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Here at JoBlo, we love the eighties. Heck, we even have a Facebook page and a YouTube channel called Loving the 80s— that’s how much we’re obsessed with the decade. However, when you think about all your favorite eighties movies, I’m willing to bet that for the majority of them, there’s a song that immediately comes to mind. That’s because the 80s were the heyday of movie soundtracks. Nowadays, movies just don’t have super popular songs associated with them the way they used to (which is why the Best Original Song category at the Oscars is so horrendous). It’s a shame, because there’s something about a hit song and a movie together that’s just indelible.

But there are two kinds of eighties movie soundtracks. There are those like Against All Odds, where the theme song “Take a Look at Me Now...

Right before the Eagles played the final encore of their two-year, 109-date History of the Eagles Tour in July 2015, Glenn Frey walked up to guitarist Bernie Leadon and gave him a big hug. Leadon is the band’s founding guitarist and a co-writer of many of their early songs, including “Witchy Woman,” but he left in 1975 following an infamous backstage fight where he poured a beer on Frey’s head. And now here they were embracing following their first tour together in 40 years.

“He said, ‘It’s been great having you out here,...

Warren Zevon’s son isn’t sure how his late father would feel about finally getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “By now he’d be 78,” Jordan Zevon tells Rolling Stone. “How would 78-year-old pop react to it? He could have been the crankiest, get-off-my-lawn-guy on the planet, or he might’ve morphed into the story-time grandpa with hard candy in his pocket and think it’s delightful. We just don’t know.”

Music fans love to complain about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s many snubs,...

The 2025 American Music Honors, presented by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, gathered legends of rock, country, soul and Americana Saturday for an evening of memorable performances and heartfelt tributes. But by the time guest of honor Bruce Springsteen took the podium at the Pollak Theatre, even he’d had enough of himself.

“If I hear my name again, I’m going to fucking throw up,” Springsteen joked. “Let’s talk about fucking someone else.”

With that, the spotlight shifted to the evening’s honorees: Smokey Robinson, Emmylou Harris, Tom Morello, John Fogerty and Joe Ely. Each was celebrated by a standout lineup of presenters and performers including Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Steve Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren. The night, hosted by Brian Williams, also featured a surprise performance from 2024’s honoree Jackson Browne. The latter joined Springsteen, Morello and...

The Eagles have announced new dates for their residency at the Las Vegas Sphere.

The residency kicked off on September 20, 2024, and features tickets with a starting price of $175.

This residency follows The Eagles’ global Long Goodbye Tour and is what fans presume to be their “second last chance” to see the band live. Due to high demand, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees added extra performance dates.

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The Eagles have been together for 53 years, with the founding member Don Henley now 77 years old and still leading the band on drums and vocals. His bandmates include Joe Walsh and Timothy B Schmidt, both also 77, as well as Vince Gill, 68, and the late Glenn Frey’s son Deacon, 31. The band lost members Frey, who died in 2016, as well Randy Meisner, who died in 2023.

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A rare-books dealer previously accused of trying to sell stolen copies of handwritten Eagles lyrics has filed a lawsuit of his own against Don Henley and manager Irving Azoff.

Glenn Horowitz was one of three defendants who faced criminal charges last year for conspiring to possess stolen property — in this case, over 100 pages of drafts of songs from the Eagles’ Hotel California, written by Henley and Glenn Frey. When some of those pages were considered for auction during the 2010s, Henley claimed they were stolen, taking the case to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office,...

Michael Mann's big-screen iteration of his hit 1980s television series "Miami Vice" was up against it from the moment it was greenlit. The problem was right there in the title, and what it represented. When people who were old enough to have watched "Miami Vice" during its run from 1984 to 1990 recalled the show, they remembered a series that was Reagan-era style over substance. It was cool during a profoundly uncool era, a byproduct of empty MTV gloss bolstered by ultra-unhip music from Glenn Frey and Phil Collins. Star Don Johnson -- unshaven in a white sportcoat, rocking white Cole Haan kicks without socks -- was the epitome of the series.

