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Evan Peters has portrayed Quicksilver in a total of three X-Men films, namely X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. He also made a brief background cameo alongside his fellow X-Men in Deadpool 2 and appeared as part of the Westview Anomaly in a few episodes of the Disney+ series Wandavision. Despite this lengthy resume, when I say the words “Quicksilver scene,” there is only one moment that is likely to jump to mind for comic book movie fans. Quicksilver debuted in Days of Future Past, in which he helped Professor X and Wolverine break Magneto out of the Pentagon. As the trio made their way through the kitchen, they found themselves surrounded by guards equipped...

Michael Gracey's Better Man is on track for several awards, but its chances of winning an Oscar have just been cut very drastically. The movie focuses on the life and career of Robbie Williams, who started off as a member of the pop group, Take That, and eventually rose to become one of the most acclaimed British artists of all time. The cast of Better Man depicts different friends and family members who played an important part in Williams' beginnings as a young boy, his struggles with addictions, and his eventual rise to success in the music industry.

Since its release in theaters in January 2024, Better Man has received high praise from critics for its depiction of Robbie Williams' highs and lows throughout his life, its visual effects, casting, and soundtrack. With a score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, Williams' movie is on the rise to become one of the...

Robbie Williams has brushed off the Oscars’ decision to boot his Better Man track “Forbidden Road” from the shortlist for Best Original Song.

“Forbidden Road,” which Williams penned for his new primate-infused biopic, was disqualified from Oscar contention late last month after the Music Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it “incorporates material from an existing song that was not written” for Better Man. The Best Original Song category has strict eligibility rules stating a track must contain words and music specifically written for a motion picture.

The Robbie Williams song “Forbidden Road” – featured in the upcoming film “Better Man” – has been disqualified from Oscars contention right after making the shortlist.

TheWrap learned via insiders that “Forbidden Road” was dropped from consideration for Best Original song after learning it “incorporates material from an existing song that was not written for the film.” The Academy rules in place say that any song in consideration for the top honor must be “original and written specifically for the motion picture.”

After a review, branch executive committee members were informed that “Forbidden Road” draws a number of similarities to the Jim Croce song “I Got a Name.” A letter released to the music branch of the Academy informed members of the decision.

“This is a decision that both honors our rules and protects the special nature of the Original Song and Score categories,” the letter read.

Rather than find a replacement,...

Robbie Williams’ “Forbidden Road,” which was penned for his upcoming primate-infused biopic Better Man, has been knocked off the Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song.

The song no longer appears on the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences webpage for this year’s Oscar shortlists, and members of the Academy’s Music Branch received a letter this morning (obtained by Rolling Stone) announcing the disqualification. The reason stated in the letter is that “Forbidden Road” allegedly “incorporates material from an existing song that was not written” for Better Man.

A song from the Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” has been disqualified from the Oscars after the song landed on the shortlist of 15 Best Original Song contenders last week.

The song, “Forbidden Road,” which was written by Williams, Sacha Skarbek, and Freddy Wexler, was found to have incorporated “material from an existing song that was not written for this film,” according to a note sent to members of the Academy’s Music Branch from the branch’s executive committee (and obtained by IndieWire).

The executive committee reviewed materials for the song and determined it doesn’t meet eligibility for this year’s Oscars and was deemed ineligible for award consideration.

An insider tells IndieWire the Academy’s decision is final without the chance for an appeal and another song will not be added on the shortlist to replace it. Voters in the category will instead choose from the remaining 14 songs...

The Robbie Williams song “Forbidden Road” from “Better Man,” shortlisted earlier this week for best original song, has been disqualified, Variety has learned.

The song, insiders report, “incorporates material from an existing song that was not written for the film” and so has been deemed ineligible for the Oscar.

Academy rules state that the words and music of any song submitted for awards consideration must be “original and written specifically for the motion picture.”

“Forbidden Road” is formally credited to Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek, and it is currently also nominated for a Golden Globe as best original song.

