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Yahoo
a day ago
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Bob Dylan biopic to be screened in Alston as part of film and music collaboration
A Bob Dylan biopic will be screened as part of a special film and music collaboration in Alston. Alston Moor Film and Alston Live have joined forces for the first time to present A Complete Unknown, which will be shown at Alston Town Hall on Friday, July 4, as part of the Alston Live 2025 programme. Steve Bentley, from Alston Moor Film, said: "We are delighted to be working with Alston Live on the screening of A Complete Unknown. "This musical biopic about the rise of Bob Dylan was well chosen by the public and fits in perfectly with the rest of the festival. "We hope people enjoy the film and we're sure it won't be the last time the two organisations work together." The film, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet, tells the story of Bob Dylan's early career in 1961 New York. At just 19, the young Bob Dylan arrived in the city and quickly made his mark on the Greenwich Village music scene. The event will begin at 7pm, with the film starting at around 7.30pm. Admission is £7.50, payable by cash or card. The film is rated 15 and is expected to finish around 10.15pm. Ahead of the screening, acoustic duo Benson 'n' Edges will perform live music in the town hall. A licensed bar will be open throughout the evening, offering a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Alston Live will return to Tyne Willows Recreation Ground on Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 19. Tickets for the festival are available to buy during the evening at the screening. They are priced at £25 per day or £40 for both days. Full details of the music line-up and further information about the festival can be found at or by visiting the Alston Live Facebook page.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Bob Dylan, 84, Releases Heartfelt Birthday Wishes to a Late Great Performer
Bob Dylan, 84, Releases Heartfelt Birthday Wishes to a Late Great Performer originally appeared on Parade. Bob Dylan has made many different connections throughout the years. The 84-year-old American icon often turns up in the least likely of places, my favorite of which being the random episode of the History Channel's Pawn Stars, where he signs a copy of his album "Self Portrait." It's such a strange yet fitting moment to see the artist in, and I think it's extremely emblematic of his position in pop culture. The friendships and influences Dylan has found himself enamored with throughout the years have no boundaries, whether it be musicians, actors, or in this case, a magician. Dylan recently took to his X account to post birthday wishes to Ricky Jay, an American magician who passsed back in 2018. Happy birthday Ricky Jay. You're truly missed. You took a lot of magic out of the world when you left. Rest in peace. — Bob Dylan (@bobdylan) June 26, 2025 Jay was an incredibly respected magician, having been called one of the greatest sleight of hand artists in a New Yorker profile piece. He was a student of magic as an art, and he wrote extensively about it throughout his life. He was a true professional of the art. He must have had an effect on Dylan, as he still remembers Jay long after his passing. Fans left many comments remembering Jay in the replies to the post. "A great entertainer of a bygone era. A true American master with such a personality. Loved him particularly in those Mamet films; they definitely speak the same language, Mamet and Jay." "Legendary artists recognize legendary artists." "Bob always remembers his friends." "Two great American Originals. And RJ so brilliant and unique in all those great Mamet and PTA films. RIP." Happy late birthday to the great Ricky Jay. We're all blessed to have the greats recognizing the greats like this, even as the years go on.🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Bob Dylan, 84, Releases Heartfelt Birthday Wishes to a Late Great Performer first appeared on Parade on Jun 27, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Barbra Streisand pushed her voice to the limit recording audiobook for her memoir
Barbra Streisand's voice was "hoarse" after she recorded the audiobook for her memoir My Name Is Barbra. The 83-year-old star admits that she put her vocals under extreme strain as she recorded the audio version of her 970-page-long autobiography shortly after working on her latest album The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two. Barbra told People magazine: "All the wonderful people that I was going to sing with wanted to sing with me. And they were all so special and I hadn't sung in a very long time. "I didn't know if I had a voice left because after I did that, Jesus, six weeks, six days a week, five hours a day of talking, speaking into a microphone for the book. So I was hoarse." Streisand's latest record is released on Friday (27.06.25) - featuring duets with music titans including Sir Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan - and the legendary singer and actress has vowed to continue making music for as long as her voice permits. The Woman in Love artist said: "As long as I have a voice, I love the privacy of recording. "I love standing there in front of the mic with the music in my ears and singing, and there are more songs I want to sing. And I even have my original list of songs I wanted to sing." Barbra duets with the jazz-pop star Laufey on the song Letter to My 13 Year Old Self and reflected on how she "instinctively" improvised during her musical performances at that age. The Funny Girl actress explained: "The first time you're a teenager, you've moved ahead to another level. Believe in yourself, believe in your choices. Believe in what you hear, what you feel. "I mean, I did it instinctively. You know what I mean? I don't know why I did it. And it's the first time I ever did an improvisation even. I was standing in front of the mic at 13 and what I rehearsed with the guys, the piano player, I did something else. "And I thought, where did that come from? Where did improvisation? Where did I... I don't know. It came out and I liked it. I went, 'Oh, that's interesting.'"
