Kevin Bacon, dancing away, in 4K? Footloose is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK, it’s been confirmed.
Paramount Pictures is wasting little time sorting new catalogue releases for the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format in 2024, with the news that the 1980s hit Footloose is heading to the format.
Already confirmed in America, a UK release has now been earmarked for February 12th 2024, and the film has gone up for order now. You can find it here.
Initially, it’s only available as a Steelbook release, although it’s expected that a regular 4K disc package isn’t far away. It’s the original film, incidentally, that’s getting the release, and not the remake.
Update: The regular, cheaper release is now confirmed for 13th May 2024. You can find it here.
Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow thus take the lead roles here, with Herbert Ross behind the camera.
Paramount Pictures is wasting little time sorting new catalogue releases for the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format in 2024, with the news that the 1980s hit Footloose is heading to the format.
Already confirmed in America, a UK release has now been earmarked for February 12th 2024, and the film has gone up for order now. You can find it here.
Initially, it’s only available as a Steelbook release, although it’s expected that a regular 4K disc package isn’t far away. It’s the original film, incidentally, that’s getting the release, and not the remake.
Update: The regular, cheaper release is now confirmed for 13th May 2024. You can find it here.
Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow thus take the lead roles here, with Herbert Ross behind the camera.
- 4/17/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Los Angeles, July 18 (Ians) Bon Jovi had not hit the stage for some time, though recently they began rocking it out hard in 2023, when the American rock band took to stage and started playing songs off of their 2020 album ‘Limitless’ alongside various other classics such as ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, ‘It’s My Life’, ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’, ‘Bed of Roses’ among others.
Celebrating the love that the band has received over the years, taking to social media, Bon Jovi captioned: “Limitless possibilities when these guys hit the stage. Tag someone you would take on the world with.”
The band received a highly favourable response from fans, with netizens praising the band and wishing to see them on stage once again.
These netizens came from all across the world ranging from USA, Canada, Brazil, UK, Australia, Japan, Mexico, India, Vietnam, South Korea, France, Belgium and New Zealand among others,...
Celebrating the love that the band has received over the years, taking to social media, Bon Jovi captioned: “Limitless possibilities when these guys hit the stage. Tag someone you would take on the world with.”
The band received a highly favourable response from fans, with netizens praising the band and wishing to see them on stage once again.
These netizens came from all across the world ranging from USA, Canada, Brazil, UK, Australia, Japan, Mexico, India, Vietnam, South Korea, France, Belgium and New Zealand among others,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Nathan December.
Nathan December lived a dream life back in the Nineties, even though very few people knew his name. It started when...
Nathan December lived a dream life back in the Nineties, even though very few people knew his name. It started when...
- 6/18/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Dazzler Media presents new documentary Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon, coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Download on 15th August. This moving portrait of Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot’s legendary guitarist marks the 40th anniversary of his passing. Synopsis: Randy Rhoads’ guitar riffs re-shaped rock ‘n roll and raised the stakes for guitarists around …
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- 7/8/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Stand Up And Shout For Ronnie James Dio’S Birthday, Saturday, July 10 global virtual concert produced by Rolling Live Studios, has added a wealth of talent to the already star-studded lineup that will bring together unusual musical pairings for one-of-a-kind performances, special birthday messages and artist interviews.
The event, hosted on rollinglivestudios.com beginning at 2:00Pm Pacific time (Pdt), will benefit The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), founded in memory of the late heavy metal icon who was the voice of Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio before losing his battle with gastric cancer in 2010.
The global fundraising event will bring together celebrities and fans all over the world to honor Dio’s undeniable impact both on and off the stage. Among the artists joining the roster for conversations and/or performances are Rob Halford (Judas Priest); Sammy Hagar; Tenacious D’s...
The event, hosted on rollinglivestudios.com beginning at 2:00Pm Pacific time (Pdt), will benefit The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), founded in memory of the late heavy metal icon who was the voice of Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio before losing his battle with gastric cancer in 2010.
The global fundraising event will bring together celebrities and fans all over the world to honor Dio’s undeniable impact both on and off the stage. Among the artists joining the roster for conversations and/or performances are Rob Halford (Judas Priest); Sammy Hagar; Tenacious D’s...
- 7/5/2021
- Look to the Stars
Is Heather Dubrow ready to pick up an orange and return to reality TV?
It’s been a full year since Heather last appeared on The Real Housewives of Orange County, and many fans felt her absence on the just-wrapped season.
“You know, I think it was really good to take a break and take a step back,” Heather tells Et. “It's been a crazy year. You know, I have 'Heather Dubrow's World' and 'Dr. and Mrs. Guinea Pig' podcasts, my YouTube Channel, Heather's Closet, our skincare line … and Terry and I just finished our second book, a diet book, that'll be out next year in 2018. So, there's a lot of fun stuff going on.”
“Of course, I still keep in touch with the girls on the show that were always my friends,” she adds, but notes she did not watch the show this year.
While Heather says “oh, dear” to the idea...
It’s been a full year since Heather last appeared on The Real Housewives of Orange County, and many fans felt her absence on the just-wrapped season.
“You know, I think it was really good to take a break and take a step back,” Heather tells Et. “It's been a crazy year. You know, I have 'Heather Dubrow's World' and 'Dr. and Mrs. Guinea Pig' podcasts, my YouTube Channel, Heather's Closet, our skincare line … and Terry and I just finished our second book, a diet book, that'll be out next year in 2018. So, there's a lot of fun stuff going on.”
“Of course, I still keep in touch with the girls on the show that were always my friends,” she adds, but notes she did not watch the show this year.
While Heather says “oh, dear” to the idea...
- 11/21/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Heather Dubrow’s daughter is a rock star in the making -- maybe.
Only Et was invited inside 13-year-old Max Dubrow’s soundcheck at the iconic Whisky-a-Go-Go in Hollywood over the weekend, ahead of her debut performance with legendary rock band Quiet Riot.
“[Drummer] Frankie Banali and James Durbin, who's the new lead singer of Quiet Riot, and who you remember from American Idol … came on my podcast,” Heather explains. “We were talking and hanging out … and then we started talking about it, and Frankie said, 'Is Max still singing?' And I said, yes. And he said, 'Would she ever want to perform with us?' And I went, 'Yeah! That sounds pretty awesome.’”
Max’s uncle, her dad Terry’s brother, Kevin Dubrow, was the lead singer of the band until he died in 2007 -- and Terry and Heather have stayed close with Frankie, Kevin’s best friend. Max’s performance with the band actually came 10 years...
Only Et was invited inside 13-year-old Max Dubrow’s soundcheck at the iconic Whisky-a-Go-Go in Hollywood over the weekend, ahead of her debut performance with legendary rock band Quiet Riot.
“[Drummer] Frankie Banali and James Durbin, who's the new lead singer of Quiet Riot, and who you remember from American Idol … came on my podcast,” Heather explains. “We were talking and hanging out … and then we started talking about it, and Frankie said, 'Is Max still singing?' And I said, yes. And he said, 'Would she ever want to perform with us?' And I went, 'Yeah! That sounds pretty awesome.’”
Max’s uncle, her dad Terry’s brother, Kevin Dubrow, was the lead singer of the band until he died in 2007 -- and Terry and Heather have stayed close with Frankie, Kevin’s best friend. Max’s performance with the band actually came 10 years...
- 11/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Quiet Riot is a lot more talented than just two songs but the lack of clips on the internet, yes I know that sounds crazy, that I could find for them in movies is simply astounding. This heavy metal band that was formed in the early 1970’s deserve a lot better representation but sadly the only films I can recall them in are shown below with barely worthy clips to showcase the songs. Honestly unless there are obscure movies out there with their other hits it really looks like Hollywood was only ever interested in these two songs. It’s understandable
The Top Uses of Quiet Riot Songs in Movies...
The Top Uses of Quiet Riot Songs in Movies...
- 8/22/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
If there’s one show I’m looking forward to on Netflix, it’s Glow. There’s zero question in my mind that if these gals get the show right it’s going to be an instant classic. Luckily for us, Netflix has released a new teaser trailer for the upcoming show, the new drama starring Alison Brie set in a fictionalized version of the real-life 1980s women’s wrestling promotion, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. If the music is any indication of what we’re in for then I’m pretty excited. Set to the song Cum on Feel the Noise by Quiet Riot (which was released in
Here’s The Latest Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling Teaser From Netflix...
Here’s The Latest Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling Teaser From Netflix...
- 4/27/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Stolen Innocence
Logline: 12-year-old Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her parents’ best friend and trusted neighbor. Twice.