The melody of “Forbidden Road” contains marked similarities to that of “I Got a Name,” the Charles Fox-Norman Gimbel song performed by Jim Croce in the 1973 film “The Last American Hero.” Coincidentally, Fox is one of three governors of the Academy’s music branch.

A letter went out to the...

“Virgin River” is all about the ambiance. The cozy romance transports viewers to a tight-knit community tucked away in the scenic town of Virgin River, but the sounds are just as important as the sights in setting that scene. Especially in Season 6!

Netflix’s “Virgin River” always sets its scenes to a soundtrack full of folksy melodies and gentle acoustics, but Season 6 puts music front and center in the love story between Mel’s biological parents, which transports viewers back to Virgin River in the ’70s when her father was an aspiring musician. It even prominently features an original song by The Lumineers’ Wesley Schultz titled “This Heart of Mine.”

It’s a jam-packed soundtrack as usual, so if you’re trying to keep track of the needle drops, here’s a handy guide to all the songs in “Virgin River” Season 6.

‘Virgin River’ Season 6 Soundtrack “Lavender Girl” by Caamp...

Songs by Pharrell, Elton John, and Lainey Wilson, as well as multiple selections from Emelia Pérez, have made the Oscars’ shortlist for Best Original Song.

Pharrell’s “Piece by Piece,” the title track from his animated Lego biopic, made the cut, as did John’s “Never Too Late,” co-written with Brandi Carlile and Andrew Watt for his recent documentary. And Wilson secured a shortlist nod for her contribution to Twisters, “Out of Oklahoma,” co-written with Luke Dick and Shane McAnally.

The two songs from Emilia Pérez to make the shortlist...

As anyone who’s recently attended a show by Foreigner or Lynyrd Skynyrd knows, it’s become as common as a guitar solo to see a classic rock & roll outfit without any original members in the lineup. But what few may realize is that the template for that concept may have started 80 years ago today — with the death of a big-band musician.

On Dec. 15, 1944, Glenn Miller, one of the kings of the big-band scene — the dance-pop of its time — stepped aboard a military plane to cross the English Channel from England to France.

If you still haven’t heard the earworm that is the “Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” from Marvel’s Agatha All Along count yourself lucky, because it is catchy. There are even multiple versions of the song, an original masterpiece by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez with various lyrics, which are fun to decipher. For example, Lorna Wu’s version of the ballad contains different verses than the original one sung by Agatha’s ragtag coven. Japanese Breakfast even covered a new pop version of the ballad, produced by Jack Antonoff.

Florence + the Machine’s song “Seven Devils” was used in a teaser trailer for the show. Showrunner Jac Schaeffer even made a musical nod to Dolly Parton’s song “Jolene,” hinting that Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha was the inspiration for that song in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

For all the needledrops in the witchy Marvel series — from...

This article contains Major Spoilers for Agatha All Along Episode 7, "Death's Hand in Mine".

Agatha All Along gradually revealed Lilia's non-linear story arc. This comes to a head in Episode 7 with a fast-paced montage of time jumps.

Agatha All Along Episode 7 departed from its straightforward narrative to unravel Lilia Calderu's storyline. The show hinted at Lilia's unique arc since Episode 3, when her coven confused her catatonic state for a brief bout with dementia. Lilia's backstory in "Death's Hand in Mine" revealed her life experiences are not sequential; she's jumping at different points in life out of order and in real-time. Showrunner Jac Schaeffer told The Wrap she felt lucky and honored to direct the episode and its unconventional format. Scenes played out from Lilia's non-linear perspective and the challenge was to make her story cohesive. Schaeffer said a handful of inspirations grounded Episode 7's final act.

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Agatha All Along has been on a roll, with each episode better than the previous one. This week, in "Death's Hand in Mine," the story centers on Lilia Calderu's (Patti LuPone) trial, the divination witch on Agatha Harkness' (Kathryn Hahn) coven. After she meets her end at Death's (Aubrey Plaza) hands, the credits roll to the sound of Jim Croce's iconic song, "Time In a Bottle," which perfectly reflects Lilia's arc in the series and also has a deep connection to Fox's late X-Men movies and the Maximoff family.

