One doesn’t have to be a Dylanologist to know, or even to sense, that “A Complete Unknown,” which opens on December 25th, simplifies Bob Dylan’s early professional life and dilutes its furies. To a certain extent, it hardly matters: Dylan is such a distinctive artist and a fascinating personality that, even smoothed out, he’s still … Read more
3.5/5 stars “You’re kind of an a**hole, Bob,” singer Joan Baez says in James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. That Dylan does indeed come across as “kind of an a**hole” is not to say the film does not worship the ground the singer-songwriter walks on. Beginning in 1961, this adaptation of Elijah Wald’s … Read more
A secret centre of the musical theatre universe lies almost 5,000 kilometres (3,000 miles) from Broadway in a modestly grand house in Toluca Lake, in the US city of Los Angeles. Pop singer Ariana Grande, who plays Galinda in the film adaptation of Wicked, has spoken often and at length about how long and how … Read more
Preeti Jhangiani Talks About Pravin Dabas’ Condition: ‘We’re still coping with it emotionally’ Parvin Dabas, SRK’s co-star in ‘My Name is Khan,’ remains in the ICU of a Mumbai hospital following a car accident on September 21. His wife, actress Preeti Jhangiani, spoke out for the first time since the incident, describing it as a … Read more
New York chiefs are trying to rid the Big Apple of its concrete jungle reputation. Those slender skyscrapers might be interesting to glance up at for tourists, but the architectural intensity can be a turn-off if you actually live in the city. Public spaces are popping up along the west side of Manhattan Island, in … Read more
And we are not even to the chorus yet. In various states of production are biopics on Michael Jackson (Michael is due out next year), the Beatles (four films, one for each member, are due in 2027), Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Linda Ronstadt, the Bee Gees, Carole King, Boy George, Keith Moon, Billy Joel and Dionne … Read more
Little Richard sang songs like Good Golly, Miss Molly and Lucille – but very few people know that the same rhythm & blues pioneer claimed an experience with the divine back in 1957. The singer made rock music famous. He also had an epiphany during one of his concerts that almost made him give up … Read more
