One of the most beloved musicians and passionate activists in history, Bob Marley is the subject of a new film that is available to stream on Paramount+ beginning on Friday, April 12. “Bob Marley: One Love” arrived in theaters in February and was a hit at the box office. Now, you can check out the film at home. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Paramount Plus.
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About 'Bob Marley: One Love'
the new film “Bob Marley: One Love” celebrates the music, life, and struggles of an international icon who has inspired generations through his message of love, peace, and unity for decades. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green,...
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About 'Bob Marley: One Love'
the new film “Bob Marley: One Love” celebrates the music, life, and struggles of an international icon who has inspired generations through his message of love, peace, and unity for decades. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ will soon be singing on Paramount+.
The biopic will release on the streamer on Friday, April 12, in the U.S. and Canada. The film’s international availability will be announced at a later date. It will also be available on MGM+.
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ surpassed expectations at the box office when it opened mid-week in February for Valentine’s Day. It’s opening weekend stood at $28.6 million, and it’s surpassed $175 million at the worldwide box office so far.
Kingsley Ben-Adir stars as the reggae singer and songwriter, and Lashana Lynch plays his wife Rita Marley. The cast also includes James Norton as record producer Chris Blackwell, Tosin Cole as keyboardist Tyrone Downie, Aston Barrett Jr. as Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Anthony Welsh as Don Taylor, Sevana as Judy Mowatt, Hector Lewis as Carlton Carly Barrett, Michael Gandolfini as Howard Bloom, Nadine Marshall as Cedella Malcolm,...
The biopic will release on the streamer on Friday, April 12, in the U.S. and Canada. The film’s international availability will be announced at a later date. It will also be available on MGM+.
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ surpassed expectations at the box office when it opened mid-week in February for Valentine’s Day. It’s opening weekend stood at $28.6 million, and it’s surpassed $175 million at the worldwide box office so far.
Kingsley Ben-Adir stars as the reggae singer and songwriter, and Lashana Lynch plays his wife Rita Marley. The cast also includes James Norton as record producer Chris Blackwell, Tosin Cole as keyboardist Tyrone Downie, Aston Barrett Jr. as Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Anthony Welsh as Don Taylor, Sevana as Judy Mowatt, Hector Lewis as Carlton Carly Barrett, Michael Gandolfini as Howard Bloom, Nadine Marshall as Cedella Malcolm,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Nowhere Special by director Uberto Pasolini, and starring James Norton, is set for theatrical release on April 26.
The film from Cohen Media Group had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2020 and comes back around after Norton’s recent appearance as Chris Blackwell in box office hit One Love, the Jamaican-British record producer who introduced Bob Marley and the Wailers to international stardom.
In Nowhere Special, Norton stars as John, a 35-year-old window cleaner who has dedicated his life to bringing up his young son Michael after the child’s mother abandoned them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation. Although initially certain of what he is looking for,...
The film from Cohen Media Group had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2020 and comes back around after Norton’s recent appearance as Chris Blackwell in box office hit One Love, the Jamaican-British record producer who introduced Bob Marley and the Wailers to international stardom.
In Nowhere Special, Norton stars as John, a 35-year-old window cleaner who has dedicated his life to bringing up his young son Michael after the child’s mother abandoned them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation. Although initially certain of what he is looking for,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount’s “Bob Marley: One Love” stirred things up at the Valentine’s Day box office. The biopic about the reggae legend is outpacing estimates after opening to $14 million domestically. It added $4.9 million to its haul from 10 overseas markets, including the U.K., France and Spain. Its global gross stands at $19.4 million.
Those domestic numbers easily overshadow the opening of Sony’s “Madame Web,” the latest entry in the studio’s hit-and-miss, cinematic Spider-verse. The comic book adaptation generated a little over $6 million domestically.
“Bob Marley: One Love” was initially projected to collect $30 million to $35 million stateside between Wednesday and President’s Day on Monday. But unless the grosses are front-loaded, it could exceed those estimates. “Madame Web” is expected to generate $26 million during the same six-day period.
Neither film was cheap. “Bob Marley” cost $70 million and “Madame Web” carries an $80 million budget — and those figures don’t includes...
Those domestic numbers easily overshadow the opening of Sony’s “Madame Web,” the latest entry in the studio’s hit-and-miss, cinematic Spider-verse. The comic book adaptation generated a little over $6 million domestically.
“Bob Marley: One Love” was initially projected to collect $30 million to $35 million stateside between Wednesday and President’s Day on Monday. But unless the grosses are front-loaded, it could exceed those estimates. “Madame Web” is expected to generate $26 million during the same six-day period.
Neither film was cheap. “Bob Marley” cost $70 million and “Madame Web” carries an $80 million budget — and those figures don’t includes...
- 2/15/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The latest narrative film about a musician – Bob Marley: One Love – ultimately plays out more as a celebration of Bob Marley than as a “warts-and-all” biography; and that is to the film’s benefit.
Whereas the film could have become burdened by monotonously moving through Marley’s life from one pivotal moment to the next, it instead bounces around the singer’s story in a whimsical, often spiritual way that enables his saga to take on a more grandiose aura than might have been expected otherwise.
Bob Marley: One Love begins with Marley and his band prepping for a free concert in Jamaica. However, when threats of violence against the singer should he perform put his health and well-being at risk, the actual performance is cut short, and the rest of the film begins to play out. What follows is an inspiring story of the singer’s triumph over numerous...
Whereas the film could have become burdened by monotonously moving through Marley’s life from one pivotal moment to the next, it instead bounces around the singer’s story in a whimsical, often spiritual way that enables his saga to take on a more grandiose aura than might have been expected otherwise.
Bob Marley: One Love begins with Marley and his band prepping for a free concert in Jamaica. However, when threats of violence against the singer should he perform put his health and well-being at risk, the actual performance is cut short, and the rest of the film begins to play out. What follows is an inspiring story of the singer’s triumph over numerous...
