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When Gena Rowlands passed away last month at the age of 94, New Yorker critic Richard Brody referred to her as the greatest artist of all the actresses he had ever seen onscreen. It’s an assertion that might come across as hyperbole to someone who had never seen Rowlands’ collaborations with her husband John Cassavetes on “Faces,” “Minnie and Moskowitz,” “A Woman Under the Influence,” “Opening Night,” “Gloria,” and “Love Streams,” but even a cursory viewing of any of those performances quickly validates Brody’s claim. And while Rowlands’ work with Cassavetes is her most exalted (and properly so), she achieved great depths of emotional expression for other filmmakers like Woody Allen (“Another Woman”), Paul Schrader (“Light of Day”) and Paul Mazursky (“Tempest”) — not to mention her son Nick, who cast her in a beautiful late-career role in his tearjerker “The Notebook.”

This month both the American Cinematheque and the...

Beloved actor Gena Rowlands has died at the age of 94, it has been confirmed. The star – best known for films like A Woman Under The Influence and Gloria, directed by her husband John Cassavetes – was renowned for her raw and uncompromising performances, making an indelible impact on cinema often while working outside of the Hollywood studio system. Rowlands passed away at home, following a previous diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.

While Rowlands made her big-screen debut in 1958’s The High Cost Of Loving, her cinematic collaborations with Cassavetes as director began in 1963 with A Child Is Waiting – and continued through the likes of 1968’s Faces, 1971’s Minnie And Moskowitz, 1974’s A Woman Under The Influence, 1977’s Opening Night, 1980’s Gloria, and 1984’s Love Streams. Their work together marked early examples of independent cinema. A Woman Under The Influence – for which Rowlands won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar...

Gena Rowlands, whose seminal and fearless performance in “A Woman Under the Influence” inspired a generation and who starred in many other John Cassavetes features as well as the romance “The Notebook,” died Wednesday at her home in Indian Wells, Calif. She was 94.

Her death was confirmed by the office of her son’s agent. In June, Nick Cassavetes, who directed his mother in “The Notebook,” shared that the three-time Emmy winner and two-time Oscar nominee had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

Rowlands’ role as Mabel Longhetti in the 1974 drama “A Woman Under the Influence,” written for her and directed by husband John Cassavetes, landed the actor the first of two Academy Award nominations. The other nom was for “Gloria” (1980), also directed by her husband. In November 2015, she was awarded an honorary Academy Award at the annual Governors Awards in recognition of her storied career.

“Working this long? I didn...

A brush fire broke out near electronic music duo Odesza’s show at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington, on Saturday, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office reported. Sparks from the show’s pyrotechnics ignited nearby sagebrush and grass during the last song, burning a small area adjacent to the concert venue. The Gorge staff responded to the flames with hoses, and the scheduled encore was canceled, sending attendees home early. No one was injured.

“Gorge employees with water hoses were pre-positioned at the periphery of the venue in the...

John Bailey, the cinematographer on Ordinary People, Groundhog Day, As Good as It Gets and dozens of other notable films who endured two “stressful” terms as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died Friday. He was 81.

Bailey died in Los Angeles, his wife, Oscar-nominated film editor Carol Littleton (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), announced.

”It is with deep sadness I share with you that my best friend and husband, John Bailey, passed away peacefully in his sleep early this morning,” she said in a statement. “During John’s illness, we reminisced how we met 60 years ago and were married for 51 of those years. We shared a wonderful life of adventure in film and made many long-lasting friendships along the way. John will forever live in my heart.”

They worked on more than a dozen features together.

The Southern California-raised Bailey served as the director of photography for...

If producer-director Davis Guggenheim winds up coming away with an Emmy Award for his phenomenal Apple TV+ documentary film of Michael J. Fox’s life and career entitled “Still” that premiered May 12 on the streamer, his best move would be to immediately dedicate the win to the spectacular job done by his editor, a fellow named Michael Harte. I have in fact never seen a more brilliant job of storytelling and production flow than that turned in by Harte, who merges the personal and professional lives of Fox so brilliantly that it almost takes your breath away.

