[[tmz:video id="0_qpaz0wis"]] The Beach Boys singer Mike Love has nothing but bad feelings about Charles Manson, but he says something about the deceased murderer that is truly shocking. We got Mike in NYC Monday signing autographs, and he told our photog if Manson had a music career maybe his victims would have been spared. In case you didin't know ... Manson actually wrote a song The Beach Boys recorded -- "Never Learn Not to Love" -- but when...
- 11/21/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Charles Manson died at the age of 83 on Nov. 19. According to authorities, the murderous cult leader passed away at a hospital in Kern County, CA from natural causes. He was one of the most infamous figures in criminal history, ordering one of the most horrifying murders in Hollywood: that of actress Sharon Tate. He was the leader of one of the world's most infamous cults. And he was recently factored into American Horror Story: Cult. With Charles Manson's recent resurgence as a person of interest in the public eye, it's entirely possible that a lot of people in the present day don't know his story. After all, he committed his most prolific crimes in the late 1960s. Here's a primer on who he is, what he did, and where he was before his death. He had a tumultuous early family life. Charles Manson was born on Nov. 12, 1934, in Cincinnati,...
- 11/20/2017
- by Ryan Roschke
- Popsugar.com
Before Charles Manson — who died on Sunday at age 83 — and his murderous “family” of followers embarked on a plan to kill famous people in the ’60s, the group sought out celebrities as friends, roommates and professional connections.
Manson was drawn to the famous and glamorous, biographer Jeff Guinn explains to People: “Manson fully intended to become the most famous rock ’n’ roll star in history” — and he worked to connect with those who he believed could aid his career.
The time period is also important, Guinn says: From the mid- to late-‘60s, many celebrities embraced an egalitarian idea that...
Manson was drawn to the famous and glamorous, biographer Jeff Guinn explains to People: “Manson fully intended to become the most famous rock ’n’ roll star in history” — and he worked to connect with those who he believed could aid his career.
The time period is also important, Guinn says: From the mid- to late-‘60s, many celebrities embraced an egalitarian idea that...
- 11/20/2017
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
Charles Manson’s murder spree — which sent him to prison for more than 40 years before he died on Sunday — broke, overnight, into American culture five decades ago and never left.
During a two-day spree in August 1969, Manson and his followers, known as “the Manson family,” were responsible for the murders of seven people, including 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate. (According to authorities, Manson had already orchestrated the death of Gary Hinman, in July 1969, and would order his “family” to kill a ninth victim, Donald Shea, before his arrest.)
The killings were part of a plot by Manson to start a race war,...
During a two-day spree in August 1969, Manson and his followers, known as “the Manson family,” were responsible for the murders of seven people, including 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate. (According to authorities, Manson had already orchestrated the death of Gary Hinman, in July 1969, and would order his “family” to kill a ninth victim, Donald Shea, before his arrest.)
The killings were part of a plot by Manson to start a race war,...
- 11/20/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Charles Manson, whose name became synonymous with evil after his arrest in connection with the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight other people, has died of natural causes.
He was 83 and serving nine life sentences in California’s Corcoran State Prison at the time of his death, which was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
“I said a prayer for his soul,” Sharon Tate’s sister Debra tells People of the moment after she received a call from a prison official informing her Manson died on Sunday night.
Adds Anthony Dimaria, the nephew of Manson victim...
He was 83 and serving nine life sentences in California’s Corcoran State Prison at the time of his death, which was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
“I said a prayer for his soul,” Sharon Tate’s sister Debra tells People of the moment after she received a call from a prison official informing her Manson died on Sunday night.
Adds Anthony Dimaria, the nephew of Manson victim...
- 11/20/2017
- by Johnny Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
In the summer of 1968, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson had split from his wife and was living in a former hunting lodge on Sunset Boulevard. One night, he was pulling into his driveway when he saw lights on inside his rental house. Friends regularly stopped by but Wilson didn't recognize the small man with the long dark hair and scruffy beard who walked out of his back door towards him. Unnerved by the stranger, Wilson asked him if he was going to hurt him. “Do I look like I’m going to?” the man responded, and then dropped to his knees and kissed Wilson's feet.
- 9/2/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
In the summer of 1968, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson had split from his wife and was living in a former hunting lodge on Sunset Boulevard. One night, he was pulling into his driveway when he saw lights on inside his rental house. Friends regularly stopped by but Wilson didn't recognize the small man with the long dark hair and scruffy beard who walked out of his back door towards him. Unnerved by the stranger, Wilson asked him if he was going to hurt him. “Do I look like I’m going to?” the man responded, and then dropped to his knees and kissed Wilson's feet.
- 9/2/2016
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Beach Boy Mike Love's new memoir, Good Vibrations, marries his recall of the group's rise to success with detours into the 1960s Southern California counterculture that thrived as the band emerged and climbed the musical charts. One of the darkest twists in that story is Love's brush with the "family" of Charles Manson, who is still serving time in prison along with his followers for a Los Angeles killing spree in August 1969. Among Love's connections to Manson: One of his "girls" babysat Love's kids, Love writes in Vibrations. Love, now 75, writes in an exclusive memoir excerpt in this week's issue of People,...
- 9/1/2016
- by Jeff Truesdell, @jhtruesdell
- PEOPLE.com
The Beach Boys' Southern California sound was synonymous with sunshine, but founding member Mike Love remembers when darkness crept into their world through a brief connection to Charles Manson, who drove his followers to murder in the late 1960s. Love himself had a strange encounter with the Manson "family" leader, as he details in new memoir, Good Vibrations, exclusively excerpted in this week's issue of People, on newsstands Friday. In his book, Love, 75, shares the highs and lows of the band formed by brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, along with their cousin Love and high school pal Al Jardine.
