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Anthony Ippolito, best known for playing Al Pacino in Paramount’s limited series The Offer, has landed a new role that puts him in the shoes of another Hollywood legend.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ippolito will star as a young Sylvester Stallone in I Play Rocky, Amazon MGM’s upcoming film about the making of the iconic boxing movie, Rocky.

The movie will be directed by Peter Farrelly, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind The Green Book, and is set for a theatrical release. Ippolito will portray Stallone during his early struggles in Hollywood, capturing the true story of how an unknown actor fought to not just write the screenplay but...

Anthony Ippolito, known for playing Al Pacino in Paramount+’s limited series The Offer, is set to take on another legendary Italian-American actor: Sylvester Stallone.

According to sources, Ippolito has landed the lead in Amazon MGM’s upcoming film I Play Rocky, which tells the story behind the making of the iconic boxing movie Rocky.

The film will be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Farrelly, best known for The Green Book, and is planned for a theatrical release by Amazon MGM. Ippolito will portray a young Stallone as he navigates the early days of Hollywood, determined to star in the movie he wrote despite repeated setbacks.

The story highlights Stallone...

Anthony Ippolito, who portrayed Al Pacino in the Paramount limited series The Offer, is now tackling another famous Italian American actor.

Ippolito has nabbed the starring role in I Play Rocky, the story of the making of boxing classic Rocky being made by Amazon MGM.

Peter Farrelly, the comedy helmer who won an Oscar for directing The Green Book, is directing the feature that Amazon MGM intends to release in theaters.

Ippolito will star as a young Sylvester Stallone in the drama, the true Hollywood story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told “no” at every turn, Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds. The result is the ultimate underdog story behind the ultimate underdog movie.

In a fitting echo of that spirit,...

At its core, the character of Tony Soprano was driven by his unresolved childhood trauma, which stemmed from his problematic relationship with his manipulative and self-absorbed mother served as. Throughout the series, James Gandolfini struggled to escape the emotional trauma he endured during his childhood, which explains his overall demeanor in the show.

Livia Soprano | Credit: HBO

Although David Chase drew inspiration from the likes of Federico Fellini and Scorsese for the show’s cinematic approach to TV, the core conflict within Tony was grounded in the writer’s own reality.

David Chase’s mommy issues served as a basis for The Sopranos

When David Chase initially conceived the idea for the mob show, originally supposed to be a movie, the writer modeled Tony after himself. Similar to the Sopranos patriarch, Chase had a difficult bond with his mother, who passed away long before The Sopranos premiered.

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Forty-seven tracks into Rush 50 — a new career-spanning anthology presenting 50 songs across nearly five hours — a cool sonic Easter egg arrives. Near the beginning of “Headlong Flight,” a track from Rush’s final studio album, 2012’s Clockwork Angels, Alex Lifeson plays a slashing solo-guitar break, which Geddy Lee and Neil Peart answer with quick unison bass-and-drum punches. The moment is a deliberate, near-exact replica of a passage from “Bastille Day,” originally released 37 years prior and included as track 10 on the comp. It’s both a fun throwback, and — heard here in...

Seldom do actors steal the spotlight quite like James Gandolfini did. The man’s presence was enough to attract all the eyes in the room. He wasn’t just an actor, he was a force of nature and on the unfortunate date of June 19, 2013, he left the world, leaving a dent James Gandolfini-shaped hole in Hollywood. While it has been over a decade since he passed, his fans have stayed loyal to him all these years, keeping his memory alive, one The Sopranos re-watch after the next.

James Gandolfini in The Sopranos (1999-2007) | Credits: HBO

When he was alive, James Gandolfini loved interacting with his fans, but if you believe he was a “gentle giant,” The Sopranos creator David Chase has some news for you.

James Gandolfini was a complex man A still from The Sopranos | Credits: HBO

David Chase last spoke on the phone with James Gandolfini a month prior to his death,...

The ending of Joss Wheldon's "Angel" gave fans a cliffhanger that also worked as a fitting conclusion to the series, albeit one that left the door open for the show to continue. In the finale's closing moments, Angel (David Boreanez) and the gang take their final stand against the evil Senior Partners and Circle of the Black Thorn, but the war doesn't end there. After the battle, an army of demons appear and Angel draws a sword in preparation for the dust-up, but the end credits roll before we learn the outcome of the fight. The rest is history.

