Johnny Knoxville always seems to display an aching vulnerability, and it’s not just because he’s voluntarily endured years of intense bodily suffering as a result of his Jackass movies. So he seems the perfect choice to play the central character in Lije Sarki’s raucous black comedy that plays like a Bad News Bears featuring recovering addicts rather than precocious children.
Knoxville plays Morris, whose sad state of affairs is made immediately apparent in the opening scene: He’s shown waking up nearly naked and bloody on a park bench, having clearly been on one hell of a bender the night before. Even worse, he had apparently left his eight-year-old daughter home alone, making him realize he’s a danger to others as well as himself.
To try to get his life back on track, Morris signs up for a 90-day stint at Sweet Dreams, a rehab center...
Knoxville plays Morris, whose sad state of affairs is made immediately apparent in the opening scene: He’s shown waking up nearly naked and bloody on a park bench, having clearly been on one hell of a bender the night before. Even worse, he had apparently left his eight-year-old daughter home alone, making him realize he’s a danger to others as well as himself.
To try to get his life back on track, Morris signs up for a 90-day stint at Sweet Dreams, a rehab center...
- 4/9/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Collectible pros Super7 have unveiled their latest collaboration, this time honoring the classic visuals for Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage.” Wave 1 of the new Beastie Boys Ultimates! line features each of the hip-hop legends’ characters from their iconic Spike Jonze-directed music video: Vic Colfari as Bobby “The Rookie” (Ad-Rock), Nathan Wind as Cochese (McA), and Alasondro Alegré as The Chief (Mike D). And because we know what you see you definitely want to get, we’re giving away one of these figures to a lucky winner.
These 7-inch figures boast premium paint detailing, high articulation, and intricate sculpting details, all packaged with multiple accessories. Each collectible comes with three interchangeable heads; six different hands; and character-specific extras like a donut (The Rookie/Ad-Rock), Cb radio (Cochese/McA), and a megaphone (The Chief/Mike D). You can also get all three in the Beastie Boys Ultimates! Wave 1 Super Pack, which includes additional...
These 7-inch figures boast premium paint detailing, high articulation, and intricate sculpting details, all packaged with multiple accessories. Each collectible comes with three interchangeable heads; six different hands; and character-specific extras like a donut (The Rookie/Ad-Rock), Cb radio (Cochese/McA), and a megaphone (The Chief/Mike D). You can also get all three in the Beastie Boys Ultimates! Wave 1 Super Pack, which includes additional...
- 3/15/2024
- by Consequence Staff
- Consequence - Music
The Green Carpet Fashion Awards (Gcfa) will return to Los Angeles on March 6, 2024.
The annual awards show, uniting the power of fashion and entertainment for positive transformation, will be co-chaired by Gcfa Founder Livia Firth, actresses Cate Blanchett, Helen Hunt, Julianne Moore and Zendaya, singer, songwriter, activist and founder of The Circle Ngo Annie Lennox, Minister of Indigenous People of Brazil Sônia Guajajara, Ugandan climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate, and more Tba.
Championing interconnected cultural change and the most inspiring efforts that drive it, the Gcfa celebrates people and organisations that are crucial to collective transformation in any community. The selection of the yearly honorees is evaluated according to six cultural archetypes – The Visionary, The Messenger, The Rebel, The Healer, The Sage, and The Futurist. Embodying these roles in the sustainable landscape, the Gcfa recognizes those who offer a new lens on true intersectional transformation while bringing together the next...
The annual awards show, uniting the power of fashion and entertainment for positive transformation, will be co-chaired by Gcfa Founder Livia Firth, actresses Cate Blanchett, Helen Hunt, Julianne Moore and Zendaya, singer, songwriter, activist and founder of The Circle Ngo Annie Lennox, Minister of Indigenous People of Brazil Sônia Guajajara, Ugandan climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate, and more Tba.
Championing interconnected cultural change and the most inspiring efforts that drive it, the Gcfa celebrates people and organisations that are crucial to collective transformation in any community. The selection of the yearly honorees is evaluated according to six cultural archetypes – The Visionary, The Messenger, The Rebel, The Healer, The Sage, and The Futurist. Embodying these roles in the sustainable landscape, the Gcfa recognizes those who offer a new lens on true intersectional transformation while bringing together the next...
- 1/24/2024
- Look to the Stars
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Trolls Band Together, The Crown, Saltburn and May December.
The Crown premiere
Elizabeth Debicki, Jonathan Pryce, Khalid Abdalla, Rufus Kampa, Fflyn Edwards, Ed McVey, Luther Ford and Meg Bellamy walked the red carpet on Sunday for the Los Angeles premiere of the sixth and final season.
Peter Morgan and Elizabeth Debicki Luther Ford, Khalid Abdalla and Ed McVey
Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes premiere
Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage and Jason Schwartzman attended the Los Angeles premiere of their Hunger Games prequel on Monday, with support from Olivia Rodrigo, who has a song in the film. On Wednesday, the cast attended another premiere event in NYC.
Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Josh Andrés Rivera,...
The Crown premiere
Elizabeth Debicki, Jonathan Pryce, Khalid Abdalla, Rufus Kampa, Fflyn Edwards, Ed McVey, Luther Ford and Meg Bellamy walked the red carpet on Sunday for the Los Angeles premiere of the sixth and final season.
Peter Morgan and Elizabeth Debicki Luther Ford, Khalid Abdalla and Ed McVey
Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes premiere
Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage and Jason Schwartzman attended the Los Angeles premiere of their Hunger Games prequel on Monday, with support from Olivia Rodrigo, who has a song in the film. On Wednesday, the cast attended another premiere event in NYC.
Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Josh Andrés Rivera,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following on from the awesome live show in Glasgow, Scotland, Impact Wrestling presents Turning Point 2023 live from Newcastle, England – in front of a rabid English crowd, including Nerdly’s very own Kev! Let’s see what went down, starting with two Countdown to Turning Point matches that saw Grado & Rhino defeat Ryan Richards & Mike D; and Leon Slater defeat Mark Haskins to retain the North Wrestling Championship…
Match #1: Josh Alexander & Eric Young def. Subculture (Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster) The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:
Alexander and Young work together in the early going to assert their power over Andrews and Webster. Andrews targets Alexander’s left knee to gain the momentary advantage. Alexander begins to wear Webster down with a belly-to-back suplex as he and Young employ quick tags. Webster evades Young, sending him crashing into the steel ring post. The separation allows Webster to tag in Andrews.
