Classic Catskills: Finding ways to preserve the heritage of the Catskills
In the '50s and early '60s, the Catskills were one of America's top entertainment hot spots, at least on a par with their glitzy cousins.
View ArticleTen Of The Best Quentin Tarantino Movie Soundtrack Songs
Let's forget the controversy for a minute. In Django Unchained , Quentin Tarantino has managed to assemble another top draw soundtrack; established names like Ennio Morricone are including, as past and...
View ArticleFriday's openings: Beyond the 'Galaxy'
Following Scarlett Johansson 's transition into the Internet - setting her up for, hmmm, her role in "Her" ? - sci-fi of sort continues as a theme this week in the nation's theaters.
View ArticleJames Brown biopic 'Get On Up' revels in drama and dance moves
At first Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer thought she was seeing early concert footage of James Brown but then was told it was a screen test by Chadwick Boseman to play the "Godfather of Soul" in...
View ArticleGet On Up: Jennifer Hudson, Questlove + More Of Your Favorites...
The long-awaited James Brown biopic Get On Up explores the late Godfather of Soul's legacy that continues to influence hip-hop, R&B, funk, and nearly every other musical genre to this day.
View ArticleReview: Boseman drips with charisma as James Brown
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman in a scene from "Get On Up."
View ArticleGet On Line: Pluto.TV To Stream James Brown '60s Videos On Biopic's Debut...
Online video site Pluto.TV will launch a James Brown-focused channel, streaming for free his classic 1960s-era live performances and timed with the Friday debut of " Get On Up ," a biopic about the...
View ArticleThis week's new movies: 'Boyhood,' 'Magic in the...
Trailer: 'Get on Up': 'Get on Up' offers a fun, fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of James Brown.
View Article5 Ways James Brown Made An Impact On American Culture
As James Brown's highly anticipated biopic, " Get On Up," is set to hit theaters this Friday, The Godfather Of Soul's legacy still persists eight years after his death.
View ArticleJanelle Monae is ready for change
In a span of 13 days, the 28-year-old R&B singer/songwriter covered James Brown with Stevie Wonder in Los Angeles, opened for comedian Dave Chappelle in New York and spent Fourth of July on stage...
View ArticleJill Scott on Playing James Brown's Abused Wife: 'She Loved Him Completely'
Behind every good man is a good woman. James Brown, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, might have agreed.
View ArticleGet On Up is an inspired James Brown biopic
He couldn't have known it at the time, but James Brown's debut recording and first chart hit - made in 1956 with the Famous Flames - is a question that contains its own answer.
View ArticleGetting James Brown
The tricky business of making movies about real-life musicians tends to best succeed in flicks about great performers or composers who died far too young.
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Reaganite. Al Sharpton mentor. Strom Thurmond worshipper. The soul-funk innovator had some complex and bizarre political views.
View ArticleHow James Brown Helped a Fledgling Reporter Turn It Loose
The day before James Brown answered the door at his home in Beech Island, South Carolina in the summer of 2003, reporter Karen Fragala Smith had valiantly rustled up bus fare.
View ArticleJames Brown Killed Dumb Biopics: Why the Messy Get On Up Gets It Right
James Brown stripped pop to its rhythmic essentials: the groove and the grunt, the bridge, and the scream.
View ArticleChadwick Boseman brings on the funk as James Brown in 'Get on Up'
Still, he agreed to play James Brown in the biopic of the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, "Get on Up."
View ArticleAiken man recalls performing with James Brown
Staff photo by Derrek Asberry Aiken resident John Winfield points himself out in a picture he took with James Brown back in the 1960s.
View ArticleMovies at a glance
The Marvel Comics space superhero team comes to the screen, starring Chris Pratt as the pilot leading a squad of misfits, including a talking raccoon .
View ArticleAloe Blacc Explains Why He Didn't Receive Billing For Avicii's Hit 'Wake Me Up'
Before Aloe Blacc was acting in the new James Brown biopic "Get On Up," he both wrote and provided vocals for the ubiquitous 2013 EDM song "Wake Me Up."
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