Unlike the majority of so-called celebrity docs that get made, “Still” doesn’t focus on friends, colleagues or even family members to tell the story of the subject at its center. It shines an unblinking spotlight on Fox himself, one that can be raw and harrowing to take in given the star’s...

Get ready, because a new Jonas Brothers album is on the way! After reuniting and releasing their "Happiness Begins" album in 2019, the brothers have been teasing a new project since 2020. Now, we finally have a name, a release date, and a brand-new single complete with an accompanying music video. The brothers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Jan. 30, and in their acceptance speech, Nick revealed some key details. "We are excited to announce today that our new album, 'The Album,' will be coming out May 5," he said, adding that "we can't wait to see you on tour later this year."

On Feb. 24, the trio released the first song off the album titled "Wings." In the song, the boys sing, "You are the one, the sun, the light of day / You are the wings I need to fly away / When you give me love / I feel...

This stunning animated music video is absolutely worth a watch - we're featuring it as a short film this week. The electronica duo Odesza has debuted a new album called "The Last Goodbye," and along with it they've launched this music video for the track "Light Of Day." The animation tells the story of a frail old man who notices a golden glow on a mountain in the distance. "I was fascinated by the idea of this very old character who gets rejuvenated in a sense during his struggle to experience something magical," says director Balazs Simon. It's animated to look like a painting, similar to the feature films Loving Vincent and Charlotte. The resulting film is a mix of "hand-painted backgrounds, in-camera effects, motion capture" and it's absolutely beautiful. Great work from the entire team on this one. We've featured plenty of spectacular animated music videos as short films before,...

Focus Features landed another specialty success with The Card Counter, Paul Schrader’s biggest directorial opening in over 30 years since 1987’s Light of Day and with a likely No. 8 ranking at the North American box office this weekend.

The film – starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe — ran in 580 theatres in 119 DMAs for a three-day estimate of $1.1 million and a per theatre average of $1,890. It’s 86% Certified Fresh after festival premieres in Venice and Telluride.

That’s the second-highest specialty opening of the year after documentary Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, also from Focus, which opened at nearly $2 million in 927 theaters (and finaled at $5.2 million). The distributor’s Matt Damon-starrer Stillwater has also had a strong run.

Like most Focus releases, The Card Counter has a 17-day exclusive theatrical window. President of distribution Lisa Bunnell told Deadline that’s key. So is marketing a title...

“I have decided to keep a journal. Not in a word program or digital file, but in longhand, writing every word out so that every inflection of penmanship, every word chosen, scratched out, revised, is recorded. To set down all my thoughts and the simple events of my day factually and without hiding anything. When writing about oneself, one should show no mercy. I will keep this diary for one year; 12 months. And at the end of that time, it will be destroyed. Shredded, then burnt. The experiment will be over.” Searching narration binds Paul Schrader’s work, the lone ranger facing a crisis of faith, unable to shake off the past. The above dialogue introduces Ethan Hawke’s Reverend Ernst Toller at the beginning of First Reformed (2017). Schrader’s characters share their own folklore and throughout this mix their tales come and go. The lyrics take on the form of character too,...

E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg had one inspiration in mind as he prepared to record his part for “Born in the U.S.A.” back in 1982: the late Charlie Watts’ crisp playing on the Rolling Stones’ “Street Fighting Man.” “When Bruce pulled out that riff, I went right to ‘Street Fighting Man,’ ” Weinberg says. “When I was laying down that drum part, I’m thinking, ‘Ok, I’m Charlie Watts — I’m going to do my best Charlie Watts.’ ” Shortly after learning of Watts’ passing at age 80, Weinberg — who interviewed...

Bruce Springsteen woke Broadway from a 15-month sleep Saturday, returning to live performance to deliver an emotional, updated rendition of his 2017 smash Springsteen on Broadway to an audience so wildly enthusiastic the star himself cautioned against “cheering every dumb f*cking thing” he said lest the show last all night.

