Seth MacFarlane Returns to an Uptempo Take on Big-Band Jazz With New Album, ‘Blue Skies’ (Exclusive)
For Seth MacFarlane, “blue” means less balladic. He’s announcing a new album on the way, “Blue Skies,” and says it marks a return to a more swinging style than the softer approach he employed on his last record.
Out May 20, the seventh album from the “Family Guy” creator and jazz cat will again see him working with a catalog of classics, and again see him working closely with arranger and conductor Andrew Cottee. Still, it’ll mark a turnaround from their previous release.
“I have long been a fan of Andrew Cottee’s supremely artful and buoyant orchestrations,” MacFarlane tells Variety. “So after our last collaboration, ‘Once in A While,’ a ballad-themed record, I really wanted to hear what he could do with an up-tempo album. As always, Andrew did not disappoint. His arrangements of these 14 songs, carefully selected by the two of us, are yet another shining example...
Out May 20, the seventh album from the “Family Guy” creator and jazz cat will again see him working with a catalog of classics, and again see him working closely with arranger and conductor Andrew Cottee. Still, it’ll mark a turnaround from their previous release.
“I have long been a fan of Andrew Cottee’s supremely artful and buoyant orchestrations,” MacFarlane tells Variety. “So after our last collaboration, ‘Once in A While,’ a ballad-themed record, I really wanted to hear what he could do with an up-tempo album. As always, Andrew did not disappoint. His arrangements of these 14 songs, carefully selected by the two of us, are yet another shining example...
- 4/21/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Despite being married to one of the biggest names in the music industry, Beyonce has always modeled herself as a strong independent woman. On Tuesday, she took it a step further by posing as cultural icon Rosie the Riveter, who became the face of female empowerment during World War II, when women began taking on factory jobs — many of which were formerly held by men — to support military efforts. The iconic image was first used in 1942 in a song of the same name written by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb. Photos Beyonce's 'Mrs. Carter Show' Tour
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- 7/22/2014
- by Debbie Emery
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wellington, April 28: 'Red-haired' or 'ginger' men are the latest "in thing", as their 2 per cent of the population have stepped up after years of being bullied in school.
Prince Harry, who is a notable redhead man in public life, is among many other successful "ginger men" like Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Michael Fassbender, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Rupert Grint, Stuff.co.nz reported.
However, life has not always been easy for these men and model Louis Evans has revealed that he has come a long way since being the victim of "anti-ginger" bullying at school.
Photographer Thomas Knights ran the "Red Hot" campaign, featuring a series of topless photographs of highly attractive ginger men, because her believes that.
Prince Harry, who is a notable redhead man in public life, is among many other successful "ginger men" like Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Michael Fassbender, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Rupert Grint, Stuff.co.nz reported.
However, life has not always been easy for these men and model Louis Evans has revealed that he has come a long way since being the victim of "anti-ginger" bullying at school.
Photographer Thomas Knights ran the "Red Hot" campaign, featuring a series of topless photographs of highly attractive ginger men, because her believes that.
- 4/28/2014
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
In 1966 Kathryn Leigh Scott, fresh out of acting school and working part time as a Playboy bunny, was was cast as Maggie Evans the waitress-turned-governess on the ABC-tv cult serial Dark Shadows. In its prime, the Dark Shadows daytime series (which ran from 1966 to 1971) attracted 20 million viewers. The spooky, literate, romance and horror-driven show had universal appeal and came to be known as the program kids ran home from school to watch. Reruns and DVD releases of all 1,225 episodes have spawned new generations of Dark Shadows fans, who attend annual Dark Shadows Festivals where cast members reunite to celebrate the show’s unending popularity. During her tenure at the show, Kathryn Leigh Scott played several roles including Josette du Pres, the ghostly lover of Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), who was killed at Widow’s Hill in the 18th-century flashbacks. After leaving the series, she co-starred in The Great Gatsby (1974), and...
- 4/24/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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