The shimmering South Florida surfaces was one reason to watch, but anyone who paid actual attention to the plotlines knew going into Mann's film that the show was always about a rough, thankless, inherently deceitful job and the...

Universal-owned animation studio Illumination surprised fans with a Halloween special based on its popular Sing franchise. The special, Sing: Thriller, was released on Netflix this Wednesday and announced the day before.

The 11-minute short sees the cast and characters reenact scenes from the music video for the famous 1983 Michael Jackson song “Thriller.” Many of the actors, such as Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, Nick Kroll, Taron Egerton, and Tori Kelly, return for the special. Garth Jennings, director of the first two films, also returns to direct and voice the character Ms. Crawly.

So is Sing: Thriller full of spooky songs and terrifying tunes? Let’s find out.

The special begins with the theater troop performing a play at the theater. We see many cameos in the crowd, including a surprise return of fan-favorite Mike the Mouse from the first Sing movie, who was originally voiced by Seth McFarlane. They put...

At New York’s City Winery two years ago, both sides of the late J.D. Souther were on display. In a tidy dressing room backstage, Souther, looking like a dapper Old West ranch owner in his tailored suit and white hair and whiskers, was regaling a few visitors with stories. Among them were several women who were longtime fans of the songs he wrote with, or for, the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt — and of the charismatic Souther himself. It wasn’t hard to see why: Adhering to his legend, Souther remained,...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against entertainment mogul James Dolan and disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein that accused the pair of sex trafficking and sexual assault.

In January, plaintiff Kellye Croft sued Dolan and Weinstein, alleging “unwanted sexual intercourse” and sexual assault during her time as a massage therapist on an Eagles tour in 2013; Dolan’s band Jd and the Straight Shot served as opening act on that trek.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court because the incidents occurred in multiple states, which an amended lawsuit claimed fell...

Jd Souther, a Songwriters Hall of Famer whose collaborations with The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor helped define the country-tinged Laurel Canyon/Southern California rock sound of the 1970s, has died. He was 78.

His reps said Souther died peacefully at his home in Sandia Park, Nm, but did not provide a cause or date of death.

Born John David Souther on November 2, 1945, in Detroit — he went by Jd, sans periods, throughout nearly all of his professional career — Souther was raised in Amarillo, Texas. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s, where he soon, and fortuitously, formed a band called Longbranch Pennywhistle with musician-songwriter Glenn Frey, a fellow Detroit native. The two would continue their songwriting collaboration even after Frey went on to cofound The Eagles, one of the most successful rock bands in history.

Together, Souther and Frey would contribute some of the Eagles’ most enduring and beloved songs,...

Singer, songwriter and actor Jd Souther, who co-wrote the Eagles hits “New Kid in Town” and “Best of My Love,” has died. He was 78. According to Variety, Souther passed away on Tuesday, September 17, at his home in New Mexico. No cause of death was provided, but a representative for the Eagles told the Los Angeles Times that Souther died “peacefully.” Born on November 2, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, Souther began his music career with the local group The Cinders, who released their first record in 1965. He later moved to Los Angeles, forming a folk duo with fellow musician and songwriter Glenn Frey; the pair released one album in 1970. While Souther would record and release a solo album in 1972 and scored a Top 10 hit in 1979 with the ballad “You’re Only Lonely,” it was in writing for others that he found his biggest success. Most notably, Souther was a frequent collaborator with the Eagles.

Jd Souther, the singer and songwriter who co-wrote songs with the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, has died. He was 78.

Souther died peacefully at his home in New Mexico, according to his rep. No cause of death was given. He was about to embark on a tour with Karla Bonoff.

Souther, a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, was responsible for some of the Eagles’ biggest hits, including the songs “Best of My Love”, “Victim of Love”, “Heartache Tonight”, and “New Kid in Town”. “How Long.” With Ronstadt, he wrote and duetted on the classic songs “Prisoner in Disguise,” “Sometimes You Can’t Win” and “Hearts Against the Wind.” He also enjoyed a successful solo career and penned the hit songs “You’re Only Lonely” and “Her Town Too,” the latter a duet with Taylor.

