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The whole premise of the Troggs’ 1966 hit “Wild Thing” is about this socially disaffected guy, benumbed to sympathy, empathy, and even his own ego — utterly skeptical of any personal joy, a real Freudian basket case — until he experiences a sexual awakening so subtle that he questions his own motivations. Of course, you’ve heard the song a billion times already and that description oversells the simplicity of the song’s beer tumbler–shaking riff and songwriter Chip Taylor’s troglodyte lyrics. Well, you got lucky, babe, when Tom Petty found...

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A rare, 40-year-old Tom Petty documentary from Almost Famous writer-director Cameron Crowe is available to stream for the first time. Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party originally aired on MTV in 1983 and was not seen for decades after. The film was restored for a one-weekend theatrical release in October, and it’s now available to stream on Paramount+ as of March 11.

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Over 40 years after bringing fans along for the ride in Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, Cameron Crowe has unearthed long-lost footage of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

The result is the filmmaker’s remastered documentary, Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, now streaming on Paramount+. It features never-before-seen 16mm footage shot during the rock-and-roll band’s Long After Dark era from 1982 to 1983. Per the logline, the music documentary “is a fun, candid, fast-paced, and musically rich ride with America’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band, a time capsule of the dawn of the MTV era, and a rare and shining glimpse into Tom Petty’s lasting creative genius.”

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The film originally aired in 1983 on MTV, but was “deemed too experimental and abruptly pulled from the air,...

The cult 1980s music documentary from Cameron Crowe received a full restoration last year, the first time it’s been available for a global audience.

Cameron Crowe’s cult music documentary “Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party” was the stuff of legend for nearly 40 years, airing only once on MTV in 1983 and deemed too experimental for further viewings. But last year, the original 16 mm tapes were rediscovered, and what was once folklore to fans, musicians, and the collective entertainment industry is now getting the eyes it deserves. The newly restored “Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party” will be available this Tuesday, March 11, marking the first time the film will be largely available to a global audience. Watch the highly anticipated film, which comes with 20 minutes of bonus material, exclusively on Paramount+!

How to watch ‘Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party’ When: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 3:01 a.m. Et Where: Paramount+ Stream: Watch with...

It’s a little more than a decade since Benmont Tench released his debut solo LP, You Should Be So Lucky, but for the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist, it feels like a lifetime ago. There’s been a lot of joy in the intervening years, most notably his 2015 marriage to Alice Carbone Tench, and the birth of their daughter, Catherine. But he also endured the sudden death of Petty just seven days after the conclusion of their 2017 tour, and a recent battle with oral cancer.

Along the way,...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Chaos: The Manson Murders (Errol Morris)

Over half a century later, what new information can be gleaned from the nights of August 9 and 10, 1969? Tom O’Neill and Dan Piepenbring’s riveting (if convoluted) book Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties––released in June 2019, between the Cannes premiere and theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino’s cathartic rewrite of that history––argues that while all the evidence of the murders has been gleaned, there’s a complex and knotty web of conspiracies for the motivations, some more plausible than others. To pare down the 528-page book to its most overarching theory, it postulates Manson may have been allowed (and perhaps even directed) by the CIA to concoct a reign...

Mike Campbell was always more than just the deeply gifted guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — songs from “Refugee” to “You Wreck Me,” not to mention Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer,” began with music he wrote. In his essential, vividly told new autobiography, Heartbreaker: A Memoir, due March 18, Campbell (now the leader of his own band, the Dirty Knobs) offers many new revelations about his relationship with Petty and his musical journey.

In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Campbell breaks down those untold stories, and...

Two-time Oscar winner, Gene Hackman has died at the age of 95. The iconic actor was found dead at their Santa Fe, N.M. home alongside his 63-year-old classical pianist wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog.

Whilst not deemed suspicious, their deaths are currently being investigated.