Elevator Pitch:
In 1974, Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her parents best friend, Robert Bechtold. He drugged her and strapped her to a bed in the back of a motorhome, and drove to Mexico. Upon awakening, Jan heard high-pitched voices, repeating commands through a small intercom, leading her to believe that she and Berchtold had been abducted by aliens. The FBI conducted a nationwide manhunt and found Jan 5 weeks later. Jan’s family remained oblivious to Berchtold’s diabolical intentions towards their daughter. His calculated...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Stolen Innocence
Logline: 12-year-old Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her parents’ best friend and trusted neighbor. Twice.
Elevator Pitch:
In 1974, Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her parents best friend, Robert Bechtold. He drugged her and strapped her to a bed in the back of a motorhome, and drove to Mexico. Upon awakening, Jan heard high-pitched voices, repeating commands through a small intercom, leading her to believe that she and Berchtold had been abducted by aliens. The FBI conducted a nationwide manhunt and found Jan 5 weeks later. Jan’s family remained oblivious to Berchtold’s diabolical intentions towards their daughter. His calculated...
- 7/25/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Chicago – In this special HollywoodChicago.com Hookup, we’ve partnered with the first-annual CineFest Backlot Block Party from Cinespace Chicago Film Studios! The music and food festival features more than 30 bands (including Bret Michaels, Blue Oyster Cult and Quiet Riot) as well as Chicago’s most popular sweet and savory food trucks!
The music and food festival, which celebrates film and TV projects that have been shot in Chicago, takes place this weekend on Aug. 28, 29 and 30, 2015. The festival is located on the grounds of Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, which is one of the largest film and TV studios outside of Hollywood. Each HollywoodChicago.com winner scores a weekend pass valid for all three days! Winning passes will be available at CineFest will call under your name.
To win your free CineFest weekend pass courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! The more social actions you complete,...
The music and food festival, which celebrates film and TV projects that have been shot in Chicago, takes place this weekend on Aug. 28, 29 and 30, 2015. The festival is located on the grounds of Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, which is one of the largest film and TV studios outside of Hollywood. Each HollywoodChicago.com winner scores a weekend pass valid for all three days! Winning passes will be available at CineFest will call under your name.
To win your free CineFest weekend pass courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! The more social actions you complete,...
- 8/26/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"An enthralling ride that seamlessly weaves rock and roll glamour, grit, humor & drama from start to finish, while transcending all subcultures and musical genres to expose the rawness of loss. It explores Banali’s personal challenges with anger and regret during his ongoing search to find the right singer who could help to keep the band’s legacy alive."
Congratulations to Regina Russell for Showtime picking up her directorial debut “Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back". It airs on January 29th and will go to iTunes and DVD on May 19th. This is an amazing start for Russell, and we at SydneysBuzz are excited to see how her path as a director unfolds. See trailer below:
Read our interview with Regina Russell and Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali - published last week.
Congratulations to Regina Russell for Showtime picking up her directorial debut “Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back". It airs on January 29th and will go to iTunes and DVD on May 19th. This is an amazing start for Russell, and we at SydneysBuzz are excited to see how her path as a director unfolds. See trailer below:
Read our interview with Regina Russell and Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali - published last week.
- 1/13/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
“I will always regret that Kevin’s gone, but it’s out of my control. Regina helped me to accept the fact that he’s not coming back, and to enjoy what we had. There’s value in that.”-Frankie Banali, Drummer of Quiet Riot
Regina Russell’s solid and impressive directorial debut “Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back" is a compelling journey into the history and heavy metal heart of legendary band Quiet Riot, and how the band’s drummer Frankie Banali picks up the pieces after losing his lead singer and lifelong best friend Kevin DuBrow to a drug overdose in 2007.
This film is an enthralling ride that seamlessly weaves rock and roll glamour, grit, humor and drama from start to finish, while transcending all subcultures and musical genres to expose the rawness of loss. It explores Banali’s personal challenges with anger and regret during his ongoing search to find the right singer who could help to keep the band’s legacy alive.
Although unforeseen in the production’s beginnings, Russell’s process as a filmmaker gives Banali the opportunity to process the death of his best friend and move on.
In a fascinating and candid conversation, Regina Russell and Frankie Banali share how they first met over thirty years ago, the gifts and challenges of making a film together while being in relationship, and the power of film to heal, through the scope of Banali’s personal experience:
How did you meet Frankie?
Regina: In 1983, I was still in high school and had braces on my teeth. I was this skinny little girl in South Carolina, and Quiet Riot, one of the biggest bands at the time, came to town. I had a friend who knew them, and she actually set us up. I was a kid, so he didn’t put the moves on me, but I hung out with him and went to three shows on their tour bus. For a high school girl who was playing their album from back to front until it wore out, that was a really thrilling time. I moved to New York, and didn’t see him again for twenty-seven years. We reconnected again in 2009.
So the idea of the film came long after you met?
Regina: We had been dating for about a year, and it was around that time when he said he was considering meeting with Kevin’s mother to get her blessing to go on with the band. I thought that sounded like a documentary, and he said “No! That’s going to be a lot of trouble,” but I talked him into it and started following him around with a camera.
Frankie: (Smiles) Yeah, she followed me around like I owed her money.
Did you want to make films prior to this?
Regina: I had been an actress for twenty something years, so I had learned how to make movies from being on film sets for my entire adult life. I had always wanted to make a documentary. I saw “Roger & Me”, and thought this is really my genre. I tried out a couple of things, but never had a good story. This sounded like such a great story.
(To Frankie) So you resisted the documentary at first?
Frankie: Being Sicilian, I don’t like people peering into my life. I don’t like being followed around, but after a while, I just ignored the camera. It was just something else that was in my office, in my car, or at a show. And I’m so committed to Quiet Riot, that I’m way too caught up to really pay attention to that. It was unimportant compared to the everyday functioning of the band and how do I get from point A to point B. After a while, it just didn’t exist anymore and I stopped caring that she was filming.
Did you use a lot of hidden cameras?
Regina: The band was hard to film, because they were either frozen or hamming it up. It was really hard to get them to be natural and just ignore the camera. The night of the show when Mark Huff had train wrecked (shown in the film), I knew they were going to have an argument in the dressing room. I setup the cameras while they were finishing the show, and stayed out of the room so they could have their argument without being guarded.
Frankie: Yeah, she got me on that one.
Regina: I had the camera turned on for some of the stuff filmed in his office, but would leave the red light off. He had no idea it was on.
Frankie (He says with a grin): Yeah, she’s sneaky. That’s why I have good attorneys… There’s stuff in the film that I didn’t know about until I actually saw it, stuff that happened long after I thought we were no longer filming; I’d blow up about something or make a cynical comment, and yeah, she got it.
How did the filming affect your relationship?
Regina: It was hard on our relationship. Imagine when something is going wrong, and he’s exploding and freaking out. I would have this look on my face, like, “Oh god, where’s my camera? How come he never says this stuff when I’m filming?” I always had that on my mind.
He would say, “Why do you always have that look on your face like you wish you could film this? Why can’t you be sympathetic to my situation???”
I just didn’t care, and I would say, “I’m sorry for what you’re going through, but I really wish I had my camera, because you don’t say this stuff when I’m filming. This is what I need for that spot…”
Did you ever expect the film would take four years to make?
Frankie: It just went on and on. It was a surprise to her, and even a bigger surprise to me. I didn’t hire the first singer we got just to fire him. It doesn’t make any sense. I didn’t hire the second singer just to fire him. That also doesn’t make any sense, but this is life. None of this was planned. It just kept going on and on, but this is the reality of the film.
Regina: When Mark Huff was new, Frankie asked, “If I fire him, is this going to fuck up your movie?” I said, “No, that’s just the story,” but I was thinking, “Yes, please don’t do that.” At that point he (Mark Huff) was train wrecking, but I was still trying to make a movie where there was a happy ending with him.
Frankie: I have a pretty good sense of individuals and their moods. I take into consideration what people say during the day, their mood, their body language, and I knew the days when he (Mark Huff) was going to suck. And those were the days that I didn’t want in the film. It’s not good for Quiet Riot.
I gave two different talented individuals the opportunity to walk into this situation, to stand on the stage with an iconic band, and sign the songs that Kevin DuBrow made famous. I gave them the opportunity, and they threw it away, so I had no remorse about it. They did it to themselves. They may blame me, because I’m the one who has to say, “You’re done” when they drop the ball. I spent over three decades of my professional life with this band. I’m not going to let anyone do anything less.
