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Before David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, there was Marc Bolan. As the frontman for T. Rex, Bolan was a foundational force of glam rock, putting on glitter and feather boas with an androgynous swagger that reshaped the look and sound of 1970s Britain.

The documentary AngelHeaded Hipster attempts to capture his legacy through a unique lens: the creation of a modern tribute album produced by the late Hal Willner. This structure immediately splits the film into two distinct parts.

One is a biographical journey using rich archival material to tell Bolan’s story. The other is a contemporary, behind-the-scenes look at artists like Nick Cave and U2 recording their interpretations of his work. The film’s central question becomes how these two narratives, past and present, speak to each other.

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The most potent parts of the film are, without question, the moments spent with Bolan himself.

William H. Macy, the revered Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning character actor, will sit down with yours truly on Sept. 9 in Toronto to record a special episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast in front of an audience at THR’s Access Canada Summit, a three-day event that spotlights Canada’s vibrant content industry.

The recording will take place at Toronto’s Omni King Edward Hotel at 10:30 a.m. local time. Tickets are available for purchase on the summit’s website.

Macy, 75, is best known for his work in films like 1996’s Fargo, 1997’s Boogie Nights and 2015’s Room, as well as TV series such as ER and Shameless. He will be at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival with Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last January en route to being acquired by Netflix, and for which he...

A pair of music documentaries and a live concert from Jin of BTS on his first solo tour join indie animation, a searing look at Sudan, a serial killer horror and Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut at the specialty box office as independents spot another window with fewer new studio releases. Roman Polanski’s 2019 historical drama on the Dreyfus Affair opens in New York.

The widest this weekend is Roadside Attractions’ horror-thriller Strange Harvest, written and directed by Stuart Ortiz, on 771 screens. Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for “Mr. Shiny,” a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a dark cosmic force. Stars Peter Zizzo, Terri Apple, Andy Lauer, Matthew Peschio, Janna Cardia, Travis Wolfe Sr., Christina Helene Braa. This is at 94% with critics off 32 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Two months after the death of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys legend was laid to rest at Los Angeles’ Westwood Memorial Park.

His daughter Carnie Wilson, singer of the Nineties trio Wilson Phillips, wrote a heartfelt post on Instagram about her father’s burial. “Today we laid my Daddy to rest,” she said. “It was incredibly difficult to see that happen, but at the same time it gave more closure and more of a feeling of restful peace. The last eight weeks have been extremely challenging and like nothing I’ve ever experienced.

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Dolly Parton has suffered a lot of loss this year. Her husband passed away in March. Well-respected musician Ozzy Osbourne and wrestler Hulk Hogan died within days of each other last month. They both had unexpected connections to the country singer.

Despite the losses, Dolly keeps on trucking. Fans have known her as an icon for decades. Now she is officially one in the Guinness Book of World Records. Keep reading for all the details on the singer’s latest huge honor.

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Opening a bar in Nashville is a rite of passage at this point. Country singers Luke Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Jason Aldean, and Garth Brooks are just a few who lent their name to bars in the city’s popular Broadway area.

We can’t forget the ladies of country music. Lainey Wilson and Miranda Lambert also have bars in the Nashville hot spot.

Following Ozzy Osbourne’s recent passing, Variety reports that Sony’s previously announced biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is still moving forward.

A representative for Polygram Entertainment confirmed that the project — initially announced back in 2020 — continues to gestate, and “they’re currently in negotiations with a director, which could be confirmed very soon.”

As previously reported, Sony announced that it would be helming a film about the Prince of Darkness and his relationship with wife and manager Sharon. The studio teamed up with Polygram Entertainment and Osbourne Media to develop the film, which was set to be produced by Sharon, Jack, and Aimee Osbourne alongside Polygram’s Michele Anthony and David Blackman and Sony’s Andrea Giannetti.

Lee Hall, script writer for the 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman, was tapped to write the screenplay, and per the Polygram rep’s latest statement, Hall and the production team are all still on board.

