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The 1980s was a golden age of movie theme songs. For example, the decade gave us the perennial favorite “Holiday Road” by Lindsey Buckingham from National Lampoon’s Vacation. The tune fit a sequence from the movie that Buckingham had not seen.

Lindsey Buckingham said he had some ‘luck’ with ‘Holiday Road’

During a 2018 interview with Stereogum, Buckingham discussed writing “Holiday Road” for National Lampoon’s Vacation. He was approached by director Harold Ramis. “We came up with this thing, and I remember very clearly him coming out to the studio with a couple of his people, producers, Matty [Simmons], I think, and listening to this song for the first time,” he said. “He was literally blown away at how effective it was and how some of the subject matter, without me even having seen the film, was addressed.”

Buckingham said the track fit the movie by accident. “It had dog barks in...

While his New Jersey home was presumably being egged and toilet-papered by empty-handed trick-or-treaters, Bruce Springsteen spent Halloween night on the road, performing a sold out show with the E-Street Band in Montreal. While the Boss couldn’t be bothered to dress up as, say, a pirate, or a giant, freakishly lifelike E.T., he did get into the Halloween spirit by playing a seasonal track.

In fact, Springsteen opened the show with his Halloween tribute: Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters” – which, as we’ve discussed before, isn’t so much about scientists fighting ghosts with nuclear accelerators as it is about horny poltergeists being total pervs.

Springsteen certainly didn’t half-ass the performance, he and the band played the “Ghostbusters” song as if it were one of their trademark hits, even enlisting the crowd to sing along in response to the line “Who you gonna call?” The only way...

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band offered up a fun treat on Halloween night (October 31st), opening their show at the Bell Centre in Montreal with a cover of Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters.”

Fan-filmed footage shows the band walking out onto the stage to the spooky instrumental intro of “Ghostbusters,” as Springsteen greeted the crowd with, “Hello, Montreal! Bonsoir!”

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A moment later, drummer Max Weinberg launches the band into cover of the theme song to the classic 1984 movie by the same name. Springsteen sings the familiar lines, “If there’s something strange in your neighborhood/ Who you gonna call?,” as his backup singers and the audience respond with “Ghostbusters!”

The song plays perfectly to Springsteen’s current touring lineup, as the core E Street Band members are enhanced by an extended horn section and a handful of backup singers.

The Montreal show served as...

Bruce Springsteen ain’t afraid of no ghosts! The Boss got into the spooky spirit of Halloween Thursday night at his concert at Montreal’s Centre Bell. While opening his show with the E Street Band, Springsteen performed a cover of “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr.

Videos from the show capture Springsteen rocking out with his band surrounded by purple lights as he leads a call and response with the song’s chorus: “Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!”

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“Ghostbusters” was a massive hit in the mid-Eighties,...

Dancing with the Stars Season 33: Who Got Eliminated in Week 6's Halloween Nightmares Night? - Main Image

Dancing with the Stars season 33's Halloween Nightmares Night saw the seven remaining couples celebrate the spooky season by performing dances inspired by their fears and nightmares.

As expected, one couple was eliminated by the end of the night and placed seventh in the overall tally of this season's competition. Let's recap below.

What Happened in Dancing with the Stars Season 33's Halloween Nightmares Night?

The night opened with a performance of "Murder on the Dancefloor" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor. It was choreographed by Emma Slater and Gleb Savchenko.

There were also performances of "Aserejé" by Jean Massey (choreographed by Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov) and "The Ballad of Witches' Road (Scared Chant Version)" from Agatha All Along (choreographed by Britt Stewart and Ezra Sosa).

Derek Hough also notably held a master class focused on wardrobe tips,...

Dancing With The Stars Season 33’s Halloween Night just wrapped up! After a night of fun, spooky routines, there are six couples left in the competition.

Everyone performed remarkably and worked hard to earn top scores and fans’ votes. But for one couple, it was time to leave the ballroom.

Who’s moving on to the next episode and who is out?

DWTS Was Filled With Top Scorers On Halloween Night

When the night began, many felt certain that NBA star Dwight Howard and his partner Daniella Karagach would go home. They’d been at the bottom of the leaderboard for a while now and the season is coming down to the wire.

However, their Contemporary to “Ring Around the Rosie” by District 78 was truly something out of a nightmare. The judges gave them a 28/30 for the routine, including the first 10 of the season.

It reminded many viewers of her...

