Yasiin Bey says he won’t play jazz legend Thelonious Monk in biopic since family disapproves

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Jack Couffer, the renowned cinematographer, writer, director, producer and naturalist who earned an Oscar nomination for his lensing of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, died at a skilled nursing facility on July 30. He was 96.

Yazmin Oukhellou has shared how she went off to Santorini for a solo holiday in an attempt to "find herself again".The Only Way Is Essex star, who recently swore off surgery after she could've died during her Brazilian bum lift, opened up to OK! about her trip in an exclusive interview about her ISAWITFIRST fashion collection.The star explained that when she turned 27 in May, she was faced with the reality of realising she wasn't sure of who she really was and what she wanted out of life.

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Lorde has shared a new live video of her performing ‘Solar Power’ on a blustery rooftop in New York with Jack Antonoff.The song is the title track of the star’s upcoming second album and the performance follows another rooftop rendition of it that Lorde performed for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.In the new video, Lorde and Antonoff – who produced ‘Solar Power – perform the track as wind whips around them and rain starts to fall on the rooftop of Electric Lady Studios.

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Miranda Lambert has made no secret of being an animal lover, founding the MuttNation Foundation with a goal of facilitating pet adoption throughout the U.S.

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family, who recently reunited to honor the late Naya Rivera.The 35-year-old actress and one-third of the LadyGang starred as Kitty Wilde on the Fox musical series. While co-hosting Thursday's Entertainment Tonight, Tobin recalled working with Rivera and gushed about how the late star's son, Josey, is «the best kid.»«Oh [Josey's] the best.

A.D. Amorosi Yasiin Bey was announced as the star of a Thelonious Monk biopic on Wednesday, but as of Thursday, he appeared to be backing out the project in the wake of complaints coming from the late jazz great’s estate about the planned film.“If the Monk Estate is not happy with it, if Mr.

Eric Clapton has said he will not perform at any venues that require attendees to prove that they have received their full vaccination from the coronavirus.  The musician and outspoken vaccine skeptic issued a statement that was highly critical of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that vaccine passes would be required to enter nightclubs and other live performance venues in light of increasing coronavirus cases.

Eric Clapton has said he will not perform concerts that require proof of vaccination.The veteran rocker has been publicly vocal about his opposition to lockdown restrictions and vaccinations in recent months and last December he teamed up with fellow sceptic Van Morrison for the track ‘Stand and Deliver’, one of many anti-lockdown songs Morrison recorded and which were met with significant backlash.Following the government’s lifting of restrictions on Monday (July 19), Clapton said in a

Yasiin Bey, previously known as Mos Def, would play late jazz musician Thelonious Monk in a new biopic film titled Thelonious. Less than 24 hours later, Monk’s estate has come out to “condemn” the film as unauthorised.T.S.

Eric Clapton is taking a stand.

Jonathan Cohen Yasiin Bey, the musician formerly known as Mos Def, will portray jazz piano legend Thelonious Monk in the biopic “Thelonious,” which is slated to begin production in the summer of 2022. The project is being brought to the screen by Jupiter Rising Film and its co-founders, Alberto Marzan and Peter Lord Moreland.

Ethan Shanfeld Eric Clapton will not perform at venues that require proof of vaccination.“Following the PM’s announcement on Monday the 19th of July 2021, I feel honour bound to make an announcement of my own: I wish to say that I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present.

Mos Def, is confirmed to play revolutionary jazz musician Thelonious Monk.The casting announcement comes via Rolling Stone.

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Fresh from winning the Euros 2020 with Italy footballer Marco Verratti had another day never to forget when he tied the knot with stunning model girlfriend Jessica Aidi.