- 2/14/2024
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Bob Marley: One Love focuses primarily on Marley’s (Kingsley Ben-Adir) life between 1976 and 1978, during which time the reggae legend fled Jamaica for London and his homeland was plagued by rampant violence and political upheaval. One might think that this limited scope would allow the filmmakers to explore this era of Marley’s life with some measure of specificity, whether in the challenges his marriage faced as his wife, Rita (Lashana Lynch), spent much of this time in America and Jamaica, or how the fractured state of his homeland and his love for its people informed his landmark 1977 album, Exodus. But Green’s shaggy, disjointed film is less interested in the complexities of Marley’s personal or professional life than it is in presenting him as a hero and an inspiration.
One Love’s hagiographic bent is symptomatic of the modern-day biopic, but the shapelessness of...
One Love’s hagiographic bent is symptomatic of the modern-day biopic, but the shapelessness of...
- 2/14/2024
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
Bob Marley: One Love is right around the corner, and soon, audiences will be able to experience the iconic musician's life as one of the most famous names in the industry.
The film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as the titular music icon, alongside Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, James Norton as Chris Blackwell, Anthony Welsh as Don Taylor, and more.
Kingsley Ben-Adir on Becoming Bob Marley Read full article on The Direct.
The film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as the titular music icon, alongside Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, James Norton as Chris Blackwell, Anthony Welsh as Don Taylor, and more.
Kingsley Ben-Adir on Becoming Bob Marley Read full article on The Direct.
- 2/9/2024
- by Russ Milheim
- The Direct
For 15 minutes or so, Bob Marley: One Love promises to be an antidote to the usual cookie-cutter music biopic, the kind skewered by the 2007 spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Riffing back then on 2005’s Walk the Line, which starred Joaquin Phoenix as troubled country star Johnny Cash, Jake Kasdan’s film took aim at the whole jukebox-movie industry, featuring a solemn lead character who “has to think about his entire life before he goes on stage.”
Spoiler alert: this kind of thing also happens in One Love. But Reinaldo Marcus Green’s film promises so much more, things like real-world politics, emotional complexity, and serious danger. In other words, an alternative to the usual narrative of the greenhorn who dreams big, lives that dream, and then gets sucker-punched by The Man. Gradually, though, the realization dawns that we’re being sold a pup. As Led Zeppelin might say,...
Spoiler alert: this kind of thing also happens in One Love. But Reinaldo Marcus Green’s film promises so much more, things like real-world politics, emotional complexity, and serious danger. In other words, an alternative to the usual narrative of the greenhorn who dreams big, lives that dream, and then gets sucker-punched by The Man. Gradually, though, the realization dawns that we’re being sold a pup. As Led Zeppelin might say,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
In 1976, Bob Marley was the most famous person in Jamaica. He was also a marked man. The star had agreed to play a free concert dubbed “Smile Jamaica.” He’d even written a theme song for the event. Though the show was conceived as a way to quell the rising tide of violence over the island nation’s precarious political state, Marley’s involvement made many think that it was his way of tacitly endorsing the People’s National Party over the more conservative Jamaica Labour Party. Two days before the concert,...
- 2/8/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
In the years since his premature death, reggae legend Bob Marley has been culturally defanged into a benevolent good-times symbol safe for dorm rooms and yuppie living rooms everywhere. Marley’s string of popular songs, many of which were compiled in his posthumous greatest hits collection “Legend,” turned him into one of the best-selling artists in the world, but this mass-market commercial appeal also necessitated a dilution of his radicalism and spiritual essence. Though many can probably identify “Jamming” or “Is This Love?” as a Marley tune if it was played for them, he’s still probably associated more with generic weed culture than any type of revolution, which is an obvious shame given the political roots of reggae and Jamaica’s storied history.
It makes some kind of sense that “Bob Marley: One Love” is being released at this time of heightened political consciousness. Granted, most contemporary music biopics...
It makes some kind of sense that “Bob Marley: One Love” is being released at this time of heightened political consciousness. Granted, most contemporary music biopics...
- 2/8/2024
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The director of 'Bob Marley: One Love' claims the reggae icon "is the most recognisable face on the planet" after Jesus.Reinaldo Marcus Green helmed the upcoming biopic about 'No Woman, No Cry' singer Marley and he insists his influence across the globe and his Rastafarian image rivals that of the Christian Saviour.Speaking to Empire magazine, he said: "After Jesus, he's probably the most recognisable face on the planet!"Bob is uniquely universal. But I still felt like I didn't really know him, and that few people really do."'Bob Marley: One Love' - which will be released in February - stars 'Barbie' actor Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley, and documents the singer's rise to fame up until his death from cancer in 1981 at the age of 36.Kingsley's motivation for taking on the role is that people "don’t understand" who Marley really was as a person,...
- 1/28/2024
- by Alex Getting
- Bang Showbiz
When Bob Marley and the Wailers went to Europe in May 1977 to promote their new LP Exodus, photographer Kate Simon went along for the ride. She’d first met Marley at London’s Lyceum Theater two years earlier when Sounds magazine sent her to shoot a Wailers concert, and she hit it off with Marley that night at a post-show reception. “He was really sweet,” Simon recalls. “It’s hard to articulate what makes you click with somebody, but we certainly clicked.” Two years later, Island Records head Chris Blackwell...
- 12/22/2023
- by Griffin Lotz
- Rollingstone.com
Peaky Blinders actor Kingsley Ben-Adir dons dreadlocks and speaks in a Jamaican patois to play a reggae legend in the latest trailer for Bob Marley: One Love, which dropped Tuesday.
The biopic has Marley overcoming adversity, including a failed assassination attempt, to rise to musical fame with a message of love and unity in dangerous times. “There’s a war going on. How I can bring peace? I can’t even get peace for myself,” a fretting Marley says at one point in the trailer.
The movie, based on real events, recounts a failed attempt to murder Marley in his home in Kingston, Jamaica, which only drove the reggae legend to double down on his mission to unify a divided nation with revolutionary music.
Produced in partnership with the Marley family, Bob Marley: One Love also stars Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, the wife of the music superstar. “Sometimes the...
The biopic has Marley overcoming adversity, including a failed assassination attempt, to rise to musical fame with a message of love and unity in dangerous times. “There’s a war going on. How I can bring peace? I can’t even get peace for myself,” a fretting Marley says at one point in the trailer.