Dancing With The Stars fans look forward to Halloween Night each and every year. It’s the perfect opportunity for the remaining contestants to show off their spooky side and get viewers in the holiday spirit.

So who had the top routine on Halloween Night? And who won the dance-offs? Keep reading to find out.

DWTS Contestants Earned Several 10s During The Individual Routines

For the vast majority of the season, Disney Channel actress Chandler Kinney and her partner Brandon Armstrong have dominated the leaderboard. They’re still near the front of the pack, but several competitors are hot on their heels.

Although Dwight Howard and Daniella Karagach had been at the bottom of the leaderboard, they astounded the judges and viewers with their frightening Contemporary routine to “Ring Around the Rosie” by District 78. Daniella generally excels at choreography on Halloween Night and this season didn’t disappoint. The judges...

Spooky season is always exciting on “Dancing with the Stars” as it allows the celebrities — and the show’s costume, makeup, and hair departments — to embrace their inner monsters. But on “Halloween Nightmares” night it will also give them a chance to face their fears. Here are the individual routines the stars and their pro partners will perform in the first round of competition.

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Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola and pro Witney Carson will perform an Argentine Tango to “Poison” by Ravn based on his nightmare: snakes.

“The Bachelor” Joey Graziadei and pro Jenna Johnson will perform an Argentine Tango to “Ramalama (Bang Bang)” by Róisín Murphy based on his nightmare: ventriloquist dolls.

NBA Champion Dwight Howard and pro Daniella Karagach will perform a Contemporary to “Ring Around The Rosie...

Golden Bachelorette star Mark Anderson has been in the live studio audience for Season 33 of Dancing With The Stars. His future son-in-law, Joey Graziadei, is competing this season. But Mark only had eyes for Ilona Maher. See his post fanboying over the Olympic medalist and Joey’s DWTS competition.

Mark Anderson For Golden Bachelor?

Mark Anderson has been a Bachelor Nation fan-favorite since he first made an appearance on Season 28 of The Bachelor. His daughter, Kelsey, introduced Joey Graziadei to her family during Hometown Dates. Joey and Kelsey got engaged during the final.

With Kelsey’s encouragement, Mark, 57, joined The Golden Bachelorette as a contestant. But he ultimately didn’t find love with Joan Vassos. He didn’t even make it to Hometowns. But many fans want him as the next Golden Bachelor.

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Mark Anderson has been in the audience...

In addition to Disney Night, the Halloween episode is a fan-favorite on Dancing With The Stars. Years later, fans are still talking about Daniella Karagach’s iconic routine with Season 30 champion, Iman Shumpert.

DWTS is putting a fun spin on its Halloween episode this year. Each performance is inspired by the celebrities’ fears and nightmares. From vampires to maniac killers, this episode is certainly shaping up to be entertaining.

The DWTS Season 33 Contestants Showcase Their Halloween Numbers

On top of the individual routines, six couples will go head to head in a dance-off. Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong are exempt from the dance-off after they received immunity during Disney Night.

On Instagram, Chandler reminded followers that immunity from the dance-off does not mean immunity from elimination. She and Brandon still need their fans’ votes to keep them moving forward in the competition.

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The individual routines...

What kind of music goes best with comedy? Even if you’ve never seen The Benny Hill Show, you know its silly, sped-up theme song. For years, funny movies would incorporate swinging jazz or playful orchestral tunes. Then, in the late 1970s, John Landis had the idea to tap acclaimed Oscar-winning composer (and friend) Elmer Bernstein to write a no-winking serious score for Landis’ outrageous Animal House. The juxtaposition worked perfectly, the onscreen hijinks accentuated by Bernstein’s soaring strings — almost as if the movie was pretending to be classy while the characters were thumbing their nose at the pomposity. Soon, other movies, like Airplane! (also scored by Bernstein), were doing the same thing, proving that what initially seemed like a bizarre notion for music in a comedy could actually be brilliant.

But times change, and one trend gets replaced by a new one. By the mid-1980s, several hit comedies contained a hit single.

Michael Jackson‘s “Bad” and Ghostbusters are two quintessential elements of 1980s popular culture. With that in mind, it only makes sense that “Bad” has a connection to Ray Parker Jr.’s theme song for the first Ghostbusters movie. Notably, a famous musician discussed his experience working with the King of Pop on the album Bad.

The similarity between Ray Parker Jr.’s ‘Ghostbusters’ and Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’

Jackson made history when five of the singles from his album Bad topped the Billboard Hot 100. Those songs were “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Dirty Diana,” “Man in the Mirror,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and the album’s title track. The latter might be the most famous song from the album today, partially due to its epic music video.

