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Michael Keaton, Paul Feig and David Letterman are among the Hollywood figures paying tribute to Teri Garr after she died on Tuesday at 79.

The Oscar-nominated actress was known for films like Tootsie and Young Frankenstein, among many others, before her career was derailed by multiple sclerosis, which she revealed she was diagnosed during an appearance on Larry King’s CNN show in October 2002. She appeared onscreen for the last time in 2011.

Garr died at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends,” her publicist, Heidi Schaffer, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Mel Brooks, who gave Garr her breakthrough role alongside Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein, paid tribute to the actress. “So very sorry to hear about Teri Garr’s passing,” he wrote on X. “She was so talented and so funny. Her humor and lively spirit made the Young Frankenstein set a pleasure to work on. Her ‘German’ accent had us all in stitches!

David Letterman is calling Teri Garr, who died Tuesday, one of his “all time favorite guests,” while Garr’s Mr. Mom costar Michael Keaton laments “a day I feared and knew was coming.” And Richard Dreyfuss, who costarred with Garr in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, remembers her as “vibrant, playful and so funny.”

The late, great Teri Garr, who brightened everything from sitcoms, variety shows, talk shows, some of the funniest movies ever made and even the occasional drama is being remembered by co-stars and colleagues today for the light she was.

“I adored Teri,” tweeted Dreyfuss. “She was vibrant, playful and so funny. Her essence created an ease in every scene we did together.

When Charly Bliss came out of Brooklyn with their excellent 2017 debut Guppy, they were snappy Nineties alt-rock revivalists, bringing to mind the Breeders, That Dog, and Veruca Salt with their churning riffs, sharp melodies, and frontperson Eva Hendricks’ coffee-achiever pip of a voice. They followed that LP with 2019’s Young Enough, mixing in some synth gloss with their guitar buzz. It’s been five years since their last release (during that time Hendricks relocated to Brisbane, Australia, and her brother Sam, the band’s dummer, became a dad). On Forever,...

Ten days ahead of the film’s release, Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine has a new trailer and TV spot.

Set to the tune of Toni Basil’s “Hey Mickey,” one of the first shots in the trailer shows the mysterious Lady Deadpool’s red boots and up past her signature belt to show the ends of blonde hair without landing on her face.

After the first shot of the new character’s feet appeared in a different teaser, many guessed that star Ryan Reynolds’ wife Blake Lively could be playing the newcomer. Others think it’s Taylor Swift, who many want to see as Dazzler in the film.

Quick shots of Cowboy Deadpool also show up in the spot as well, and Wade welcomes a googly eyed dog into his partnership with Wolverine.

Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Reynolds, and Levy are credited as co-writers on the threequel film,...

Madonna‘s worst songs are, at least, bizarrely awful. They’re the sort of bad tunes that could only come from someone with the Material Girl’s ambition. One of them is possibly the only pop song to include the word “spanky.”

1. ‘Hanky Panky’

Writing a jazz tune called “Hanky Panky” is a horribly kitschy move. Madonna makes “Hanky Panky” even worse by rhyming “hanky panky” with “spanky.” Yes, this is a pop tune about erotic spanking. The fact that this hit No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 is mind-boggling.

For her movie Dick Tracy, Madonna went retro and released an album of retro jazz tunes. Going retro would be another artist’s excuse to be innocent and sweet, but Madonna instead had to find a way to write a dirty song for a children’s movie. It’s no wonder this embarrassing novelty has been forgotten.

2. ‘American Life’

Madonna took...

Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her “Guts World Tour” at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, CA on Friday (February 23rd), delivering a 22-song, 95-minute performance.

Rodrigo performed all 12 songs from her sophomore album, Guts, as well as the bonus track “obsessed.” Notably, she kicked off the show with the one-two-three punch of “bad idea right?,” “ballad of a home schooled girl,” and “vampire.” She also performed the song “logical” live for the first time.

The setlist also included a majority of the songs from her breakout 2021 debut, Sour, including “traitor,” “drivers license,” “teenage dream,” “deja vu,” and “brutal.” For the encore, Rodrigo served up extended performances of “good 4 u” and “get him back!”

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Unlike her “Sour Tour,” Rodrigo did not included any covers in the opening night’s setlist — though, she did wear a t-shirt referencing No Doubt’s song “I’m Just a Girl.”

Rodrigo...

The Beatles made their first of three appearances on CBS’ “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb 9, 1964. Sullivan knew he had a really big “shew” that night, telling the audience mainly of teeny-boppers and teenage girls that “our theater’s been jammed with newspapermen and hundreds of photographers from all over the world. And these veterans agree with me that the city never has witnessed the excitement stirred by these youngsters from Liverpool…Now tonight you’re going to be twice entertained by them…Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles.”