Match #1: Josh Alexander & Eric Young def. Subculture (Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster) The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:
Alexander and Young work together in the early going to assert their power over Andrews and Webster. Andrews targets Alexander’s left knee to gain the momentary advantage. Alexander begins to wear Webster down with a belly-to-back suplex as he and Young employ quick tags. Webster evades Young, sending him crashing into the steel ring post. The separation allows Webster to tag in Andrews.
- 11/6/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond were both on hand Saturday as the corner of Ludlow and Rivington in New York City’s Lower East Side was officially renamed Beastie Boys Square.
“This is fucking weird,” Horovitz said immediately after taking the mic; he would later amend that to “fucking awesome.”
The intersection of Ludlow and Rivington was first immortalized on the cover of the Beastie Boys’ 1989 masterpiece Paul’s Boutique. In 2014, efforts to rename the area “Beastie Boys Square” were defeated by a 24-to-1 vote, but eight years later,...
“This is fucking weird,” Horovitz said immediately after taking the mic; he would later amend that to “fucking awesome.”
The intersection of Ludlow and Rivington was first immortalized on the cover of the Beastie Boys’ 1989 masterpiece Paul’s Boutique. In 2014, efforts to rename the area “Beastie Boys Square” were defeated by a 24-to-1 vote, but eight years later,...
- 9/9/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Beastie Boys were honored in New York City on Saturday with the unveiling of “Beastie Boys Square” at the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The corner was famously depicted on the cover of the group’s 1989 album Paul’s Boutique.
Surviving members Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) attended the ceremony. “Thank you [to New York] for teaching us what to look at, what to listen to, what to wear, how to love, how to live,” Ad-Rock said during his remarks. “It makes me really happy to know that some kid on the way to school 50 years from now is gonna look up and say, ‘What the fuck is a Beastie Boy? Why do they get a square?'”
“We could not have become what we became without growing up in New York City,” added Mike D.
Following Adam “McA” Yauch’s passing in 2012, fans...
Surviving members Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) attended the ceremony. “Thank you [to New York] for teaching us what to look at, what to listen to, what to wear, how to love, how to live,” Ad-Rock said during his remarks. “It makes me really happy to know that some kid on the way to school 50 years from now is gonna look up and say, ‘What the fuck is a Beastie Boy? Why do they get a square?'”
“We could not have become what we became without growing up in New York City,” added Mike D.
Following Adam “McA” Yauch’s passing in 2012, fans...
- 9/9/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
On September 9th, New York City will formally rename the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington as “Beastie Boys Square” in honor of the seminal hip-hop group.
Surviving members Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) will attend the dedication ceremony, which will take place beginning at 12:00 p.m. Et. Festivities include a special guest DJ set by Jon Bless HiFi System, pop-up activations, and more.
Additionally, Spike Jonze’s film Beastie Boys Story will screen at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village throughout the weekend, and SiriusXM is launching an exclusive Beastie Boys station beginning September 7th.
The intersection of Ludlow and Rivington is famously depicted on the cover of Beastie Boys’ 1989 album, Paul’s Boutique. Following Adam “McA” Yauch’s passing in 2012, fans launched a campaign to rename the intersection in honor of the group. Last July, the initiative finally received approval from the New York City Council.
Surviving members Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) will attend the dedication ceremony, which will take place beginning at 12:00 p.m. Et. Festivities include a special guest DJ set by Jon Bless HiFi System, pop-up activations, and more.
Additionally, Spike Jonze’s film Beastie Boys Story will screen at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village throughout the weekend, and SiriusXM is launching an exclusive Beastie Boys station beginning September 7th.
The intersection of Ludlow and Rivington is famously depicted on the cover of Beastie Boys’ 1989 album, Paul’s Boutique. Following Adam “McA” Yauch’s passing in 2012, fans launched a campaign to rename the intersection in honor of the group. Last July, the initiative finally received approval from the New York City Council.
- 9/6/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Beastie Boys will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hello Nasty by bringing back a long out-of-print vinyl box set featuring a plethora of rare tracks.
The 4Lp set originally dropped in 2009, pairing the classic 1998 LP with 21 bonus tracks — an assortment of remixes, outtakes, b-sides, and other rarities. The reissue, available to pre-order now and out Sept. 8, will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and come in an eight-panel gatefold package (as an added bonus, the hardcover slipcase will come with a removable sew-on patch).
Hello Nasty originally arrived in 1998, marking the...
The 4Lp set originally dropped in 2009, pairing the classic 1998 LP with 21 bonus tracks — an assortment of remixes, outtakes, b-sides, and other rarities. The reissue, available to pre-order now and out Sept. 8, will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and come in an eight-panel gatefold package (as an added bonus, the hardcover slipcase will come with a removable sew-on patch).
Hello Nasty originally arrived in 1998, marking the...
- 7/14/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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After a successful awards season, “Triangle of Sadness” is one of several films being added to The Criterion Collection this month.
Directed by the irreverent Swedish satirist Ruben Östlund, the film follows two supermodels on a doomed luxury cruise that leaves the pair stranded on a deserted island along with some of their fellow passengers and a Marxist captain. The film was last year’s Palme d’Or winner and went on to receive nods for best picture, best director and best original screenplay at the 2023 Oscars.
“The thing about Östlund is that he makes you laugh, but he also makes you think,” Variety film critic Peter DeBruge wrote in his review. “There’s a meticulous precision to the way he constructs, blocks and executes scenes — a kind of agonizing unease,...
After a successful awards season, “Triangle of Sadness” is one of several films being added to The Criterion Collection this month.
Directed by the irreverent Swedish satirist Ruben Östlund, the film follows two supermodels on a doomed luxury cruise that leaves the pair stranded on a deserted island along with some of their fellow passengers and a Marxist captain. The film was last year’s Palme d’Or winner and went on to receive nods for best picture, best director and best original screenplay at the 2023 Oscars.