Part of why “Bad” is so appealing is its funky groove. If you listen to it, it has...

Starting today (April 16), experience The Clive Davis Channel on SiriusXM, a limited-run channel honoring the iconic music producer and executive’s celebrated career and lasting impact on the music industry.

“It will truly be a unique emotional experience to relive all the musical highlights of my career,” Clive shared. “I am honestly pinching myself that this will be happening.”

The Clive Davis Channel on SiriusXM How to listen

The Clive Davis Channel is available on the SiriusXM app April 16 through May 2 and on satellite channel 79 from April 26 through May 2.

What you’ll hear

Hosted and curated by Clive Davis himself, The Clive Davis Channel airs never-before-heard stories from key moments in his career spanning six decades, along with highlights from some of music’s greatest artists and songs.

Clive shares the story about how he first heard Whitney Houston, envisioned greatness for Bruce Springsteen, found Janis Joplin’s voice to be life changing,...

The Roots have announced a new run of tour dates dubbed the “Hip-Hop Is the Love of My Life Tour,” which will see the band head to cities across America with support from Arrested Development and Digable Planets.

The tour will follow the 2024 iteration of The Roots’ Picnic in Philadelphia this June, which will feature a lineup including Lil Wayne, Jill Scott, André 3000, and more. At the end of June, The Roots will double down with the Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop Is The Love of My Life festival in Los Angeles, where Arrested Development and Digable Planets will perform as well.

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After the LA festival, The Roots will play a few more dates (including three in Europe), and then reunite with Arrested Development and Digable Planets for the “Hip-Hop Is the Love of My Life” dates, beginning with a performance in Houston. From there, they’ll head through the South,...

Foreground: Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters (Columbia Pictures/Archive Photos/Getty Images); Background: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures) Graphic: The A.V. Club The original Ghostbusters is a near-perfect film. It’s just the right blend of comedy and legitimate horror, with Dan Aykroyd,...

Foreground: Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters (Columbia Pictures/Archive Photos/Getty Images); Background: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures)Graphic: The A.V. Club

The original Ghostbusters is a near-perfect film. It’s just the right blend of comedy and legitimate horror, with Dan Aykroyd,...

The latest Ghostbusters movie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, has arrived, giving audiences another chance to see the original ‘busters, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson, don their paranormal-hunting jumpsuits once again. Now, in a new interview, Hudson has praised Sony for having “stepped up” with the new film, elevating it beyond some of its recent predecessors.

Specifically, Hudson referred to the Ghostbusters reboot — which re-launched the franchise in 2016 — as “disappointing.” Speaking to The Independent, he praised the film’s director Paul Feig, and described its all-female leading cast as “brilliantly funny on their own,” but overall felt that the film lacked intention.

“Other than: I don’t quite understand why you do a reboot, you know what I mean? Just make another movie,” he said. “Fans were really invested in the story and the characters and I think it was disappointing. I enjoyed the movie but I think it wasn...

This article contains spoilers for "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire."

In the universe of "Ghostbusters," the supernatural entities take a variety of forms. Most notably, there are Ectoplast creatures like Slimer, Muncher, and Pukey who look like gross-out, cartoonish blobs. A more malicious spirit like Gozer the Gozerian is a Class 7 Deity of Destruction, while the Grey Lady (aka the Library Ghost) is a Class 4 Semi-Anchored Entity. Gertrude Aldridge in "Ghostbusters: Answer The Call" is similar to the Grey Lady, but fluctuates between more of a poltergeist and a Class 4 Semi-Anchored Entity. And then there's Egon Spengler himself, one of the original Ghostbusters who appeared in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" in a spiritual form ranging from Class 2 or 3 before fully manifesting as a Class 4 Full Torso Apparition.

This is to say, "Ghostbusters" has played around with the various levels, presentations, and styles of ghosts for the last 40 years, and is still finding new...

You probably already know what will be number one on this list. The “Ghostbusters” franchise has gone through its ups and downs, reboots and legacyquels. But as the first film approaches its 40th anniversary this June, there’s little doubt in anybody’s mind that it remains the definitive ghost-catching movie of them all.