Following Ozzy Osbourne’s recent passing, Variety reports that Sony’s previously announced biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is still moving forward.

A representative for Polygram Entertainment confirmed that the project — initially announced back in 2020 — continues to gestate, and “they’re currently in negotiations with a director, which could be confirmed very soon.”

As previously reported, Sony announced that it would be helming a film about the Prince of Darkness and his relationship with wife and manager Sharon. The studio teamed up with Polygram Entertainment and Osbourne Media to develop the film, which was set to be produced by Sharon, Jack, and Aimee Osbourne alongside Polygram’s Michele Anthony and David Blackman and Sony’s Andrea Giannetti.

Lee Hall, script writer for the 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman, was tapped to write the screenplay, and per the Polygram rep’s latest statement, Hall and the production team are all still on board.

Despite years of sparing updates, a representative for Polygram Entertainment confirmed this week that Sony’s Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic is still moving forward, and that “they’re currently in negotiations with a director, which could be confirmed very soon.”

In 2021, Sony announced that it would be making a film based on the heavy metal legend’s relationship with his wife and manager. The studio was developing it with Polygram Entertainment and Osbourne Media, the film and television arm of Universal Music Group and the Osbourne family’s media label, respectively. Sharon, as well as her and Ozzy’s children, Jack and Aimee Osbourne, were attached to produce alongside Polygram’s Michele Anthony and David Blackman and Sony’s Andrea Giannetti.

Lee Hall was attached to write the screenplay, fresh off the success of 2019’s “Rocketman,” where his script adapted Elton John’s life story for the screen. Polygram...

NBC News and MSNBC announced a series of staffing announcements, with the latter preparing to split from parent Comcast.

Michelle Perry has been promoted to deputy bureau chief of NBC News, having previously run the network’s justice and national security unit. She has been with the network and MSNBC for 20 years, including as executive producer of Andrea Mitchell’s daily show.

MSNBC, meanwhile, has announced a series of hires for its D.C. bureau., be led by bureau chief Sudeep Reddy. Scott Matthews, senior VP of newsgathering, has been tasked with building up MSNBC’s news division.

Akayla Gardner is joining as a White House reporter from Bloomberg, where she was a White House correspondent and author of the weekly “Washington Edition: Inside the White House” newsletter.

Ryan Reilly will be senior justice reporter, having worked for NBC News. He covered the Jack Smith investigation, the January 6th attack on...

NBC News promoted Michelle Perry to be its Washington Deputy Bureau Chief on Wednesday after a 20-year career within the NBC family.

Perry’s promotion comes amid a shakeup at the network as MSNBC is being split off into new media conglomerate Versant.

Before her promotion, Perry worked as the head of the justice and national security unit at NBC. In her new role, she will oversee NBC News’ editorial units across Washington, leading daily reporting efforts and developing network talent.

Perry stepped into her previous role in 2024, overseeing the bureau’s coverage of the first assassination attempt on President Donald Trump and the end of former President Joe Biden’s re-election bid.

The executive producer has been with NBC for two decades, starting out her career as an intern with “Today.” She went on to most notably EP Andrea Mitchell’s MSNBC program for 10 years, producing interviews with Benjamin Netanyahu...

Ozzy Osbourne's official cause of death has been disclosed, just two weeks after the Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV personality died at the age of 76. The legendary rocker passed away on July 22, 2025, and he was laid to rest last week at a private service in Buckinghamshire, England, attended by his family and friends. Thousands of fans turned out to pay their final respects to the "Prince of Darkness" at his funeral procession in his home city of Birmingham, while also showing support for his grieving wife Sharon and his children.

According to a death certificate recently filed by his daughter Aimee Osbourne at a registry in London and obtained by the New York Times, Osbourne died from "acute myocardial infarction," commonly known as a heart attack, and also suffered from several other health issues, including Parkinson's and coronary artery disease. The document specifically notes that he died "(a...