“The thing about Östlund is that he makes you laugh, but he also makes you think,” Variety film critic Peter DeBruge wrote in his review. “There’s a meticulous precision to the way he constructs, blocks and executes scenes — a kind of agonizing unease,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
When Rage Against the Machine canceled their remaining 2022 and 2023 tour dates due to singer Zack de la Rocha’s torn achilles tendon, fans likely assumed that the shows would be made up once he healed. However, in a new interview, guitarist Tom Morello suggests that the future of Ratm is uncertain, and that there’s a chance the shows may never be rescheduled.
After a couple of delays due to the pandemic, Rage Against the Machine finally kicked off their reunion tour last summer, with de la Rocha severely injuring himself during the second show of the outing.
While the singer soldiered on to play the remainder of their North American summer run while seated onstage, Ratm announced that their scheduled 2022 UK/European shows and 2023 North American dates were canceled to allow him time to heal.
Rolling Stone just caught up with Morello for a new interview in which the...
After a couple of delays due to the pandemic, Rage Against the Machine finally kicked off their reunion tour last summer, with de la Rocha severely injuring himself during the second show of the outing.
While the singer soldiered on to play the remainder of their North American summer run while seated onstage, Ratm announced that their scheduled 2022 UK/European shows and 2023 North American dates were canceled to allow him time to heal.
Rolling Stone just caught up with Morello for a new interview in which the...
- 3/29/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Cate Blanchett, Tom Ford, Naomi Campbell, Alicia Silverstone, Annie Lennox, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jerry Hall, Simu Liu, Mike D, Trudie Styler, Simone Ashley, Georgia May Jagger, Rafferty Law, Heidi Klum, Amber Valletta, Petra Nemcova, Maria Carla Boscono, amongst others, walked the interactive carpet at this year’s Green Carpet Fashion Awards at NeueHouse Hollywood.
Annie Lennox speaks onstage at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards 2023
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Green Carpet Fashion Awards
The annual awards celebrated positive forces in fashion and entertainment, championing interconnected cultural change and the most inspiring efforts that drive it. The Gcfa 2023 is co-chaired by Simone Ashley, Cate Blanchett, Quannah Chasinghorse, Viola Davis, Tom Ford, Salma Hayek and Simu Liu.
The 2023 Green Carpet Fashion Awards celebrated six cultural archetype honors that are crucial to collective transformation in any community; two special honors in fashion and entertainment and, closing the night, a special recognition of fourteen female leaders,...
Annie Lennox speaks onstage at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards 2023
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Green Carpet Fashion Awards
The annual awards celebrated positive forces in fashion and entertainment, championing interconnected cultural change and the most inspiring efforts that drive it. The Gcfa 2023 is co-chaired by Simone Ashley, Cate Blanchett, Quannah Chasinghorse, Viola Davis, Tom Ford, Salma Hayek and Simu Liu.
The 2023 Green Carpet Fashion Awards celebrated six cultural archetype honors that are crucial to collective transformation in any community; two special honors in fashion and entertainment and, closing the night, a special recognition of fourteen female leaders,...
- 3/16/2023
- Look to the Stars
Tennis legend Stan Smith at home on set in Danny Lee’s empowering Who Is Stan Smith? Photo: Danny Lee, SpringHill Company
Rebecca Halpern, the director of Love, Charlie: The Rise And Fall Of Chef Charlie Trotter and a producer of Who is Stan Smith? (both Doc NYC highlights) set me up with executive producers LeBron James (NBA's all-time top scorer), Maverick Carter, and Jamal Henderson (Uninterrupted - SpringHill Company) to meet director Danny Lee. In Who is Stan Smith? we start out being introduced to the famous adidas sneakers worn by Jay-Z, David Bowie, Barack Obama, Pharrell Williams, Phoebe Philo, Raf Simons, Naomi Campbell, Anna Wintour, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Run-dmc, Beastie Boys, and John Lennon to name a few.
Danny Lee with Anne-Katrin Titze on LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s brand Uninterrupted - SpringHill Company: “They use their platform to affect some sort of social change. All of...
Rebecca Halpern, the director of Love, Charlie: The Rise And Fall Of Chef Charlie Trotter and a producer of Who is Stan Smith? (both Doc NYC highlights) set me up with executive producers LeBron James (NBA's all-time top scorer), Maverick Carter, and Jamal Henderson (Uninterrupted - SpringHill Company) to meet director Danny Lee. In Who is Stan Smith? we start out being introduced to the famous adidas sneakers worn by Jay-Z, David Bowie, Barack Obama, Pharrell Williams, Phoebe Philo, Raf Simons, Naomi Campbell, Anna Wintour, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Run-dmc, Beastie Boys, and John Lennon to name a few.
Danny Lee with Anne-Katrin Titze on LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s brand Uninterrupted - SpringHill Company: “They use their platform to affect some sort of social change. All of...
- 2/19/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Criterion begin this year (or just go into their fourth month) with a bang. Three 4K releases will mark April: The Seventh Seal (what black levels your Oled will register), The Fisher King, and Triangle of Sadness, surely the fastest theatrical-to-4K pipeline Criterion’s yet managed. Do whatever you will with arguments about Bergman as a still-standing pillar of the canon, try processing the information that Terry Gilliam is one of very few filmmakers to get multiple such releases from Criterion, or grouse that, like seemingly everybody else, you didn’t much enjoy Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner––it’s nice seeing this many 4K outings in one fell swoop.
But of something like actual historic note is a Blu-ray set for Steve McQueen’s five-film Small Axe, which until now had been relegated to Amazon Prime, a service I can’t navigate because its interface design...
But of something like actual historic note is a Blu-ray set for Steve McQueen’s five-film Small Axe, which until now had been relegated to Amazon Prime, a service I can’t navigate because its interface design...
- 1/17/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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There’s something startling about Los Angeles’ Beastie Boys exhibit. It feels like walking into someone’s bedroom or sneaking into a green room while the band’s on stage, except the dirty T-shirts, the scuffed posters on the walls and the worn cassette tapes are behind glass cases. And instead of a tiny, dimly-lit room, where most of this stuff was found, you’re in a 4000-square-foot...