The following contains spoilers for Agatha All Along, Episode 7, "Death's Hand in Mine" now streaming on Disney+.

With a two-episode finale ahead, the penultimate Agatha All Along episode featured another seeming connection to X-Men: Days of Future Past. Evan Peters, who played Fox's Quicksilver and the fake Pietro Maximoff in WandaVision, displayed his speedster powers while a song by the late Jim Croce played over the iconic scene. That same song, "Time in a Bottle" was used in "Death's Hand in Mine," and it has far more resonance for Patti LuPone's Lilia Calderu and her story.

The song became a number one hit record in the United States when it was first released in 1973. This is tragic because it reached the top of the charts in November, two months after Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash. The song also debuted on his album You Don't Mess Around with Jim.

Julie Bowen and Bruce Campbell star as, respectively, a suburban mom and a seen-it-all cop in Peacock’s “Hysteria!,” which turns the very real Satanic Panic of the ’80s into a rollicking, heavy-metal flavored comedy about demons.

The two actors, who already lived through the 1980s, had very different experiences during the era. Bowen told TheWrap she grew up in a conservative family and was afraid of supposedly Satanic things like hard rock and Dungeons and Dragons. Interestingly, Campbell, who became a chainsaw-wielding horror icon in Sam Raimi’s 1981 indie “Evil Dead,” didn’t like heavy metal music either — or most of the decade, for that matter.

TheWrap spoke with both stars about revisiting the time period and how they’ve been pitching the show to their friends and family.

Nolan North, Julie Bowen and Bruce Campbell in “Hysteria!” (Credit: Peacock)

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Tyler-James Kelly’s acoustic solo set during AmericanaFest in Nashville was a head-turner, thanks to his fleet-fingered playing style and songs from his upcoming debut album Dream River that had listeners at the September Social day party at Dee’s at rapt attention. The Rhode Island native previews his new LP with the release of the song “Big Dreams,” which delivers a message of not being defined by what others predict for you.

“They say don’t build castles in the air/Cuz you’re a nobody from nowhere/Around...

Sheep, Sheep, Sheep: Tsangari’s Monotonous Treatise on Modernization

Adapted from a novel by Jim Croce, Harvest is Greek auteur Athina Rachel Tsangari‘s third feature narrative, and, unfortunately, also her least effective. Described as the director’s take on the Western genre which aims to depict “the trauma of modernity,” it instead plays like a glacially paced bit of folk horror as concerns an unnamed time and place where an obscure farming community has been deemed an obsolete outpost to its money hungry landowners. While an aggressive edit of about thirty minutes from its two-hour plus run time might make its endlessly repetitive interactions feel a bit less languorous, a lack of tension and characterization robs this moral fable from conjuring any real emotional impact.…...

On Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at 8:00 Pm, Axs TV will air a captivating episode of “The Top Ten Revealed” titled “200 Greatest Songs of the 70s 100-91.” In this installment of Season 7, the show continues its countdown of the era’s most iconic hits, focusing on songs ranked from #100 to #91.

Music experts including Finesse Mitchell, John Oates, and Kevin Cronin will weigh in on the significance and impact of these classic tracks. Viewers will enjoy insights into beloved songs from artists like Jim Croce and Elton John, as well as memorable tunes such as “Funkytown,” “Horse With No Name,” and “Time in a Bottle.” This episode promises a nostalgic journey through the music that defined the 1970s, offering a blend of expert commentary and musical highlights that capture the essence of a transformative decade in music history. Fans of the series and 70s music enthusiasts alike will find this episode a delightful trip down memory lane.

Only a few rare songs ever turn into pop classics. But this one turned into a classic twice. “Killing Me Softly with His Song” has one of the longest, weirdest stories in pop history. In the 1970s, it hit Number One as a lush soft-soul hit for the smoothed-out R&b star Roberta Flack. In the 1990s, it became a hip-hop banger for the Fugees, showcasing Lauryn Hill’s vocals. Some fans prefer the gentle, mellow Flack hit; some prefer the reggae-inflected Fugees remake. But both versions became permanent classics...

