TV / Film News

Crosby, Stills and Nash Talk About Their New Movie and Old Bands

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

Last week, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash came by the Rolling Stone offices to have lunch, chat about their new film CSNY: Dj Vu talk about their past and current musical relationships.

For more on CSN -- including news on their new album -- check out the Smoking Section in the new issue of Rolling Stone, on newsstands tomorrow.

On Their Current Relationship

Nash: We have what marriages don't have. It's called music. We've always realized that music ...

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American Idol Show Runner Steps Down

Source: Michael Ricci
August 5, 2008

In recent months, Fox executives announced that they intend to make some creative changes to the format of “American Idol" in its eighth season next year to freshen up the show.

But they weren't counting on a change in show runners. As first reported on TMZ, executive producer and show runner Nigel Lythgoe is stepping down from the Fox juggernaut to pursue a new show and continue with “So You Think You Can Dance," which he also runs. In a ...

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The New Trend with Arabic Singers and Less Makeup

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2008

There is a noticeable change with using less makeup among Arabic female singers in their video clips.

Of course, many of you have noticed this, but is there a specific reason? Watching all these video clips, it is interesting to watch these famous singers that have enough confidence to confront their fans and to be watched by millions of people all around the world looking less beautiful than their usual overflowing beauty, and at the same time showing people a ...

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Head of Hollywood Crews Union is Expected to Resign

Source: Michael Ricci
August 1, 2008

Thomas Short was credited with building up the IATSE, but some called him too cozy with the studios.

Thomas C. Short, the controversial head of the union representing Hollywood's film and TV crews who unified the industry's blue-collar workforce but was sharply criticized by some for being too friendly with the studios, is expected to resign as early as today. The son of a Cleveland union leader, Short has served as president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees ...

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Hollywood Shows Musicians the Money

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2008

TV, Film offers artists financial refuge

DEVELOPING alternative revenue streams first is no longer a case of putting the cart before the horse for recording artists, especially the independent acts who are finding that placements in television and film provide a bit of financial freedom. Obviously visual media provide immediate paydays, and the return on investment for an artist, especially one working outside the major label system, can easily quantify the impact of a song placement. “Double, triple," guesses Nashville-based ...

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Technologically Promiscuous American Youth Screw Viacom

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2008

How American Youth Will Screw Viacom

Here's the thing about the TV business: It's only as profitable or as valuable as the people who watch it. And if the only people who watch it are senior citizens strapped by debt, it's not worth much -- not to advertisers, anyway. When Viacom posted second-quarter results yesterday, the company admitted its TV business hit a snag. Global advertising sales grew just 2 percent, and U.S. ad sales only eked out 1 percent ...

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Ella Fitzgerald Special Tonight KCET

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2008

Jazz Icons: Ella Fitzgerald Live in '57 and '63

Two classic Ella Fitzgerald performances. The first, in Belgium (1957), features “Lullaby of Birdland" and “It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"; the second set, in Sweden (1963), includes “Mack the Knife" and “Just One of those Things."

TONIGHT'S one hour Ella Fitzgerald Special at 9pm on KCET tonight. It's called Jazz Icons: Ella Fitzgerald Live in '57 and '63. Don't fail to tune in (Los Angeles). ...

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Jazz Age Films 1920's-Wall-E

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2008

Jazz, Jazz-Scored, and Jazz Age Films: 1920s-Present Listed below are full-length feature films that meet one or more of these criteria:

The story is about jazz or jazz musicians; The film features performances by famous (or fictional) jazz musicians; An impressive jazz soundtrack accompanies a story that may not have anything to do with jazz; The film captures some characteristic aspect of the Jazz Age (the 1920s to early 30s). NOTE: Some of the earlier films use unflattering racial stereotypes. ...

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