoying a day out together.

This summer’s TCA Press Tour, which was set to kick off on July 28, will not happen if the WGA strike extends into July, officials from the organization Tuesday. “Now that the WGA has gone on strike, there are obvious questions about summer press tour, and we wanted to share everything we know right now.

A clearer picture of how far apart the writers and studios were from a deal has emerged after talks between the WGA and AMPTP broke down, leading to a strike starting on Tuesday.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Amazon is bringing more than 100 of its Prime Video originals to Freevee, the company’s ad-supported platform that’s home to new hit “Jury Duty,” this year. The deal marks the first time these titles will be available to view for free and with commercial breaks. Among the slate of hit Prime Video shows and movies that will begin streaming on Freevee (while still remaining available for ad-free viewing on Prime Video) are “Reacher,” “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” “The Wheel of Time,” “A League of Their Own” and “LuLaRich.” As of Monday, more than 50 of these originals are now available for streaming on Freevee, including “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” “The Grand Tour,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Bosch,” “Modern Love,” “Savage X Fenty,” “Sylvie’s Love,” “Troop Zero” and “Late Night.”