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Spinning Gold
''Spinning Gold'' is an upcoming American biographical drama film written and directed by Timothy Scott Bogart. It is based on the life of his father, Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters on March 31, 2023. Premise Depicts the life and career of record producer and Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, who was credited with discovering many iconic musical acts such as Donna Summer, Kiss, Village People; and signing and pushing acts including Gladys Knight and the Pips and the Isley Brothers to greater heights. Cast Production The project was originally announced in September 2011, with Timothy Scott Bogart writing and directing the feature about his late father. Justin Timberlake was cast as Bogart. In October 2013, Spike Lee was in talks to direct the film. In January 2014, the film was delayed due to the Envision Entertainment scandal. In June 2019, Deadline reported that Timothy Bogart would direct the film, with Jere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Mark
Laurence Mark is an American film and television producer. His works include ''The Greatest Showman'' (2017), ''Julie & Julia'' (2009), ''Dreamgirls'' (2006), '' I, Robot'' (2004), ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997), and ''Jerry Maguire'' (1996). Life and career Mark's production of ''The Greatest Showman'', the movie musical starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Zendaya and directed by Michael Gracey, grossed over $425 million worldwide. It has achieved the highest domestic gross of any live-action original movie musical of all time. He also served as one of the executive producers of ''Vivo (film), Vivo'', an animated movie musical with original songs and the voice of another executive producer Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role. Directed by Kirk DeMicco, the movie was released earlier this year by Netflix in conjunction with Sony Pictures Animation, and it was one of Netflix’s strongest performers, the fifth longest running movie last year on the stream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winslow Fegley
Winslow Burke Fegley (born January 23, 2009) is an American child actor. He has starred in the films '' Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made'' (2020), ''Nightbooks'', '' 8-Bit Christmas'' (both 2021), and '' Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile'' (2022). Life and career Fegley was born on January 23, 2009 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Michael Fegley and Mercedes Fegley (née Tonne). He is the younger brother of Oakes Fegley Oakes Tonne Fegley (; born November 11, 2004) is an American actor. He has starred in '' Pete's Dragon'' (2016), '' Wonderstruck'' (2017), '' The Goldfinch'' (2019), ''The War with Grandpa'' (2020), and ''The Fabelmans'' (2022). Early life and ..., also an actor. Fegley starred in the hit HBO movie titled 8-Bit Christmas, with the lead role as Young Jake. He also stars in the 2022 live-action/animated film '' Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile''. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fegley, Winslow 2009 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Harris (record Label Executive)
Larry Alan Harris (May 31, 1947 – December 18, 2017) was Executive Vice President and co-founder of Casablanca Records, with his cousin, Neil Bogart, Cecil Holmes, and Buck Reingold. Biography Born in Brooklyn, Harris, began working for Neil Bogart, who was his second cousin, at Buddah/Kama Sutra Records in the summer of 1971 as their local New York promotions man. By 1973, Bogart was feeling creatively stifled at Buddah Records, so he secured financing and distribution through Warner Bros. Records and started his own label, Casablanca Records, basing it in Los Angeles later that year. Bogart thought Harris had a good ear for rock music and offered him a stake in the company if he was willing to move to California. He followed Bogart, and along with Cecil Holmes, and Buck Reingold started the new label in August 1973. Harris initially headed up the Rock Music division and followed Bogart to Los Angeles later the same year. Casablanca's first major signing in 1973 was new ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wolk
James Wolk (born March 22, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in the CBS comedy series ''The Crazy Ones'' (2013–2014), the AMC period drama series ''Mad Men'' (2013–2014), the CBS drama thriller series '' Zoo'' (2015–2017), the CBS All Access psychological thriller series '' Tell Me a Story'' (2018–2019), and the HBO superhero limited series ''Watchmen'' (2019). Wolk also had starring roles in the films ''You Again'' (2010), '' For a Good Time, Call...'' (2012), '' The Stanford Prison Experiment'' (2015), and ''Mercy'' (2016). Early life and education Wolk was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the son of Edie, an art teacher, and Robert Wolk, a shoe store owner (Sundance Shoes West Bloomfield & Birmingham MI). His family is Jewish, and Wolk was raised in Reform Judaism. During his teenage years, Wolk worked as an emcee (MC) at Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. He graduated North Farmington High School in 2003 and from the University of Michigan Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Crocker
Frankie "Hollywood" Crocker (December 18, 1937 – October 21, 2000) was an American disc jockey who helped grow WBLS, the black music radio station in New York. Early soul radio According to popeducation.org, Crocker began his career in Buffalo at the AM Soul powerhouse WUFO (also the home to future greats Gerry Bledsoe, Eddie O'Jay, Herb Hamlett, Gary Byrd and Chucky T) before moving to Manhattan, where he first worked for Soul station WWRL and later top-40 WMCA in 1969. He then worked for WBLS as program director, taking that station to the top of the ratings during the late 1970s and pioneering the radio format now known as urban contemporary. He sometimes called himself the ''"Chief Rocker"'', and he was as well known for his boastful on-air patter as for his off-air flamboyance. "Moody's Mood for Love" When Studio 54 was at the height of its popularity, Crocker once rode in through the front entrance on a white stallion. In the studio, before he left for the day, Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Redd