Tonight on “American Idol,” host Ryan Seacrest announces the Top 20, who will each perform a song of their choice to capture America’s vote once more. Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie give feedback from the judges’ table and guest performers Teddy Swims, Lauren Spencer-Smith and Paul Russell take the stage.

Below, follow with our live blog for “American Idol 22” Episode 10 airing Sunday, April 14 (8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Et/Pt). The Top 14 will be revealed on Monday, April 15.

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8:03 p.m. — Ryan reveals nearly 30 million votes were cast to decide tonight’s Top 20. Tonight, viewers at home are in charge again. Over the next three hours the Top 20 will be revealed and they will instantly sing for a spot in the Top 14. Keep in mind, the results of tonight...

This article contains spoilers for "Drive-Away Dolls."

When the trailer for Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen's "Drive-Away Dolls" (read our review here) was first released, folks quickly caught a blink-and-you'll-miss-her appearance of a young hippie woman covered in psychedelic filters played by actress and Grammy award-winning musician, Miley Cyrus. "Drive-Away Dolls" takes place in 1999, so what the hell is up with this lava lamp in the summer of love-looking character? Cyrus' character pops up a few times throughout the film, leading up to the reveal that republican senator Gary Channell (Matt Damon) knew this mysterious acid-tripper in his younger years, and if the public ever learned of their encounter, it would destroy his conservative political career — alluding to a possible presidential candidacy in the near future. What could Gary Channell have done that's so shocking? The answer is not only the key to Cyrus' character but also solves the...

Melanie, the witty, gentle-voiced singer-songwriter who rose to fame with her crowd-pleasing performance at Woodstock in 1969 and had two major hit singles – “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” – in its aftermath, died January 23. She was 76.

Her death was announced by her children Leilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred. A cause of death was not disclosed.

“Dear Ones,” they wrote on Facebook, using the greeting favored by their mother, “This is the hardest post for us to write, and there are so many things we want to say, first, and there’s no easy way except to say it… Mom passed, peacefully, out of this world and into the next on January 23rd, 2024.”

Born Melanie Safka on Feb. 3, 1947, in Queens, New York, Melanie began performing in Greenwich Village folks clubs such as the Bitter End during the mid-1960s, winning over audiences with a clear, if sometimes tremulous,...

True to Quentin Tarantino’s signature filmmaking style, the soundtrack of his spaghetti western epic Django Unchained features an eclectic mix of songs. The needle-drops in Django Unchained range from hip-hop to country rock to R&b soul to operatic compositions from previous westerns’ original scores. Tarantino included as many tracks as he could from the maestro of spaghetti western music, Ennio Morricone. A handful of acclaimed artists recorded new songs specifically for the Django Unchained soundtrack, like Rick Ross and John Legend. Frank Ocean wrote a song for the movie, but (via NME) Tarantino couldn’t include it on the soundtrack because “there just wasn’t a scene for it.”

Ever since Mr. Blonde tortured a kidnapped cop to the sounds of Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle with You,” Tarantino has been renowned for his iconic soundtrack choices. Tarantino had previously included western music by Morricone and...

Warning! This article contains major Spoilers for Hunters' season 2 ending!Hunters' season 2 soundtrack is full of songs from the 1970s and some modern-day covers, with a surprising amount of classical and operatic pieces included as well. Hunters season 2 jumps between multiple timelines and sees the Nazi hunters travel across Europe, North America, and South America, with the music in each episode reflecting these changes. While not all songs included in the soundtrack of Hunters season 2 abide by the 1979 timeline, such as episode 1's inclusion of a cover of a pop song from 2003, all the diegetic music in the series was released before the 1980s.

From Creedence Clearwater Revival to Vivaldi, Hunters season 2 features a wide variety of musical genres and artists as the Nazi hunters venture to Argentina. As Jonah and Hunters' main characters get closer to capturing real-life Nazis Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun in Argentina, the music shifts to become more suspenseful,...

