Tag: Entertainment

Hollywood Rocked After Writers Guild of America Goes on Strike

Television and film writers went on strike against the top Hollywood studios, including NBC, Paramount, Discovery, Disney, and more, according to a union. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers could not agree on a new contract after the old deal expired at midnight on Monday. As a…


‘Phantom of the Opera’ (1943): The Movie Musical Before Andrew Lloyd Webber

Commentary “The Phantom of the Opera” closed on April 16 after 13,981 performances on Broadway. With 35 years on the Great White Way, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s wildly popular musical has held the record for the longest-running show on Broadway since 2006. However, this was by no means an original story when it debuted in London’s…


Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stetit Angelus | New Dublin Voices, IBSCC Free Competition

Stetit Angelus, performed by New Dublin Voices from Ireland, conductor Bernie Sherlock. International Baltic Sea Choir Competition (IBSCC). Sept. 23, 2017. IBSCC takes place yearly in September in Latvia and is hosted by the city of Jurmala near the Baltic Sea. The choral music competition location is the Small Hall of Dzintari Concert Hall—a place…


New Central Florida District Board Members Vote To Sue Disney Over Last-Minute Deal

Disney’s new oversight board voted on May 1 to sue the giant entertainment corporation in state court and to defend itself against the company’s federal lawsuit. Meanwhile, in Florida’s Northern District federal court, U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin Fitzpatrick recused himself on April 28 from Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, citing a conflict of…


Gwyneth Paltrow Won’t Recoup Attorney Fees in Ski Crash Suit

SALT LAKE CITY—Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys’ fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016. In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow…


KISS Guitarist Paul Stanley Speaks Out on Child Sex Reassignment Surgery

Paul Stanley, the longtime guitarist for KISS, sharply criticized child sex reassignment surgery, describing it as a “sad and dangerous fad” in a lengthy social media post. “There is a BIG difference between teaching acceptance and normalizing and even encouraging participation in a lifestyle that confuses young children into questioning their sexual identification as though…


[PREMIERING at 7:30 PM ET] Kozeluch: Concerto for Piano 4 Hands and Orchestra | Duo Petrof

Concerto for Keyboard 4 Hands, P.IV:8 (Kozeluch, Leopold) Allegro Adagio Rondo—Allegretto Uzhgorod, 2019 Duo Petrof’s contagious dynamism gives a new twist to the piano-duo phenomenon, introducing audiences to a new world of repertoire and 20-fingered virtuosity. Credit: Duo Petrof – www.youtube.com/@DuoPetrof Performed by Anatoly Zatin and Vlada Vassilieva Transcarpathian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Anatoly Zatin…


The Aftermath of Woke Bud Light: The Consumer Has Spoken

In the wake of the Bud Light transgender partnership, consumers have reacted unfavorably, hurting the company’s bottom line and reputation. Budweiser stock tanked, losing around $6 billion in market cap. The company also garnered high-profile criticism and lost brand partnerships. Anheuser Busch responded by releasing a statement that failed to impress their alienated consumers. Then…


Sammartini: Recorder Concert | Andreas Prittwitz, Lookingback

Early Music Festival Gijón in Asturias, Spain, in July 2014 Concert in F for Descant Recorder, Giovanni Sammartini LBO (Lookingback Baroque Orchestra) Andreas Prittwitz – recorder Joan Espina – violin Krzystof Wisnievski – violin Javier Gallego – violin Cristina Pozas – viola Miguel Jiménez – violoncello Roberto Terrón – doublebass Sara Erro – harpsichord Ramiro…


L. Bassi: Concert Fantasia on Motives From Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ | Boyan Ivanov

Etchingham Music Festival 2022 Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra Soloist: Boyan Ivanov – Clarinet Concertmaster: Emil Chakalov Conductor: Marcio da Silva Luigi Bassi – Concert Fantasia on Motives from Verdi’s “Rigoletto” for Clarinet and String Orchestra (arr. Nicolai Pfeffer) Credit: Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra – www.youtube.com/@plovdivphilharmonicorchestra