Of course, the reason for the ambiguous conclusion is due to the fact that the season 5 finale, "Not Fade Away," wasn't supposed to be the show's ultimate farewell episode. While "Angel" arguably suffered from Whedon focusing on "Firefly" during its fourth installment, the final season marked a return to form, and...

The passing of James Gandolfini left a huge dent in the acting industry as he was one of the most sought-after and respected stars in Hollywood. Best known for his role as Tony Soprano, he created a lasting legacy not only in the world of television but also an everlasting influence on the people he has worked with.

James Gandolfini in The Sopranos / Credits: HBO

This is why The Sopranos creator David Chase only has great things to say about his former colleague, whom he treated like a brother. Despite the challenges in their friendship, which were mostly brought by the strain of work, they still had that intuitive connection.

David Chase on his real relationship with James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini was not the most chill person on set, according to his former cast mates and crew members, but this was mostly brought by the pressure to deliver an exceptional...

Throughout his Hollywood run, James Gandolfini preferred to stay out of the spotlight and wanted his acting roles to do the talk. But this isn’t to say everything was sunshine and roses on set, as the actor shared a tumultuous bond with The Sopranos creator David Chase, which only aggravated as the series progressed.

James Gandolfini in The Sopranos | Credit: HBO

Although there wasn’t an exact beginning to their years-long rift, the filmmaker did point out one moment that made him hate Gandolfini for years after The Sopranos concluded.

David Chase and James Gandolfini’s feud reached the boiling point at the Emmys The Sopranos | Credit: HBO

While The Sopranos revolutionized the anti-hero genre and paved the way for more prestige TV shows, it came at the cost of James Gandolfini‘s psyche. Per reports, the late actor struggled with the brutality of his character in the latter seasons,...

John Magaro is the kind of actor you discover, like a personal secret. Maybe he first caught your eye in The Big Short, as the geeky stand out among a pack of slick, self-interested traders; grabbed you as Yael Stone’s dreamy prison pen pal in Orange Is the New Black love story, or won you over as Arthur, in Celine Song’s Past Lives, as the husband on the outside looking in as his wife Nora (Greta Lee) reunites and rekindles with her childhood friend from Korea. I first spotted him playing a New Jersey drummer desperate to make it big in David Chase’s Not Fade Away (2012), but my come-to-Magaro moment was his performance as Cookie in Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow. His quietly devastating depiction of male friendship and quiet yearning was the on-screen standout of 2019.

More recently, Magaro has been getting attention for Oscar contender September 5, where he plays a U.

“Omaha” lead John Magaro was 28 when he bombed on his audition for David Chase’s “Not Fade Away,” the actor said during a fireside chat at the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox. Well, actually, his original tryout went very well — it was the callback that was a disaster. Why? Magaro says he failed by doing “the worst thing you can do” as an auditioning actor.

“I was continuing to do the same thing. I was doing what I thought you were supposed to do as an actor — what other people were doing,” Magaro said. “And at the time, there was a thing — and I don’t know if they do this anymore — but I remember getting casting notices, like— you would get an audition from the casting director and [it would read]: ‘Jesse Eisenberg-type.’ ‘Michael Cera-type.’ And I’d be like, well just cast them.” Don’t say that. It...

A new career-spanning Rush anthology titled Rush 50 will include previously unreleased tracks and fan-requested material.

The collection is out March 21st and will arrive on vinyl as a 7-lp box set and on CD in a four-disc box set. It marks the first-ever career-spanning anthology from Rush.

“50? Is that all?…seriously…it’s a cool collection…but look at all those songs,” remarked Geddy Lee in a press release. “I’m exhausted just reading the effin list!”

Billed as a chronological trip through the prog-rock legends’ career — from their first single in 1973 through their final gig in 2015 — the tracklist is exhaustive, comprising live and studio recordings.

The rare material — some “fan requested,” per the press release — is frontloaded on Disc 1, including versions of early tunes “Not Fade Away,” “You Can’t Fight It,” and “Working Man” that are receiving their first-ever physical release on vinyl/CD. A handful of live...

Not every character from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe has the luxury of being as adored as its title character. Xander Harris has been largely considered the worst, while some fans hated Dawn just as much. However, few Buffyverse characters drew as much ire as Angel's Connor, the son of the spinoff's lead.

