In the 1980s, Stevie Nicks, like many other musicians, began embracing the music video to accompany their songs. With the rise of MTV, it became a necessary way to promote music. Nicks put a great deal of effort into her videos; one required extensive shoots, costumes, and acting on Nicks’ part. It didn’t make it far, though. When Nicks first viewed the video, she decided she didn’t want anybody to see it. She thought it was a disaster.
Stevie Nicks | Paul Natkin/Getty Images Stevie Nicks filmed an expensive music video for ‘Stand Back’
The initial vision for the “Stand Back” music video was a Gone With the Wind-style story. Nicks wears a green velvet gown, rides a horse to a mansion, travels through a war-torn town, and meets a wounded soldier at a saloon. According to Nicks, the process of making it was disastrous.
“I tried to act,...
Stevie Nicks | Paul Natkin/Getty Images Stevie Nicks filmed an expensive music video for ‘Stand Back’
The initial vision for the “Stand Back” music video was a Gone With the Wind-style story. Nicks wears a green velvet gown, rides a horse to a mansion, travels through a war-torn town, and meets a wounded soldier at a saloon. According to Nicks, the process of making it was disastrous.
“I tried to act,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Stevie Nicks made many well-loved music videos with Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. When looking back on some of them, though, she can’t help but cringe. Some remind her of the messy relationship dynamics she had with her bandmates. Others are tough to watch because of the reminder of the drugs she was using at the time. She explained that the video for “I Can’t Wait” makes her furious with her past self.
Stevie Nicks | Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images Stevie Nicks said 1 music video is painful for her to watch
After joining Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, like many artists of the era, began using cocaine. Her usage ramped up over the years, eventually reaching a point where she had trouble functioning.
“I had a meeting with Stevie Nicks where we sat on her bed,” director Bob Giraldi said, per the book I Want My MTV by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum.
Stevie Nicks | Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images Stevie Nicks said 1 music video is painful for her to watch
After joining Fleetwood Mac, Nicks, like many artists of the era, began using cocaine. Her usage ramped up over the years, eventually reaching a point where she had trouble functioning.
“I had a meeting with Stevie Nicks where we sat on her bed,” director Bob Giraldi said, per the book I Want My MTV by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum.
- 5/19/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 1984, a man named Kurt Jefferis nearly partied to death with Van Halen. Jefferis was the winner of MTV’s “Lost Weekend” contest and his prize was a few days of debauchery on the road with the Eighties metal legends. The promotion was a massive success for MTV, which aired much of the mayhem, including the moment Van Halen brought Jefferis on stage, smashed his face into a giant cake and showered him with champagne. But there was also plenty of footage not suitable for broadcast: Van Halen and their...
- 5/8/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“I Want My MTV” authors Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum are writing an oral history of WWE, which will be published by HarperCollins’ Dey Street Books.
In the tell-all, Marks and Tannenbaum will describe how WWE became one of America’s most successful and enduring businesses, per the sports-entertainment organization’s own description of the project. The two have been granted “unprecedented access” to the company’s chairman & CEO, Vince McMahon.
Additionally, the authors will interview current WWE Superstars as well as legends from the past, writers, producers, managers, business executives and celebrities who’ve made guest appearances, according to the media announcement.
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It will be the “most revealing look yet at the innovative and fearless McMahon,” the pro-wrestling promotion promised.
“This will be an unapologetic look at the good, the bad and the ugly,...
In the tell-all, Marks and Tannenbaum will describe how WWE became one of America’s most successful and enduring businesses, per the sports-entertainment organization’s own description of the project. The two have been granted “unprecedented access” to the company’s chairman & CEO, Vince McMahon.
Additionally, the authors will interview current WWE Superstars as well as legends from the past, writers, producers, managers, business executives and celebrities who’ve made guest appearances, according to the media announcement.
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It will be the “most revealing look yet at the innovative and fearless McMahon,” the pro-wrestling promotion promised.
“This will be an unapologetic look at the good, the bad and the ugly,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
The directors of two of last year's most acclaimed smaller films have set up new projects which they will helm.
First up, "Tangerine" director Sean Baker has decided on his next film - "The Florida Project". Unlike his first film which was shot on iPhones, this will be shot on 35mm.
The story follows a precocious six year-old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure, contrasted by their parents and the adults around them struggling with hard times.
Next, "The End of the Tour" director James Ponsoldt has lined up a narrative film adaptation of Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks' non-fiction novel "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution" at A24.