There’s something startling about Los Angeles’ Beastie Boys exhibit. It feels like walking into someone’s bedroom or sneaking into a green room while the band’s on stage, except the dirty T-shirts, the scuffed posters on the walls and the worn cassette tapes are behind glass cases. And instead of a tiny, dimly-lit room, where most of this stuff was found, you’re in a 4000-square-foot...
- 1/14/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Beastie Boys and Bonnaroo have uploaded the band’s last-ever concert — a 2009 headlining gig at the Tennessee music festival — on YouTube just for this weekend.
The June 12th, 2009 show — the Beasties’ final performance prior to Adam “McA” Yauch’s cancer diagnosis later that year — was first rebroadcast earlier this week as part the festival’s Virtual Roo-ality livestream; due to Covid-19, Bonnaroo 2020 was rescheduled to take place this weekend before it was postponed entirely until 2021.
“The last gig…,” Beastie Boys tweeted Friday. “We’ve heard from so many fans around...
The June 12th, 2009 show — the Beasties’ final performance prior to Adam “McA” Yauch’s cancer diagnosis later that year — was first rebroadcast earlier this week as part the festival’s Virtual Roo-ality livestream; due to Covid-19, Bonnaroo 2020 was rescheduled to take place this weekend before it was postponed entirely until 2021.
“The last gig…,” Beastie Boys tweeted Friday. “We’ve heard from so many fans around...
- 9/26/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
For their 15th album, Public Enemy are back on Def Jam, the powerhouse label they helped build with their golden-age hip-hop classics. It’s a well-timed return to the center of the industry. The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has seen a reawakening of the protest radicalism that Pe originally brought to rap, from Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” to Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture” to DaBaby’s BLM remix of “Rockstar.” So when they ask, “Is rap still the black CNN?” — embodying the voice of the music...
- 9/25/2020
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
In May of 2012, musician, artist, rapper, filmmaker, and political activist Adam Yauch (McA) passed away after a battle with cancer. His influential group, the seminal hip -hop trio, The Beastie Boys, essentially died on the same day too. Though the group may be over, their legacy lives on and their remaining members, Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) have carried on to at least memorializing their band and their de facto leader Yauch.
Continue reading ‘Beastie Boys Story’ Editors Talk Working With Spike Jonze & Representing The Adventurous Spirit Of Adam Yauch [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Beastie Boys Story’ Editors Talk Working With Spike Jonze & Representing The Adventurous Spirit Of Adam Yauch [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 7/7/2020
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
When Spike Jonze doesn't want to answer a question, he doesn't answer it. Not because he wants to be difficult. A non-answer from Jonze, 50, is still gracious — and often funny. But the director is not interested in defining himself as an artist. He just wants to make art. And he wants to have fun doing it.
But Jonze opens up when the subject is the Beastie Boys, his close friends and collaborators for nearly 30 years. They recently reteamed for Apple TV+'s documentary Beastie Boys Story, which follows the trio — Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz), Mike D ...
But Jonze opens up when the subject is the Beastie Boys, his close friends and collaborators for nearly 30 years. They recently reteamed for Apple TV+'s documentary Beastie Boys Story, which follows the trio — Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz), Mike D ...
- 6/23/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
When Spike Jonze doesn't want to answer a question, he doesn't answer it. Not because he wants to be difficult. A non-answer from Jonze, 50, is still gracious — and often funny. But the director is not interested in defining himself as an artist. He just wants to make art. And he wants to have fun doing it.
But Jonze opens up when the subject is the Beastie Boys, his close friends and collaborators for nearly 30 years. They recently reteamed for Apple TV+'s documentary Beastie Boys Story, which follows the trio — Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz), Mike D ...
But Jonze opens up when the subject is the Beastie Boys, his close friends and collaborators for nearly 30 years. They recently reteamed for Apple TV+'s documentary Beastie Boys Story, which follows the trio — Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz), Mike D ...
- 6/23/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dwayne Johnson has had two major careers over his life, professional wrestler and actor, and he’s managed to rise to the top of the game in both jobs. Seeing as The Rock can do no wrong, then, folks are starting to wonder if he should jump careers again – to politics – and try to make it to number one on that career ladder, too. Yes, the people have spoken and they want President Rock.
Today, Johnson took to social media to share an impassioned, eight-minute message calling for Donald Trump – though he doesn’t mention the Potus by name – to show more “compassionate leadership” in these troubled times. The video has gone viral, with folks impressed by The Rock’s eloquence and oratory skill. Basically, everyone’s agreed that he would make a far better president than the one we have now.
There’ve been rumors for some time that...
Today, Johnson took to social media to share an impassioned, eight-minute message calling for Donald Trump – though he doesn’t mention the Potus by name – to show more “compassionate leadership” in these troubled times. The video has gone viral, with folks impressed by The Rock’s eloquence and oratory skill. Basically, everyone’s agreed that he would make a far better president than the one we have now.
There’ve been rumors for some time that...
- 6/4/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
On Monday night, Billy Joel was one of the few faces lingering in the otherwise largely deserted Times Square. His face appeared high in the sky, beamed onto 12 giant digital billboards in the famously chaotic midtown Manhattan neighborhood. It simultaneously beamed into TVs and internet livestreams as part of the Rise Up New York! Covid-19 benefit telethon, which Joel brought to a close with his 1976 New York City anthem, “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway).” A few blocks away, the lights of the Empire State Building sparkled in time with his piano.
- 5/12/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Some of New York's biggest stars will join forces Monday to help raise money for the city's response to the novel coronavirus pandemic during Rise Up New York!
The telethon will be presented by Robin Hood and iHeartMedia.
Tina Fey is set to host the show, which will include appearances from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Andrew Rannells, Angie Mar, Barbra Streisand, Beastie Boys' Mike D and Ad-Rock, Ben Platt, Bette Midler, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chris Rock, Christopher Jackson, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Humm, Danny Meyer, David Chang, Fab 5 Freddy, Idina Menzel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lopez,...
The telethon will be presented by Robin Hood and iHeartMedia.
Tina Fey is set to host the show, which will include appearances from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Andrew Rannells, Angie Mar, Barbra Streisand, Beastie Boys' Mike D and Ad-Rock, Ben Platt, Bette Midler, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chris Rock, Christopher Jackson, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Humm, Danny Meyer, David Chang, Fab 5 Freddy, Idina Menzel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lopez,...