In the early ’80s, Dan Aykroyd — then just fresh off his stint as an original “Saturday Night Live” cast member — was inspired by his own belief in the supernatural to write a script about a group of eccentric academics who start a pest-control business where the “pests” they’re catching are malevolent spirits. Recruiting former “SNL” castmate Bill Murray to star, comedian Harold Ramis to help rewrite the screenplay, and “Meatballs” and “Stripes” filmmaker Ivan Reitman to direct. The final film, which hit theaters in 1984, starred Aykroyd, Murray, Ramis, and Ernie Hudson as the four Ghostbusters,...

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Ever since a quartet of blue-collar fringe science-exploring schlubs first formed an organization known as the Ghostbusters back in 1984, the Ray Parker Jr.-led refrain of "Who ya gonna call?" has been both a promise and a cross to bear. While the original 'Busters (and their female counterparts from 2016) have continually struggled to convince themselves and others that non-corporeal entities are very real and need to be handled, they've also been burdened with the fact that ghostbusting is a full-time job with few tangible benefits. In essence, everyone from Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Raymond Stanz (Dan Aykroyd), Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) to Phoebe Spengler (Mckenna Grace), her mother Callie (Carrie Coon), and others have been so continually preoccupied with the afterlife that they've barely carved out a present life for themselves.

That's the dilemma facing all of the people who call themselves Ghostbusters in the latest installment of the franchise,...

Carrie Coon is pleased that her 'Ghostbusters' character is "grounded in reality".The 43-year-old actress returns as Callie Spengler in 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' and praised the film's writers for making her alter ego a mother with flaws.Carrie told The Hollywood Reporter: "Callie feels like a very real mom who's maybe not always great at the job, and makes mistakes and has to make repairs."That, to me, feels really grounded in reality in a way that movie moms aren't always, especially when they're serving a function in a story like Callie kind of is in this second film."And so I just appreciate that (co-writers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan) are always writing a family dynamic that feels like it could be very, very real, even though we're busting ghosts."The 'Gone Girl' actress has admiration for Jason after he handed the...

Why do these new Ghostbusters movies land so unremarkably? Not Paul Feig’s 2016 reboot, which was attacked by pissant trolls. My opening statement is reserved for Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Gil Kenan’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Kenan tackles the third sequel in recognized Ghostbusters continuity, which hardly gives audiences a reason to stay excited about any more franchise continuations. Plotting feels superficially engineered to sell the nostalgia thrills of seeing the original Ghostbusters suit up or so we can relive old scenes anew; a film built around team poses and one-liners that misremember how Ivan Reitman’s predecessors made bustin’ feel so good.

After the events of Afterlife, the Spenglers and Gary Grooberson (Paul Rudd) move into the iconic New York City firehouse where it all started. Callie Spengler (Carrie Coon) sees her romance with Gary flourish, while her kids Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) make spectral entrapment a family business.

The Ghostbusters franchise has never seen complete success in its tenure. While the original Ghostbusters starring Bill Murray has been a cult classic that has been paid tribute to and has been parodied multiple times over the years, the subsequent films have been a hit or miss. It hit a new low with the all-female reboot starring prominent SNL alumni.

However, the franchise seems to have gone further down the hole as its latest entry Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire gets the franchise’s worst Rotten Tomatoes score. The film came on the heels of the well-received Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which starred Paul Rudd and a new cast. Despite the presence of the beloved characters and the return of the Og Ghostbusters, the new film seems to be unimpressive. However, fans still seem to be excited.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Beats The All-Female Reboot To Be The Worst Rated In The Franchise A still...

Plot: After having relocated to NYC to fight ghosts, the Spengler find themselves tangling with an old nemesis of the Ghostbusters, Mayor Walter Peck (William Atherton), who wants to shut them down for good. Meanwhile, an ancient evil will be unleashed over the city, releasing all the spirits caught over the last forty years.

Review: I was a big fan of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Jason Reitman’s film skillfully blended nostalgia with a new take on the franchise that opened up the Ghostbusters universe in an inclusive way. It welcomed new fans without alienating old ones, something the 2016 reboot notoriously failed at. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire seems to be aimed at building the franchise out more extensively. While it’s still a fun, nostalgia-driven return to the Ghostbusting universe, it’s not as good as the last film and spreads itself too thin to do the new characters justice.

One thing fans...

Fittingly enough given its subject matter, the Ghostbusters franchise can’t seem to stop haunting audiences no matter how many times it seems like and turns out to be a futile effort. Ghostbusters II is a lazy retread incited by one of the dumbest retcons in movie history, the 2016 reboot was bombarded by misogynistic online harassment before it ever got a proper shot, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife seemed to be under the delusion that the working class schmoes from the original were actually Jedi.