Things are great now. If there’s one regret that I have, it’s that I don’t have Kevin DuBrow. He’s my best friend. I am never going to have another best friend like that. I am not going to live long enough to have a friend like that again. That I will always regret, but do I regret Quiet Riot now? Absolutely not. I will not apologize for Quiet Riot going on. Absolutely not. Never have. Never will.
Did you experience any personal healing in the making of this film?
Frankie: Whether it was intentional or not, Regina forced me to deal with Kevin’s death. Before the film was all said and done, I can’t tell you how many mornings I would sit in my office and thought Kevin was calling when the phone started to ring. She made it possible for me to finally let go, not to stop missing Kevin, but to let go and accept the fact that he’s gone. He’s not coming back, and although he died because of his choices in life, I don’t fault him for that.
I will always regret that Kevin’s gone, but it’s out of my control. Regina helped me to accept the fact that he’s not coming back, and to enjoy what we had. There’s value in that. As expensive as this film has been, it’s definitely been cheaper than therapy.
I always go to visit Kevin on his birthday, not on the day that he died. I always celebrate his birthday. I don’t mark his death, and it was during the filming when his birthday rolled around. That was the first time that I could sit there and see it from a different perspective. I’m always going to miss him, but at least I can frame it into something that I can understand. Before, it was this illusive, foggy kind of thing that I couldn’t’ really get my hands on.
When did you realize that you were helping Frankie to face Kevin’s death?
Regina: It was well into filming. I didn’t know where the story was going, or what was at the heart of it. I thought about the core journey; it couldn’t just be about hiring and firing band members. It had to be about what’s inside. I got down to the fact that Frankie was dealing with his loss, and a part of him having problems with these guys in the band is that they weren’t Kevin.
Did this process of filming bring you guys closer?
Frankie: It has because I know she’s got my back, but sometimes getting to that point was really hard to accept. I come from a background where we don’t share our emotions and feelings. Whatever is going on in the home stays at home. We don’t put anything out there, but when you make a movie like this, you have to put it out there. I’m not just putting it out there for her; I’m putting it out there for the world to see. I understand it. She did a phenomenal job, but it’s been a difficult process for me.
Regina: I didn’t know that I was going to expose his life and emotions so much. It wasn’t what he signed up for, and it was definitely a battle. It’s hard to be in a relationship with the person you’re most connected to, and you can’t really open up to them because they’re thinking, “how can I get this in the movie?” I wasn’t really that good of a girlfriend at that point, but we have become closer now that it’s done.
Frankie: In retrospect, I think it was easier to open up to Regina - even though the camera was her evil second head - because I trust and love her. In that regard, it was a lot easier to be honest and not put on a show with someone I didn’t know.
Regina: (To Frankie) You wouldn’t have talked openly with anyone else... He’s really private.
Frankie: Never. The camera was not in the equation. It was Regina and I talking. The camera just didn’t exist anymore. I would have never have said this, if I was conscious of the camera… We were at a shit gig and I said, “Welcome to nowhere.” That’s not the image I’m trying to show. The image that I’m trying to portray is that Quiet Riot is still on top. I would never have said that, if I had been aware of the camera. Therein lies the honesty of the film.
Regina has done a phenomenal job, in that she was able to capture the beginnings of the band, even going back and touching on its original history and legacy, to dealing with the death of Kevin, the band’s continuation and how we just don’t stop. She has managed to capture all of it.
Regina Russell’s solid and impressive directorial debut “Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back" is a compelling journey into the history and heavy metal heart of legendary band Quiet Riot, and how the band’s drummer Frankie Banali picks up the pieces after losing his lead singer and lifelong best friend Kevin DuBrow to a drug overdose in 2007.
This film is an enthralling ride that seamlessly weaves rock and roll glamour, grit, humor and drama from start to finish, while transcending all subcultures and musical genres to expose the rawness of loss. It explores Banali’s personal challenges with anger and regret during his ongoing search to find the right singer who could help to keep the band’s legacy alive.
Although unforeseen in the production’s beginnings, Russell’s process as a filmmaker gives Banali the opportunity to process the death of his best friend and move on.
In a fascinating and candid conversation, Regina Russell and Frankie Banali share how they first met over thirty years ago, the gifts and challenges of making a film together while being in relationship, and the power of film to heal, through the scope of Banali’s personal experience:
How did you meet Frankie?
Regina: In 1983, I was still in high school and had braces on my teeth. I was this skinny little girl in South Carolina, and Quiet Riot, one of the biggest bands at the time, came to town. I had a friend who knew them, and she actually set us up. I was a kid, so he didn’t put the moves on me, but I hung out with him and went to three shows on their tour bus. For a high school girl who was playing their album from back to front until it wore out, that was a really thrilling time. I moved to New York, and didn’t see him again for twenty-seven years. We reconnected again in 2009.
So the idea of the film came long after you met?
Regina: We had been dating for about a year, and it was around that time when he said he was considering meeting with Kevin’s mother to get her blessing to go on with the band. I thought that sounded like a documentary, and he said “No! That’s going to be a lot of trouble,” but I talked him into it and started following him around with a camera.
Frankie: (Smiles) Yeah, she followed me around like I owed her money.
Did you want to make films prior to this?
Regina: I had been an actress for twenty something years, so I had learned how to make movies from being on film sets for my entire adult life. I had always wanted to make a documentary. I saw “Roger & Me”, and thought this is really my genre. I tried out a couple of things, but never had a good story. This sounded like such a great story.
(To Frankie) So you resisted the documentary at first?
Frankie: Being Sicilian, I don’t like people peering into my life. I don’t like being followed around, but after a while, I just ignored the camera. It was just something else that was in my office, in my car, or at a show. And I’m so committed to Quiet Riot, that I’m way too caught up to really pay attention to that. It was unimportant compared to the everyday functioning of the band and how do I get from point A to point B. After a while, it just didn’t exist anymore and I stopped caring that she was filming.
Did you use a lot of hidden cameras?
Regina: The band was hard to film, because they were either frozen or hamming it up. It was really hard to get them to be natural and just ignore the camera. The night of the show when Mark Huff had train wrecked (shown in the film), I knew they were going to have an argument in the dressing room. I setup the cameras while they were finishing the show, and stayed out of the room so they could have their argument without being guarded.
Frankie: Yeah, she got me on that one.
Regina: I had the camera turned on for some of the stuff filmed in his office, but would leave the red light off. He had no idea it was on.
Frankie (He says with a grin): Yeah, she’s sneaky. That’s why I have good attorneys… There’s stuff in the film that I didn’t know about until I actually saw it, stuff that happened long after I thought we were no longer filming; I’d blow up about something or make a cynical comment, and yeah, she got it.
How did the filming affect your relationship?
Regina: It was hard on our relationship. Imagine when something is going wrong, and he’s exploding and freaking out. I would have this look on my face, like, “Oh god, where’s my camera? How come he never says this stuff when I’m filming?” I always had that on my mind.
He would say, “Why do you always have that look on your face like you wish you could film this? Why can’t you be sympathetic to my situation???”
I just didn’t care, and I would say, “I’m sorry for what you’re going through, but I really wish I had my camera, because you don’t say this stuff when I’m filming. This is what I need for that spot…”
Did you ever expect the film would take four years to make?
Frankie: It just went on and on. It was a surprise to her, and even a bigger surprise to me. I didn’t hire the first singer we got just to fire him. It doesn’t make any sense. I didn’t hire the second singer just to fire him. That also doesn’t make any sense, but this is life. None of this was planned. It just kept going on and on, but this is the reality of the film.
Regina: When Mark Huff was new, Frankie asked, “If I fire him, is this going to fuck up your movie?” I said, “No, that’s just the story,” but I was thinking, “Yes, please don’t do that.” At that point he (Mark Huff) was train wrecking, but I was still trying to make a movie where there was a happy ending with him.
Frankie: I have a pretty good sense of individuals and their moods. I take into consideration what people say during the day, their mood, their body language, and I knew the days when he (Mark Huff) was going to suck. And those were the days that I didn’t want in the film. It’s not good for Quiet Riot.
I gave two different talented individuals the opportunity to walk into this situation, to stand on the stage with an iconic band, and sign the songs that Kevin DuBrow made famous. I gave them the opportunity, and they threw it away, so I had no remorse about it. They did it to themselves. They may blame me, because I’m the one who has to say, “You’re done” when they drop the ball. I spent over three decades of my professional life with this band. I’m not going to let anyone do anything less.
Things are great now. If there’s one regret that I have, it’s that I don’t have Kevin DuBrow. He’s my best friend. I am never going to have another best friend like that. I am not going to live long enough to have a friend like that again. That I will always regret, but do I regret Quiet Riot now? Absolutely not. I will not apologize for Quiet Riot going on. Absolutely not. Never have. Never will.