- 5/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
You can’t go wrong with any sort of discussion featuring filmmaker Spike Jonze. But if you want to add in two members of The Beastie Boys, as well as guests like Jonah Hill, you better believe we’re going to watch.
Read More: Spike Jonze Hired As “Artist In Residence” At IMAX To Help Bring Unique Projects To The Format
And that’s exactly what happened in the “Beastie Boys Story” livestream, hosted by Jonze, Mike D, and Ad-Rock.
Continue reading Spike Jonze & The Beastie Boys Discuss Their Careers, New Doc & More In 1-Hour Livestream “After Party” at The Playlist.
Read More: Spike Jonze Hired As “Artist In Residence” At IMAX To Help Bring Unique Projects To The Format
And that’s exactly what happened in the “Beastie Boys Story” livestream, hosted by Jonze, Mike D, and Ad-Rock.
Continue reading Spike Jonze & The Beastie Boys Discuss Their Careers, New Doc & More In 1-Hour Livestream “After Party” at The Playlist.
- 4/28/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
When first learning of the existence of a Beastie Boys story brought to us by Spike Jonze, their most prolific music video director, next to McA’s Swiss filmmaker uncle, Nathanial Hörnblowér, there was little expectation it would look much like the indecipherably similar rockumentaries that are getting churned out en-masse nowadays. As it turns out, Beastie Boys Story is a charming, retrospective speech-style stage show Mc’d by Beasties, Ad-Rock and Mike D, told with humor, spontaneity, and a damn interesting life’s worth of anecdotes, hard-earned lessons, and appropriately sentimental reminiscences. Speaking to Beastie Boys, Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz and Michael 'Mike D' Diamond, along with frequent collaborator, director Spike Jonze, via a quarantine Zoom interview, the gang discussed the origins of the stage show that become...
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- 4/27/2020
- Screen Anarchy
“The Beastie Boys Story,” the rock ‘n’ roll documentary that was to have premiered in March at the South by Southwest Film Festival and is now premiering April 24 on Apple TV+, is in many ways the most conventional movie that director Spike Jonze has ever made. In a career marked by bold works like “Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation” and “Her,” along with numerous groundbreaking videos, it’s a music doc that is, in effect, a straightforward chronicle of a live performance — a concert movie of sorts, except that the band is talking, not playing.
But maybe that very concept is what’s bold about “The Beastie Boys Story.” Music docs are usually built around revelations and unguarded moments where the subjects reveal more than they intended (or at least more than they want us to think they intended). In this case, though, everything that surviving Beastie Boys members Michael Diamond...
But maybe that very concept is what’s bold about “The Beastie Boys Story.” Music docs are usually built around revelations and unguarded moments where the subjects reveal more than they intended (or at least more than they want us to think they intended). In this case, though, everything that surviving Beastie Boys members Michael Diamond...
- 4/24/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Plot: Mike D and Ad Rock of the celebrated Beastie Boys tell the story of their 40 year friendship, the music they created, and share memories of their best friend and partner, Adam Yauch. Review: A good music documentary can introduce new audiences to a sound they’ve never taken the time to truly listen to. It may even bring the artist in question…...
- 4/24/2020
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
“We were as much Monty Python as we were Black Flag,” proclaims the remaining members of one of the greatest hip hop bands ever in Beastie Boys Story, which debuts tomorrow on AppleTV+
Thoroughly entertaining and heartbreaking when it addresses the 2012 death from cancer of bandmate Adam Yauch, the Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz fronted live documentary of sorts is 100% aimed for middle age hardcore fans like myself who consider the trio’s Paul Boutique album to be the Sgt. Pepper of hip hop.
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However, if you are not already a member of the tribe, this anecdotal effort directed by longtime band collaborator Spike Jonze may just not capture your fancy.
Thoroughly entertaining and heartbreaking when it addresses the 2012 death from cancer of bandmate Adam Yauch, the Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz fronted live documentary of sorts is 100% aimed for middle age hardcore fans like myself who consider the trio’s Paul Boutique album to be the Sgt. Pepper of hip hop.
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However, if you are not already a member of the tribe, this anecdotal effort directed by longtime band collaborator Spike Jonze may just not capture your fancy.
- 4/24/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Even with its two-hour running time, the experience of watching Spike Jonze’s “live documentary” Beastie Boys Story has the feeling of a breezy, intimate, and perhaps too-short trip through the band’s history. Documenting a live event hosted in Brooklyn by surviving members Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, the collaboration is a performed extension of their memoir, Beastie Boys Book. Reteaming with the group, Jonze directs this minimal two-man stage show about three guys who were lucky enough to cultivate and sustain a relationship as best friends for years.
Coming up in an era in which punk and rock converged with hip-hop, the Beasties formed at the urging of the late Adam “McA” Yauch in the early ’80s. With their name an acronym for “Boys Entering Anarchist States in Excellence,” they began playing small clubs with founding members John Berry and Kate Schellenbach. The band achieves...
Coming up in an era in which punk and rock converged with hip-hop, the Beasties formed at the urging of the late Adam “McA” Yauch in the early ’80s. With their name an acronym for “Boys Entering Anarchist States in Excellence,” they began playing small clubs with founding members John Berry and Kate Schellenbach. The band achieves...
- 4/23/2020
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Beastie Boys’ Mike D and Ad-Rock will stage a SiriusXM virtual town hall hosted by LL Cool J to mark the group’s Spike Jonze-directed documentary Beastie Boys Story, which premieres Friday on Apple TV+.
The virtual town hall — with Mike D, Ad-Rock and LL Cool J all chatting from self-isolation — will premiere April 27th on LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells Radio channel.
In one clip, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Mike Diamond (“Mike D”) ranked their top five rappers ever, a list that includes Nas, Chuck D,...
The virtual town hall — with Mike D, Ad-Rock and LL Cool J all chatting from self-isolation — will premiere April 27th on LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells Radio channel.
In one clip, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Mike Diamond (“Mike D”) ranked their top five rappers ever, a list that includes Nas, Chuck D,...