Their fans screamed, cried and grabbed their hair when John, Paul, George and Ringo performed “All My Loving,” “Till There Was You” and “She Loves You.” They came back 35 minutes later in the show to sing “I Saw Her Standing There” and their No. 1 hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” The ratings for the episode scored to 23.24 million households. Beatlemania was sweeping America before Feb.

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 10, Episode 7 of “The Masked Singer,” “One-Hit Wonders Night,” which aired Nov. 8 on Fox.

Money can’t buy you class, but “The Masked Singer” can buy you some well-timed publicity. Just days after she was seen at this year’s BravoCon, original “The Real Housewives of New York City” star and cabaret singer Luann de Lesseps — aka the “Countess” — was revealed on Wednesday as the latest celebrity to participate in Season 10 of “The Masked Singer.”

De Lesseps was revealed to be Hibiscus, after performing “It’s Raining Men,” by The Weather Girls.

“I loved the idea of a challenge,” she told Variety. “To perform with a mask on that you can’t see very well.. I put that mask on and was like, ‘oh my god, this is so claustrophobic.’ The challenge was really to be able to sing,...

This Post Contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Fox’s The Masked Singer.

It was a night of one-hit wonders during the seventh episode of Fox’s The Masked Singer Season 10, where a final batch of contestants sang and twirled onstage as exaggerated table ornaments and savory desserts.

In The Masked Singer’s smackdown this week, Anteater gave a folky rendition of Toni Basil’s “Hey, Mickey,” while Hibiscus dipped her yellow-tipped petals to the bubblegum pop tune. Panelist Jenny McCarthy was the only one to correctly guess...

The “Barbie” film and soundtrack album are such an embarrassment of riches that an equally massive bounty of Grammy and Academy awards seems like a foregone conclusion. But such awards don’t just happen — it’s an intricate, laborious, precisely timed dance of official submissions, lobbying, advertising campaigns and (so we’ve heard) insider machinations less-than-lovingly known as “FYC,” i.e. For Your Consideration.

So, Atlantic Records, which released the Mark Ronson-helmed “Barbie the Album” soundtrack, and Warner Bros. pictures have a challenge on their hands: Which songs to push for which awards, and which categories?

Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” may be the most musically resonant song in the film and album, but it’s a melancholy one; conversely, Dua Lipa’s disco-fied “Dance the Night” is lighthearted fun personified and lights up the dance scenes, but it’s maybe not as emotionally resonant. Nicki Minaj...

The 40th anniversary 4K-cut of Stop Making Sense continues to make a lot of cents.

In the wake of the Talking Heads A24 re-release racking up the biggest grossing Imax live event ever with close to $641K, we’re hearing that showtimes for this weekend’s Imax run are already selling out.

Move over, Barbie (which is getting her first release in Imax this Friday for one week), because you’re going to have to contend with the Talking Heads in the house, not Ken.

Originally the re-release of the 1984 Jonathan Demme concert film was bound to run in around 150 Imax auditoriums, now it’s 300. That’s a nice appetizer for any pop rock aficionado waiting in the lobby for the Taylor Swift: Eras Tour concert to start. Stop Making Sense expands again next Friday, Sept. 29.

After dancing in their seats at their TIFF reunion last week, the Talking Heads...

Watch any classic movies, and there’s a good chance you’ll see someone who got famous down the line. A future pop star appeared as a dancer in Elvis Presley’s Viva Las Vegas. That was far from the end of her career on the big screen.

‘Mickey’ singer Toni Basil danced to a Ray Charles song in Elvis Presley’s ‘Viva Las Vegas’

Toni Basil is a dancer and choreographer who’s most known for her No. 1 single “Mickey.” In a 2014 Facebook post, she discussed her experiences on the set of Viva Las Vegas. “Over the months of rehearsing with Anne-Margret and Elvis Presley, [choreographer] David Winters and I became close friends with them,” she recalled.

“David the choreographer and I worked on many musical numbers for this film,” Basil added. “Here’s ‘What’d I Say’ where I got to be the girl with the red dress on.

So You Think You Can Dance has been a mainstay of Fox‘s reality show lineup since it debuted in 2005. The show has featured many entertainers as judges during its runtime, both full-time and as special guests. Given the longevity of So You Think You Can Dance, it can be hard to remember who has appeared on the show and when. Here is a full rundown of Sytycd’s judges.

All of the guest judges on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

The format of So You Think You Can Dance has broadly stayed the same throughout each season. The panel comprises two to four permanent judges, with guest stars joining in occasionally. For callback episodes and season finales, the panel could rise to twice or more its normal size.