Elton John, Edward Berger collaborator Volker Bertelmann and thecomposers of Emilia Perez are among the first wave of nominees for the 25th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa).

The winners will be announced on October 15 at the Wsa ceremony and concert, held during Film Fest Gent in Belgium.

Clément Ducol and Camille are nominated across two categories this year for their work on Emilia Pérez –film composer of the year and best original song for‘El Mal’, winner of the parallel category at this year’s Oscars. They share the latter nomination with director Jacques Audiard, who also has songwriting credits.

Taron Egerton's new mystery thriller is here, and it now has a Rotten Tomatoes score. Egerton will be best known to many audiences for his role as Eggsy in the Kingsman franchise, a role he first played back in 2014.

Egerton returned as the spy character in 2017's Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and he is expected to return for one more outing with Kingsman 3 from franchise director Matthew Vaughn. Outside his work in this action spy franchise, however, Egerton has established himself as a bankable star.

The Welsh actor took on the role of Elton John in Rocketman (2019), which was a big critical and commercial success. He also stars in Carry-On (2024), an action thriller that now stands as the second most-watched English-language Netflix movie ever.

2025 has been another strong year for Egerton, with the actor leading the Apple TV+ series Smoke. His latest release is a smaller film in the thriller genre,...

Cage the Elephant capped off their Lollapalooza 2025 set on Thursday night with a heartfelt surprise by paying tribute to rock legend Ozzy Osbourne with a powerful rendition of Black Sabbath‘s classic ballad, “Changes.” Watch a clip of the performance below.

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The iconic metal godfather passed away on Tuesday, July 22nd. Earlier this week, fans paid tribute to him during a public funeral procession through the streets of his hometown, Birmingham. He was laid to rest the following day on the grounds of his mansion in Buckinghamshire, England, in an intimate service that reportedly included attendance by Ozzy’s family, Elton John, members of Black Sabbath, Metallica, and more.

Following the passing of the Prince of Darkness, an outpouring of tributes emerged from artists across the globe. Among the most notable was Alice Cooper, who was recently joined onstage by Johnny Depp for a...

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As the gentlemen of Spinal Tap surely know, it can take a while to find your back to the stage. In the case of their long-awaited sequel, it's been more than 40 years since Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer starred as "one of England's loudest bands."

But that wait will soon be over.

Hot off a rerelease earlier this month, the band is gearing up for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. After the first trailer last week, details about a new album have surfaced, including a host of special guests featured on it.

For everything you need to know about Spinal Tap II, as well as the first images, rock read on!

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The End Continues brings the core trio of McKean, Guest, and Shearer back together as David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls, respectively. Also returning from This Is Spinal Tap is Fran Drescher...

Taron Egerton doesn’t even blink when asked what he likes about Nate, the brutally violent ex-con he plays in Lionsgate’s new gritty crime thriller, “She Rides Shotgun.”

“I actually like that he hates himself,” he says. “He’s got that kind of reluctant hero thing, the kind of tortured hero, but he would never think of himself in those terms. He’s only reflective about his mistakes. I think he’s somebody that kind of walks around feeling like he’s not fit to be in the world, certainly not fit to be a father. That kind of emotional inarticulacy is quite interesting to me. I think it’s really human to walk around with a voice in your head telling you that you’ve fucked up.”

The film, directed by Nick Rowland and adapted from Jordan Harper’s novel, follows Nate being recently released from prison after...

We now have our first look at the new music video for the single “Stonehenge” from the upcoming sequel to the beloved rock mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap. Bleecker Street had recently unveiled the trailer to Spinal Tap II: The End Continues last week at ComicCon. The film has Rob Reiner returning as director and documentarian, Marty Di Bergi, along with Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer returning as Spinal Tap. The film is also written by the four stars. Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner and Matthew George are the credited producers on the film. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will try not to get lost on its way to theaters on September 12.

One of the draws to this new entry is the cameos from figures of the music world. Some of the predominantly big names will include Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Questlove. The former is included...