Yet despite all this, the attempts keep being made and Afterlife was enough of a box office success to warrant a follow-up in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; set to hit theaters this coming weekend. And while the stacked cast of new and returning actors alongside the inspiration from The Real Ghostbusters animated series for its villains do make Frozen Empire feel like more of a substantial leap forward,...

Og Ghostbusters Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson appeared on The Tonight Show on Friday night to promote the forthcoming Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. The real highlight, however, came when the pair joined up with Fallon, The Roots, and and the man himself, Ray Parker Jr., to perform the Ghostbusters theme song with classroom instruments.

Murray and Hudson also sat down for a two-segment interview with Fallon, where they discussed the franchise’s legacy and the upcoming sequel.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is the second installment in the rebooted franchise. Set to hit theaters on March 22nd, 2024, the film stars Murray, Hudson, Dan Aykroyd, and Annie Potts, along with Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Fin Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, James Acaster… and Slimer.

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Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson hit up The Tonight Show Friday ahead of next week’s release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and the Og ghost-busting duo brought along Ray Parker Jr. to perform the original film’s classic theme on classroom instruments alongside Jimmy Fallon and the Roots.

Parker Jr. handled lead vocals and triangle while Murray spent the entire song playing the kazoo, only ditching the instrument when the entire assortment of musicians gleefully sang in unison the infamous “Ghostbusters” lyric, “Bustin’ makes me feel good.”

The classroom instrument...

Ken is far too sensitive to peer pressure, which is a good thing for Oscar fans because Ryan Gosling will officially perform “I’m Just Ken” at this year’s ceremony despite initially showing hesitancy. Now, will it stand as one of the best performances in Oscar history or will it go full Rob Lowe/Snow White?

I fully expect “I’m Just Ken” to be a showstopper, especially now that Gosling has confirmed he’ll be the one behind the mic and it won’t be given to somebody not even associated with the movie. However, admittedly sometimes that works out extremely well, as when Robin Williams performed “Blame Canada” from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. And while that song lost to Tarzan’s “You’ll Be In My Heart”, you can’t tell me you remember Phil Collins’ performance that night.

Another oddball performance for a song...

Tickets for the brand new movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire are now up for grabs ahead of the film’s release on March 22, and Sony is celebrating with new promo videos.

First up we have a new spot from Regal Movies that features not only the return of the Library Ghost but also the classic Ray Parker Jr. theme song from the original movie.

And then we’ve also been provided with a new featurette video this morning, wherein the cast and crew hype up the franchise’s return. Franchise newcomer Patton Oswalt teases, “In this one, the scary stuff is genuinely scary.” Dan Aykroyd hypes, “The legacy of Ghostbusters goes on here in a really quality way.” You can watch both brand new promo videos below.

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In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New...

Halloween isn't just for children. That's why whenever scary season rolls around, you need a music playlist that keeps everyone in mind - from the kids who love the latest ghoulish Disney Channel Original Movie musical to those who got down to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" when it first came out in the '80s.

That's also why you have to get creative when it comes to the spooky songs you choose for your Allhallows' Eve playlists. If you only include songs that are explicitly Halloween-themed, like "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers or "This Is Halloween" from "The Nightmare Before Christmas," the tunes could get stale real quick. So remember to work in music that has Halloween vibes, too.

Jimin's "Filter" may not strike you as a Halloween song at first but with lyrics like, "I can be your genie / How about Aladdin? / I'll be...

Fans weren’t very impressed with the quality of the first poster we saw for the film adaptation of R.L. Stine‘s novel Zombie Town (you can check it out at This Link), which is set to receive a theatrical release in the United States on September 1st. So now that we’re just a few days away from the release date, it’s nice to see that a new poster for Zombie Town has arrived online, and it’s much better than the previous one. The new poster can be found at the bottom of this article.

Stine’s Zombie Town sees a quiet town upended when 12-year-old Mike and his friend, Karen, see a horror movie called Zombie Town and unexpectedly see the title characters leap off the screen and chase them through the theater.

The cinematic adaptation was directed by animator Peter Lepeniotis. Marlon Kazadi (Child’s Play...

Just a couple weeks ago, we were wondering when the film adaptation of R.L. Stine‘s novel Zombie Town would be released – but now a trailer for the movie has arrived online, along with the announcement that Zombie Town is going to be receiving a theatrical release in the United States on September 1st! So to figure out whether or not this is a movie you’ll want to catch on the big screen in a week and a half, check out the trailer in the embed above!