Former Marine turned actor Hackman, who won two Oscars for his roles in 1971’s ‘The French Connection’ and 1992’s ‘Unforgiven’ made his mark in Hollywood with his role as Clyde Barrow’s explosive older brother in the 1967 film ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ which brought him his first Oscar nomination in supporting actor. He also found himself with Oscar nominations for this roles as FBI Special Agent Rupert Anderson in ‘Mississippi Burning,’ Gene Garrison in Gil Cates’ ‘I Never Sang for My Father,’

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Unfortunately, we have to get the day started with some sad news today, as it has been reported that we’ve lost one of the great legends of cinema, Gene Hackman, at the age of 95. Hackman, his retired pianist wife, 63-year-old Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were all found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Wednesday afternoon. Yahoo reports that New Mexico police have said that the causes of death are under investigation, “but they do not believe foul play is a factor at this time.” Of course, there’s a lot of speculation going around that the cause of death may be carbon monoxide poisoning, but nothing has been confirmed as of right now.

Born on January 30, 1930 in San Bernadino, California, Eugene Allen Hackman did a lot of moving around in his younger years, but had already decided that he wanted to be an actor...

Following the tragic death of Michelle Trachtenberg on Wednesday, Hollywood was rocked again by the news that legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were both found dead at their home in Santa Fe with their dog. The terrible news shared by the Santa Fe New Mexican reported that Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza confirmed the news that the couple had been discovered just after midnight on Thursday morning, although they could not reveal a cause of death at the time.

In a statement shared by the Sheriff’s Office said, "We do not believe foul play was a factor in their deaths. However, exact cause of death has not been determined at this time."

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Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows and live sports coming to Paramount+ in March, which will mark the streaming service’s fourth anniversary. The Paramount Plus March 2025 schedule includes the updated Women Who Move Mountains collection, which shines a light on the real and fictional women who inspire.

For Women’s History Month, new additions to the collection include A League of Their Own, Annihilation, Blue Crush, Ex Machina, Failure to Launch, Julie & Julia, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life, Marie Antoinette, Practical Magic, Room, Sugar & Spice, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Women and more.

Happy Face

Speaking of strong leading ladies, don’t miss the premiere of the original series Happy Face, inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore (played by Annaleigh Ashford) who discovered that her once beloved father, Keith Jesperson (Dennis Quaid), was the prolific serial killer known as Happy Face.

Photo Credit: Paramount+ Get ready to rock! Paramount+ has announced that Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party will premiere exclusively on the streaming service. This exciting news marks the first time this fully restored classic ’80s documentary, directed by the legendary Cameron Crowe. This isn’t just any rock documentary; it’s a time capsule. Heartbreakers Beach Party offers a fun, candid, and musically rich ride with one of America’s greatest rock & roll bands. It’s a glimpse into the dawn of the MTV era and a rare, shining moment showcasing Tom Petty’s lasting creative genius. What makes this release even more special? It features nearly 20 minutes of never-before-seen bonus content! Think new commentary from Crowe himself, alongside in-depth interviews, electrifying live performances, and unprecedented intimate access to Petty and the band. Originally airing only once on MTV way back in February 1983, Crowe’s directorial debut became a legendary piece of rock history,...

Paramount+ announced today that Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party will premiere exclusively on the service on Tuesday, March 11 in the U.S. and Canada and on Wednesday, March 12 in the UK, Australia, Latin America, France, Italy and Germany.

The release marks the first time the fully restored version of the classic ’80s documentary from legendary and Academy Award-winning director Cameron Crowe will be widely available to a global audience.

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Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party is a fun, candid, fast-paced and musically rich ride with America’s greatest rock & roll band, a time capsule of the dawn of the MTV era and a rare, shining glimpse into Tom Petty’s lasting creative genius.

Featuring nearly 20 minutes of never-before-seen bonus content, including new commentary from Crowe himself, alongside in-depth interviews, electrifying live performances and unprecedented intimate access to Petty and the band.

Originally airing only once on MTV...

The early-’80s documentary “Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party,” which had a one-weekend-only release in cinemas as a theatrical event in October, is set to have its streaming premiere exclusively on Paramount+ beginning March 11 in the U.S. and Canada, the service announced Tuesday.

The Cameron Crowe-directed film will debut the following day, March 12, in the U.K., Australia, Latin America, France, Italy and Germany.

When the film rolled out on big screens last fall, it was touted as being the first time this subject of Petty (and Crowe) lore was being seen — at least legitimately — by audiences since it first premiered, with little fanfare at the time, on MTV in February 1983. Originally shot around the time of the release of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Long After Dark” album, the film was restored from its 16mm source and augmented by about 20 minutes of previously unseen bonus content, including...