Here is a list of the guest judges who have appeared in each season of So You Think You Can Dance.

In 2003, Bob Dylan starred in the film Masked and Anonymous with a number of Hollywood heavy hitters. His co-stars included Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Luke Wilson, Jessica Lange, Penelope Cruz, Val Kilmer, and many others. Dylan didn’t have nearly as much acting experience as his co-stars. While he had a leading role in the film, his inexperience caused some issues. Dylan seemed far more interested in watching his castmates than he was in giving a performance of his own.

Bob Dylan found his co-stars in a film riveting to watch

Masked and Anonymous had a stacked cast at least partly because the actors wanted a chance to work with Dylan.

“I think John [Goodman] really responded to the part, but a lot of the other people responded to just the idea of working with Bob,” director Larry Charles told Uproxx in 2023. “We were able to attract a lot of people because of that,...

In 2003, Bob Dylan starred in the movie Masked and Anonymous. He co-wrote the feature film with writer Larry Charles and had the opportunity to act alongside a number of Hollywood stars, including Jeff Bridges and John Goodman. Charles said he enjoyed working with Dylan, but he had to shut down some of the musician’s most out-there ideas. One of these was to make everything in the film a dance number.

Bob Dylan wanted to add dancing to a movie he wrote and starred in

Dylan and Charles met when the musician wanted to produce a slapstick TV series. While the project never came to fruition, they started working together on the screenplay for Masked and Anonymous. After completing the script, Charles stepped behind the camera as director, while Dylan became one of the lead actors. Starring alongside him were Bridges, Goodman, Val Kilmer, Jessica Lange, Penelope Cruz, Luke Wilson,...

Fasten your seatbelts, Charli Xcx is at the wheel. On Thursday, the British star released her single “Speed Drive” from the Barbie soundtrack, and it’s exactly what you’d expect from the pop queen who forever changed gay clubs with “Vroom Vroom.”

On “Speed Drive,” Charli flips Toni Basil’s “Mickey” for the chorus, to “feel quite bratty” and “about just being hot,” she recently told Rolling Stone.

“Uh, uh, Barbie, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind/Jump into the driver’s seat...

Let’s ride. Charli Xcx has shared “Speed Drive,” her contribution to the soundtrack to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Listen to the song below.

“Speed Drive” is another welcome addition to the “Charli Xcx Songs About Cars” canon. The track, produced by Easyfun, interpolates Toni Basil’s “Hey, Mickey!” with Charli’s classic calling cards: electronic melodies and boosted bass that’ll make you want to blast through red lights at 100 miles per hour.

The Barbie soundtrack has inspired a ton of campy singles so far, including Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World,” PinkPantheress’ “Angel,” Karol G’s “Watati,” and Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night.” Executive produced by Mark Ronson, the album will also feature Haim, Tame Impala, Dominic Fike, and even Ryan Gosling in the appropriately titled “I’m Just Ken.” The soundtrack drops in full July 21st, the same day the Margot Robbie-starring film hits theaters.

Mike Nesmith always had a soft spot for The Monkees‘ only feature film, Head. The 1968 film was misunderstood by many critics and fans of the band who were used to the casual hijinks of the quartet’s NBC series. However, Nesmith discussed how the film had a hidden meaning missed by many. He claimed the film poked “a lot of fun at The Monkees’ expense.”

The Monkees in a scene from the feature film ‘Head’ | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Mike Nesmith shared in a rare interview the intentions of the movie ‘Head’

Mike Nesmith shared the purposes of the group’s first feature film in a rare interview with Monkees bandmates Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Peter Tork for the Hy Lit Show. Head, he explained, poked “a lot of fun” at the expense of its stars.

“The most fun was the character assassination,” Nesmith said of the darker...

Austin Butler heads into Oscars 95 with a good chance of winning the Best Actor category for portraying Elvis Presley in the feature film Elvis. Much ado has been made about the actor’s physical transformation into the King of Rock and Roll. However, Butler morphed into Presley not only as a singer and actor but as a dancer. He was coached for some of Presley’s most iconic movies by Toni Basil, a choreographer, and singer of the ’80s hit song “Mickey.”

Austin Butler and choreographer Toni Basil worked together on his moves for ‘Elvis’ | Jeremy Chan/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Austin Butler felt a ‘level of responsibility’ in portraying Elvis Presley

In an interview with Collider, Butler explained the responsibility of playing the King of Rock and Roll and singing his songs weighed on his heart. The believes Presley’s life, which he believes has been “so misconstrued.

As reported by the New York Times, on March 8, 2023, prolific B-movie filmmaker Bert I. Gordon passed away at his home in Los Angeles. He was 100 years old. 