Last May, Butch Walker, Elizabeth Cook, and Katie Pruitt — all of them with Georgia roots — performed Jim Croce’s “Walkin’ Back to Georgia” at a Nashville benefit concert for the Georgia Music Foundation. The one-time-only collab went over so well that later this summer, the trio rendezvoused at Walker’s Tennessee studio to record. “Walkin’ Back to Georgia” arrives today on New West Records.

“My parents used to listen to Jim Croce all the time in the house and I realized how they would always play ‘Walkin Back to Georgia...

“Firefly Lane” Season 2 has arrived, and with it comes another loaded lineup of signature songs for the seventies, eighties, nineties and early 2000s. Throughout the shifts between three separate timelines in Tully and Kate’s friendship, needle drops help distinguish which part of their lives we’re watching, especially when it gets confusing between the older versions of Kate Mularkey Ryan (Sarah Chalke) and Tully Hart (Katherine Heigl). Kristin Hannah’s 400+ page novel off of which the television show is based uses certain songs and lyrics to introduce the new decades, or parts of the book, like Abba’s “Dancing Queen,” Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a Battlefield” and more.

Season 2 boasts two Whitney Houston songs — “I’m Every Woman” and “How Will I Know” — Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors,” The Knack’s “My Sharona,” Chaka Khan’s “Ain’t Nobody” and “Closer to Fine” by The Indigo Girls.

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Ever since he scored the severing of a cop's ear to Stealers Wheel's kitsch-folk classic "Stuck in the Middle with You," Quentin Tarantino has been rightly considered a master of the needle-drop cue. He's bolstered this reputation over the last 30 years with his brilliant, often counterintuitive selections for everything from "Pulp Fiction" to "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood." He's introduced viewers to obscure tracks like Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's "Hold Tight!" in "Death Proof," and imbued stirring new life into radio mainstays like Jim Croce's "I Got a Name."

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Elvis Presley had been dead for six months when the plastic-surgeon’s knife plunged into Dennis Wise. There Wise lay, on a table in an Orlando hospital, surrounded by photos of the King. He knew what was coming, but the reality of it didn’t really hit him until the doctor, who seemed like a nice enough guy, started carving into his face. “All of a sudden, it started hurting real bad,” Wise recalls. “He said, ‘Give me something!’ and a nurse came over and plunged this needle into me.

Paul Thomas Anderson grew up in the San Fernando Valley, which played an important role in his 1997 breakthrough film “Boogie Nights,” which looked at Valley’s porn industry during the ‘70s and 80s. In his new United Artists release “Licorice Pizza,” Anderson returns to the Sfv for a nostalgia-tinged comedy-of-age story set in 1973 starring Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim. Both young performers received strong notices with the L.A. Times’ Justin Chang declaring Haim as the true star of “this boisterous, bighearted movie and its raison d’être.” And Bradley Cooper has earned positive notices for his funny turn as hairdresser turned film producer Jon Peters, who ironically was a producer on Cooper’s 2018 “A Star is Born.”

So, what was the world like in 1973? It was the year of Watergate, Roe Vs. Wade and “The Exorcist” hitting the big screen. Let’s travel back almost half a century to look at the top films,...

This review of “Prisoners of the Ghostland” was first published after the film’s January 2021 premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Prolific and wildly eccentric Japanese auteur Sion Sono has spent most of his career at the dizzying point at which arthouse bravado meets grindhouse gonzo, and his best films stretch the limits of narrative so far as to leave viewers simultaneously gobsmacked and exhilarated. It’s perhaps inevitable that he would cross paths with Nicolas Cage, an actor whose post-Oscar film choices have tended to veer into the grimiest edges of genre, resulting in a very mixed bag of delights and duds.

One might have hoped that “Prisoners of the Ghostland” — Sono’s English-language debut, starring Cage, and making its world premiere at Sundance — would have elevated Cage to Sono’s level, but unfortunately, it’s done the opposite. While the film far outshines most of Cage’s recent...

