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Biopic

Music History Television 

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Sex Pistols biopic TV series

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, Danny Boyle, Disney+, Sex Pistols

Come May 31, Danny Boyle’s limited series Pistol will appear on Disney+. It’s a six-part biography/drama based on the Sex

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Movies Music History 

Here’s our first look at the biopic Spinning Gold. KISS is involved.

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, Casablanca Records, Disco, Donna Summer, KISS, Neil Bogart

One of the more outrageous record industry characters was Neil Bogart, the head of Casablanca Records. The label’s glory days

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Music History Television 

Today’s trailers, part 2: The Sex Pistols series, Pistol

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, Danny Boyle, Disney+, Sex Pistols, Steve Jones

Johnny Lydon isn’t happy about it, but Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle has turned the memoir of Pistols’ guitarist Steve

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Movies 

Today’s trailers, part 1: A peek at the new Weird Al biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, Roku, Weird Al

Come this fall (we don’t have an exact date yet), we’ll get a new biopic about Weird Al Yankovic starring

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Is it time for U2 to get the biopic treatment?

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Robot, Biopic, Survey, U2

News from The Hollywood Reporter last week says that JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot production company has committed to a scripted

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Movies Television 

JJ Abrams is working on a scripted bio of U2 for Netflix

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Robot, Biopic, JJ Abrams, U2

There’s a lot to unpack in that headline, isn’t there? And there’s more. JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot production company has

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, March 2, 2022

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, Lollapalooza, Madonna, Marc Gieger, South Korea, Spotify, Turntables

How would AI apply for a job as a musician? Like this. Let’s now try some music news for March

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Movies 

This trailer for the new Elvis biopic looks very interesting

February 20, 2022February 19, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Baz Luhrmann, Biopic, Elvis Presley, Tom Hanks

I’ll admit it. I’m not an Elvis fan. I am, however, interested in the films of Baz Luhrmann. This trailer

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, January 13, 2021

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Trebek, Biopic, Danny Boyle, Guitars, Jeopardy, KISS, KKR, Magicians, Mountain Dew, Radio, Ryan Tedder, Sex Pistols, Smart Speakers, Song Catalogues, Sony, Virtual Concerts

Fun fact (via Sean): Magicians have been sawing women in half for a hundred years now. Who knew? Now educate

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, July 25, 2020

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, Bob Marley, Britney Spears, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Dee Snider, Genesis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kanye West, Twisted Sister, Vanilla Ice, Weird Al

THAT is one smelly poo. This music news for July 25, 2020, is much less stinky. Corornavirus update 1: Uncle

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Movies 

Here’s our first look at the upcoming Bowie origin story, Stardust

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, David Bowie, Marc Maron, Stardust

The next music legend to get the movie treatment will be David Bowie in a film called Stardust, which is

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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