Stine’s Zombie Town sees a quiet town upended when 12-year-old Mike and his friend, Karen, see a horror movie called Zombie Town and unexpectedly see the title characters leap off the screen and chase them through the theater.

The cinematic adaptation was directed by animator Peter Lepeniotis. Marlon Kazadi (Child’s Play 2019) and Madi Monroe (Attaway General) are the leads in the film,...

More than nine months have passed by since author R.L. Stine shared an early poster for the upcoming adaptation of his novel Zombie Town, and now we finally have a new update to share. The finished film has been screened for the Motion Picture Association ratings board and has secured a PG-13 rating for “some language and bloody images“. Now we just need to hear when this movie is going to be released.

Stine’s Zombie Town sees a quiet town upended when 12-year-old Mike and his friend, Karen, see a horror movie called Zombie Town and unexpectedly see the title characters leap off the screen and chase them through the theater.

The cinematic adaptation was directed by animator Peter Lepeniotis. Marlon Kazadi (Child’s Play 2019) and Madi Monroe (Attaway General) are the leads in the film, which is described as “a mystery teen romancer”. Also in the cast are Henry Czerny...

Venue used by the festival closed last year amid bankruptcy.

Zurich’s six screen Kosmos cinema, a key cinema venue for the Zurich Film Festival (Zff), is to re-open in time for the 19th edition of the Swiss festival after closing due to bankruptcy in 2022.

The cinema will reopen on September 28 under the name Frame and will screen movies all year round. Zff runs from September 28 to October 8.

The cinema and its event spaces will be operated by Spoundation Motion Picture Ag (Smp), the marketing and events agency behind Zff. Programming will be handled by Zff. Smo is now renting...

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A Sherlock Holmes move inspired a sound effect from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Jackson created the sound effect himself when an animal wouldn’t do it. “Thriller” wasn’t nearly as popular as the album of the same name. Michael Jackson | KMazur / Contributor

A Sherlock Holmes movie inspired part of Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller.” Surprisingly, the tune was not a No. 1 hit in the United States. Despite this, “Thriller” became an enduring Halloween song.

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ was inspired by an adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes book

Bruce Swedien served as an engineer on Thriller. During a 2009 interview with MusicRadar, he discussed the origin of a sound effect on the title track. “When we did ‘Thriller’ the song, the opening in particular, Rob Temperton — who wrote the track — had conceived us to have wolf howls in it,” he said.

Swedien said he was inspired by an adaptation...

Legendary singer-songwriter Bettye Lavette announced her upcoming new album, titled Lavette!, and released its lead single, “Plan B,” on Wednesday. The icon also shared dates for a U.S. summer tour, starting with Seattle, Washington on June 20.

Lavette! is produced by Steve Jordan for his label with Meegan Voss, Jay-Vee Records. Jordan also drums on the album and brought together a host of musicians for the project, featuring Pino Palladino on bass, Larry Campbell and Chris Bruce on guitars, and Leon Pendarvis on keyboard. “When I prepare a band for her,...

Thirteen of Michael Jackson‘s songs reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Some of those songs are incredible. On the other hand, one of them is about a killer rat.

Michael Jackson | Chris Walter / Contributor 13. ‘Ben’

“Ben” is a ballad about a killer rat that became Jackson’s first solo No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was from the film Ben, the sequel to the killer rat movie Willard. The ballad is more of a weird piece of trivia than a real song.

12. ‘I Just Can’t Stop Loving You’ with Siedah Garrett

Jackson dabbled in numerous genres. Sadly, he wasn’t able to elevate easy-listening music with “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You.” While this was a No. 1 single during Jackson’s peak period, it doesn’t have an accompanying music video.

11. ‘Say Say Say’

The best thing about “Say Say Say” is that it’s not Jackson’s other Paul McCartney duet,...

I will always remember 2021 as the year Paramore's "Decode" finally came back to Spotify. The band wrote and recorded the broody, pop-goth anthem for the original "Twilight" movie in 2008, the same year Spotify launched. The "Twilight" soundtrack did massive numbers in traditional sales, and translated that popularity onto emerging streaming platforms. But after some time, it seems the rights holders of the "Twilight" Ost had some kind of clash with Spotify. For years, the entire soundtrack was available to stream there -- except for "Decode." 