Born John David Souther on Nov. 2, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan, he was raised in Amarillo, Texas. He started...

John David “J.D.” Souther, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame known for co-penning hits with the Eagles, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt, has died at the age of 78.

The singer-songwriter died peacefully at home in New Mexico, according to reps at Solters PR. A cause of death was not given.

Souther was born in Detroit, Michigan, on Nov. 2, 1945, and raised in Amarillo, Texas. After moving to Los Angeles, California, in the late Sixties, he formed a longtime partnership with the Eagles’ Glenn Frey. The duo briefly formed...

Jd Souther, the singer, songwriter and actor who co-wrote some of the biggest hits of the Eagles, like “New Kid in Town” and “Best of My Love,” and had a long solo career that included the top 10 hit “You’re Only Lonely,” died Tuesday at age 78. No cause of death was given but he was described by reps at Solters PR as dying peacefully at home in New Mexico.

Souther was about to go out for joint concert dates this fall with Karla Bonoff, another veteran of the 1970s Southern California singer-songwriter scene, and had performed as recently as five days ago.

Besides “New Kid” and “Best of My Love,” other compositions co-written by Souther that appeared on Eagles albums included “Heartache Tonight,” “Victim of Love,” “James Dean,” “Doolin-Dalton,” “The Sad Cafe,” “You Never Cry Like a Lover,” “Teenage Jail” and “Last Good Time in Town.” He was the sole writer of “How Long,...

Legendary rock band The Eagles are set to captivate audiences with their hight anticipated residency at the premier concert destination, Sphere, in Las Vegas, from September 20 to January 25, 2025.

The residency’s lineup will feature the band’s founding member Don Henley, 76, along with fellow icons Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, and the late Glenn Frey’s son, Deacon Frey.

This residency comes on the heels of The Eagles’ successful The Long Goodbye Tour, which celebrated the band’s 50 years of touring and their remarkable achievement of selling over 150 million albums worldwide. The tour concluded in the Netherlands on June 15.

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The residency was originally slated to be just eight shows from September through October, but due to overwhelming fan demand, the concert dates were extended three times. Initially only extended by four shows, the...

Spoiler Warning: This story mentions major spoilers for “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” now streaming on Netflix.

Axel Foley is back in Beverly Hills, and so is Eddie Murphy.

“Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” director Mark Molloy set out to make a film with the same feeling and tone as the 1984 classic “Beverly Hills Cop” and its 1987 sequel, “Beverly Hills Cop 2.” He calls the latest film in the franchise “my love letter to the first two films.”

Molloy recruited Jahmin Assa, the film’s production designer, to pay tribute to those earlier chapters in numerous ways. Assa’s goal was to create something that made “Los Angeles feel timeless and as fresh as it did in the 1980s,” and that included shutting down city streets in Detroit and Los Angeles to finding the perfect location to execute a 1980s-style mansion shootout for the film’s third act, and crash...

At long last, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, the fourth film in the franchise (and the first in thirty years) is out, with it streaming on Netflix. We’ve certainly done our fair share of coverage for the movie here on the site, with me being lucky enough to interview Eddie Murphy and much of the cast while also attending the premiere in Beverly Hills. But how does the film stack up as far as the rest of the franchise goes? Of course, that can mean only one thing – it’s time for our Beverly Hills Cop Movies Ranked list! This time, we’re doing from worst to best, so buckle up! And – while you’re at it check out our LiveStream from last night, where our host, Kier Gomes, did his own rankings!

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994):

Not only is this the worst Beverly Hills Cop movie, but...

“Beverly Hills Cop” and its young exuberant star Eddie Murphy were dominant forces on the cultural landscape as soon as the action comedy opened Dec. 5, 1984 on 1,532 screens, earning over $15 million in its first five days of release. “Beverly Hills Cop” garnered nearly $235 million domestically and another $81.6 million internationally.

