Here’s a great video showing the Harrison Ford (Han Solo) Casting for Star Wars with Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker). Even in the beginning, you can see Harrison’s unique presence and outstanding character.
You can now get a class ring in texting…wait…what?
In the United States, a class ring is a sign of accomplishing years of school, spending many long hours studying and passing tests assigned in dozens of subjects. You can get one in sports, in music, and now, in texting…wait…what?
The ring company Balfour does offer a texting accomplishment on its brochure. It’s on page 15 between Student Council and Accounting. I’d still like one in texting.
-via Kevin D. Williamson
This is the one. The Stone Roses are on the cover of the new Q Magazine
As The Stone Roses prepare to continue their unexpected resurrection in 2016, the new issue of Q reveals the band’s secret history in a 26-page special. On sale on Tuesday (29 December), the stories of Ian, John, Mani and Reni are told individually by the people who know them best.
Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Box Set Available Now
One of this year’s most acclaimed series of special edition albums, the long-awaited, 12-album, 28-disc collectors’ box gift set Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection is now available. The individual albums celebrate the anniversaries of Disney’s most cherished and classic films that have been enchanting audiences for generations.
This CD series combines great songs, background scores and rare recordings from over a half-century of animation classics–plus music from Disneyland® Park. In addition to remastered tracks, each album in Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Box Setcomes in its own hardcover book, filled with art treasures, exclusive essays, and new illustrations by Lorelay Bove, a visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios (“Tangled”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “Wreck-It Ralph”). Bove was recently named one of ’10 Animators to Watch’ by Variety (March 3, 2015) and her art can be seen in the hardcover book, Lovely: Ladies of Animation: The Art of Lorelay Bove, Brittney Lee, Claire Keane, Lisa Keene, Victoria Ying and Helen Chen.
Designed for display, all 12 albums are presented in a specially fitted collectors’ slipcase. The 28-disc Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Box Set contains over 130 songs; 270 instrumentals; 75 “Lost Chords” deleted songs and demos; and much more–totaling over 25 hours of matchless entertainment for all ages.
The 12 albums in the new box set are as follows:
The Lion King
The Oscar and Grammy-winning songs by Elton John and score by Hans Zimmer plus 30 minutes of expanded underscore and Lost Chords demos not used in the film.
Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in an artistic triumph of Walt Disney and the Sherman Brothers, including the debut new recording of the lost song, “The Eyes of Love.” Album includes the Sherman Brothers’ demos of the film’s songs and is the largest collection of Lost Chords original demos and new versions in the entire series.
Sleeping Beauty
The magnificent music of Tchaikovsky is transformed into one of Disney’s most dramatic and memorable scores, plus special versions from vinyl record master tracks.
The Little Mermaid
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s multi-award-winning music and songs with the original demo recordings and previously unreleased background score.
Fantasia
Leopold Stokowski’s complete FantaSound score from the innovative film, the complete digital score conducted by Irwin Kostal plus bonus tracks by Sterling Holloway.
Pinocchio
One of the most brilliant scores in movie history—it introduced “When You Wish Upon a Star”—plus six new-to-CD Mickey Mouse Club songs sung by Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards).
Cinderella
The Oscar®-nominated score and all the songs from the animated classic, plus The Lost Chords, featuring 7 original demos and new versions.
Toy Story
Randy Newman’s hit songs and score from the Disney/Pixar’s landmark animated feature, as well as bonus tracks and three never-before-released background tracks.
Pocahontas
Majestic music of Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked”) plus songs that were deleted from the finished score and original demos sung by Menken himself.
Lady and the Tramp
An eagerly requested soundtrack in the series showcasing the vocal and songwriting genius of Peggy Lee, plus bonus track and rare demos.
The Aristocats
From the Disney film favorite comes the famous score, including songs by the Sherman Brothers, the voices of Phil Harris and Maurice Chevallier. This is the first time the original soundtrack has been available in its entirety.