- 4/22/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Beastie Boys, a trio of nerdy Jewish kids from inner New York City, brought anti-establishment punk attitudes to a new generation and changed the shape of hip-hop forever.
Spike Jonze, who directed some of the band’s most iconic music videos including “Sabotage” and “Sure Shot”, helped define their flippant, juvenile brand that, more than three decades after their rapid rise to stardom, is still inseparable from everything Beastie Boys.
But no major pop artist can get ahead without a big dose of luck, and Michael Diamond (“Mike D”), Adam Horovitz (“Ad-Rock”) and Adam Yauch (“McA”) were no different. Befriending an adolescent Rick Rubin just as his favours to the likes of Run Dmc were beginning to pay off, The Beastie Boys gained the producer of a generation and an ally with the sort of connections they didn’t know they needed. But with those new friendships and obvious mainstream potential,...
Spike Jonze, who directed some of the band’s most iconic music videos including “Sabotage” and “Sure Shot”, helped define their flippant, juvenile brand that, more than three decades after their rapid rise to stardom, is still inseparable from everything Beastie Boys.
But no major pop artist can get ahead without a big dose of luck, and Michael Diamond (“Mike D”), Adam Horovitz (“Ad-Rock”) and Adam Yauch (“McA”) were no different. Befriending an adolescent Rick Rubin just as his favours to the likes of Run Dmc were beginning to pay off, The Beastie Boys gained the producer of a generation and an ally with the sort of connections they didn’t know they needed. But with those new friendships and obvious mainstream potential,...
- 4/20/2020
- by Adam Solomons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A year ago, Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond, of the Beastie Boys, premiered an extended theatrical evening in which the two got up onstage and chronicled the band’s 30-year history, from soup to nuts (pun intended), with photographs, TV and film clips, home videos, animated doodads, and other archival tidbits flashing on a screen behind them. The event, which premiered in Philadelphia, was staged by Spike Jonze, who had directed several Beastie Boys videos, notably the epochal ’70s-cop-show prankfest he laid over the big beat of “Sabotage.” Jonze approached the show as if it were the live-theater version of a documentary — the key difference being that Horovitz and Diamond wrote out what they were going to say beforehand, reading their recollections off a teleprompter (with a good deal of joshing spontaneity) and shaping it all, with the assistance of Jonze, so that the evening had the personalized flow and detail of a memoir.
- 4/20/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Ad-Rock and Mike D host a convivial trip down memory lane in this filmed record of a live show staged in tribute to third member Adam Yauch
The release of this documentary coincides with #MeAt20, a heart-twisting craze on social media for posting pictures of yourself at 20 years old. Middle-aged people’s timelines are speckled with funny, sweet and sometimes unbearably sad images of themselves in unlined, unformed youth, doing goofy things in milky analogue pictures from back when you had 12 or 24 exposures on your roll-film camera and getting them developed at Boots was a pricey business. That’s what I thought of while watching this engaging, oddly moving film from Spike Jonze: a record of the live stage show he devised at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, in tribute to white hip-hop stars and tongue-in-cheek party-libertarian activists the Beastie Boys. It is presented by the two surviving members,...
The release of this documentary coincides with #MeAt20, a heart-twisting craze on social media for posting pictures of yourself at 20 years old. Middle-aged people’s timelines are speckled with funny, sweet and sometimes unbearably sad images of themselves in unlined, unformed youth, doing goofy things in milky analogue pictures from back when you had 12 or 24 exposures on your roll-film camera and getting them developed at Boots was a pricey business. That’s what I thought of while watching this engaging, oddly moving film from Spike Jonze: a record of the live stage show he devised at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, in tribute to white hip-hop stars and tongue-in-cheek party-libertarian activists the Beastie Boys. It is presented by the two surviving members,...
- 4/20/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Part of the appeal of the Beastie Boys has always involved the perception of a punchline that got serious: How did a trio of middle-class Jewish boys from New York infiltrate the ‘90s hip hop scene and become one of its most prominent groups? The boisterous group of Ad-Rock, McA, and Mike D first answered that skepticism with the raucous middle finger of “License to Ill,” started to complicate their sound with “Paul’s Boutique,” and by the end of the decade it was no joke: The Beastie Boys were genuine artists who transcended the limits of any specific musical genre and invented one of their own.
“Beastie Boys Story” provides . Perennial Beastie Boys collaborator Spike Jonze directed the live show staged across several nights at Brooklyn’s Kings Theater last year, and takes on the reins in this straightforward recorded version culled from multiple performances.
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“Beastie Boys Story” provides . Perennial Beastie Boys collaborator Spike Jonze directed the live show staged across several nights at Brooklyn’s Kings Theater last year, and takes on the reins in this straightforward recorded version culled from multiple performances.
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- 4/20/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The Spike Jonze documentary Beastie Boys Story has put a hold on its IMAX theatrical release which was originally set for April 3. A new theatrical date will be announced at a later date, but on the brighter side of things, the docu about the iconic music group will stream on Apple TV+ starting April 24.
“Our highest priority is the health of our audiences and employees, as well as their families and communities,” said an IMAX spokesperson in a statement given to Deadline. “Given the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting theatre closures nationwide, we have decided to postpone the theatrical release of ‘Beastie Boys Story’ to a later date, which will be announced as soon as possible. IMAX ticket holders can receive a full refund by contacting their local theatre. Beastie Boys Story, directed by Spike Jonze, will premiere on Apple TV+ on April 24.”
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“Our highest priority is the health of our audiences and employees, as well as their families and communities,” said an IMAX spokesperson in a statement given to Deadline. “Given the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting theatre closures nationwide, we have decided to postpone the theatrical release of ‘Beastie Boys Story’ to a later date, which will be announced as soon as possible. IMAX ticket holders can receive a full refund by contacting their local theatre. Beastie Boys Story, directed by Spike Jonze, will premiere on Apple TV+ on April 24.”
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- 3/17/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Go back in time with the Ad-Rock, Mike D and McA in the trailer for their new documentary film “Beastie Boys Story,” which is coming to Apple TV+ next month.
Spike Jonze directed the film, described as a live documentary experience, which mixes a stage show presentation from Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) talking about their personal journey forming the band with the late Adam Yauch (McA) and their 40 years of friendship.