Jennifer Love Hewitt has closed a deal to reprise her role as Julie James in the upcoming “I Know What You Did Last Summer” movie at Sony, directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.

Hewitt joins previously announced cast Freddie Prinze Jr. (who also returns to the horror franchise), Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Haur-King, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols and Gabbriette. Kaytin Robinson is directing the sequel, from a script she co-wrote with Sam Lansky based off a draft by Leah McKendrick. Neal Moritz is producing.

Sony Pictures will release the film in theaters on July 18.

The original “I Know What You Did Last Summer” followed four young friends bound by a tragic accident who are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac. The film became a cult classic, earned over $125 million worldwide and led to the sequel “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer...

Those in the know classify Dierks Bentley’s 2010 bluegrass detour, Up on the Ridge, as his best all-around album. During Wednesday night’s 2024 CMA Awards, the country singer scratched that string-music itch again, performing a version of Tom Petty’s 1977 anthem “American Girl” as a bluegrass rave-up with a trio of musical aces: Molly Tuttle on guitar, Sierra Hull on mandolin, and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes on fiddle.

Bentley’s rendition of “American Girl” originally appeared on this year’s tribute album to the late leader of the Heartbreakers, Petty Country: A...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell has teamed up with novelist Ari Surdoval to write a memoir, Heartbreaker, which will be released on March 18, 2025.

The book will trace the story of Campbell’s life from his days on the Sixties Florida rock scene through his years in Mudcrutch and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the sudden death of Petty in 2017, his brief stint in Fleetwood Mac that followed, and his ongoing solo work in Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs.

“This is my book,” Campbell says in a statement.

Wearing a feathered cowboy hat and a brand-new black jacket with “Great Western” printed across the back and “Hassie” stitched on the front — for his wife, fellow Yellowstone star Hassie Harrison — Ryan Bingham stood and watched the house lights fall over the Texas Gentlemen.

Just a few moments earlier, the Lone Star State outfit that doubles as Bingham’s backing band kicked off “Nothing Holds Me Down” and now Bingham was ready to take stage of the Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, to headline an arena for the first time in his career.

Founding members of The Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench were joined by Adria Petty, Tom Petty’s daughter and managing partner of Petty Legacy, Ryan Ulyate, Petty’s longtime engineer, and surprise guest Cameron Crowe at the SiriusXM LA Garage for an exclusive hour-long roundtable discussion about Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ new Deluxe Edition of “Long After Dark,” hosted by Mark Felsot.

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The special premieres on Tom Petty Radio (Ch. 31) on October 17 at 12pm Et.

It will also be available to stream on the SiriusXM app that same day.

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Chris Stapleton sits down with one of his musical heroes – Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell – for an in-depth conversation featuring music on SiriusXM’s Chris Stapleton Radio (Ch. 63).

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During the interview, the two artists discuss songwriting, creative inspiration, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, playing guitar, life, and more. Listen to the premiere of the episode on Chris Stapleton Radio on Friday, September 27, at 6pm Et, with rebroadcasts throughout the weekend. The full episode is also available now on the SiriusXM app here.

Additionally, check out clips from the interview now below.

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The waiting really is the hardest part. Four decades after it was made, Cameron Crowe’s debut film, Heartbreakers Beach Party – which looks at Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers less than a decade into their career – will return to the public eye. Long missing from availability, the documentary aired just once on MTV back in 1983.

As per Sacks & Co., Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party has a new 4K remaster coming from Crowe’s 16mm source. For the film – which Crowe filmed in 1982, the same year his debut script was made into a little movie called Fast Times at Ridgemont High – the director looked at the band and rock and roll through the lens of the first part of the decade as they worked on and toured their Long After Dark album, which featured singles “You Got Lucky” and “Change of Heart.” The presentation will also feature a new intro by...

Cameron Crowe’s 1983 directorial debut Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party is heading to cinemas for two nights only. Details on this within.

Cameron Crowe, former Rolling Stone journalist, made his directorial debut with the little seen documentary Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party. He would go on to make classics like Say Anything, Jerry Maguire and the autobiographical Almost Famous.