Did you experience any personal healing in the making of this film?
Frankie: Whether it was intentional or not, Regina forced me to deal with Kevin’s death. Before the film was all said and done, I can’t tell you how many mornings I would sit in my office and thought Kevin was calling when the phone started to ring. She made it possible for me to finally let go, not to stop missing Kevin, but to let go and accept the fact that he’s gone. He’s not coming back, and although he died because of his choices in life, I don’t fault him for that.
I will always regret that Kevin’s gone, but it’s out of my control. Regina helped me to accept the fact that he’s not coming back, and to enjoy what we had. There’s value in that. As expensive as this film has been, it’s definitely been cheaper than therapy.
I always go to visit Kevin on his birthday, not on the day that he died. I always celebrate his birthday. I don’t mark his death, and it was during the filming when his birthday rolled around. That was the first time that I could sit there and see it from a different perspective. I’m always going to miss him, but at least I can frame it into something that I can understand. Before, it was this illusive, foggy kind of thing that I couldn’t’ really get my hands on.
When did you realize that you were helping Frankie to face Kevin’s death?
Regina: It was well into filming. I didn’t know where the story was going, or what was at the heart of it. I thought about the core journey; it couldn’t just be about hiring and firing band members. It had to be about what’s inside. I got down to the fact that Frankie was dealing with his loss, and a part of him having problems with these guys in the band is that they weren’t Kevin.
Did this process of filming bring you guys closer?
Frankie: It has because I know she’s got my back, but sometimes getting to that point was really hard to accept. I come from a background where we don’t share our emotions and feelings. Whatever is going on in the home stays at home. We don’t put anything out there, but when you make a movie like this, you have to put it out there. I’m not just putting it out there for her; I’m putting it out there for the world to see. I understand it. She did a phenomenal job, but it’s been a difficult process for me.
Regina: I didn’t know that I was going to expose his life and emotions so much. It wasn’t what he signed up for, and it was definitely a battle. It’s hard to be in a relationship with the person you’re most connected to, and you can’t really open up to them because they’re thinking, “how can I get this in the movie?” I wasn’t really that good of a girlfriend at that point, but we have become closer now that it’s done.
Frankie: In retrospect, I think it was easier to open up to Regina - even though the camera was her evil second head - because I trust and love her. In that regard, it was a lot easier to be honest and not put on a show with someone I didn’t know.
Regina: (To Frankie) You wouldn’t have talked openly with anyone else... He’s really private.
Frankie: Never. The camera was not in the equation. It was Regina and I talking. The camera just didn’t exist anymore. I would have never have said this, if I was conscious of the camera… We were at a shit gig and I said, “Welcome to nowhere.” That’s not the image I’m trying to show. The image that I’m trying to portray is that Quiet Riot is still on top. I would never have said that, if I had been aware of the camera. Therein lies the honesty of the film.
Regina has done a phenomenal job, in that she was able to capture the beginnings of the band, even going back and touching on its original history and legacy, to dealing with the death of Kevin, the band’s continuation and how we just don’t stop. She has managed to capture all of it.
- 1/5/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Many will find it up for dispute, but I believe a review of legendary rock musician Ace Frehley’s newest album Space Invader fits in perfectly here. The former Kiss guitarist made a name for himself onstage as he stalked around in his interstellar costume while his instrument smoked and he fired off rockets into the sky as strobe lights flashed and flames jumped around him. His Spaceman persona grew to even more epic proportions in a sci-fi fantasy movie, video games, and through the pages of Marvel Comics and other publications. The larger-than-life cosmic super hero delivered humanity from the clutches of evil just like the Avengers, Justice League, or Fantastic Four.
You can take the makeup off his face, but you can’t remove the spirit of the Spaceman from Ace Frehley’s heart. The former Kiss lead guitarist is back and better than ever with the impeccably titled Space Invader.
You can take the makeup off his face, but you can’t remove the spirit of the Spaceman from Ace Frehley’s heart. The former Kiss lead guitarist is back and better than ever with the impeccably titled Space Invader.
- 9/5/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
In the words of Lennon & McCartney, it's been "a long and winding road." Queensryche has maintained its status as a legendary progressive rock band over the past 30+ years, enjoying success with albums like "Operation: Mind Crime" and it's follow up, "Empire," selling more than 20 million albums worldwide. Behind their success, however, the band has been plagued by creative differences which led to the departure of lead singer Geoff Tate. Eventually, Tate and the remaining members reached what they described as "an amicable settlement" with one of the terms prohibiting Tate from further performing with his newly formed band using the name Queensryche after August 30, 2014. Before taking on the new name "Operation: Mindcrime," Tate and his band embarked on a summer tour titled "Queensryche starring Geoff Tate - The Farewell Tour" which just recently ended outside of Chicago, closing a significant musical chapter in his life. This was the last night...
- 9/1/2014
- by jmaurer@corp.popstar.com (Jennifer Maurer)
- PopStar
Hello Cleveland! The 1984 mock rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap turned 30 last week, so the anniversary is getting a special re-release via AMC Networks' iPad app Yeah! Fans and newcomers to the movie will be able to watch the "Special Features Version" of the film for free, beginning tomorrow through April 11th, along with new interviews and extras that offer insight about how filmmaker Rob Reiner and the cast made a move that was anything but a "shit sandwich."
This List Goes to 11!: Eleven Trends Predicted by 'This is Spinal Tap...
This List Goes to 11!: Eleven Trends Predicted by 'This is Spinal Tap...
- 3/10/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Happy thirtieth birthday to This Is Spinal Tap, which licked the world's love pump this week in 1984. It remains the funniest, truest, most emotionally honest movie ever made about rock & roll and the people who live for it. Can you trace the influence of this film through pop culture through the years? That would be like trying to dust vomit. The enduring power of Spinal Tap is how it gets the details so lovingly right, musically and emotionally — right from that opening scene where the roadies lift the giant skull,...
- 3/7/2014
- Rollingstone.com
The Lego Movie built a second floor to its box office success yesterday, earning $13.03 million and just beating out the Kevin Hart-starring About Last Night, a remake of the Rob Lowe- and Demi Moore-topped 1986 comedy.
Two other revamps of films from the era of Reagan and Quiet Riot did less well: Endless Love, which stars Gabriella Wilde and Alex Pettyfer, raked in $7.3 million while Robocop, whose deep bench of acting talent includes Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, and Samuel Jackson (but definitely not Laurence Fishburne), scooped up $7 million. Maybe folks were disappointed they couldn...
Two other revamps of films from the era of Reagan and Quiet Riot did less well: Endless Love, which stars Gabriella Wilde and Alex Pettyfer, raked in $7.3 million while Robocop, whose deep bench of acting talent includes Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, and Samuel Jackson (but definitely not Laurence Fishburne), scooped up $7 million. Maybe folks were disappointed they couldn...
- 2/15/2014
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
Wikipedia Commons
Over 80 million records sold around the world and a catalogue of chart-topping hits don’t lie.
Since forming in Los Angeles in 1983, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have battled through band-departures, deaths, and a lot of drugs to become – universally speaking – one of the most enduringly popular acts in rock music. The news earlier this month that they will be playing this year’s Super Bowl halftime show places them alongside musical heavyweights such as The Who, Bruce Springsteen and, um, the Black Eyed Peas.
Not too shabby for a bunch of good-time boys that began life as Tony Flow And The Majestic Masters Of Mayhem almost 31 years ago. The warped funk-metal sound of their early albums was certainly an acquired taste, but the chaotic fun of these records was undeniably infectious and saw them build a cult following. The loss of founding guitarist Hillel Slovak to a...
Over 80 million records sold around the world and a catalogue of chart-topping hits don’t lie.
Since forming in Los Angeles in 1983, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have battled through band-departures, deaths, and a lot of drugs to become – universally speaking – one of the most enduringly popular acts in rock music. The news earlier this month that they will be playing this year’s Super Bowl halftime show places them alongside musical heavyweights such as The Who, Bruce Springsteen and, um, the Black Eyed Peas.
Not too shabby for a bunch of good-time boys that began life as Tony Flow And The Majestic Masters Of Mayhem almost 31 years ago. The warped funk-metal sound of their early albums was certainly an acquired taste, but the chaotic fun of these records was undeniably infectious and saw them build a cult following. The loss of founding guitarist Hillel Slovak to a...
