Brian Wilson didn’t create the sun or the ocean or the sea-sprayed landmass we call Southern California. He didn’t invent the car or the surfboard. He wasn’t the first person to experience the cold pang […]
Osvaldo Golijov’s beauteously strange “Ainadamar” has reached Los Angeles. The opera, one of this century’s most gratifying, portrays the 1936 political execution of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca during the Spanish Civil War through the […]
San Francisco — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had declared it Michael Tilson Thomas Day. City Hall glowed MTT’s trademark blue. Davies Symphony Hall, where Tilson Thomas presided over the San Francisco Symphony for an influential quarter […]
Photo Credit: Yo-Yo Ma by Joi Ito / CC by 2.0 Amid continued cost-cutting at major labels, whispers emerge of Sony Classical enacting mass layoffs. As major labels continue their onslaught of cost-cutting endeavors, classical […]
EXCLUSIVE: Musician Orin O’Brien doesn’t relish attention. But it’s difficult to avoid when you’re one of the world’s greatest double bassists, and a pioneering figure in classical music. It’s even more challenging to escape notice […]
The Jesus Lizard have unleashed a new standalone single called “Westside.” The track is the second non-album song to be unveiled since the September release of the band’s comeback LP, Rack. “Westside” follows “Cost of […]
Since Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA started chopping up samples and making hip-hop beats on a drum machine nearly 40 years ago, he’s been pulling inspiration from a variety of musical genres and mediums, ranging from […]
John Carpenter doesn’t get the hype around Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer. “Oppenheimer was OK. It was alright,” the Master of Horror said in an interview for music journalist Larry Fitzmaurice’s Last Donut of the Night newsletter. […]
Bradley Cooper‘s pursuit of recognition in Hollywood and his recent Oscars disappointment are reportedly straining his romance with model Gigi Hadid. According to reports, interference from Cooper’s mother also adds to the strain. However, the […]
The 96th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, took place on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The prestigious event was held at the world-famous Dolby Theatre in Ovation Hollywood. The cinematic year spanning from 2023 […]
2024 Oscar Snubs: Killers of the Flower Moon & Maestro ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) The 2024 Oscar saw Oppenheimer bag seven awards, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Picture. Poor Things won […]
You can probably sum it all up in just one word: Barbenheimer. It’s not a word found in Webster’s, but one that’s instantly recognizable to movie fans and everyone in all areas of the entertainment […]
Getty Image Bradley Cooper is up for a bevy of awards at this year’s Oscars thanks to his work on the Netflix film Maestro. Given the number of categories he’s nominated in (although he’s not expected […]
The Oscar-nominated actor shares daughter, Lea, 6, with ex-girlfriend Irina Shayk. Bradley Cooper is getting candid about fatherhood. While appearing on Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Expert podcast, the Maestro star opened up about how welcoming now-6-year-old […]
And “The Actor” goes to… The 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards are finally here. After a wild 2023 — which saw SAG and the Writers Guild both strike — the actors union will celebrate achievements […]
It should have been an easy job for the sound team of “Maestro” — Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony played in England’s Ely Cathedral. Normally they would pre-record the music and run playback while musicians and conductor […]
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. This week, Helen Mirren at the American Cinematheque Awards, the history-making connection between Godzilla Minus One and Stanley Kubrick, plus live on stage with Maestro […]
Controversial fake rubber noses aside, Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro is one of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year, and is currently nominated for seven Academy Awards. But just think of how many more Oscars it […]
Seiji Ozawa led the Boston Symphony orchestra for nearly 30 years. Boston Symphony Orchestra hide caption toggle caption Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa led the Boston Symphony orchestra for nearly 30 years. Boston Symphony Orchestra […]
George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. PhotoQuest / Contributor/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption PhotoQuest / […]