The comic book continuation of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, particularly the Angel series from Idw Publishing, was a saving grace for Connor. Played by Vincent Kartheiser during the show's last three seasons, the half-demon son of vampires Angel and Darla constantly fought an internal (and external) battle with a father he was trained to hate in a hell dimension.

While Connor's story could've been a compelling arc, it largely amounted to some icky storytelling that even Cordelia's Charisma Carpenter calls problematic. The show never had the opportunity to truly expand on Connor's redemption story,...

The Kennedy Center Honors 2024 will air tonight on CBS and Paramount+. The ceremony, which was recorded on Sunday, Dec. 8, in Washington, D.C., was hosted by previous honoree Queen Latifah (who began the show with a medley of honoree hits). Honorees were Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola, Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Bonnie Raitt, legendary rock and roll band Grateful Dead, and New York City’s Apollo Theater (the first time an institution has been selected).

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Based on various online reports we discovered on Sunday night, here is the complete list of performers and presenters to be seen on the program. Producers might alter the order as presented to the in-person audience.

Apollo Theater:

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Remarks by Queen Latifah

Performance by Savion Glover (dance tribute)

Performance by The War and Treaty (Marvin Gaye...

Joe Biden held his final Kennedy Center Honors last night, paying tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, and Francis Ford Coppola, among others. A reception took place at the White House on Sunday and saw Biden celebrating the Dead’s career.

“In the San Francisco Bay at an inflection point in history, the Grateful Dead have long since transcended 1960s counterculture,” Biden said in a speech. “Technical virtuosos fiercely dedicated to their craft, they fused decades and dozens of musical styles to create a whole new American sound. Experimental,...

“Not Fade Away” closed out the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony Sunday, just as honorees The Grateful Dead had used Buddy Holly’s ode to enduring love to close out hundreds of concerts over the years.

The packed house danced in the aisles to the bouncy beat after a night of honoring the Dead and other recipients of the lifetime achievement award for artistic accomplishment: director Francis Ford Coppola, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. The venerable Harlem theater The Apollo, which has launched generations of Black artists, also was recognized.

Longtime Deadheads, including actors Miles Teller and Chloe Sevigny and talk show host David Letterman, paid tribute to the band’s blend of musical experimentation, longevity and community building. “Their music fills the universe,” Letterman proclaimed.

The choice to honor The Apollo was an unusual one — the first time the Kennedy Center has chosen to honor a specific performance venue.

John Magaro went from an extra on a Steven Spielberg film to leading his own movie about the same tragic events 20 years later.

Magaro has steadily built a reputation as one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors, seamlessly transitioning between indie gems and major studio films such as “Not Fade Away” and “Past Lives.” But despite his steady rise in the industry, he remains grounded and deeply connected to the craft of acting, driven by a passion for storytelling and a dedication to exploring the complexities of each role.

In this episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Magaro discusses his latest project, Paramount Pictures’ “September 5” — a dramatic thriller about the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis. He also reflects on his early days in the business, which included an unexpected start as an extra in Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film “Munich,” a full-circle moment for him. Listen below.

“What makes this...

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Hallmark’s Fall Into Love programming event soon comes to an end, with the final movie being Haunted Wedding. The movie tells the story of a couple, whose upcoming wedding is being interfered with by a ghost. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast, and view images taken on the film set.

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According to the official synopsis, this last Fall Into Love movie features a ghost who wants to stop a couple from getting married. Jana (Janel Parrish) an

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However, plans go awry when Angelique (Cassandra Potenza), a ghost clad in an 18th-century wedding dress vows to stop it. Now, Jana and Brian will need to work together to save their wedding from disaster.

Haunted Wedding marks the end of the Fall in Love 2024 lineup. It will also lead up to Countdown to Christmas 2024 on the Hallmark Channel. Get all the details of this haunting new romantic movie.

Ghostly Plot

The Fall Into Love 2024 lineup included the previous films His and Hers, Falling Together, The Heiress and the Handyman, and The Real West. Haunted Wedding continues to bring the romance with a new twist. This comforting movie is perfect for Halloween and spooky season.

The official synopsis of the film from the Hallmark Channel reads: “Jana and Brian’s plan to wed is in jeopardy when Angelique, a ghost in an 18th-century wedding dress, vows to stop it. The couple must work together to save their wedding from disaster.”

