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Ramsey Lewis, a jazz pianist and composer who had a surprise appearance on the pop charts in 1965 with the hit “The In Crowd,” died Monday at 87. No cause of death was given, but his Facebook page indicated he “died peacefully at his home in Chicago” this morning.

A three-time Grammy-winner, Lewis was also honored with a 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award.

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Lewis, bassist Eldee Young and drummer Redd Holt became the classic Ramsey Lewis Trio. The group met in high school as freshmen.

Their instrumental cover of “The In Crowd,” written by Dobie Gray, was followed by two more hits, “Hang on Sloopy” and “Wade in the Water.”

Lewis was a veteran performer thanks to the numerous live music venues in his native Chicago.

“It was great because it gave musicians coming up [in the ranks] the chance to get their act together,...

Exclusive: Ian Anthony Dale (Hawaii Five-0) and Laurie Fortier (Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.) have joined the cast of the 11th and final season of The Walking Dead.

Dale will play Tomi, a long-time member of a group recently discovered by our heroes. His existence continually impacts them in ways none of them could imagine, or avoid. Fortier will play Agatha. Her character details are being kept under wraps.

The Season 10 finale brought the long simmering tensions between Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s character Negan and Lauren Cohan’s Maggie out in the open, with Negan returning to the Survivors’ HQ from exile, setting up the series up for its 24-episode final season, set to premiere on August 22.

Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, The Walking Dead is produced by AMC Studios and executive produced by...

APA has signed Mary Lambert, the director of the original Pet Sematary.

Lambert, whose additional credits include Pet Sematary Two, Siesta, The In Crowd and Face of Evil; is currently helming the Netflix holiday romantic comedy A Castle For Christmas starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes.

Lambert’s 1989 film adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel remains the highest grossing horror film directed by a woman.

The director has helmed a number of music videos for some of music’s most notable figures including Debbie Harry, Janet Jackson and Madonna.

In addition to feature films and music videos, Lambert has directed a number of documentaries including 14 Women, Bobby Brown His Prerogative and Trading Places.

The filmmaker has also ventured into the TV realm, helming episodes for Arrow, The Blacklist, Strange Frequency and Tales from the Crypt.

Lambert continues to be managed by Pebble Entertainment, and by attorney David Nochimson.

Mary Lambert, the director of Stephen King’s original 1989 Pet Sematary movie for Paramount, has signed with APA.

The trailblazing director is currently in Scotland helming A Castle for Christmas, the Netflix romantic comedy starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes.

On the feature front, Lambert also lensed the 1992 sequel Pet Sematary Two. The original Pet Sematary remains the highest-grossing horror movie directed by a woman.

Other features from Lambert include 14 Women; Grand Isle, starring Kelly McGillis and Ellen Burstyn; her first film, Siesta; Clubland, The In Crowd, and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary.

Lambert’s TV credits include The Blacklist, Arrow and YouTube’s Step Up: High Water.

She continues to ...

Mary Lambert, the director of Stephen King’s original 1989 Pet Sematary movie for Paramount, has signed with APA.

The trailblazing director is currently in Scotland helming A Castle for Christmas, the Netflix romantic comedy starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes.

On the feature front, Lambert also lensed the 1992 sequel Pet Sematary Two. The original Pet Sematary remains the highest-grossing horror movie directed by a woman.

Other features from Lambert include 14 Women; Grand Isle, starring Kelly McGillis and Ellen Burstyn; her first film, Siesta; Clubland, The In Crowd, and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary.

Lambert’s TV credits include The Blacklist, Arrow and YouTube’s Step Up: High Water.

She continues to ...

Netflix will have another Christmas rom-com on deck during the holidays. 

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes will be spreading some holiday cheer from Scotland. 

The duo will lead A Castle for Christmas, which follows an American author, Sophie (Shields), who makes her way to Scotland, and immediately falls in love with a castle. 

Yes, really. 

Unfortunately, the owner, a Scottish Duke named Myles (Elwes), does not want to sell to a foreigner. 

The duo butt heads as they try to come to some sort of resolution, but they "just may find more than they bargained for."

The outlet reports Mary Lambert, who brought Pet Sematary and The In Crowd to viewers, will direct the holiday flick. 