Following a public funeral procession through the streets of Birmingham on Wednesday (July 30th), Ozzy Osbourne was laid to rest at the grounds of his mansion in Buckinghamshire, England, on Thursday (July 31st).

According to reports from The Mirror and Daily Mail, the intimate service at the 250-acre estate was attended by Ozzy’s family members, with Elton John and members of Black Sabbath and Metallica also expected to be present.

TMZ further reported that Zakk Wylde, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, and Slipknot singer Corey Taylor were in attendance, as well.

In burying Ozzy near a lake at his estate, Sharon Osbourne granted the metal legend’s wishes. In his autobiography I Am Ozzy, he wrote, “I’ve said to Sharon: ‘Don’t cremate me, whatever you do.’ I want to be put in the ground, in a nice garden somewhere, with a tree planted over my head.'”

According to the Daily Mail,...

Heavy metal legends Spinal Tap have teamed up with Elton John for a re-recording of the band’s classic cut “Stonehenge,” released on Thursday via Interscope Records.

The band also released a music video for the single, confirming the song will appear on The End Continues, the forthcoming album for the mockumentary Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, out on Sept. 12 to coincide with the movie’s theatrical run.

The 13-track set includes nine brand new songs and four reinvented favorites, featuring guests Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, and Trisha Yearwood.

A new trailer for the movie, featuring a musical clip of “Stonehenge,” premiered last week at San Diego’s Comic-Con 2025 after Rob Reiner and Paul Feig’s panel “Directors On Directing.” Watch the trailer below.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues picks up 41 years after the release of 1984’s groundbreaking This Is Spinal Tap, when now estranged bandmates David St. Hubbins,...

Spinal Tap have re-recorded their classic song “Stonehenge” with the legendary Elton John for the upcoming sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, as well as an accompanying companion album, titled The End Continues. Both the film and the album will arrive on September 12th.

“Stonehenge” was one of the highlights in the original 1984 movie, This Is Spinal Tap, as made famous in the hilarious scene in which the band plays onstage alongside an 18-inch Stonehenge prop instead of an 18-foot one.

The music video (and likely full scene from the sequel) shows Spinal Tap finally playing in front of that 18-foot Stonehenge they originally desired, as they are joined by Elton on piano and vocals.

The album The End Continues will also feature guest spots from Paul McCartney on “Cups and Cakes,” and married couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood on “Big Bottom,” as well as a second appearance...

It turns out that the real problem with Spinal Tap’s “Stonehenge” wasn’t just that tiny onstage prop — the song was also missing some assistance from a living rock monument. A just-released new version of the track, featuring Elton John on vocals, is the first single from the fictional metal gods’ new album,The End Continues. The collection, due Sept. 12, will accompany the long-delayed sequel to 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, which hits theaters the same day.

The album, available to preorder now,...

The race to be Denis Villeneuve’s 007 is hotting up, but Taron Egerton has bowed out.

The actor, known for his roles in the Kingsman movies and as Elton John in Rocketman, may have been considered a frontrunner for James Bond after step-siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson formally handed over the rights to Amazon earlier this year. He’s young, fit and British, has proven he can play a great spy — why not?

“I think I’m too messy for that,” Egerton told Collider on Tuesday. “I think I’m not [the right fit]— I really love James Bond and particularly Daniel Craig’s tenure.”

“But I think I wouldn’t be good at it,” he continued, “and I think there’s so many cool, younger actors who would be great for it. I think it would be wasted on me, probably.”

Egerton added that the role would be “quite...

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A new era of Who history began earlier this month with the launch of the Song Is Over farewell tour in Italy. The show marked not only the start of the band’s supposed last tour, but also the unveiling of new drummer Scott Devours. He took over from Zak Starkey after a bizarre and protracted battle that played out in public, and placed Devour in a pretty awkward position.

“It really is a strange contradiction of emotions to have the greatest moment of my professional career also be one...

