Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, the TV-movie chronicling Parton’s childhood in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, reeled in 13 million viewers when it premiered December 10th. The huge haul by the NBC production makes it the most-watched film on the major broadcast networks — NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX — in nearly four years. Coat of Many Colors, starring… Source: RollingStone Link: Inside […]
Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton’s new label, 30th Century Records, the Gnarls Barkley producer’s imprint for Columbia Records, will share its inaugural release on December 18th in the form of 30th Century Records Compilation Volume I. The guitar-minded collection features 30th Century–signed artists like Autolux, Apache Sun and Maybird alongside tracks… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Menacing […]
The AFM says that a third party, Cinema Scoring, held a non-union session on the lot, while the studio says it did nothing wrong. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Musicians Union Protests at Warner Bros. Over Non-Union Scoring on Lot
BMG Rights Management, which administers works by songwriters including Bruno Mars and Frank Ocean, asks a judge to find against Cox Communications. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Publisher Goes for Victory in Trailblazing Piracy Trial
A rare form of cancer forced Thomas Fekete to step down from his role as Surfer Blood guitarist, but he’s not letting his illness prevent him from making music: Fekete has unveiled his new album Burner, a cassette-only release he recorded in his bedroom while recovery from surgeries and chemotherapies related to… Source: RollingStone Link: Surfer Blood's […]
The 2015 Black List, the annual rundown of Hollywood’s best unproduced screenplays, was revealed on Monday, and the top vote-getter was an unlikely choice: A biopic about Bubbles, the chimpanzee that was adopted by Michael Jackson in 1983. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the plot for Bubbles finds the chimp “narrating… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Bubbles' Script, […]
A spokesperson for Taylor Swift has issued a terse response to a visual artist who accused the pop star of unfairly compensating her for a painting Swift had used without permission. On Halloween 2014, the singer posted a fan-made watercolor depiction of a fox alongside lyrics to her 1989 song “I Know… Source: RollingStone Link: Taylor […]
A number of international Eagles of Death Metal fans participated in a two-minute video paying homage to the group following the terrorist attack on their Paris concert last month, with the group’s drummer, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, posting it to his main band’s Facebook page. “We offer you… Source: RollingStone Link: See Josh […]
Twenty-four years ago today on December 14th, 1991, singer Dwight Yoakam made his acting debut on the short-lived TV series P.S. I Luv U. Since that time, he has gone on to act in a number of TV shows and feature films, including the 1996 Oscar winner, Sling Blade. But… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: See […]
Taylor Swift wrapped up her massive, star-studded 1989 World Tour in Melbourne, Australia Saturday, just a day before she turned 26. As a birthday gift to fans, the singer announced that she’ll release a new concert film – Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour – exclusively to Apple Music starting December… Source: RollingStone Link: Taylor Swift's […]