Rebel-ing and Reveling in the MTV Movie Awards
Just when you thought movie awards season ended with the Oscars and kudo- attention shifted to the Emmys, along comes the MTV Movie Awards to shower last year’s films with golden popcorn trophies. That’s because the awards show, which aired live from Sony Pictures Studios Sunday April 14–and will be repeated numerous times on MTV–also acts as a great promotional opportunity for upcoming...
The Beginning of Beautiful Brows Starts With Precision Tools
Everyone knows that a well-shaped and tended pair of eyebrows can add immeasurably to a woman’s beauty– and that a brow deficiency of one sort or another can detract from it. But here’s what you may not know about eyebrows, courtesy of one of the top experts in the field, Joey Healy, whose business is all about the brows. As someone who was lucky enough to be born with full, dark eyebrows that need to...
Bringing Background Singers to the Forefront at SXSW: Twenty Feet from Stardom
“Rape, murder. It’s just a shot away. It’s just a shot away.” Think of that line from the infamous Rolling Stones song Gimme Shelter. Who sang it? Merry Clayton, one of the singers profiled in the stunning new documentary “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” which premiered at Sundance and was screened at South by Southwest, followed by a surprise performance that generated several standing ovations from the...
The Clive Davis Session at SXSW–Number One With a Bullet
From his beginnings as a record label lawyer to his status as one of the biggest hitmakers in history, not many people in the music industry – if anyone – can boast of a career like Clive Davis has had over the past 40 years. The legendary executive shared some of his stories over those decades during a packed session at the SXSW Music Conference at the Austin Convention Center in a conversation with Billboard’s Bill Werde....
Dave Grohl and Rock Legends Transport Sound City to Hollywood Blvd.
The sounds of rock ‘n roll heaven and the chords of great bands of the past alighted on Hollywood Boulevard as Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters closed down the street for an epic 90 minute jam outside the studios of Jimmy Kimmel Live, portions of which were aired on the late-night show. It was a happening complete with the Goodyear blimp flying overhead as Grohl, one of the hardest working men in music, took to the stage with...
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