The film will chronicle the founding and first decade of the network, a golden era for both music and...
First up, "Tangerine" director Sean Baker has decided on his next film - "The Florida Project". Unlike his first film which was shot on iPhones, this will be shot on 35mm.
The story follows a precocious six year-old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure, contrasted by their parents and the adults around them struggling with hard times.
Next, "The End of the Tour" director James Ponsoldt has lined up a narrative film adaptation of Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks' non-fiction novel "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution" at A24.
The film will chronicle the founding and first decade of the network, a golden era for both music and...
- 4/19/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The College of Performing Arts at The New School will present the first annual UnSilent Film Night, in which music ensembles from the College's performing arts schools-the Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz, and the School of Drama-will perform live with screenings of landmark silent films. This inaugural program, hosted by Matthew Broderick, marks the debut of the Mannes Theatre Orchestra, which, under the baton of Charles Neidich, will perform a new score by Craig Marks to the Buster Keaton film Sherlock Jr. 1924. The screeningconcert will also feature the School of Jazz Improvisation Ensemble, led by Alexis Cuadrado, presenting the premiere of Cuadrado's original score to the 1917 Charlie Chaplin classic The Immigrant.
- 4/9/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
A Nightmare on Elm Street came out 30 years ago, and to commemorate that horror-movie milestone, Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum assembled an oral history of the fright-night classic. We also dug deep into the photo archives and pulled out these rare on-set shots, which include a baby-faced Johnny Depp drenched in blood, director Wes Craven constructing a horrific homicide, and the villainous Freddy Krueger during downtime. ...
- 10/20/2014
- by David Marchese
- Vulture
SpinMedia Group slashed 19 employees and shuttered its print edition Tuesday, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Among staffers let go was editor-in-chief Craig Marks, who returned to the publication in June following stints at Blender, BlogTalkRadio, Billboard and Popdust. The layoffs are the latest blow to the struggling company. Vibe, which first began publication in 1993, was acquired by SpinMedia in April 2013 with initial reports that the magazine would be reduced to online-only, much like the group did with Spin magazine after acquiring it in 2012. The decision was then made to keep Vibe in print as a quarterly.
- 9/11/2014
- by Ryan O'Connell
- The Wrap
While he may not be the most beloved director among cinephiles, studio executives certainly seem to enjoy Brett Ratner's work. We already know that he'll helm the Dwayne Johnson vehicle Hercules: The Thracian Wars for MGM, and now it's being reported that the Tower Heist director is developing I Want My MTV for Sony. Based on the bestselling book by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, I Want My MTV chronicles the early days of the TV network in the 1980s and how it changed the pop culture landscape for years to come. Ratner will be producing via his Rat Entertainment and may decide to direct as well. The script will come from Jody Lambert, whose previous screenplay for People Like Us will debut later this year. This film sounds like an interesting concept, especially since MTV has changed so drastically over the years, and I'm typically a fan of behind the scenes showbiz material.
- 3/17/2012
- by Aaron
- FilmJunk
Brett Ratner (Tower Heist) may team with Sony Pictures on his next film. Variety reports that Ratner and Sony are in final talks for a biopic that chronicles the rise of MTV. The project would be based on I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, written by music journalists Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum.
Ratner is producing along with Mosaic's Jimmy Miller, and John Cheng will serve as executive producer. The script will be penned by Jody Lambert (People Like Us), who is also producing. The story is "an oral history of MTV, one that focuses on its growth in the 1980s and early 90s." Rat Entertainment produced Mirror Mirror, which looks horrible and arrives in theaters soon. I hope that this movie turns out better. I grew up watching MTV so I like the idea of a film. If a Facebook movie can work,...
Ratner is producing along with Mosaic's Jimmy Miller, and John Cheng will serve as executive producer. The script will be penned by Jody Lambert (People Like Us), who is also producing. The story is "an oral history of MTV, one that focuses on its growth in the 1980s and early 90s." Rat Entertainment produced Mirror Mirror, which looks horrible and arrives in theaters soon. I hope that this movie turns out better. I grew up watching MTV so I like the idea of a film. If a Facebook movie can work,...
- 3/17/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Brett Ratner gets an awful lot of stick from around the film blogging sphere but the truth is, it’s mainly because he finds himself attached to big screen properties he has no right being anywhere near. The truth is he is a capable filmmaker (and very successful producer) in the right genre and he can deliver decent movies when the material matches his sensibilities. We saw that with his ensemble comedy Tower Heist recently that was cast extremely well and was a modest, light-hearted narrative more ripe for Ratner than him trying to adapt an X-Men movie or something.