More exciting is that the movie will be filmed on location in Scotland. As a Scotsman myself, I'm excited to see which locations are used, and how the country is portrayed.

Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes are spending the holidays with Netflix.

The duo will star in A Castle for Christmas, a new romantic comedy from the streamer. The story follows a famed American author, Sophie, who travels to Scotland and finds herself wanting to buy a castle, but the prickly owner, a Scottish Duke named Myles, is reluctant to sell to a foreigner. Working to find a compromise, the pair constantly butt heads, but along the way they just may find more than they bargained for.

Mary Lambert, the veteran filmmaker behind Pet Sematary and The In Crowd, will direct the feature, which is set ...

Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes are spending the holidays with Netflix.

The duo will star in A Castle for Christmas, a new romantic comedy from the streamer. The story follows a famed American author, Sophie, who travels to Scotland and finds herself wanting to buy a castle, but the prickly owner, a Scottish Duke named Myles, is reluctant to sell to a foreigner. Working to find a compromise, the pair constantly butt heads, but along the way they just may find more than they bargained for.

Mary Lambert, the veteran filmmaker behind Pet Sematary and The In Crowd, will direct the feature, which is set ...

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Breaking Bad, the beloved series will collect five LPs-worth of music that featured during the show’s five seasons for a limited-edition, vinyl-only box set.

Limited to 5,000 copies, the Breaking Bad Original Soundtrack arrives November 30th and boasts five “Albuquerque crystal”-colored 10″ records, each housed in a jacket that represents one of the series’ five seasons.

The set also features “a lift off box set with Breaking Bad logo on front with special drip-off varnish,” an exclusive poster and “Los Pollos Hermanos” plastic ID...

It’s finally here in all its glory, the Howard Hawks movie nobody loves. The epitome of clueless ’60s filmmaking by an auteur who left his thinking cap back with Bogie and Bacall, this show is a PC quagmire lacking the usual compensation of exploitative thrills. But hey, it has a hypnotic appeal all its own: we’ll not abandon any movie where Teri Garr dances.

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1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: James Caan, Laura Devon, Gail Hire, Charlene Holt, John Robert Crawford, Marianna Hill, James (Skip) Ward, Norman Alden, George Takei, Diane Strom, Anthony Rogers, Robert Donner, Teri Garr.

Cinematography: Milton Krasner

Film Editors: Bill Brame, Stuart Gilmore

Original Music: Nelson Riddle

Written by George Kirgo story by Howard Hawks

Produced and Directed by Howard Hawks

Critics have been raking Howard Hawks’ stock car racing epic...

The feature film debut from music-video director Geremy Jasper tells the coming-of-age tale of an overweight 23-year-old female underdog from “blue-collar New Jersey” who just happens to be a closet savant rapper. Australian actress Danielle Macdonald stars as Patricia Dombrowski, known to her friends and rivals as “Patti Cake$.”

Read More: Danielle Macdonald Takes The Mic In Crowd-Pleaser ‘Patti Cakes’ [Sundance Review]

Jasper has said the film is a love letter to rap music, his life growing up in New Jersey and the loud and foul-mouthed women whom he was surrounded by.

Continue reading First Trailer For ‘Patti Cake$’ Brings You The Tale Of An Underdog Rapper From Jersey at The Playlist.

Park City – Small town underdog looking to make it in the music business isn’t exactly the most original idea for a movie. And throwing in a hip-hop angle is familiar territory even at Sundance (see 2005’s “Hustle & Flow”). It’s a huge credit to writer and director Geremy Jasper then that “Patti Cake$,” which debuted at the 2017 edition of the festival on Monday, breaks through that familiar convention with flying colors.

Continue reading Danielle Macdonald Takes The Mic In Crowd-Pleaser ‘Patti Cakes’ [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.

Existential wranglings over the morality of murder are all very well, but some new ideas wouldn’t go amiss

The (im)morality of murder has long been a recurrent theme for Woody Allen, from his own bungling Boris anguishing about shooting Napoleon in Love and Death (“he’ll bleed on the carpet”) through Martin Landau’s Judah hiring a hitman to kill his lover in Crimes and Misdemeanors, to Jonathan Rhys Meyers’s Chris turning gunman in Match Point. This latest straight-faced offering retreads old ground. Joaquin Phoenix is the dissolute philosophy professor who makes an existential decision to commit the perfect crime, rediscovering his libido in the process. From the lazily repetitive use of the Ramsey Lewis trio’s The In Crowd to the naff student/tutor fantasies of its central relationship (Emma Stone is the besotted pupil while Parker Posey draws the short straw as a screechy academic) this is terribly pedestrian.