That, folks, is that. Monday’s episode of The Voice brought to a close Season 19’s Blind Auditions, adding to the coaches’ rosters the worst nightmare of Team Blake’s Sam Stacy, a coupla middling country singers and the only act in the competition that can do its own harmonies (as the photo above suggests). It also introduced to the contest a Johnny-come-lately who was so good, I thought cowabunga, he could actually win. Ok, now I sound like the coaches, who seem to say that to every third contestant. Let’s recap, shall we?

Julia Cooper (Team Legend), “Alaska...

Monday’s blind auditions episode of “The Voice” Season 19 began with a whopping 31 of the Top 40 artists having already found homes on one of the four teams. Three of the coaches had acquired eight contestants apiece, while the fourth (John Legend) was right behind with seven members. Only a trio of artists had wowed the panel enough to become four-chair turns, with Tamara Jade and Cami Clune joining Team Legend and Desz picking Team Kelly. With the blind auditions now complete, did tonight’s two-hour episode feature anymore four-chair moments?

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Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 19, Episode 5 to find out what happened Monday, November 2 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite artists on NBC’s long-running reality TV show, which coach you’re rooting for this season and...

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By Mark Cerulli

When you think of Dracula, some iconic names immediately come to mind – Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Gary Oldman, Jack Palance… and Raphael Engel.

Wait.

Who?

Raphael Peter Engel, aka “Zandor Vorkov” played the thirsty count in one of the most unique films to feature the immortal character – 1971’s Dracula vs Frankenstein, made by the prolific B-movie team of director Al Adamson and co-writer/producer Sam Sherman.

Both the actor and the film itself took a very circuitous route to come into being. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Raphael (then known as Roger) grew up with a younger brother in Miami, Florida. “We did Saturday matinees – two films, cartoons, a short, popcorn and I’d walk down many blocks to the theater…”, Raphael recalls in an exclusive Cinema Retro interview. “That influenced me. We...

In March, as the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the music industry was just coming into focus, the online music platform Bandcamp came up with an innovative way to help artists in need: For one day, the site waived its revenue share on all sales, giving musicians more of the money made off of each record, tape, or T-shirt. Fans responded in huge numbers, spending more than $4 million that Friday. Those results were so encouraging that Bandcamp is now extending this sales holiday to the first Friday of the next three months,...

Ashley McBryde is one of those artists in the odd predicament of having a new album arrive in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. Never Will, the Arkansas native’s second release for Warner Bros. Nashville, came out March 27th, and she’s been busily promoting it with interviews and an ongoing series of streaming performances from her couch. Her next livestream is in partnership with the boot brand Ariat and takes place Wednesday, April 8th, at 2:30 p.m. Ct.

“I have a record coming out and it helps,...

Eric Weissberg, who arranged, played banjo on and won a Grammy for “Dueling Banjos,” from the 1972 movie Deliverance, died Sunday of Alzheimer’s disease complications. He was 80.

His son, Will Weissberg, confirmed the news to our sister publication Rolling Stone.

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Born on August 16, 1939, in New York City, Weissberg was a bluegrass musician from an early age, having seen Pete Seeger play at his school in Greenwich Village, and went on to attend the Juilliard School of Music in the 1950s. He also played guitar, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel, and string bass.

He also became a frequent collaborator of Tom Paxton and Judy Collins and worked as a session man for such acts as Bob Dylan, Talking Heads,...

Bluegrass musician Eric Weissberg, whose cover of the Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith instrumental “Dueling Banjos” became an unlikely pop hit when it appeared on the soundtrack to the 1972 film Deliverance, died Sunday at the age of 80 after a five-year struggle with dementia. His son, Will Weissberg, confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone.

“Eric Weissberg was a consummate musician, a solid and seemingly effortless player of stringed instruments of all kinds — banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel, and string bass,” his lifelong friend and frequent collaborator Happy Traum wrote on Facebook.

