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Christopher J. Zucchero reprises his role as Chi-Chi in The Bear season 3. While many professional chefs appear on the show, Zucchero's participation is special. Zucchero's Mr. Beef sandwich shop inspired The Bear creator, a childhood friend, who filmed the pilot at the restaurant.

Season 3 of Hulu's hit series The Bear features a long list of surprise cameos from real professional chefs, including a returning appearance from the inspiration behind The Bear's Original Beef sandwich shop. Some chefs, like Matty Matheson, who plays Neil Fak, have become mainstay actors on the show. Others, like Thomas Keller and Ren Redzepi, appear as important mentors in flashbacks to Carmy's professional progression. Additionally, at the end of The Bear season 3, real chefs share war stories from their experiences at top restaurants during the funeral dinner for the restaurant Ever.

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Famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s will be the subject of a concert film titled Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration that will get an international release this fall via Fathom. The pic will document the three-day event next month honoring Bocelli’s 30th anniversary in music.

The event is set for July 15, 17 and 19 at the Teatro del Silenzio (Theater of Silence) in Tuscany. Once a year, the natural amphitheater in Bocelli’s hometown hosts this musical festival, and the film will showcase Bocelli’s repertoire alongside duets with other performers.

The film will be directed by Grammy nominee and Emmy winner Sam Wrench, who recently helmed Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour, the highest-grossing concert film of all time. He also is behind live-performance films with Billie Eilish, Lizzo, BTS, The Weeknd and more.

Bocelli’s celebration features performances from Ed Sheeran, Brian May, Shania Twain, Jon Batiste, Russell Crowe, Sofia Vergara,...

An animated video for Mark Knopfler’s all-star charity single “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” – which brought together a stunning lineup of over 60 guitar gods to raise funds for Teen Cancer America and the Teenage Cancer Trust – has been released. It features the final recording of Jeff Beck along with contributions by Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Ronnie Wood, Joan Jett, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Sting.

The song came out a week ago, but it was difficult to discern who was playing what part throughout the ten-minute song.

Mark Knopfler has teamed up with a host of fellow guitar legends to record a version of his song “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.

The Dire Straits frontman tapped Eric Clapton, Slash (Guns N’ Roses), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Brian May (Queen), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Pete Townshend (The Who), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Joan Jett, and many more, forming what he has dubbed “Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes.” Notably, the star-studded version opens with the final recorded guitar track by the late Jeff Beck.

Knopfler’s longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher handled the production of the track, which might be the greatest assemblage of guitar talent to co-exist on a single song. The Sgt. Pepper‘s-style artwork was created by Sir Peter Blake.

The full song can be heard below now, featuring...

Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler has united with over 60 artists — including Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Sting, Brian May, Joan Jett, Nile Rodgers, and Brian May — to create a new version of his 1983 instrumental “Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero.”

The song arrives on March 15, though you can hear a brief sample right now. It’s the final recording Jeff Beck created before his death in January 2023. All proceeds from the release will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.

The Bear, a Hulu series, gained popularity and was renewed for a second season due to positive reviews and awards. The show is set in Chicago's River North neighborhood and is filmed on location in various parts of the city. The fictional restaurant, The Original Beef in the show, is based on a real Chicago restaurant called Mr. Beef, which temporarily closed so the cast and crew could film there.

The Hulu comedy-drama television series The Bear became a hit sensation during its first season, which revolved around a struggling Italian beef sandwich shop in Chicago - The Original Beef in Chicagoland. Starring Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Abby Elliot, the series begins with Carmy (White), returning home to Illinois following his brother's suicide. Carmy's brother, Michael, left the restaurant to him, much to Carmy's dismay, since he was once a prestigious chef...

Los Angeles, Jan 6 (Ians) Grammy winner Michael Bolton has revealed that he has been diagnosed with brain tumour and will be taking a temporary break from performing.

The 70-year-old singer took to Facebook to make the announcement about his health, reports deadline.com.

“Just before the holidays, it was discovered that I had a brain tumor, which required immediate surgery. Thanks to my incredible medical team, the surgery was a success,” Bolton wrote.

“I am now recuperating at home and surrounded by the tremendous love and support of my family.”

He told fans he will be taking the “next couple of months” to his recovery and taking a “temporary break” from touring.

“It is always the hardest thing for me to ever disappoint my fans or postpone a show, but have no doubt I am working hard to accelerate my recovery and get back to performing soon,” wrote Bolton.

