The writer/director of Glass Onion talks musicals, murder mysteries, and the sartorial secrets of master detective Benoit Blanc.It's approaching two decades since Rian Johnson announced himself as one of genre cinema's most intriguing young talents.His debut feature, Brick, a high-stakes high school noir with a clockwork plot and killer script, set the tone for what was to come - not least its opening shot of a dead body lying face down in the dirt.
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John Lennon's song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" has reappeared on Billboard's top-10 rock-streaming songs list. [ more ]
Does digital music have same effect as physical music?-Alayna Husain Beal High School
4 When taking an evening stroll in Notting Hill my curiosity pulled me to a record store called Music and Video Exchange.I have seen my parent's collection of countless records dating back to the seventies.To my amazement, the shop was busy with loud music and a great atmosphere.There were people of all ages sifting through the records like in a comic book store.
Depeche Mode embrace simplicity and sadness on new album Memento Mori: Stream
Depeche Mode, the post-synth-pop group that made sensual broodiness a part of the mainstream, have returned with a new album titled Memento Mori.You can stream it below.Memento Mori, their first album in five years, is also their official return after the loss of founding member Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher in 2022.
The Beatles' rushed first album turns 60 DW 03/22/2023
When the album "Please Please Me" was released in the UK on March 22, 1963, it shot straight into the Top 10 of the British album charts.Six weeks later it was number one and stayed there for 30 weeks.It also spawned a number of hit singles including "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Twist and Shout."
Rolling Stones to record new album with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr: report
The "Beggars Banquet" is filling up.The Rolling Stones are bringing along a couple of ringers on their next album, according to a new report.Multiple sources told Variety that former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are coming together once again to record parts on the upcoming, so-far-untitled album by the Stones.
Paul McCartney Recorded With 'Blues Cover Band' the Rolling Stones
For their latest project, the surviving Beatles have been helping out an old "blues cover band" on their new music.reports that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have been recording with the Rolling Stones, a rare union of two of the biggest forces in rock-and-roll music - despite Macca's persistent ribbing of his rivals.
43 Years Later, John Lennon's Voice Will Augmented By AI For "Final" Beatles Song
Over four decades after his death, John Lennon will once again sing with The Beatles.Well, sort of.Paul McCartney has revealed that an unreleased Lennon recording called "Now and Then" will be released sometime in 2023 as a kind of digital Beatles reunion song.And, although a demo of this song has existed since 1980, machine learning technology will be used to create a new version of the track as a "new" Beatles song.
The Beatles will release a final record, using John Lennon's voice via an AI assist
The voice of John Lennon, seen here in 1963, will appear on The Beatles' new record, says his former bandmate Paul McCartney.Hulton Archive/Getty Images The music has analog roots, but now it's being revived by futuristic technology: The Beatles have completed a new recording using an old demo tape by John Lennon, thanks to AI tools that isolate Lennon's voice, according to Paul McCartney.
5 Facts You Didn't Know About The Song That Inspired 'Knives Out 2'
Daniel Craig has returned as Benoit Blanc in the Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion.Although there are no cozy sweaters like the first film, the sequel delivers the old-school whodunit goods.In the same Agatha Christie-style of the first film, Glass Onion both revels in murder-mystery cliches, while also subverting a few, too.
Revolver,' Newly Expanded, Shows the Beatles at a Creative Peak
Imagine or if you're young or distant enough, enjoy a moment when Beatles songs weren't bone-deep familiar, weren't canonical, weren't thoroughly embedded in succeeding generations of rock and pop.A moment when the band that had worked its way up to becoming the most popular act in the Western world was still just four guys knocking songs around in a room and keeping themselves loose and whimsical.
Douglas Kirkland, Canadian artist who famously photographed Marilyn Monroe, dead at 88 | CBC News
Canadian photographer Douglas Kirkland, whose intimate shots of Marilyn Monroe taken a year before her death earned him the trust of many Hollywood stars, has died at 88.