Bert I. Gordon is a name many may not be familiar with unless they were prone to visiting drive-in theaters in the 1950s, staying up late and watching monster movies on Uhf TV in the 1980s, or were paying attention to "Mystery Science Theater 3000" in the 1990s. Gordon was the director behind such low-budget classics as 1955's "King Dinosaur," 1957's "The Amazing Colossal Man," its sequel from the next year, "War of the Colossal Beast," the 1965 outsized J.D. flick, "Village of the Giants," the 1976 H.G. Wells adaptation, "Food of the Gods," and the 1976 giant ant film "Empire of the Ants." One might note that all the films listed above involve giants of some stripe. One might also want to take note of Bert I.

In his lifetime, Tracy Marrow has been everything from a dancer and a DJ, to a thief and a weed dealer. Yet, from the minute Marrow became Ice-t, his renown developed and grew.

Initially, being Ice-t meant becoming hip-hop’s most incendiary voice, a sinister avatar of the reality-rap style tagged by the press as “gangster”. Equally famous was Ice-t’s gig as an actor-with-attitude in films such as “New Jack City” and — since 2000 — for television producer Dick Wolf’s police drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola.

Ice-t brings street cred to everything he does — including commercials. He beams with pride discussing his hood past and how its raw-knuckle spirit remains. Even seeing Ice-t riding a spin cycle, promoting Cheerios and heart health, is hardcore. And it all starts with hip-hop. Despite its current state of musicality being — in his words, “goofy” — Ice-t is...

It's not a secret that Hollywood has a really sordid history with the way transgender characters have been presented on film. While bigoted pundits like to pretend that trans people and trans representation in entertainment is somehow a new concept, films like "Myra Breckinridge" were shocking and subverting audience expectations over half a century ago. Unlike the transgender media of our current era that often put cis men like Jared Leto, Eddie Redmayne, and Jeffrey Tambor in drag, "Myra Breckinridge" instead chose to cast Raquel Welch, an international sex symbol at the time, in the titular role.

The film was an adaptation of Gore Vidal's controversial book of the same name, a title that was equal parts bestseller and banned text. It's one of the earliest known novels to feature a protagonist who has undergone gender affirmation surgery and dissects themes of feminism, gender performance, America's unhealthy relationship with toxic masculinity,...

On her new album Queen of Me, Shania Twain doesn’t sound like the same person who was once so on top she could playfully feign indifference toward Brad Pitt’s movie-star looks in “That Don’t Impress Me Much.” At the time, she could do no wrong, having become a global star and brought country music forward into a new era with arena-rock attitude, sex appeal, and hooks to match. But as her long-awaited 2017 album Now demonstrated, Twain’s voice, affected by illness and slowly rehabilitated, has changed — it...

Bruno ‘Pop N Taco’ Falcon, street dancing pioneer and star of the 1984 hit film Breakin’, died Saturday at the age of 58.

Falcon died of natural causes in Long Beach, CA, his sister Diana Wolgamott confirmed to multiple outlets, including local ABC affiliate ABC7.

The news has also been shared by other family members, friends, and collaborators on social media including Toni Basil who remembered Falcon via Twitter.

“Rest In Peace My long time dear beautiful friend and collaborator over many years- the legendary ground breaking brilliant dancer Pop-n-Taco Bruno Falcon. June 10, 1964-July 2, 2022,” she wrote.

Rest In Peace My long time dear beautiful friend and collaborator over many years- the legendary ground breaking brilliant dancer Pop-n-Taco Bruno Falcon. June 10, 1964-July 2, 2022. #popping #breakin #legendary #popntaco #tonibasil #streetdancer #electricboogaloos #brunofalcon pic.twitter.com/Vy2rL7jyRc

— Toni Basil (@Toni_Basil) July 3, 2022

Falcon featured his locking skills in the Joel Siberg-direct cult classic film...

Ric Parnell, who played the fictional band Spinal Tap’s drummer Mick Shrimpton in the classic 1984 heavy metal “mockumentary” “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died at the age of 70, according to a post from the group’s Harry Shearer and Yahoo News. No cause of death was initially reported.

Ric Parnell, our drummer in This is Spinal Tap, passed away today. No one ever rocked harder.

— Harry Shearer (@theharryshearer) May 2, 2022

The group — fronted by actor-musicians Michael McKean (as David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (as Nigel Tufnel) and Shearer (as Derek Smalls) — crossed the line between fiction and reality from their inception: the band literally road-tested tested their concept shortly after making the film, opening shows for psychedelic sludge-rockers Iron Butterfly, and no one in the audience was for the wiser.

Spinal Tap’s drummers are a running punchline in the film — all of the group’s previous drummers had died,...

