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NZ Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Jamie Lee Curtis suffers backlash after interrupting awards show hosts
Jamie Lee Curtis appeared to be genuinely telling off the hosts of an awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Photo / Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech. Jamie Lee Curtis appeared to be genuinely telling off the hosts of an awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Photo / Hollywood actor Jamie Lee Curtis is copping a backlash online for her strange outburst on the red carpet at a recent awards show – seemingly unaware that she was dressing down her hosts for the evening. Curtis was a guest at the recent Las Culturistas Culture Awards at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The tongue-in-cheek pop culture-themed awards (some sample categories: the Woman of a Certain Age Award and Best Title for the Next Bridget Jones) are the brainchild of comedians and podcasters Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. The pair were on the red carpet outside the Orpheum, answering some questions for media outlet Vulture, which had asked them to recite some iconic movie lines into the camera. Saturday Night Live star Yang was giving it his best Julia Roberts as Erin Brokovich, delivering the line 'I'm not talkin' to you, b****!', when suddenly Curtis appeared beside them, interrupting the vox pop and looking agitated. 'We're quoting Julia Roberts,' Rogers explained, perhaps worried Curtis had thought that particular quote was directed at her.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Minneapolis Utopia: David Byrne heads to the Orpheum Theatre this fall
Minneapolis Utopia: David Byrne heads to the Orpheum Theatre this fall originally appeared on Bring Me The News. For the first time in seven years, David Byrne is releasing new music. The legendary Talking Heads singer will follow 2018's American Utopia with a new 12-track album, Who Is the Sky?, which will be accompanied by a tour that brings him and a large ensemble to the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis on Nov. 3 and 4. He last passed through the Twin Cities on the American Utopia tour, playing the same downtown Minneapolis theater for a tour that later became a Broadway musical and a Spike Lee-directed concert film as well. The new album was recorded with the New York-based chamber music ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra, which also arranged the music. Who Is the Sky? also features appearances from Paramore's Hayley Williams, Smile drummer Tom Skinner, and St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, with whom Byrne released a collaborative album in 2012. This go-round, the 73-year-old singer will perform with a 16-piece ensemble that includes musicians, singers, and dancers, some of whom were part of his American Utopia band. Similar to that tour, the announcement says that the performers "will be mobile throughout the set." The first taste of Who Is the Sky? was shared last week in a video for the anthemic "Everybody Laughs." A new music video of the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer," starring Saoirse Ronan, was also recently released to celebrate the Talking Heads' 50th anniversary. Byrne's tour begins in September, passes through the Twin Cities in October, and will head to Australia, New Zealand, and Europe in 2026. Outside of Minneapolis, the tour's only other Upper Midwest pit stops are an Oct. 25 show at the Fox Theatre in Detroit and a three-night stand at The Auditorium in Chicago, beginning on Oct. 28. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 13. A presale begins on Tuesday through the list on Byrne's story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 10, 2025, where it first appeared.