- 1/30/2014
- by Matthew Lowry
- Obsessed with Film
Heavy Metal is a broad term and a very broad church: there are umpteen variations on its basic theme and there are sub genres galore. However, the single thread which binds these disparate pieces is a loud, overdriven, distorted guitar wielded with intent. Non fans traditionally are quick to dismiss the music as entirely without merit and at this point I’ll say hello to Jason Isaacs who recently described the peerless Lamb Of God as, “People having some kind of epileptic fit in charge of a guitar.” Of course, the perpetual allure of Heavy Metal is that outsiders, such as Mr Isaacs, just don’t get it and for this reason it remains a consistently popular form of music, constantly shifting its shape to adapt to the times whilst managing to maintain its core appeal of rebellion.
Despite its foremost protagonists being American, heavy metal is essentially a British creation.
Despite its foremost protagonists being American, heavy metal is essentially a British creation.
- 5/25/2013
- by Basil Creese Jr
- Obsessed with Film
Organized by Fango contributor John Nicol and myself, Fangoria’S Black Sunday at Club 3030 was a splendid affair, packed with pundits poured into costumes of all kinds and featuring FX man Paul Jones, who brought his Red Pyramid suit from Silent Hill: Revelation and made up one of the bartenders as a Sh nurse. Paul and I even hosted a wild, barely controlled costume contest.
The substances flowed freely, the vintage pinball machines dinged and the music blasted until the wee hours. A good time was had by all, with Canadian Fango freaks and new converts sharing space and braving Sandy’s wrath (yes, up here we also took a smaller smack from the storm).
Thanks to Fango fotographer and contributor David Goodfellow, we even have the pics to prove that the party was legit. Have a look…
DJ John Nicol in his finest Quiet Riot gear gets assistance...
The substances flowed freely, the vintage pinball machines dinged and the music blasted until the wee hours. A good time was had by all, with Canadian Fango freaks and new converts sharing space and braving Sandy’s wrath (yes, up here we also took a smaller smack from the storm).
Thanks to Fango fotographer and contributor David Goodfellow, we even have the pics to prove that the party was legit. Have a look…
DJ John Nicol in his finest Quiet Riot gear gets assistance...
- 11/5/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
Organized by Fango contributor John Nicol and myself, Fangoria’S Black Sunday at Club 3030 was a splendid affair, packed with pundits poured into costumes of all kinds and featuring FX man Paul Jones, who brought his Red Pyramid suit from Silent Hill: Revelation and made up one of the bartenders as a Sh nurse. Paul and I even hosted a wild, barely controlled costume contest.
The substances flowed freely, the vintage pinball machines dinged and the music blasted until the wee hours. A good time was had by all, with Canadian Fango freaks and new converts sharing space and braving Sandy’s wrath (yes, up here we also took a smaller smack from the storm).
Thanks to Fango fotographer and contributor David Goodfellow, we even have the pics to prove that the party was legit. Have a look…
DJ John Nicol in his finest Quiet Riot gear gets assistance...
The substances flowed freely, the vintage pinball machines dinged and the music blasted until the wee hours. A good time was had by all, with Canadian Fango freaks and new converts sharing space and braving Sandy’s wrath (yes, up here we also took a smaller smack from the storm).
Thanks to Fango fotographer and contributor David Goodfellow, we even have the pics to prove that the party was legit. Have a look…
DJ John Nicol in his finest Quiet Riot gear gets assistance...
- 11/5/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
Organized by Fango contributor John Nicol and myself, Fangoria’S Black Sunday at Club 3030 was a splendid affair, packed with pundits poured into costumes of all kinds and featuring FX man Paul Jones, who brought his Red Pyramid suit from Silent Hill: Revelation and made up one of the bartenders as a Sh nurse. Paul and I even hosted a wild, barely controlled costume contest.
The substances flowed freely, the vintage pinball machines dinged and the music blasted until the wee hours. A good time was had by all, with Canadian Fango freaks and new converts sharing space and braving Sandy’s wrath (yes, up here we also took a smaller smack from the storm).
Thanks to Fango fotographer and contributor David Goodfellow, we even have the pics to prove that the party was legit. Have a look…
DJ John Nicol in his finest Quiet Riot gear gets assistance...
The substances flowed freely, the vintage pinball machines dinged and the music blasted until the wee hours. A good time was had by all, with Canadian Fango freaks and new converts sharing space and braving Sandy’s wrath (yes, up here we also took a smaller smack from the storm).
Thanks to Fango fotographer and contributor David Goodfellow, we even have the pics to prove that the party was legit. Have a look…
DJ John Nicol in his finest Quiet Riot gear gets assistance...
- 11/5/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
Rock of Ages
Directed by: Adam Shankman
Cast: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige
Running Time: 2 hrs 3 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Plot: Two wannabe stars (Hough and Boneta) in 1980s Los Angeles fall in love while working at a famous rock club called The Bourbon.
Who’S It For?: Do you like these songs so much that you want hear them sung again, poorly, by other people? Think really hard about that one before you say “Maybe.”
Expectations: While I have not seen the musical, I had heard good things about it. I was hoping that this movie would be able to win me over, despite my disdain for this recent flow of media obsessed with recreating old songs.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Julianne Hough as Sherrie Christian: The “small town girl living in a lonely world...
Directed by: Adam Shankman
Cast: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige
Running Time: 2 hrs 3 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Plot: Two wannabe stars (Hough and Boneta) in 1980s Los Angeles fall in love while working at a famous rock club called The Bourbon.
Who’S It For?: Do you like these songs so much that you want hear them sung again, poorly, by other people? Think really hard about that one before you say “Maybe.”
Expectations: While I have not seen the musical, I had heard good things about it. I was hoping that this movie would be able to win me over, despite my disdain for this recent flow of media obsessed with recreating old songs.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Julianne Hough as Sherrie Christian: The “small town girl living in a lonely world...
- 6/16/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Dancing with the Stars Week 4 Rankings: Donald Rocks to the Top, Melissa taken to Hospital
**Update - Melissa Gilbert Tweeted she has mild concussion and whiplash but is okay*
Kiss opened for Dancing with the Stars Week 4 and set the ballroom ablaze. Belting out "Rock and Roll All Night" complete with their usual electrifying stage show and smashed guitars, did anyone even notice the accompanying dance by The Troupe? Not me. The judges even waved score paddles of "11" for their performance. With a show opener like that, of course you would expect a fabulous evening to follow, right?
Aside from Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd’s fantastic paso doble, which puts him on top of the leaderboard, Kiss was the best thing on Dancing with the Stars all night. In what should have been 2 hours of awesome hard rock dancing to the tunes of the Rolling Stones, Quiet Riot, Queen,...
**Update - Melissa Gilbert Tweeted she has mild concussion and whiplash but is okay*
Kiss opened for Dancing with the Stars Week 4 and set the ballroom ablaze. Belting out "Rock and Roll All Night" complete with their usual electrifying stage show and smashed guitars, did anyone even notice the accompanying dance by The Troupe? Not me. The judges even waved score paddles of "11" for their performance. With a show opener like that, of course you would expect a fabulous evening to follow, right?
Aside from Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd’s fantastic paso doble, which puts him on top of the leaderboard, Kiss was the best thing on Dancing with the Stars all night. In what should have been 2 hours of awesome hard rock dancing to the tunes of the Rolling Stones, Quiet Riot, Queen,...
- 4/10/2012
- by Jessica
- TVovermind.com
This week on "Dancing With the Stars," rock 'n' roll (and obsessive amounts of guy-liner) took center stage in the ballroom, and the judges were not so impressed, as they dished out some of their lowest scores -- and harshest critiques -- of the season.
Golden child Katherine Jenkins had her worst dance of the season, while the usually exuberant Sherri Shepherd must have exhausted all of her energy rocking out to opening band Kiss.
Yes, you read that correctly -- Kiss. Gene Simmons and Co. were causing quite a ruckus in the ballroom. In fact, did Kiss bring their own celebrity entourage because tonight's live show had even more famous faces than usual, including John Stamos, Little Richard and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Looking totally disinterested, J.Love told Tom Bergeron that she was there to support her favorite dancer, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Hopefully, this means Maks will be guest-starring on "The Client List" soon.
Golden child Katherine Jenkins had her worst dance of the season, while the usually exuberant Sherri Shepherd must have exhausted all of her energy rocking out to opening band Kiss.
Yes, you read that correctly -- Kiss. Gene Simmons and Co. were causing quite a ruckus in the ballroom. In fact, did Kiss bring their own celebrity entourage because tonight's live show had even more famous faces than usual, including John Stamos, Little Richard and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Looking totally disinterested, J.Love told Tom Bergeron that she was there to support her favorite dancer, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Hopefully, this means Maks will be guest-starring on "The Client List" soon.