Christopher Jerell Redd (born March 25, 1985) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, rapper, and singer. Redd was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2017 to 2022. For his work on the show, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in 2018 for co-writing the ''SNL'' song "Come Back Barack". He is also known for his roles in '' Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' (2016), '' Disjointed'' (2017–2018), and ''Kenan'' (2021–2022). Early life Redd was born on March 25, 1985, in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to Naperville, a suburb of Chicago, at the age of eight. According to Redd, he had a childhood stutter that he overcame by learning how to rap. He attended Naperville schools, including Gregory Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School, and later attended community college in Elgin, Illinois, where he took his first improvisational theater class. Career Redd briefly pursued a career as a rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caylee Cowan
Catherine Caylee Cowan is an American actress and filmmaker. She is best known for her roles in ''Sunrise in Heaven'' (2019), '' Willy's Wonderland'' (2021), ''Spinning Gold'' (2022), and '' Frank and Penelope'' (2022). Early life Cowan was born in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from high school, Cowan began acting in theater productions. She appeared in productions of '' Three Sisters'' by Anton Chekhov, ''The Glass Menagerie'' by Tennessee Williams, and ''Danny in the Deep Blue Sea'' by John Patrick Shanley. Career Cowan made her film debut playing the character of Jan in the American romance period drama ''Sunrise in Heaven'', an adaptation of Jan Gilbert Hurst's book " His Sunrise My Sunset". She played the supporting role of Kathy Barnes in the action comedy horror '' Willy's Wonderland'' (2021) acting alongside Nicolas Cage in an ensemble of teen actors. In 2022, Cowan appeared in a supporting role as Farrah Lee in the biographical musical drama, ''Spinning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley (born Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20, 1952) is an American musician who is the co-founder, frontman, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular songs. Stanley established The Starchild character for his Kiss persona. Stanley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of Kiss. In 2006, ''Hit Parader'' ranked him 18th on their list of the Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. A Gibson.com readers' poll in 2010 named him 13th on their list of Top 25 Frontmen. Early life Stanley Bert Eisen was born January 20, 1952, in upper Manhattan, New York City, near 211th St. and Broadway; the Inwood neighborhood near Inwood Hill Park. Both of his parents are Jewish. He was the second of two children; his sister Julia was born two years earlier. Their mother came from a family that fled Nazi Germany to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and then to New York City. His father' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Ambassadors
X Ambassadors (also stylized XA) are an American pop rock band from Ithaca, New York. Its members currently include lead vocalist Sam Harris, keyboardist Casey Harris, and drummer Adam Levin. Russ Flynn is a touring member that plays guitar and bass. Their most notable songs include "Jungle", " Renegades", and " Unsteady". The band's debut full-length album, '' VHS'', was released on June 30, 2015. Their second album, '' Orion'', was released on June 14, 2019. Their third album, ''The Beautiful Liar'', was released on September 24, 2021. History 2009–12: ''Ambassadors'' and ''Litost'' X Ambassadors began as a band titled Ambassadors, touring with artists such as LIGHTS. During this time, they self-released their debut EP, ''Ambassadors EP'', creating a music video for its lead single, "Tropisms", shot and directed by Rodrigo Zedillo. Shortly after, the band self-released its debut LP, ''Litost'', which included the song "Litost", which would later be used on the soundtrack fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, actress and businesswoman. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. Knight has recorded two number-one ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles ("Midnight Train to Georgia" and "That's What Friends Are For" which she did with Dionne Warwick, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder), eleven number-one R&B singles and six number-one R&B albums. She has won seven Grammy Awards (four as a solo artist and three with the Pips) and is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame along with The Pips. Two of her songs (" I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia") were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value. She al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ledisi
Ledisi Anibade Young (; born March 28, 1972), better known simply as Ledisi, is an American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter, music producer, author and actress. Her name means "to bring forth" or "to come here" in Yoruba. Ledisi AllMusic In 1995, Ledisi formed a band after her middle name Anibade. After unsuccessfully trying to get signed to a major label, she formed LeSun Records with Sundra Manning. Ledisi and Sundra decided to release Ledisi's debut album entitled ''Soulsinger'' (black and white cover on the LeSun Music independent label) featuring the song "Take Time", which gained substantial airplay from San Francisco area radio stations. In 2002, Ledisi re-released her first album, titled '' Soulsinger: The Revival'' under Tommy Boy Records., featuring a bonus track with Grammy Award Winner Meshell Ndegeocello on bass. Ledisi also released her second album, ''Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue'', which won "Outstanding Jazz Album" at the California Music Awards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the " Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers had a large influence on several music genres such as Hi-NRG, Italo disco, new wave, house and techno music. When in Munich in the 1970s, Moroder started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records. He is the founder of the former Musicland Studios in Munich, a recording studio used by many artists including the Rolling Stones, Electric Light Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Queen and Elton John. He produced singles for Donna Summer during the mid-to-late 1970s disco era, including " Love to Love You Baby", " I Feel Love", " Last Dance", " MacArthur Park", " Hot Stuff", " Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", " No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and " On the Radio". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
