Love, Simon is a story about a closeted teen in high school falling in love through online correspondence and is the next great coming-of-age film.
The cast, including Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, and Alexandra Shipp, sat down with director Greg Berlanti to share advice on coming out and standing up to bullies.
Widely recognized as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. Hendrix’s innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form.
But try and find video of Jimi playing an acoustic guitar is a rare thing, indeed. Here’s a cool video of him performing Hear My Train Comin’ and Hound Dog
The Wu-Tang Clan teamed up with StockX for Charity Rules Everything Around Me, a cool raffle where all proceeds will be used to help children in communities that need our help. The pieces are clothes, shoes and gear that have been used, signed or both by the members of the group. Go here to get tickets.
From David Letterman’s morning show on June 26, 1980, here’s the first installment of his Stupid Pet Tricks segment. Remember, this is only an exhibition, this is not a competition, so please: No wagering.
Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity, the new Netflix comedy special launching April 6th, filmed in Los Angeles last night at the Hollywood Palladium. This is Seth and his wife Lauren’s sixth annual Hilarity for Charity event – this will be the first time that the event will be broadcast.
Netflix announced the all-star guest lineup for Seth’s upcoming Netflix special, Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity, earlier this week. Seth Rogen and friends combine stand-up, sketches and music into an outrageous comedy special that could only come from the mind of Seth. Tiffany Haddish, Sarah Silverman, Michelle Wolf, John Mulaney, Michael Che, Michael J. Fox, David Chang, Ike Barinholtz, Chelsea Peretti, The Muppets, Kumail Nanjiani, Jon Lovitz, Jeff Goldblum, Sacha Baron Cohen, Nick Kroll, Post Malone, Chris Hardwick, and Craig Robinson & The Nasty Delicious all star.
Check out this video of Tom Green and a local high school dance team creating one of the first flash mobs back in 1994.
Porcapizza can likely walk into a music store and buy any instrument he’d like, just like most of us. But oh, no, why would he do that? In this video, he plays unconventional, homemade instruments, like a tennis racket guitar, a typewriter and Pringles for a rhythm section, and a piano made from knives. Here, he performs a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Foxy Lady on stuff you can use, including an old telephone for a microphone.
Vanity Fair asked Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, and Anders Holm to give a business presentation with absolutely no preparation. They have never seen these PowerPoint slides.
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today honoured and recognized the achievements of the Canadian music industry at the 2018 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards presented by SOCAN. Hosted by CBC q’s Tom Power at the Vancouver Convention Centre, the exclusive ceremony honoured artists and industry leaders with 36 JUNO Awards and four special achievement awards.
In recognition of Gord Downie’s moving tribute to friends and family, Introduce Yerself, the former Tragically Hip frontman was awarded Songwriter of the Year (presented by SOCAN) with collaborator Kevin Drew, as well as Adult Alternative Album of the Year. A tribute to the legend is scheduled for the JUNO Awards broadcast Sunday.
The evening celebrated the longstanding achievements of world-renowned, Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall, who took home statuettes for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year and Jack Richardson Producer of the Year. The BC native will take the stage tomorrow evening, giving a performance from her award-winning album, Turn Up The Quiet.
First-time winners took the spotlight, receiving more than half the evening’s awards (20 of the 36 awards). Alvvays (Alternative Album of the Year Sponsored by Long & McQuade), Anciients (Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year), Barbara Hannigan (Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral), Do Make Say Think (Instrumental Album of the Year), Ivan Decker (Comedy Album of the Year Sponsored by SiriusXM Canada), James Barker Band (Country Album of the Year), Jan Lisiecki (Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble), Janina Fialkowska (Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber), Jocelyn Morlock (Classical Composition of the Year), Kendrick Lamar (International Album of the Year), Kirk Diamond (Reggae Recording of the Year), Kobo Town (World Music Album of the Year), Nick Fiorucci (Dance Recording of the Year), Marianne Collins with Ian Ilavsky and Steve Farmer (Album Artwork of the Year), Rezz (Electronic Album of the Year), Riley Bell (Recording Engineer of the Year), The Beaches (Breakthrough Group of the Year Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters), The Color (Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year), The Dead South (Traditional Roots Album of the Year) and The Glorious Sons (Rock Album of the Year) all took home their first JUNO statuettes.
Additional highlights of the evening include the presentation of four special awards: The Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, presented by Jann Arden to broadcast trailblazer and fearless music industry veteran Denise Donlon for her significant role in shaping the Canadian music scene and paving a path for success for women in the industry.  The International Achievement Award, given to Arcade Fire in recognition of the band’s tremendous global success. The band joins a prestigious group of recipients including Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan and Drake. The Humanitarian Award handed out to Gary Slaight for his devotion to Canadian music, emerging Canadian artists, and his ongoing philanthropic support of health care, social service, culture and at-risk youth at home and abroad. Lastly, the MusiCounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award was presented by the Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation to Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy for his extraordinary impact on music education.
The night featured captivating performances by 2018 JUNO nominees Clairmont The Second (Rap Recording of the Year), Iskwé (Indigenous Music Album of the Year sponsored by APTN), James Barker Band (Breakthrough Group of the Year Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and Country Album of the Year), Terra Lightfoot (Adult Alternative Album of the Year) and one of the 2018 Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class winners, Caveboy.
The JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards presented by SOCAN kicked off the awards weekend. The 47th annual JUNO Awards will air live on Sunday, March 25, at Rogers Arena, broadcast live nationwide at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET on CBC, CBC Radio and globally on cbcmusic.ca/junos.
Since the release of the first Star Wars movie 40 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic musical scores composed by John Williams.
On May 4th, Walt Disney Records is set to release the original motion picture soundtracks for the first six Star Wars films: A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005). With scores composed and conducted by Academy Award®-winning composer John Williams, each album has been remastered, features new artwork and a collectible mini-poster. The soundtracks were reconstructed from new hi-resolution (24/192) transfers supervised by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound. In addition to physical, each soundtrack is also available digitally.
John Williams is well known for scoring all eight of the Star Wars saga films to date, beginning with 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope for which he earned an Academy Award® for Best Original Score. His score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was nominated for an Oscar® and most recently, Star Wars: The Last Jedi received an Oscar nomination.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and 23 Grammy Awards. With 51 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the Academy’s most nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in history, after Walt Disney. In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams’ score to 1977’s Star Wars as the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to Star Wars also was preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry, for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl’s Hall of Fame in 2000, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. Williams has composed the scores for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation).
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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