The comedy even earned an Oscar nomination for its screenplay while Murphy hit superstar status thanks to his dazzling comedic turn as Axel Foley, a freewheeling Detroit cop who is the ultimate fish out of water when a murder investigation leads him to the by-the-book Beverly Hills police department. And the soundtrack album featuring the film’s composer Harold Faltermeyer’s hit “Axel F,” as well as the Pointer Sisters‘ “Neutron Dance” and Glenn Frey’s “The Heat is On,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart.

Three years later, Murphy returned in “Beverly Hills Cop II,” which made close to $300 million worldwide...

Cue the Beverly Hills Cop main theme, the Pointer Sisters’ “The Neutron Dance” and many more as Eddie Murphy reprises his role of Axel Foley in the fourth film installment — Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — 40 years after the first film came out in 1984.

In addition to Murphy, Paul Reiser, Judge Reinhold and Bronson Pinchot returned to the Netflix film to reprise their roles from previous films. The cast also recruited Kevin Bacon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Taylor Paige to star. Luis Guzmán, Affion Crockett and Nasim Pedrad also guest star.

The Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F soundtrack contains hit songs featured in previous films as well as a brand new original song, “Here We Go!” by Lil Nas X. The film also includes songs from Bob Seger, Billy Idol, Big Sean, Mary J. Blige, Hall and Oates and more. For the full Beverly Hills: Axel Foley soundtrack, read on.

“The Heat...

First released in 1984, Martin Brest’s “Beverly Hills Cop” was one of the defining movies of its decade, and a huge stepping stone (along with “48 Hrs.” and “Trading Places”) toward stardom for Eddie Murphy. It not only spawned two sequels over the next decade, but set a template for action comedies that persists today. “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” marks the overdue fourth installment in the franchise and introduces with it a director to watch: Mark Molloy.

After beginning his career as a director of commercials for brands like Nike, Google and Apple, Molloy makes his feature debut with “Axel F,” which drew heavily from the first two “Beverly Hills Cop” films while pushing forward the story of its eponymous detective, now father to an equally-driven but estranged daughter (played by “Zola” breakout Taylour Paige).

While Netflix commemorates the 40th anniversary of Brest’s original with this sequel, Molloy...

Nostalgia — it Ain’T what it used to be. Right around the halfway mark of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, a.k.a. the fourth time out for Eddie Murphy’s streetwise detective, our man Axel strides to the front desk of a posh L.A. hotel. He’s rockin’ his usual Detroit-plainclothes-chic uniform of varsity jacket, T-shirt, jeans and white sneakers. Seeing Murphy, who looks better at 63 than most of us did at 33, in his old get-up is already enough of a time-machine nudge on its own. Now he...

Warning: Major spoilers for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F below!

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F's soundtrack features nostalgic 80s and 90s hits, with many songs returning from prior sequels. The film's big chases and scenes are accompanied by catchy tracks like "Shakedown." "Here We Go" by Lil Nas X serves as the theme song for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, sampling Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F."

The franchise is known for dropping multiple bangers into its soundtracks, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F's soundtrack is no different. Music is so important to the Beverly Hills Cop movie franchise that the fourth entry's subtitle, Axel F, takes its name from the original movie's theme song. Of course, soundtracks were a much bigger deal back during the 1980s and 1990s. The first three movies were loaded with hits from artists like George Michael, Glenn Frey and The Pointer Sisters.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F...

Plot: After an attempt on his daughter’s life and the disappearance of his friend Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) returns to Beverly Hills to do battle with a group of corrupt cops.

Review: Right off the bat, it’s clear that Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F director Mark Molloy nailed the assignment. In the movie’s first scene, we see Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley driving around his beloved Detroit, cracking a smile as Glenn Frey’s “The Heat is On” fills the soundtrack. It’s not subtle, but it delivers the message loud and clear that for the first time since the second film in 1987, we can legitimately say there’s a new Beverly Hills Cop movie out, and it kicks butt. Wholeheartedly embracing an R-rating, with frequent F-bombs and surprisingly hardcore action beats, Molloy’s made a movie that will likely prove to...