- 4/10/2012
- by Crystal Bell
- Aol TV.
This week on "Dancing With the Stars," rock 'n' roll (and obsessive amounts of guy-liner) took center stage in the ballroom, and the judges were not so impressed, as they dished out some of their lowest scores -- and harshest critiques -- of the season.
Golden child Katherine Jenkins had her worst dance of the season, while the usually exuberant Sherri Shepherd must have exhausted all of her energy rocking out to opening band Kiss.
Yes, you read that correctly -- Kiss. Gene Simmons and Co. were causing quite a ruckus in the ballroom. In fact, did Kiss bring their own celebrity entourage because tonight's live show had even more famous faces than usual, including John Stamos, Little Richard and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Looking totally disinterested, J.Love told Tom Bergeron that she was there to support her favorite dancer, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Hopefully, this means Maks will be guest-starring on "The Client List" soon.
Golden child Katherine Jenkins had her worst dance of the season, while the usually exuberant Sherri Shepherd must have exhausted all of her energy rocking out to opening band Kiss.
Yes, you read that correctly -- Kiss. Gene Simmons and Co. were causing quite a ruckus in the ballroom. In fact, did Kiss bring their own celebrity entourage because tonight's live show had even more famous faces than usual, including John Stamos, Little Richard and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Looking totally disinterested, J.Love told Tom Bergeron that she was there to support her favorite dancer, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Hopefully, this means Maks will be guest-starring on "The Client List" soon.
- 4/10/2012
- by Crystal Bell
- Aol TV.
Craig Brewer has shown with his previous movies -- Hustle and Flow and Black Snake Moan -- how music is a reflection of our personality and the way we use it to express ourselves. But his latest feature is all about freedom -- the freedom to dance your ass off. If you've seen the 1984 original, you surely remember the basic premise of Footloose. Renn McCormick (professional dancer Kenny Wormald) is the new kid in town, a city-slicker relocating to a small town where dancing is illegal. He meets preacher's daughter Ariel ("Dancing with the Stars" and country music extraordinaire Julianne Hough), battles her asshole boyfriend and fights the system. He's a rebel. But he has a cause. Unlike in the original, the film's opening credits actually show the party and ensuing car crash that kick-started the music and dance ban, though it's set to the classic "Footloose" song by Kenny Loggins.
- 3/6/2012
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
Seventeen years after the original "Footloose" inspired audiences around the world to kick off their Sunday shoes, Craig Brewer's "Footloose" remake arrives in theaters this Friday, October 14.
Although Brewer and his filmmaking forebear, Herbert Ross, share an affection for music-driven movies, it remains to be seen whether the director of "Hustle & Flow" and "Black Snake Moan" will go on to Ross's highs of "The Secret of My Success," or the lows of "Undercover Blues."
In the meantime, we took a look at both theatrical versions of this iconic story in order to see what they have in common, and where Brewer might have cut a little bit loose.
The Location: Although both films are set in a town called Bomont, the '84 film takes place in Utah, which actually has a town with that name, while the '11 film relocates the conflict to the South, fabricating a Bomont, Georgia.
Although Brewer and his filmmaking forebear, Herbert Ross, share an affection for music-driven movies, it remains to be seen whether the director of "Hustle & Flow" and "Black Snake Moan" will go on to Ross's highs of "The Secret of My Success," or the lows of "Undercover Blues."
In the meantime, we took a look at both theatrical versions of this iconic story in order to see what they have in common, and where Brewer might have cut a little bit loose.
The Location: Although both films are set in a town called Bomont, the '84 film takes place in Utah, which actually has a town with that name, while the '11 film relocates the conflict to the South, fabricating a Bomont, Georgia.
- 10/12/2011
- by Todd Gilchrist
- NextMovie
Footloose gets the remake treatment, and the end result really isn't too bad at all. Here's our review...
Oh, Mr Bacon. It’s been so long. But I remember. That red tuxedo… That yellow Volkswagen Beetle… That warehouse dance sequence. Because that’s how easy it is to fuel a lifelong obsession with Kevin, with his chiseled cheeks and wayward, fuzzy hair indicative of a lifetime spent sticking errant fingers in wayward sockets. What good is Footloose without that monumental fox of eighties funkiness? Can a fresh-faced imposter do justice to those Sunday shoes? Heck, is it worth his while even fastening his shoelaces?
Footloosers everywhere will be jumpy. As well as making Bacon a poster boy, the original movie delivered an iconic soundtrack stuffed with fist-pumping cheese, turning Kenny Loggins into a legend and inspiring impressionable teens to do strange things on living room carpets. Anyone who rooted for...
Oh, Mr Bacon. It’s been so long. But I remember. That red tuxedo… That yellow Volkswagen Beetle… That warehouse dance sequence. Because that’s how easy it is to fuel a lifelong obsession with Kevin, with his chiseled cheeks and wayward, fuzzy hair indicative of a lifetime spent sticking errant fingers in wayward sockets. What good is Footloose without that monumental fox of eighties funkiness? Can a fresh-faced imposter do justice to those Sunday shoes? Heck, is it worth his while even fastening his shoelaces?
Footloosers everywhere will be jumpy. As well as making Bacon a poster boy, the original movie delivered an iconic soundtrack stuffed with fist-pumping cheese, turning Kenny Loggins into a legend and inspiring impressionable teens to do strange things on living room carpets. Anyone who rooted for...
- 10/10/2011
- Den of Geek
Some of the biggest hair bands you haven't heard from in 20 years are Reuniting in Los Angeles next weekend ... all to pay tribute to their fallen comrade Jani Lane ... and they're doing it for free. Great White, Quiet Riot, La Guns, Enuff Z'nuff and Slammin' Gladys are all set to perform at the Key Club in Hollywood -- and we're told Lane's family will be there. 300 Free tickets will be given out at the Key...
- 8/19/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Last week’s episode of Bones had us wondering what Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) did under the covers in his bed. (He just held her after the loss of Mr. Nigel-Murray, right?) Tonight’s season finale (Fox, 9 p.m. Et) sends them undercover in a bowling alley, and we know what they’re doing: posing as a couple to solve a murder. Watch them in action in our exclusive clip below. Previewing the season finale for EW, Deschanel poked fun at her look: ”I’m kinda like the missing member of Quiet Riot or Twisted Sister,” she laughed.
- 5/19/2011
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
In honor of Mother’s Day, let’s each take a moment to celebrate our mother’s good taste in entertainment — or, at least her passion for pop culture, which, even if misdirected, is something we can appreciate. Finish this sentence: I love that my mother loves… I’ll go first:
• Nathan Fillion. As I’ve had the pleasure of telling him in a Stupid Questions interview, he is, in fact, my soon-to-be 64-year-old mother Joyce’s third favorite male celebrity — after Johnny Depp and Jeff Goldblum. (I love that she loves them, too.)
• Craig Ferguson. When I visit, I...
• Nathan Fillion. As I’ve had the pleasure of telling him in a Stupid Questions interview, he is, in fact, my soon-to-be 64-year-old mother Joyce’s third favorite male celebrity — after Johnny Depp and Jeff Goldblum. (I love that she loves them, too.)
• Craig Ferguson. When I visit, I...
- 5/8/2011
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
Guilty Pleasures Week blew into Dancing With the Stars on Monday night, which provided reasonable excuses for a ribald display of Kendra Wilkinson’s “information” to our esteemed judges, a romantic getaway for Hines Ward and a very sexy throw pillow, and a blast of Quiet Riot music funneled through the dark portal of Hanson. Other ridiculata ensued, too, including the introduction of a mutant bubble machine, an unfortunate tumble for yet another pro, and a person with unimpaired vision accusing Ralph Macchio of being a year older than he actually is. Let’s recap the action in chronological order,...
- 4/26/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
There's just a few days left of Amazon's celebration of heavy metal with their 50 $5 Metal Albums sale. For only $5 each in MP3 format, there are some insanely good must-have metal albums up for sale through the end of March, like Metallica's ...And Justice For All, Judas Priest's Screaming For Vengeance, Black Sabbath's Heaven And Hell, Quiet Riot's Metal Health, and many more, including some really great "Best Of" compilations.
I picked out a few here below, but be sure to check out the main sale page to see all the albums available now for only $5 each.
Metallica ...And Justice For All
Danzig Danzig
Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance
A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step
Pantera The Best Of Pantera
Van Halen Van Halen - Best Of Volume 1
Megadeth Megadeth - Greatest Hits: Back To The Start
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Cinderella Night Songs
Rainbow...
I picked out a few here below, but be sure to check out the main sale page to see all the albums available now for only $5 each.