The couple works together as ghost hunters. The festivities are interrupted as they figure out what the ghosts want from them. Their paranormal quest takes fans on a fun ride.

Fans of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” were sad when her love interest and fan favorite Angel announced his departure at the end of the third season. But the character of Angel, played by David Boreanaz, got his own spin-off show that took him away from Sunnydale and to the big city of Los Angeles. “Angel” debuted on October 5, 1999 and immediately split fans on which was the “better” show. Read on for more about the “Angel” 25th anniversary.

The character of Angel was born an Irishman named Liam, who was turned into a vampire by Darla (Julie Benz) over two centuries before, and became the sadistic and feared Angelus, who caused years of death and destruction across Europe. But he wreaked havoc on the wrong people when he angered the Romani clan, who cursed him with his human soul filled with memories of the pain he has caused. His guilt and...

Grateful Dead fans can celebrate the group’s momentous 1978 spring tour with Friend of the Devils, a massive box set out Sept. 20.

Friend of the Devils: April 1978 features eight shows the band played that month, including Pembroke Pines, Florida on April 4 and Atlanta Georgia’s Fox Theatre on April 10 and 11. The shows were originally recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and restored and mastered by engineer Jeffrey Norman. The deluxe edition includes 19 CDs, a book with liner notes by Steve Silverman, and photos by James Anderson, Bob Minkin, and others.

“These eight...

The Las Vegas Strip has been transformed into a massive Shakedown Street thanks to Dead & Company, who officially opened their “Dead Forever” residency at The Sphere on Thursday night.

Taking the stage of Las Vegas’ hottest new venue for the first of 24 shows, Dead & Company played a jam-packed, 19-song set delivered in two parts. After opening with “Feel Like a Stranger,” the group performed fan favorites like “Jack Straw,” “Bird Song,” and “Brown-Eyed Woman.”

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Following a half-hour break, Dead & Company picked up with “Uncle John’s Band” and ran through classics like “Help on the Way,” “Slipknot!,” and “Franklin’s Tower.” They closed the evening with back-to-back covers of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” and The Crickets’ “Not Fade Away.”

Check out photos, video, and the full setlist below.

Coming up on their 10th year as a band, Dead & Company’s residency at...

The long, strange trip just got a lot trippier.

Dead & Company opened their much-anticipated Sphere residency in Las Vegas on Thursday night, making good on the potential of the world’s most high-tech concert venue and delivering what has to be the most dazzling visual show in Grateful Dead history.

The group took the stage just past 7:30 p.m., opening with modest visuals — by Sphere standards, at least — for “Feel Like a Stranger,” as large live shots of Bob Weir and John Mayer were projected above the stage. It...

David Chase will forever be synonymous with The Sopranos. As the creator of the most influential television series of the last 30 years, Chase's legacy shines brightly throughout pop culture in the 21st century. Notably, the TV landscape saw a boom in prestige cable dramas that would never have existed without his creation. Yet, because of his innate iconoclast streak as an artist, he refuses to rest on the laurels of the HBO drama. Not long ago, it was announced that Chase and Sopranos writing alum Terence Winter signed a deal with New Line to direct and write a new horror film. Chase still has his creative juices flowing, even for projects outside The Sopranos universe. Case in point, look no further than his direct follow-up to his hit TV series, Not Fade Away, his lone feature film as a director, which presents a more sentimental and reflective side to Chase and Tony Soprano himself,...

Deadline reports that The Sopranos creator David Chase is set to reteam with Terence Winter for an untitled horror movie set up at New Line Cinema.

David Chase is expected to direct the movie, which he will also co-write alongside Terence Winter. The plot details are being kept under wraps, but given the Sopranos pedigree, my mind immediately leaps to Cleaver, the fictional movie within the HBO series produced by Christopher Moltisanti. While I doubt that Chase and Winter are going the slasher route, it’s still fun to imagine.

Related Tony Soprano’s (final?) booth up for auction; jukebox not included

Chase and Winter worked together on The Sopranos, with Winter writing or co-writing 25 episodes of the series, but this will be the first time they have reunited since the series came to an end and the first movie they will have collaborated on. Chase made his feature directorial debut on Not Fade Away,...