The world lost two famous supporting screen talents this weekend. Firstly, comedian and famed character actor Taylor Negron died at the age of 57 after a long battle with cancer. You may not recognise the name, but his deadpan delivery and complete lack of fear about tackling all sorts of topics will long be remembered.

Negron is best known for numerous bit roles in various films and TV shows including "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," "The Last Boy Scout," "Easy Money," "River's Edge," "Punchline," "Angels in the Outfield," "Spy Hard," "Bio-Dome," Chairman of the Board," "The Thin Pink Line," "Stuart Little," "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas ," "The In Crowd," "Loser," "The Hughleys," "So Little Time," "Funky Monkey," "The Aristocrats," "Three Days to Vegas," "Vamps" and more.

Sadly he isn't the only one to have passed on though as screen actress Anita Ekberg also died over the weekend at the age...

Sandlot Heroes is enticing fans to ‘Come Back’ with the release of their new single. The three piece rock band, which hails from Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, stepped into the studio in December 2012 to write new songs and creatively evolve towards the next level. ‘Come Back’ was released today as on their label, Sandlot Heroes, LLC. ‘Come Back’ was written after Sandlot Heroes toured America with such bands as Yellowcard, We Are The In Crowd, The Wonder Years and Bowling For Soup. After spending most of last year writing songs that would distinguish them from traditional pop-rock, the band is planning to release many more singles this year. Sandlot [ Read More ]

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Last month, we asked you to pick your Ultimate Music Crush for April – and now we’re pleased to report that you have crowned a winner! April’s nominees represented some of the hottest breakout artists in the industry: Penny Bird Rabbit, Jackson Guthy and We Are The In Crowd. And the winner is: Jackson Guthy! Jackson Guthy is a...Read more»...

An Australian production house is the first local production company to have a pilot commissioned by MTV International.

The Feds has created a reality show, currently with the working title The In Crowd about people trying to break into a sub-culture or scene that they’ve always wanted to.

The pilot, shot in Sydney, will follow two people, a wannabe magician and a girl trying out on a roller derby team.

Should the pilot be picked up for a series, the shoot will go international to follow different hopefuls as they try to crack the Texan rodeo clown school, skateboarders in Los Angeles, and debutants in London.

Lisa Gray, head of content for The Feds told Encore: “We’re really enjoying this show and its the type of programming we’d like to work on in the future. Making it for a global audience is exciting. Hopefully it means more opportunities like this.

Our buddies over at MTV Buzworthy always get the best song premieres!

Today (July 30), Buzzworthy debuted the first single from pop-punk act Yellowcard's forthcoming eighth studio album, Southern Air, which hits stores August 14 on Hopeless Records. The song, "Here I Am Alive," is all about looking back. Fifteen years after their 1997 debut, the guys are now veterans of the scene and are in full-on reflection mode.

Southern Air is the band's second, following 2011's When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes, album since returning to music after a two-year hiatus. Now that they are back, they are on a roll, and lead singer Ryan Key wants to keep it going. "We got back from tour, and we were still so excited about doing this," Key tells Buzzworthy. "We wanted to keep the ball rolling."

When you've been in the business as long as Yellowcard, you inevitably make some friends … and sometimes...

Feeder and The View are among the latest additions to this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals. Feeder will play Reading on Saturday (August 25) and Leeds on Sunday (August 26), along with Young Guns, Citizens and We Are The In Crowd. The View, The Futureheads, 2:54, Scum and Toy will all play Reading on the Sunday (August 26) and Leeds on Friday (August 24). Meanwhile, Sleigh Bells will headline the Festival Republic Stage on Friday (more)...

Welcome back to Radio 66.6! On tap this week we've got another dose of music news for you cats. If you have a tip, feel free to submit it. Be sure to check back every Monday to stay up-to-date on the latest music headlines.