Ric Parnell, the British musician who took the role of doomed drummer Mick Shrimpton in the 1984 movie “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died, his co-star Harry Shearer confirmed. He was 70.

Parnell’s death was confirmed Sunday by Shearer, who played Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls. No cause of death was given.

Ric Parnell, our drummer in This is Spinal Tap, passed away today. No one ever rocked harder.

— Harry Shearer (@theharryshearer) May 2, 2022

Parnell played Shrimpton in the 1984 cult classic mockumentary about a heavy metal band that already had a long history of losing drummers to outrageous calamity. Shrimpton survives long enough to be featured throughout Rob Reiner’s film – though the character winds up exploding onstage during a tour of Japan.

At one point, Reiner interviews the band’s standing drummer – in the tub, with a shower cap – about sitting in Spinal Tap’s infamous hot seat.

The London-born Parnell...

Bert I. Gordon’s career groove of shrinking and bloating various animals and people bottoms out in this trashy drive-in groaner: it’s colorful but nigh-unwatchable. The exploitation target is sci-fi and the teen musical, with incompatible helpings of pre-teen ‘cutes’ and girlie show jiggle for the raincoat crowd. The show apparently did well, but I heard mostly about resentful walkouts. Gordon’s early films have far more charm; this one mostly shows contempt for his audience. For fans that think there’s Camp value here, the Blu-ray transfer is sensationally good, as is the reproduction of Jack Nitzsche’s rock music score. The only thing to call this movie is Poor, but how can that be when I find so much to say about it?

Village of the Giants

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1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 81 min. / Street Date February 22, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95

Starring: Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford,...

Focus Features has acquired the global rights to Edgar Wright’s first documentary feature, The Sparks Brothers, about famed electronica pop duo Sparks.

The deal brings the Universal specialty label back in business with the filmmaker behind their upcoming Oct. 22 drama thriller Last Night in Soho. Universal will distribute the movie overseas.

The Sparks Brothers, from MRC Non-Fiction, made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, notching a 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The film chronicles the decades-long career and influence of Sparks, Los Angeles musician brothers Ron and Russell Mael. One was the wavy haired singer with the soothing voice, and the other played instruments with a quirky look and a Hitler-type mustache on his face. Sparks became more of a sensation over in England than the U.S. though the guys did ultimately build out a fervent cult following here. Sparks had an absurdist style...

On “The Masked Dancer” finale on February 17, the last three celebrities in the competition will perform one more time as the Cotton Candy, Sloth and Tulip. At the end of the hour, one of them will be named the winner of season 1 of this spin-off from “The Masked Singer.” We’ve rewatched every one of the seven episodes that led up to this final one and are absolutely convinced that we know who is hiding inside these costumes. Keep reading if you dare for all of “The Masked Dancer” spoilers for the season 1 finale, including the real name of Cotton Candy.

Forget all those misleading guesses by the four judges. We are 100% certain we know the real identity of Cotton Candy who delivered a powerful performance set to “Get Ready for This” by 2 Unlimited/”Mickey” by Toni Basil on the semifinal.

We’ve watched that most recent routine repeatedly as...

“The Masked Dancer” season one winner will be crowned on the February 17 finale on Fox. The final three celebrity contestants still in contention to claim the Diamond Mask are disguised as Cotton Candy, Sloth and Tulip. Over the course of the first seven episodes, the rest of the 10 contenders were unmasked. The most recent of these was eliminated on the February 10 semi-final after he failed to impress the four judges

The Zebra was revealed by host Craig Robinson to be Olympic and professional boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya. That wasn’t a surprise to us as we had figured out the real name of the Zebra by rewatching all of his previous performances and clues videos. We’ve turned our attention to the final three contestants still in the hunt. We are sure that we know their real names.

Keep reading for all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including our...

Cotton Candy has been a front-runner to win the inaugural season of “The Masked Dancer” since she vaulted into the competition after a nearly dance-ending fall while practicing an aerial stunt for her debut performance. The fearless sugary confection proved to be resilient when she rebounded with five flawless routines that earned rave reviews from panelists Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green, Ken Jeong and Ashley Tisdale. Now she’s hoping to wrap her sticky fingers around the Diamond Mask trophy and become the first masked celebrity to win the Fox reality TV dancing competition.

Cotton Candy delivered her first performance in Episode 2, wowing the panel with an acrobatic routine to “Glitter in the Air” by Pink. Her graceful, precise movements combined with her confidence and stage presence convinced Paula that this colorful performer was a trained dancer. In Episode 3 Cotton Candy showed a more fun side, dancing a choreographed routine...