The synopsis for Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, a documentary Crowe made as his directorial debut in 1983, reads as follows:

In 2024, the long-thought lost 16mm reels of Tom Petty in Cameron Crowe’s first film, “Heartbreakers Beach Party”, were finally found. The classic ‘80s documentary captures Tom Petty and the band in 1982-1983 as they finish, promote, and tour around the “Long After Dark” album (their final with legendary producer Jimmy Iovine). After its initial airing on MTV in 1983, the film was deemed too experimental and abruptly pulled from the air.

Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, the semi-lost 1983 directorial debut of future Oscar winner Cameron Crowe, aired only once at 2:00 Am on MTV. Now a fully-restored edition with 20 additional minutes of extra footage is coming to theaters for the first time for two nights, October 17th and October 20th. The 20th would have been Petty’s 74th birthday.

“Heartbreakers Beach Party occupies a special place in my heart,” Crowe said in a statement. “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers leaned into the making of the film with a kind of hilarious music-filled honesty that still feels fresh forty years later. It was also my first experience as a director.”

He added, “I’m so happy we’re bringing it back in all its reckless glory. The fact that it was yanked from MTV after only one airing at 2:00 Am just shows that it was indeed an outlandish feast for fans in all the best ways.

Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, the semi-lost 1983 directorial debut of future Oscar winner Cameron Crowe, aired only once at 2:00 Am on MTV. Now a fully-restored edition with 20 additional minutes of extra footage is coming to theaters for the first time for two nights, October 17th and October 20th. The 20th would have been Petty’s 74th birthday.

“Heartbreakers Beach Party occupies a special place in my heart,” Crowe said in a statement. “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers leaned into the making of the film with a kind of hilarious music-filled honesty that still feels fresh forty years later. It was also my first experience as a director.”

He added, “I’m so happy we’re bringing it back in all its reckless glory. The fact that it was yanked from MTV after only one airing at 2:00 Am just shows that it was indeed an outlandish feast for fans in all the best ways.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Long After Dark will get the deluxe treatment this fall with a new reissue that pairs the original 1982 album with an additional disc of unreleased music from the era.

Long After Dark Deluxe Edition, out October 18 via Geffen/UMe, boasts a dozen “newly discovered” tracks, including seven unreleased tracks, some of which were recorded for the album but left off the LP.

“There was some music recorded for Long After Dark that didn’t get on the record, that I thought would’ve made it a better album,...

A host of all-star musicians are coming together for “Life Is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24,” a run of shows celebrating The Band’s legendary concert. Making up the roster of participating artists are original Heartbreakers members Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, in addition to Ryan Bingham, Jamey Johnson, Don Was, John Medeski, Dave Malone, Terence Higgins, Cyril Neville, and Mark Mullins & The Levee Horns.

Inspired by The Band’s iconic 1976 Thanksgiving concert and honoring the legacy of the late Robbie Robertson, “Life Is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24” is the latest iteration of the annual multi-city event. The 2024 edition officially kicks off with a special, one-night-only concert at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum on October 17th that celebrates the life and work of Robertson, who passed away last year.

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Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews have announced the details of Farm Aid 2024. The annual charity concert will take place on Saturday, September 21st, 2024 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Young and Nelson, who both dealt will health issues in recent months, forcing the cancelation of tour dates, are slated to perform at Farm Aid 2024, as are fellow board members Mellencamp and Matthews.

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The Farm Aid 2024 lineup also features Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson with The Travelin’ McCourys, Charley Crockett, Joy Oladokun, Southern Avenue, Cassandra Lewis and Jesse Welles, with more artists to be announced.

A pre-sale for Farm Aid members is set for Wednesday, July 24th, with a Live Nation pre-sale following on Thursday, July 25th (use code Strum). A public ticket sale for Farm Aid 2024 will follow on Friday,...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of August titles. The Tubi August 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library: over 200,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of Tubi Originals, and nearly 250 Fast channels.

You can watch the Tubi August 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell heard about plans for country greats like Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, George Strait, Chris Stapleton, and Dierks Bentley to honor the band’s music on the covers collection Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, he felt it made perfect sense, even though they were a rock band at their core.

“We all grew up in the South and were seeped in the music of Hank Williams and George Jones that we heard on the radio,” he tells Rs.

