TV/Film
‘The Boys’ Take Entire Top Five of September 2020’s Top TV Songs Chart
It’s followed by a pair of Billy Joel songs (“We Didn’t Start the Fire”; No. 2, 7.3 million streams, 3,000 downloads, and “Pressure”; No. 4, 844,000 streams, 2,000 downloads), The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” (No. 3, 5.2 million streams, 2,000 downloads) and Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” (No. 5, 2.9 million streams, 2,000 downloads). Billie Eilish’s “Listen Before I Go” is the first song on the chart not from The Boys (and recorded in the last few decades), coming in at No. 6 (7.6 million streams) after being heard in the third episode of the third season of Netflix’s Baby (Sept. 16). See the full top 10, which also features entries from The 100, P-Valley and Power Book II, below. Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)1. “Dream On,” Aerosmith, The Boys (Amazon)2. ...
Hollywood’s New American Legion Drive-In Books Stevie Nicks Concert Doc
“We are absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to screen this epic concert film,” enthused Post 43 theater director Bill Steele. “The boutique setting of our drive-in will enhance the on-screen concert experience.” Post 43 is both a historic, private clubhouse for local veterans in the heart of Hollywood and home to a newly remodeled, state-of-the-art, 6,000 sq.-ft. cinema with seating for 482 guests. When the pandemic forced the closure of the theater, the Legion’s internal theater team proposed moving the theater operations outdoors and was supported by the club’s leadership, who saw an opportunity to serve the greater film community of Los Angeles. 24 Karat Gold film features a set list of fan favorite Nicks songs from her solo career and as a member of Fleetwood Mac inc...
Cecily Strong, Kristen Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit & More Set For Apple Musical Comedy Series
Apple has set a star-studded cast for a musical comedy series starring Saturday Night Live regular Cecily Strong. The untitled show (formerly known as Schmigadoon) comes from writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, executive producer Lorne Michaels and Universal Television. The cast alongside Strong will include Keegan-Michael Key, Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen, Kristen Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, Dove Cameron, Ariana DeBose, Jaime Camil, Jane Krakowski and Ann Harada. The series follows a couple (Strong and Key) on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate their relationship when they discover a magical town in which everyone acts as if they’re in a musical from the 1940s. They then discover that they can’t leave until they find “true love.” It’s sch...
Boughs of Dolly: The Country Icon Will Star in & Produce Christmas Movie For Netflix
Christine Baranski and Jenifer Lewis star with Parton in ‘Christmas on the Square.’ Dolly Parton and Netflix are extending their working relationship. The country music icon will star in and executive produce a musical holiday movie for the streamer called Christmas on the Square. The movie, which also stars Christine Baranski, Jenifer Lewis, Treat Williams and Jeanine Mason and is directed by Debbie Allen (Grey’s Anatomy), is set to premiere Nov. 22. The release date for the movie is exactly one year after Netflix debuted Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings, an anthology series based on Parton’s songs. One of the eight installments, “These Old Bones,” earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding TV movie earlier this year. The It’s a Won...
Miranda July & Emile Mosseri Break Down the Lush, Romantic ‘Kajillionaire’ Score
It’s hard to say what a ‘typical’ movie plot for offbeat auteur Miranda July might be, but it still comes as a bit of a surprise that the latest offering from the writer/director of such Criterion-approved fare as Me You and Everyone We Know and The Future is a film about a family. Then again, Kajillionaire stars a different kind of kin: a trio of emotionally stunted con artists intent on maintaining an off-the-grid, glamor-free existence. Shifting between depictions of parent-child disagreements (relatable!) and scenes about robbing the terminally ill (less relatable!), Kajillionaire is a delicate, deft balancing act; it’s hard to imagine anyone without July’s distinctive vision and exacting attention to nuanced performances — the chemistry of discomfor...
Shawn Mendes Partnering With Toronto Film Festival For Changemaker Award, Will Perform at 2020 Ceremony
Shawn Mendes will perform at the virtual prize-giving. Olivia Colman, Ava DuVernay, Colin Farrell, Jodie Foster are set to introduce prize-winners at the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards on Sept. 15, Toronto Film Festival organizers said Wednesday (Sept. 9). Canadian pop sensation Shawn Mendes will perform as part of TIFF’s celebrity-driven awards show, which is to air on the CTV network countrywide and stream online. Other presenters set for the TIFF Tribute Awards include Regina King, Delroy Lindo and Bollywood star Tabu, while Chloe Wilde and Tyrone Edwards will host the kudosfest. This year’s honorees will include Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, directors Chloe Zhao, Mira Nair and Tracey Deer and Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard. After the coronavirus pandemic ended plans f...