Premiering 25 years ago this January, David Chase’s crime saga The Sopranos has been a blessing and a curse for the creator. On the former side, he was behind what is still among the greatest television shows to grace the medium. On the latter, it’s been a difficult peak to live up to, the only projects he’s tackled since being his overlooked 2012 directorial debut Not Fade Away and revisiting the world in the disappointing The Many Saints of Newark, which he co-wrote and produced.

Now, Chase is finally getting back in the director’s chair for the first time in 13 years with a new feature: Deadline reports he’ll reteam with his Sopranos collaborator Terence Winter on a horror film at New Line Cinema. Chase has directing duties for the WB project, boasting a script he’ll write with Winter, marking the first time the duo have collaborated on a feature screenplay.

Everyone wants a piece of the horror pie right now, so it’s no surprise that major studios and big name players are dipping their toes into these red waters. On that note, Deadline reports today that “The Sopranos” creator David Chase is directing a horror movie!

David Chase is reteaming with “The Sopranos” producer Terence Winter on the untitled project, which is set up at New Line as part of Chase’s “first look deal at Warner Bros.”

Deadline’s report explains, “Chase plans to direct the film, in what is Chase and Winter’s first theatrical film screenplay and feature producing collaboration.”

The project has no title and no synopsis at this time. Stay tuned.

Producers are Chase and Nicole Lambert (The Many Saints of Newark) for Riverain Pictures. Executive Producers are Rachel Winter (Dallas Buyers Club) through her Tangerine Pictures banner, and Terence Winter through his Cold Front Productions.

Exclusive: In a Sopranos re-team, David Chase and Terence Winter have set up an untitled horror feature at New Line Cinema. Deal falls under David Chase’s first look deal at Warner Bros.

Chase plans to direct the film, in what is Chase and Winter’s first theatrical film screenplay and feature producing collaboration. They are going the omerta route on the logline.

Producers are Chase and Nicole Lambert (The Many Saints of Newark) for Riverain Pictures. Executive Producers are Rachel Winter (Dallas Buyers Club) through her Tangerine Pictures banner, and Terence Winter through hisCold Front Productions.

Chase and Winter last worked together on the HBO drama series The Sopranos, which this year reached 25 years old. Show won 21 Emmys, and became the most financially successful series in the history of cable television. Chase followed with the 2021 prequel film The Many Saints of Newark, which he produced, and Chase also made...

John Magaro has been delivering consistently stellar performances in films like Not Fade Away, The Big Short, Carol, First Cow, and Showing Up, to name a few. This past year he played Arthur, husband of Greta Lee’s character Nora, in Past Lives. On this episode he talks, spoiler-free, about the last scene of that film and why it makes people emotional. He explains how receiving books, music, photos from directors helps in his preparation. He makes the case for experience over academia, takes us back to a big breakthrough that came to him from the legendary acting teacher Howard Guskin, […]

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John Magaro has been delivering consistently stellar performances in films like Not Fade Away, The Big Short, Carol, First Cow, and Showing Up, to name a few. This past year he played Arthur, husband of Greta Lee’s character Nora, in Past Lives. On this episode he talks, spoiler-free, about the last scene of that film and why it makes people emotional. He explains how receiving books, music, photos from directors helps in his preparation. He makes the case for experience over academia, takes us back to a big breakthrough that came to him from the legendary acting teacher Howard Guskin, […]

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Fear The Walking Dead has shown its viewers the darkest side of apocalyptic survivors throughout its eight-season run on AMC. The first spinoff of The Walking Dead has followed a group of heroes led by Madison Clark as they survived the start of the apocalypse in Los Angeles, nuclear fallout in Texas, and the return of a long thought dead foe, Troy Otto. Viewers have seen Madison, her loved ones and their allies face plenty of seemingly insurmountable odds.

But Fear the Walking Dead's wins and losses have come with shocking moments for both the protagonists and fans of the show. From surprising deaths of fan-favorite characters to fist-pumping victories and jaw-dropping plot twists, Ftwd has had unbelievable moments throughout its run. From the incredulous to the horrifying, the series never fails to provoke an audience reaction.

10. Season 1, Episode 1, "Pilot" Nick Clark Witnesses the Start of the Apocalypse Close...

Jeff Nichols returns with period drama The Bikeriders, receiving high praise at the Telluride Film Festival. Jodie Comer delivers another top-tier performance. Nichols revitalizes the biker culture genre with a unique perspective, exploring themes of identity and loyalty in a rapidly isolating world. The Bikeriders is an engaging period piece with potential awards prospects, particularly for Jodie Comer's standout performance. Nichols' overdue recognition for directing is also deserved.