- 8/31/2016
- by Jeff Truesdell, @jhtruesdell
- PEOPLE.com
Doris Day may have singlehandedly saved her son from death at the hands of one of America's most notorious serial killers, according to a new book. The now-92-year-old actress made her only child, the late record producer Terry Melcher, vacate his rental home in Benedict Canyon, California, not long before Manson's "family" committed the Tate murders there in 1969, Beach Boys frontman Mike Love writes in his upcoming memoir. Love details friend Melcher's connection to Manson in Good Vibrations, which is excerpted exclusively in this week's issue of People, on newsstands Friday. According to Love, bandmate Dennis Wilson's "inexplicable...
- 8/31/2016
- by Johnny Dodd and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Doris Day may have singlehandedly saved her son from death at the hands of one of America's most notorious serial killers, according to a new book. The now-92-year-old actress made her only child, the late record producer Terry Melcher, vacate his rental home in Benedict Canyon, California, not long before Manson's "family" committed the Tate murders there in 1969, Beach Boys frontman Mike Love writes in his upcoming memoir. Love details friend Melcher's connection to Manson in Good Vibrations, which is excerpted exclusively in this week's issue of People, on newsstands Friday. According to Love, bandmate Dennis Wilson's "inexplicable...
- 8/31/2016
- by Johnny Dodd and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
In Beach Boy Mike Love's new memoir Good Vibrations, he recounts a story that fellow band mate Dennis Wilson told him in the spring of 1969 about allegedly witnessing serial killer Charles Manson murder a man with an M-16 assault rifle then dispose of the body in a well. If true, it would provide a dark new chapter to Manson's already evil legacy. But retired Los Angeles County prosecutor Stephen Kay, who helped convict Manson, now 81, of nine homicides, thinks otherwise. In a chapter from Good Vibrations, Love details the shocking friendship Wilson forged with Manson and his followers...
- 8/31/2016
- by By Johnny Dodd, @Johnny_Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
In Beach Boy Mike Love's new memoir Good Vibrations, he recounts a story that fellow band mate Dennis Wilson told him in the spring of 1969 about allegedly witnessing serial killer Charles Manson murder a man with an M-16 assault rifle then dispose of the body in a well. If true, it would provide a dark new chapter to Manson's already evil legacy. But retired Los Angeles County prosecutor Stephen Kay, who helped convict Manson, now 81, of nine homicides, thinks otherwise. In a chapter from Good Vibrations, Love details the shocking friendship Wilson forged with Manson and his followers...
- 8/31/2016
- by By Johnny Dodd, @Johnny_Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
More than five decades after forming as a band, the Beach Boys are still having fun, fun, fun. Frontman Mike Love tells People that he hasn't lost "sight of the overwhelming positivity of [the band's] music," even after countless performances and more than 100 million records sold. But touching the hearts, and ears, of a new generation doesn't overshadow dark days from the band's past - details that Love shares in his upcoming memoir, Good Vibrations, which is excerpted exclusively in this week's issue of People, on newsstands Friday. In an exclusive trailer for the book, the father of eight says of his time in the spotlight,...
- 8/31/2016
- by Johnny Dodd and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
More than five decades after forming as a band, the Beach Boys are still having fun, fun, fun. Frontman Mike Love tells People that he hasn't lost "sight of the overwhelming positivity of [the band's] music," even after countless performances and more than 100 million records sold. But touching the hearts, and ears, of a new generation doesn't overshadow dark days from the band's past - details that Love shares in his upcoming memoir, Good Vibrations, which is excerpted exclusively in this week's issue of People, on newsstands Friday. In an exclusive trailer for the book, the father of eight says of his time in the spotlight,...
- 8/31/2016
- by Johnny Dodd and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – Brian Wilson has been called one of the greatest songwriters in popular music history. His tonality and approach towards his best compositions have been studied like Mozart. In “Love & Mercy,” we see that the thing that made Wilson great also had the power to destroy him.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
From the beginnings in 1961 of The Beach Boys, the group that Brian Wilson composed for, to about the mid 1960s, Wilson’s output was incredible, with an ear towards creating songs that layered voices and instruments in a way that still defies logic. But his talent and subsequent popularity came with a price – the instability of Wilson’s sensitive nature made drug use, depression and isolation a by-product of his success. In “Love & Mercy” – the title taken from a 1988 Brian Wilson song – screenwriters Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner and director Bill Pohlad pay homage to the artist that is Brian Wilson,...
Rating: 5.0/5.0
From the beginnings in 1961 of The Beach Boys, the group that Brian Wilson composed for, to about the mid 1960s, Wilson’s output was incredible, with an ear towards creating songs that layered voices and instruments in a way that still defies logic. But his talent and subsequent popularity came with a price – the instability of Wilson’s sensitive nature made drug use, depression and isolation a by-product of his success. In “Love & Mercy” – the title taken from a 1988 Brian Wilson song – screenwriters Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner and director Bill Pohlad pay homage to the artist that is Brian Wilson,...
- 6/6/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Singer/composer Brian Wilson, best known as the mastermind behind The Beach Boys, enters a room. His biographic circumstance and music history immediately fills that room. His life story is now brilliantly set to film, as he is portrayed by Paul Dano and John Cusack through different life stages in “Love & Mercy.”
Written by Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner, and directed by Bill Pohlad, “Love & Mercy” – derived from a Brian Wilson song title – is the story of two crucial phases in the songwriter’s life. The younger phase, portrayed by Paul Dano, checks in with Wilson as he puts together The Beach Boys’ masterpiece, “Pet Sounds.” At this point, the dissolution of Brian Wilson as Rock Star is beginning, and as a result the older phase of his life comes into view, with John Cusack turning in a career-defining performance as Wilson, under the care of psychologist Eugene...