There are a few valid reasons to make a sequel four decades down the track from an action-comedy blockbuster that left an indelible pop-cultural imprint: 1. A smart script with a completely fresh take on a formulaic genre. 2. Writing that digs into the ways an iconic character known for his rule-breaking irreverence adjusts to the social shifts of a different century. 3. New technology that allows for more explosive thrills. 4. The nostalgia of audiences for whom the original holds enduringly fond memories. 5. Lil Nas X agrees to write and perform a song, spinning rap verses around synthmeister Harold Faltermeyer’s catchy theme tune.

Sauntering along 30 years after the third installment opened to scalding reviews and underwhelming grosses, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F justifies its existence only with points 4 and 5. Which will likely be enough to satisfy diehard fans. Directed with journeyman efficiency by first-timer Mark Molloy and written by a committee that...

A renegade cop who refuses to play by the rules or pay any mind to the ungodly amount of collateral damage he causes in the name of saving Los Angeles from its own systemic rot, Axel Foley makes so much sense as the hero of a Netflix movie that it’s hard to believe the company didn’t invent him itself. Maybe that helps to explain why “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” feels sturdier and more self-possessed than your average straight-to-streaming legacy sequel, including Eddie Murphy’s own “Coming 2 America.” Here is a story of — and about — the diminished but enduring power of a classic brand in modern Hollywood (or at least the greater Hollywood area), and the moral of that story boils down to a simple idea: Familiarity is such a powerful force that it can inspire people to forgive pretty much anything.

For better or worse, there...

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While it’s been 30 years since Eddie Murphy last donned Axel Foley’s Detroit Lions jacket, that’s hardly remarkable by today’s standards. Heck, the gap between Beverly Hills Cop III and Netflix’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is shorter than Murphy’s other legacy sequel,...

When first-time feature filmmaker Mark Molloy got the — admittedly, quite wild — phone call from super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer about the possibility of directing the long-gestating fourth film in the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise, he didn’t have to do much research. After all, the long-time commercial director was a fan of the Eddie Murphy comedy franchise from way back. Like, watching the original films on VHS on the family farm kinda way back.

There was, however, one piece of legwork he opted not to undertake: Watching the third, much-maligned film in the franchise. Based on how poorly “Beverly Hills Cop III” did when it was released in 1994 (including a franchise-worst box office take of $119 million and roundly negative reviews from critics and Murphy himself), Molloy was hardly the only hardcore Axel Foley fan who skipped the whole thing.

Instead, Molloy was eager to bring back the stuff he loved about the...

Don Henley has filed a lawsuit seeking the return of the personal Eagles lyric sheets that were recently the subject of a separate criminal trial.

While the charges against former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and rock memorabilia dealer Edward Kosinski were abruptly dropped during the trial in March, the Eagles singer filed a lawsuit Thursday to regain ownership of the seized lyric sheets, including handwritten lyrics from the Hotel California era.

“Don Henley has filed suit today in a New York federal court for return of...

A federal judge is giving a massage therapist two weeks to adequately allege a commercial sex act in her sex trafficking lawsuit naming entertainment mogul James Dolan and disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein — or face permanent dismissal of her claims in federal court.

In a new ruling obtained by Rolling Stone, the judge agreed with Dolan’s lawyers that plaintiff Kellye Croft’s first amended complaint, filed in April, is “devoid” of the necessary threshold allegations that Dolan coerced her into a commercial sex act with something of value, such...

Prosecutors in the trial involving handwritten lyrics from the Eagles’ 1976 classic Hotel California dismissed the case on Wednesday in a surprise decision that seemingly puts an end to one of the more unusual music-related criminal trials in recent years.

In the criminal case, three men were accused of conspiring to possess stolen property. That property in question was over 100 pages of drafts of songs from the Eagles’ landmark album, written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey. The trial was heading into its third week on Wednesday when, in a letter to Judge Curtis Farber,...

Seated at a witness stand in Manhattan court on Monday, Don Henley was doing his best to contain himself and what he was feeling. But every so often, the boldface-name witness in a trial involving allegedly stolen handwritten lyrics to songs from the Eagles’ Hotel California couldn’t help himself.

Take the moment Henley was asked if he recalled sending legal pads with lyric drafts to writer Ed Sanders for research of the group’s planned Eagles biography more than 40 years ago. “I don’t recall offering to send him lyric pads,...