As it was, the re-opening night of Springsteen on Broadway – and of Broadway itself – ran two and a half hours, about the same length as the last time (and as the filmed Netflix version), with a few amendments to content all but necessitated by this most unusual year.

The first sign of change was evident even before entering the St. James Theatre, with anti-vaxxers picketing out front, shouting know-nothing slogans about “segregation” over the theater’s Covid vaccine requirement. Early in the show, Springsteen drew a sustained cheer – his prior request notwithstanding – when he marveled at his audience “unmasked, sitting...

Bruce Springsteen discusses the origins of “Born in the U.S.A.” and how it was misconstrued as an overtly patriotic song in a clip from the final episode of his podcast with Barack Obama, Renegades: Born in the USA.

In the clip, Springsteen says he started working on “Born in the U.S.A.” after meeting and befriending two Vietnam veterans, including Ron Kovic, author of Born on the Fourth of July. In a surreal twist of fate, Springsteen says he met Kovic at a motel in Los Angeles a few weeks after...

After driving “Thunder Road” for decades, Bruce Springsteen is taking a detour on Madison Avenue.

The musician known as “The Boss” will command two minutes of commercial time in Super Bowl Lv Sunday night, all part of a mammoth Jeep ad meant to reflect a national mood of coming together after four years of politics and polarization. The spot does something else, too: It ends a decade-long quest by one of the industry’s most colorful marketing executives to convince the iconic artist behind stirring songs like “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Growing Up” and “The Rising” to do something he has never done before — align himself with an advertiser.

The commercial is designed to spur viewers to mend the various rifts that have erupted in the nation in recent years. “We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground,” Springsteen says as he holds forth...

One of the things that always impressed me about Bruce Springsteen is the melodic possibilities he can find in two-chord vamps. He doesn’t do it all the time, that would prove to be monotonous all night, but when he does it is a consistent affirmation of the power of rock and roll. It’s like he took every early inspiration which weaned him and plays their feel as if it were an instrument. Not the melodies, but what the melodies convey. The “stone and the gravel” in Springsteen’s voice may not be a suitable vehicle for the smooth vibratos of Drifters’ hits, but he never misses a note or what that note wants you to feel.

The new record is called Letter to You, and Springsteen’s weathered-through-rain-heat-and-gloom-of-night delivery consistently implies a range of additional tonic possibilities. And he’s got the band to back it up. His...

Bruce Springsteen might never get old, but he sure as hell isn’t getting any younger. Seventy-one this past September and fresh off a sublime Broadway run that saw him burnish his own myth by stepping out of its shadow, the Boss still looks like he’s 45, reflects on the past like he’s 90, and plays the guitar like he’s immortal. And yet time is catching up with him all the same, if only through his friends. E Street Band co-founder Danny Federici died in 2008, followed by saxophonist Clarence Clemons in 2011; when former Castiles legend George Theiss succumbed to lung cancer in 2018, Springsteen became the last surviving member of his first band.

In the twilight of a career that’s always been punctuated by songs that sound like ghost stories of one kind or another — “The River,” “The Rising,” and “American Skin (41 Shots)” are just a handful of a hundred examples,...

The Boss is back, and he’s bringing the band with him this time. Americans could use a little pick me up right about now, and nobody unites America quite like Bruce Springsteen. Fans of the rock legend will soon get a behind-the-scenes look at Springsteen’s creative process in the documentary film, “Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You.” The feature-length film arrives the same day as Springsteen’s new album “Letter To You,” and features full performances from The E Street Band, in-studio footage, never-before-seen archival material and a deeper look into “Letter To You” from Springsteen himself. Apple Original Films has released a teaser trailer alongside the announcement.