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a major, historically significant World Title match to get to, so shut up and talk a little louder…and make-up your damn mind. Also, Booker T will love this s—. I can see it now…Booker T: Two chicks…no dicks…that’s some bull-s—!

Match #1: Tjp & Fallah Bahh def. The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:

Tjp and Fallah hit a backpack splash on Alexander. Page spins Tjp into a sitdown powerbomb from Alexander. Fallah goes on the attack with a Samoan Drop to Alexander. Page grabs Alexander, stopping the momentum of Fallah. The North hit Tjp with a double team crucifix slam for a near fall. Tjp heads to the top but Page takes him down with a superkick. Page connects with a cutter on Fallah.

Looking to craft the perfect Valentine’s mix for your beloved? Be sure to steer of clear these romantic cheddar bombs, all of which give love a bad name.

Chris de Burgh, “Lady In Red”

It’s kind of fitting that this song was a hit in 1986, the height of the greed-is-good, conspicuous consumption Eighties; it’s the ultimate trophy-wife ballad (barely edging out Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight”). The fake-glitz muzak sound is perfect for a cheaply sentimental song about a guy whose appreciation of the woman beside him...

That Dog were a beloved band in the Nineties whose legacy has only grown since they released their last LP, 1997’s near-perfect Retreat From the Sun. They just released a deluxe edition of their 1995 debut album, and they recently played their first show in 19 years. In an example of That Dog’s influence on today’s generation of indie rock, Allison Crutchfield of the great band Swearin’ was on hand to sing backing vocals. Now, they’ve announced a new album, Old LP, their first since Retreat From the Sun.

All-American race car mania is alive and well in this excellent Jeff Bridges movie, a true biographical story researched by Tom Wolfe. Junior Johnson needs a future beyond running moonshine for his father, and finds it climbing the rungs of success in the stock car racing game. This may be the most satisfying saga of its kind, and it helped prove that Bridges was a star.

The Last American Hero

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1973 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 95 min. / Street Date March 28, 2019 / Der letzte Held Amerikas / Available at Amazon.de

11.92 Euros Starring: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Gary Busey, Art Lund, Ed Lauter.

Cinematography: George Silano

Art Director: Lawrence G. Paull

Film Editors: Robbe Roberts, Tom Rolfe

Original Music: Charles Fox

Written by William Roberts from stories by Tom Wolfe

Produced by John Cutts, William Roberts

Directed by Lamont Johnson

Catching up with older Jeff Bridges movies is never a bad idea,...

The very binge-worthy third season of Stranger Things is so good that fans are already clamoring for the next batch of episodes. Of course, the latest chapter in the supernatural saga was filled with plenty of shocking moments and nostalgic references, which were only heightened by the stellar soundtrack in the background.

Each track was specifically chosen to fit both the scene and keep with the time period of the show, and here’s a complete list (put together by the folks at Screen Rant) of every song featured this season, as well as the moments they coincided with:

“Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?”

“Never Surrender” by Corey Hart: Eleven and Mike kiss in her bedroom. “Rock This Town” by Stray Cats: Townsfolk are having fun in the community pool. “Workin’ For A Livin'” by Huey Lewis and The News: Nancy hurries to work to deliver lunch. “She...

Perhaps you’re aware that the television program “Stranger Things” is set in the decade of the 1980s.

If the copious cans of New Coke and neon clothing aren’t enough of a clue, the show has also stuffed its runtime with plenty of era-appropriate tunes. The opening episodes are drenched in ’80s standbys, with the first handful of chapters backed by familiar hits and less-obvious tracks from the time. Bonus points to the show for picking a Corey Hart song that isn’t “Sunglasses at Night,” even if the pull of the Stray Cats is pretty much inevitable.

Not all these tunes come from the decade in which the show’s set. For every Huey Lewis track, there’s one from Jim Croce. For every Wham! classic, there’s a chorus of bygone well-wishers singing a song that a Kubrick classic already nabbed for its own. (And it takes...