Metallica ...And Justice For All
Danzig Danzig
Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance
A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step
Pantera The Best Of Pantera
Van Halen Van Halen - Best Of Volume 1
Megadeth Megadeth - Greatest Hits: Back To The Start
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Cinderella Night Songs
Rainbow...
- 3/30/2011
- by Empress Eve
- Geeks of Doom
March 19 marks a sad day for fans of rock and heavy metal. Two astonishingly talented guitarists, both leading, pioneering figures in their genre and era, died on this date. Paul Kossoff, lead guitarist of rock band Free and Ozzy Osbourne’s Randy Rhoads died only 6 years apart. Both at the young age of 25.
Ask a cross-section of heavy metal fans who the greatest ever guitarist of the genre is and you can bet your last guitar string the name of Randy Rhoads will not be far from most lips. After Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath he was looking for a guitarist for his solo project. So the story goes, Ozzy heard Rhoads warming up and hired him on the spot, so impressed was the Prince of Darkness with the teenaged guitarist.
Born December 6, 1956, in Santa Monica, California, Randy Rhoads began his reputation as a talented young musician in the heavy metal band Quiet Riot,...
Ask a cross-section of heavy metal fans who the greatest ever guitarist of the genre is and you can bet your last guitar string the name of Randy Rhoads will not be far from most lips. After Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath he was looking for a guitarist for his solo project. So the story goes, Ozzy heard Rhoads warming up and hired him on the spot, so impressed was the Prince of Darkness with the teenaged guitarist.
Born December 6, 1956, in Santa Monica, California, Randy Rhoads began his reputation as a talented young musician in the heavy metal band Quiet Riot,...
- 3/19/2011
- by Obi-Dan
- Geeks of Doom
Looks like Quiet Riot is back.
That's right, you heard me, Quiet Riot, the 1980s heavy metal band famous for their cover of Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noize," is back on tour and with new singer Mark Huff.
Check out the band's MySpace page to listen to a sampler of classic tunes they re-recorded with Huff on vocals. The sample track has "Cum On Feel The Noize," "Metal Health/Bang Your Head," and "Slick Black Cadillac," and I have to say, it sounds damn good. Also, below, you can watch a video of Huff performing "Metal Health/Bang Your Head" with Quiet Riot at a show they played last month in Denver.
Except for a one-year break-up between 2003 and 2004, Quiet Riot has still been making albums and touring all these years up until original singer Kevin Dubrow's death from an accidental overdose of cocaine in 2007 [...]...
That's right, you heard me, Quiet Riot, the 1980s heavy metal band famous for their cover of Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noize," is back on tour and with new singer Mark Huff.
Check out the band's MySpace page to listen to a sampler of classic tunes they re-recorded with Huff on vocals. The sample track has "Cum On Feel The Noize," "Metal Health/Bang Your Head," and "Slick Black Cadillac," and I have to say, it sounds damn good. Also, below, you can watch a video of Huff performing "Metal Health/Bang Your Head" with Quiet Riot at a show they played last month in Denver.
Except for a one-year break-up between 2003 and 2004, Quiet Riot has still been making albums and touring all these years up until original singer Kevin Dubrow's death from an accidental overdose of cocaine in 2007 [...]...
- 12/3/2010
- by Empress Eve
- Geeks of Doom
With Tsr Buzz, you’ll find links to articles, videos and other random things that will help you waste your time just a little bit more
iDon’t listen to Atomic Tom. If I were in the same train car as them, I would probably bail. But, I do e-congratulate them on a clever tactic to promote their work with pre-existing tools, and for also providing entertainment on a subway train that is more enjoyable than dumb loud fratboys. This video features the quartet performing their song “Take Me Out” using only applications on their iPhones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998
A Brooklyn dad and his young son help put an iPhone into space. They fly it with a balloon, record the journey with the iPhone camera, and even use the iPhone’s Gps to retrieve it. This is astounding stuff. You must watch this, and in full screen.
iDon’t listen to Atomic Tom. If I were in the same train car as them, I would probably bail. But, I do e-congratulate them on a clever tactic to promote their work with pre-existing tools, and for also providing entertainment on a subway train that is more enjoyable than dumb loud fratboys. This video features the quartet performing their song “Take Me Out” using only applications on their iPhones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998
A Brooklyn dad and his young son help put an iPhone into space. They fly it with a balloon, record the journey with the iPhone camera, and even use the iPhone’s Gps to retrieve it. This is astounding stuff. You must watch this, and in full screen.
- 10/22/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
With Tsr Buzz, you’ll find links to articles, videos and other random things that will help you waste your time just a little bit more
I don’t listen to Atomic Tom. If I were in the same train car as them, I would probably bail. But, I do e-congratulate them on a clever tactic to promote their work with pre-existing tools, and for also providing entertainment on a subway train that is more enjoyable than dumb loud fratboys. This video features the quartet performing their song “Take Me Out” using only applications on their iPhones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998
A Brooklyn dad and his young son help put an iPhone into space. They fly it with a balloon, record the journey with the iPhone camera, and even use the iPhone’s Gps to retrieve it. This is astounding stuff. You must watch this, and in full screen.
I don’t listen to Atomic Tom. If I were in the same train car as them, I would probably bail. But, I do e-congratulate them on a clever tactic to promote their work with pre-existing tools, and for also providing entertainment on a subway train that is more enjoyable than dumb loud fratboys. This video features the quartet performing their song “Take Me Out” using only applications on their iPhones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998
A Brooklyn dad and his young son help put an iPhone into space. They fly it with a balloon, record the journey with the iPhone camera, and even use the iPhone’s Gps to retrieve it. This is astounding stuff. You must watch this, and in full screen.
- 10/19/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
- Who else wishes the new Julia Roberts movie opening this weekend was called "Eat, Brains, Love" instead of Eat, Pray Love? It could have been directed by Edgar Wright, too. Even those of you looking forward to Scott Pilgrim would've preferred that, right? See the full poster parody here.
- I was literally at Mel Blanc's grave a few days ago and he seemed at peace. But I'm guessing he's rolling around in there now that Warner Bros. has announced a new live-action/CG Bugs Bunny movie being scripted by Elf writer David Berenbaum. Not unless it's directed by Joe Dante and looks nothing like the new computer-animated Looney Tunes shorts, I might be interested. But if this is just another in the tradition of Garfield and Yogi Bear and alters Bugs' look and gets another Ghostbuster to do the voice, it'll be a stinkah, as the iconic Mr.
- 8/13/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
In this week's in production column, we speak with writer/director/actress Christina Beck about her Adrienne Shelly grant-winning film "Perfection," about the difficulties of moving to image-obsessed southern California. We also take a look at a fiction feature about a man who must deal with being a manager in the face of the financial crisis, a documentary about 80's hair band Quiet Riot, and a film about "The Next Cassavetes." Editors Note: ...
- 8/11/2010
- Indiewire
At the gym I go to at work they have one of those standard stereo setups that pump out a catchy yet inoffensive radio station everyone seems to accept as the theme music to our workouts. Usually they're playing the Top 40 of the week, an arbitrary mish-mash of random tween songs and songs that are already a few months past date already.
Usually it's just drone music and it's terribly demotivating as far as my workout goes (Seriously, nothing kills a good run quicker than -another- Nickelback song). So typically I take an mp3 player to "keep me in the zone". But what can an goth/alt girl take to the gym to keep her blood running? What if your collection consists mostly of the dark and dreary hits meant more for listening to during the witching hour over clove cigarettes? Well, believe it or not, there's actually an answer.
Usually it's just drone music and it's terribly demotivating as far as my workout goes (Seriously, nothing kills a good run quicker than -another- Nickelback song). So typically I take an mp3 player to "keep me in the zone". But what can an goth/alt girl take to the gym to keep her blood running? What if your collection consists mostly of the dark and dreary hits meant more for listening to during the witching hour over clove cigarettes? Well, believe it or not, there's actually an answer.
- 8/8/2010
- by MinervaLi
- Planet Fury
Despite the fact that the United States is well behind other developed countries as far as health care goes, the debate in this country still rages over whether or not medical care should be taken out of the private sector and become a public program. But it's hardly a new argument in this country, as the steps toward public health services began on this day in 1965, when President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed Medicare into law.
Medicare, a program still in effect today, provides elderly Americans with health insurance fueled by public funds. The concept was first proposed 20 years earlier by Harry Truman, but the idea was shot down in Congress. In a fitting move, President Johnson signed the bill into law at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, where Truman himself became the first person enrolled in the new program and received the first Medicare card.
When the new law...