Written by Springsteen and directed by his frequent collaborator Thom Zimny, “Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You” captures Springsteen recording “Letter To You” live with the full E Street Band and includes final take performances of ten originals from the new record.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be the subject of another documentary film called “Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You” that will premiere on Apple TV+ the same day as the Boss’ latest album of the same name.

“Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You” will drop on Apple TV+ on Friday, Oct. 23, coinciding with the release of the album, and the film will be a verité look inside Springsteen’s creative process and the making of “Letter to You.” It will also feature full performances from the E Street Band, in-studio footage and archival material that dates back to Springsteen’s early days as a rock star.

“Letter to You” follows last year’s “Western Stars,” which Springsteen directed himself along with his frequent collaborator Thom Zimny. Springsteen wrote the new documentary and Zimny directed, and the film is intended as a tribute to rock music and the...

Brent Cobb takes the dismissive phrase “shut up and sing” — a popular retort to musicians who dare talk about politics or social issues — and turns it on its head in his new song, appropriately titled “Shut Up and Sing.” It’s the latest release off the Georgia songwriter’s new album Keep ‘Em on They Toes, out October 2nd.

At first listen, it’s hard to parse Cobb’s view: Is he lobbying for artists to stay mum? Hardly. But he is saying — to paraphrase Aerosmith — that it’s Ok...

The short film “T,” which won the top award for shorts at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and is now a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival, is a bold, impressionistic and documentary-style look at rituals surrounding death in the Black community, particularly in the South. That may make it especially timely at this moment in our history, but director Keisha Rae Witherspoon definitely thinks of it as a film not for one particular time.

“I suppose for some people there might be a renewed context, but what we’re seeing now is a continuation of what’s been happening for a very long time,” Witherspoon said. “More than anything, what we’re probably seeing is a more crystalline perspective on the fact that we really do reside at a fork in the road, and that a lot of people are desperately in need of healing.”

Healing, in a way,...

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are the latest group to utilize the power of the internet to play for their fans from their individual homes during the nationwide coronavirus shut-in. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees performed “Light of Day,” which was the title track for the 1987 movie that Jett starred in alongside Michael J. Fox.

In the movie, Jett and Fox play siblings that front a Cleveland-based group called the Barbusters. The song appeared on the soundtrack and reached #33 on the Hot 100. It’s become a regular...

Jennifer Lopez appeared on the Tonight Show Friday to recap her acclaimed Super Bowl halftime show and reveal that she personally asked Bruce Springsteen for permission to use “Born in the U.S.A.” during the performance.

Jimmy Fallon walked Lopez through the entirety of her medley, beginning with the opening where the singer clung to the top of a miniaturized Empire State Building.

“I wanted it to be like women were on top of the world, we’re on top of the world right now. On top of the Empire State...

Ever since Shakira and Jennifer Lopez were announced as headlining the Super Bowl Liv Halftime show, it was expected that the two would bring the Latino Power, and the singers did not disappoint.

The divas delivered a nearly 15-minute performance that began with Shakira, who opened with “She Wolf,” followed by a medley of her hit songs, including “Whenever, Wherever” and “Hips Don’t Lie.” Viewers at home and in the stadium were surprised to hear Shakira launch into “I Like It,” the song made famous by Cardi B., until Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny, who was featured on the track, joined in on a Super Bowl remix of sorts. Shakira also wowed with her guitar playing — or slaying — skills, nodding to Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” as she belly danced atop a fiery projection.

J. Lo’s performance followed with a demonstration of her pole dancing talents, courtesy of the movie “Hustlers,...

Bruce Springsteen delivered a surprise introduction Saturday before two Western Stars screenings at a movie theater in his native Freehold, New Jersey.

“We knew we weren’t going to tour, so I tried to figure out a way to get the music to you,” Springsteen told the awed audience at the AMC Freehold 14 movie theater.

Springsteen, who was accompanied by the film’s co-director Thom Zimny, also spoke about filming Western Stars at his Colts Neck, New Jersey barn and in Joshua Tree National Park, the Asbury Park Press reported.

