Eagles singer Don Henley is seeking the return of his handwritten notes and song lyrics from the band’s iconic Hotel California album, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in New York.
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J. Kim Murphy It’s always been about timing for Annie Baker.
In her author’s note for her second produced play “Circle Mirror Transformation,” she lays down the law on how to accurately perform the silences as she’s written them: A “short pause” is one second, a “pause” is two, a “long pause” is closer to four and a “silence” is at least five. “If you skip over or rush through these silences, you are performing a different play,” Baker writes in the note, published in 2010.
Now 14 years and seven plays later, the Pulitzer-winner has moved from the stage to cinema with her debut feature “Janet Planet,” which follows a single mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), and her doting 11-year-old daughter, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler), whose affections for her parent are reaching a quiet but definitive breaking point. Expanding its limited release from A24 this weekend after a New York opening, the film provides a fresh, new landscape for Baker’s signature mastery of the loose rhythms of small talk and agonizing, emotionally evocative silences.
“It was actually pure maniacal pleasure being able to control…” (A short pause.) “…the rhythm…” (A pause.) “…of a performance, six months after it happened,” Baker says in a Zoom interview. “Sometimes Julianne would text me and be like, ‘We haven’t talked in four months.’ And I’d be like, ‘I’m hanging out with you.’” “I’m so sick of your face!” Nicholson jokingly impersonates, seated next to Baker at the A24 offices in New York.
“No!” Baker smiles. “It did fulfill a desire I’ve had for a long time to really sink my claws into the timing of a performance.” Nicholson and Ziegler venture into pregnant pauses aplenty in “Janet Planet.” The film begins with Lacy making a call in the dead of night,
.Eagles singer Don Henley is seeking the return of his handwritten notes and song lyrics from the band’s iconic Hotel California album, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in New York.
Taylor Swift will bring her ongoing, international ‘Eras Tour’ to Amsterdam, NIL’s Johan Cruijff Arena.She’ll be joined by special guest Paramore at all three gigs.And, if you’ve held out until the last minute to buy tickets, you’re in luck.When our team last reported on ‘Eras Tour’ ticket prices back in April, the lowest price we could find on tickets for her Amsterdam shows was a whopping $776 USD before fees on Vivid Seats.Now, a little over two months later, prices start at $275 before fees at the time of publication.Yes, that’s over $500 (!) in savings.Sometimes “all of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation” as Tay Tay sings in “Dress,” really does pay off.Want to see Swift do her thing live on Ajax’s home turf?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Taylor Swift’s three Amsterdam ‘Eras Tour’ concerts below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all ‘Eras Tour’ Johan Cruijff Arena concert dates and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Christy Hall was a playwright living in New York City — which means she had several side jobs, including walking dogs and bartending. “There’s a great quote saying, ‘you can make a killing in theater, but you can’t make a living,’” she notes. She had always dreamed of working in film and television, but it never felt completely realistic to her.Today, Hall is the writer-director of “Daddio,” an acclaimed two-hander starring Sean Penn as a taxi driver named Clark and Dakota Johnson as his passenger, known only as Girlie.
, Millennial queen, loves herself a cute little ballet flat for running around the city. Well, turns out she also loves a chic flat shoe when she's riding around the city.The Hunger Games actor was spotted on a CitiBike date with her husband, Cooke Maroney, in New York City on June 25.
to TMZ. His brother, pastor Thomas G. Cobbs, shared the news on Facebook on Wednesday.
Romance author Emily Henry now has four of five of her most recent novels set to be adapted for the big and small screens. Henry went on a rom-com writing spree that began with Beach Read, which came out in the summer of 2020. She has published a book a year since then, with People We Meet on Vacation coming out in 2021, Book Lovers arriving in 2022, Happy Place released in 2023 and Funny Story hitting shelves this year.
Actor Bill Cobbs, who was known for his roles in movies including The Bodyguard and Night at the Museum, and TV series The Sopranos, has died aged 90 it has been announced.The actor won a Daytime Emmy at the age of 86 for his role in the series Dino Dana and appeared in more than 150 films and TV series during his career. According to his brother Thomas, who broke the news on Wednesday via Facebook, Bill died on Tuesday 25 June.
Kelly Bensimon just called off her wedding, but first she was in the Caribbean for a girls weekend with her daughters.
Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris are the epitome of couple goals while attending the American Ballet Theatre’s premiere of Woolf Works on Tuesday night (June 25) at The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center Gala in New York City.