Jeff Nichols is back behind the cameras after 2016 film Loving with period drama The Bikeriders, a story inspired in the photo book of the same name by Danny Lyon, starring an amazing cast lead by Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy.

Distributed by 20th Century Studios, the film is set to hit theaters on December 1st, but it has already premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival, with first reviews highly praising it. The story centers on Kathy, member of the...

Emily Blunt is one of the most versatile and talented actors in Hollywood, who has starred in a variety of genres, from musicals to thrillers. She is also known for being part of successful franchise: A Quiet Place. Recently, she opened up about the possibility of returning for sequels to both Quiet Place and Edge of Tomorrow, and what her conditions are for doing so.

A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place is a horror series that follows a family trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where deadly creatures hunt by sound. The first film, released in 2018, was directed by Blunt’s husband John Krasinski, who also co-starred as her character’s husband. The second film, released in 2021, introduced Cillian Murphy as a new ally for the family. Both films were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, and a third film has been rumored for a while.

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Prior to a couple of months ago, Bob Dylan had only played covered four Grateful Dead songs (“Friend of the Devil,” “West L.A. Fadeaway,” “Alabama Getaway,” “Black Muddy River”) throughout his entire career as a live performer. He added two more into the mix (“Truckin'” and “Brokedown Palace”) during a Japanese leg of the Never Ending Tour in April, and during a stop in Barcelona, Spain on Friday night he broke out a beautiful rendition of “Stella Blue” from the Dead’s 1973 LP Wake of the Flood:

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Fleetwood Mac is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the musical prowess of Stevie Nicks. The musician’s entire solo discography will be compiled on a gargantuan upcoming box set, due out July 28th via Rhino. As a preview, you can hear the new remastered version of her 1998 track “One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star” now.

Stevie Nicks: Complete Studio Albums & Rarities will include all eight of Nicks’ solo LPs: Bella Donna (1981), The Wild Heart (1983), Rock a Little (1985), The Other Side of the Mirror (1989), Street Angel (1994), Trouble in Shangri-La (2001), In Your Dreams (2011), and 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault (2014), a few of which are getting pressed to vinyl for the very first time. The 10-cd, 16-lp collection also boasts Rarities, a compilation of hard-to-find tracks that have never had a proper release.

Complete Studio Albums & Rarities is topped off with plenty of remasters, all...

A cliffhanger is a contentious way to end a TV show or season. Cliffhanger endings can feel like a cheap cop-out, or even like a betrayal of the audience. Having invested time and energy into a show and its characters, the audience wants to know how they end up. However, a cliffhanger ending can also be the perfect way to end a series.

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Whether it ties well into a program's story and themes, leaves audiences wanting more, or simply leaves them wishing for the best, a cliffhanger can create memorable and poignant endings that live on long after their airing. Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, and The Walking Dead have used the cliffhanger conclusion to great effect.

"Not Fade Away" (Angel) Season 5, Episode 22

Angel doesn't suit happy endings. It's a much grimmer affair than its parent show Buffy the Vampire Slayer that showcases...

Angel, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off, ended in 2004, so what happened in the Angel series finale, and what came next for the vampire with a soul? Angel's series finale, "Not Fade Away," first aired back in May 2004, and despite the fact it originally wasn't supposed to end the show, it works well as a fitting conclusion. Throughout its five-season run, Angel proved itself a worthy companion to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, taking a darker, slightly more adult approach and better-developing characters who had started out on Buffy, including Cordelia, Wesley, and, of course, Angel himself.

The final season finds the team joined by Spike, fresh from saving the world in the Buffy series finale, and once more has the Angel Investigations team battling the forces of evil. Angel was surprisingly canceled during season 5, meaning that storylines planned to run for longer had to be wrapped up much sooner,...

When Bob Dylan broke out the Grateful Dead’s ‘Truckin’ earlier this week at the Tokyo Garden Theater in Japan, it seemed like a one-off fluke. But then he followed it up at the next show by attempting their song “Brokedown Palace,” though he gave up midway through when he seemingly forgot the words. And then on Saturday, he trotted out another Dead staple, “Not Fade Away.”