Bruce Springsteen made a surprise live appearance Saturday at the opening of a new exhibit honoring the rocker in his New Jersey hometown.

The career-spanning “Springsteen: His Hometown” exhibit in Freehold, New Jersey held its opening night gala, featuring performances by Bobby Bandiera and Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers. During the latter band’s set, Springsteen – who attended the gala hosted by Monmouth County Historical Association – came onstage to perform his 1988 song “Light of Day.”

“I can’t stay long,” Springsteen told the attendees. “I’ve got my family in the city,...

Sean Penn isn’t the only one impressed by Bradley Cooper. In a message shared with IndieWire, Paul Schrader declared the first-time filmmaker the best director of 2018 for his work on “A Star Is Born,” which is all the more notable given that Schrader himself wrote and directed one of the year’s best films with “First Reformed.” At the heart of his praise is the way Cooper transformed co-star Lady Gaga’s “stage and musical personality” into that of a screen actress.

Read his full message:

“Here’s why I believe Bradley Cooper is the best director of 2018. In 1987 I directed ‘Light of Day’ with Joan Jett. Joan and I put long and serious effort into transforming her from a live music performer into a film actress. We had some success but overall I felt we failed. Part of it was due to screen chemistry, part to script problems...

The proto-punk icon comes over as generous and self-aware in Kevin Kerslake’s documentary, which ropes in starry friends like Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop

It is an odd but all-too-common phenomenon that cinematic biographies about musical stars often leave the viewer liking the subject less as a person, sometimes in direct proportion to how much he or she liked the subject’s work beforehand. It’s pleasing to report that’s not the case with Bad Reputation, a career-long retrospective devoted to rock star Joan Jett, who comes across here every bit as funny, smart, self-aware and generous as you could hope for. Ageing gracefully now that she’s into her seventh decade, Jett reflects with honesty on her career highs and lows, from her early days as a founder member of proto-punk girl-group the Runaways to the solo-star years of her hits I Love Rock ’n’ Roll and...

"Bad Reputation", is the new documentary directed by Kevin Kerslake, about rock singer 'Joan Jett', starring Billie Joe Armstrong, Rodney Bingenheimer and Carianne Brinkman, opening September 28, 2018:

Joan Marie Larkin, aka 'Joan Jett', is noted for her work in the band "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts" and "The Runaways", recording and releasing the song "Cherry Bomb". The Blackhearts' version of the song "I Love Rock 'n Roll" was number-one on the 'Billboard Hot 100' for seven weeks in 1982.

Jett's other hit songs include "Bad Reputation", "Crimson and Clover", "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)", "Light of Day", "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and "Dirty Deeds".

Jett has a mezzo-soprano vocal range, with three albums certified Platinum, described as the 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll' and 'Godmother of Punk'.

In 2015, "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts" were inducted into the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'.'

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Bad Reputation, the new documentary chronicling the wild life of Joan Jett, hits theaters nationwide September 28th.

Best known for timeless hits like “I Love Rock’N’Roll,” Joan Jett is one of the greatest guitarists to have walked the earth — and she is no stranger to the silver screen. She landed her first movie role opposite Michael J. Fox in the 1987 musical drama, Light of Day, and went on to play herself in many others. In 2010 her former band of teenage drama queens, The Runaways, got the Hollywood treatment...

It's that vocals that always gets you first – the snarl that comes through Joan Jett's singing, sandpaper-rough around the edges and 100-percent fuck-you attitude. Yes, she's a first-class rhythm guitarist (listen the opening of the Runaways' "You Drive Me Wild" and tell us that's not gloriously, gut-punchingly rifftastic). But that voice ... that's what rock & roll sounds like. Seductive. Jagged. Rebellious. Like her vocal cords are going to jump out of her throat and kick your ass.

Bad Reputation, Kevin Kerslake's doc on Joan of Rock that premiered Monday at Sundance,...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez hit up the Great White Way on Tuesday, to see one very special star: Bruce Springsteen.

