Little Richard, the iconic musician known for such hits as "Tutti Frutti" and "Good Golly Miss Molly," is being remembered across the music world for embodying the “true spirit” of rock 'n' roll.
One of the pioneers of rock music, Little Richard died Saturday at age 87. The singer-songwriter's son Danny Jones Penniman…
Robert Freeman, the photographer whose iconic photos and album covers of The Beatles had a major cultural impact, has died. No cause of death was given, but he had been ill for some time. His death was confirmed by official The Beatles’ Twitter page.
Freeman began his career as a photo journalist at the British…
BREAKING: Peter Jackson and The Beatles are coming together. Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films Ltd. are teaming the director of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and The Beatles for a feature documentary. Jackson will direct a movie that is based on 55 hours of never-released footage of The Beatles in…
Abramorama will commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' 1968 classic animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, with a theatrical release in July. Helpfully, the film will have the bouncing ball-style lyrics at the bottom of the screen for the first time, allowing audiences to sing along. Is it too much to…
Cirque de Soleil has canceled its scheduled North Carolina performances in Greensboro, Charlotte and Raleigh, adding its brand-name heft to the growing protest against the state’s HB2 legislation that restricts bathroom access for transgender people and prohibits local anti-discrimination ordinances based on sexual…
Oh what joy for every girl and boy: Song of the Sea Paris-based co-producer Superprod has linked with Simon & Schuster, Universal Music Publishing and Startling Music for the TV adaptation of Octopus’s Garden, the book based on Ringo Starr’s underwater ditty from the Beatles’ 1969 album Abbey Road.
The book sets Starr…
EXCLUSIVE: A former Beatle and a former Eurythmic are making a musical with Paramount. The studio has picked up Hole In The Fence from Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart. The coming-of-age drama is about a group of kids who form a band to escape their depressing mining town. Stewart and Starr, who have worked together as…