Palm Royale got a lot of mileage out of its impressive cast, notably the women. But Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, Laura Dern and even the legendary Carol Burnett needed help to create the titular Palm Beach private club and 1960s-set high society that Maxine Dellacorte Simmons (Wiig) spends the first season trying to infiltrate. That shared assignment fell to a collaborative group including creator and showrunner Abe Sylvia, director and producer Tate Taylor, set decorator Ellen Reede and composer Jeff Toyne. With 10 episodes of the lush Apple TV+ comedy in the books, that foursome joined Wiig, also a producer, and supporting player Josh Lucas (Maxine’s complicated husband, Douglas) for a discussion about the lengths they went to in crafting the show — breaking and entering, whale calls and all.

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2026, and there’s already talk of a tribute show to mark the occasion. But Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell isn’t sure he wants to do it.

“The management said that if we did it, we’d get the original band back together, have some guest singers, and maybe just do a couple of shows,” Campbell tells Rolling Stone. “But then I always throw my hands up and go, ‘I can’t think about that. I’m not ready to go back and do that.

In 1974, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and the rest of their band Mudcrutch entered Leon Russell’s the Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to record their first demo tape with producer Denny Cordell. It was a crucial moment that led to the formation of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers two years later. In late April of this year, Campbell returned to the studio for the first time in 50 years.

“It was spiritual,” Campbell tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from the “man cave” of his Los Angeles home. “I got a little...

Beyond the vast windows of Palm Beach’s iconic Breakers resort, the ocean sparkled as women in designer florals paraded under the lobby’s vaulted, hand-frescoed ceilings. They were headed to network with Martha Stewart and Tommy Hilfiger and swap Hermès and Gucci purses for charity at a $600-per-ticket “Old Bags” luncheon.

Later, many of them joined the daily flock gathered poolside at the historic Colony Hotel, sipping cocktails served by young men in pink shirts. Apart from the rose-hued hotel’s interior update, including a new Goop-designed bungalow, similar scenes could have unfolded a half-century earlier — which is why the new Apple TV+ show Palm Royale, set in 1969, doesn’t seem very dated. The characters played by Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern and Allison Janney could have easily mingled among this crowd, and when the show incorporated shots of The Breakers, the only thing they had to adjust for historical accuracy was the cars.

Dolly Parton honored Tom Petty with a gorgeous cover of his 1985 song, “Southern Accents,” which will appear on the upcoming tribute compilation Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty.

“Southern Accents” is a tender ballad about Southern roots and a down-on-his luck Florida orange-picker. Parton stays faithful to the original, adding her own country twang, and juicing the poignancy further with a music video filled with old archival footage of Petty.

“I was fortunate enough to get to know Tom over the years,” Parton said in a statement.

Emmy winning “Band of Brothers” director David Leland, who was also a prolific writer with over five decades in the industry, died Sunday at age 82.

The news came from his longtime agency Cassaroto Ramsay & Associates on Wednesday.

“Our beloved client writer/director, David Leland has passed away. We will miss his incredible talent and warm spirit so very much,” the agency said. “Our thoughts are with his family at this time.”

Leland, born in England at the height of World War II, trained as an actor and stage manager before establishing himself as a screenwriter and director. Among his most popular films are the 1983 cult classic “Made in Britain,” 1986’s Golden-Globe and Oscar-nominated “Mona Lisa” with Bob Hoskins and 1987’s “Wish You Were Here.”

Leland was renowned for writing two films about British suburban madam Cynthia Payne, 1987’s “Personal Services” and Cannes Film Festival hit “Wish You Were Here,” the...

Jennifer Love Hewitt is getting real about being sexualized as a young actress.

During an appearance on the Inside of You podcast, the 44-year-old Ghost Whisperer star shared that she once confronted a director who told her to “be sexier.”

She also opened up about how generally insecure she was back then.

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“I didn’t feel self-confident,” Jennifer said. “I felt watched. I felt like I had to be everything for everybody all the time. I was called sexy before I ever knew what being sexy was. I was 17 years old on the cover of Maxim, and I had no idea why I was on the cover of Maxim…I loved it. But why?”

When she was 23 years old and filming the movie Heartbreakers, the director told her, “We just need you to be sexier.” In response, Jennifer pulled him aside and said,...

Jennifer Love Hewitt appeared on the “Inside of You” podcast and revealed she once had to pull a filmmaker aside on set because he was telling her she had to be sexier. As an actor in her early twenties, Hewitt had no idea what such a request even meant. She said that she never felt like she was “in her body” as a young actor as she was constantly sexualized from a young age.