The movie, based on real events, recounts a failed attempt to murder Marley in his home in Kingston, Jamaica, which only drove the reggae legend to double down on his mission to unify a divided nation with revolutionary music.
Produced in partnership with the Marley family, Bob Marley: One Love also stars Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, the wife of the music superstar. “Sometimes the...
- 12/5/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Abramorama founder Richard Abramowitz has elevated longtime business partner Karol Martesko-Fenster to CEO and Co-Chairman of the indie distribution company. Evan Saxon has been promoted to President, Head of International Distribution, in a move meant to double down on their continued emphasis on social impact and music-driven content for theatrical and event releases globally.
Abramowitz continues as Co-Chairman atop the company he founded in 2002.
“Karol, Evan and I have worked closely together for years, with their partnership driving unparalleled results in the event-cinema world,” Abramowitz said. “Their decades-long experience in the music and social impact film genres makes me confident that they will take the company to the next level and continue to dominate, innovate and lead the way as the industry continues to evolve.”
Martesko-Fenster will lead the company in expanding its footprint and partnerships in the filmed entertainment sector while bolstering the strategic services to filmmakers and IP owners across all platforms.
Abramowitz continues as Co-Chairman atop the company he founded in 2002.
“Karol, Evan and I have worked closely together for years, with their partnership driving unparalleled results in the event-cinema world,” Abramowitz said. “Their decades-long experience in the music and social impact film genres makes me confident that they will take the company to the next level and continue to dominate, innovate and lead the way as the industry continues to evolve.”
Martesko-Fenster will lead the company in expanding its footprint and partnerships in the filmed entertainment sector while bolstering the strategic services to filmmakers and IP owners across all platforms.
- 9/13/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Gary Wright, the singer and keyboardist known for the 1970s synthesizer-driven hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” has died. He was 80.
Wright died Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, his son Justin Wright told TMZ.
Born on April 26, 1943, in New Jersey, Wright worked as a child actor and at age 7 appeared on the 1949 TV series Captain Video and His Video Rangers. He also worked on TV commercials and starred in the 1954 Broadway musical Fanny.
Wright went to college in New York to study psychology before moving to Germany to complete his studies. In Europe, he met Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, who introduced him to musician Mike Harrison in the late ’60s. They formed the British rock band Spooky Tooth, which disbanded in 1970.
Wright recorded solo for A&m Records, formed the band Wonderwheel and collaborated with other artists, including playing keyboard on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass album,...
Wright died Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, his son Justin Wright told TMZ.
Born on April 26, 1943, in New Jersey, Wright worked as a child actor and at age 7 appeared on the 1949 TV series Captain Video and His Video Rangers. He also worked on TV commercials and starred in the 1954 Broadway musical Fanny.
Wright went to college in New York to study psychology before moving to Germany to complete his studies. In Europe, he met Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, who introduced him to musician Mike Harrison in the late ’60s. They formed the British rock band Spooky Tooth, which disbanded in 1970.
Wright recorded solo for A&m Records, formed the band Wonderwheel and collaborated with other artists, including playing keyboard on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass album,...
- 9/5/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bono delivered an impromptu, a cappella rendition of Bob Marley’s classic “Redemption Song” Friday at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where a documentary about U2’s long history with the Bosnian city premiered.
Both Bono and the Edge were on hand for the screening of Kiss the Future, which documents aid worker Bill Carter’s efforts to bring U2’s Zoo TV tour to then-war-torn Sarajevo. Following the debut of the Matt Damon and Ben Affleck-produced film, the U2 duo took the stage with the documentary’s crew, and...
Both Bono and the Edge were on hand for the screening of Kiss the Future, which documents aid worker Bill Carter’s efforts to bring U2’s Zoo TV tour to then-war-torn Sarajevo. Following the debut of the Matt Damon and Ben Affleck-produced film, the U2 duo took the stage with the documentary’s crew, and...
- 8/12/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Kingsley Ben-Adir portrays reggae superstar and counterculture icon Bob Marley in the first trailer for the forthcoming biopic Bob Marley: One Love.
Set for release Jan. 12, 2024, the Paramount Pictures feature centers on the life of Marley, from the early days of his career to his death in 1981. Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) directs from a script by Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers and Terence Winter.
“Reggae is a people music,” Ben-Adir says as Marley in the trailer. “People coming together.”
Later, someone asks the singer, “Bob, they tried to kill you and your wife, and now you’re choosing to return to Jamaica to play a peace concert? Don’t you fear for your life?” As Marley explains, “My life is not important to me. My life is for people.”
Bob Marley: One Love co-stars Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and James Norton as record producer Chris Blackwell. Other castmembers include Jesse Cilio,...
Set for release Jan. 12, 2024, the Paramount Pictures feature centers on the life of Marley, from the early days of his career to his death in 1981. Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) directs from a script by Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers and Terence Winter.
“Reggae is a people music,” Ben-Adir says as Marley in the trailer. “People coming together.”
Later, someone asks the singer, “Bob, they tried to kill you and your wife, and now you’re choosing to return to Jamaica to play a peace concert? Don’t you fear for your life?” As Marley explains, “My life is not important to me. My life is for people.”
Bob Marley: One Love co-stars Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and James Norton as record producer Chris Blackwell. Other castmembers include Jesse Cilio,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount Pictures has dropped the first teaser trailer for “Bob Marley: One Love,” its upcoming biopic about the Jamaican singer and songwriter that’s expected to be released in 2024.
The trailer starts as a celebration of Marley and his legacy, as portrayed by “Peaky Blinders” and “The Oa” star Kingsley Ben-Adir. It jumps between Marley playing to concert after concert of adoring fans as the legendary artist’s music plays in the background. As the trailer continues it takes on a darker tone as it delves into Jamaica’s civil war during the 1970s.
It all comes to a head right before the One Love Peace Concert. As someone off screen asks Marley why he’s going to return to Jamaica after there was an assassination attempt on him and his wife, Ben-Adir as Marley calmly replies, “My life is not important to me. My life is for people.”
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The trailer starts as a celebration of Marley and his legacy, as portrayed by “Peaky Blinders” and “The Oa” star Kingsley Ben-Adir. It jumps between Marley playing to concert after concert of adoring fans as the legendary artist’s music plays in the background. As the trailer continues it takes on a darker tone as it delves into Jamaica’s civil war during the 1970s.