So when we hear in Variety that Ratner is teaming up with Sony to bring an origin movie about MTV to the big screen, we again get the feeling of the right person working on the right material.
Sony and Ratner’s Rat Entertainment are close to a deal that...
So when we hear in Variety that Ratner is teaming up with Sony to bring an origin movie about MTV to the big screen, we again get the feeling of the right person working on the right material.
Sony and Ratner’s Rat Entertainment are close to a deal that...
- 3/17/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Brett Ratner, who most recently directed last year’s action comedy Tower Heist wants to adapt for Sony I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution by authors Craig Marks and Rob Tannebaum. Published last year, an oral history of the music network focuses on its growth in the first decade after [...]
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- 3/17/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
I Want My MTV
Brett Ratner has become involved in a film adaptation of Craig Marks and Rob Tannebaum's book "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for Sony Pictures.
Jody Lambert ("Welcome to People") is adapting the non-fiction book described as an oral history of the rise of MTV in the late 80s and early 90s from those involved in the channel's rise to glory. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
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Millennium NuImage has purchased Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger's rom-com spec script "Lauren Pemberton is No Longer in A Relationship".
The story focuses on a guy who reconnects with his high school crush through Facebook when he discovers she is single only to find out that he is not the only one in pursuit. [Source: Variety]
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Gran Via Prods. and Wild Fiesta Productions have picked up the film rights to Erin Duffy...
Brett Ratner has become involved in a film adaptation of Craig Marks and Rob Tannebaum's book "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for Sony Pictures.
Jody Lambert ("Welcome to People") is adapting the non-fiction book described as an oral history of the rise of MTV in the late 80s and early 90s from those involved in the channel's rise to glory. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Lauren Pemberton is No Longer in A Relationship
Millennium NuImage has purchased Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger's rom-com spec script "Lauren Pemberton is No Longer in A Relationship".
The story focuses on a guy who reconnects with his high school crush through Facebook when he discovers she is single only to find out that he is not the only one in pursuit. [Source: Variety]
Bond Girl
Gran Via Prods. and Wild Fiesta Productions have picked up the film rights to Erin Duffy...
- 3/17/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Director Brett Ratner (Tower Heist, Rush Hour, Red Dragon) and Sony are nearing a deal to develop a big screen movie that would chronicle the rise of MTV. The new movie would be based on "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution," a book by music journalists Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum. The focus of the book is on MTV's growth in the 1980s and early 90s. Ratner is producing and will likely direct. The script is being written by Jody Lambert (Welcome to People).
- 3/16/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
It's time to tell the story about how video killed the radio star. The MTV network launched in August of 1981 and the first music video to hit the airwaves was The Buggles' Video Killed the Radio Star. Now the cable channel that once championed music and helped launch the careers and controversy of such stars as Madonna, Britney Spears and more, barely plays music if it's not on top of stupid New Jersey locals tanning or pregnant teens spouting off at the mouth. But that's not stopping Brett Ratner and producer Jimmy Miller (Step Brothers, The Other Guys) from telling the network's rich history and rise to prominence. Ratner isn't officially attached to direct the film, but Variety says he is producing with Miller. The story will be adapted from music journalists Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum's book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution.
- 3/16/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Brett Ratner hopes to turn everything around in his career with a film about the early days of MTV (which clearly has lost its way). The movie will be an adaptation of Craig Marks and Rob Tannebaum book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution and scripted by Jody Lambert (Welcome to People, now titled People Like Us).
But rather than make the movie a documentary, the adaptation will be a dramatic portrayal of the early days of MTV. Rights to the music play a huge factor and with Sony assisting in the production of the film, its likely that we will be hearing Michael Jackson and other Sony music properties in the movie.
Variety reports that even though Ratner is signed on to direct the movie, Hercules (starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) will be his next movie. Marks’ and Tannenbaum’s book is an oral history of MTV,...
But rather than make the movie a documentary, the adaptation will be a dramatic portrayal of the early days of MTV. Rights to the music play a huge factor and with Sony assisting in the production of the film, its likely that we will be hearing Michael Jackson and other Sony music properties in the movie.
Variety reports that even though Ratner is signed on to direct the movie, Hercules (starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) will be his next movie. Marks’ and Tannenbaum’s book is an oral history of MTV,...