“I didn’t feel self-confident. I felt watched. I felt like I had to be everything for everybody all the time,” Hewitt said. “I was called sexy before I ever knew what being sexy was. I was 17 years old on the cover of Maxim, and I had no idea why I was on the cover of Maxim. I was honored. I loved it. But why?”

“I remember doing ‘Heartbreakers’ at 23 and the director was like, ‘We...

Exclusive: iGeneration Studios, producers of Netflix’s My Life with the Walter Boys, based on Ali Novak’s popular YA book, is reteaming with the author to develop a new drama series based on Novak’s Heartbreakers books. Titled The Heartbreakers Chronicles, iGen will be shopping the project.

My Life with the Walter Boys was just renewed by Netflix for a second season, after only ten days on the streamer. In its first full week on Netflix, the first season tallied more than 12M views, putting it at the top of the English-language TV charts. Following its December 7 premiere, the series shot to No. 2 on Netflix’s Top 10 list with 7.5M views in just a few days of availability.

The Heartbreakers Chronicles follows the exploits of the world’s #1 “boy band,” told from the perspective of the love interests of each of the band’s members.

Ed Glauser, iGeneration Studios founder and CEO,...

Jennifer Love Hewitt expressed keen interest in reprising her role in a potential I Know What You Did Last Summer legacy sequel. Hewitt is aware of her age but won't let it deter her from returning to the horror franchise. There is hope for a revival of the franchise with Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. interested in returning, similar to the recent revival of the Scream series.

In 1997, I Know What You Did Last Summer became a slasher sensation, earning $125 million dollars at the box office against a budget of just $17 million. Its success paved the way for a theatrical sequel in 1998, and a direct-to-video installment in 2006 that featured all new cast members, and has gone largely forgotten about. 25 years since she appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Jennifer Love Hewitt has expressed keen interest in reprising her role of Julie James in a potential legacy...

Actor Peter Spellos had over 150 screen acting and vocal performance credits to his name, but genre fans are most likely to remember him as Orville Ketchum from the slasher movie Sorority House Massacre II and its companion piece Hard to Die, as well as the brief appearance he made as the character Tracy’s father in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Outside of horror, he’s best known for providing the voice of Sky-Byte in 39 episodes of the animated series Transformers: Robots in Disguise. Unfortunately, we have very sad news to share today, as it has been confirmed that Spellos has passed away at age 69 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Born on March 1, 1954, Spellos passed away yesterday, November 19th, at the Franciscan Hospice House in Indianapolis. His brother, James Spellos, notified TMZ that his family is planning an online “celebration of life” gathering for his fans.

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If you read that headline and thought to yourself, "Who the hell is Nate Bargatze?", then allow me to direct you over to Netflix to check out his stand-up specials "The Tennessee Kid" and "The Greatest Average American," or head over to Amazon Prime Video to watch "Hello World" from just earlier this year. They're all hilarious, and they'll make you fall in love with him. 

Over the past few years, Nate Bargatze has become a new favorite on the stand-up scene thanks to his wry delivery and sensible yet hilarious perspectives. Making him significantly more appealing to a broader audience than some of the other big stand-up comics out there is the fact that Bargatze is one of the rare comedians who works clean and doesn't rely on any profanity, vulgarity, or blue material. However, he might end up getting a little more edgy when he stops by a...

One week after his unannounced appearance at Farm Aid, where he stunned the crowd by playing three 1965 classics with 3/5th of the Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan resumed his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour at the Midland Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. And even though he was back with his standard touring band, the surprises kept coming when he opened the show with Leiber and Stoller’s 1952 classic “Kansas City.”

It was the first time he’d played the song since a 1986 show with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Bonner Springs,...

Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival is underway this weekend in Dana Point, California, with the Pearl Jam frontman popping up during the Killers’ Friday night headlining set to perform Tom Petty’s “The Waiting.”

Vedder dedicated the performance to some diehard Killers fans who situated themselves along the front rail when the festival open hours earlier. “This one’s for you,” Vedder said, pointing them out.

Petty has long been a staple of both Pearl Jam’s and the Killers’ setlists following the Heartbreakers bandleader’s death in 2017: The...

