Star Gazing

HOLLYWOOD—The Tribeca Film Festival is in full force. The 21st edition of New York’s Tribeca Festival started June 8 and runs through June 19. Some of the most exciting films of the year, will be showcased at the festival. Let’s look at some of the top films and documentaries. "American Dreamer" stars Peter Dinklage and Shirley Maclaine in a dark...

HOLLYWOOD—The trial continues and it seems that Amber Heard’s team will not call Johnny Depp to the stand, in the last days of the high-profile trial. Originally, her team had planned to call Mr. Depp for more questioning on May 23, but changed course without explanation at midday. Depp, 58, is suing his ex -wife for $50 million for...

HOLLYWOOD—Diana Ross has teamed up with psych-rock band Tame Impala to record a song for the forthcoming "Minions" movie. The track is “Called Turn Up the Sunshine,” and is a laid-back, feel-good summer anthem whose funky horn stabs recall the Commodores’ "Brick House." Can you believe that Ross even raps in the verses? “There’s light at the end of the...

HOLLYWOOD—Some of the best guitarists of all time have revolutionized music. One of them is Eric Clapton, who rose to the tip during the 1960s as one of London’s most gifted. Clapton’s musical upbringing is heavily embedded in the Delta blues that rose up from Mississippi. It was that style that took Clapton to his heart and throughout his...

HOLLYWOOD—While we tend to think of celebrity lifestyles full of red-carpet parties and luxury mansions, that’s just one side of living with this kind of fame. The lifestyles of the rich and famous can sometimes get sadly complicated, and the cost of living that high-profile lifestyle can be a steep one-especially when it comes to lawsuits. So many of our...

HOLLYWOOD—The late David Bowie, is joining the list of artists that are selling their publishing rights. The entire body of work was sold to Warner Chappell Music, including hundreds of songs such as Space Oddity, Changes and Let’s Dance. WCM now has global music publishing rights to his song catalogue, the singer’s estate, announced. Variety suggested the deal was...

HOLLYWOOD—Concertgoers who attended Houston’s Astroworld Festival and are safe, consider yourself blessed. The festival is now considered one of the deadliest concerts in U.S. history. Eight people are dead and many more injured after attending the Travis Scott performance on November 5. The music event is now under investigation by police and several concertgoers are suing Scott and the promoters...

HOLLYWOOD—The film industry is shocked and saddened about what happened last week on the set of "Rust” in New Mexico. Many production companies still use guns-real guns- when filming, according to published reports. Despite rules and regulations, people can get killed, as what we saw happen last week when Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after he was...

HOLLYWOOD—What’s in a name? The phrase comes from Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet:" That which we call a rose any other name would smell as sweet. Our names are an incredibly important part of our identity. They carry deep personal, cultural, familial and historical connections. They also give us a sense of who we are, the communities in which we...

HOLLYWOOD—Adele has released a snippet of her first new music in six years and revealed that the full song will be out next week. The release was posted on a 21-second black and white clip on Twitter, showing her putting a cassette bearing the song’s title, "Easy On Me," into a car stereo. That’s followed by 13 seconds of...