It took three days, but one of the stars of the case involving allegedly stolen handwritten lyrics from the Eagles’ Hotel California album emerged Friday. And it wasn’t Don Henley or any of the other band members over the decades: It was paper.

On Friday, glimpses of the yellow pads with in-progress lyrics from the album’s title track were shown during testimony by Tom Lecky, a former manuscripts executive at the auction house Christie’s. The photos, taken for a Christie’s listing that never went up, showed one...

A year and a half after three men were arrested for allegedly conspiring to sell handwritten lyrics to Eagles songs without the band’s consent, their trial finally began yesterday — along with its share of allegations, backstage tidbits, and a cliffhanger worthy of a fictional TV trial.

On Wednesday, the three defendants — rare-books collector Glenn Horowitz, memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski, and former Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi — faced a judge, but no jury, in New York State Supreme Court. In the words of Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Nicholas Penfold,...

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A woman who worked as a masseuse on an Eagles tour a decade ago filed a lawsuit Tuesday against James L. Dolan, the chairman and CEO behind Madison Square Garden, and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, among others, alleging sexual assault and trafficking.

The plaintiff, Kellye Croft, claims that in late 2013, Dolan enticed her into a sexual relationship and hired her for the tour on which Weinstein, whom she says was a close friend of Dolan’s, sexually assaulted her. She says when she told Dolan about the rape, she alleges he was unsympathetic.

Kelly Clarkson soared during her rendition of the Eagle’s “Desperado,” the title track from the band’s 1973 album and one of their most enduring songs.

For the cover, the The Kelly Clarkson Show host took the stage for Friday’s episode alongside her music director Jason Halbert at the piano. While the beginning of the ballad stays close to the original’s structure, towards the end, Clarkson elevates the lyrics with her powerhouse vocals.

The performance follows Clarkson’s cover of Bloc Party‘s “Like Eating Glass” last week...

Eddie Merrins, the gentlemanly golf pro at the Bel-Air Country Club who taught the game to the likes of Bing Crosby, Ringo Starr, George C. Scott, Dean Martin, Celine Dion and Jack Nicholson, has died. He was 91.

Merrins died Wednesday after a long illness, according to UCLA, where he coached for 14 years. His son Michael had launched a GoFundMe campaign this year to help the family with expenses.

Nicknamed “The Little Pro,” the 5-foot-7 Mississippi native played on the PGA Tour before serving as Bel-Air’s head pro from 1962 until he was asked to step aside in 2003. However, he remained a beloved fixture at the fabled club as pro emeritus in a jacket/sweater, tie and white driving cap.

Remarkably, Bel Air, which opened in 1925, has had only three head pros: Joe Novak, Merrins and now Dave Podas.

Inducted into the PGA Hall of Fame in 2009, Merrins arranged for Jack Nicklaus to meet Tiger Woods,...

Jeremy Adams has steadily and unabashedly infused his film and comic book projects with the pop culture sensibilities he grew up loving. This approach is especially apparent in the animated movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match, the latest written by Adams and a love letter to all the '80s pop culture that has informed Adams' life. The movie follows Johnny Cage as he's roped into the machinations of a sinister cult looking to unleash Shinnok on EarthRealm and plunge the City of Angels into Hell.

In an exclusive interview with Cbr, Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match writer Jeremy Adams talked about returning to the Mortal Kombat Universe, explained the movie's pairing of Johnny Cage and Ashrah, and delved into why Cage Match is the most personal Mortal Kombat project he's worked on.

Related: Mortal Kombat: Onslaught Is Available Now on iPhone and Android

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Randy Meisner, the co-founder of the iconic American rock band The Eagles, best known for tracks such as ‘Take it to the Limit’ has passed away at the age of 77.

Meisner was the singer of the band and was known for his soft but powerful approach to vocal melodies.

As reported by their official website, the rock legend was found dead on July 26 in Los Angeles due to medical complications caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The bassist and singer for the band, Meisner was a rock icon and has recorded some of the band’s biggest classic albums such as ‘Eagles’, ‘Desperado’, ‘On The Border’, ‘One of These Nights’, and ‘Hotel California’.

