Fame, on any level, can come with a steep price. Anton Newcombe isn’t famous. Not very famous, at least. Still, a lot more people have heard of him and his band, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, now than a year ago, before the movie DIG! came out. Since then, his record sales have taken off, his live shows have routinely sold out, and he’s even been invited to play Lollapalooza alongside the Pixies and Weezer. Read More...
”Entourage”: Heads in the ”Clouds” My, my, what a roller coaster of emotion in tonight’s episode. I was simply flabbergasted as Vince, E , Drama, and Turtle picked up their wands and faced off against VolderAri and his Death Eaters in a showdown that called to mind the greatest scenes from Star Wars. And when Lloyd, Hermoine, and the Ewoks all hugged at the end — waaaait a moment. My apologies. Read More...
How did a small script about a boy who liberates a captive killer whale from an aquarium become one of the biggest sleepers of the summer, especially when Free Willy producer Lauren Shuler-Donner (Dave) admits she wasn’t thrilled with the original script? The answer is: Not easily. ”The original script was too sweet, too mushy-too formulaic,” Shuler-Donner recalls. ”The little boy was mute and lived with nuns!” It took seven years for Shuler-Donner and her producer partners — her husband, director Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon), and Jennie Lew Tugend — to transform their tale of a troubled kid and a lonely orca into a compelling, commercial release. Read More...