- 3/16/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Could the endless weeks of rampant speculation be over? Is it possible that we finally know what Brett Ratner’s next directing project after Hercules is going to be? Not necessarily, but Variety has some news on a new film that he’s definitely involved in as a producer, and that he might end up directing if things work out. His Rat Entertainment is in talks to adapt “I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution,” a chronicle of the early days of MTV written by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum. Ratner has earned a lot of criticism over the years due to his Add directing style, but what better project for him to take on than a historical look back at the people who invented vapid, quick-cut nonsense? Factor in that the man’s last film, Tower Heist, was actually mostly unoffensive, and we may be at the beginnings of a Brett Ratner...
- 3/16/2012
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I actually feel sorry for anyone who has only known MTV in it's current state, full of shit like Jersey Shore, 16 and Pregnant and other insipid really programs. Back in the 80s and 90s the network actually lived up to its name by playing music around the clock and it was really special how it tapped into youth culture without exploiting it like it does today. As a result, people like me are likely going to like the new project about the early days of MTV. The only problem is the person who is both producing and could possibly direct. Variety reports that Brett Ratner's Rat Entertainment and Sony are currently looking to adapt I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, based on the book by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, and Ratner is considering directing the project himself. Jody Lambert, who wrote the...
- 3/16/2012
- cinemablend.com
Former music video director Brett Ratner is working with Sony to produce, and possibly direct, a film based on Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum’s oral history book, I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. EW has confirmed a Variety report that the film will chronicle MTV’s rise in power and popularity throughout the 1980s and ’90s. Jody Lambert is on board to write the script and co-produce with Ratner and Mosaic Media Group partner Jimmy Miller. John Cheng, who teamed with Ratner on the forthcoming Mirror Mirror, will executive produce.
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- 3/16/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW - Inside Movies
Brett Ratner wants his MTV. The producer/director will adapt the book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution for Sony, the studio confirmed, bringing to life the words by authors Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum. The script will be written by Jody Lambert, whose debut screenplay, Welcome to People, will soon be released under the name People Like Me. “We’re particularly delighted by Sony’s offer to give me and Rob a cameo as Wham!,” Marks said in an email to The Hollywood Reporter. Ratner is a producer on the upcoming Snow White project Mirror Mirror, and will be
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- 3/16/2012
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you had to pick someone to direct a movie depicting the messy, Gtl-esque history of MTV, who would you go with? If you chose Brett Ratner, you win!
According to Variety, the "Tower Heist" director is in talks to adapt "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for the big screen. The book, written by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, focuses on the network in the early '80s and '90s.
For those more familiar with MTV's current slate of reality programming, you be unaware that the network's original focus was, ya' know, music.
This is the second television network to get the movie-making treatment in recent months. The Espn book "Those Guys Have All The Fun" was optioned for a feature film by "Social Network" producer Michael De Luca.
Sony is currently close to a deal on bringing the Ratner-produced flick to life.
According to Variety, the "Tower Heist" director is in talks to adapt "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for the big screen. The book, written by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, focuses on the network in the early '80s and '90s.
For those more familiar with MTV's current slate of reality programming, you be unaware that the network's original focus was, ya' know, music.
This is the second television network to get the movie-making treatment in recent months. The Espn book "Those Guys Have All The Fun" was optioned for a feature film by "Social Network" producer Michael De Luca.
Sony is currently close to a deal on bringing the Ratner-produced flick to life.
- 3/16/2012
- by Alex Suskind
- Huffington Post
If you had to pick someone to direct a movie depicting the messy, Gtl-esque history of MTV, who would you go with? If you chose Brett Ratner, you win! According to Variety, the "Tower Heist" director is in talks to adapt "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for the big screen. The book, written by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, focuses on the network in the early '80s and '90s. For those more familiar with MTV's current slate of reality programming, you be unaware that the network's original focus was, ya' know, music. This is the second television network to get the movie-making treatment in recent months. The Espn book "Those Guys Have All The Fun" was optioned for a feature film by "Social Network" producer Michael De Luca. Sony is currently close to a deal on bringing the Ratner-produced flick to life.
- 3/16/2012
- by Alex Suskind
- Moviefone
You know, we give Brett Ratner a lot of heat around here -- and he can certainly make it easy -- but in the case of "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution," this is actually a project perfectly suited for the producer and director.