CBC
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Vancouver show hopes to bridge the worlds of symphony and video games
An upcoming Vancouver concert will feature a symphony orchestra performing music from some of the world's most popular video games — and the orchestra's conductor wants to make new fans of symphonic music in the process. Game On! will see the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra take on music from megahit games like The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Civilization, Assassin's Creed and more at the Orpheum Theatre on June 11. Conductor Andy Brick says that back when he first started working with symphony orchestras to perform music from video games in 2003, the idea was a novelty. Brick says he was the first to conduct such a concert in the West, with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig, Germany — and admits many of his musicians, at first, expressed skepticism over being asked to play music from video games. "The minute we started — you know, the hall is sold out, was packed — the audience went crazy. It was almost like being at a rock concert," he told CBC News. "I think that's one of the really special things about video games, is that the audience connection to the music is quite different than what I think orchestras typically experience with their audiences." Brick says he hopes his Vancouver show can serve as a bridge to the world of symphonic music, especially for younger people. The composer also hopes to convince regular symphony listeners of the value of video game music, which one academic says has deep emotional resonance for gamers. "You're connecting to the music on the musical level, but you're also connecting to it on a physical, interactive level," Brick said. "When you get into the concert hall, when you hear this music, you're having a connection not just with the music, but you're having this visceral connection again," he added. "So I think there's a lot of physicality." 'Powerful resonance' Composer, percussionist and music educator Aidan Gold has written about how classical musicians respond to each other and improvise — likening it to a quasi-theatrical experience or even playing a game together. The composer from Seattle said that playing video games is often a long-form experience that's deeply personal, where a player engages with a game that responds to them in turn. "As a result, you can sort of connect very deeply with certain aspects of it, including the music, which ... forms, like, a powerful resonance" he said. "Then, whenever you hear it, especially in a new venue like the concert hall, that can often provoke a very communal reaction because you're connecting with all of these other people who may also have had that experience." Brick says audiences for his video-game-based symphony orchestra performances have tended to skew younger than usual — and as video games mature as a medium, the audience has grown up with them. He says condensing video game music into a symphonic performance can be challenging, given how music within games changes dynamically in response to the player, and composers often have to create a suite of tracks that evokes a particular game. "It's a music which ... speaks more to the atmosphere and the emotional content of the game than it does to a specific storyline," he said. "Because the specific storyline can change." Brick says he wants to convince regular symphony listeners of the value of video game music, especially given that many video game composers are classically trained. It's a feeling Gold shares, saying that having a symphony orchestra perform video game music has the potential to appeal to both new and old fans of symphonic music. "People who don't think so much about video games, or interactive structures, might see these concepts of video game music and be inspired to think more about like, 'OK, how is music like a game? How ... do these communal experiences work?'" Gold said.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
David Sedaris, aka Crumpet the Elf, will bring live show to Minneapolis and Duluth
David Sedaris, aka Crumpet the Elf, will bring live show to Minneapolis and Duluth originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Dress the family in corduroy and denim; David Sedaris is coming to Minneapolis and Duluth. The humorist and author will head to the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Minneapolis on Oct. 20 for An Evening with David Sedaris. The night before, he'll bring the same show to the NorShor Theatre in Duluth. Known for appearances on NPR and best-selling books like Me Talk Pretty One Day and Holidays on Ice, he'll bring his expansive tour through a big chunk of the Upper Midwest, including stops in Des Moines, Milwaukee, Viroqua, Madison, and Green Bay. Tickets to see the author formerly known as Crumpet the Elf will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, June story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
Engadget
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
How to watch the Death Stranding 2 premiere event at Summer Game Fest
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach technically launches on June 26, but you'll be able to get an early look at the game and hear from a panel of people who worked on it thanks to a newly announced event that will close out Summer Game Fest on June 8. The "Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Game Premiere" will be hosted by Geoff Keighley and feature live gameplay of the upcoming game, alongside a panel discussion with Hideo Kojima and other talent who worked on it. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach picks up after the events of the first Death Stranding, following Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus) as he's drawn back into the world of schlepping things by Fragile (Léa Seydoux). Based on recent trailers, the sequel appears to build on the traversal challenges of the original, with new types of terrain and weather to navigate and new tools at Sam's disposal to make it easier. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. You can attend in-person at the Orpheum Theatre on June 8 at 10PM ET / 7PM PT by registering for tickets online. The event will also stream live on YouTube for anyone who's not able to make the trek to Los Angeles to attend. This premiere event kicks-off a world tour — appropriately titled the "Death Stranding World Strand Tour 2" — promoting Death Stranding 2: On the Beach leading up to the game's launch and extending well beyond it. A24 and Kojima Productions also recently announced that the film adaptation of Death Stranding will be written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, the director behind A Quiet Place: Day One and Pig. Considering the bromance / business partnership Kojima and Keighley have maintained over the last few years, it's not at all surprising they're teaming up to promote the new Death Stranding. Of course, the event is just one of several livestreams that will pad out Summer Game Fest 2025, which includes the Keighley-hosted Summer Game Fest Live, and more intriguing games showcases like Day of the Devs and the Devolver Direct.