Written by Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner, and directed by Bill Pohlad, “Love & Mercy” – derived from a Brian Wilson song title – is the story of two crucial phases in the songwriter’s life. The younger phase, portrayed by Paul Dano, checks in with Wilson as he puts together The Beach Boys’ masterpiece, “Pet Sounds.” At this point, the dissolution of Brian Wilson as Rock Star is beginning, and as a result the older phase of his life comes into view, with John Cusack turning in a career-defining performance as Wilson, under the care of psychologist Eugene...
- 6/2/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Stoking the fires of anticipation for P.T. Anderson’s Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice, here’s the press conference from Saturday morning’s Nyff press screening. The questions may not always be on point, but you’ll probably want to stick with it for P.T. Anderson quoting Crazy People to explain why he shot in 1.85 rather than widescreen (it’s like a Volvo: “they’re boxy but they’re good”), Owen Wilson explaining that “I had one shirt that I really wanted to wear, and I guess it wasn’t ’70s enough” and that his look was equally modeled on Dennis Wilson and Zoot the sax player from […]...
- 10/6/2014
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Stoking the fires of anticipation for P.T. Anderson’s Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice, here’s the press conference from Saturday morning’s Nyff press screening. The questions may not always be on point, but you’ll probably want to stick with it for P.T. Anderson quoting Crazy People to explain why he shot in 1.85 rather than widescreen (it’s like a Volvo: “they’re boxy but they’re good”), Owen Wilson explaining that “I had one shirt that I really wanted to wear, and I guess it wasn’t ’70s enough” and that his look was equally modeled on Dennis Wilson and Zoot the sax player from […]...
- 10/6/2014
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
New York — Film festival post-screening Q&As are a routinely jumbled affair, coy directors and actors fielding gut-reaction inquiries from the crowd. But as a come-down to the first screening of "Inherent Vice" — Paul Thomas Anderson's syncopated noir-medy that is as hazy and psychedelic as the pot smoke drifting out of its characters' mouths — the 12-person banter was fitting, sublime chaos. Anderson led the parade, with Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Joanna Newsom, Benicio Del Toro, Maya Rudolph, Jena Malone, Michael Kenneth Williams, Saha Pieterse, Hong Chau and Martin Short all in tow. There was sense that no one knew where to begin a discussion on Anderson's comically impenetrable Thomas Pynchon adaptation, the moderator immediately handing responsibility over to the audience. A reasonable reaction. Following stoner private eye Doc (Phoenix), "Inherent Vice" twists and turns through drug culture, crime syndicates, corporate deception and Nixonian counterculture wars as its...
- 10/4/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
If you're a fan of The Beach Boys song "Never Learn Not to Love," don't plan on ever hearing it live ... because John Stamos says the band never performs it ... because Charles Manson wrote it. Backstory: Dennis Wilson befriended Manson before he became famous for all the wrong reasons. Manson had written this song, which Wilson re-worked into "Never Learn Not to Love," which made it onto their early 1969 album "20/20."Manson became manic after the release,...
- 7/22/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
So, guess who really likes Kevin Hart? America. For the second weekend in a row, "Ride Along" took the top spot at the box office. This is a big win for Universal, with the $25 million comedy already crossing $75 million, and looking very comfortably at $100 million in the distance. How long until a sequel is greenlit? As for the rest of the field, ticket buyers spent $23 million on the 9 Best Picture nominees, but that's not where the story is. It was war drama "Lone Survivor" and family fare "The Nut Job" and "Frozen" that helped pad out the top five. Meanwhile, falling outside the top five was "I, Frankenstein"—with its dumb-looking CGI monster-thingy fooling nobody—and taking a paltry $8.2 million. Aaron Eckhart dropped the Dennis Wilson biopic because he was too tired from making this? Time to make some different life decisions. In other releases: "The Dallas Buyers Club," "12 Years A Slave,...
- 1/26/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Inspired by true events that shocked the world and to this day still frighten and fascinate, The House at the End of the Drive was shot on location on Cielo Drive… just a knife’s throw away from the site of the Manson/Tate murders.
Produced by the homeowner David Oman, the movie blends fact with fiction as supernatural forces from the past transport he and his dinner guests through time -- back to the night of the original murders.
The movie recently enjoyed a big red carpet gala premiere in Hollywood at Shockfest (where it took home “Best Writer” honors in the closing Awards). We were lucky enough to catch up with Oman for this exclusive interview.
Dread Central: I’ve been hearing about your haunted house for years, but I never did have the, er, pleasure of visiting. I recall, a few years back, you used to host film screenings and tours.
Produced by the homeowner David Oman, the movie blends fact with fiction as supernatural forces from the past transport he and his dinner guests through time -- back to the night of the original murders.
The movie recently enjoyed a big red carpet gala premiere in Hollywood at Shockfest (where it took home “Best Writer” honors in the closing Awards). We were lucky enough to catch up with Oman for this exclusive interview.
Dread Central: I’ve been hearing about your haunted house for years, but I never did have the, er, pleasure of visiting. I recall, a few years back, you used to host film screenings and tours.
- 1/16/2014
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
If you were or were not keen on a Beach Boys biopic, you can either blame or thank the upcoming "I, Frankenstein" for its implosion.
Filming on "The Drummer," the biopic about the final years of late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, was originally slated to begin in June 2012. Then the already cast Aaron Eckhart had to pull out at the last minute citing exhaustion from filming on "I, Frankenstein", despite having spent six months learning to sing and play the piano and drums.
A year and a half on and the film hasn't made any further progress. Indefinitely delayed following Eckhart's departure, producers now say the film's fate is looking grim. Music supervisor Brad Rosenberger says: "It was a huge blow for us when Eckhart pulled out. There are no plans to make this Dennis Wilson movie now, but I don’t think it would be accurate to say...