South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Barbra Streisand duets with Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Hozier and others on new album
Barbra Streisand was worried. She had just spent six days a week for six weeks recording the audiobook version of her 2023 memoir My Name is Barbra, which became more than 48 hours of discussing her career – full of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards – and the life that came with it. But now, it was time to record a new album with a stunning line-up of duet partners that ranged from current hitmakers Hozier and Sam Smith to legends Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and James Taylor. And when producers played the songs for her, she could not sing along. Her mighty voice would just squeak. 'My voice was shot,' says Streisand, 83, calling from her home in Malibu, California. 'I mean, I literally prayed to God in front of that microphone, 'Let my voice be there for me.' And I don't know how, but it was there.' Fans will be able to hear that for themselves on her album The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, available in stores and on streaming services. Streisand shows she can still deliver the performances she wants while coaxing them out of others. Play Her duet with Dylan had been decades in the making. In 1970, Dylan sent Streisand a bouquet of flowers and a note – written in what she believes was crayon – asking, 'Would you sing with me?'
Irish Times
2 days ago
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- Irish Times
No line judges at Wimbledon: you cannot be serious
In July 1965, playing at the Newport Folk Festival, Bob Dylan marked a significant shift in his music, sparking a wrangle with his traditional fans and disaffecting the festival audience. He opened his set with the famous protest song Maggie's Farm playing an amplified 1964 Fender Stratocaster sunburst. His backup band, which included members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, were also amplified. Dylan's electric conversion was widely considered a pivotal moment in the evolution of rock music and proved one thing – that it is not hard to alienate an audience that have come to expect what they have always had and are given something else entirely. Tradition is a funny old thing. But times do change and next week at Wimbledon there will be no line judges for the first time in its 148-year history. READ MORE Like Dylan almost exactly 60 years ago, Wimbledon is going electric. Artificial intelligence (AI) will be taking over from the Homo sapiens. 'You cannot be serious' has been a common reaction. But disgruntled players next week, when the championship begins, can only rage against the machine for disagreeable line calls. Line judges will no longer be in the line of fire for angry tennis players at Wimbledon. Photograph:While it represents a historic change, the system has been used in other tournaments before Wimbledon and although the All England Club is falsely perceived to be the most traditional of the four Grand Slams, it's the French at Roland-Garros who have proven the most determined to maintain human control of tennis. The French Open does not use electronic line calling and continues to rely on line judges and umpires climbing down from their chairs to closely inspect marks on the clay to determine whether shots are in or not. It is the only Grand Slam tournament that still has line judges and where players are not allowed to use electronic replays to challenge decisions. So, gone from Wimbledon are the official Polo Ralph Lauren uniforms that normally peppered the court and inspired some style, but not always respect from the players. Gone too will be the polite announcements from the chair that 'Mr Alcaraz is challenging the call on the right baseline; the ball was called out' and there'll be no need for anyone to emulate Roger Federer, who used to stick his racquet in the air without saying a word when he wanted to question a line call. Consigned to history is the theatre of the player being correct and the ball shown by Hawkeye to be in and, then, the scenes of cameras and the entire Centre Court turning to the blushing face of the official. The players can still ask for replays on screen but the call will no longer be between human perception and technology. One of the obvious questions the decision raises is why people attend Wimbledon in such numbers, when many of them are not tennis fans for the rest of the year. In 2024 the attendance for the fortnight was 526,455 or an average of 37,603 people each day. Tennis aside, part of the answer is the spectacle of confrontations with officials and the explosive nature of some of the world's top players in the world's most treasured tennis event. Nick Kyrgios arguing with an umpire at Wimbledon in 2022. Photograph: Frey/TPN/Getty Images Fans enjoy the interaction and the louder and more unhinged gets the more they become involved. When Nick Kyrgios stares at the line where the ball has been called out, turns and begins his walk towards the line judge who called it, the entire stadium braces itself. The crowd feed off the aggression and competitive spirit of the players, especially when they interface with the officials. John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Marat Safin, Goran Ivanisevic, Andre Agassi, Martina Hingis, Serena Williams, but not her sister Venus, could turn ugly when the mood took them. Then the fans insinuate themselves into the action, usually by booing. It is called the human condition, where people create heroes and villains on the court and in those dramas the line judges have often played a lead role. The change also means there will be no more disqualifications for players hitting the ball at line judges, as Novak Djokovic did five years ago. The top seed at the 2020 US Open was disqualified in his fourth-round match after losing serve to trail 6-5 against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta. The world number one at the time took a ball out of his pocket and hit it behind him with 'negligent disregard of the consequences', striking a female line judge in the throat. For that he was tossed. All in the line of duty for officials who, in addition to marshalling the lines, were keepers of decorum and could report to the umpire audible obscenities at their end of the court, or spitting at fans, as Kyrgios did in 2022. The Australian player delighted the crowd by calling a Wimbledon line judge, who had approached the umpire's chair during the game, a 'snitch' during one of his meltdowns. It is a balance, says the club, between innovation and tradition, although the change seems a more seismic decision than if they were to relax their mostly white dress code that goes back to the 19th century. Fans, as they usually do, will adapt to having less flash points and more technology. They will get used to it, just as they did with Dylan's Stratocaster at the Newport Folk Festival.
