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Irish Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Neil Young and Van Morrison at Malahide Castle: Decades on these voices have never sounded better
Neil Young Malahide Castle, Dublin ★★★★★ It would be remiss not to mention the special guest that prefaced Neil Young 's show at Malahide Castle in Dublin , since it was none other than Van Morrison. In what seemed like something of a fever dream, Morrison stomped his way through songs like Cutting Corners, Days Like This, and Crazy Jane on God with some verve. His voice can shift from confiding to testifying to growling in moments, and his referencing of poets from WB Yeats to WH Auden reminds us how seriously he takes language – all this while telling his stellar band to 'make it funky'. At one point he also tells them that it's 'endgame' and given that it's Morrison you might think he's referring to Beckett's absurdist tragicomic play, but instead he launches into Summertime in England, another contrarian move, given that it's summertime in Ireland, and as he slopes off the rain starts pouring down. Returning to the stage for an encore of Gloria, he takes us somewhere fundamental, reminding us of his ability to deal in 'not facts but truths' to borrow from Lester Bangs. Then he is gone as mysteriously as he arrived, wheezing his harmonica all the way. READ MORE Many will recall seeing Morrison and Young in the Martin Scorsese-directed The Last Waltz, a 1976 concert that brought together the Band and several special guests, from Bob Dylan to Muddy Waters – what is striking is that decades on, their voices have never sounded better. Van Morrison on stage at Malahide Castle. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times Neil Young on stage at Malahide Castle playing his set after Van Morrison. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times Young strides out with The Chrome Hearts, comprising Spooner Oldham, Micah Nelson, Corey McCormick and Anthony LoGerfo, all great musicians who can read and adapt to Young's slippery brilliance. He sets the tone with Be the Rain, and its tale of 'living in fear of the wrong decisions'. It is one of a number of Crazy Horse songs, with Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) all snarling and sad, and Cinnamon Girl showcasing what a great guitarist he is, bringing us to heavy weather on something like F*ckin' Up, and Love and Only Love. His influence on bands from Metallica to Nirvana to Fleet Foxes is clear, and this Canadian (like fellow compatriots Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell), has impacted a particular kind of American culture to the point of becoming that culture. Watching him root around his own history is humbling, from his work with Crosby, Stills & Nash for the swaying Name of Love, and Looking Forward's tentative beauty and talk of 'free-roamin'' souls. Every composition translates to a kind of plea for more tenderness, with Harvest Moon as its devastating manifesto, and the warmly graceful Old Man, a kind of coda. At one point a keyboard lowers from above, a nod maybe to the celestial nature of this show, which manages to be both familiar and surprising at the same time. Rockin' in the Free World descends on to a devoted audience, and the sentiment of Beckett's Endgame seems to swirl around Young's sensibility, 'the end is in the beginning and yet you go on'. It's inspiring. Book Club friends from Naas enjoy the view and acoustic over spill from a mound just outside the fencing for the Van Morrison and Neil Young concert at Malahide Castle. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times Fans in the crowd as at Malahide Castle. Photo: Alan Betson/ The Irish Times
Geek Tyrant
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio Producing Ted Griffin's Action Thriller CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED — GeekTyrant
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are jumping on board a new film project as producers. It's titled Carthage Must Be Destroyed , a new action thriller helmed by Ocean's Eleven writer Ted Griffin. Griffin, known for sharp scripts and layered storytelling, is directing from his own screenplay. The story centers on 'a stranger happens upon a rust-belt city in decline, ruled by its criminal underworld. Using brain and brawn, he sows distrust and creates chaos, in order to dismantle the corrupt power structure.' Chad A. Verdi of Verdi Productions, who's helping to lead the charge on this project, described it as 'a dynamic project' and added: 'It's a pleasure to be collaborating with Marty, Leo, Jen, Gareth and Chris, and our extraordinary producing team will elevate this project to new heights.' Production is currently slated to begin this October in Rhode Island, with casting now underway. Financing is being handled by Verdi Productions and Ketchup Entertainment, with Sikelia Productions (Scorsese), Appian Way (DiCaprio), and LBI Entertainment also backing the project. Executive producers include Scorsese, DiCaprio, Lisa Frechette, Sera Verdi, and Jennifer Davisson. On the production side, you'll also find Verdi, Gareth West, Christopher Donnelly, Michelle Verdi, Chad Verdi Jr., and Paul Luba—making this a seriously packed team behind the scenes. I'm up for a hard-edged action project from the guy who wrote Ocean's Eleven . I'm curious to see how this movie played out. Source: Deadline