The couple, who have been going hot and heavy since starting their relationship in February, stopped by The Boss’ critically acclaimed solo show Springsteen on Broadway and met him backstage afterwards for some dressing room photos.

“Baby we were Born to Run…” Lopez, 48, captioned a photo on Instagram, quoting one of Springsteen’s most popular show. “#theboss #when1plus1equals3 #brucespringsteen.’

Rodriguez, 42, had equally great things to say about the show. “Wow! What an incredible journey conveyed through music...

J-Rod and The Boss! Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez spent Tuesday night with legendary singer Bruce Springsteen.

The couple each shared photos with the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer.

“Wow! What an incredible journey conveyed through music and storytelling tonight from Bruce @Springsteen,” Rodriguez captioned a shot with Springsteen. “He is one of the all-time greats and he and Patti (@officialrumbledoll) are American treasures.”

The former New York Yankees pro wore a grey turtleneck and grey plaid suit for the event.

Lopez also posted a pic featuring herself in a white silk top and matching cream pants, writing, “Baby we were Born to Run... #theboss#when1plus1equals3#brucespringsteen.”

Springsteen is currently performing his sold out show at the Walter Kerr Theater through February.

The “Booty” singer has been busy filming her new movie, Second Act, in NYC. On Monday, Rodriguez shared a fun Boomerang video on the set of the film with Lopez and her co-star...

Early on in the great new season of Stranger Things, there's a moment that sums up the geek heart of the story. Eighties small-town misfit kid Will Byers sits alone in his room, sketching his comic-book superhero alter ego, Zombie Boy. His older brother, Jonathan, comes in for a talk about why they're different from other people. "Being a freak is the best, all right?" he explains. "I would rather be best friends with Zombie Boy than a boring nobody. Okay, look, who would you rather be friends with, Bowie or Kenny Rogers?...

Springsteen on Broadway, Bruce Springsteen‘s new intimate one-man show of singing and storytelling, is the hottest ticket in New York City right now, with a single seat in the 939-capacity Walter Kerr Theater going for a starting ticket price of $850 (more than three times what it takes to see Broadway’ other smash musical, Hamilton).

The show — which began performances on Oct. 3, officially opened Thursday night, and will play a limited five nights a week run through Feb. 3 — has already made a whopping $2.33 million in its first seven days of sales according to numbers provided by The Broadway League.

Its run is sold out too,...

Has it only been a little over a year since Stranger Things arrived with almost no hype – and then, within days of Netflix dropping the first season online, became one of 2016's most talked-about TV shows? Created by twin brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, the first season of the sci-fi/horror series paid homage to Stephen King novels and the Eighties' classic Spielberg-to-slasher genre films, while telling a story about super-powered paranormal entities, covert government agencies, small-town Indiana kids and a dark dimension known as "the Upside Down." Even more than the nostalgic kick,...

Bruce Springsteen has never been one to shy away from a political message. He once publicly denounced Ronald Reagan for asking to use the song, “Born in the U.S.A.,” an often misunderstood tune about a Vietnam War veteran returning to a country that never respected him. Now, The Boss, in collaboration with Joe Grushecky, has recorded a new song, […]

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Using music as a tool of protest isn’t anything new. But with the current political climate, we have a sneaking suspicion that music in the U.S. is about to get ever-so-slightly more angry. Here are the most important ones from the genre’s history in America.

“I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier” (1915)

One of the first anti-war pop songs, this song was a hit in 1915, selling 650,000 copies. It also drew scorn from a number of people, including Theodore Roosevelt, who said, “Foolish people who applaud a song entitled ‘I Didn’t Raise My Boy...

The article originally appeared on EW.com.

When the 59th Annual Grammy Awards go down Sunday at 8 p.m. E.T. on CBS, you can expect usual suspects like Beyoncé and Adele to be hoarding the hardware. But music’s biggest night has also provided its share of surprises. As we brace ourselves for a shocker or two on Sunday, let’s rank the 10 biggest Grammy upsets of all time.