The absence of the song on the internet's most popular music streamer drove desperate fans in higher numbers than ever to YouTube, where, mercifully, the music video has remained available to watch since 2008. To date, the video for "Decode," in which Hayley Williams and band rock out in a forest clearing as Edward, Bella, and their nemeses zip by with fangs bared, has racked up 108,000+ comments 436 million views.

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Movie: "Ghostbusters"

Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max

The Pitch: Friends, we've hit that part of the year when the December festivities are over, guilt commercials for taxes and the gym have begun, and it's still too cold to do anything much outside other than shovel snow. We've got weeks until the next holiday, and everything seems pretty grey and bleak. When you're feeling miserable and down in the dumps, who ya gonna call? "Ghostbusters!"

The film, one of my all-time favorite comedies, came up over the holiday. I learned that a lot of people who were born after the Ivan Reitman film came out in 1984 have seen clips and heard of it — they may have even seen...

Paramount+ has announced that Sometimes When We Touch, a three-part documentary series exploring the history of soft rock music, will premiere exclusively on the service in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 and will also stream in the U.K., Latin America and Australia, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. Sometimes When We Touch is the untold story of soft rock, whose artists dominated pop music worldwide in the ’70s, only to crash and burn in the ’80s, eventually experiencing one of the most unlikely comebacks in music history. The series presents all-new interviews with some of soft rock’s biggest legends, like Air Supply (“All Out of Love”), Dan Hill (“Sometimes When We Touch”), Kenny Loggins (“This Is It”), Ray Parker Jr. (“A Woman Needs Love”), Rupert Holmes (“Escape: The Piña Colada Song”) and Toni Tennille (“Love Will Keep Us Together”). Through candid and poignant stories, these...

Amber Riley has made TV history with her win on The Masked Singer season eight.

During Wednesday (30 November) night’s finale of the US version of the celebrity singing series, Riley – best known for her recurring role as Mercedes on creator Ryan Murphy’s series Glee – walked away victorious.

Following the top-secret 12-week singing competition, the 36-year-old actor, who had been disguised as a gold shimmery harp, was the last standing contestant to unmask.

Riley’s newest triumph marks her second major win on a TV reality show competition. In 2013, she and her dance partner, Derek Hough, took home the coveted mirrorball trophy of Dancing with the Stars season 17.

Other celebrities, including Gladys Knight and Margaret Cho, have attempted both competitions, however, Riley is the only one to have ever achieved the double feat.

Although The Masked Singer season two winner, Wayne Brady (How I Met Your Mother), came close...

If you thought Amber Riley winning the Golden Mask during the November 30 finale of “The Masked Singer” was the end of Season 8, you’d be dead wrong. Fox’s wild and wacky reality TV show still has one extra episode left, the Seasonal Sing-a-Long Spectacular, which will air in its normal Wednesday night time slot on December 7, 2022.

The annual Sing-a-Long is a chance for fans at home to whet their whistles and croon along with the contestants of Season 8. Expect many of your favorites to make special holiday appearances, so you can pluck along with the winner (Amber Riley as Harp), bleat with the runners-up (Wilson Phillips as Lambs) or shiver with the semi-finalist (Nikki Glaser as Snowstorm). As always, the lyrics will appear on screen with a bouncing ball keeping the tempo.

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This eighth installment...

“The Masked Singer” aired a two-hour epic finale on Wednesday night, with Harp walking away with the Season 8 Golden Mask Trophy. She defeated Lambs in the first ever all-female final. We found out trio of wooly divas were multi-platinum girl group Wilson Phillips before Harp stood center stage and unmasked herself in front of panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger.

See Amber Riley makes history as first celebrity to win both ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and ‘The Masked Singer’

Prior to Harp’s unmasking, the panelists submitted final guesses: Yvette Nicole Brown (Robin), Jordin Sparks (Jenny), Jennifer Hudson (Ken) and Amber Riley (Nicole). When the mask came off it was Nicole who was proven correct. The award-winning singer, actress and Broadway star had blown them away with her renditions of “Edge of Glory” by Lady Gaga and “Gravity” by John Mayer.

“This has been such an amazing experience,...

“The Masked Singer” aired a two-hour epic finale on Wednesday night, with Harp walking away with the Season 8 Golden Mask Trophy. She defeated Lambs in the first ever all-female final. Following their performances of “I’m Every Woman” by Chaka Khan and “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner, we found out trio of wooly divas were multi-platinum girl group Wilson Phillips.