And then there were three. Cotton Candy, Sloth and Tulip have each made it to the finale of “The Masked Dancer” Season 1, which will air in a two-hour block on Wednesday, February 17. These competitors are all clearly talented dancers, but only one has what it takes to go the distance and claim the Diamond Mask trophy. According to our finale predictions, Cotton Candy is the person who fans Think will win. But who do you Want to win? Vote in our poll below to tell us who you’re rooting for and then be sure to sound off down in the comments section.

See ‘The Masked Dancer’ reveals for all seasons: Celebrities and costumes through the years

Cotton Candy went viral even before her first appearance thanks to requiring a medic after falling during an aerial stunt. The judges praised the colorful confection for continuing on despite the danger, with Ken Jeong proclaiming,...

Miley Cyrus brought some fellow rebels to the Super Bowl this year, and turned the event into a true rock n' roll show. However, it wasn't one without some heavy emotions.  The singer, who headlined Super Bowl Lv's "TikTok Tailgate" at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, donned a cheerleader uniform in order to celebrate the kickoff of the football game in front of thousands of frontline workers who have already been vaccinated for the coronavirus. While Cyrus performed a cover of Toni Basil's "Mickey", her 2020 hit "Prisoner" and a cover of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" solo,...

Miley Cyrus tore through a set of her hits and covers and welcomed guests Billy Idol and Joan Jett while headlining the Super Bowl Lv pregame on Sunday.

Standing at Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium, Cyrus — in cheerleader gear — kicked off the “TikTok Tailgate” with a take on Toni Basil’s “Mickey” (as “Oh Miley”) before shifting to her “Prisoner” and Blondie’s “Heart of Glass.” Joan Jett first joined Cyrus for “Bad Reputation,” “Bad Karma” and “I Hate Myself for Loving You.” Cyrus then brought out Idol for...

Hollywood stars and dancers are paying tribute to Adolfo Gutierrez Quiñones, aka Shabba-Doo, the hip-hop dance icon and Original Locker member who died on Wednesday at 65, with many looking back fondly at his work as Ozone from the cheesy but beloved ’80s film “Breakin.'”

Rapper Ice-t and “black-ish” actor Miles Brown were among those who paid their respects and explained how his moves and innovations with locking helped inspire their own work and brought them into hip-hop culture.

“I just lost Another close friend…Shabba-Do. [sic] LA dance legend,” Ice-t said in a tweet. “Ff— 2020.”

Shabba-Doo was a member of The Original Lockers dance crew in the ’70s and further broke out as Ozone in both “Breakin'” and “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.” His death was announced by fellow Original Locker Toni Basil. No cause of death was given, but Shabba-Doo had posted that earlier in the week that he had...

Adolfo “Shabba Doo” Quiñones, the dancer-actor who rose to fame starring in “Breakin'” and its sequel “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo,” died Wednesday. He was 65.

No cause of death has been announced. Just a day before he was discovered unconscious, Quiñones had posted a photo of himself smiling and giving the peace sign in bed, writing, “Good news y’all! I’m feeling all better, just a wee bit sluggish from my cold, but the good news is I’m Covid 19 negative! Woo hoo!”

Besides appearing in the “Breakin'” films, both in 1984, he had a featured role on the big screen in “Lambada” in 1990. Prior to taking to the movies, Quiñones was already a part of pop culture history for choreographing and appearing in Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long” video.

“It’s a sad day for the dance world,” said Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers, who co-starred in both “Breakin'” movies,...

Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones, one of the forefathers of hip hop dancing and known best for his roles in the 80s breakdancing films Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2 Electric Boogaloo, has died. He was 65.

Quiñones’ death comes one day after he posted an Instagram photo of himself saying he was feeling “sluggish” from a cold, but had tested negative for Covid-19.

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Shabba-Doo was one of the members of The Original Lockers, innovators of the dance style commonly known as locking. One of his fellow dance crew members, Toni Basil, announced Quinones death on Wednesday. No cause of death was given.

“It is with extreme sadness the Lockers family announces the unexpected passing of our beloved Adolfo Shabba-Doo Quinones. In this difficult time, we are requesting privacy,” Basil wrote in a statement on Twitter.

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Adolfo Quinones, better known as “Shabba-Doo,” the pioneering hip-hop dancer and one of the stars of the film “Breakin,'” has died. He was 65.

Shabba-Doo was one of the members of the dance crew The Original Lockers that helped introduce the “locking” style of dance to breakdancing and hip-hop. One of his fellow members, Toni Basil, announced Quinones’ death on Wednesday. No cause of death was given.

“It is with extreme sadness the Lockers family announces the unexpected passing of our beloved Adolfo Shabba-Doo Quinones. In this difficult time, we are requesting privacy,” Basil wrote in a statement to Twitter.