Though he’s remembered by hard rockers as the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne is known to Black Sabbath bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler as the Prince of Laughter. In an emotional essay penned in The Times U.K., the bandmate recalled his decades-long friendship with the heavy metal pioneer, recalling the formation of the seminal group and their final days at rehearsal.

On July 5, the group reunited fully for the first time in two decades, along with guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward, to perform to a crowd of 40,000 in Aston, Birmingham’s Villa Park, the birthplace of the band in 1968. The star-studded, livestreamed affair was led by self-described Black Sabbath obsessive Jason Momoa and featured recorded tributes from famous fans like Dolly Parton and Elton John. All proceeds from Back to the Beginning — totaling nearly $200 million — were donated to Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorns Children’s Hospice,...

King Charles and Ozzy Osbourne shared an unlikely bond that many people were unaware of. Ozzy passed away on Tuesday, July 22, at the age of 76.

His family surrounded him. The musician died after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He died only weeks after performing his final show with his band, Black Sabbath.

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The Black Sabbath singer, famous for heavy metal tunes like “Crazy Train” and “Paranoid,” shared a surprising connection to the royal family.

Known to his fans as “The Prince of Darkness,” he is infamous for not only his head-banging tunes, but also his heavy drinking, use of illicit drugs, and biting the head off a bat during a live performance in 1982.

Ozzy had a surprising connection to the royal family. One of his first royal encounters took place at the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace.

Billy Joel is opening up about a tough moment with longtime friend and tourmate Elton John.

In the second part of the new two-part HBO Documentary, “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” the “New York State of Mind” singer shared how John’s public comments that he needed rehab strained their friendship.

“Elton had made a comment that he thought I needed real rehab,” Joel said in the film, referencing an interview he did with “Rolling Stone” in 2011. “He chalked it up to, ‘Oh, he’s a drunk.’ And that really hurt me.”

He added, “I said, wait a minute? Don’t you know me better than that? And there was bad blood for a little while. There was a dovetailing of things that happened during that time.”

Joel and John first co-headlined a stadium together in 1994 during their “Face to Face” tour. In the first part of the documentary,...

Billy Joel acknowledged “bad blood” between himself and Elton John in the second installment of his two-part HBO documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” released Friday. Joel explained the pair’s fallout occurred after John publicly insisted he needed to go to rehab.

“Elton had made a comment that he thought I needed real rehab,” Joel said. “He chalked it up to, ‘Oh, he’s a drunk.’ And that really hurt me.”

“I said wait a minute? Don’t you know me better than that? And there was bad blood for a little while. There was a dovetailing of things that happened during that time,” the “Uptown Girl” singer also explained.

The pair were close friends for years and had just finished up a 2010 co-tour when John told Rolling Stone they’d actually had “so many cancelled tours because of illnesses and various other things, alcoholism.”

“He’s going to hate me for this,...

The Boys Season 5 is full of its signature gore and violence, as seen in the brief teaser showcased at the San Diego Comic Con. As Entertainment Weekly reports, at the end of the Gen V Season 2 panel, its parent series had a brief teaser to show the fans. The teaser included a new supe character projectile vomiting a bloody hairball at Kimiko’s cheek, as well as someone having a violent explosion in a bathroom stall.

While Supernatural stars Misha Collins and Jared Padalecki weren’t included in these scenes, they did appear in a blink-or-you-miss-it scene, as did Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy, portraying characters that have not been revealed yet (via Variety). The teaser was brief, but it was full of other teases and clips of the upcoming season.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s catalog is seeing a resurgence after the heavy metal pioneer’s death this week, as both his solo hits and works with Black Sabbath have been spiking on Spotify.

Since Osbourne’s death was announced Tuesday, he’s gained over 6 million monthly listeners on the platform as a solo artist, jumping from about 12.4 million to 18.7 million. Black Sabbath, meanwhile, went from 19.8 million to 24.6 million.