Variety reports that Ratner's Rat Entertainment and Sony will be teaming up to bring the much-talked-about book to the big screen. Written by music journalists Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, 'I Want My MTV' is a chronicle of the hugely influential channel, from its earliest days as a groundbreaking music network, through its expansion in the '90s that saw original programming run side by side with videos, up to today.
It's ripe material for the big screen, with music likely a big part of what makes this attractive. But we also hope the film goes into the boardrooms as well,...
Variety reports that Ratner's Rat Entertainment and Sony will be teaming up to bring the much-talked-about book to the big screen. Written by music journalists Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, 'I Want My MTV' is a chronicle of the hugely influential channel, from its earliest days as a groundbreaking music network, through its expansion in the '90s that saw original programming run side by side with videos, up to today.
It's ripe material for the big screen, with music likely a big part of what makes this attractive. But we also hope the film goes into the boardrooms as well,...
- 3/16/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
I can vividly remember coming home from middle school to turn on MTV and get Carson Daly spouting the “best” in music videos from Korn to Tom Green to Eminem to ‘N Sync on Trl. And although I missed the boat on its early rise to fame, when it literally only had these music videos, MTV has since turned into the go-to spot for the trashiest and worst in reality TV, dropping the focus on music.
Variety now reports that a new feature film plans to capture this early revolution of the network, with none other than Rush Hour and Tower Heist director Brett Ratner. He will team with Sony to produce, while also considering coming on to direct, in the adaptation of Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum’s book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. Many give Ratner flack, but this kind of...
Variety now reports that a new feature film plans to capture this early revolution of the network, with none other than Rush Hour and Tower Heist director Brett Ratner. He will team with Sony to produce, while also considering coming on to direct, in the adaptation of Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum’s book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. Many give Ratner flack, but this kind of...
- 3/16/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
If you had to pick someone to direct a movie depicting the messy, Gtl-esque history of MTV, who would you go with? If you chose Brett Ratner, you win!
According to Variety, the "Tower Heist" director is in talks to adapt "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for the big screen. The book, written by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, focuses on the network in the early '80s and '90s.
For those more familiar with MTV's current slate of reality programming, you be unaware that the network's original focus was, ya' know, music.
This is the second television network to get the movie-making treatment in recent months. The Espn book "Those Guys Have All The Fun" was optioned for a feature film by "Social Network" producer Michael De Luca.
Sony is currently close to a deal on bringing the Ratner-produced flick to life.
According to Variety, the "Tower Heist" director is in talks to adapt "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for the big screen. The book, written by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, focuses on the network in the early '80s and '90s.
For those more familiar with MTV's current slate of reality programming, you be unaware that the network's original focus was, ya' know, music.
This is the second television network to get the movie-making treatment in recent months. The Espn book "Those Guys Have All The Fun" was optioned for a feature film by "Social Network" producer Michael De Luca.
Sony is currently close to a deal on bringing the Ratner-produced flick to life.
- 3/16/2012
- by Alex Suskind
- Aol TV.
The last time director and producer Brett Ratner made headlines was when he and on-air host Eddie Murphy abruptly exited the 84th Academy Awards telecast over Ratner’s anti-gay slurs. The Tower Heist director and presumed Academy Awards producer returned to the pages of Variety for a better reason today; announcing a deal to adapt the recent book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution by writers Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum. Ratner signed on to produce the movie via his Rat Entertainment shingle and hinted that he might also direct the movie.
- 3/16/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Brett Ratner is planning to bring Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum's book "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" to the big screen at Sony Pictures. Right now, he's only attached to produce, but the trade suggests that he may be interested in directing as well. Published last year, the nonfiction book focuses on the history of the network and is officially described as follows: Remember the first time you saw Michael Jackson dance with zombies in "Thriller"? Diamond Dave karate kick with Van Halen in "Jump"? Tawny Kitaen turning cartwheels on a Jaguar to Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again"? The Beastie Boys spray beer in "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)"? Axl Rose step off the bus in...
- 3/16/2012
- Comingsoon.net
In the soon-to-be released book, "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution," authors Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, interviewed more than 400 people to rediscover the "golden age" of music videos made from 1981 to 1992.
In an except from the book, printed by New York magazine about the behind-the-scenes of Nirvana's first video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," singer Courtney Love recalled the first time she and late husband, Kurt Cobain slept together.