In 2012, the Avett Brothers joined Randy Travis for a taping of Cmt Crossroads, a musical union that deftly matched the rootsy folk of the North Carolina band with the traditional country of fellow North Carolinian Travis. Seven years on, it stands as one of the best, most seamless Crossroads, a testament to the musicianship of the Avetts and the singing prowess of Travis, who no longer performs after suffering a stroke in 2013.

During a concert last weekend in Mississippi, the Avetts nodded to that pairing and their continuing respect for...

Walking the Floor bobs and weaves this week, swapping its usual focus on Americana music for a special conversation with boxing’s only eight-division world champion.

“It’s not a music episode,” explains podcast host Chris Shiflett, an avid fan of the sweet science, during the episode’s first moments. “It’s a boxing episode, and the guest this week is none other than Manny freakin’ Pacquiao.”

Recorded days before Pacquiao’s January 19th fight with Adrien Broner, this unconventional installment of Walking the Floor finds Shiflett and Pacquiao talking about fingerstyle guitar,...

Songwriter Norman Gimbel, whose works won him an Oscar, Grammy and admission to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, has died. He passed on Dec. 19 at his home in Montecito, Calif. at age 91, according to a tribute posted by Bmi. Gimbel’s lyrics to Roberta Flack’s Killing Me Softly and Jim Croce’s I Got A Name were just some of the highlights of a catalog that reads like a compilation of 20th century hits. His lyrics graced the English language version of The Girl from Ipanema and the TV themes to Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley; he earned an Academy Award with David Shire for Jennifer Warnes’s It Goes Like It Goes; he was the Best Original Song winner for 1979’s Sally Field starrer Norma Rae; and shared the Grammy Song of the Year with longtime writing collaborator Charles Fox in 1973 for Killing Me Softly.Gimbel and...

Norman Gimbel, an Oscar and Grammy-winning composer whose lyrics graced hit songs such as Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and Jim Croce’s “I Got a Name,” died at the age of 91 on December 19 at his longtime home in Montecito, Calif.

His death was confirmed by Bmi, which paid tribute on its website, noting: “Bmi was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of renowned songwriter Norman Gimbel, a truly prolific and gifted writer who will be greatly missed by his many friends and fans here.”

The Brooklyn native wrote the words to both “The Girl from Ipanema” and the “Happy Days” theme, earning an Academy Award with David Shire for Jennifer Warnes’ “It Goes Like It Goes,” the Best Original Song winner for 1979’s “Norma Rae,” which also garnered Sally Field her first of two Best Actress Oscars.

With his longtime writing collaborator Charles Fox,...

Norman Gimbel, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning lyricist whose career included Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song," Jim Croce's "I Got a Name" and the themes to Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, has died. He was 91.

Gimbel died Dec. 19 at his longtime home in Montecito, Calif., son Tony Gimbel told The Hollywood Reporter.

The Brooklyn native shared his original song Academy Award with David Shire for "It Goes Like It Goes," performed by Jennifer Warnes for Norma Rae (1979), starring Sally Field in an Oscar-winning turn.

With music by his most frequent ...

Norman Gimbel, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning lyricist whose career included Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song," Jim Croce's "I Got a Name" and the themes to Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, has died. He was 91.

Gimbel died Dec. 19 at his longtime home in Montecito, Calif., son Tony Gimbel told The Hollywood Reporter.

The Brooklyn native shared his original song Academy Award with David Shire for "It Goes Like It Goes," performed by Jennifer Warnes for Norma Rae (1979), starring Sally Field in an Oscar-winning turn.

With music by his most frequent ...

Thanksgiving dinner is served on Sunday’s Supergirl (The CW, 8/7c). But before anyone has a chance to give thanks for life’s many blessings (Sam Witwer’s jawline, etc.), a scuffle with the Children of Liberty cuts the celebration short.

“All of the Superfriends come together for Thanksgiving dinner, and like pretty much every Supergirl get-together, we’re forced to … scatter and go off and try to save the city,” Jesse Rath told reporters during a recent visit to the show’s set. “You get to see Braniac get froggy with a couple of Children of Liberty thugs.