Digital Trends
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
Check out this great movie before it leaves Amazon Prime Video next week (June 2025)
Scrolling through Amazon Prime Video reminds you both of the number of options available to watch on the platform, and also of how difficult it can be to actually pick something. One of the best ways to decide what to watch is to see which movies will be leaving the streamer soon. The Aviator is one of the great movies of the 2000s, and it's worth checking out before it leaves Prime Video. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, the legendary entrepreneur and filmmaker who dated many of the most famous women in the world in the 1930s and 40s, even as he grappled with severe OCD. Here are three reasons you should check it out: Recommended Videos We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+. It's the moment when Leonardo DiCaprio went from movie star to actor By the time we got to The Aviator, Leonardo DiCaprio was already one of the most famous men in Hollywood. He'd been in Titanic and he'd already worked with Martin Scorsese on Gangs of New York. The Aviator, though, is the moment when DiCaprio fully unlocked everything that he is capable of as an actor. It remains one of his very best performances. As Hughes, DiCaprio is both mannered and vulnerable, but the way he depicts Hughes's OCD never feels anything other than lived in and fully embodied. Hughes was a difficult man to understand, but in DiCapiro's hands, he feels like a complicated but ultimately coherent person. Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for a reason Playing one of the most decorated actresses in the history of Hollywood is no small task, but Cate Blanchett proved that she was more than up to it. She plays Katherine Hepburn, one of Hughes's love interests in the film. Calling her simply a love interest is a huge undersell, though. As Hepburn, Blanchett creates a fiery, independent woman who is driving the relationship far more than Hughes ever seems to be. Although she's not a perfect visual match for Hepburn (who obviously has a lengthy record of onscreen appearances), Blanchett is so precise in basically everything else that she justifiably won an Oscar for her performance. It covers a lot of time without ever feeling predictable One of the ultimate curses of the biopic is that they can feel incredibly safe, conventional, and boring. The Aviator is never that, though, in part because the man at its center was none of those things. This is a movie that covers a huge swath of Hughes's life, including a famous period where he locked himself in a screening room for weeks and began bottling his own urine, without ever seeming like a conventional biopic. Instead, The Aviator feels entirely distinct, a movie about a man so singular that, even if you try to make his life into a narrative, it's the kind of narrative that few other lives had. You can watch The Aviator on Amazon Prime Video.
The Sun
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Ray Winstone reignites feud with Hollywood legend calling him ‘very rude' and ‘up his own a**e'
RAY Winstone has reignited his ongoing feud with Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson - branding him "very rude" and "up his own a**e". The actor, 68, has had a 20-year feud with the Hollywood A-lister after the pair worked together on the Oscar-winning film The Departed back in 2006. 4 4 Ray appeared on Eamonn Holmes and Paul Coyte's podcast Things We Like with Eamonn & Paul, where discussed his feud with the star. Eamonn asked Ray if he liked Jack, to which the Sexy Beast actor replied: "No. We just didn't get on. I just found him... Listen, he's getting older, and maybe there are a lot of things going on with him. "I didn't like him, I thought he was so far up his own a**e it was unbelievable. And he was very rude. "He was very rude to me, he was rude to my wife, if he had been a younger man, I'd have definitely knocked him out." Despite not seeing eye-to-eye, Ray praised his talent in the industry. He said: "But you've got to give him because he's an older man, much older than me. "He's fantastic at what he does, brilliant at what he does. He's a great writer as well, by all accounts, at least that's what he kept telling us.' "But at the same time, I can't make an excuse for him. My grandfather was an old man, but he was a gentleman. He was a lovely man. 'So f**k him, basically. Really. Why should I say I like him? I don't. You ask me the question, you get the answer." The pair both starred in Martin Scorsese's Oscar -award winning movie about a mob boss. Ray has previously addressed his feud with Jack back in 2014 at the BAFTA Life In Pictures event in 2014. He said: "Me and Jack did not seem to get on too well. Maybe he was going through a funny time. "Everyone else loves him to death – I just wanted him to be a great guy. We just did not click." Ray later admitted that he had no idea why Jack did not warm to him and he admitted he disliked stars who were "arrogant". 