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Celine Song’s sophomore directorial feature Materialists has everyone talking about love, marriage and more.

Starring Dakota Johnson as Lucy M, a New York City-based matchmaker at Adore, the film watches Lucy work her magic in setting up her clients with their life partners. One instance involves her ninth wedding with bride Charlotte (Louisa Jacobson) having doubts before, but ultimately overcoming them to get married with a pep talk from Lucy. At Charlotte’s wedding, Lucy meets Harry P (Pedro Pascal) who pursues her and lavishes her with luxury dinner dates, huge bouquets of red peonies and more

Also at the wedding, Lucy runs into her ex, John (Chris Evans), an aspiring actor and cater waiter, who she just can’t seem to shake fully. Japanese Breakfast, aka Michelle Zauner, wrote a new song for the film, which played in one of the trailers alongside Madonna’s “Material Girl.”

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Guns N’ Roses returned to Abu Dhabi Tuesday night for a show at the Etihad Arena. This was their fourth visit to the United Arab Emirates since 2017, and they mixed up the setlist for the occasion and brought out some surprises. The most notable one came near the end of the night when they broke out the 1974 New York Dolls classic “Human Being“ for the first time in their history as a live act. (They didn’t mention Dolls lead singer David Johansen, but it’s a safe bet his...

Unlike the other New York Dolls — the band he didn’t quite invent but came to personify after he was recruited when geeky bassist Arthur Kane and doomed drummer Billy Murcia knocked on his door in 1971 and asked if he’d join — David Johansen grew up solidly middle class on Staten Island, where his opera-loving dad was in insurance and his mom worked as a librarian. But he wouldn’t have skipped college to relocate to the East Village if he didn’t have artier plans. When I first saw...

Three years ago, in the midst of researching my book Talkin’ Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capital, I knew I had to talk to David Johansen. Not because Johansen — who died Feb. 28 at the age of 75 — was one of those folksingers associated with the neighborhood, but because his first major band, the New York Dolls, made its name and proudly trashy reputation at the Mercer Arts Center, a multi-tiered performance space in the Village.

In their original incarnation, the Dolls only lasted a few years,...

David Johansen, the gravelly-voiced showman who helped ignite the punk rock movement as the vocalist of the New York Dolls before he recorded “Hot Hot Hot” as the lounge lizard Buster Poindexter and acted in Scrooged, has died. He was 75.

Johansen died Friday at his home in Staten Island, his stepdaughter, Leah Hennessey, told The New York Times.

Hennessy revealed Feb. 10 that Johansen had been battling Stage 4 cancer for a decade, had a brain tumor and had broken his back in a fall just after Thanksgiving. The family asked for donations to help with their medical expenses.

The outlandish and raw New York Dolls, fond of vulgarity and dressing in drag, were comprised of Johansen, guitarists Sylvain Sylvain and Johnny Thunders, bassist Arthur Kane and drummer Jerry Nolan when they laid down in eight days their eponymous breakthrough album, produced by Todd Rundgren for Mercury Records, in 1973.

“We went into a room and just recorded,...

David Johansen, frontman for the New York Dolls and the last surviving original member of that pioneering punk band, has died at the age of 75.

The death of the singer who also moonlighted as his swing music alter ego Buster Poindexter and, as an actor, appeared in films like Scrooged and Let It Ride, was confirmed Saturday by Mara and Leah Hennessey, Johansen’s wife and stepdaughter.

“David Johansen died at home in NYC on Friday afternoon holding hands with his wife Mara Hennessey and daughter Leah, surrounded my music,...

David Johansen thanked fans for their support in a fundraising campaign that was launched following news of the New York Dolls singer’s battle with stage 4 cancer.

Earlier this week, the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and Johansen’s daughter Leah Hennessey launched the David Johansen Fund to raise money for the singer’s physical therapy, full-time nursing needs, and daily living expenses; Johansen had privately been battling cancer for five years, and is now bedridden and incapacitated after breaking his back in a fall last November.

On Friday, Johansen and...

Right up there with Marty Stuart, Chuck Mead is one of the torchbearers of neo-traditional country music, that punky, jangly, and twangy sound that helped revitalize Nashville in the Nineties. Earlier this year, Mead and Stuart came together to write “Lonely Boy,” Mead’s latest single with his band the Stalwarts. A new video directed by Stacie Huckeba for the supercharged guitar-rocker, which Mead describes as “the Who on hay bales,” dropped on Friday.