10. Bon Iver wins Best New Artist in 2012

First off, there was the fact that Bon Iver wasn’t really new: While nominated behind their 2011 self-titled set, Justin Vernon’s indie-folk outfit released their debut album,...

While we may be in the midst of the throes of winter and all that entails (read: snow squalls, bone-chilling temperatures and not enough layers in the world to protect you from the arctic gales), the advertising industry is here to remind us that summer is perpetually just around the corner. Well, if not summer, than at the very least a vacation to somewhere luxuriously tropical. And if you are lucky enough to be one of the chosen ones making their escape to a remote desert island in the coming months, these ladies from Heidi Klum to Lily Aldridge have...

Born in the U.S.A. — and kissed by a prince!

Matt LeBlanc‘s 12-year-old daughter, Marina, recently got a kiss on the cheek from Prince Harry while they were backstage at a Bruce Springsteen concert in London, an encounter he shared during a stop at Ellen this week.

LeBlanc has frequently been across the pond for his work on the U.K. show Top Gear. Recently, he met up with former Friends director James Burrows (his tribute was the reason for last year’s Friends reunion), who offered him and his family tickets to Springsteen’s show. As celebs do, LeBlanc...

Emma Stone and Jimmy Fallon couldn't contain their laughter Thursday night while playing the singing whisper challenge on The Tonight Show. Ahead of Stone's movie musical release La La Land, the star and late-night host put both their impression and vocal skills to the test. While one wore noise-cancelling headphones, the other had to sing famous songs. First up, Fallon had to sing Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." Fallon began by singing the first few lines of the song, but a stumped Stone couldn't figure it out. "Whatever you're doing looks inappropriate," she screams, hardly containing her laughter while not realizing how loud she is with the headphones...

It’s harder than it looks! Emma Stone visited “The Tonight Show” on Thursday night where host Jimmy Fallon put her musical talents to the test. Playing the “Singing Whisper Challenge,” Stone had to wear headphones blasting loud music while Fallon sang (in whisper). His first song was “Born in the U.S.A.” and Stone could not […]...

Emma Stone paid a visit to The Tonight Show on Thursday, and in addition to putting her musical knowledge to the test with host Jimmy Fallon, she also shared a story about how she auditioned for Nickelodeon's All That when she was 12.

“I thought they were going to give us sketches,” the 28-year-old star recalled. “And then five minutes before I went in the room they said, ‘You need to have three characters when you come in the room.’ So I was like, ‘Okay,’ and then I made up a couple of characters.”

While Stone did not get the gig, her characters sound pretty impressive. “I remember that one was a cheerleader that couldn’t spell what she was cheering,” she said. “And then there was another one that was actually pretty nuts that was a babysitter who is possessed.”

Watch: Gilmore Girls Cast Reacts to Jimmy Fallon's Theory That the Show Takes Place in a Snow...

There has been a bit of tension since the surprise victory of Donald Trump on election night. There are many on the Left who are vociferous in not liking or accepting the outcome, and there are plenty (not all) on the Right whose attitude appears to be “We won, you lost, get over it.”

A couple of incidents stand out. Vice-President Elect Pence attended a performance of the musical Hamilton on Broadway. Some of the audience booed him and, during curtain call, the cast read a (I thought) polite letter explaining their concerns about the upcoming Trump/Pence Administration. I’ve seen objections that doing so was rude, out of place, and (in the opinion of the President–Elect) it needed an apology. There are those on the Internetverse who evidently believe that politics have no place at a Broadway musical; Pence was there to be entertained, not lectured, and...

He was “Born to Run,” he was “Born in the U.S.A.” — and he was born to write about his life.

In his new book Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen opens up his rise from Jersey boy to rock icon. The Boss’ strained relationship with his father informed his music, and he gives fans a closer look at their difficult dynamic in his memoir. The autobiography’s accompanying audiobook — narrated by Springsteen himself — is due Dec. 6, and People has an exclusive first listen to a passage about his parents.