It all comes to a head right before the One Love Peace Concert. As someone off screen asks Marley why he’s going to return to Jamaica after there was an assassination attempt on him and his wife, Ben-Adir as Marley calmly replies, “My life is not important to me. My life is for people.”
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- 7/6/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Red Right Hand: An Oral History – How the Nick Cave Song Became the Anthem of the ‘Scream’ Franchise
In October of 1994, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds unleashed their eighth studio album Let Love In. Three singles were released in conjunction with the certified silver UK collection leading up to its formal launch. And while “Do You Love Me?” and “Loverman” set the stage for the prolific album and its harmonic tenor, it was the third single that would go on to cross the boundaries of its art form and firmly implant itself in the hallowed halls of horror history.
Scream (1996) slashed its way to genre hungry audiences several years after “Red Right Hand” hit the shelves in music stores. Although the song was written independently of the film, it’s difficult to imagine one without the other. From the second it begins, “Red Right Hand” ushers forth a domineering force, guided by the bloody governing appendage of a madman that perfectly encapsulates the film’s ever encroaching threat.
Scream (1996) slashed its way to genre hungry audiences several years after “Red Right Hand” hit the shelves in music stores. Although the song was written independently of the film, it’s difficult to imagine one without the other. From the second it begins, “Red Right Hand” ushers forth a domineering force, guided by the bloody governing appendage of a madman that perfectly encapsulates the film’s ever encroaching threat.
- 5/3/2023
- by Paul Farrell
- bloody-disgusting.com
In his new memoir, “Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond,” Chris Blackwell looks back on an unmatched career in the music business. Written with Paul Morley, the book recounts Blackwell’s boyhood growing up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with the likes of Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol Flynn. His early success, however, began with a rebellion: After being expelled from an elite British school for bad behavior in 1954, at age 17, Blackwell moved back to Jamaica, and within five years, had founded Island Records. The label would...
- 5/29/2022
- by Chris Blackwell and Paul Morley
- Rollingstone.com
“Bonnie is legendary for her boundless energy on the Crosiette,” AGC Studios head Stuart Ford said of his marketing head Bonnie Voland, whose 40th Cannes Festival was celebrated by Ford and friends at an elegant beachside cocktail on Friday evening.
“This is my 15th Cannes with Bonnie Voland and I’m not sure I still have the energy to keep up with her,” he confessed in a speech in her honor at the cocktail.
Voland has had a rich career to date, – she insists she’s certainly not done yet – graduating as a French major at Hunter College, and working as an actress in Paris before first attending Cannes in 1982 for Passion – The Magazine of Paris. She ran the Toronto Festival press office in the mid-eighties, then worked in Los Angeles for Samuel Goldwyn, Buena Vista International and Chris Blackwell’s Island Pictures, and created her own PR agency and consultancy B. Voland International.
“This is my 15th Cannes with Bonnie Voland and I’m not sure I still have the energy to keep up with her,” he confessed in a speech in her honor at the cocktail.
Voland has had a rich career to date, – she insists she’s certainly not done yet – graduating as a French major at Hunter College, and working as an actress in Paris before first attending Cannes in 1982 for Passion – The Magazine of Paris. She ran the Toronto Festival press office in the mid-eighties, then worked in Los Angeles for Samuel Goldwyn, Buena Vista International and Chris Blackwell’s Island Pictures, and created her own PR agency and consultancy B. Voland International.
- 5/22/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
There were great reggae bassists before him, and after, but more than any other instrumentalist, Robbie Shakespeare, in tandem with his drum partner and co-producer Sly Dunbar, defined the bass-centric approach of the genre’s modern era, from the roots-rocker sound of the Seventies to the digi-dub dancehall of the Eighties, Nineties, and beyond. His playing was so deeply grounded, its pulse felt biological, and so irresistible he became not just the go-to man for reggae musicians, but for anyone interested in seismic grooves, from Dylan and Mick Jagger to No Doubt and Simply Red.
- 12/9/2021
- by Will Hermes and Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Robbie Shakespeare, the renowned reggae bassist who helped move the genre into new sonic territory and whose playing was heard on classics by Black Uhuru and Peter Tosh as well as albums by rock icons such as Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger, has died at age 68. His death was announced on Twitter by Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but The Jamaica Gleaner noted that the musician had recently been hospitalized for kidney damage.
As half of the...
As half of the...
- 12/8/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
For 85 years, Lee Perry was many things: raconteur, sonic wizard, rhythmic innovator, talent scout, shit-stirrer, ladies’ man, boaster-on-the-mic, and by most accounts, the greatest record producer in Jamaican history. His discography as producer and guest star includes such titans as Bob Marley and the Wailers, the Clash, Beastie Boys, the Heptones, Junior Byles, the Congos, Max Romeo, and dozens more. But Perry was a recording artist foremost, so with a couple of crucial exceptions, we’ve concentrated on the work he released under his own name or, interchangeably, that of the Upsetters.
- 8/30/2021
- by Michaelangelo Matos
- Rollingstone.com
Popular book “Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop” is headed to the screen as a documentary. Universal Music Group’s Mercury Studios and Republic Records’ Federal Films, along with Jupiter Entertainment, are behind the adaptation. Joseph Patel is tapped to direct; Jupiter’s Patrick Reardon, Federal Films’ Chris Blackwell and Dana Sano, and Barak Moffitt and Daniel Seliger of Mercury Studios, along with “Contact High” author Vikki Tobak, will executive produce, along with Fred Brathwaite (aka Fab 5 Freddy).
The 2018 photo book chronicles the rise of hip-hop from the music of the streets to commercial success through outtakes from more than 100 photo shoots. Likewise the doc will utilize contact sheets, stylized set pieces and archival interviews in telling the story visually.
“Hip-hop has always been about self-definition especially when it comes to visuals and style,” said Tobak. “Bringing ‘Contact High’ to the big screen is important to show how a...
The 2018 photo book chronicles the rise of hip-hop from the music of the streets to commercial success through outtakes from more than 100 photo shoots. Likewise the doc will utilize contact sheets, stylized set pieces and archival interviews in telling the story visually.