“We initially envisioned it as a Johnny Horton-style song,” Mead says of “Lonely Boy” in a statement,...

The comic book industry has, since the 1930s, steadily grown into one of the most popular pastimes and collector's markets in the world. With the multi-billion dollar success of major superhero film franchises like the MCU and Dcu, the market for comic books experienced an all-time high over the 2010s. With the likes of Black Panther, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Thor becoming box office draws, their comic debuts soared in value.

Comics may have started out as a hobby so cheap any kid could take parte, but the slow appreciation in value of the characters has made comics some of the most valuable commodities in the world. With the audience for these heroes at record highs, it's no wonder some comic books have sold on the collector's market for millions of dollars. From eBay to Heritage Auctions, here are the most expensive comic books of all time.

Flash Comics #1 - $950,000 Gardner Fox,...

Wayne Kramer, founding member of the legendary Detroit proto-punk outfit MC5 and one of rock’s greatest guitarists, has died at the age of 75.

The singer-songwriter-political activist’s death was announced Friday via his official social media accounts. Kramer died at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer, Jason Heath, an executive director of the artist’s nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors, told Billboard.

On Rolling Stone’s 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list — with Kramer sharing placement alongside Fred “Sonic” Smith — we wrote, “Forged in Detroit during the 1960s,...

Wayne Kramer, the cofounder and guitarist-vocalist of the iconic Detroit punk band MC5, has died at age 75. The news was shared on Kramer and MC5’s official social media pages today, but a cause of death was not disclosed.

Born Wayne Kambes on April 30, 1948, the guitarist formed the MC5 (for Motor City 5) as a teenager with his friend, Fred “Sonic” Smith. They played locally, eventually becoming the house band at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit.

John Sinclair, a left-wing activist, became the band’s manager, and they soon were a staple of the late-’60s political movements, aligning with the White Panther Party, the anti-racist group that Sinclair cofounded.

The group’s sound was hard to define, but it was defiant, and was widely credited with sparking what was to come in punk. The group performed at the protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention and at other rallies before signing...

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Thirty years ago, moviegoers around the world left theaters stunned after witnessing one of the most revolutionary films in cinema history, Steven Speilberg’s Jurassic Park. Fast forward three decades and Jurassic Park has expanded beyond just the confines of a remote island off the coast of Costa Rica; it has blossomed into an empire. With six films, TV shows, iconic Universal Studios rides, massive merchandise tie-ins, and more, it’s safe to say Jurassic Park has established itself as one of the cornerstones of popular culture in the 21st century, and The Lego Group has capitalized on its success. However, things haven’t always been smooth for the Lego Jurassic Park theme. We’ve unearthed the history of these brick-built dinosaurs and some of the best Lego products you can purchase on eBay at this very moment!

July 19, 2003: It’s well after midnight in San Francisco, and the Exploding Hearts — Adam Cox, Terry Six, Matt Fitzgerald, and Jeremy Gage — are ready to play for a packed house at a bar called Thee Parkside. The show is a “last-minute thing,” Six, the band’s guitarist, remembers. They’d driven the 10 hours from Portland, Oregon, to play another local gig the night before, and when this spot opened up, they figured they’d stick around for one more. “I remember thinking, ‘We only have one fucking show,’” he says.

Showtime’s Personality Crisis: One Night Only may showcase a multi-hyphenated personality – David Johansen is a band member, solo artist, and a songwriter who composed the show’s tunes for his own alter ego, Buster Poindexter – but there is no crisis. Co-directors Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi are documenting a party, Johansen’s 70th birthday in January 2020, which he spent at the Café Carlyle.

Martin Scorsese knows how to set a table, serving up Thanksgiving dinner along with The Band for their farewell performance in The Last Waltz at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom. But the fancy venue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is an intimate space with just enough room for Johansen’s special friends, and he only has to take an elevator to put in an appearance. But what an appearance! Performing as Buster Poindexter, Johansen’s got the best pompadour in the business, an attentive band...

Personality Crisis: One Night Only, the Showtime documentary on David Johansen which was co-directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, made its world premiere at The New York Film Festival, the same venue Scorsese’s Mean Streets debuted in 1973. That was the same year The New York Dolls’ first album came out.