A representative for Quinones did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Shabba-Doo earlier this week posted on Instagram that he was feeling sick but that he had tested negative for Covid-19.

Born and raised in Chicago, Shabba-Doo was a dancer of Puerto Rican and African American descent and joined up with Basil,...

“The Last Movie,” Dennis Hopper’s infamous directorial follow-up to “Easy Rider,” is a counterculture touchstone in its own right, even though it wasn’t given a national release for decades after its short-lived 1971 bow. Even longer in coming: a soundtrack album. This Saturday, nearly five decades after the movie first touched screens, a companion LP is arriving. The vinyl on the label Earth Recordings, distributed by Light in the Attic in the U.S., will be released for Record Store Day on August 29, in a limited edition of 1000. A CD version will be forthcoming.

Variety invited the album’s two producers to weigh in on “The Last Movie” and its music, then and now. Jessica Hundley, who knew Hopper, shares firsthand memories of the filmmaker and how the movie’s shelving affected him. Pat Thomas, one of the music industry’s foremost archival producers, tells what to expect from...

Toni Basil’s claims arising from the use of her 80s hit “Mickey” in a South Park episode and in connection with a line of Disney clothing at Forever 21 have been rejected by a California appeals court.

The singer in 2017 sued New Razor & Tie Enterprises for intentional interference with a prospective economic advantage, elder abuse and unfair business practices. She alleges the company fraudulently claimed it could license “Mickey,” misrepresented that she was its client and violated her publicity rights and damaged her brand by licensing the work without permission.

L.A. County Superior Court ...

Toni Basil’s claims arising from the use of her 80s hit “Mickey” in a South Park episode and in connection with a line of Disney clothing at Forever 21 have been rejected by a California appeals court.

The singer in 2017 sued New Razor & Tie Enterprises for intentional interference with a prospective economic advantage, elder abuse and unfair business practices. She alleges the company fraudulently claimed it could license “Mickey,” misrepresented that she was its client and violated her publicity rights and damaged her brand by licensing the work without permission.

L.A. County Superior Court ...

Gregg Smith, an actor and dancer whose three-decade collaboration with director and choreographer Kenny Ortega included casting dancers for such films and TV productions as Dirty Dancing, Newsies, Hocus Pocus, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar and various Oscar and Emmy specials, died Jan. 1. The San Fernando Valley resident was 73.

His death was confirmed today by Ortega. No cause of death was released.

After performing in the influential 1968 Off Broadway rock musical Your Own Thing, Smith appeared in the original national touring company of Hair and the L.A. production of Jesus Christ Superstar. He would later appear in Ortega’s Newsies and Stephen Spielberg’s Hook.

He met Ortega in the early 1970s when the two were cast in Hair, and he would subsequently cast dancers in nearly every stage,...

Two givens for Los Angeles living in 1969: perpetual driving around listening to the radio, and stereo cartridge needles dropping onto record grooves. Those things were the basics of our existence! CineSavant closes out his pre-Christmas cheer with his favorite picture of ’19. It’s possibly Quentin Tarantino’s best. Yes, yes I know it has that crazy finale, but overall it has much less violence than most anything else he’s done. Plus it has scenes that can be described as heartwarming, and quietly sentimental… practically new territory for this director. The respect shown for Sharon Tate is gratifying. Bring us more great stories that inspire you this way, Mr. T. !

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

4K UltraHD + Blu-ray + Digital

Sony/Columbia

2019 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 161 min. / Street Date December 10, 2019 / 27.96

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Julia Butters, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern,...

“You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can’t understand what’s gone wrong with it.”

Golden Anniversaries: Films of 1969 features 6 classic films celebrating their 50th anniversaries. This second edition focuses on 1969 and features a half-dozen films, all screening for free at the St. Louis Public Library (1301 Olive Street St. Louis) over 3 weekends in late summer. (This series kicked off August 31st at 1:30pm with Midnight Cowboy). On Saturday September 14th at 1:30pm the ’69 film will be The Wild Bunch directed by Sam Peckinpah. There will be an intro and post-film Q&a with W.K. Stratton, author of The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film . Admission is Free. A Facebook invite can be found Here

Easy Rider (1969) is much more than a 60s relic – it’s still a great movie even today. I find it...

By Todd Garbarini

According to actor and film historian Douglas Dunning, the 50th anniversary screening of Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider will take place at Laemmle’s Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills on Saturday, September 7th, 2019 at 7:30 pm. The film runs 95 minutes. The 1969 film, which stars Peter Fonda, director Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Toni Basil, and Luana Anders among many others, will be followed by a tribute to the late Peter Fonda.