"The first time Kurt and I slept together was at a Days Inn in Chicago," she explained. "We were having our first post coital moment, and we're watching MTV and the video [Smells Like Teen Spirit] came on. I pulled away from him, because it was his video, his moment, he was the king of the f**king world, and he put his arm around me and pulled me closer. Which was symbolic, like, "I'm letting you into my life.
In an except from the book, printed by New York magazine about the behind-the-scenes of Nirvana's first video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," singer Courtney Love recalled the first time she and late husband, Kurt Cobain slept together.
"The first time Kurt and I slept together was at a Days Inn in Chicago," she explained. "We were having our first post coital moment, and we're watching MTV and the video [Smells Like Teen Spirit] came on. I pulled away from him, because it was his video, his moment, he was the king of the f**king world, and he put his arm around me and pulled me closer. Which was symbolic, like, "I'm letting you into my life.
- 10/10/2011
- by Stephanie Marcus
- Huffington Post
The meme-friendly site is positioning itself as the the ultimate go-to for pop-music centered celebrity journalism--and aims to capitalize on the branded opportunities that come with that.
Popdust, the pop-music news site that debuted earlier this year, is--like a post-haircut Justin Bieber--on the verge of coming of age. Over the last 30 days, the site has garnered 350,000 unique visitors, and has formed new partnerships with AOL, MTV, CNN, Gawker, Vibe, Grammy.com, and others. A recent video of Britney Spears's dance styles over the years went extremely viral, ending up on Huffington Post, Jezebel, and even Business Insider.
The Internet is fairly glutted with pop-music sites, and sites for celebrity news, so a site like Popdust might at first glance seem superfluous. But to hear its founders tell it, there's a need for an authoritative voice where those two realms intersect--a Pitchfork for pop music, if you will. As David Wade,...
Popdust, the pop-music news site that debuted earlier this year, is--like a post-haircut Justin Bieber--on the verge of coming of age. Over the last 30 days, the site has garnered 350,000 unique visitors, and has formed new partnerships with AOL, MTV, CNN, Gawker, Vibe, Grammy.com, and others. A recent video of Britney Spears's dance styles over the years went extremely viral, ending up on Huffington Post, Jezebel, and even Business Insider.
The Internet is fairly glutted with pop-music sites, and sites for celebrity news, so a site like Popdust might at first glance seem superfluous. But to hear its founders tell it, there's a need for an authoritative voice where those two realms intersect--a Pitchfork for pop music, if you will. As David Wade,...
- 4/25/2011
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
Channing Tatum's favorite actors may be Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman, but I think he's definitely channeling a little James Dean in his newest cover shoot for the February issue of Details, which hits stands January 19th.
Fan's can check out Chan in all his gorgeousness in the photos and video from the Details photo shoot on today's post in the CTU Photo Gallery, but you should keep reading if you want to get all the juicy details about Chan's life in his latest interview...
I got my first look at Chan's new cover and photos for Details at the 'Dear John' press junket this weekend when Chan's publicist came into his suite to show it to him for the first time. As all of us in the room were complimenting Chan on the hot new shoot, I got to hear the set injury story you're about to read...
Fan's can check out Chan in all his gorgeousness in the photos and video from the Details photo shoot on today's post in the CTU Photo Gallery, but you should keep reading if you want to get all the juicy details about Chan's life in his latest interview...
I got my first look at Chan's new cover and photos for Details at the 'Dear John' press junket this weekend when Chan's publicist came into his suite to show it to him for the first time. As all of us in the room were complimenting Chan on the hot new shoot, I got to hear the set injury story you're about to read...
- 1/13/2010
- by Blog Expert
- Channing Tatum Unwrapped
The utterly delightful Details cover story on Channing Tatum has been heavily promoted using an anecdote about Tatum's water-scalded penis (and hey, I don't blame 'em!), but we shouldn't let that obscure the fact that writer Craig Marks also asked Tatum about his male stripping past. Surprisingly, the G.I. Joe star couldn't wait to defy his publicist by discussing the clothing-optional job, which he took at age nineteen. "I've been wanting to talk about this forever!" he told Marks. "I met some of the most insane characters...I'm gonna make a movie about it. I've talked to a couple of directors."
In a noble attempt to help Hollywood greenlight Tatum's banana-hammocked biopic, here are five auteurs who we hope he's set up meetings with:...
In a noble attempt to help Hollywood greenlight Tatum's banana-hammocked biopic, here are five auteurs who we hope he's set up meetings with:...
- 1/13/2010
- Movieline
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