During the Q&a which followed the screening, Scorsese said he would play the Dolls’ music to the actors before shooting scenes in Mean Streets. “I heard this song, ‘Personality Crisis,’ the rhythm and blues roots, the energy of it, the sense of humor, particularly when he sings ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’ and the band answers ‘no, no, no,’ it’s no game, we’re in,” Scorsese remembered from the panel. “I had played it for the guys, and I showed them the album cover and they said ‘what is this?’ It generated the energy of the whole movie.

In Personality Crisis: One Night Only, Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about the life of New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, the singer makes it clear he doesn’t want to make it easy for the filmmaker: “I think it’s best to leave an incomplete picture of yourself,” he says. Although Johansen remains somewhat cagey throughout the film’s interview segments, and many of the doc’s most revelatory moments come when he’s onstage as his Buster Poindexter character at a 2019 gig at New York City’s Café Carlyle,...

Warning! Contains spoilers for Justice Society of America #3!It looks like DC has finally confirmed which of its members in the Justice Society of America has the greatest potential. A battle with a bizarre army gave one hero the chance to shine a light on an underrated powerhouse.

In Justice Society of America #3 by Geoff Johns, Jerry Ordway, and Mikel Janín, the time-displaced version of the Huntress learns what she can about the villainous Per Degaton from the members of Justice League Dark. After revealing the snowglobe that pulled back backwards through time, the team splits up, sending Helena Wayne to meet up with the Justice Society of America.

The Jsa are in the middle of a battle with a horde of Bizarros being pulled into reality as part of the Angle Man's nefarious schemes. Each member fights back valiantly against the twisted clones as Helena remarks on the individual strengths of the heroes.

Key art for Personality Crisis One Night Only. Photo credit: Courtesy of Showtime. “Vegetarian, gay, straight; I just wanted to bring those walls down and have a party,” proclaims David Johansen, influential ’70s glam punk lead singer of the New York Dolls. For the first time ever, Personality Crisis: One Night Only reveals the many faces of Johansen when it premieres on Showtime on Friday, April 14, at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. From Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, co-director Emmy nominee David Tedeschi (The 50 Year Argument) and executive producers Academy Award(R) winning filmmakers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, present this wildly entertaining portrait, available for streaming and on demand to I’ve known David Johansen for decades, and his music has been a touchstone ever since I listened to the Dolls when I was making Mean Streets,” said Scorsese. “Then and now, David’s music captures the energy and excitement of New York City.

Showtime has unveiled an April 14th premiere date for their documentary Personality Crisis: One Night Only, on New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, also debuting a trailer for the pic directed by Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese (The Last Waltz) and Emmy nom David Tedeschi (The 50 Year Argument), which you can view above.

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Framed around an intimate cabaret performance filmed in January 2020 at New York City’s storied Café Carlyle, Personality Crisis explores the glam punk legend’s enormous influence as he regales the audience with stories and music illuminating the...

One of the most unexpected successes for DC was Shazam!, a movie about the titular hero who could transform from teenager to a god-like superhero, but new fanart now shows the potential for that formula to be replicated with another relatively unknown hero. With the Dceu set to go under a massive restructuring, it might be time for Jakeem Thunder to get the focus he deserves.

A self-reliant and self-made tough kid who grew up on the streets of Keystone City, Jakeem Johnny Williams, came into possession of a pen that was formerly owned by the Golden Age hero, Johnny Thunder. Inside that pen he found a fifth dimensional djinn named Yz —also known as Thunderbolt. In control of extremely powerful and limitless magic, Yz is bound to obey the keeper of the pen and is thus bound to the will and desires of JJ Williams. The one drawback is...

With Black Adam having dominated at the box office, it's clear that movie goers can't get enough of superhero flicks. No amount of mixed reviews from critics has stopped people from flocking to the theater to witness some brutal action and goofy costumed drama, and regardless of how separate individuals feels, it's clear that everyone loves Pierce Brosnan's performance as Doctor Fate.

While the other members of the Justice Society weren't given much to do in Black Adam, their inclusion has led many to look into the group's history. It's one that spans decades of comics and dozens of obscure heroes, yet Redditors seem united in highlighting which team members are the best.