“Hip-hop has always been about self-definition especially when it comes to visuals and style,” said Tobak. “Bringing ‘Contact High’ to the big screen is important to show how a...
- 8/26/2021
- by Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
Bunny Wailer, a founding member of the Wailers and a reggae music giant whose career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 73.
Wailer’s manager, Maxine Stowe, confirmed that Wailer died on Tuesday at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica (via the Jamaica Observer). No cause of death was given, but Wailer had been in and out of the hospital since suffering his second stroke, in 2020. A representative for the musician did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.
Wailer, born Neville Livingston — before adopting his famous moniker,...
Wailer’s manager, Maxine Stowe, confirmed that Wailer died on Tuesday at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica (via the Jamaica Observer). No cause of death was given, but Wailer had been in and out of the hospital since suffering his second stroke, in 2020. A representative for the musician did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.
Wailer, born Neville Livingston — before adopting his famous moniker,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Johnny Nash, the angel-voiced reggae-pop singer-songwriter who had U.S. hits with “I Can See Clearly Now,” “Stir It Up” and “Hold Me Tight,” died Tuesday at his home in Houston. He was 80. No cause of death was revealed.
Nash scored a pop smash in 1972 with his self-penned “I Can See Clearly Now,” which spent a month at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He followed up that success with a cover of reggae legend Bob Marley’s “Stir It Up” that just missed the top 10. Nash’s first big pop hit was “Hold Me Tight,” which reached No. 5 in 1968.
But he remains best known for “I Can See Clearly Now,” the islands-tinged soft-rock classic that has been featured in dozens of films anf TV shows and famously was covered by reggae icon Jimmy Cliff for the 1993 John Candy movie Cool Runnings (watch the video of Cliff’s cover below). That...
Nash scored a pop smash in 1972 with his self-penned “I Can See Clearly Now,” which spent a month at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He followed up that success with a cover of reggae legend Bob Marley’s “Stir It Up” that just missed the top 10. Nash’s first big pop hit was “Hold Me Tight,” which reached No. 5 in 1968.
But he remains best known for “I Can See Clearly Now,” the islands-tinged soft-rock classic that has been featured in dozens of films anf TV shows and famously was covered by reggae icon Jimmy Cliff for the 1993 John Candy movie Cool Runnings (watch the video of Cliff’s cover below). That...
- 10/7/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Melissa Etheridge, who’s currently seeing pandemic-era success with her Etheridge TV live-streaming subscription platform, discusses her whole life and career on the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. Among many other topics — including her time with Bruce Springsteen, navigating interviews in the days before she came out as gay, and the time she almost played Janis Joplin in a biopic — she breaks down the making of three of her best-known songs.
To hear the entire episode, which is also available as part of our Rs Interview: Special Edition video series,...
To hear the entire episode, which is also available as part of our Rs Interview: Special Edition video series,...
- 9/16/2020
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, frontman of the pioneering reggae outfit Toots and the Maytals and one of the greatest voices in popular music, died Friday evening at the age of 77.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica,” his family said in a statement. “The family and his management team would like to thank the medical teams and professionals for their care and diligence, and ask...
“It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica,” his family said in a statement. “The family and his management team would like to thank the medical teams and professionals for their care and diligence, and ask...
- 9/12/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
When Shaggy released Hot Shot in the summer of 2000, many in the music industry were ready to write him off. It had been five long years since the Jamaican-born reggae artist landed high on the American charts with “Boombastic” and his follow-up LP, 1997’s Midnight Star, was such a colossal flop that Virgin dropped him from the label, presuming that his hitmaking days were in the past.
Shaggy and his new label had high hopes for Hot Shot, but even they didn’t expect to see the first two singles,...
Shaggy and his new label had high hopes for Hot Shot, but even they didn’t expect to see the first two singles,...
- 7/10/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
On May 6, 2020, it was announced that the Jamaican singer Millie Small – best known for her 1964 international chart-topper “My Boy Lollipop”— had died at the age of 72 years old from a stroke. The news was made public via Island Records, Small’s home for most of her career. In a statement, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell said, “Millie opened the door for Jamaican music to the world. It (My Boy Lollipop became a hit pretty much everywhere in the world. I went with her around the world because each of the territories wanted her to turn up
Remembering The Life of Millie Small...
Remembering The Life of Millie Small...
- 5/10/2020
- by Jennifer Borama
- TVovermind.com
Following the release of Octave Marsal and Theo De Gueltzl’s animated video for Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song,” a new clip has dropped that shows the making of the French artists’ drawings. The video was released this month in honor of the late reggae legend’s 75 birthday.
Directed by Errol Rainey, the video opens with the Uprising vinyl spinning as Chris Blackwell, Marley’s producer and founder of Island Records, discusses the track. “When I did hear it, I liked it, but I didn’t really love it,” he admits.
Directed by Errol Rainey, the video opens with the Uprising vinyl spinning as Chris Blackwell, Marley’s producer and founder of Island Records, discusses the track. “When I did hear it, I liked it, but I didn’t really love it,” he admits.
- 2/14/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
The Grammys are nothing if not a sensory experience, but what you see and hear on stage hardly tells the full picture. Variety had reporters on the ground and backstage keeping tabs on the actions. Read on for what you didn’t see on TV.
• After completing his red carpet duties, Lewis Capaldi headed to the adjoining Jw Marriott Hotel for a rest before the storm. Along the way, he cheeringly posed for photos with fans.
• The red carpet was mobbed but one of the easiest stars to spot was Billie Eilish, whom Sharon Osbourne, working as on-air talent for CBS, embraced excitedly. They both squealed, naturally.
• Meanwhile, at the premiere ceremony, otherwise known as the pre-telecast, Billie Eilish was absent from the stage for her best pop vocal album grammy, but her family and team also didn’t accept on her behalf, choosing to wait and see if brother/collaborator Finneas wins best producer,...
• After completing his red carpet duties, Lewis Capaldi headed to the adjoining Jw Marriott Hotel for a rest before the storm. Along the way, he cheeringly posed for photos with fans.
• The red carpet was mobbed but one of the easiest stars to spot was Billie Eilish, whom Sharon Osbourne, working as on-air talent for CBS, embraced excitedly. They both squealed, naturally.