Filming on "The Drummer," the biopic about the final years of late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, was originally slated to begin in June 2012. Then the already cast Aaron Eckhart had to pull out at the last minute citing exhaustion from filming on "I, Frankenstein", despite having spent six months learning to sing and play the piano and drums.
A year and a half on and the film hasn't made any further progress. Indefinitely delayed following Eckhart's departure, producers now say the film's fate is looking grim. Music supervisor Brad Rosenberger says: "It was a huge blow for us when Eckhart pulled out. There are no plans to make this Dennis Wilson movie now, but I don’t think it would be accurate to say...
- 12/13/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The long-in-the-works Dennis Wilson bio-pic The Drummer will most likely never go into production. According a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Aaron Eckhart - who was set to star in the film as the troubled Beach Boys drummer - backed out of the project because he was too exhausted following the shooting of I, Frankenstein.
Not Fade Away: Dennis Wilson and More Rockers Gone Too Soon
Vera Farmiga was cast as Wilson's girlfriend Christine McVie and Eckhart spent six months learning to sing and play drums, but producers now...
Not Fade Away: Dennis Wilson and More Rockers Gone Too Soon
Vera Farmiga was cast as Wilson's girlfriend Christine McVie and Eckhart spent six months learning to sing and play drums, but producers now...
- 12/12/2013
- Rollingstone.com
The estate of late Beach Boys star Dennis Wilson has pulled out of the much-delayed biopic.
The Dennis Wilson Trust said that it does not plan to proceed with The Drummer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Aaron Eckhart was formerly attached to star in the film about the Beach Boys drummer, who drowned 30 years ago this month.
Scheduled to shoot in June 2012, the actor pulled out, citing exhaustion from his work on I, Frankenstein.
Eckhart had spent six months learning to sing and play the piano and drums.
Vera Farmiga had also been cast as Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie in the project.
Wilson's son Carl and daughter Jennifer were attached as co-producers, but their unease over the Drummer script had also led to delays.
Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy's Screen Time:...
The Dennis Wilson Trust said that it does not plan to proceed with The Drummer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Aaron Eckhart was formerly attached to star in the film about the Beach Boys drummer, who drowned 30 years ago this month.
Scheduled to shoot in June 2012, the actor pulled out, citing exhaustion from his work on I, Frankenstein.
Eckhart had spent six months learning to sing and play the piano and drums.
Vera Farmiga had also been cast as Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie in the project.
Wilson's son Carl and daughter Jennifer were attached as co-producers, but their unease over the Drummer script had also led to delays.
Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy's Screen Time:...
- 12/12/2013
- Digital Spy
• Director Noah Baumbach (Greenberg) knows how to pour lemon juice in the open wounds of aging Gen X-ers. Who better to cast in his film about a pair of middle-aged marrieds yearning for youth than Ad-Rock, or Adam Horovitz, of the Beastie Boys? If cast, Horovitz would play the guy who has grown up, had a kid, and basically moved on with his life, bringing Naomi Watts and Ben Stiller’s still-childless relationship into harsh perspective. Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried star as the young free spirits who Watts and Stiller befriend. Horovitz is no stranger to acting work, and...
- 7/16/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Rising young stars Kenny Wormald ("Footloose") and Jake Abel ("The Host") will respectively play Dennis Wilson and Mike Love in "Love & Mercy," director Bill Pohlad's indie movie about the Beach Boys' troubled frontman Brian Wilson, TheWrap has learned. A co-production between Pohlad's River Road Entertainment and John Wells Productions, "Love & Mercy" will take an unconventional look at Brian Wilson's life and explore his legendary battle with mental illness, as well as the love that keeps him alive. John Cusack and Paul Dano star as Wilson during different points in his...
- 7/12/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
DVD Release Date: June 18, 2013
Price: DVD $19.98
Studio: Eagle Rock
Beach Boy Dennis Wilson performs in the Good Vibrations Tour.
Following the 1976 release of their 15 Big Ones album The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour was filmed in ‘76 at Anaheim Stadium for American television.
Combining full live performances with interviews and several whimsical vignettes, Good Vibrations features all the original band members, including Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine.
Previously available on DVD and VHS several years back, Â Good Vibrations Tour has been out-of-print in the U.S. for the past several years.
Here’s a breakdown of the tracks on the DVD:
1) Fun, Fun, Fun
2) Be True To Your School
3) I’m Bugged At My Ol’ Man
4) God Only Knows
5) I Get Around
6) You Are So Beautiful
7) That Same Song
Good Vibrations
9) Sloop John B
10) Surfin’ USA
11) California Girls
12) Help Me Rhonda
13) It’s Ok...
Price: DVD $19.98
Studio: Eagle Rock
Beach Boy Dennis Wilson performs in the Good Vibrations Tour.
Following the 1976 release of their 15 Big Ones album The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour was filmed in ‘76 at Anaheim Stadium for American television.
Combining full live performances with interviews and several whimsical vignettes, Good Vibrations features all the original band members, including Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine.
Previously available on DVD and VHS several years back, Â Good Vibrations Tour has been out-of-print in the U.S. for the past several years.
Here’s a breakdown of the tracks on the DVD:
1) Fun, Fun, Fun
2) Be True To Your School
3) I’m Bugged At My Ol’ Man
4) God Only Knows
5) I Get Around
6) You Are So Beautiful
7) That Same Song
Good Vibrations
9) Sloop John B
10) Surfin’ USA
11) California Girls
12) Help Me Rhonda
13) It’s Ok...
- 6/3/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Bottle Shock director Randall Miller had been planning to follow the plonk pic with a biopic of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. But with that locked in funding and casting limbo, he turned his attention instead to the story of legendary New York rock/punk/bluegrass club Cbgb and its founder, Hilly Kristal. Now posters for the various ensemble members and the movie itself are online via the Hollywood Reporter and can be seen in the gallery below. Shock star Alan Rickman reunites with Miller to play Kristal, who founded the club thinking he’d specialise in Country, Blue Grass and Blues (hence the acronym). When he had trouble booking country artists in a club located in the Bowery, he decided to throw the doors open to other musicians with a couple of credos: no top 40s pop stuff, and only original compositions.With fierce loyalty to the acts he nurtured,...
- 4/28/2013
- EmpireOnline
London -- The material sat in a Florida storage facility for many years, apparently forgotten, until the storage company finally sold it off in bulk because payments had not been made.
Only then did a buyer open the boxes and discover what is being dubbed "the lost archive" of the Beach Boys, one of America's greatest and most commercially successful bands.
The collection of thousands of documents included what seems to be the band's first royalty check, for $990, dozens of signed contracts, and handwritten and copied scores to "Good Vibrations", "California Girls" and many other hits from their heyday in the 1960s.
Collectors dream of finding neglected treasure – that unblemished Ford Mustang convertible sitting in a garage since 1965 – and the Beach Boys memorabilia certainly qualifies. It's now in the hands of a group of investors seeking to sell the entire collection as one unit with the expectation that it will bring several million dollars.
Only then did a buyer open the boxes and discover what is being dubbed "the lost archive" of the Beach Boys, one of America's greatest and most commercially successful bands.
The collection of thousands of documents included what seems to be the band's first royalty check, for $990, dozens of signed contracts, and handwritten and copied scores to "Good Vibrations", "California Girls" and many other hits from their heyday in the 1960s.
Collectors dream of finding neglected treasure – that unblemished Ford Mustang convertible sitting in a garage since 1965 – and the Beach Boys memorabilia certainly qualifies. It's now in the hands of a group of investors seeking to sell the entire collection as one unit with the expectation that it will bring several million dollars.
- 4/19/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
High Fidelity star will portray older Wilson, with Paul Dano set to play him as young man
John Cusack is in talks to play Beach Boy Brian Wilson in the forthcoming independent biopic Love & Mercy, according to the Wrap.
It is hoped that Cusack, 46, will play the musician in later life, and the film will focus on Wilson's long battle with mental illness. Paul Dano, previously seen in There Will Be Blood, has already been confirmed in the younger Wilson role.
Bill Pohlad is directing the film from a screenplay by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Messenger, Oren Moverman. It is said to be an unconventional look at Wilson's life that "reimagines seminal moments … from his artistic genius to his profound struggles and the love that keeps him alive".
The film appears to have Wilson's full backing. On hearing of Dano's casting, he told Rolling Stone: "I am thrilled that...
John Cusack is in talks to play Beach Boy Brian Wilson in the forthcoming independent biopic Love & Mercy, according to the Wrap.
It is hoped that Cusack, 46, will play the musician in later life, and the film will focus on Wilson's long battle with mental illness. Paul Dano, previously seen in There Will Be Blood, has already been confirmed in the younger Wilson role.
Bill Pohlad is directing the film from a screenplay by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Messenger, Oren Moverman. It is said to be an unconventional look at Wilson's life that "reimagines seminal moments … from his artistic genius to his profound struggles and the love that keeps him alive".
The film appears to have Wilson's full backing. On hearing of Dano's casting, he told Rolling Stone: "I am thrilled that...
- 4/18/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
News Louisa Mellor Feb 14, 2013
The actor behind Harry Potter's Ron Weasley is heading up CBS 'superhero' pilot Super Clyde...
Rupert Grint's post-Potter projects are an eclectic bunch (Dennis Wilson, Hilly Kristal and Eddie the Eagle Edwards biopics, a Macbeth adaptation, an action comedy alongside Shia Labeouf, a UK horror, and the Postman Pat film...). Eclectic, it should be said, makes a great deal of sense for an actor who spent a decade as the same character in the same franchise.
Grint's next project, and should it come to series, his first real TV role, falls nicely into our remit. It's a sitcom with a Kick-Ass-style premise going by the name of Super Clyde.
In the pilot, Grint will play the titular character, a mildly agoraphobic fast-food worker and comic book fan. When a wealthy uncle leaves him a healthy sum of money, Clyde decides to rebrand himself as a superhero whose superpower is.
The actor behind Harry Potter's Ron Weasley is heading up CBS 'superhero' pilot Super Clyde...
Rupert Grint's post-Potter projects are an eclectic bunch (Dennis Wilson, Hilly Kristal and Eddie the Eagle Edwards biopics, a Macbeth adaptation, an action comedy alongside Shia Labeouf, a UK horror, and the Postman Pat film...). Eclectic, it should be said, makes a great deal of sense for an actor who spent a decade as the same character in the same franchise.
Grint's next project, and should it come to series, his first real TV role, falls nicely into our remit. It's a sitcom with a Kick-Ass-style premise going by the name of Super Clyde.
In the pilot, Grint will play the titular character, a mildly agoraphobic fast-food worker and comic book fan. When a wealthy uncle leaves him a healthy sum of money, Clyde decides to rebrand himself as a superhero whose superpower is.
- 2/14/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Along with Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, we've watched Rupert Grint grow up on the big screen through the 'Harry Potter' films, and just like his castmates, he's moving onto a diverse array of projects, one that he hopes will allow people to see that he's much more than just Ron Weasley. Last week, he had a role in "The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and his upcoming performances include playing The Dead Boys member Cheetah Chrome in "Cbgb," a part in the Dennis Wilson biopic "The Drummer," and the lead voice role in the animated "Postman Pat." And this spring, he's earning his wings. "Into The White" co-stars Grint, David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Florian Lukas and Lachlan Nieboer, and takes place at the beginning of World War II, where a hostile chance encounter in the skies above the harsh Norwegian wilderness...