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Killswitch Engage have confirmed that former vocalist Jesse Leach has re-joined the band, following the recent departure of frontman Howard Jones. "Truth be told, Jesse blew us away in auditions," says the band. Read their statement here.

Deftones bassist Chi Cheng has been in a coma since a car accident in 2008, but he is slowly recovering. As of this week, Cheng can now lift his leg by request. Watch a video of the progress here. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Bassist Matt DeVries has left Six Feet Under to pursue other musical endeavors. DeVries has been touring with the band since last year. His replacement...

I’m going to start this review with an apology, because it is impossible to write about a female-fronted pop-punk band without mentioning Paramore. This is usually an unfair comparison, hence the apology, and Sydney based pop-punkers Tonight Alive aren’t just an Australian Paramore. What Are You So Scared Of? sees them trying to break the UK and America, having already sold upwards of 20,000 copies of the album in their home country. With production duties being handled by Mark Trombino (producer of legendary pop-punk albums such as Blink 182’s Dude Ranch and Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American) and 45 minutes of solid tracks, hopefully some of their success down under will be repeated over here.

Opening with the instrumental and atmospheric Eject, Eject, Eject! gives second track Breaking & Entering some extra impact, as well as giving the guitarists a chance to remind listeners that this band isn’t...

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) — Dobie Gray was more than a smooth balladeer who recorded the timeless hit "Drift Away" in 1973. He wrote songs for an array of country and pop performers, was a trailblazing entertainer in South Africa and, in death, a philanthropist. Gray died in his sleep at his Nashville home Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 69. "Drift Away" also was recorded by rap artist Uncle Kracker in 2003 and became a hit again. Gray's silky tenor also was heard on other hits including "The In Crowd" in 1965 and "Loving...

Dobie Gray has died, aged 71. The soul singer's death was revealed on his official website last night, though there has yet to be an official announcement on how he passed away. Gray had massive hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including 'The In Crowd', 'Drift Away' and 'Out on the Floor'. Real name Laurence Darrow Brown, he was raised on a farm in Houston before moving to Los Angeles where he met Sonny Bono, and soon signed a record deal. 'Drift Away' sold over a million copies in 1973, and has been (more)...

Directed by: Mary Lambert

Written by: Naomi Selfman

Cast: Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, A Martinez, Kathryn Joosten, Mickey Dolenz

The fine folks running The Asylum have done it again. Purveyor of mockbusters and Syfy mega-features such as Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus, Mega Piranha and, of course, Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus, The Asylum has now delivered unto us Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, and it's safe to say that this low-budget delight delivers everything you might desire from a film bearing such a title.

Although the flick's big battle is ostensibly between the titular creatures, in truth the main event features '80s pop tarts Tiffany and Debbie Gibson playing strong women at odds who, by movie's end, are united in more ways than one by a common mega-enemy.

Gibson stars as Nikki, a fervent animal rights activist whose zeal borders on the sociopathic. Tiffany plays Terry, a park ranger whose beat is the Florida Everglades.

It’s tough to follow up a film called Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid, but director Mary Lambert already has a few irons in the fire. The helmer of Pet Sematary and its sequel, The In Crowd, The Attic and Siesta, waxed enthusiastic yesterday about her Syfy debut, which airs Saturday, January 29 at 9 p.m., and also spoke with us exclusively about her post-mega Python future.

More than a few jaws drop when Syfy announced that feature film director Mary Lambert, helmer of Pet Sematary, The In Crowd and Siesta, would be tackling the cable channel’s latest over-the-top monsterfest, Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid. After tons of both mainstream and fan press over the wacky project’s announcement, Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid will premiere on Saturday, January 29 at 9 p.m. The Syfy original movie spawned from The Asylum, makers of such low-rent fare as Mega Piranha and Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus, which respectively starred Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid headliners Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. In this exclusive interview, Lambert says she dove into her first Syfy flick for the fun of it and predicts viewers will follow suit.