The Jesus and Mary Chain will be heading out on a North American tour with the Psychedelic Furs later this year.The tour kicks off in Philadelphia on September 29 and will see the band take in numerous cities across the continent in October and November.They will then wrap up at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California on November 11. Also opening for them alongside the Psychedelic Furs will be Frankie Rose.Check out the tour dates below and buy your tickets here.SEPTEMBER29 – Philadelphia, PA, Franklin Music HallOCTOBER1 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall2 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theater4 – New York, NY – The Beacon Theatre5 – Brooklyn, NY – The Brooklyn Paramount6 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem8 – Rochester, NY – Kodak Center Music Hall9 – Toronto, Ontario – Queen Elizabeth Theater11 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral Theater12 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre13 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed16 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater17 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace19 – Des Moines, IA – Val-Air Ballroom20 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre22 – La Vista, NE – The Astro23 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater24 – Salina, KS – Stiefel Theatre26 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium29 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre30 – Portland, OR – Crystal BallroomNOVEMBER1 – Redding, CA – Redding Civic Auditorium2 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic3 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort Grand Theatre6 – Riverside, CA – Fox Performing Arts Center8 – San Diego, CA – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park9 – Inglewood, CA – YouTube TheaterIn other news, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Robert Fripp are among the artists who have launched a lawsuit against the PRS over songwriter royalties.The case is centred around how the organisation handles royalties
Hozier brought out Ed Sheeran during his set at Pinkpop 2024 to perform ‘Work Song’ – check it out below.Hozier often performs the hit from his self-titled debut album with a guest during live shows, and its live airing at Pinkpop in the Netherlands was no different with Sheeran invited to take to the stage.“For this next song, this is such a treat and I feel so, so honoured that I get to do this. This is going to be so much fun.
The cast of Kinds of Kindness is keeping busy in New York City.
Chappell Roan just did her first late night talk show interview and it was everything we hoped it would be!
After knocking it out of the park with Poor Things last year, director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone are back at the box office in Kinds Of Kindness, which looks set to shake up a sluggish arthouse market with the best limited opening this year.
has been itching to move to New York permanently. She’s a California native, but now at 24, she’s feeling like the city matches her energy.Like the city that never sleeps, Abrams feels like, during the past year, she too hasn’t stopped, After years of slowly building a fanbase for her unique style of soulful yearning ballads that some call “sad girl” music, her career has hit a crescendo with the frenetic energy of a wave that hasn’t yet crested thanks in part to the fact that she was selected for literally the biggest stage in the world: ’s tour.
Thania Garcia singer/songwriter Sabrina Carpenter announces her upcoming North American headlining Arena tour. The “Short n’ Sweet” tour, which kicks off September 23rd in Columbus, Ohio and includes headlining dates at New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Amaarae, Griff and Declan McKenna will be supporting Sabrina on this tour.
Travis Scott has reportedly been arrested in Miami for “disorderly intoxication and trespassing”.According to jail booking records (per NBC News), the ‘Goosebumps’ rapper was arrested early this morning (June 20) for disorderly intoxication in Miami-Dade County, Florida.Scott – real name Jacques Bermon Webster – was taken into custody at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center around roughly 4:30am. Along with the charge of disorderly intoxication, he was also booked for trespassing property after warning (per Sky News).According to Daily Mail, the rapper submitted a $650 (£513) bond – comprised of $500 (£395) for his trespass charge and $150 (£118) for disorderly intoxication.
Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have announced their first-ever virtual reality concert, dubbed ‘Hyperfocus’, which will be screened from next month onwards.The band’s forthcoming VR concert is set to take place across five different cities in the US over the following months. The ‘Hyperfocus’ concert promises to “deliver an unforgettable performance that allows fans to get up close and personal” with the boyband, per Billboard.“We have been thinking about how to get closer to our fans, and this VR concert is an opportunity for us to do so,” TXT said of the forthcoming VR concert in a press statement.
Julien Baker on tour would be a huge mistake.Baker, 28, just announced her first true solo tour since her 2021-22 ‘Little Oblivions Tour.’This time around, the indie folk/art rocker will pound the pavement at U.S., Canadian and British venues from September through November.As of now, the “Appointments” singer doesn’t have a New York concert lined up but will headline at the inaugural NYC edition of the All Things Go Festival on Sept. 29 alongside big names like Chappell Roan, Reneé Rapp, MUNA, Janelle Monáe and Ethel Cain among others.“Excited to be getting back on the road with the band,” Baker shared on Instagram.
Julien Baker has announced that she will be playing a three-night run at London’s EartH. Find all the details below.Baker will be taking over the venue in Hackney on November 19, 20 and 21.