“Not Fade Away” was written by Buddy Holly, but the Grateful Dead played it 566 times between 1969 and 1995. Dylan first covered the song in...

The Sopranos creator is developing his first television show the acclaimed mafia series ended. The HBO drama, which followed the late James Gandolfini as the angst-ridden mob boss Tony Soprano, is widely considered one of the greatest television shows of all time and is frequently credited with ushering in the Golden Age of Television. Since The Sopranos ended in 2007, its creator and showrunner David Chase pivoted to feature film, including working on The Sopranos prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark.

Now, Chase is returning to television for the first time since The Sopranos ended. Variety reports that Chase is teaming up with Hannah Fidell, known for A Teacher, to develop a new show for FX which has already been given a pilot commitment. Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the untitled series is based on one of Chase's previously unproduced scripts that Fidell has written a contemporary take on,...

After creating one of the greatest TV shows of all time, with HBO’s “The Sopranos,” you’d think David Chase would have turned that into a golden ticket to make years and years of whatever TV shows or films he wanted. Instead, he wrote and directed the 2012 film, “Not Fade Away,” and wrote the ‘Sopranos’ prequel, “The Many Saints of Newark.” That’s it.

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David Chase has set his next series at FX with Hannah Fidell with Chase and Fidell attached as creators and co-writers.

The series, which is in development with a pilot commitment, is based on a previously unproduced script by “The Sopranos” director featuring a contemporary take by Fidell.

Fidell is set to direct the pilot with FX Productions producing the pilot. Chase, Fidell and Chase Films’ Nicole Lambert will serve as executive producers.

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In addition to creating HBO drama series “The Sopranos,” which collected 21 Emmys through its time on air, Chase also created “Rockford Files” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and made his feature film debut with “Not Fade Away.” “The Many Saints of Newark,” the feature film prequel to “The Sopranos” was released in 2021 by Warner Bros.

Currently under a first look film and television deal with Warner Bros. Discovery,...

The Sopranos creator David Chase is getting into business with FX.

Chase and A Teacher creator Hannah Fidell are co-writing and co-creating a drama for the Disney-owned outlet. Details are being kept quiet, but it’s based on a previously unproduced script of Chase’s, with a contemporary take by Fidell.

FX Productions is behind the project, which has a pilot commitment. Fidell will also direct; Chase, Fidell and Chase Films’ Nicole Lambert are executive producing.

The project landing at FX is something of a surprise considering Chase signed a five-year, first-look TV and film deal with Warner Bros. Discovery in October 2021, as his Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark was being released.

The Sopranos, of course, is considered among the greatest TV dramas of all time and won 21 Emmys during its 1999-2007 run on HBO, including two best drama honors and three writing awards for Chase. Since the show’s end,...

Exclusive: Aggregate Films is developing and will produce a feature adaptation of the hit Off-Broadway play Amy and the Orphans, with Jamie Brewer set to reprise the title role, which earned her both a Theater World Award and a Drama Desk Award in 2018.

Lindsey Ferrentino will adapt her play for the screen, also here making her directorial debut. Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan are developing and producing for Aggregate, with Tracey Nyberg also on board to produce.

In Amy and the Orphans, three adult siblings come together in Montauk after the death of their father and confront the truths of their childhood. Amy has Down syndrome and has spent almost her entire life in group homes, and her older siblings Maggie and Jacob come to realize that she is perhaps a very different person than they had thought.

Edward Barbanell is set for a new role written for the screen,...

Exclusive: Bella Heathcote (Pieces of Her) and Asif Ali (Don’t Worry Darling) will lead the survival drama Roof, marking the directorial debut of Salvatore Sciortino, which has wrapped production in Los Angeles.

The films tells the story of two co-workers who accidentally get locked on the roof of a skyscraper during the hottest holiday weekend in years. Lacking any water and unable to communicate with the outside world, they attempt increasingly dangerous ways to escape as their health rapidly deteriorates in the heat. At the same time, an unexpected friendship blooms as they mutually realize just how badly they have wrecked their lives.

Josh Tate wrote the script and is producing alongside recent Sundance Producing Lab Fellow, Austin Sepulveda. The film was supported by a grant from Curt Willis and the Visit Knoxville Film Office, with part of the shoot having taken place in Knoxville.