'It doesn't worry me. It doesn't shock me. You clash a little bit. He's not the first person I've clashed with. He won't be the last," he said in an interview with The Independent. "I don't like arrogance. There's no need for it. This kind of feeling of being above everyone else. "We all end up in the same hole in the ground. "But some people have this smarmy little side mouth.... And there are different ways of dealing with that. "You either say your piece and tell them to shut the f**k up. Or you punch them in the mouth." Although they may have clashed, Ray insisted he would work with Jack again if the opportunity arose. He added: "Of course I want to work with him again! He's a fantastic actor." 4
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Fox Weather Taps Sponsors to Help Keep Viewers After Storms Pass
Fox Weather executives know the outlet's audience will tune in when severe conditions hit their region. Now they are working on ways to get them to stick around when conditions are calm. On Wednesday, the broadband outlet will feature a 'Beach House' scene sponsored by lifestyle fashion outlet Tommy Bahama, which is known for its summer clothes and beachwear. Viewers will get to see the retailer's flagship New York store. 'We are continuing to do the show we would have done in the studio,' says Jason Hermes, vice president of marketing and client partnership sales, during a recent interview. 'But we are doing it from a backdrop' that will put viewers in mind of kicking off the summer. More from Variety Martin Scorsese's 'The Saints' Gets Second Season at Fox Nation Let Us Pray: Fox News Opens Interactive Cathedral to Boost Martin Scorsese's 'Saints' Fox Nation Aims to Make Name in Faith-Based Programming With 'God. Family. Football.' This isn't Fox Weather's first foray into weaving advertisers into its programming. Earlier in the year, the outlet tapped outdoors retailer Eddie Bauer to sponsor 'Ski House' settings, and Hermes says there is an effort to focus on football tailgates in the fall that could use a central sponsor. At Fox Weather, part of Fox News Media, the new sponsored segments are seen as something that can keep viewers coming even when news isn't in breaking mode, which may contain worrisome images of severe weather. 'A lot of brands are very skeptical running commercials around news and not being able to control what's going on' says Hermes. 'But there are things we can control that are still editorially driven.' Fox Weather has placed new emphasis in recent months on retaining viewers who first visit due to breaking news, says Sharri Berg, president of the media outlet. The outlet keeps correspondents on the ground in areas affected by weather after winds and rains have stopped, she says, so they can tell the story of how communities rebuild. 'That's been a big differentiator for us,' she notes. 'We don't parachute in and leave.' Fox Weather launched in 2021, a bid to capture the interest of viewers as extreme weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes and heat spikes are projected to become more common. There are plenty of weather-news options for consumers, who have long been familiar with Allen Media's Weather Channel. Fox, however, built Fox Weather with modern media users in mind; the service is available on outlets ranging from YouTube TV to Amazon Fire, as well as a mobile app. At times, Fox Weather is simulcast on Fox-owned TV stations and even Fox Business and Fox News. Neither Tommy Bahama or Eddie Bauer is the biggest of video advertisers, but the four-year-old Fox Weather captured the interest of marketing executives by offering to align their messages with seasonal events to help drive sales. Media outlets that have yet to reach full maturity often have the capacity to test things for sponsors that more established venues would not. In 2005, for example, a cable network once known as VH1 Classic hooked consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble by letting it run both vintage and modern adds for its Pepto-Bismol during a program that featured both old and current videos from pop musicians. The network, then owned by Viacom, let kosher foods manufacturer Manischewitz sponsor a Passover-themed program that featured Jewish rock stars sitting around a Passover Seder table. The early days of a media outlet can often be the ones when longstanding advertising alliances are formed. Marketers who get in early with nascent media properties can often win favorable rates or hard-to-secure integrations, and a relationship built in the first years of existence can develop into something bigger as time marches on. Fox Weather's Hermes says he had a long list of potential clients to call for the Summer House concept. Tommy Bahama was the first. By the time he had finished making an initial outreach to one of the company's marketing executives, he says, he knew he wouldn't have to call anyone else. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar
