Bruce Springsteen woke Broadway from a 15-month sleep Saturday, returning to live performance to deliver an emotional, updated rendition of his 2017 smash Springsteen on Broadway to an audience so wildly enthusiastic the star himself cautioned against “cheering every dumb f*cking thing” he said lest the show last all night.
As it was, the re-opening night of Springsteen on Broadway – and of Broadway itself – ran two and a half hours, about the same length as the last time (and as the filmed Netflix version), with a few amendments to content all but necessitated by this most unusual year.
The first sign of change was evident even before entering the St. James Theatre, with anti-vaxxers picketing out front, shouting know-nothing slogans about “segregation” over the theater’s Covid vaccine requirement. Early in the show, Springsteen drew a sustained cheer – his prior request notwithstanding – when he marveled at his audience “unmasked, sitting...
As it was, the re-opening night of Springsteen on Broadway – and of Broadway itself – ran two and a half hours, about the same length as the last time (and as the filmed Netflix version), with a few amendments to content all but necessitated by this most unusual year.
The first sign of change was evident even before entering the St. James Theatre, with anti-vaxxers picketing out front, shouting know-nothing slogans about “segregation” over the theater’s Covid vaccine requirement. Early in the show, Springsteen drew a sustained cheer – his prior request notwithstanding – when he marveled at his audience “unmasked, sitting...
- 6/27/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Bruce Springsteen appeared on The Daily Show Monday night to talk about his new album Letter to You, but host Trevor Noah had plenty to ask the Boss about his 50-year career as a masterful songwriter.
In particular, the two discussed Springsteen’s propensity for writing songs about police brutality long before the issue was on the frontlines of American politics; in 2000, Springsteen’s song “American Skin,” about the police shooting of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo, prompted boycotts of his shows from the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association.
“I didn’t...
In particular, the two discussed Springsteen’s propensity for writing songs about police brutality long before the issue was on the frontlines of American politics; in 2000, Springsteen’s song “American Skin,” about the police shooting of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo, prompted boycotts of his shows from the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association.
“I didn’t...
- 10/27/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Less than a week after George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police and protests started springing up around the country, LL Cool J posted an a cappella rap in support of the Black Lives Matter movement to Instagram. “Watching that man die slow left a hole,” he said with fire in his eyes. “He cried for his mama as the murder unfold … I’m telling those with melanin, you’re not alone.” He also named several other black men and women, including Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, and Amadou Diallo,...
- 8/28/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
As protests over George Floyd’s killing continue around the country, CBS News has set a special on racism and police brutality for this week. Anchored by Good Morning America‘s Gayle King, Justice for All airs at 10 p.m. Tuesday on CBS, Bet and streamer Cbsn.
The hourlong special will look at how Floyd’s tragic confrontation with four now-fired and -indicted Minneapolis police officers ignited a movement demanding an end to the painful history of systemic racism and brutality in police departments across the country.
Justice for All will include CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell’s interview with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (watch a clip below), along with interviews of Attorney General William Barr and Sen. Mike Lee, R-ut. Also featured will be King’s interviews with Christian Cooper, who filmed a viral incident in Central Park when a white woman called police on him after...
The hourlong special will look at how Floyd’s tragic confrontation with four now-fired and -indicted Minneapolis police officers ignited a movement demanding an end to the painful history of systemic racism and brutality in police departments across the country.
Justice for All will include CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell’s interview with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (watch a clip below), along with interviews of Attorney General William Barr and Sen. Mike Lee, R-ut. Also featured will be King’s interviews with Christian Cooper, who filmed a viral incident in Central Park when a white woman called police on him after...
- 6/8/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Low Cut Connie has released “What Has Happened to Me,” a piano-grunge dirge that finds the band exploring sex and religion.
“It’s a heavy song for me,” the band’s frontman Adam Weiner says. “Very freeing. A lot of wild shit happened over the last few years and I just kind of let it all hang out with that one.”
“What Has Happened to Me” is second single the Philadelphia rock & roll collective has released from the band’s upcoming double-album, Private Lives.
In his nightly livestreams, Weiner has...
“It’s a heavy song for me,” the band’s frontman Adam Weiner says. “Very freeing. A lot of wild shit happened over the last few years and I just kind of let it all hang out with that one.”
“What Has Happened to Me” is second single the Philadelphia rock & roll collective has released from the band’s upcoming double-album, Private Lives.
In his nightly livestreams, Weiner has...
- 6/8/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25th, streaming numbers for protest songs have soared. Vintage tracks like N.W.A’s “Fuck tha Police” that specifically call out police violence serve as a reminder that our current national crisis is nothing new. As Black Lives Matter resistance continues across the country, artists have channeled their anger and sadness into new protest anthems, directly inspired by Floyd’s death and its aftermath. Here’s how artists including Yg, LL Cool J, and...
- 6/4/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Kory Grow and Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Springsteen reflected Wednesday on the protest movement erupting across the nation in the wake of Minneapolis man George Floyd’s death. He said, “We remain haunted, generation after generation, by our original sin of slavery.”
Springsteen made his comments on SiriusXM as part of his ongoing Bruce Springsteen — From His Home to Yours series on E Street Radio.
The songs he picked in the two-hour broadcast reflected his views on political protest and racial injustice.
He began with his own 41 Shots (American Skin), which he wrote about the death of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo in a confrontation with the New York Police Department.
“Eight minutes,” Springsteen said. “That song is almost eight minutes long. That’s how long it took George Floyd to die with a Minneapolis officer’s knee buried into his neck. That’s a long time. That’s how long he begged for help and said he couldn’t breathe.
Springsteen made his comments on SiriusXM as part of his ongoing Bruce Springsteen — From His Home to Yours series on E Street Radio.
The songs he picked in the two-hour broadcast reflected his views on political protest and racial injustice.
He began with his own 41 Shots (American Skin), which he wrote about the death of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo in a confrontation with the New York Police Department.
“Eight minutes,” Springsteen said. “That song is almost eight minutes long. That’s how long it took George Floyd to die with a Minneapolis officer’s knee buried into his neck. That’s a long time. That’s how long he begged for help and said he couldn’t breathe.
- 6/4/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bruce Springsteen took to the SiriusXM airwaves on Wednesday morning to play songs as part of his ongoing Bruce Springsteen — From His Home to Yours series on E Street Radio and reflect on the protest movement that has erupted all across America in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. The songs he picked throughout the two-hour broadcast were all about political protest and racial injustice.
He began the show with his 2000 song “41 Shots (American Skin),” which he wrote about the death of unarmed Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo at the...
He began the show with his 2000 song “41 Shots (American Skin),” which he wrote about the death of unarmed Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo at the...
- 6/3/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The Queen & Slim director on working with Beyoncé, filming in a polar vortex and being told that casting a black woman in a lead role isn’t profitable
Melina Matsoukas, 39, directed some of the most acclaimed music videos of the 2010s, including Rihanna’s We Found Love, Solange’s Losing You and Beyoncé’s Formation, for which she won a Grammy. She has also directed episodes of TV shows Master of None and Insecure. Her debut feature film, Queen & Slim, is written by Lena Waithe and stars Jodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya as an African American couple on a first date who are forced to go on the run when one shoots a white police officer in self-defence. Matsoukas was born in New York, lives in Los Angeles, and is of Greek, Jewish, Afro-Cuban and Afro-Jamaican descent.
Your leads are played by black British actors, but the film...
Melina Matsoukas, 39, directed some of the most acclaimed music videos of the 2010s, including Rihanna’s We Found Love, Solange’s Losing You and Beyoncé’s Formation, for which she won a Grammy. She has also directed episodes of TV shows Master of None and Insecure. Her debut feature film, Queen & Slim, is written by Lena Waithe and stars Jodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya as an African American couple on a first date who are forced to go on the run when one shoots a white police officer in self-defence. Matsoukas was born in New York, lives in Los Angeles, and is of Greek, Jewish, Afro-Cuban and Afro-Jamaican descent.
Your leads are played by black British actors, but the film...
- 1/25/2020
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
In April 1989, the lives of five young men of color were irrevocably and horrifically changed. Wrongly accused of raping a white female jogger, they were first arbitrarily rounded up by police simply for being in the area, then pushed into false confessions that would ultimately land them a collective name that resonates in the memory of America: The Central Park Five.
Sentenced to five to 15 years, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise lost so much more than their youths, and their fates were set in no small part by full-page ads in the New York papers calling for their death penalty—paid for by one Donald Trump, real estate developer.
Widespread misunderstanding of the slang ‘wilin’ out’—which essentially just means heading out as a group to have a good time—added to the miasma of racism that condemned the young men. It was quickly...
Sentenced to five to 15 years, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise lost so much more than their youths, and their fates were set in no small part by full-page ads in the New York papers calling for their death penalty—paid for by one Donald Trump, real estate developer.
Widespread misunderstanding of the slang ‘wilin’ out’—which essentially just means heading out as a group to have a good time—added to the miasma of racism that condemned the young men. It was quickly...
- 8/21/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
This song was bizarrely thought to be controversial in the wake of the police murder of Amadou Diallo in 1999. Bruce played it once in a show in Atlanta, and then it got this huge reaction in the New York press. One of the themes in the song was, sometimes when you’re black in the United States, you get shot by police officers. As if that’s a controversial thing to report in a song.
Bruce is able to distill universal themes into these small narratives, and “American Skin” is certainly a case.
Bruce is able to distill universal themes into these small narratives, and “American Skin” is certainly a case.
- 9/22/2018
- by Tom Morello
- Rollingstone.com
Like you’ve never seen them before.@MaryJBlige sits down with @HillaryClinton.#The411Coming September 30th.https://t.co/hbaWqfjJcp pic.twitter.com/P2qpm3h3Pm— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) September 27, 2016 Shortly after Monday night's presidential debate, Apple Music released a video teaser for an upcoming interview Mary J. Blige conducted with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Though the interview, called The 411 with Mary J. Blige seemingly in reference to Blige's landmark 1992 album What's the 411, is ostensibly an actual sit-down, the clip showed Blige serenading Clinton with a song about police brutality. "If an officer stops you, always be polite,...
- 9/28/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Like you’ve never seen them before.@MaryJBlige sits down with @HillaryClinton.#The411Coming September 30th.https://t.co/hbaWqfjJcp pic.twitter.com/P2qpm3h3Pm— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) September 27, 2016 Shortly after Monday night's presidential debate, Apple Music released a video teaser for an upcoming interview Mary J. Blige conducted with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Though the interview, called The 411 with Mary J. Blige seemingly in reference to Blige's landmark 1992 album What's the 411, is ostensibly an actual sit-down, the clip showed Blige serenading Clinton with a song about police brutality. "If an officer stops you, always be polite,...
- 9/28/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
First David Letterman retired, then Jon Stewart — and now, out of the blue, E! just canceled The Soup. After December 18th, we'll no longer get to watch Joel McHale savage the idiocy of reality-show celebrities, a vital public service he's performed for the past 11 years. And if last week is any indication, the remaining episodes are going to be something to see; the host is already going down swinging with hilariously mean jokes about Charlie Sheen, Jared Fogle, and E! itself. Still … only four more to go? What a crummy...
- 11/23/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Before Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, before Oscar Grant and Amadou Diallo, there was Frederic Otomo, an immigrant from Cameroon who was killed by police in the German city of Stuttgart twenty-five years ago this month. The year 1989 was a tense one for race relations: A Miami policeman’s fatal shooting of a black motorcyclist ignited three days of rioting; a white female runner was raped in New York by a black man, which lead to the wrongful arrest of “the Central Park Five;" and a sixteen-year-old boy named Yusef Hawkins was killed in Bensonhurst by gang of white youths. Against this backdrop of real-life horrors, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing was released in theaters, further spreading a wave of racial paranoia. Like the recent spate of police killings of young black men, the case of Otomo, recounted and made visceral in a 1999 film starring actor Isaach de Bankole...
- 8/24/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Before Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, before Oscar Grant and Amadou Diallo, there was Frederic Otomo, an immigrant from Cameroon who was killed by police in the German city of Stuttgart twenty-five years ago this month. The year 1989 was a tense one for race relations: A Miami policeman’s fatal shooting of a black motorcyclist ignited three days of rioting; a white female runner was raped in New York by a black man, which lead to the wrongful arrest of “the Central Park Five;" and a sixteen-year-old boy named Yusef Hawkins was killed in Bensonhurst by gang of white youths. Against this backdrop of real-life horrors, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing was released in theaters, further spreading a wave of racial paranoia. Like the recent spate of police killings of young black men, the case of Otomo, recounted and made visceral in a 1999 film starring actor Isaach de Bankole...
- 8/24/2014
- Keyframe
Ruby Dee, an Oscar-nominated actress whose career spanned from the stage to the screen, has died at the age of 91.
Ruby Dee, an Oscar-nominated actress whose career spanned from the stage to the screen, has died at the age of 91.
Ruby reportedly passed away peacefully at her home in New Rochelle, New York on Wednesday.
One of her best-known film roles was that of Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun, based on the classic play exploring racial inequality. In 1965, she made history as the first black woman to play lead roles at the American Shakespeare Festival.
In a career lasting seven decades, Ruby acquired an Oscar nomination for 2007's American Gangster, a Grammy win for her spoken word album With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together also in 2007, an Emmy win for the miniseries Decoration Day in 1991, a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, and many other accolades.
Ruby frequently...
Ruby Dee, an Oscar-nominated actress whose career spanned from the stage to the screen, has died at the age of 91.
Ruby reportedly passed away peacefully at her home in New Rochelle, New York on Wednesday.
One of her best-known film roles was that of Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun, based on the classic play exploring racial inequality. In 1965, she made history as the first black woman to play lead roles at the American Shakespeare Festival.
In a career lasting seven decades, Ruby acquired an Oscar nomination for 2007's American Gangster, a Grammy win for her spoken word album With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together also in 2007, an Emmy win for the miniseries Decoration Day in 1991, a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, and many other accolades.
Ruby frequently...
- 6/12/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actor and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio, television and film, has died at age 91, according to her daughter. Nora Davis Day told the Associated Press on Thursday that her mother died at home in New Rochelle, New York, on Wednesday night. Dee, who frequently acted alongside her husband of 56 years, Ossie Davis, was surrounded by family and friends, she added. Dee's long career brought her an Oscar nomination at age 83 for best supporting actress for her role in the 2007 film American Gangster. She also won an Emmy and was nominated for several others.
- 6/12/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
At 64 Bruce Springsteen is working harder than at any other point in his professional career. Since 2002 he has released seven studio albums, a ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ rarities double album, and two live albums. On top, he and the E Street Band have toured almost constantly since 2006. His latest album, ‘High Hopes’ is a collection of the tracks that fell through the cracks and became, in the words of the man himself; “some of our best unreleased material from the past decade”.
In documentaries about the making of the ‘Born to Run’ and ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ albums Springsteen is seen to throw out excellent songs because they do not fit the theme and vision he is trying to shape. As the years have gone by many tracks are still locked in the vaults because of this policy. It seems that ‘High...
At 64 Bruce Springsteen is working harder than at any other point in his professional career. Since 2002 he has released seven studio albums, a ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ rarities double album, and two live albums. On top, he and the E Street Band have toured almost constantly since 2006. His latest album, ‘High Hopes’ is a collection of the tracks that fell through the cracks and became, in the words of the man himself; “some of our best unreleased material from the past decade”.
In documentaries about the making of the ‘Born to Run’ and ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ albums Springsteen is seen to throw out excellent songs because they do not fit the theme and vision he is trying to shape. As the years have gone by many tracks are still locked in the vaults because of this policy. It seems that ‘High...
- 1/8/2014
- by Terry Hearn
- Obsessed with Film
Trayvon Martin is proof that America is just as racist now as it was in 1999 ... when NYC police officers fatally shot a black immigrant named Amadou Diallo -- so says Bruce Springsteen.Springsteen was performing in Limerick, Ireland Tuesday when he dedicated his song "American Skin (41 Shots)" to George Zimmerman's 17-year-old shooting victim, saying, "We'll send this as a letter back home for justice for Trayvon Martin."Springsteen famously wrote "American Skin" in 1999, accusing the...
- 7/17/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Bruce Springsteen became the latest musician to honor Trayvon Martin this week, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger.
The Boss reportedly gave tribute to Martin at his show in Limerick, Ireland on Tuesday evening. Springsteen made a stop in the country for his Wrecking Ball Tour, hitting the stage at Thomond Park.
Springsteen performed his song "American Skin (41 Shots)," dedicating the track to the late 17-year-old. "I want to send this one out as a letter back home," Springsteen reportedly told the crowd. "For justice for Trayvon Martin." Originally released in 2001, "American Skin (41 Shots)" was written by Springsteen after the 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo. Springsteen played the song for the first time on his current tour in Tampa, Fla. in March, weeks after the state witnessed the shooting death of Martin by recently acquitted George Zimmerman.
Other artists who have spoken out in the case of Zimmerman and Martin include Stevie Wonder,...
The Boss reportedly gave tribute to Martin at his show in Limerick, Ireland on Tuesday evening. Springsteen made a stop in the country for his Wrecking Ball Tour, hitting the stage at Thomond Park.
Springsteen performed his song "American Skin (41 Shots)," dedicating the track to the late 17-year-old. "I want to send this one out as a letter back home," Springsteen reportedly told the crowd. "For justice for Trayvon Martin." Originally released in 2001, "American Skin (41 Shots)" was written by Springsteen after the 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo. Springsteen played the song for the first time on his current tour in Tampa, Fla. in March, weeks after the state witnessed the shooting death of Martin by recently acquitted George Zimmerman.
Other artists who have spoken out in the case of Zimmerman and Martin include Stevie Wonder,...
- 7/17/2013
- by Madeline Boardman
- Huffington Post
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