Disneyland
Beginning with the recordings from the opening day of Disneyland in 1955, the collection guides the listener down Main Street U.S.A., through the greatest attractions, shows and lands that exist today and those that are a happy memory.
The release of Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Box Set marks the first time such a massive body of musical and visual masterworks have been contained in a single package.
11 Tips for Pitching Reporters on Social Media
More and more reporters rely on social media…so why are your social pitches going unanswered?
You probably don’t have the proper tools and technique!
Taken from Cision’s latest tip sheet “11 Tips for Pitching Reporters on Social Media,” here are three things you need to know to pitch successfully on social media.
- Do your research. Know the reporter, their beat and their publication.
- Don’t mass tweet. Successful pitching occurs with one-to-one personalization.
- Only follow up once, across email and social networks.
To learn more about the three tactics—and to discover eight more—view “11 Tips for Pitching Reporters on Social Media” for free now!
John Cleese: You Should — No, You Must — Steal Your Way to Success
Just as Shakespeare lifted plots from his predecessors, young performers today ought to focus on emulating those artists they like most.
John Cleese’s huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp irreverent eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected with Monty Python, on Fawlty Towers, and beyond now seem written into comedy’s DNA. In this rollicking memoir, So, Anyway…, Cleese takes readers on a Grand Tour of his ascent in the entertainment world, from his humble beginnings in a sleepy English town and his early comedic days at Cambridge University (with future Python partner Graham Chapman), to the founding of the landmark comedy troupe that would propel him to worldwide renown.
Cleese was just days away from graduating Cambridge and setting off on a law career when he was visited by two BBC executives, who offered him a job writing comedy for radio. That fateful moment—and a near-simultaneous offer to take his university humor revue to London’s famed West End—propelled him down a different path, cutting his teeth writing for stars like David Frost and Peter Sellers, and eventually joining the five other Pythons to pioneer a new kind of comedy that prized invention, silliness, and absurdity. Along the way, he found his first true love with the actress Connie Booth and transformed himself from a reluctant performer to a world class actor and back again.
Twisting and turning through surprising stories and hilarious digressions—with some brief pauses along the way that comprise a fascinating primer on what’s funny and why—this story of a young man’s journey to the pinnacle of comedy is a masterly performance by a master performer.
NBA Stars Speak Out Against Gun Violence
Far too many Americans have been impacted by gun violence. The stories of survivors and families of those taken by gun violence often go untold. Acclaimed director Spike Lee sat down with several NBA All Stars including Steph Curry, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, and dozens of members of the Everytown Survivor Network to hear how this issue has affected them – and what they’re doing to affect change.
There’s A Trailer for ‘Dazed and Confused’ ‘Spiritual Sequel’ And It’s Awesome
Booze, babes and baseball abound in the first trailer for Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some, the so-called “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused set to premiere at South by Southwest in March.
Where Dazed and Confused followed a group of students on the final day of school in the Seventies, Everybody Wants Some is set in the Eighties and tracks the antics of several incoming college baseball recruits.
Linklater wrote and directed Everybody Wants Some, which will open the SXSW Film Conference on March 11th. The film boasts an ensemble cast of young performers including Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, J. Quinton Johnson, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell and Will Brittain.
Via Rolling Stone
The Beatles Are Streaming!
The Beatles’ back catalogue will appear on music streaming services – Spotify, Deezer, Google Play, Microsoft Grooove, Amazon Prime, Rhapsody, Spotify, Slacker, Tidal and Apple Music for the first time on Christmas Eve.
The announcement ends the most high-profile artist holdout from streaming services, and will begin on December 24 at 12:01am local time – here, there and everywhere.
The Beatles’ representative Apple Corps and label Universal Music have opted for broad access rather than signing an exclusive deal with one partner, as they did in 2010 with Apple’s iTunes when Beatles downloads first went on sale.
Via The Guardian
Classic Album Art Replaced With Furbies!
One of the reasons why the internet was created, stop on over to the tumblr blog Furby Living, inserting the beloved fuzzy electronic robotic toy into classic album artwork.