Paul McCartney Says A.I. Helped Complete Last' Beatles Song
More than 50 years after the Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney said artificial intelligence helped create one last Beatles song that will be released later this year.The song was made using a demo with John Lennon's voice, McCartney said in an interview with BBC Radio 4 that was released on Tuesday.He did not give the title of the song or offer any clues about its lyrics.
Jim Gordon, Top Rock Drummer With a Troubled Life, Dies at 77
Jim Gordon, a talented but troubled drummer who was ubiquitous in the recording studios of the 1960s and '70s and who, as a member of Eric Clapton's band Derek and the Dominos, helped write the romantic ballad Layla but who suffered from schizophrenia and spent nearly 40 years in prison, convicted of murdering his mother died on Monday in a prison medical facility in Vacaville, Calif.
Rick Rubin Wants You to Read Sherlock Holmes Before You're 21
The Tao Te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell.I Am That: Talks With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, edited by Sudhakar S. Dikshit.The Gift, by Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky.The I Ching, or Book of Changes, translated by Richard Wilhelm (into German) and Cary F. Baynes (from German into English).
Ed Rudy, Chronicler of the Beatles' First Trip to America, Dies at 93
On Feb. 7, 1964, when the Beatles were greeted by thousands of screaming fans at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a radio reporter named Ed Rudy was there.When they performed in Washington, Mr. Rudy was there.And when they headed to Miami Beach, he was there.Mr. Rudy filed reports to a syndicate of radio stations throughout the Beatles' two-week tour of the United States, their first performances in the country, and soon after packaged his material into a 35-minute album, The American Tour With Ed Rudy, which rose to No. 20 on Billboard's Top LPs chart.
Revolver', la reciente version expandida muestra que los Beatles aun tienen sorpresas
Imagina o si eres lo suficientemente joven o distante, disfruta un momento en el que las canciones de los Beatles no eran tan increiblemente familiares, no eran canonicas, no estaban integradas por completo en las generaciones posteriores del rock y el pop.Un momento en el que la banda que llegaria a ser la atraccion mas popular en el mundo occidental todavia eran solo cuatro tipos tocando canciones en una habitacion con una actitud relajada y caprichosa.
That horrendous AI John Lennon is completely tone deaf
We've seen a fair few controversial uses of AI art in the past few months.From winning entries to art and photography competitions to AI 'models' in fashion and backgrounds in Netflix animations, almost every week brings fresh controversy.But an AI-generated John Lennon is provoking what must be the most universally hostile reaction yet.
Oh great, now Google has a terrifying AI image generator
Just a few weeks ago, the art world was, to use internet parlance, 'shooketh' by the power of OpenAI's DALL·E 2, which can transform written phrases and sentences into terrifyingly accurate AI-generated images.
Generative AI that can change anyone's race is probably not a great idea
The worst thing about this hyperspeed artificial intelligence race is that, even if you are used to expecting the unexpected, the bloody thing keeps surprising you by opening new cans of worms every other day.And this weekly roundup has truck-size cans overflowing with worms the size of elephant trunks among the release of Stability.ai's
Menage a quatre: why most poetic biopics are romantic fiction
How do you make the life of a poet work on screen?It helps if they had scandalous personal lives (Rimbaud and Verlaine in Total Eclipse, Dylan Thomas in Last Call and The Edge of Love).Robert Graves was last seen on the sidelines of Terence Davies's biopic as the friend of the first world war poet Siegfried Sassoon (Benediction).
You did it.After what can only be described in the words of George Harrison as "a long cold winter," the rites of Spring have brought with it the return of the National Pastime.Yes, Major League Baseball's Opening Day is here.This time of year brings a cornucopia of emotions to many million a baseball fan.
National Portrait Gallery to display unseen Beatles photos by Paul McCartney
The archive features more than 250 images taken between November 1963 and February 1964 which capture the emergence of Beatlemania through the personal lens of Sir Paul's Pentax camera.The exhibition, titled Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes Of The Storm, will run from June 28 to October 1 and marks the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery, which has undergone three years of major refurbishments.
