Roy Haynes, Pioneer Of Modern Jazz Drumming, Has Passed Away

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Roy Haynes has passed away. He was the last surviving member of a small but elite cadre of drummers who rose to fame in the mid-1940s, introducing conversational elements into jazz’s rhythmic vocabulary and challenging […]

Greta Gerwig Accepts Motion Picture Pioneer Of The Year Award

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Greta Gerwig was beaming Wednesday night as she was honored as this year’s Pioneer Of The Year, and in the process also helped raised $1.4 million for the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation at […]

Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond sued for $75k after customer collapses and suffers ‘severe injury’ in star’s Oklahoma shop

Ree Drummond is being sued for $75,000 after an elderly woman reportedly suffered a severe injury at her shop

REE Drummond is being sued for $75,000 after an elderly woman reportedly suffered a severe injury at her shop. The Pioneer Woman star is being taken to court after Maria Chavez apparently tripped over a […]

Barack Obama Praises SAG-AFTRA, WGA Agreements, Pays Tribute To “Rustin” Civil Rights Pioneer At D.C. Screening – Deadline

Barack Obama Praises SAG-AFTRA, WGA Agreements, Pays Tribute To “Rustin” Civil Rights Pioneer At D.C. Screening – Deadline

Former President Barack Obama made mention of the end of Hollywood’s labor strife at a special screening on Friday of Rustin, the Netflix biopic of civil rights Bayard Rustin made by he and former First […]

In 1980 This Software Pioneer Skipped One Meeting (To Fly His Plane!)… That Was A $100+ Billion Mistake

In 1980 This Software Pioneer Skipped One Meeting (To Fly His Plane!)... That Was A $100+ Billion Mistake

With a net worth of $126 billion, Bill Gates is the fourth richest person in the world right now. Not being #1 is actually a fairly new phenomenon for Mr. Gates. From the mid-1990s until […]

Bossa nova pioneer Carlos Lyra at 90: ‘We wrote songs about our reality: the beach, sun and love stories’ | Music

Carlos Lyra in 1954.

In 1959, Carlos Lyra’s musical partner and lyricist Ronaldo Bôscoli said that bossa nova is a state of mind. Lyra thought he was talking nonsense. “Today, I’m actually agreeing with him,” he reflects more than […]

Dorothy Ashby was the pioneer harpist who opened up the instrument to Black musicians like me | Music

Brandee Younger performing in 2019.

I began playing harp at 11 and the traditional path to follow with the instrument was the classical music one, where all the players I saw or studied were white. I found it quite an […]

Avant-Pop Pioneer ANOHNI Makes Us a Playlist of Underground Treasures

Avant-Pop Pioneer ANOHNI Makes Us a Playlist of Underground Treasures

This is SOUND ADVICE, a weekly destination for playlists curated by Interview’s friends, enemies, and lovers. This week’s installment comes from ANOHNI, a cult music legend who needs no introduction. Known for her transgressive art, […]

James Bond Producers Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson Pioneer Award – Deadline

Movie Academy Promotes Jenny Galante To EVP Revenue & Business Development – Deadline

Deadline Three years since Elizabeth Banks was honored as Pioneer Of The Year in 2019, the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation returned Wednesday night with their Pioneer Of The Year dinner, this time honoring […]