TV / Film News

Vocalist Tamela D'Amico Takes On Television

Source: Michael Ricci
August 4, 2009

This past Sunday marked the world premiere of the television pilot “Sex Ed: The Series" which is part of the Independent Television Festival (itvfest.org). The pilot was created by Ernie Vecchione (executive producer/writer) and the multi-talented jazz artist Tamela D'Amico (producer/director). D'Amico produced the pilot under her production banner La Strega Entertainment. “Sex Ed: The Series" was shot with the support of Panavision in 11 days in Los Angeles and has a cast of talented notables: Joanna Cassidy ("Blade Runner", ...

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Chris Anderson Defends "Free" on Colbert Report

Source: HypeBot
July 29, 2009

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Levon Helm: PBS Ramble

Source: JamBase
July 29, 2009

Levon Helm - Ramble At The Ryman PBS Special To Air August 2009

Levon Helm On most Saturday nights since January 2004, Levon Helm has hosted evenings of music at the “barn," his home studio in Woodstock, New York. These magical nights are called The Midnight Ramble Sessions. On September 17, 2008, Helm took the Midnight Ramble on the road to one of America's treasured venues, Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium, where accompanied by such luminaries as Buddy Miller, John Hiatt, ...

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Billy Taylor: 88 Years...88 Keys...88 Videos

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2009

Dr. Billy Taylor, who turns eighty eight on July 24th, celebrates this milestone with the posting of eighty eight videos on his website, and a concert at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Taylor is the Artist-in-Residence at William Paterson University's Summer Jazz Week, performing with his Trio, featuring Chip Jackson on bass, and Winard Harper on drums, on July 24th at 8:30 pm. For tickets, please contact the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720- 2371. He will ...

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Wilco and Feist on Letterman

Source: JamBase
July 16, 2009

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Michael Jackson Pepsi Ad Footage Unearthed from 1984 Shoot

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2009

Looking back at Michael Jacksons incredible musical legacy, January 27th, 1984 stands out as one of the darkest days in the King of Pops life.

In an incident thats often been discussed but never witnessed, Jackson suffered second and third degree burns to his face and scalp while shooting a Pepsi advertisement in front of thousands of fans at Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. For the first time ever, Us Weekly exclusively reveals video from the accident, which occurred when the ...

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Hollywood Ghost Town Land of Runaway Production

Source: Michael Ricci
July 12, 2009

Small, blue-collar businesses that sustain California's entertainment industry -- prop houses, studio equipment shops -- fight for business as film production migrates to incentive-rich states. In an industrial yard behind Burbank's Bob Hope Airport, dozens of orange forklifts and 135-foot-high booms stand idle, gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. As recently as two years ago, the yard was largely empty because the equipment was busy being used to hoist cameras, rig lights and build sets for “Iron Man," “Get Smart," “The ...

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Soul Power

Source: Michael Ricci
July 9, 2009

The documentary focuses on the music festival 'Zaire 74' that was organized to go along with the Ali-Foreman 'Rumble in the Jungle.'

Most everyone remembers “The Rumble in the Jungle," the 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, but who remembers “Zaire 74," the music festival that was organized to go along with it? “Soul Power," a vibrant and joyous new documentary, should end that anonymity.

One reason the concert is little known is ...

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