Unseen McCartney photos from Beatles' early days unveiled ahead of gallery show
A handful of unseen photographs taken by Sir Paul McCartney during the early days of The Beatles have been released ahead of his National Portrait Gallery display.The archive features more than 250 images taken between November 1963 and February 1964 which capture the emergence of Beatlemania through the personal lens of Sir Paul's Pentax camera.
Unseen McCartney photos from Beatles' early days unveiled ahead of gallery show
A handful of unseen photographs taken by Sir Paul McCartney during the early days of The Beatles have been released ahead of his National Portrait Gallery display.The archive features more than 250 images taken between November 1963 and February 1964 which capture the emergence of Beatlemania through the personal lens of Sir Paul's Pentax camera.
John Lennon's glasses and Kurt Cobain guitar to headline blockbuster US auction
A pair of John Lennon's glasses and Kurt Cobain's smashed guitars are due to headline a blockbuster music memorabilia auction later this month.The items, which are expected to go for almost 500,000 dollars (430,000) in total, will form part of Julien's Auctions Icons and Idols: Rock N' Roll auction.
Image I love these lyrics from the title track of Lana Del Rey's sprawling ninth album, Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, which comes out today: Harry Nilsson has a song, his voice breaks at 2:05 Something about the way he says Don't forget me Makes me feel like I just wish I had a friend like him Someone to get me by Del Rey's music is both vividly intimate and highly referential.
While some fans celebrate Global Beatles Day on June 25, others consider Beatles Day to be January 16, as this was the day the band made their debut at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.But no matter whether you celebrate on January 16 or June 25, one thing is clear: fans honour the love and legacy of the iconic band 365 days a year.
I recently got access to DALL-E, at last!For those who are unfamiliar with DALL-E: DALL-E is a machine learning model built by OpenAI that generates images from natural language descriptions.
Bono says pressure to look macho' made him hide his love of Abba
Pressure to look macho led a young Bono to hide his love of Abba, the U2 singer has admitted.He said he lacked the courage to own up to liking the Swedish pop group at a time when his contemporaries were listening to punk, but was now able to see that he had, in fact, been thankful for the music all along.
Mark Everett of Eels: It's weird being a father when you're older than your father ever was'
I played I Like the Way This Is Going as a love letter to my then girlfriend, now wife, before having it played as we walked down the aisle.What does it feel like to be able to create songs that can change people's lives?cleckhuddersfax It's the most amazing feeling because you write these songs for yourself, so to have other people getting something out of it is fantastic.
Little evidence screaming helps mental health, say psychologists
Popping into a room on your lunch break to have a good scream may seem like a helpful way to let off steam, but experts say there is little evidence the approach offers long-term benefits for mental health.
Coin mosaic marks 90th birthday of Sir Michael Caine
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A unique mosaic portrait of Sir Michael Caine in one of his most famous film roles has been created to mark his 90th birthday.The image of British secret agent Harry Palmer consists of thousands of coins, sourced from a bank in the southern Spanish town of Coin.
Hardcore Band Militarie Gun Play at Playback Studios | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
Anyone halfway paying attention (or who once in a while takes a glance at this section) can see that the hardcore scene is going through a major renaissance at the moment.This is thanks, in part, to the work of bands like Militarie Gun, who play San Jose's Playback Studios on their current tour this Tuesday.
The Beatles: Revolver Special Edition (Super Deluxe) review | Annie Zaleski's album of the week
The Beatles' career has been so exhaustively documented, chronicled and bootlegged, it can feel as if there aren't many surprises left to uncover.But the footage in Peter Jackson's recent documentary on the band, Get Back, certainly proved that assumption wrong particularly the mind-blowing jam session where the band conjure the documentary's title track out of thin air.
Bob Chiarito: Rock fans hope XRT's Lin Brehmer's Friday sign-off was not a goodbye
Chicago radio icon Lin Brehmer closed his last show Friday afternoon in the most Brehmer-esque way, telling a story before spinning a song that emphasized his point even more.