“The Eagles are sad to report that founding member, bassist, and vocalist, Randy Meisner, passed away last night (July 26) in Los Angeles at age 77, due to complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (Copd),” the band said on their official website.

Randy Meisner has died. The founding member, bassist and vocalist of the Eagles died on Wednesday night due to complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, the band confirmed in a blog post. He was 77.

“Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band,” the band said in a statement. “His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on his signature ballad, ‘Take It to the Limit'”.

Meisner was born on March 8, 1946, in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. Prior to his time with The Eagles, Meisner served as a bassist and vocalist with Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band.

Next, Meisner was at the forefront of the musical revolution in 1960s Los Angeles as the original bass player for the pioneering country-rock group, Poco.

Then, in 1971, Meisner formed the Eagles along with Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Bernie Leadon. Meisner contributed to five of the band’s albums: Eagles,...

Randy Meisner, the founding bassist for The Eagles and the vocalist on their hit song “Take It to the Limit,” is dead at 77 years old.

Confirmation of Meisner’s passing came on Thursday in the form of a post made to the blog on The Eagles’ website. According to the statement, Meisner died on the evening of Wednesday, July 26th, due to complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (Copd).

“Randy was an integral part of The Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band,” the statement read. “His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on his signature ballad, ‘Take It to the Limit.’”

Born Randall Herman Meisner in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on March 8th, 1946, Meisner began playing guitar after he saw Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show in the late ‘50s. By the time he was in high school, he had picked up the bass guitar and...

Randy Meisner, bassist and founding member of the Eagles who wrote and sang “Take it to the Limit,” died on Wednesday. He was 77 years old.

The Eagles confirmed Meisner’s death in a statement on their website, stating he died from complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Copd).

“The Eagles are sad to report that founding member, bassist, and vocalist, Randy Meisner, passed away last night in Los Angeles,” the band wrote. “Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band. His vocal range was astonishing,...

Randy Meisner, the bassist and founding member of the Eagles who sang lead vocal on the band’s first big hit, “Take It to the Limit,” has died. He was 77.

Meisner died Wednesday night in Los Angeles of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the Eagles announced on their website.

“Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band. His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on his signature ballad, ‘Take It to the Limit,'” a statement read.

In May 1968, Meisner joined Poco with former Buffalo Springfield members Richie Furay and Jim Messina and worked on that group’s first album, 1969’s Pickin’ Up the Pieces, but he quit shortly before the record was released.

In September 1971, Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon formed the Eagles. They signed with David Geffen’s Asylum Records and released their eponymous...

Randy Meisner, the co-founding Eagles bassist whose soaring voice powered their massive hit “Take It To the Limit,” died Wednesday night from complications caused by chronic pulmonary disease, a statement from the band said. He was 77.

“Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band,” the band said in the statement. “His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on his signature ballad, ‘Take It to the Limit.’”

Before he co-founded the group, Meisner played with Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band and was the original bass player for country-rock group Poco in the late 1960s.

Born on March 8, 1946, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Meisner was part of Eagles from their self-titled 1972 debut album through 1976’s Hotel California, quitting the group in 1977 amid internal feuding and behind-the-scenes turmoil. He was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit, who also had succeeded Meisner in Poco after he left to form the Eagles.

The Eagles, one of rock’s most enduring bands, has announced its final tour after more than 50 years on the road, with a Sept. 7 launch at New York’s Madison Square Garden and the tour likely continuing into 2025.

Opening act for “The Long Goodbye” tour will be Steely Dan.

See the full itinerary below.

The Eagles currently consists of Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey. Guitarist and singer Deacon Frey is the son of original band member Glenn Frey.

A statement on the band’s Instagram page reads:

The Eagles have had a miraculous 52-year odyssey, performing for people all over the globe; keeping the music alive in the face of tragic losses, upheavals and setbacks of many kinds. Credit and thanks go to our longtime management team, our dedicated road crew, and our exceptional backup musicians for providing skilled and steadfast support,...

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