“Now here’s a little story that I got to tell about three bad brothers that you know so well,” a young Mike D crudely raps in old home movie footage shown in the trailer. “It started way back in history with Ad-Rock, McA, and me, Mike D.”
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The trailer gives the best idea of how Jonze blends the live experience,...
Spike Jonze directed the film, described as a live documentary experience, which mixes a stage show presentation from Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) talking about their personal journey forming the band with the late Adam Yauch (McA) and their 40 years of friendship.
“Now here’s a little story that I got to tell about three bad brothers that you know so well,” a young Mike D crudely raps in old home movie footage shown in the trailer. “It started way back in history with Ad-Rock, McA, and me, Mike D.”
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The trailer gives the best idea of how Jonze blends the live experience,...
- 3/12/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Documentaries on Brian Wilson and the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood will premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, held in New York City from April 15th through the 26th.
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road captures the last 20 years of Beach Boys genius Wilson. Directed by Brent Wilson (no relation), the film features Wilson and Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Jason Fine driving around Los Angeles, as well as clips of him on the road and recording in the studio. Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Jim James, Nick Jonas, Taylor Hawkins, Jakob Dylan and others appear in the film.
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road captures the last 20 years of Beach Boys genius Wilson. Directed by Brent Wilson (no relation), the film features Wilson and Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Jason Fine driving around Los Angeles, as well as clips of him on the road and recording in the studio. Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Jim James, Nick Jonas, Taylor Hawkins, Jakob Dylan and others appear in the film.
- 3/3/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Spike Jonze’s lengthy collaboration and friendship with the Beastie Boys is the focus of an upcoming photo book, and ahead of the March 17th release of the director’s Beastie Boys, Jonze previews his first-ever photo book with a dozen photographs of the iconic trio.
[Find the Book Here]
In this exclusive gallery of handpicked selections from Jonze’s book, the filmmaker/photographer’s camera captures the Beasties on the first day he met the trio, as well as in the studio recording Ill Communication, onstage at Lollapalooza ’94 and wig-shopping in Los Angeles...
[Find the Book Here]
In this exclusive gallery of handpicked selections from Jonze’s book, the filmmaker/photographer’s camera captures the Beasties on the first day he met the trio, as well as in the studio recording Ill Communication, onstage at Lollapalooza ’94 and wig-shopping in Los Angeles...
- 2/7/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Mike D and Ad-Rock will bring their immersive, Spike Jonze-directed Beastie Boys Story stage show to the big and small screen in April, with Apple TV+ securing the streaming rights to the live documentary.
Beastie Boys Story, streaming globally April 24th following its limited engagement IMAX run on April 3rd, features Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz’s live extension of their Beastie Boys Book, which focused on the pioneering hip-hop trio’s legacy.
In what is perhaps a reference to the Beastie Boys’ “The Larry Routine,” a person named...
Beastie Boys Story, streaming globally April 24th following its limited engagement IMAX run on April 3rd, features Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz’s live extension of their Beastie Boys Book, which focused on the pioneering hip-hop trio’s legacy.
In what is perhaps a reference to the Beastie Boys’ “The Larry Routine,” a person named...
- 1/15/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Apple has acquired the rights to “Beastie Boys Story,” a documentary film about the legendary rap-rock crew from director Spike Jonze, Apple announced on Wednesday.
The film is described as a live documentary experience that mixes a stage show and documentary footage. Jonze and living Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz, better known as Mike D and Ad-Rock, talk on stage about their personal story of forming the band and their 40 years of friendship together and with the late Adam Yauch, or McA.
A special cut of “Beastie Boys Story” will open on select IMAX theaters for a limited engagement on April 3, and it will then move globally to Apple TV+ on April 24.
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The film is set to premiere on the heels of the 26th anniversary of the release of Beastie Boys’ No.
The film is described as a live documentary experience that mixes a stage show and documentary footage. Jonze and living Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz, better known as Mike D and Ad-Rock, talk on stage about their personal story of forming the band and their 40 years of friendship together and with the late Adam Yauch, or McA.
A special cut of “Beastie Boys Story” will open on select IMAX theaters for a limited engagement on April 3, and it will then move globally to Apple TV+ on April 24.
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The film is set to premiere on the heels of the 26th anniversary of the release of Beastie Boys’ No.
- 1/15/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Apple has acquired Beastie Boys Story, a documentary feature directed by Spike Jonze and penned by Jonze and the seminal rap group’s founding members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz. As part of the deal, a special cut of the film a will open exclusively in select Imax theaters April 3 in a limited release before dropping on Apple TV+ on April 24.
The timing comes just ahead of the 26th anniversary of the release of Beastie Boys’ fourth album Ill Communication. Jonze directed the music video for the album’s hit “Sabotage.”
Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Yauch (aka McA) were part of a New York punk band in the late 1970s. They eventually transitioned to rap after adding Horowitz (Ad-Rock) and hit big in 1986 with their debut album Licensed To Ill, setting the up to become one of rap’s most successful groups, winning three Grammys.
Yauch, who later would...
The timing comes just ahead of the 26th anniversary of the release of Beastie Boys’ fourth album Ill Communication. Jonze directed the music video for the album’s hit “Sabotage.”
Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Yauch (aka McA) were part of a New York punk band in the late 1970s. They eventually transitioned to rap after adding Horowitz (Ad-Rock) and hit big in 1986 with their debut album Licensed To Ill, setting the up to become one of rap’s most successful groups, winning three Grammys.
Yauch, who later would...
- 1/15/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Spike Jonze's Beastie Boys Story is headed to Apple TV+.
The Apple streamer has picked up the documentary about the legendary hip-hop group directed by Spike Jonze and featuring Grammy Award-winning bandmembers Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz talking about their music career and 40-year friendship.
A special cut of the feature documentary will open exclusively in select Imax theaters for a limited run from April 3, before the film debuts globally on Apple TV+ on April 24.
Diamond (aka Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) along with the late Adam Yauch (McA) formed the hip-hop group, and the surviving band ...
The Apple streamer has picked up the documentary about the legendary hip-hop group directed by Spike Jonze and featuring Grammy Award-winning bandmembers Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz talking about their music career and 40-year friendship.