• Meanwhile, at the premiere ceremony, otherwise known as the pre-telecast, Billie Eilish was absent from the stage for her best pop vocal album grammy, but her family and team also didn’t accept on her behalf, choosing to wait and see if brother/collaborator Finneas wins best producer,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
007 star Daniel Craig, director Cary Fukunaga and the Bond 25 crew were out and about in the sunshine shooting across a number of central London locations, including Whitehall, where Daniel filmed a scene with a classic Aston Martin V8, first seen in a Bond film in 1987’s The Living Daylights.
Photo credit: Nicola Dove ©2019 Danjaq, LLC And MGM. All Rights Reserved.
James Bond Producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli today released the official title of the 25th James Bond adventure, No Time To Die.
The film, from Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM), and Universal Pictures International is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his fifth film as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007.
Written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Scott Z. Burns and Phoebe Waller-Bridge A Day To Die is currently in production.
The film...
Photo credit: Nicola Dove ©2019 Danjaq, LLC And MGM. All Rights Reserved.
James Bond Producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli today released the official title of the 25th James Bond adventure, No Time To Die.
The film, from Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM), and Universal Pictures International is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his fifth film as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007.
Written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Scott Z. Burns and Phoebe Waller-Bridge A Day To Die is currently in production.
The film...
- 8/20/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
On a recent visit to New York from their home country Jamaica, the No-Maddz pop into a record store and seek out the reggae section — only to find a few scantly filled bins near the back. “They treat it like it’s niche,” sighs tall, lanky Sheldon “Sheppie” Shepherd. Everaldo “Evie” Creary, his equally dreadlocked, sleepier-voiced bandmate, nods. “Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger, Chris Blackwell with Bob Marley — those days, the music was exposed to people who were taking it outside of the niche,” he says. “Who is the new Bob or Tosh or Mick?...
- 8/16/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
On Monday morning last week, everything was business as usual at All Def Digital. By the end of the day, the media company had rounded up its employees and fired almost every single one of them.
The rap- and comedy-focused brand, which Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons set up in 2013, had been spinning its wheels since Simmons’ exit from the company last year due to sexual assault allegations, suffering from rampant mismanagement and a toxic work culture, six former employees tell Rolling Stone. Online video publication Tubefilter reported last...
The rap- and comedy-focused brand, which Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons set up in 2013, had been spinning its wheels since Simmons’ exit from the company last year due to sexual assault allegations, suffering from rampant mismanagement and a toxic work culture, six former employees tell Rolling Stone. Online video publication Tubefilter reported last...
- 7/9/2019
- by Amy X. Wang
- Rollingstone.com
Rob Thomas is well aware of the journey that “Smooth,” his 1999 collaboration with Carlos Santana, has taken during the past two decades. “It went through the, ‘Hey, this is a good, cool summer jam,’ and then the, ‘Hey, we’re all sick of this song and never want to hear it again,’” he says. “And then it went through the, ‘Hey, let’s listen to that song again. I remember it. That sounds good still!’”
It’s easy to forget that 20 years ago, when cross-genre alliances weren’t in vogue,...
It’s easy to forget that 20 years ago, when cross-genre alliances weren’t in vogue,...
- 6/3/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
“People: repent ” intones Lee “Scratch” Perry to begin what might be his gazillionth LP, Rainford — and his signature spacey West Indian storefront-preacher steez feels perfectly-suited to a cultural moment defined both by widespread institutional criminality and high-grade legal weed. As a founding father of dub reggae and arguably its greatest first-gen practitioner, Perry is by definition an architect of modern pop, rock, r&b, Edm and hip-hop sonics. His most legendary productions date to the ‘70s, and remain timeless: the Congos’ Heart of the Congos, Junior Murvin’s Police and Thieves,...
- 5/31/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
GoldenEye in Jamaica. James Bond Producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli today confirmed the start of principal photography on the 25th official James Bond film begins on 28 April 2019. From Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, the film is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his fifth film as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer will release the 25th James Bond feature film domestically through their United Artists Releasing banner on April 8, 2020; through Universal Pictures International and Metro Goldwyn Mayer in the UK and internationally from April 3, 2020. Director, Cary Joji Fukunaga confirmed the returning cast, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright and introduced Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen and Rami Malek. Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His...
Metro Goldwyn Mayer will release the 25th James Bond feature film domestically through their United Artists Releasing banner on April 8, 2020; through Universal Pictures International and Metro Goldwyn Mayer in the UK and internationally from April 3, 2020. Director, Cary Joji Fukunaga confirmed the returning cast, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright and introduced Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen and Rami Malek. Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His...
- 4/25/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor) is relocating his revered Recorded Picture Company and HanWay Films labels from Soho to a new west London home.
The Hanway Street office has served as the HQ for Rpc and HanWay for more than 25 years, during which time Thomas has produced movies including Crash, Sexy Beast, The Dreamers and Dogman and HanWay has sold films such as Match Point, Shame, Brooklyn, Carol and Colette.
Staff will relocate next week from the iconic building to a new home in Basing Street, Notting Hill (pictured above), right next to the former Island Records recording studios which played host to a who’s who of music industry greats from Bob Marley to Queen, The Rolling Stones to The Eagles and Paul McCartney to Madonna. Queen recorded songs there including We Are The Champions and part of Bohemian Rhapsody. The studios were built in a former church,...
The Hanway Street office has served as the HQ for Rpc and HanWay for more than 25 years, during which time Thomas has produced movies including Crash, Sexy Beast, The Dreamers and Dogman and HanWay has sold films such as Match Point, Shame, Brooklyn, Carol and Colette.
Staff will relocate next week from the iconic building to a new home in Basing Street, Notting Hill (pictured above), right next to the former Island Records recording studios which played host to a who’s who of music industry greats from Bob Marley to Queen, The Rolling Stones to The Eagles and Paul McCartney to Madonna. Queen recorded songs there including We Are The Champions and part of Bohemian Rhapsody. The studios were built in a former church,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Brandon Riegg’s role also expands at streaming giant.
Lisa Nishimura, whose work overseeing documentaries has made her one of the star executives at Netflix, has been named vice-president of independent film and documentary features at the streamer.