“I feel incredibly fortunate to...

Much like its parent show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel" relied heavily on metaphor. However, while "Buffy" dealt with the high school experience, only truly going dark in its later seasons, "Angel" always sought to tell more adult-oriented stories. The spin-off never quite reached the same heights of the original, but it came pretty damn close, and there are certain aspects of the series that were even stronger. For one, just about every character who made the jump from "Buffy" to "Angel" was the better for it. Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), Wesley (Alexis Denisof), Faith (Eliza Dushku), and Darla (Julie Benz) all went from being relatively one-dimensional, to becoming some of the best characters in the entire Buffyverse. Even Harmony (Mercedes McNab) was vastly improved.

Perhaps the biggest revelation was Angel (David Boreanaz) himself. A broody hunk who was far more interesting when he actually went evil, Buffy's former beau was...

Philco — the one-off supergroup led by the Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh alongside Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Nils Cline, Margo Price, and more — made their debut Friday night at Chicago’s Sacred Rose Festival.

The concert, which coincided with Tweedy’s 54th birthday, saw the Wilco frontman take lead vocals on Dead classics like “Dire Wolf,” “U.S. Blues,” “Franklin’s Tower,” and “Ripple.”

According to Jambase, the Philco lineup was rounded out by Dead and Company keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, guitarists Stu Allen and Grahame Lesh, vocalist Elliott Peck,...

"The Sopranos" isn't the first gangster show on television and it won't be the last, but it certainly made the biggest splash. Over six sprawling seasons from 1999 to 2007, David Chase's HBO series told the story of his own warped family dynamic, infused into a mobster's mid-life crisis. A decade and a half after its finale, the show has become one of the most celebrated of all time.

In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, Chase talked about the show and the lessons that came of it. The "Not Fade Away" director was no stranger to writing for episodic tv; prior credits include "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and private eye series "The Rockford Files." It was on these shows that Chase learned the boundaries of network television writing – "Rockford" taught that he could make his hero do all sorts of awful acts as long as he's competent at what he does.

Exclusive: UTA has signed actorJohn Magaro, who landed a Gotham Award nomination for his starring turn in Kelly Reichardt’s 2019 Western First Cow, for representation in all areas.

Magaro will next be seen on the film side in Celine Song’s drama Past Lives, opposite Greta Lee. He also stars opposite Michelle Williams in the Cannes-bound art world dramedy Showing Up, which reunites him with his First Cow director, Reichardt.

The actor is currently shooting a role in George Tillman Jr.’s as-yet-untitled George Foreman biopic for Sony. He recently played a supporting role in the Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark from Warner Bros. and New Line, which reunited him with David Chase following his role in Not Fade Away.

Magaro was previously a co-lead in Eytan Rockaway’s Lansky, opposite Harvey Keitel and Sam Worthington. Previously, he appeared in Adam McKay’s The Big Short for Paramount,...

Exclusive: Jack Huston (House of Gucci) has signed on to star alongside Isabelle Fuhrman and Don Johnson in Andy Tennant’s thriller Unit 234, which is currently in production in the Cayman Islands.

In the film penned by Derek Steiner, a lone employee at a remote storage facility (Fuhrman) discovers an unconscious man locked inside Unit 234, chained to a gurney and missing a kidney. She must then fight to survive a ruthless gang, dead set on retrieving their precious cargo…at any cost.

Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, Lee Dreyfuss and Productivity Media’s William Santor and Doug Murray are producing, with Johnson, Colleen Camp and Radiant Films International founder Mimi Steinbauer serving as executive producers. Radiant is launching international sales of the film at the upcoming Cannes Marché du Film.

Huston recently starred alongside Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Al Pacino, Jared Leto and more in Ridley Scott’s Oscar-nominated drama...

Sammy Hagar, Bob Weir, and Ronnie Dunn walk into a theater… While it sounds like the setup to a music nerd’s joke or the opening of the Seventh Seal, this actually happened onstage in Nashville on Tuesday night when the Grateful Dead guitarist and the singing half of Brooks & Dunn made a joint cameo at Hagar’s Ryman Auditorium concert.

Midway through Hagar’s show with the Circle — the classic-rock torchbearers of Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Led Zeppelin drummer scion Jason Bonham, and Evh-inspired guitarist Vic Johnson — the...