A special cut of the feature documentary will open exclusively in select Imax theaters for a limited run from April 3, before the film debuts globally on Apple TV+ on April 24.
Diamond (aka Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) along with the late Adam Yauch (McA) formed the hip-hop group, and the surviving band ...
- 1/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Spike Jonze's Beastie Boys Story is headed to Apple TV+.
The Apple streamer has picked up the documentary about the legendary hip-hop group directed by Spike Jonze and featuring Grammy Award-winning bandmembers Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz talking about their music career and 40-year friendship.
A special cut of the feature documentary will open exclusively in select Imax theaters for a limited run from April 3, before the film debuts globally on Apple TV+ on April 24.
Diamond (aka Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) along with the late Adam Yauch (McA) formed the hip-hop group, and the surviving band ...
The Apple streamer has picked up the documentary about the legendary hip-hop group directed by Spike Jonze and featuring Grammy Award-winning bandmembers Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz talking about their music career and 40-year friendship.
A special cut of the feature documentary will open exclusively in select Imax theaters for a limited run from April 3, before the film debuts globally on Apple TV+ on April 24.
Diamond (aka Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) along with the late Adam Yauch (McA) formed the hip-hop group, and the surviving band ...
- 1/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spike Jonze’s long collaboration and friendship with the Beastie Boys will be the focus of an upcoming photo book, the first from the Oscar-nominated director and music video visionary.
Beastie Boys, out March 17th, 2020 via Rizzoli, collects over 200 of Jonze’s personal photographs of the trailblazing trio. Surviving Beastie Boys Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz both contribute new text to the photo book, with Jonze penning the afterword.
“When they met for the first time in Los Angeles in 1993, the Beastie Boys and Spike Jonze were rising stars of...
Beastie Boys, out March 17th, 2020 via Rizzoli, collects over 200 of Jonze’s personal photographs of the trailblazing trio. Surviving Beastie Boys Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz both contribute new text to the photo book, with Jonze penning the afterword.
“When they met for the first time in Los Angeles in 1993, the Beastie Boys and Spike Jonze were rising stars of...
- 1/4/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Philippe Zdar, a member of French electronic duo Cassius and a prominent producer, has died, Pitchfork reports and his management confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 52. His management said in a statement to Rolling Stone that the musician died after a tragic “accident at his home in Paris” on Wednesday night.
Born Philippe Cerboneschi, he and his longtime musical partner Boom Bass (given name Hubert Blanc-Francard) first began releasing tracks under the moniker La Funk Mob in the mid-Nineties before landing on the name that would earn them dance music fame.
Born Philippe Cerboneschi, he and his longtime musical partner Boom Bass (given name Hubert Blanc-Francard) first began releasing tracks under the moniker La Funk Mob in the mid-Nineties before landing on the name that would earn them dance music fame.
- 6/20/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Beastie Boys marked the 15th anniversary of their 2004 LP To the 5 Boroughs by compiling and releasing a dozen of the LP’s B-sides, remixes and more to digital services for the first time.
“Hello everybody – To the 5 Boroughs came out 15 years ago today,” the Beastie Boys’ Twitter announced Saturday. “For the occasion, twelve rare tracks have just been released digitally in addition to the original 15 songs on the album.”
Hello everybody – To the 5 Boroughs came out 15 years ago today.
For the occasion, twelve rare tracks have just been released digitally...
“Hello everybody – To the 5 Boroughs came out 15 years ago today,” the Beastie Boys’ Twitter announced Saturday. “For the occasion, twelve rare tracks have just been released digitally in addition to the original 15 songs on the album.”
Hello everybody – To the 5 Boroughs came out 15 years ago today.
For the occasion, twelve rare tracks have just been released digitally...
- 6/15/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Although the Beastie Boys’ influence on N.W.A should be obvious — their first track on N.W.A. and the Posse, “8-Ball,” starts with a callout to “Brass Monkey” — Ice Cube recently recalled how much the New York trio meant to him early on in an interview with Mike D on Beats 1 on Apple Music. His fandom was solidified with the Licensed to Ill track “Paul Revere,” and he liked that song so much that he and the rest of N.W.A used to perform it with different lyrics early on.
- 5/31/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The last time the Beastie Boys attended South By Southwest, it was in 2006, when the group was promoting their fan-sourced concert film Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That! A lot has changed in the last 13 years.
When the Beastie Boys stopped by to deliver a keynote address at the Austin Convention Center Friday morning — a full week into the 2019 edition of SXSW — the group consisted of two surviving members: Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz. Adam Yauch, their third partner in crime, died of cancer in 2012, and Horowitz and Diamond wrote 2018’s...
When the Beastie Boys stopped by to deliver a keynote address at the Austin Convention Center Friday morning — a full week into the 2019 edition of SXSW — the group consisted of two surviving members: Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz. Adam Yauch, their third partner in crime, died of cancer in 2012, and Horowitz and Diamond wrote 2018’s...
- 3/15/2019
- by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
- Rollingstone.com
At this point, Cher is more than just a pop star; she’s the one-woman embodiment of the whole gaudy story of pop music. She’s a myth so huge that the new Broadway musical The Cher Show takes three different Chers to encompass her — Babe Cher, Lady Cher and Star Cher. She was just 16 when she got discovered by Sonny Bono, already a seasoned music-biz shark, and soon became his hippie bride in a blur of miniskirts and fringed vests. Everybody thought she was washed up by the time...
- 2/28/2019
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
The Beastie Boys’ Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz spoke about their new memoir, the time Adam “McA” Yauch stage-crashed an Aerosmith and Run-d.M.C. show, the art of making mixtapes and more on The Tonight Show Wednesday.
During the interview, Ad-Rock told two wild stories about the late McA, who died from cancer in 2012. In one story, the Beastie Boys were on tour opening for Run-d.M.C. around the time that their “Walk This Way” collaboration with Aerosmith was a massive hit. Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler...
During the interview, Ad-Rock told two wild stories about the late McA, who died from cancer in 2012. In one story, the Beastie Boys were on tour opening for Run-d.M.C. around the time that their “Walk This Way” collaboration with Aerosmith was a massive hit. Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler...
- 11/1/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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