Nishimura will oversee independent films, English and non-English documentary features and documentary shorts, and limited documentary series, such as Wild Wild Country and Our Planet.
She will continue to manage some of the historical projects she shepherded on the comedy and documentary series side. Having previously reported to vice-president of Original Series Cindy Holland, she now reports to vice-president of Original Film Scott Stuber.
Lisa Nishimura, whose work overseeing documentaries has made her one of the star executives at Netflix, has been named vice-president of independent film and documentary features at the streamer.
Nishimura will oversee independent films, English and non-English documentary features and documentary shorts, and limited documentary series, such as Wild Wild Country and Our Planet.
She will continue to manage some of the historical projects she shepherded on the comedy and documentary series side. Having previously reported to vice-president of Original Series Cindy Holland, she now reports to vice-president of Original Film Scott Stuber.
- 3/21/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After recently consolidating its original series/specials operation into English-language originals under VP Cindy Holland and non-English-language ones under Bela Bajaria, Netflix continues to streamline its executive ranks with new responsibilities for Lisa Nishimura, VP Original Documentary and Comedy Programming, and Brandon Riegg, VP Unscripted Originals & Acquisitions.
Nishimura, one of Netflix’s best known executives, who is credited with acclaimed documentaries including Icarus, The 13th and The White Helmets as well as hugely popular docuseries Making A Murderer and Wild Wild Country, will become VP Independent Film & Documentary Features. She will oversee independent films, English & non-English documentary features, documentary shorts and limited documentary series (such as Wild Wild Country and Our Planet).
Nishimura, who in her dual previous role also oversaw comedy specials, reported to VP of Original Series Holland. With a focus on film, she will now report to VP of Original Film Scott Stuber, who runs Netflix’s film group.
Nishimura, one of Netflix’s best known executives, who is credited with acclaimed documentaries including Icarus, The 13th and The White Helmets as well as hugely popular docuseries Making A Murderer and Wild Wild Country, will become VP Independent Film & Documentary Features. She will oversee independent films, English & non-English documentary features, documentary shorts and limited documentary series (such as Wild Wild Country and Our Planet).
Nishimura, who in her dual previous role also oversaw comedy specials, reported to VP of Original Series Holland. With a focus on film, she will now report to VP of Original Film Scott Stuber, who runs Netflix’s film group.
- 3/21/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Music legends Dennis Bovell and Ed Bahlman unite before the preview of Franco Rosso's powerful Babylon with Brinsley Forde at BAMcinématek Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
When I arrived with Ed Bahlman (99 Records) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for my conversations with Brinsley Forde and Dennis Bovell, two key figures for Franco Rosso's Babylon, co-written with Martin Stellman, produced by Gavrik Losey, and shot by two-time Oscar winner Chris Menges (for Roland Joffé's The Killing Fields and The Mission), Brinsley, Dennis, and Seventy-Seven founder Gabriele Caroti were standing in the lobby. Ed greeted Dennis and they immediately reconnected by sharing memories of The Slits, Viv Albertine's memoir, Chris Blackwell, Adrian Sherwood, Pop Group, Mark Stewart, Public Image Ltd, Bruce Smith, Neneh Cherry, Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Reggae Lounge, and of course, Ari Up and the making of Cut.
Brinsley Forde shines in Franco Rosso's Babylon Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze...
When I arrived with Ed Bahlman (99 Records) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for my conversations with Brinsley Forde and Dennis Bovell, two key figures for Franco Rosso's Babylon, co-written with Martin Stellman, produced by Gavrik Losey, and shot by two-time Oscar winner Chris Menges (for Roland Joffé's The Killing Fields and The Mission), Brinsley, Dennis, and Seventy-Seven founder Gabriele Caroti were standing in the lobby. Ed greeted Dennis and they immediately reconnected by sharing memories of The Slits, Viv Albertine's memoir, Chris Blackwell, Adrian Sherwood, Pop Group, Mark Stewart, Public Image Ltd, Bruce Smith, Neneh Cherry, Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Reggae Lounge, and of course, Ari Up and the making of Cut.
Brinsley Forde shines in Franco Rosso's Babylon Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze...
- 3/10/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
PRØHBTD, a digital media platform focused on cannabis lifestyle, is joining forces with All Def Media (Adm) to co-produce and distribute original content.
Under the partnership, the two brands will create cannabis-driven programming that falls within comedy, music, and social justice categories. The companies will also work together to lock down sponsorships with global advertising partners.
Adm, which produces and distributes programming often having to do with hip-hop culture, has more than 300 million subscribers across its social media channels. One of its most popular digital shows, “Dad Jokes,” which consists of celebrities trying not to laugh as they exchange puns with one another, reached more than 15 million people within the first week of its launch on Facebook Watch.
Also Read: How CBS All Access Landed Jordan Peele for Its 'Twilight Zone' Reboot
Together with PRØHBTD — one of the largest multi-platform video networks in the cannabis industry, which reaches an audience...
Under the partnership, the two brands will create cannabis-driven programming that falls within comedy, music, and social justice categories. The companies will also work together to lock down sponsorships with global advertising partners.
Adm, which produces and distributes programming often having to do with hip-hop culture, has more than 300 million subscribers across its social media channels. One of its most popular digital shows, “Dad Jokes,” which consists of celebrities trying not to laugh as they exchange puns with one another, reached more than 15 million people within the first week of its launch on Facebook Watch.
Also Read: How CBS All Access Landed Jordan Peele for Its 'Twilight Zone' Reboot
Together with PRØHBTD — one of the largest multi-platform video networks in the cannabis industry, which reaches an audience...
- 11/1/2018
- by Matt Lopez
- The Wrap
Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein — who signed and released albums by Madonna, the Ramones, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, the Smiths, the Pretenders, and many others — will be leaving Warner Music Group after four decades with the company, it was announced Wednesday. The announcement was made in tandem with Stein receiving the Recording Academy’s Trustees Award on Saturday night at the organization’s Special Merit Awards ceremony and tribute concert in Los Angeles. Last year, Rani Hancock was named president of Sire, which was acquired by Warner in 1978, and will helm the label going forward.
