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Matthew Stone To Pen Script For Rock ‘N’ Roll Legend Tommy James’ Biopic: ME, THE MOB & THE MUSIC

Oct 21, 2015

Producer Barbara DeFina announces that Matthew Stone – whose credits include Intolerable Cruelty, Soul Men, and Free – has been signed to adapt Tommy James’ critically acclaimed autobiography Me, The Mob & The Music: the gripping, true life tale of Tommy’s tumultuous relationship with Morris Levy, head of Roulette Records, which was a front for the Genovese crime family in New York.

Starting with the #1 1966 smash “Hanky Panky,” Tommy James – with the Shondells and solo – unleashed a staggering string of mega-hits, including “Mony Mony,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Draggin’ The Line,” “Crimson and Clover,” and “Crystal Blue Persuasion.” In 1969 alone he sold more singles than The Beatles.

Barbara DeFina, of DeFina Film Productions, is producing the film with James. Her many credits include Goodfellas, Casino, Cape Fear, and the upcoming Silence.

Matt Stone is represented by ICM Partners and Nelson Davis LLP. George Sheanshang and Mark Schwartz represent Barbara DeFina and Tommy James.

Alanis Morissette Starts New Inspirational Podcast

Oct 19, 2015

Alanis Morissette announced via Facebook that she will be launching a self-help podcast, which will be called Conversations With Alanis. Look for her announcement of her autobiography and details on street date very, very soon, I’m thinking.

Intrigued? I am, and check out the iTunes preview page on what you can expect from the podcast:

Conversations with different individuals from different schools and walks of life discussing everything from psychology to art to spirituality to design to health and well-being, to relationships (whether they be romantic or colleagueship or parent with children relationships). Alanis will dive into science, neurobiology, music, travel, social commentary, maybe a tiny bit of political, and feminism (which Alanis likes to call “the Feminine Movement in both Males and Females Alike”) the conversations will touch on topics that move the guest and Alanis herself toward philosophizing in real time, as well as illuminate any teachings, ideas and models already established.

Episode 1 is available for free now via iTunes.

Hear Martin Atkins On The Evolution Of Recorded Music Formats

Oct 19, 2015

The way we listen to music evolves constantly. From wax cylinder recordings all the way through to today’s streaming services, formats have come a long way. What’s next? What does this unending metamorphosis say about the music industry? And what does any of this have to do with Robert De Niro?

In another installment of NPR’s series The Martin Atkins Minute, Martin Atkins, the Public Image Ltd. drummer-turned-professor of music business at the SAE Institute, explains it all, from the strange newness of emerging formats to how vinyl records made such a resurgence that they ended up in Whole Foods.

Tom Hanks And Jimmy Fallon Act Out A Play Written By A Child

Oct 19, 2015

Tom Hanks and Jimmy Fallon read scenes written by elementary school kids where we gave them the title “Bridge of Spies,” and they had to write the rest.

Taylor Swift Gets Interviewed By Ryan Adams

Oct 19, 2015

She dominated the pop charts with 1989. He covered her whole album. In this exclusive interview, Taylor Swift and Ryan Adams talk songwriting, Siri, and how Taylor got inspired by a dream about her ex.

Adams’ 1989 was released on September 21, 2015. It debuted at No. 7 on the US Billboard 200 chart, one position ahead of Swift’s 1989, which was in its 48th week on the chart.

Watch this on The Scene.

If The “Batman v Superman” Movie Came Out In The 1940s

Oct 19, 2015

These days, superhero movies are all about bigger everything — take, for example, the upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” But there was a simpler time, when superheroes looked terrible and were more charming than scary. New York Magazine imagine what a Batman/Superman matchup would’ve looked like in the era of the first serial films about the characters from way back in the middle of the century.

Once A Tree premiere their Haunting new video ‘For You’ via MTV

Oct 19, 2015

Once A Tree premiere their Haunting new video ‘For You’ via MTV.com today. The electronic music duo made up of Jayli Wolf and Hayden John Wolf is making some serious waves in the US. With impactful lyrics forged from their personal experiences, the couple are breaking boundaries while connecting listeners throughout their genre bending sound, with their debut EP entitled “Thousand Lives” released this past summer. Jayli initially met Hayden as she sought a producer to shoot a music video for an original song. He offered to do the video for free in exchange for a place to stay. Hayden ended up staying three weeks, recording multiple new tracks, while filming and editing the music video for her solo project, all while forming an undeniable romantic bond. Starting out as a folk duo, Jayli submitted a song to the First Track Aboriginal Musician contest, winning for her songwriting. Traveling to Toronto to film the song’s respective music video, they fell in love with the culturally vibrant and growing city, and with two suitcases in hand plus a guitar, they decided to leave behind a troubled past and start fresh in Toronto.

Once A Tree released their new video ‘For You,’ off their current Thousand Lives EP. The video features actors Maggie Mae Taylor and Brendt Thomas Diabo who play a young couple who are deeply in love, but battling alcohol and drug addiction. The underlying theme of enabling, dependency, self loathing and insecurity are a topics that many people can relate too and identify with. The video was produced and directed by Once A Tree and shot in their hometown of Toronto.

The video premiered today on MTV, and you can check it out below.

Simple Life Hacks You Can Do With A Rubber Band

Oct 19, 2015

Crazy Russian Hacker (no, really, that’s his name), demonstrates 10 simple life hacks you can do using rubber bands.

Baby Elephant Calf vs Birds. THIS IS ADBORABLE

Oct 19, 2015

Such a cute video of a tiny new-born elephant trying to chase away the low flying swallows that are around him. If this were Disney, a song would break out around the 30-second mark.