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr’s “Rewind Forward” will be out on October 13. This is Starr’s fourth extended play release in three years.

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“I’ve loved EPs since they first came out in the ’60s,” he says of the format. “And then I heard the kids are making EPs and thought, ‘That’s good!’”

“I think it means that, you know, you’re sitting still for a while. You rewind and you find out ‘I was a much better person then,’ or ‘this was working for me better then,’ he says. You don’t have to ever live in the past, but just check it occasionally.”

“Of course, I’m making all this up,” he jokes.

The four-song EP was co-written by a number of Starr’s pals, including Steve Lukather of the All Starr Band, Joe Williams of Toto,...

Margo Price continues to embark on her own evolution with Strays II, an extension of her original 2023 opus with nine new songs that will arrive in the form of three distinct acts.

The Nashville singer-songwriter announced that the double album will arrive on Oct. 13, and shared Act I: Topanga Canyon on Monday at midnight. Each act is billed as “its own unique story of love, grief and acceptance.” On the first offering, a trio of songs, she’s joined by Strays producer Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Dawes), as well...

Exclusive: The Tom Petty Estate has taken on new management at Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, with plans to bring new attention to Petty’s music and legacy through scripted and non-scripted storytelling. Further details as to the form projects might take haven’t been disclosed, though sources tell Deadline that a traditional biopic on the rock and roll legend has not been a point of conversation.

One of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Petty, during his four-decade career, performed for over 140 million fans worldwide, selling upwards of 84M records and seeing his music garner nearly 5B streams. Famous for lyrics touching on themes of love, loss, and perseverance, as well as for his distinctive voice and guitar-driven sound, the Gainesville, Florida native was known as much for his solo work as for that with band The Heartbreakers.

Prior to his death on October 2, 2017, aged 66, Petty released more than a dozen albums with The Heartbreakers,...

In HBO’s Jason Isbell doc, he and fellow singer-songwriter Amanda Shires seem to court marital disaster debating the best word for a lyric (spoiler: their union survives). Writing is high stakes for Isbell. “If I was makin’ people dance, I wouldn’t sit there and waste my time,” he says, laughing cautiously. “But they’re not out there dancin’ — I gotta get those prepositions right.”

He does on Weathervanes, his brutally beautiful ninth studio album. Its songs tremble with anger, desperation, and fear; characters wrestle with regret and unhealthy appetites,...

Saturday Night Live fans, want to know what you are missing?

Kieran Culkin and Jennifer Coolidge were set to host the final two episodes of the season before the writers strike forced an end to season 48 of the venerable NBC show.

It comes after the Pete Davidson-hosted episode on May 6 was pulled as a result of the strike.

It means that the Ana De Armas-hosted episode on April 15 was the show’s season finale and the network will air repeats.

Succession star Culkin was set to host May 13 and The White Lotus star Coolidge was set to host the finale on May 20.

British musician Labrinth, who wrote the score for the first season of HBO’s Euphoria, was set as the musical guest for Culkin’s episode, while Foo Fighters were set to close out Coolidge’s episode.

Culkin previously hosted in November 2021, but Coolidge would have been making her SNL debut,...

Tom Petty has been posthumously recognized by the University of Florida with an honorary Doctor of Music degree, and to celebrate, the estate of the late Heartbreakers frontman announced an endowment to the school’s music program.

Dr. Petty earned the academic distinction after Uf’s board of trustees voted unanimously in 2021 to recognize the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who hailed from the same city that houses the university in Gainesville. His younger brother, Bruce Petty, was invited to accept the degree on his behalf at the spring commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 4th.

“I don’t think anyone in our family, including him, thought that he would be linked with the University of Florida this way,” the junior Petty shared in a statement. “It’s such a powerful thing, it was his life-long dream, and I know he would just be over-the-top, crazy happy about it.”

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The University of Florida is posthumously recognizing Tom Petty’s contributions to music by honoring the late Heartbreakers leader with an honorary Doctor of Music degree. His brother Bruce will accept the diploma at the school’s spring commencement on Thursday. The university is also partnering with Petty’s estate on what they’re calling the Tom Petty Endowment for Guitars & Innovation, benefitting its School of Music’s Guitar and new Music Business & Entrepreneurship programs.

“I don’t think anyone in our family, including him, thought that he would be...