Halsey to Star Alongside Sydney Sweeney in New TV Series
The project marks a reunion for the duo following the singer’s ‘Graveyard’ music video. Halsey and Sydney Sweeney are getting back together. Halsey has been tapped to make her acting debut and star alongside Euphoria‘s Sweeney in TV series The Player’s Table, based on author Jessica Goodman’s novel They Wish They Were Us. Halsey will also produce the series, which does not yet have a network. From Jean-Marc Vallee and Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose, Endeavor Content and Sweeney’s newly launched Fifty-Fifty Films banner, the drama is set at an exclusive Long Island prep school and revolves around high school senior Jill Newman (Sweeney) who works to uncover the truth about her best friend’s death three years ago and the role ...
They’ll Probably Never Make A ‘Midnight Sun’ Movie, But We’ve Dreamt Up the Soundtrack Just in Case
By now, you’ve had a little over a week to dive into Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun, the long-awaited companion novel to 2005’s Twilight. And if you’re like us, then you’re already foaming at the mouth for a feature film starring everyone’s favorite sparkling vampires. The Twilight franchise is also known for its stellar soundtracks, which, after the first film, featured all-original songs recorded just for the movies. Like the Twilight soundtrack, it stands to reason that a Midnight Sun soundtrack could feature a combination of existing and original songs, so we’ve imagined what that could look like. Also, while series stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have been outspoken about their distaste for the films over the years, we will remind you that Pattinson seems to hav...
‘Project Power’ Stars Jamie Foxx, MGK & Chika Urge America to Stand Behind Black Women
On Monday (Aug. 3), Billboard caught up with Jamie Foxx, Machine Gun Kelly and Chika for a Netflix roundtable discussion about their upcoming film, Project Power. Set to be released Aug. 14, Project Power is an action/adventure about an ex-soldier (Foxx), teenager (Dominique Fishback) and cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) forming a formidable trio to search for the source behind a dangerous pill plowing through the streets of New Orleans. If taken, the capsule will enable users to have superpowers for five minutes. During the discussion, Foxx, Chika and MGK each spoke on a poignant line delivered in the film by Foxx’s character to Robin — the movie’s protagonist played by Fishback — about Black women learning to overcome the system and maneuver with vigor. Chika, who has ...
2020 Emmy Nominations: See the Full List
The nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning (July 28) by former Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones, who was joined, virtually, by Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany. This year’s ceremony will be reimagined as a socially distanced event due to the production restrictions imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. HBO’s dystopian graphic novel adaptation Watchmen topped all nominees with 26 nods, followed by Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (20), Netflix’s Ozark (18) and HBO’s Succession (18), while Disney+ got into the game in its first year with the Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian tying Saturday Night Live and the final season of Schitt’s Creek with 15 each. Netflix set a record with the mos...
‘Hamilton’ Hits No. 2 on Billboard 200, Is Highest-Charting Cast Album Since 1969
Set also captures biggest streaming week ever for a cast album. The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical surges to a new peak on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set vaults from No. 14 to No. 2 in the wake of the show’s Disney+ premiere on July 3. The album earned 102,000 equivalent album units (up 294 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending July 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of that sum, 32,000 are in album sales (up 592 percent). The last cast recording to reach the top two on the chart was the original cast album of Hair, which spent 13 weeks at No. 1 in 1969. The Hamilton album is basking in the glow of the Disney+ streaming premiere of the filmed version of the Broadway stage show, with most of the original Broadway cast. T...
‘American Idol’ Alum Chris Sligh Has COVID-19
Chris Sligh, a finalist in season six of American Idol, is battling with COVID-19-related pneumonia. The contemporary Christian singer on Monday posted a picture of himself appearing unwell in a medical facility, with the caption, “My world right now. Covid suuuuucks.” His condition hasn’t improved. “I’ll try to reach out to as many people as I can individually, but publicly let me say thank you for the prayers & kind words,” he writes in a new Instagram post. “I have Covid that has devolved into pneumonia. Breathing without pain or coughing is difficult & I didn’t get much sleep last night, but hopefully the antibiotics do their work fast.” Thanks to his deep run in the 2007 season of Idol, Sligh has enjoyed a notable chart career. His album Empty Me from 2008 peaked at No. 9 on t...