On the songs side, “Crazy Train” gained about 8 million Spotify streams since Tuesday, now up to 809 million; “No More Tears” rose by 7 million to just over 266 million all time; and his power ballad “Mama, I’m Coming Home” jumped by about 7.2 million, now up to almost 245 million streams.

For Black Sabbath, “Paranoid” has been streamed 9.3 million times on Spotify since Tuesday and now has 1.38 billion all time. “Iron Man” is up to over 587 million streams from about 581 million, and “War Pigs” jumped by...

The first trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is finally here, giving a proper look at the highly anticipated sequel to This Is Spinal Tap. Screen Rant is at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, and while all kinds of exciting news is coming out of the convention each day, one of the most notable drops for comedy fans is the trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.

After years of development, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues' first trailer finally shows the band back together. The trailer sees Rob Reiner's fictional documentarian Marty Dibergi reunite with the band, catching up years after they have broken up. The three members of Spinal Tap, Christopher Guest's Nigel Tufnel, Michael McKean's David St. Hubbins, and Harry Shearer's Derek Smalls, all make appearances.

The Spinal Tap II: The End Continues trailer also shows off some major cameos, such as Paul McCartney,...

That long-dreaded awaited Spinal Tap reunion wouldn’t be happening with the generous funding of C. Montgomery Burns.

As director Rob Reiner tells it, he and his This Is Spinal Tap collaborators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer had long ago abandoned the idea of making a sequel to their seminal 1984 mockumentary. But thanks to a series of fortunate events — including the deep pockets of one of the stars — the quartet is back with Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.

Speaking at Collider’s Directors on Directing panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, Reiner explained why it took four decades for the “Stonehenge” purveyors to dial it back up to 11 one more time.

Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest in Spinal Tap II: The End ContinuesBleecker Street/Spinal Tap LLC

“We made the [first] film 41 years ago, and everybody would come up to say, 'You’ve got to do a sequel,...

Heavy metal legends Spinal Tap are officially returning with Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the highly anticipated sequel to Rob Reiner’s '80s mockumentary about the fictional rock band whose members constantly disagree with each other. Now, we finally got our first trailer for the long-awaited sequel, which is set to be released in theaters next September 12, and will feature the return of classic cast members, as well as some notable new additions. The old metal gods may be back, but the question remains: Are they now big enough to get the Stonehenge stage prop they deserve? Check out the first trailer below...

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues features the return of the classic cast. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Fran Drescher, who will be reprising their roles from the 1984 mockumentary. Rob Reiner is directing and also appearing in front of the camera again to...

Mockumentary sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is out in September, and the full trailer has emerged as a reminder.

Update 25th July 2025: Belated mockumentary sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues now – finally – has a full trailer. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are back in their wigs (now greyer) as the hapless veteran rock band, now reuniting for one last gig.

Just as importantly, director Rob Reiner is also back in front of the camera as documentarian Marty Dibergi, who catches up with the ageing rockers as they stumble back out of obscurity in an age of social media and branded merchandise.

Few are likely to expect The End Continues to reach the classic heights of the 1984 original, but that’s partly because so few comedies have. Here’s hoping it’s a fitting send-off for the writers of such rock standards as Stone Henge,...

After more than 40 years of clamoring, fans have finally gotten a glimpse at the return of some mock rock legends in the trailer for “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.”

The trailer for the “This Is Spinal Tap” sequel features the reunion of the iconic band from Rob Reiner’s 1984 directorial debut. Reiner returns to direct, write and star in the long-awaited sequel to his original music mockumentary. Joining him as actors and writers are Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer — all of whom starred in and co-wrote the original film.

In the new trailer, Reiner returns as Martin “Marty” Di Bergi, a fictional documentarian who “directed” the original documentary about the band Spinal Tap’s 1982 tour for their album “Smell the Glove.” Since the events of the first movie, the members have all gone their separate ways. Footage shows David St. Hubbins (McKean) playing in a mariachi band,...

"What comes after 11? We're about to find out."...

They’re back! The first official trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues has dropped, and we see the lads from the legendary British rock band reunite for one last gig.