Medicare, a program still in effect today, provides elderly Americans with health insurance fueled by public funds. The concept was first proposed 20 years earlier by Harry Truman, but the idea was shot down in Congress. In a fitting move, President Johnson signed the bill into law at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, where Truman himself became the first person enrolled in the new program and received the first Medicare card.
When the new law...
- 7/30/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Filed under: Features
If you are one of the lucky few who scored a ticket to Conan O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited" tour, you got your money's worth and then some. That's saying a lot in this day and age when the U.S. dollar's worth is floating just above those place mats that go on trays at Burger King.
Yes, for $75 and whatever organs you had to sell on eBay to score a ticket, you get an awesome three hour show. And for another $65, you can get a snug baseball T-shirt and a coffee mug to go into that pile of useless concert junk like the "Flock of Seagulls" sweatshirt and the "Quiet Riot" refrigerator magnet that haven't seen the light of day since 1987.
The most valuable memento won't be anything you can hold in your hand. This tour is as much about the fans as it is about making...
If you are one of the lucky few who scored a ticket to Conan O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited" tour, you got your money's worth and then some. That's saying a lot in this day and age when the U.S. dollar's worth is floating just above those place mats that go on trays at Burger King.
Yes, for $75 and whatever organs you had to sell on eBay to score a ticket, you get an awesome three hour show. And for another $65, you can get a snug baseball T-shirt and a coffee mug to go into that pile of useless concert junk like the "Flock of Seagulls" sweatshirt and the "Quiet Riot" refrigerator magnet that haven't seen the light of day since 1987.
The most valuable memento won't be anything you can hold in your hand. This tour is as much about the fans as it is about making...
- 6/2/2010
- by Danny Gallagher
- Aol TV.
It's a big day for fans of comic books, high-adrenaline action, gadgetry, physics and Robert Downey, Jr. (which takes care of just about everybody), as it's the release day for "Iron Man 2." Downey stars as the titular Iron Man, the metal-suited super hero created by billionaire weapons specialist Tony Stark. The sequel to the 2008 hit again sees Jon Favreau in the director's chair and welcomes back Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, while replacing Terrence Howard with Don Cheadle in the role of Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes and introducing Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Mickey Rourke as the villainous Ivan Vanko. Can Stark keep the government out of his business? Can he overcome the threat produced by Vanko? Will the Avengers assemble? And is everybody way more excited about the trailer for "Super 8" than this movie? You'll have to visit your local cinema to be sure.
But before you do,...
But before you do,...
- 5/7/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
English music: Here’s what you want on your iPod, recommends Luke Kenny. InfestationRattRoadrunner Records**1/2One of the big metal bands of the 1980s makes a comeback after 11 years. It’s the original line-up that has Stephen Pearcy on vocals and Warren Dimartini on guitars, with the exception of Carlos Cavazo, who joins them from Quiet Riot (remember them?). Anyway, Ratt were a huge success in the ’80s, and at the height of their powers, stood up there with other stalwarts like Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Poison, Warrant, Def Leppard, Skid Row and the Scorpionsm among others. Now, while most of the classic ’80s sound ...
- 4/19/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
The first decade of the new millennium has come to an end, and that means it is now time for film sites all over the web to begin posting their various retrospectives and lists recalling the decade that was. I generally as a rule dislike such lists because they are always so subjective. Then I said screw it and took it upon myself to do one of my own naming the ten worst horror movies of the past decade. Besides, people love bitching on the Internet about lists like this, and who am I to deny readers yet another excuse to get into pointless flame wars over personal opinions.
Of course, this list is just my personal opinion which is not legally binding ... unless Proposition 304 passes. And we all pray that it will.
I set two rules when putting this list together: Only horror movies that received fairly wide theatrical...
Of course, this list is just my personal opinion which is not legally binding ... unless Proposition 304 passes. And we all pray that it will.
I set two rules when putting this list together: Only horror movies that received fairly wide theatrical...
- 12/24/2009
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Nolcha Fashion Week in New York will be showcasing over 50 American and International independent fashion designers who will be exhibiting their Spring/Summer 2010 collections. The runway shows and exhibits take place September 14 through September 18.
One of the key features this season is fashion from St. Vincent and the Grenadine's. Other collections will include Anaessia, KabukiU and Pizzuto from Australia, Jessica Joyce from the Netherlands, Canadian brand Sodalicious, Columbian designer Afanador and European brands Agnes Valentine, Christina Crawford, Dora Abodi, Sado, Siskova and Quiet Riot.
American based designers include 43.46 aggaj, emeDesigns, Elda De La Rosa, MinnaK, Rock Hard Atelier and Nadia Nour.
The Accessory Lounge will be located at the Bohemian National Hall and will bring together select jewelry, shoe and handbag designers under one roof to preview unique eclectic pieces. Designers featured include BettyLou Jewels, Eenamaria, Gida Bavari, Joann Huth Collection, Marijoli, Maleku, selve, Schander and Shamila.
One of the key features this season is fashion from St. Vincent and the Grenadine's. Other collections will include Anaessia, KabukiU and Pizzuto from Australia, Jessica Joyce from the Netherlands, Canadian brand Sodalicious, Columbian designer Afanador and European brands Agnes Valentine, Christina Crawford, Dora Abodi, Sado, Siskova and Quiet Riot.
American based designers include 43.46 aggaj, emeDesigns, Elda De La Rosa, MinnaK, Rock Hard Atelier and Nadia Nour.
The Accessory Lounge will be located at the Bohemian National Hall and will bring together select jewelry, shoe and handbag designers under one roof to preview unique eclectic pieces. Designers featured include BettyLou Jewels, Eenamaria, Gida Bavari, Joann Huth Collection, Marijoli, Maleku, selve, Schander and Shamila.
- 9/11/2009
- icelebz.com
It'll probably come as a shock to you, but Tim Schafer is a bit of a Rubick's Cube master. Apparently he read a book as a kid that taught him how to solve one, and he's been doing it ever since.
So when the time came to reveal the whopping 108 songs from the "Brutal Legend" soundtrack, Tim thought it might be a good idea to challenge his love of both metal and the Rubick's. So it's a race: Can someone read the full soundtrack before Tim can solve the Rubick's Cube? No spoilers, just watch the video and enjoy:
Here's the full soundtrack, in case you're curious:
Artist Song
3 Inches of Blood - Deadly Sinners
3 Inches of Blood - Destroy The Orcs
Accept - Fast As A Shark
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Anthrax - Metal Thrashing Mad
Anvil - March of the Crabs
Anvil - Tag Team
Apostas -...
So when the time came to reveal the whopping 108 songs from the "Brutal Legend" soundtrack, Tim thought it might be a good idea to challenge his love of both metal and the Rubick's. So it's a race: Can someone read the full soundtrack before Tim can solve the Rubick's Cube? No spoilers, just watch the video and enjoy:
Here's the full soundtrack, in case you're curious:
Artist Song
3 Inches of Blood - Deadly Sinners
3 Inches of Blood - Destroy The Orcs
Accept - Fast As A Shark
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Anthrax - Metal Thrashing Mad
Anvil - March of the Crabs
Anvil - Tag Team
Apostas -...
- 8/10/2009
- by Russ Frushtick
- MTV Multiplayer
by Terry Keefe
The Wrestler has come to DVD this week with extras which include interviews with real professional wrestlers and "The Wrestler" music video from Bruce Springsteen. An in-depth interview with Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky, below.
Note that this article appeared in the February 2009 issue of Venice Magazine.
(Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, on the set of The Wrestler, above)
Into the Ring with Aronofsky
As someone who has spent quite a bit of time researching the backstage goings-on of professional wrestling for two different screenplays (most notably a script which was a biopic of wrestling super-promoter Vince McMahon), I can say that director Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler captures the lives of professional wrestlers with an authenticity that has never been seen before in a fiction film. It is also, somewhat incredibly, the first major fiction film in recent memory to really begin mining the pure narrative gold inherent in...
The Wrestler has come to DVD this week with extras which include interviews with real professional wrestlers and "The Wrestler" music video from Bruce Springsteen. An in-depth interview with Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky, below.
Note that this article appeared in the February 2009 issue of Venice Magazine.
(Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, on the set of The Wrestler, above)
Into the Ring with Aronofsky
As someone who has spent quite a bit of time researching the backstage goings-on of professional wrestling for two different screenplays (most notably a script which was a biopic of wrestling super-promoter Vince McMahon), I can say that director Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler captures the lives of professional wrestlers with an authenticity that has never been seen before in a fiction film. It is also, somewhat incredibly, the first major fiction film in recent memory to really begin mining the pure narrative gold inherent in...
- 4/23/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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