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The Bear is one of Hulu’s biggest and best original shows. It stars Jeremy Allen White, who you might recognize from Shameless, as Carmy, a talented chef who returns to Chicago after the tragic death of his brother and takes over his restaurant. The restaurant in question is called The Beef, and it serves a Chicago staple, Italian beef sandwiches, which are a far cry from the Michelin starred work Carmy had been doing before. While he is determined to do right by his brother, Carmy struggles with the disparity between the restaurant he left behind and his new reality of small business ownership.

Allen White is joined by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, and Lionel Boyce as other members of The Beef’s staff, with each of their characters having varying degrees of culinary experience. One of The Bear’s greatest strengths — or drawbacks, depending on who’s watching...

The Bear's real-life inspiration, Chris Zucchero, reveals his honest reason for not watching the show. Created by Christopher Storer, The Bear tracks a young chef (Jeremy Allen White) who returns home following the death of his brother, taking ownership of his restaurant, The Original Beef of Chicagoland, while learning to work alongside its staff in occasional dysfunction. In addition to White, the series' cast includes Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott, and Matty Matheson.

The show premiered on Hulu back in 2022 and quickly became a hit, but it might be surprising to find out that The Bear is based on a real restaurant. In a recent interview with Variety, Zucchero, who currently owns that restaurant, Mr. Beef, explained that he has never actually seen the series. He revealed that he has not watched anything the sandwich shop was associated with, noting how he feels about it.

While his own Italian sandwich shop directly inspired the hit drama series The Bear, Chris Zucchero has his reasons for why he avoids watching it. The series is created by Christopher Storer, a lifelong friend of Zucchero's who was inspired by the story of his Chicago restaurant, Mr. Beef. Around 90% of the show is shot in the Chicago sandwich shop and Zucchero even has a cameo in the pilot episode interacting with series lead Jeremy Allen White.

In a new interview with Variety, Zucchero spoke about his restaurant and The Bear, and he revealed that he still hasn't seen a single episode of the show. He says that it has nothing to do with the quality of the show, but it just makes him "feel weird" as someone who doesn't like to be the center of attention. While he was happy to help out a friend with The Bear...

Chris Zucchero, owner of Chicago’s beloved Italian sandwich shop Mr. Beef, is on the “L” trying to get a word in on the phone. He just wrapped up a long two days of catering parties for FX’s “The Bear” Season 2, providing hot Italian beef sandwiches with sweet peppers and spicy giardiniera for Hollywood’s finest.

“The Bear” creator Christopher Storer — who Zucchero has been friends with since kindergarten — based “The Bear” on the classic establishment and shot about 90% of the pilot in Mr. Beef. Storer even cast Zucchero in the pilot as the guy in the parking lot who deals meat to Jeremy Allen White’s character Carmy.

Still, Zucchero hasn’t watched a single episode of “The Bear,” and probably won’t ever. It’s not for lack of interest or support — he just can’t afford to lose sight of the restaurant that’s been feeding Chicago for six decades,...

In Japanese anime, most heroes are written to be as likable as possible. Since they are supposed to be the audience's portal into the universe, a great number of noble or sympathetic qualities are always desirable. However, there are a handful of heroes who fall short of the mark.

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Whether due to poor attitudes, lackluster development, or even unfortunate circumstances, these individuals have lost the interest and respect of viewers. By identifying them, it becomes easier to gauge the ways they have fallen short and how future heroes might avoid making the same mistakes.

Update on May 17th, 2023 by Louis Kemner: nearly all anime series aim to create likable, respectable heroes whom fans may cheer on and sympathize with, with classic examples ranging from Naruto Uzumaki to Tanjiro Kamado to Saitama the caped baldy. Then again, some anime protagonists and supporting heroes have no fans at all,...

Joseph Zucchero, the founder of the beef sandwich shop that inspired FX’s popular drama series “The Bear,” has died at age 69, according to his son, Christopher Zucchoro.

Zucchero was the founder of one of Chicago’s most famous staples, “Mr Beef.” The restaurant was founded in 1979, with its menu serving up Italian beef, Italian sausage, hamburgers and more. His son shared with followers in an Instagram post that his father died just two weeks after celebrating his birthday in February.

“A part of me, my family, and Mr. Beef died today. I was incredibly lucky to be this man’s son. I know this,” said Chris, who co-owns the restaurant with his father. Zucchero unexpectedly died on March 1 at Rush Medical Center while undergoing cancer treatment.

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