- 1/28/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Dennis Wilson, the drummer and a founding member of The Beach Boys, has a biopic in the works called The Drummer from director Michael Sucsy, so it's only fair that Brian Wilson, Dennis' brother and lead singer of band, would get one of his own as well. And what's more the new project has gotten one of the biggest stars of the indie movie world to sign on to star. Paul Dano, last seen in Rian Johnson's Looper, will play Brian Wilson in the upcoming drama Love & Mercy - or one version of him anyway. Described as an "unconventional biopic," the project will have two actors playing the lead. The movie will span decades of the singer's life and focus on 'seminal moments." Dano will play Wilson in his younger years while an actor yet to be named will play him as an older man. Bill Pohlad, who normally...
- 1/17/2013
- cinemablend.com
By Allen Gardner
Killer Joe (Lionsgate) William Friedkin’s film of Tracy Letts’ off-Broadway hit about a family of Texas trailer park cretins (Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon) who hire a cop-cum-hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to take out their troublesome mother, then foolishly cross him, is a stinging satire, given double-barreled audacity by Friedkin’s sure, and fearless, directorial hand. Earning its Nc-17 rating in spades, “Killer Joe” reminds us that daring, frank material like this is why movies exist in the first place. McConaughey gives the performance of his career, hopefully redefined after this. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes; Commentary by Friendkin; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan’s coda to his “Batman” trilogy finds Christian Bale returning as a brooding Bruce Wayne/Caped Crusader, this time faced with a hulking villain (Tom Hardy) with respiratory...
Killer Joe (Lionsgate) William Friedkin’s film of Tracy Letts’ off-Broadway hit about a family of Texas trailer park cretins (Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon) who hire a cop-cum-hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to take out their troublesome mother, then foolishly cross him, is a stinging satire, given double-barreled audacity by Friedkin’s sure, and fearless, directorial hand. Earning its Nc-17 rating in spades, “Killer Joe” reminds us that daring, frank material like this is why movies exist in the first place. McConaughey gives the performance of his career, hopefully redefined after this. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes; Commentary by Friendkin; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan’s coda to his “Batman” trilogy finds Christian Bale returning as a brooding Bruce Wayne/Caped Crusader, this time faced with a hulking villain (Tom Hardy) with respiratory...
- 1/8/2013
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
It's time to honor one of our favorite redheaded men: Rupert Grint. Yep, the other boy who rose to fame in the Harry Potter films is all grown up and turning 24. While Rupert deserves a millions of thank-yous for being the perfect Ronald Weasley, he's got a lot of other reasons to party this year too. This past July, Grint carried the Olympic torch during the 2012 London torch relay. And he was recently cast in the upcoming Dennis Wilson-Beach Boys biopic, The Drummer, costarring Chloë Grace Moretz. So, however you celebrate, Rupert, we hope your birthday is magical! Take a look at what life is like for the cast post-Harry Potter...
- 8/24/2012
- E! Online
Although the actual crimes happened nearly 45 years ago, the Charles Manson murders continue to intrigue people to this day. Understanding that fact, filmmaker Susanna Lo is bringing us a film that looks at the insanity from a new angle. Prepare yourself for Manson Girls.
Based on the unimaginable events leading up to the 1969 murders performed by the Manson Family, Lo's Manson Girls tells a unique story from the perspective of the girls. "This is not Charles Manson's story. This is not Vincent Bugliosi's (Manson's prosecuting attorney who wrote Helter Skelter) story. This is the girls' story, and it predominately takes place in their earlier years from their high school days through when they start meeting each other and their life on Spahn Ranch, and it actually ends a minute before the actual Tate/Labianca murders," Manson Girls writer/director Susanna Lo said. "I felt like the murders had been represented enough,...
Based on the unimaginable events leading up to the 1969 murders performed by the Manson Family, Lo's Manson Girls tells a unique story from the perspective of the girls. "This is not Charles Manson's story. This is not Vincent Bugliosi's (Manson's prosecuting attorney who wrote Helter Skelter) story. This is the girls' story, and it predominately takes place in their earlier years from their high school days through when they start meeting each other and their life on Spahn Ranch, and it actually ends a minute before the actual Tate/Labianca murders," Manson Girls writer/director Susanna Lo said. "I felt like the murders had been represented enough,...
- 8/10/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Children from eight members of The Beach Boys have formed their own tribute band. California Saga comprises Al Jardine's sons Adam and Matt, Mike Love's children Ambha and Christian, Dennis Wilson's boys Justyn and Carl B, and Brian Wilson's daughters Carnie and Wendy. The lineup is completed by Carnie's husband Rob Bonfiglio and Beach Boys associate Billy Hinsche. Carnie and Wendy Wilson previously formed two thirds of 'Hold On' singers Wilson Phillips. The new band described themselves as "the next chapter in the story of America's Band". They played their first two performances as the opening act to The Beach Boys last month. Carnie Wilson said of the band: "It's gruelling and it's tedious but it's worth it because we're (more)...
- 7/10/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Like fathers like sons. And daughters.
While the Beach Boys are currently enjoying a massive 50th anniversary tour around North America, a bunch of their kids have started a tribute band of their own, and they're all performing together in perfect familial harmony.
"California Saga" is made up of Brian Wilson's daughters Carnie and Wendy (Aka members of Wilson Phillips), Mike Love's son Christian and his daughter Ambha, Carl Wilson's son Justyn, Dennis Wilson's son Carl, and Al Jardine's sons Matt and Adam. On June 2 they performed live for the first time at the Beach Boys' Los Angeles tour stop at the Hollywood Bowl and on July 10 they will perform again with the band at L.A's Grammy Museum.
