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*Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 the curtains will rise at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles for the highly anticipated stage play “My Brother Marvin” written by renown director and producer Angela Dunlap, and inspired entirely by Zeola Gaye, sister to the late music icon Marvin Gaye.Once more Zeola Gaye gave a candid interview to The [...]
*Focus Features International has picked up worldwide sales on director Julien Temple’s Untitled Marvin Gaye project, starring Jesse L. Martin as the late singer. Focus will present the title to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival next month, according to The Hollywood Reporter. With a screenplay by Matthew Broughton, the project will also star Golden [...]
*If you were to ask me “What’s Going On,” I would say the Marvin Gaye play, “My Brother Marvin,” co-produced and written by Zeola Gaye, Marvin’s sister. The play is being presented at the Beacon Theatre, located at 2124 Broadway (74th St) in New York, on April 11th through April 14th. Presently on a 22 [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE There’s always something to suggest that you’ll never [...]
*It will be a “Law & Order” reunion in the upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic. S. Epatha Merkerson, who starred as Lt. Anita van Buren on the NBC drama from 1991-2010, has signed on to play Alberta, the mother of the late singer portrayed in the film by Jesse L. Martin. Martin played Detective Ed Green [...]
*Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife is reportedly urging Jesse L. Martin to follow in Lenny Kravitz’s footsteps by quitting an upcoming movie about her late husband. Janis Hunter, who was married to the singer from 1977 to 1981, is said to be furious about plans to document Gaye’s life in a new biopic called “Sexual Healing,” which [...]
*The Marvin Gaye biopic is on a roll now. But Jesse L. Martin has replaced Lenny Kravitz, probably a more suitable match. RELATED: Marvin Gaye Story Hits the Stage … In Spite of Ish/Drama from ‘The Other Side’ (Part I) He’ll play the starring role in the Julien Temple produced, “Sexual Healing.” According to Deadline, [...]
*On April 1, 2013 “The Prince of Soul,” Marvin Gaye, R&B music legend extraordinaire, will have been dead for nearly 30 years. The world misses him terribly… still. As her new play, My Brother, MARVIN, hits the stage, Zeola ‘Sweetsie’ Gaye, Marvin Gaye’s younger sister at 67, gives EURweb publisher Lee Bailey an earful, in [...]
Six-time Grammy winning Charlie Wilson offers love in abundance on new album, ‘Love, Charlie’ *”I approached the recorded with a lot of love…to celebrate women and what this means to the male population,” said six-time Grammy Award winning Charlie Wilson about his newest album release, “Love, Charlie,” on RCA Records. Managed by P Music Group, [...]
*One of R&B’s greatest singers is being remembered in a new theatrical drama, “My Brother Marvin,” based on the book by the same name. It’s the untold story of Marvin Gaye’s relationship with his family, as told by sister Zeola “Sweetsie” Gaye. “Through the years, I became taken aback and disappointed with everything that had [...]
* Katt Williams may be in more legal trouble. Fans are suing the comedian after a disappointing performance at an Alameda County, California show recently. Williams apparently appeared on stage for just 10 minutes and left. Brian Herline is filing a suit on behalf of everyone attending that night. * Lenny Kravitz has signed on for [...]
*Lenny Kravitz is set to portray music icon Marvin Gaye in director Julien Temple’s upcoming biopic about the late artist. This will be Kravitz’s first leading role after having appeared in several other features, including “The Hunger Games” and “Precious.” The Evening Standard is reporting that Lenny will relive the last few years of Gaye’s [...]
*They didn’t call him the walrus of love for nothing. Well, at least a comedian once did. Barry White love songs have been encouraging Chilean flamingos to breed. The classic tunes by the “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” hitmaker and also by Marvin Gaye are being played into the animals’ enclosure in Drusillas [...]
*Since Tupac was a hit as a hologram, Dr. Dre thought, why not all the greats?! The producer plans to hologram all the greatest performers, including Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix. Since Tupac’s ‘appearance’ went so well at Coachella last weekend, it looks like this may be the way to go to keep the greats [...]
*Even in his death, Marvin Gaye is inspiring thousands to use music to change the world. Singer John Legend is one of those who are leading the pack and on Tuesday, the singer, in partnership with the Kennedy Center, announced he will be encouraging youth to engage in social issues through a long-term music program [...]
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