For the Beatles-obsessed, here are 3 never-before-seen photos from 1964
"The crowds chasing us in A Hard Day's Night were based on moments like this," McCartney writes."Taken out of the back of our car on West Fifty-Eighth, crossing the Avenue of the Americas."Paul McCartney/1964: Eyes of the Storm When the Beatles embarked on the tour that helped launch the British Invasion in 1964, Paul McCartney had a 35mm camera on hand to help document the history-making mayhem.
YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: ODOT's Dangerous Plan, Thorns' New Coach, and Can a Robot Give Sex Advice?
GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY!It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week!(PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters!All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) * Advocates Fear Increased Pedestrian Deaths in Planned Rose Quarter Project ODOT's analysis of the I-5 Rose Quarter project shows an increased risk of pedestrians being hit by cars near the Moda Center.
The trusty tarot has revealed the Tories' future to me | Stewart Lee
I believe it was John Lennon and Yoko Ono who sang: A very merry Christmas.And a happy new year.Let's hope it's a good one, without Andrew Pierce.(In the current climate of cancel culture and wokeness, can I make clear this is a joke?I may have rather put my foot in it, but I mean no ill will to the Daily Mail consultant editor and respected GB News presenter Andrew Pierce.
I've never met anyone who doesn't like Abba' Stephen Mulhern's honest playlist
The first song I remember hearing My dad is a huge Beatles fan and would always play Imagine by John Lennon.I said: One day, I'm going to buy a white, grand piano, like on the cover.So I bought one when I finished Saturday morning kids' TV.The first single I bought Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Bombalurina, featuring Timmy Mallett, from Woolworths in Stratford, east London.
Unorthodox holiday albums that are actually pretty good
From rap to K-pop to punk rock, Document offers the best festive records from across the musical continuum
If you're a struggling artist, you might consider a Christmas album.Each year, come December, the holiday genre gives regular music a run for its money-perhaps part of the reason labels tend to delay their clients' releases until the new year is well behind us.
The One About When Groucho Marx and Dick Cavett Became Great Friends
On a hot summer day in 1961, a young TV writer and aspiring comedian named Dick Cavett attended the funeral of George S. Kaufman, the renowned wit and man of letters.There he saw one of his heroes, Groucho Marx.Cavett approached Marx, and managed to tell him that he was a big fan.Without missing a beat, Marx responded: Well, if it gets any hotter, I could use a big fan.
THE QUEEN: Her Life, by Andrew Morton Ever since his early-1990s blockbuster Diana: Her True Story, about the Princess of Wales (which was expanded after her death), Andrew Morton has been the best known and most accessible, if not the foremost, biographer of England's royal family.He's on a first-name basis with the lot of them, at least on the page.
'My teenage hormones were raging!': stars salute the Beatles' Love Me Do at 60
I was three years and two months old when Love Me Do came out, but I had a plastic toy guitar and whenever the song came on the radio I would stand on a stool and sing along.
Carry on screaming: why letting it all out, especially for women, can make you calmer and happier
ne afternoon in early lockdown I led my two small children into the garden and told them to scream."Go on," I said, setting a timer."Scream as loud as you want.I'll join you."
New Beatles Album Re-Release Features Sad Alternate Version Of A Famous Song
The one Beatles song often cited as the most kid-friendly is without a doubt "Yellow Submarine."There are kids' books focused on that submarine, toys, and even pretty rad magnetic puzzles.
Daniel Craig and Knives Out 2 set to close London Film Festival
Director and writer Rian Johnson said it was an honour to bring the new film, starring Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc, to London given so much of its inspiration comes from the golden age of crime writing with authors including Agatha Christie.
Alan White, longtime drummer for prog rock band Yes, dies at 72
SEATTLE - Alan White, the longtime drummer for progressive rock pioneers Yes who also played on projects with John Lennon and George Harrison, has died.