“I’ve enjoyed much of my time at Warner’s, but in truth I long for my indie roots and the greater independence that I experienced back in the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s,” Stein (pictured above with David Byrne and Madonna) said in making the announcement. “So the time has come to move on to...
“I’ve enjoyed much of my time at Warner’s, but in truth I long for my indie roots and the greater independence that I experienced back in the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s,” Stein (pictured above with David Byrne and Madonna) said in making the announcement. “So the time has come to move on to...
- 7/18/2018
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Universal Music Group and All Def Media, a purveyor of hip-hop content backed by investors including Greycroft Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Wpp, have expanded their relationship to encompass long- and short-form video.
Under an overall programming and marketing partnership, the two companies will also team for live events and social media.
TV and film offerings will cater to Umg’s roster of artists, recorded music and publishing catalog. Adm’s music series include Arts and Raps and the Crate, and its comedy titles such as Dad Jokes, Bad News and Roast Me. Adm consistently generates more than 300 million monthly views for its programs across Facebook, YouTube and other platforms. Adm’s All Def La monthly residency in downtown La features emerging hip-hop talent. Along with the overall expansion, the companies announced their first three collaborations. Crossroads 24 is a series that chronicles a pivotal day in an artist’s life featuring Def Jams’ Yg,...
Under an overall programming and marketing partnership, the two companies will also team for live events and social media.
TV and film offerings will cater to Umg’s roster of artists, recorded music and publishing catalog. Adm’s music series include Arts and Raps and the Crate, and its comedy titles such as Dad Jokes, Bad News and Roast Me. Adm consistently generates more than 300 million monthly views for its programs across Facebook, YouTube and other platforms. Adm’s All Def La monthly residency in downtown La features emerging hip-hop talent. Along with the overall expansion, the companies announced their first three collaborations. Crossroads 24 is a series that chronicles a pivotal day in an artist’s life featuring Def Jams’ Yg,...
- 6/18/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal Music Group and multi-platform content company All Def Media have announced an expansion in their partnership that will include the development of long- and short-form video content, live events and social media content. In addition, Umg artists, both on the recorded and publishing side, will be able to participate in opportunities in film, television and digital media.
The companies are set to partner on three projects initially: “Crossroads 24,” which will feature Def Jam artists Yg and Pusha T in a day-in-the-life formatted series; All Def’s “Live Leaks,” a performance show that will feature Interscope’s Rae Sremmurd and Smino; and “Plan B,” a program that promises to give “artists a chance to experiment with a second career choice.”
All Def harnesses the cultural impact of hip-hop in its entertainment offerings and generates more than 300 million monthly views on YouTube and Facebook for its programs, according to the announcement.
The companies are set to partner on three projects initially: “Crossroads 24,” which will feature Def Jam artists Yg and Pusha T in a day-in-the-life formatted series; All Def’s “Live Leaks,” a performance show that will feature Interscope’s Rae Sremmurd and Smino; and “Plan B,” a program that promises to give “artists a chance to experiment with a second career choice.”
All Def harnesses the cultural impact of hip-hop in its entertainment offerings and generates more than 300 million monthly views on YouTube and Facebook for its programs, according to the announcement.
- 6/18/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
British music executive Darcus Beese will ascend to the role of Island Records President, parent company Universal Music Group announced today. As previously reported, he’ll succeed David Massey, who is headed to Sony Music. Beese will move from the U.K. to New York City and officially starts on July 1.
Beese has led Island Records in the U.K. for five years, and has spent the bulk of his professional career at the 59-year-old label founded by the legendary Chris Blackwell. Among Beese’s credits are work with Amy Winehouse and Florence Welch. Artists on the Island U.S. roster include Fall Out Boy, The Killers, Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Tove Lo, Bon Jovi and Shawn Mendes.
“Few in the music industry have Darcus’s track record of creative and commercial success,” said Umg Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge in announcing Beese’s promotion. “I’ve had the...
Beese has led Island Records in the U.K. for five years, and has spent the bulk of his professional career at the 59-year-old label founded by the legendary Chris Blackwell. Among Beese’s credits are work with Amy Winehouse and Florence Welch. Artists on the Island U.S. roster include Fall Out Boy, The Killers, Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Tove Lo, Bon Jovi and Shawn Mendes.
“Few in the music industry have Darcus’s track record of creative and commercial success,” said Umg Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge in announcing Beese’s promotion. “I’ve had the...
- 5/24/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
She's been a Grammy nominee and a disco glamazon, a supermodel and a slave to the rhythm, a Bond femme fatale and Conan the Barbarian's cohort, a style icon and a Studio 54 habitué. She is Grace Jones, and this tall, fearsome Jamaican remains an instantly recognizable celebrity and a fertile creative force. But director Sophie Fiennes' immersive and intimate documentary, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, reveals a side of the artist rarely glimpsed by her legions of fans: unguarded, tender, down-home, vulnerable. Rather than follow the standard cradle-to-comeback trajectory of a music biodoc,...
- 4/11/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Four months after getting a new CEO, All Def Media has made more additions to its executive team. It has announced that Brooke Goldstein (pictured above), formerly of ad agency Wpp, will be its new COO and co-president. It has also promoted Scott Weintrob to the role of executive creative director and has named Chris Blackwell as its new chief digital officer and co-president.
Goldstein will play an integral role as All Def continues to grow in several areas. The multi-platform brand, perhaps best known for its All Def Digital YouTube channel has recently expanding its profile to include films, TV shows, and digital series. One of those shows, Traffic Jams, was launched with an assist from Blackwell, who has been with All Def since 2014. Weintrob joined the company in 2016 as its in-house creator director.
The new execs will report to All Def's CEO, Osman Eralp. Eralp became the company's top executive last September,...
Goldstein will play an integral role as All Def continues to grow in several areas. The multi-platform brand, perhaps best known for its All Def Digital YouTube channel has recently expanding its profile to include films, TV shows, and digital series. One of those shows, Traffic Jams, was launched with an assist from Blackwell, who has been with All Def since 2014. Weintrob joined the company in 2016 as its in-house creator director.
The new execs will report to All Def's CEO, Osman Eralp. Eralp became the company's top executive last September,...
- 1/19/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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