In November, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed a federal lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs in New York federal court. Her lawsuit includes graphic claims of sexual assault, physical abuse, and an allegation that Combs, her ex-boyfriend, would force her to have sex with male sex workers while he watched. Ventura’s claims are among the worst, but not the first controversy that the music mogul and entrepreneur has been alleged to be involved in.
Combs has attempted to rebrand himself as “Brother Love” in recent years, even changing his middle name to Love,...
Combs has attempted to rebrand himself as “Brother Love” in recent years, even changing his middle name to Love,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
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Neil Diamond said “Sweet Caroline” is the Boston Red Sox’s “lucky song.” Elvis Presley covered the track on a successful live album. The track appeared in Seth MacFarlane’s movie Ted. Neil Diamond | Kevin Mazur / Contributor
Some classic rock songs are forever associated with sports teams. For example, Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” is an anthem for the Boston Red Sox. Despite this, Diamond revealed the Red Sox are not his favorite baseball team.
Neil Diamond was upset when his favorite team moved from one city to another
During a 2020 interview with Forbes, Diamond was asked about his love of the Dodgers. He said he was upset by their move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Then, he got over his anger in 1988 when the team beat the Oakland Athletics.
Diamond started following the team again during the lead-up to their victory in the 2020 World Series. He was...
Neil Diamond said “Sweet Caroline” is the Boston Red Sox’s “lucky song.” Elvis Presley covered the track on a successful live album. The track appeared in Seth MacFarlane’s movie Ted. Neil Diamond | Kevin Mazur / Contributor
Some classic rock songs are forever associated with sports teams. For example, Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” is an anthem for the Boston Red Sox. Despite this, Diamond revealed the Red Sox are not his favorite baseball team.
Neil Diamond was upset when his favorite team moved from one city to another
During a 2020 interview with Forbes, Diamond was asked about his love of the Dodgers. He said he was upset by their move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Then, he got over his anger in 1988 when the team beat the Oakland Athletics.
Diamond started following the team again during the lead-up to their victory in the 2020 World Series. He was...
- 3/24/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
I’ve been a fan of Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman and their Miami-based production company Rakontur since the highly entertaining documentary Cocaine Cowboys premiered in 2005 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Their latest, Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja recently had its world premiere at South By Southwest, and The Film Stage sat down with director Corben, producer Spellman, producer/researcher Lindsay Snell, and a member of the film’s infamous Black Tuna Gang chronicled in the film, straight out of jail – Robert Platshorn.
After a film festival and college tour, the film will be released on DVD (April 19th) and Video on Demand (April 22nd) by Magnolia Pictures. Rakontur’s next film, Limelight will follow in Cocaine Cowboy’s footsteps, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival next month.
Tfs: Thanks for sitting down with us – your stories from your first film Raw Deal: A Question of Consent to Cocaine Cowboys...
After a film festival and college tour, the film will be released on DVD (April 19th) and Video on Demand (April 22nd) by Magnolia Pictures. Rakontur’s next film, Limelight will follow in Cocaine Cowboy’s footsteps, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival next month.
Tfs: Thanks for sitting down with us – your stories from your first film Raw Deal: A Question of Consent to Cocaine Cowboys...
- 3/22/2011
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
A new musical about 9/11 hopes to make us 'look at ourselves and laugh at our tragedies' ... but will we end up laughing at the film instead?
A question that's often asked in the immediate wake of a harrowing atrocity is "How long until I can turn this into an awesome musical?" Rodgers and Hammerstein, for example, let the dust settle on the second world war for 14 years before releasing The Sound of Music, while Lionel Bart kept quiet for two years longer than that before unveiling Blitz! However, 9/11 is a different matter. It was so huge and so singular, and the ripples from it are still being felt so acutely, that basing a musical on it at any point in time would be an act of gross insensitivity.
So it's a shame that nobody bothered to mention this to the makers of Clear Blue Tuesday, a low-budget musical based on...
A question that's often asked in the immediate wake of a harrowing atrocity is "How long until I can turn this into an awesome musical?" Rodgers and Hammerstein, for example, let the dust settle on the second world war for 14 years before releasing The Sound of Music, while Lionel Bart kept quiet for two years longer than that before unveiling Blitz! However, 9/11 is a different matter. It was so huge and so singular, and the ripples from it are still being felt so acutely, that basing a musical on it at any point in time would be an act of gross insensitivity.
So it's a shame that nobody bothered to mention this to the makers of Clear Blue Tuesday, a low-budget musical based on...
- 9/8/2010
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Oh boy. Well, I should start by saying that I’m a fan of neither musical theater nor 9/11-themed movies. And since Clear Blue Tuesday seems to combine both things into one heartfelt package, I’m clearly not the target audience for this low-budget indie musical that tracks 11 New Yorkers over the course of seven years. It starts on Sept. 11, 2001. Hence the title. Its stars a handful of not-so-famous singer-songwriter-actors, plus James Naughton as “Executive.”
Some people might question Tuesday’s motives: Is it capitalizing on a tragedy? That’s the question that frequently pops up with fictional projects inspired...
Some people might question Tuesday’s motives: Is it capitalizing on a tragedy? That’s the question that frequently pops up with fictional projects inspired...
- 9/1/2010
- by Missy Schwartz
- EW.com - PopWatch
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