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Note: Actress Sabrina Scharf Is Scheduled To Participate In A Q&a Following The Screening. Please Check The Theatre’S Website Regarding Updates/Changes/Additions Of Other Potential In-person Appearances.

From the press release:

Easy Rider

50th Anniversary Screening and Tribute to Peter Fonda

Saturday, September 7, at 7:30 Pm

Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre

Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present a tribute to the late Peter...

Ever since “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” touched down at the Cannes Film Festival, much has been made over Margot Robbie’s lack of dialogue as Sharon Tate. Robbie’s low word count prompted Time magazine this week to count every word ever spoken by Tarantino’s female characters, much to the annoyance of Tarantino fans and surely the moviegoers sitting next to that reporter. As IndieWire’s Kate Erbland has explained, Robbie’s lack of dialogue does not diminish Tate’s overwhelming presence in “Hollywood.” One of Robbie’s most spirited moments occurs when Tate attends a party at the Playboy Mansion, her infectious dancing doing more to showcase her lively optimism and spirit than any dialogue could.

The New York Times recently spoke with Toni Basil, the 1960s dancing “it” girl Tarantino hired to choreograph the massive Playboy Mansion party. Basil knew Sharon Tate personally and has...

Scream Factory sent Mike and myself a bunch of B-Movie horror and science fiction titles and we're covering them all here under the moniker of B-Movie Christmas. Forgotten body horror Brain Dead starring Bill Pulman and Bill Paxton, anyone? Surprisingly compelling early 70s apocalyptic sci-fi Colossus the Forbin Project? Nearly lost William Castle thriller The Night Walker? Early 90s vampire movie Rockula featuring an undead teen desperate to woo and rock alongside his mom, played by Toni Basil of "Mickey" fame, and Thomas Dolby as the film's villain? Other films here include the fantastic Amicus 70s horror anthology The House That Dripped Blood, the Joseph Stefano penned Eye of the Cat, the Curtis Harrington shocker Games starring Simone Signoret, The Four...

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Dennis Hopper’s legendary follow-up to Easy Rider ended his Hollywood directing career for at least fifteen years. Barely seen again after brief premiere bookings, it hasn’t built up a reputation as a suppressed masterpiece. So what is it exactly? A new spotless restoration gives a dazzling rebirth to Hopper’s Perú- filmed deconstruction of Hollywood. The astonishing number of notables in the cast list may in itself demand a viewing.

The Last Movie

Blu-ray

Arbelos

1971 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 108 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / 39.99

Starring: Dennis Hopper, Stella García, Tomas Milian, Don Gordon, Julie Adams, Donna Baccala, Sylvia Miles, Rod Cameron, Severn Darden, Sam Fuller, Peter Fonda, Henry Jaglom, Michelle Phillips, Kris Kristofferson, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Clint Kimbrough, John Phillip Law, James Mitchum, Richard Rust, Toni Basil, Michael Anderson Jr.

Cinematography: László Kovács

Production design: Leon Ericksen

Film Editors: David Berlatsky, Antranig Mahakian, Dennis Hopper, [Alejandro Jodorowsky]

Original Music: Severn Darden,...

The rough, sometimes druggy genesis of the American independent movie business of the ‘60s and ‘70s was recalled by Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith of the Monkees during a sold-out 50th anniversary American Cinematheque screening of the band’s ill-fated feature film “Head.”

Looking out into the Egyptian Theatre before the film unspooled, Dolenz drolly asked one audience member, “You’ve seen it? Can you tell me what it’s about?”

The evening was hosted by the Monkees’ Boswell, producer Andrew Sandoval, who asked for a show of hands of how many in the crowd were returning “Head” cultists and how many were seeing it for the first time. The 60 percent or so making return trips were hugely enthusiastic, but Sandoval wasn’t making any promises to the 40 percent newbies, warning dryly, “We’ll see how many of you are here when we’re done.”

Relentlessly post-modern and lacking anything...

Exclusive: Arbelos Films has constructed a trailer for The Last Movie, the now cult Dennis Hopper experimental indie that has divided film aficionados since its 1971 release. Arbelos has completed its 4K film restoration of the pic that now becomes a notable distribution kickoff for the company, which acquired Cinelicious after it dissolved more than a year ago.

The Last Movie opens August 3 at the Metrograph in New York, the city that marked the site of the original’s unsuccessful critical and commercial 1971 bow, which came on the heels of Hopper’s enormous success with Easy Rider in his directing debut. The restoration will later screen at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles and 19 other locations nationwide.

The plan is for Los Angeles-based Arbelos to mine the Cinelicious library it now reps to release both older and newer films. Also on its upcoming slate and Béla Tarr’s 1994 film Sátántangó.

“The Last Movie...