Prior to the Lambs big reveal, panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger submitted final guesses: Wilson Phillips (Robin and Nicole), The Chicks (Jenny) and Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian (Ken). Of course Robin and Nicole were correct in naming the group consisting of Chynna Phillips, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson.

“It’s a journey that we will never forget,” they told host Nick Cannon during their unmasked interview. “It’s been amazing. I have no words. I’m speechless. Do you know...

“Horror is the removal of masks,” playwright Bertolt Brecht allegedly said. “Horror is the removal of masks that reveal sweaty C-listers you haven’t thought about in ages,” I’d amend.

Because, seriously, it’s time for The Masked Singer to hang it up.

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Tonight marked the Season 8 finale of Fox’s bizarro singing competition. If you’re uninitiated,...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 8, episodes 11 and 12, of “The Masked Singer,” “Two-Hour Epic Finale,” which aired Nov. 30 on Fox.

“The Masked Singer” ended its eighth season on a “Glee”-ful note. Singer and actor Amber Riley, known for playing Mercedes Jones on Fox’s “Glee” and more recently for projects including “A Black Lady Sketch Show” and Lifetime’s “Single Black Female,” was revealed as this season’s winner on the Wednesday night finale.

Riley was unmasked as the Harp, beating out the Lambs — who were unmasked as 90s vocal group Wilson Phillips.

“It’s very validating as an artist,” Riley tells Variety about her win. “It can get very discouraging in this industry, especially as a music artist. I’m pretty much a new artist, even though I’ve been in this industry a really long time… to hear all the amazing...

I always wanted to be a Ghostbuster.

Still do, honestly. Whether you’re a kid or an adult, Ghostbusters remains an appealing power fantasy. Unlike most cinematic action heroes of their time, the Ghostbusters were pragmatic capitalists to a fault. Their most formidable foes weren’t Gozer the Destructor or Viggo the Carpathian, but bureaucratic naysayers who threatened to keep them from doing their jobs.

As the beleaguered ghost policemen, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis became overnight mega stars. Behind the camera, director Ivan Reitman redefined the potential for high-budget, star-driven comedies and also became a household name. Yet in the nearly 40 years since its initial release, the actual story of Ghostbusters’ origins as a film, franchise and global phenomenon has been obscure at best.

For decades ghostheads have been fed the same sanitized, ‘official’ behind-the-scenes stories from the actors and filmmakers involved. In his new book, A...

It was a “Battle of the Semi Finals” on “The Masked Singer” airing Thursday, November 24. Harp, Lambs and Snowstorm had each taken out the competition in their respective rounds and went head-to-head in the first ever three-way Battle Royale. After performing “Thinking of You” by Katy Perry and “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson, it was Snowstorm that came up short of reaching the Season 8 finale, revealing herself to be comedian Nikki Glaser.

“It was the first dream that I ever had,” the actress told host Nick Cannon during her unmasked interview. “It was squashed at such a young age and it just became something that was unattainable to me. When this opportunity came up it was so perfect. I think what held me back is that everyone knew I was a comedian, so everyone was like, ‘Don’t sing, no one wants to hear that. It’s like Michael Jordan playing baseball.

Two all new celebrities in disguise took to “The Masked Singer” stage for “Fright Night” on Wednesday, November 23, singing their hearts out and coming for Snowstorm’s crown. After giving a soulful rendition of “Devil With the Blue Dress On” by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, Sir Bug a Boo advanced to the evening’s Battle Royale, only to be bested by Snowstorm after singing “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell. The entire panel consisting of Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger failed to correctly guess Grammy-winning swinger-songwriter Ray Parker Jr. was behind the mask.

“I saw it last year when y’all thought I was Bobby Brown,” Parker Jr. told Nick Cannon during his unmasked interview. “They put my head on the character and I was like, ‘What the heck is that?'” To his friends, family and fans watching at home, the accomplished musician said,...

Tonight on “The Masked Singer,” Harp, Lambs and Snowstorm participate in a three-way battle to determine the finalists. One contestant is eliminated and forced to reveal themselves in front of America on Thanksgiving Day.

The Season 8 contestants boast a combined 32 Grammy Nominations, 16 Emmy Wins, 8 Gold Albums, 4 Golden Globe Nominations, 42 Books, 10 Teen Choice Awards, and 5 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Play along with host Nick Cannon and celebrity panelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke.

See Everything to know about ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 8

Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 8, Episode 10, titled “Battle of the Semi Finals” to find out what happened Wednesday, November 24 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed characters on Fox’s reality TV show and who you think has what it takes to win the entire competition.