Jade & Obsidian

As super powered twins, Jade and Obsidian are inseparable characters. They both have unique abilities that stem from their father, the original Green Lantern, and in the eyes of Redditor 4_Legged_Duck, "they're the...

Warning! Spoilers for Stargirl: Frenemies episode 9, "The Monsters."The Stargirl season 3 episode "Frenemies - Chapter Nine: The Monsters" featured an albino gorilla with an enlarged forehead, one recognizable to many comic readers as the Ultra-Humanite. The classic DC Comics villain made a surprise appearance in the episode's final scene, menacing Mike Dugan, Jakeem Williams, and the Thunderbolt after they uncovered his lair. As the teenagers and their magical genie friend fled while the monster roared, the monster suddenly declared that he would kill "every last one of them" in perfect English, his speech a sharp contrast to his bestial form.

The introduction of the Ultra-Humanite seemingly solves one of Stargirl season 3's biggest mysteries. For several episodes, it had been apparent that someone of considerable intelligence and incredible strength had been spying upon the heroes and villains of Blue Valley, Nebraska. While there was a lengthy list of suspects,...

Black Adam, which releases in less than a year, promises to expand upon the lore of the Dceu, bringing us a version of The Justice Society of America. The film's re-imagining of the classic superhero team raises quite a few questions as to where the creative minds behind the Dceu have planned.

With Hawkman, Cyclone, Atom Smasher, and Doctor Fate all confirmed for the movie, not to mention Alan Scott's Green Lantern and Hourman slated to debut in The Dceu soon, it's worth asking one simple question. Which Jsa mainstays need to make their presence known in DC's cinematic universe?

Update: 2022/10/21 15:30 Est By Shawn S. Lealos

Black Adam arrived in October 2022, and while the Justice Society of America has appeared on the small screen in Smallville and The Arrowverse, this is their debut on the big screen. Based on the trailer, a limited number of Jsa members appears,...

Previously a lesser-known DC character, Sandman has enjoyed plenty of live-action screen time in recent years. First appearing in Smallville, the character went on to have a cameo in DC's Legends of Tomorrow before being featured in a supporting capacity in Stargirl. An incarnation of the character also appears in the 2022 Netflix hit The Sandman.

Sandman also happens to be one of the first ever characters whom DC Comics introduced to readers. But who are the rest? Popular names such as Batman and Superman debuted early too, and so did a couple of other B-list heroes who haven’t been lucky enough to be featured regularly in live-action and animation.

The King (King Standish) - March 1940

Standish first appears in Flash Comics #3 in which he is shown fighting criminals. In future issues, he goes on a couple of missions with the Justice Society Of America too.

As an illusionist, Standish is a fascinating character,...

"The Sopranos" is known for its diverse soundtrack that series creator David Chase, producer Martin Bruestle, and music editor Kathryn Dayak carefully selected. Pre-recorded music is often chosen after completing the production and editing of an episode, but occasionally sequences are filmed to match the songs picked beforehand. In "The Sopranos: Selected Scripts from Three Seasons," Chase elaborates on why he uses popular songs and little to no original compositions:

"I sometimes see the music as another character, the lyrics of songs functioning as a Greek chorus, sometimes — but not always — summing up or commenting on events in the story ... Mostly the music fosters a feeling or mood."

Chase masterfully curates music from an assortment of moods, genres, and artists to voice the inner emotional life of his characters and their relationship to contemporary culture. This sonic tapestry amplifies the story being told and the themes of suburban family life,...

“Nightclubbing,” the first-ever documentary about the legendary New York City nightclub Max’s Kansas City, which from 1965 through 1981 was a hotbed for the city’s rock, glam, punk and new wave scenes, has announced a series of screenings across the globe in July and August.

The film — the full title of which is “Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC” — will screen along with another doc from Chip Baker Films, “Sid: The Final Curtain,” which is a brief documentary about the late Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious’ final concert, which took place at Max’s.

“Nightclubbing” is the sixth music documentary from Spanish filmmaker Danny Garcia (others include “The Rise and Fall of The Clash” and “Rolling Stone: The Life and Death of Brian Jones” about the group’s founder and original leader). It premiered at the Dock of the Bay Film Festival in San Sebastián, Spain last month...

The nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 are in, and the list features Eminem, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Duran Duran, Beck, Pat Benatar, Carly Simon, A Tribe Called Quest, Kate Bush, Devo, Judas Priest, Eurythmics, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Rage Against the Machine, and Dionne Warwick. The top vote-getters will be announced in May and inducted in the fall.

“This year’s ballot recognizes a diverse group of incredible artists, each who has had a profound impact on the sound of youth culture,...

The nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2021 are in and the list features Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Mary J. Blige, Iron Maiden, Tina Turner, the Go-Go’s, Rage Against the Machine, Kate Bush, Devo, Chaka Khan, Carole King, Fela Kuti, LL Cool J, New York Dolls, Todd Rundgren, and Dionne Warwick. The top vote-getters will be announced in May and inducted in a Cleveland, Ohio, ceremony in the fall.

To be eligible for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s first single or album had to...

The death of New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain after a long battle with cancer means that frontman David Johansen is now the last surviving member of the pioneering proto-punk band. He’s spent the past 24 hours since the news broke reflecting on his five-decade relationship Sylvain and reading fan tributes to him on social media. “It’s too bad this outpouring of love didn’t happen while he was alive,” Johansen says. “People should say, ‘I’m going to die next week, so please tell me how you feel right now.

The sad news came down last night that New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain died after a long battle with cancer. “l remember the first time I saw him bop into the rehearsal space/bicycle shop with his carpetbag and guitar straight from the plane after having been deported from Amsterdam,” New York Dolls frontman David Johansen wrote on Instagram after the news broke. “I instantly loved him. I’m gonna miss you old pal. I’ll keep the home fires burning.”

Sylvain’s death is the latest in a...

Sylvain Sylvain, the guitarist who was a founding member of the pioneering rock group New York Dolls, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer. He was 69.

His death was announced Thursday; In a statement, his friend, Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye wrote in part that “Syl loved rock and roll. His onstage joy, his radiant smile as he chopped at his guitar, revealed the sense of wonder he must have felt at the age of 10, emigrating from his native Cairo with his family in 1961, the ship pulling into New York Harbor and seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time.”

Sylvain’s wife, Wanda O’Kelley Mizrahi, also remembered her husband in the Facebook post: “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past two and 1/2 years. Though he fought it valiantly, yesterday he passed away from this disease. While we grieve his loss, we know...

Sylvain Sylvain, a punk guitar icon best known for his work with the New York Dolls, died Wednesday from cancer, according to a Facebook post by his wife.

“As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past two and 1/2 years,” wrote Wendy Mizrahi, in a statement on his Facebook page. “Though he fought it valiantly, yesterday he passed away from this disease. While we grieve his loss, we know that he is finally at peace and out of pain. Please crank up his music, light a candle, say a prayer and let’s send this beautiful doll on his way.”

The New York Dolls released its self-titled 1973 debut album to little acclaim, and were generally far outside the mainstream.

But the band and its album grew in stature as the world caught up, with Rolling Stone...

Sylvain Sylvain, the punk icon and guitarist for New York Dolls whose riffs bridged the gap between punk and glam, died Wednesday. He was 69. The musician, who also contributed bass, piano and songwriting to the groundbreaking band’s first two albums, had been battling cancer.

“As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past two and 1/2 years,” his wife, Wanda O’Kelley Mizrahi, wrote in a statement on his Facebook page. “Though he fought it valiantly, yesterday he passed away from this disease. While we grieve his loss,...

Sylvain Sylvain, songwriter and founding guitarist with punk icons the New York Dolls, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer. He was 69.

Born Sylvain Mizrahi in Cairo, Egypt, a young Sylvain and his family moved to France then settled in New York. It was in the Big Apple where the rocker would join forces with Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Arthur Kane and David Johansen to form the New York Dolls, and set the standard for punk rock swagger and style.

A statement at his official Facebook page reads, “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past ...

Sylvain Sylvain, songwriter and founding guitarist with punk icons the New York Dolls, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer. He was 69.

Born Sylvain Mizrahi in Cairo, Egypt, a young Sylvain and his family moved to France then settled in New York. It was in the Big Apple where the rocker would join forces with Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Arthur Kane and David Johansen to form the New York Dolls, and set the standard for punk rock swagger and style.

A statement at his official Facebook page reads, “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past ...

Roy Head, the rocker known for his 1965 smash “Treat Her Right,” died Monday at his home in Porter, Texas, family members reported. He was 79.

“Treat Her Right” reached No. 2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&b chart in 1965; the rave-up was kept out of the top pop spot only by the Beatles’ “Yesterday.” The song was repopularized last year by Quentin Tarantino’s use of it for the credit sequence music in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” It was also featured in the 1991 film “The Commitments.”

Wood found renewed renown as the father of Sundance Head, the winner of season 11 of “The Voice.” The younger Head sang “Treat Her Right” as a duet with his coach, Blake Shelton, on an episode of the show in 2016.

Billy Gibbons of Zz Top paid tribute to Head as a “rock ’n’ soul phenomenon who had been one of our early and continuing inspirations.

Walter Lure, guitarist and last surviving member of punk legends Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, has died at the age of 71.

Los Angeles’ Starwood venue first announced Lure’s death Saturday following a brief battle with cancer (via Ultimate Classic Rock), with Lure’s band the Waldos later confirming his death. “Walter was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer in July 2020, which spread rapidly and he died from complications related to the cancer at the age of 71, peacefully in the hospital, surrounded by family,” the venue wrote on social media.

Walter Lure, a cofounder of 1970s punk rock pioneers the Heartbreakers, died Aug. 22 of cancer at age 71, friends confirmed.

The guitarist appeared on the Heatbreakers only studio album, 1977’s L.A.M.F., which featured frontman Johnny Thunders, bassist Billy Rath, and drummer Jerry Nolan. Lure was in and out of the band at various points.

He became a stockbroker and continued performing until earlier this year, performing with ad hoc lineups. A live album of Walter Lure’s L.A.M.F. with Lure and Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, and Blondie drummer Clem Burke was released in 2017.

“Walter Lure our dear, friend has passed away,” said a social media post from the Starwood Club in Hollywood. “Walter was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer in July 2020, which spread rapidly and he died from complications related to the cancer at the age of 71, peacefully in the hospital,...

Martin Scorsese is set to direct a New York Dolls documentary focused on front man David Johansen. The iconic director is working with Showtime to deliver Johansen's story for the first time. David Tedeschi will co-direct the documentary on the glam-punk pioneer with Scorsese. In addition to Tedeschi, Scorsese is bringing along other longtime collaborators including producer Margaret Bodd and director of photography Ellen Kuras.

The untitled documentary will tell the story of David Johansen's life, which will more than likely spend a great deal of time with the New York Dolls. Martin Scorsese and his team already shot some concert footage of Johansen performing earlier this year at New York's Caf&#233 Carlyle, where the front man told stories about his career in between songs. Scorsese had this to say about the untitled project.

"I've known David Johansen for decades, and his music has been a touchstone ever since I...

Is it a crime to fall in love with Frankenstein? Martin Scorsese has, and hard. Pre-punk hard. The director is best known for movies with killer soundtracks, but he’s also brought such classic musical films as The Last Waltz–he even got Michael Jackson down a subway platform in the music video for “Bad.” Not to mention the work he did early in his career following Elvis Presley. Scorsese will next tilt his camera at the legendary David Johansen in a Showtime documentary, according to Rolling Stone.

“I’ve known David Johansen for decades, and his music has been a touchstone ever since I listened to the Dolls when I was making Mean Streets,” Scorsese said in a statement. “Then and now, David’s music captures the energy and excitement of New York City.”

Scorsese will co-direct with two-time Emmy nominee David Tedeschi, who edited George Harrison: Living in the Material World...

I wrote the song “Shane” for my latest album Sunset Kids while we were taking a break from recording, and producers Lucinda Williams and Tom Overby were back out on the road. We filmed a video with director Joseph Quever running all over Dublin to capture some of Shane’s old haunts, but the song came to me after a trip I’d taken to Dublin to sing at Shane MacGowan’s 60th birthday. Nobody really though that this mythical punk rock poet who was born on Christmas day would ever live this long…...

Michael Kiwanuka has announced a new album, Kiwanuka, to be released October 25th, and shared its lead single, “You Ain’t the Problem.”

“You Ain’t the Problem” boasts a delightfully boisterous mix of drums and horns, which anchor twisting guitars and array of vocal loops. Over this busy, uptempo groove, Kiwanuka delivers a simple yet compelling vocal performance, with lyrics like, “I lived a live/Love is the crime/It’s you I believe in/No Need to play myself/No need to die/I’m only human.”

Kiwanuka...

“I’m in a band right now that’s playing the biggest rock songs in the biggest places, and I love it,” Duff McKagan says on a recent episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “That’s what I meant to do. I was born to play in Guns N’ Roses.” But the Guns bassist also found time to make an intimate, Americana-infused new solo album, Tenderness, which he discusses in depth, along with the mega-successful Guns N’ Roses reunion (including the reasons behind Izzy Stradlin’s absence) and...

Hollywood Vampires may be a supergroup, but their self-titled 2015 debut album was essentially a souped-up showcase for frontman Alice Cooper. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, and the band provided a hard-rocking foundation for Cooper to pay tribute to what he called his “dead, drunk friends” with covers of the Who, John Lennon, and Jimi Hendrix, among others — all with his typically vaudevillian panache. They recorded a couple of originals for the record but more or less stuck to crowd pleasers like “Whole Lotta Love” and left space for famous...

Wanted to reach out regarding Room 37 – The Mysterious Death Of Johnny Thunders, in theaters May 17th from Cleopatra Entertainment. The film, starring Leo Ramsey, Devin McGregor Ketko, Timothy Lee-Priest, and Jason Lasater, includes the infamous Johnny Thunders song “Born to Lose,” along with a vocal appearance by legendary New York Dolls member Sylvain …

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Based on the final days of the legendary guitar player Johnny Thunders, Room 37 - The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders will be released in theaters this week from Cleopatra Entertainment, and to give viewers an idea of what to expect from the dark rock and roll story, we have the film's official trailer and images.

Directed by Fernando Cordero Caballero and Vicente Cordero, Room 37 - The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders stars Leo Ramsey, Devin McGregor Ketko, and Timothy Lee DePriest. Cleopatra Entertainment will release the film in theaters on May 17th, followed by a VOD release on May 21st.

Synopsis: "Famed rock and roll guitarist Johnny Thunders arrives in New Orleans to get his life together after a toll of hardships, but instead falls into a dark journey and trail of events that are based on his real life unexplained mysterious death."



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Richard Hell is known for many things — his short-lived stint in Television, his success with the Voidoids, his long career as a downtown poet. But maybe best of all, he’s known as the handsome lothario of the 1970s NYC punk scene. Yet when cultural historian Carlo McCormick asked Hell about the connection between punk and sexuality, Hell told him that wasn’t the point. “I remember Richard Hell saying to me, ‘Well Carlo, punk wasn’t really about sex,'” McCormick says with a smile in a gallery at...

Anthony Bourdain’s last meal on the final original episode of CNN’s Parts Unknown was as simple as could be: Hard-boiled eggs served up by his old friend, the musician and artist John Lurie, capping an episode devoted to their old stomping ground, Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

“I came for heroin and I came for music,” said Bourdain about the punk & drugs era of pre-gentrified 1970s-early ’80s Lower East Side. Among the guests on this finale: Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of the band Blondie, rapper and artist Fab Five Freddy, Harley Flanagan of the band Cro-Mags, director Jim Jarmusch and post-punk avant “no wave” icon Lydia Lunch.

To mark the episode, the Explore Parts Unknown website – a collaboration between CNN and media company Roads & Kingdoms – has put together a 10-song “Lower East Side” playlist (see it below).

Known for traveling to, and sampling the cuisine of,...

In the fall of 1968, Wayne Kramer saw his dreams come true when Elektra Records came to Detroit and signed his band, the MC5. “This was the deal I was looking for,” he writes in his new memoir The Hard Stuff, “with a very hip label that had pockets deep enough to market the band properly.” With a strong creative and performing nucleus in vocalist Rob Tyner and the double guitar team of Kramer and Fred “Sonic” Smith, greatness seemed to be waiting. Instead, their embrace of radical politics put the...

The world was shocked by the terrible news of Anthony Bourdain's death today, because he seemed invincible. As his man Iggy Pop would say, he had a lust for life. Bourdain wasn't just another celebrity chef – he was an adventurer, a punk rocker who used to scam his way into Cbgb shows by cooking meals for the bands. On his revolutionary travel shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown, he brought that same streetwise flair to his quest to cross the globe in search of weird food and drink and shady companions.