May 18, 2013

Justin Timberlake Eyed for Neil Bogart Biopic

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*After two years stuck in limbo, there is movement on a biopic about 1970s record icon Neil Bogart, who nurtured the careers of Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Parliament, Donna Summer and The Village People among many others. The pic, titled “Spinning Gold,” is set up to be financed and sold at the Cannes [...]




Donna Summer, Prince, Ex-Slaves Join Recording Registry

1977 Billboard Music Awards

*Rare audio interviews of former slaves and iconic recordings by Donna Summer, Prince, Parliament and the Sugarhill Gang are among the 25 works chosen by the Library of Congress this year as sounds of cultural significance to be preserved permanently in the National Recording Registry. Though Summer died last week of cancer, her 1977 disco [...]




Rupert Murdoch’s Empire Continues to Fall with Another Death, a Pie Smack Attempt and more Apologies (Video)

Rupert Murdoch almost gets an old fashioned pie in the face during Parliament proceedings over media scandal at News Corp.

*Rupert Murdoch is on the hot seat to give up his throne. He has yet to entertain the idea of giving up News Corp. which we reported Monday is in the midst of a major media scandal. The mayhem jumped off with the murder of a missing 13-year old girl whose cell phone was tampered with when voice [...]