In the clip, we see filmmaker Marty Dibergi catch people up with what’s happened to Spinal Tap since his first film, This Is Spinal Tap. We then see the central Tap trio of Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) all looking their age and leading rather sedentary lives, in stark comparison to their past lives as stadium rock gods. The trailer then shows us efforts by the band to reunite for one last hurrah, including their efforts to recruit a drummer suicidal enough to play the gig, their merchandising efforts and whether one (or two) of them dying on stage would help boost publicity for the gig and cement their legacy.

Kelly Osbourne is mourning the death of her dad and rock legend Ozzy. On Thursday, the musician and daughter of the Black Sabbath frontman returned to social media for the first time, using the opening line to “Changes.”

“I feel unhappy,” she wrote. “I am so sad. I lost the best friend I ever had.”

The new post from Kelly — posted to her story over a black background — is her first public statement since a joint one on behalf of the Osbourne family following news of the metal god’s death.

“Nigel, David and Derek haven’t seen the film,” Rob Reiner said Thursday before unveiling the first trailer for his mockumentary sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues during Collider’s Directors on Director panel at Comic-Con.

Spinal Tap II has Christopher Guest (Nigel Tufnel), Michael McKean (David St. Hubbins) and Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls) back as legendary heavy metal band Spinal Tap. The film follows England’s loudest and most punctual band as they reunite after a 15-year hiatus for one final concert. Also featured in the sequel will be be cameos from Elton John, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, as well as appearances from Paul Shaffer, Fran Drescher, Don Lake, John Michael Higgins, Nina Conti, Griffin Matthews, Kerry Godliman and Chris Addison.

Reiner said the sequel came together after Shearer got the rights back. “They hadn’t played for 15 years. There’s some bad blood, what...

The highly anticipated sequel to 1984’s seminal comedy sees the band reunite for a farewell show with appearances from Elton John, Questlove and Paul McCartney

The first trailer for the long-awaited sequel to This Is Spinal Tap has been released, showcasing the venerable rockers’ supposed last hurrah in a film called Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.

Spinal Tap II reunites Nigel Tufnel, David St Hubbins and Derek Smalls as they get together for a final concert, more than 40 years after the 1984 mockumentary that made their name. In between, Spinal Tap released the album Break Like the Wind in 1992, appeared on The Simpsons, played the Live Earth charity concert in 2007 and Glastonbury in 2009.

Like a big bottom, Spinal Tap has dropped at the San Diego Comic Con. With that – as promised – comes the first trailer for their much-anticipated return: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.

A lot has happened in the 40+ years since Marty Di Bergi documented the ill-fated heavy metal band: David St. Hubbins has joined a mariachi band, Derek Smalls is selling cryptocurrency and Nigel Tufnel is selling cheese, only picking up his axe for pub gigs. But it’s time for one more show…They just need yet another drummer.

It’s the perfect setup to get the band back together, and the trailer for Spinal Tap II looks to follow through not just on story but also the humor that made the original 1984 mockumentary such a classic. Add to that cameos from the likes of Questlove, Elton John and Paul McCartney – who declares that the band’s 1970 single “Big...

Spinal Tap reunite for one last concert in the latest trailer for the classic rock mockumentary’s upcoming sequel.

The preview for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues opens up with highlights from the Rob Reiner’s 1984 film before Reiner himself — as documentarian Marty Di Bergi — reveals the purpose of the 40-years-later documentary: To celebrate Spinal Tap’s legacy by bringing together Michael McKean’s David St. Hubbins, Christopher Guest’s Nigel Tufnel, and Harry Shearer’s Derek Smalls (and whatever fearless drummer they can recruit) for a final gig in New Orleans.

All the way back in 1984, the world was introduced to the rock sensation known as Spinal Tap. As fictional documentarian Marty Di Bergi, real-life filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner toured around the country with the fake British rock band comprised of David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls, as well as a revolving door of drummers who kept encountering unfortunate circumstances, forcing them to leave the band. Sure, this is a mockumentary, but as one of the first films of its kind, the comedy managed to trick a lot of people into thinking that Spinal Tap was a real band.