Carnie Wilson recently told The Guardian that she hopes California Saga will actually step into a studio and record together, but for now she's just excited...
While the Beach Boys are currently enjoying a massive 50th anniversary tour around North America, a bunch of their kids have started a tribute band of their own, and they're all performing together in perfect familial harmony.
"California Saga" is made up of Brian Wilson's daughters Carnie and Wendy (Aka members of Wilson Phillips), Mike Love's son Christian and his daughter Ambha, Carl Wilson's son Justyn, Dennis Wilson's son Carl, and Al Jardine's sons Matt and Adam. On June 2 they performed live for the first time at the Beach Boys' Los Angeles tour stop at the Hollywood Bowl and on July 10 they will perform again with the band at L.A's Grammy Museum.
Carnie Wilson recently told The Guardian that she hopes California Saga will actually step into a studio and record together, but for now she's just excited...
- 7/10/2012
- by Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
“Tracking Shot” is a monthly featurette here on Ioncinema.com that looks at a dozen or so projects that are moments away from lensing and with June being a major production month we’ve got a slew of projects that we feel are worth signaling out. Music appears to be a common narrative theme surrounding several items – we find it infused in Once‘s John Carney’s U.S. production debut – a 10 million dollar production about a dejected music business executive forms a bond with a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan. Scarlett Johansson was formerly attached to Can a Song Save Your Life?, now Knightley appears to be on board. Rock documentary filmmaker Stephen Kijak (Stones in Exile) is looking to make his second fictional feature based on the true story of a The Smiths fans who lost his bearings when the group announced its break-up. Shoplifters of the World...
- 6/5/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
As many fans of the original know, news on the Kick-Ass 2 front has been building up slowly over time. However, incoming director Jeff Wadlow gave fans hope this weekend at the Kapow! Comic Convention, saying that shooting will most likely start in September and that Chloe Moretz was in talks to come back as break-out character Hit-Girl.
Wadlow, on the differences between the original and the sequel (via Collider):
“I think the most important thing that’s gonna change from the Kick-Ass 2 comic to Kick-Ass 2 the movie was just really finding an emotional story to tell. Because what I certainly loved about the first film, and what I think elevated it above most comic book adaptations, is the heart and the emotion in the film. It was sort of my challenge as the film maker and storyteller to find something as emotional in the second film and I think...
Wadlow, on the differences between the original and the sequel (via Collider):
“I think the most important thing that’s gonna change from the Kick-Ass 2 comic to Kick-Ass 2 the movie was just really finding an emotional story to tell. Because what I certainly loved about the first film, and what I think elevated it above most comic book adaptations, is the heart and the emotion in the film. It was sort of my challenge as the film maker and storyteller to find something as emotional in the second film and I think...
- 5/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Director Randall Miller will pass the time until he can begin shooting his Aaron Eckhart-starring Dennis Wilson biopic with another story of rock 'n' roll and cult followings: Miller is currently prepping Cbgb, a biopic about the famous T-shirt, music festival, and all-purpose brand name that spent its formative years as a venue where bands played sometimes. The film will revolve around Alan Rickman as the late Hilly Kristal, the club's founder who maintained order during punk's heyday by being dryly imperious and vaguely threatening, and speaking with a slow, deliberate sarcasm that suggested he might at any ...
- 5/15/2012
- avclub.com
Sometimes, schedules being shifted creates annoying delays for films we’ve been eagerly anticipating. But sometimes, it can also mean that filmmakers find time to slot in other interesting projects. Randall Miller is taking exactly that opportunity to get a biopic of legendary Cbgb club owner Hilly Kristal up and running, with Alan Rickman starring.Miller had been putting the pieces in place to shoot The Drummer, a biopic of Beach Boys’ skins-hitter Dennis Wilson that has Aaron Eckhart in the lead. But with that movie’s production schedule now shifting to the autumn, the director is putting the Kristal project before cameras first.Rickman, who worked with the director on Bottle Shock, is set to play Kristal, the man who launched Cbgb in New York in the late 1970s, intending it as a venue for country, bluegrass and blues music. But when those musicians were thin on the ground,...
- 5/14/2012
- EmpireOnline
Chloe Moretz is shaping up to be your go-to gal … for horror!
The "Let Me In" star is taking out her vampire fangs (such as they were) and applying some zombie makeup as she's in talks to play the undead title role in "Maggie," according to Variety.
"Maggie" takes place upon the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse and focuses on a father's unconditional love for his daughter, whom we assume has "turned." Moretz would be joining Paddy Considine ("Submarine"), who is in talks to play dear old dad.
Chloe Moretz is definitely feeling right at home in the horror genre lately. After her acclaimed turn as a vampire in "Let Me In," she went on to score a role in Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" and also recently signed on to play the title role in the upcoming remake of "Carrie." Upcoming non-horror outings include "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,...
The "Let Me In" star is taking out her vampire fangs (such as they were) and applying some zombie makeup as she's in talks to play the undead title role in "Maggie," according to Variety.
"Maggie" takes place upon the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse and focuses on a father's unconditional love for his daughter, whom we assume has "turned." Moretz would be joining Paddy Considine ("Submarine"), who is in talks to play dear old dad.
Chloe Moretz is definitely feeling right at home in the horror genre lately. After her acclaimed turn as a vampire in "Let Me In," she went on to score a role in Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" and also recently signed on to play the title role in the upcoming remake of "Carrie." Upcoming non-horror outings include "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,...
- 5/11/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Burbank, Calif. — A "miracle."
That's the word Al Jardine not-so-jokingly uses to describe the latest Beach Boys reunion – this one consisting of himself and fellow founding Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Mike Love, as well as longtime players Bruce Johnston and David Marks.