“When you walk through the bar room doors of my hometown, you...

Just in case you've been living in the Upside Down, let me get you up to speed: Stranger Things Season 2 is officially happening. And as revealed by the show's unreasonably-attractive creators the Duffer Brothers, the new episodes will be set a year after the events of the first season, which would place the characters squarely in the latter days of 1984 (Season 1 took place between November and December of 1983). While that's not a whole lot later, it's still enough time for a massive number of pop-culture and consumer products to have been introduced in the interim, from film to TV to music to technology. So what, pray tell, will Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Nancy, Jonathan and Steve (but not Barb, obvs) be using, watching, wearing, reading and listening to in the new season that wouldn't have been available to them in the prior timeline because they didn't exist yet? For those curious...

Our perception of the Forest City having only seen it on screen.

All this week, Cleveland, Ohio, is being overrun with politicians, their supporters, and protestors of their platforms as the Republican National Convention is being held at the Quicken Loans Arena through Thursday. To help get a better sense of this “Cleve-Land,” as Howard the Duck calls it, we’re looking to entertainment, specifically movies and television, for what it can tell us about this city. If there’s anything we miss or misunderstand, blame Hollywood.

Cleveland Rocks

It’s the Rock and Roll Capital of the World, home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so it’s not surprising that, to an outsider, Cleveland primarily looks like a city where music reigns. You could make a nice concert with all the fictional bands based there, including Cherry Bomb from Howard the Duck, The Barbusters from Light of Day, the...

David Lynch today unveiled the full cast list for his upcoming Showtime Twin Peaks follow-up — and is it a doozy. Two hundred and seventeen actors are credited, with both newcomers and returning thespians. Previously only Kyle MacLachlan had been confirmed as FBI Agent Dale Cooper.

Will Agent Cooper use a smartphone?

Let’s check out some of the more interesting names on the list, shall we?

Michael Cera: The erstwhile Scott Pilgrim has been keeping busy since his breakout role as George Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, but he usually sticks with comedy (Year One, Superbad). It’ll be interesting to see him tackle something so dark.

Will this hair get frizzier in perpetually damp Twin Peaks?

Trent Reznor: The Oscar-winning composer and Nine Inch Nails wizard has only two credits under his belt (aside from three video shorts): a 2000 Swedish thriller called Recycled and the 1987 Michael J. Fox...

The gym of the Hollywood United Methodist Church is dressed to the nines. Paper and foam fish hang from the ceiling. Blue and silver streamer curtains line the walls. A statue of Poseidon towers over tables strewn with punch bowls. About 100 people add a rainbow’s array of color to the gym with 1950s-era dresses and suits. But they’re not doing the hand jive or the bop – they’re busting out their ’80s moves as the band plays Whodini’s 1984 funk-rap song “Freaks Come Out At Night.” The scene is a nighttime shoot in mid-March 1985 on the set of “Back to the Future.” Harry Waters Jr., who played Marvin Berry, the leader of the band at the dance, recalled the surreal experience of jamming with contemporary songs in between takes for a gym full of extras in 30 years out-of-date clothes. “It was a party! It was entirely too much fun,...

The barkeeps and patrons of Matt’s Saloon in Prescott, Ariz. probably thought it was just another normal Friday night, but Sept. 29, 1989 — 26 years ago today — was not another normal night. What made it a rather unusual evening for the sleepy town was the presence of a rock star in Matt’s Saloon: Bruce Springsteen was playing an unannounced performance at the bar. He rolled into town on a motorcycle with some buddies and wound up in a jam session with the house band. Springsteen, wearing a leather vest and a bandana around his neck, played “I’m On Fire” from his 1984 album “Born In The U.S.A.,” but when the band asked him to play “Pink Cadillac,” the rock star said he couldn’t remember the words to his hit song, recalled Denny Orr, the rhythm guitarist for the house band. Orr also said that things “went nuts” in the bar...