Followed by Marty and his guerrilla film crew, Spinal Tap quickly discovered the challenges of being aging rockers in the modern world, dealt with stuffy record executives, and endured sparsely attended promotional events. They even lost Nigel Tufnel from the band for a short while.

But that's all in the past,...

It's time to turn things up to eleven once again. And locate a new drummer. At Collider's Directors on Directing panel at San Diego Comic-Con, hosted by Steve Weintraub and featuring Rob Reiner and Paul Feig, we had the opportunity to debut the official trailer for Reiner's much-anticipated mockumentary sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Picking up 41 years after the legendary first film tracked one of England's loudest bands in their quest for rock glory, the follow-up revisits David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) now that the estranged bandmates have gone on with their lives. However, everyone's forced back together, along with the documentary's director Martin Di Bergi (Reiner), for one final concert to cement their legacy as gods in the wide pantheon of rock 'n' roll.

The trailer opens with an introduction from Di Bergi, who has returned...

The first trailer from the long-awaited sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, has arrived, offering a preview of the star-studded guests who join legendary mock-rockers Spinal Tap in the movie. Unfortunately, the band is still searching for a drummer. Watch the full clip below.

Opening 41 years after the original mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, the trailer begins with director Marty Di Bergi (Rob Reiner) taking us back to highlights from the first film, including the notorious “These go to 11” amplifier scene with Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). A clip of the band performing “Big Bottom” cuts to Di Bergi talking to Paul McCartney in the present day, who refers to a song lyric about “pink torpedo” as “literature, really.”

It goes on to reveal what the members of Spinal Tap are doing today, with David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) performing with a mariachi band, Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) hawking cryptocurrency,...

The first trailer from the long-awaited sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, has arrived, offering a preview of the star-studded guests who join legendary mock-rockers Spinal Tap in the movie. Unfortunately, the band is still searching for a drummer. Watch the full clip below.

Opening 41 years after the original mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, the trailer begins with director Marty Di Bergi (Rob Reiner) taking us back to highlights from the first film, including the notorious “These go to 11” amplifier scene with Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). A clip of the band performing “Big Bottom” cuts to Di Bergi talking to Paul McCartney in the present day, who refers to a song lyric about “pink torpedo” as “literature, really.”

It goes on to reveal what the members of Spinal Tap are doing today, with David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) performing with a mariachi band, Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) hawking cryptocurrency,...

Bleecker Street has released the first trailer for its music mockumentary sequel, “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.”

Forty-one years in the making, “The End Continues” is the follow-up to the 1984 classic comedy, “This Is Spinal Tap.” In the original film, director Rob Reiner — playing a fictional version of himself — follows the fictional British metal band across its North American tour. Though the film is scripted, it follows the visual language and conventions of the era’s iconic music documentaries like Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same” and The Band’s “The Last Waltz,” satirizing the dramatic, eccentric and wild behaviors of rock-and-roll musicians.

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reprise their roles as Spinal Tap bandmates Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls in “The End Continues.” Reiner also returns, both in front of and behind the camera.

The sequel shows the band recruiting a...

Spinal Tap is tapping back into the music scene, 40 years later. The highly-anticipated sequel “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” reunites director Rob Reiner with stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer for a revival of the beloved mockumentary about a faux band.

The official synopsis reads: “Forty-one years after the release of the groundbreaking mockumentary ‘This Is Spinal Tap,’ the now estranged bandmates David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls are forced to reunite for one final concert. ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ also marks the resurrection of documentarian Marty Di Bergi (Reiner), who once again tries to capture his favorite metal gods as they contemplate mortality — and the hope that their 12th drummer doesn’t join them in The Great Beyond. Joined by music royalty Paul McCartney and Elton John, Spinal Tap wrestles with their checkered past to put on a concert that they hope...