After decades of prolonged separations, legal spats and near reunions, the core Beach Boys are back together, both on stage and for an upcoming new album. Their rebirth, which became a reality earlier this year when the group performed "Good Vibrations" with Maroon 5 and Foster the People at the Grammys, has reawakened musical memories for 69-year-old Jardine.
"When I'm rehearsing over there, I'm hearing stuff I haven't performed for many years," Jardine said during a recent break from rehearsals for the iconic band's 50th anniversary tour, which kicked off last week in Tucson, Ariz.
"It's wonderful to rediscover the music that way. When you're recording three albums a year,...
That's the word Al Jardine not-so-jokingly uses to describe the latest Beach Boys reunion – this one consisting of himself and fellow founding Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Mike Love, as well as longtime players Bruce Johnston and David Marks.
After decades of prolonged separations, legal spats and near reunions, the core Beach Boys are back together, both on stage and for an upcoming new album. Their rebirth, which became a reality earlier this year when the group performed "Good Vibrations" with Maroon 5 and Foster the People at the Grammys, has reawakened musical memories for 69-year-old Jardine.
"When I'm rehearsing over there, I'm hearing stuff I haven't performed for many years," Jardine said during a recent break from rehearsals for the iconic band's 50th anniversary tour, which kicked off last week in Tucson, Ariz.
"It's wonderful to rediscover the music that way. When you're recording three albums a year,...
- 4/30/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Chicago – Both rock ‘n roll and the California culture would be completely different without the sound and influence of The Beach Boys. One of the founding members of the legendary band is Al Jardine, who in 1961 was a schoolboy friend of Brian Wilson when he joined the fledgling group. Jardine has released a new solo album called “A Postcard from California” and embarks on a 50th Anniversary Tour with The Beach Boys starting later this month.
Al Jardine’s ‘A Postcard from California’ Was Released April 3rd, 2012
Photo credit: AlJardine.com
“A Postcard from California” is Jardine’s first solo album, which showcases his personal style combined with the classic renderings of “The Beach Boys sound.” This is a love letter to his adopted state (Jardine was born in Ohio) from someone who contributed mightily to the California dream. Most of the songs were penned by Jardine, and many of his famous friends took part,...
Al Jardine’s ‘A Postcard from California’ Was Released April 3rd, 2012
Photo credit: AlJardine.com
“A Postcard from California” is Jardine’s first solo album, which showcases his personal style combined with the classic renderings of “The Beach Boys sound.” This is a love letter to his adopted state (Jardine was born in Ohio) from someone who contributed mightily to the California dream. Most of the songs were penned by Jardine, and many of his famous friends took part,...
- 4/12/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
That's right, the freakishly talented (and freakishly busy) 15-year-old Chloë Grace Moretz has been crowned your new Carrie by director Kimberly Peirce. Don your crown, Chloë, then smile and wave to your subjects while you can, for they will soon perish in a blazing inferno at your hand...umm, mind...eh, whatever.
As we reported Here, Peirce is set to direct a new take on Carrie, Stephen King's first published novel. Said to be more "faithful" and "grounded" than Brian De Palma's 1976 classic, Peirce's Carrie will be scripted by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who has written extensively for television, the stage and comics. Of all his past work, most germane here is probably his adaptation of King's epic The Stand for an ongoing series from Marvel Comics. But perhaps Aguirre-Sacasa's work as script doctor on the troubled production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is also relevant because of, you know,...
As we reported Here, Peirce is set to direct a new take on Carrie, Stephen King's first published novel. Said to be more "faithful" and "grounded" than Brian De Palma's 1976 classic, Peirce's Carrie will be scripted by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who has written extensively for television, the stage and comics. Of all his past work, most germane here is probably his adaptation of King's epic The Stand for an ongoing series from Marvel Comics. But perhaps Aguirre-Sacasa's work as script doctor on the troubled production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is also relevant because of, you know,...
- 4/5/2012
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
April 5th, 2012, 3:49Am — Over the past days several articles and clips showing Rupert Grint have surfaced the internet which we now want to share with you. First we have to articles of entertainmentwise.com and independent.ie Rupert is telling us a little bit more about his role in the upscoming movie “The “Drummer“: “It’s about Dennis Wilson and his life after the Beach Boys went solo. I play a guy who works for an agency and I befriend him. It’s a really great script.” If you want to read the whole articles head over to our press archive here and here. Thanks to Malene, we also have a bunch of video interviews with Rupert which were done during the press days at the WB Studio Tour. You’ll find more videos here, here and here. Enjoy!
- 4/5/2012
- by Kathy
- Rupert-Grint.us/
He's going from the tops of wizardry to the bottom of the mail room. Rupert Grint has joined the cast of the Beach Boys biopic "The Drummer."
Variety is reporting that the former "Harry Potter" star will play Stan Shapiro, a talent agency mail room intern who befriends Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. The role of Wilson will be played by Aaron Eckhart.
The publication is also saying that Chloe Grace Moretz has joined the cast. The 15-year-old, who starred as Rachel in "(500) Days of Summer," will play Wilson's daughter Jennifer.
The film will center on the last six months of Wilson's life before his drowning in Dec. 1983. It begins shooting in June.
Variety is reporting that the former "Harry Potter" star will play Stan Shapiro, a talent agency mail room intern who befriends Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. The role of Wilson will be played by Aaron Eckhart.
The publication is also saying that Chloe Grace Moretz has joined the cast. The 15-year-old, who starred as Rachel in "(500) Days of Summer," will play Wilson's daughter Jennifer.
The film will center on the last six months of Wilson's life before his drowning in Dec. 1983. It begins shooting in June.
- 3/16/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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