Issue 63 Is ‘Dedicated To Ingrid Pitt’ www.gzmagazine.co.uk www.twitter.com/gorezonemagazin – Follow us on twitter for Exclsuive news and comps www.gorezone.co.uk Inside Issue #63 .Christa Campbell goes behind the scenes of Scream 4 and Eli Roth’s Clown .Gz Exposes Rose McGowans (Grindhouse) new surgery that’s left her scared on the new Scream DVD’ and why she may be given the boot from Red Sonja .Then and Now takes a look at what happened to Susan Ward from Mary Lamberts The In Crowd, wild things 2 and Cruel world .Winona Ryder (Black Swan) Talks to Gz Magazine about the death of Scream Queen Brittany Murphy (Cherry Falls) Plus A Free DVD Celebrity Ghost Hunting .Gz speaks direct to the Ugly Betty actor Michael Brea who chopped his mothers head – Read what pushed Brea over the edge!!!!! .Sean Cain takes on Gz Magazine’s Big Fat...

In Fangoria FrightFest’s Hunger (now available on DVD from Phase 4 Films and via video-on-demand; check local listings), about a group of people unwillingly forced into a sinister experiment in which they’re deprived of food and sustenance, actress Lori Heuring immersed herself deeper in a role than ever before: She and the rest of the cast underwent a crash diet on an already psychologically exhausting and claustrophobic set. Fango spoke to Heuring (whose previous genre films include Prom Night, Wicked Little Things, Mulholland Dr. and The In Crowd) about making the film and the toll her latest role took.

Fangoria, the magazine of choice for most horror fans has released a few films here and there. However, for the first time the horror juggernaut is releasing a set of eight films at the end of September. Just in time for Halloween, these films look really good. Check out the trailer 'Hunger' below. From the Fangoria site; Steven Hentges’ shocker stars Lori Heuring (Wicked Little Things, The In Crowd) in a physically and psychologically demanding role. Five strangers (including Heuring) find themselves trapped in an underground dungeon. Realizing they are the subjects of a...

Once production on the seventh season of NBC's series "The Office" concludes, Steve Carell is going to be one busy man. Recently he was announced for a role in The Abstinence Teacher with Sandra Bullock and the DreamWorks comedy Raised by Wolfs and now he has another project on his slate. Variety reports Warner Bros. is developing A Boyfriend for My Wife, a remake of a 2008 romantic comedy from Argentina, and Carell is lined-up to lead the film. The story follows a timid husband who believes the only way of escaping marriage is to get his wife to fall in love with another man, so he enlists the help of a legendary Cassanova. Sadly, writers Mark Gibson and Phil Halprin (Snow Dogs, The In Crowd) don't inspire much hope for this. Apparently the original film, directed by Juan Taratuto was one of the biggest movies in Argentina ...

Poughkeepsie, NY band We Are The In Crowd, the four-piece ensemble formed earlier this year and newly signed to independent label Hopeless Records, will have its current single, .For The Win. featured on tonight.s episode of MTV.s .The Hills., with repeats airing throughout the weekend. .For The Win. is available now on iTunes and a acoustic version of the song is streaming exclusively at www.Absolutepunk.net. The band features Tay Jardine on vocals, Jordan Eckes on guitar and vocals, bassist Mike Ferri and drummer Rob Chianelli, who use their talent and ingenuity to propel themselves into the hearts of many. Instead of relying on image and sugar-coated, meaningless lyrics, We Are The In Crowd focused on one goal.

Where in the world is Susan Ward? The brunette beauty who launched her acting career playing plucky heroine Meg Cummings on the NBC sudser Sunset Beach has been somewhat Mia after enjoying a string of roles in such big-screen fare as Shallow Hal and The In Crowd, and the made-for-dvd Wild Things 2.

Well, Ward is hopefully on her way back to series television ...

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MGM, maintaining a business-as-usual stance, has acquired its first new property since Sony Corp. signed a definitive takeover agreement to buy the studio. Mischa Barton, star of Fox's The O.C., has signed on to topline Hexxx. MGM-based Jennifer Klein is producing through her Apartment 3B Prods. Mark Gibson and John Raffo penned the horror thriller, which revolves around the world of voodoo and is set against the backdrop of New Orleans. Toby Jaffe and Pete Chiarelli are the executives on the project. Other projects in the works at Apartment 3B include the Kate Kondell-penned Don't Tell My Mother, the urban classroom comedy F+ and Truce, a World War I drama that Klein will produce for Warner Independent Pictures. Barton and Gibson, whose credits include Snow Dogs and The In Crowd, are repped by WMA. Raffo is repped by Evolution Entertainment.