Edward Norton To Play Pete Seeger In James Mangold’s Bob Dylan Pic ‘A Complete Unknown’ As Benedict Cumberbatch Departs Due To Scheduling

Bob Marley: One Love, the long-awaited biopic about the reggae icon, has finally arrived in UK cinemas today (February 14), but which of the great artist’s songs are included in the film? British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders, One Night in Miami) plays Marley, with Lashana Lynch (No Time to Die, Captain Marvel) taking the role of his wife Rita and James Norton (Happy Valley, Grantchester) playing Island Records boss Chris Blackwell. The film has been made in partnership with Marley’s family, and is directed by King Richard’s Reinaldo Marcus Green.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Roses are red, violets are blue, two new movies will open in theaters on Valentine’s Day, but neither are expected to break through. Paramount’s musical biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” is projected to collect $30 million to $35 million between Wednesday and President’s Day on Monday. Those ticket sales should be enough to lead over Sony’s comic book adventure “Madame Web,” which looks to generate $22 million to $25 million during the same six-day period.

As you might expect, there are a lot of people anticipating the release of Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic, simply titled “Michael.” Is it going to be a warts and all look into the life of one of the most famous pop stars to ever live? Or perhaps it’s going to be more like “Bohemian Rhapsody” (it shares the same producer) and present a more family-friendly look at his life? Continue reading ‘Michael’ First Look: Here’s Jaafar Jackson Playing The Iconic Michael Jackson In Antoine Fuqua’s Biopic at The Playlist.

Since first shooting to fame in the 1990s, singer and songwriter Gabrielle has been delighting audiences around the world with her stellar vocals and distinctive stage presence, with fans once again being treated to her phenomenal voice during this week’s Graham Norton Show. The 54 year old star is best known to fans for her iconic track Dreams, which topped the UK singles chart when it was first released back in 1993, however it was her 2000 classic Out of Reach, which featured in Bridget Jones’ Diary, which truly catapulted her to global stardom.

James Norton and Imogen Poots have seemingly called time on their romance, after seven years together.The Happy Valley actor, 38, recently made a solo appearance at the Jamaica, LA and London premieres of the film Bob Marley: One Love, in which he plays Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. It's since emerged that the pair have unfollowed one another on social media, with the Daily Mail reporting that they parted ways just before Christmas after "growing apart." They were last seen in public together in March 2023 when Imogen, 34, supported James on the opening night of A Little Life, the stage adaptation of the Hanya Yanagihara novel of the same name. OK! have contacted representatives for James Norton and Imogen Poots.

Brenda Edwards has had to deal with huge personal tragedy, but despite her heartache the Loose Women panellist is rarely seen on the ITV show without her winning smile. It’s almost two years since she lost her son, influential music entrepreneur Jamal, who passed away at the age of 31, and almost nine years since her shock diagnosis with breast cancer.Thankfully, she got the all-clear in 2016, after six months of chemotherapy and a mastectomy. And although Brenda tells us that she has had to “smile in the face of adversity” since she was little, the 54-year-old singer and presenter tells us how great she’s feeling at the moment.

Elbow performed their new single ‘Lovers’ Leap’ live on The Graham Norton Show last night (January 26) – check out the footage below.The Manchester band returned this week (January 25) with news of their new album, with ‘Lovers’ Leap’ acting as the lead single.The album is called ‘AUDIO VERTIGO’, their 10th studio record, and it will be released on March 22 via Polydor/Geffen. Pre-order/pre-save the album here.Speaking on social media, the band’s lead singer Guy Garvey discussed the origins of the new single, writing: “‘Lover’s Leap’ began with a leap of faith from Pete Turner and Alex Reeves, Elbow’s rhythm section.

Kacey Musgraves has released a cover of Bob Marley’s ‘Three Little Birds’, which is set to feature in the upcoming biopic about the reggae icon. Listen to the track below.The reverb-heavy acoustic version of the track is one of six covers of Marley songs that will accompany the film’s release, with the other artists including Leon Bridges, Daniel Caesar, Skip Marley and Wizkid.‘Three Little Birds’ was first released on Bob Marley & The Wailers’ 1977 album ‘Exodus’, later reaching the Top 20 in 1980 as a single.Listen to Musgraves’ version of the song below.The feature length biopic about the reggae icon, titled Bob Marley: One Love, is due to be released in UK cinemas on February 14, 2024, with British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders, One Night in Miami) playing the musician.The film has been made in partnership with Marley’s family, and also stars James Norton, Lashana Lynch and Tosin Cole.

It's hard to imagine your favourite soap star played by anyone else. By now you will have got used to their ways of talking, acting and have them fully integrated into that character's way of life - but imagine if someone else had bagged the role instead? Whether it be on the Square or the cobbles, Stacey Slater played by Lacey Turner and Sarah Platt played by Tina O'Brien just makes sense.

“We Are the World,” the historic 1985 charity single — where even Bob Dylan was intimidated by the star-studded session.Surrounded by everyone from Ray Charles, Diana Ross and Paul Simon to Tina Turner, Willie Nelson and Billy Joel, the Bard was clearly out of sorts — and out of his element.But it took one particular legend to help another one find his solo mojo.“The secret agent to help him get comfortable was Stevie Wonder,” says David Breskin — one of two journalists invited by producer Quincy Jones to cover the momentous occasion — in the documentary. “Stevie is an insanely great mimic,” continues Breskin, explaining how the R&B master used his special talents to help the folk god: “Stevie sang it ventriloquially in Dylan’s voice.”It’s a dead-on impression that impresses even Dylan, who — in the only time the room is cleared to give one artist his space — finally nails his part.Such is the spirit of unity that — against all odds and egos — pulled together the recording of “We Are the World” on Jan.

Edward Norton has been tapped to play the role of veteran folk singer Pete Seeger in the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown.Originally, the role of Seeger was meant to be played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who according to a Deadline Hollywood report, had to drop out of the project over scheduling conflicts. In his stead, Norton will now join the cast to play the folk musician.The film – which has long been in the works – will star Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan and Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, with James Mangold directing.

Bob Dylan is 10 Grammys, a Pulitzer and a Nobel Peace Prize into his 65-year (and counting!) career.Yet, he’s showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.The 82-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee just announced he’ll make like a rolling stone and hit the road yet again this spring as part of his ongoing ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour.’This time around, the “Hurricane” singer will play 12 concerts from March 1-18 in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.And while it hasn’t been confirmed whether or not these are the final shows of the ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour’ — the tour announcement poster teases that it runs from 2021-24 — we do know that no other dates have been announced as of now.If you want to see Dylan possibly for the last time, you can grab tickets for his brief spring run as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan.

With Benedict Cumberbatch leaving Searchlight Picture‘s “A Complete Unknown” due to scheduling conflicts, James Mangold needed a new actor to play musician Pete Seeger. It sounds like he found one, as Deadline reports Edward Norton will replace Cumberbatch as the folk singer one production starts in NYC this summer.

“We Are the World” was a once-in-a-generation meeting of musical giants when it was recorded Jan. 28, 1985 — and released two months later on March 7 — to benefit African famine relief.Anyone who was anyone in music at that moment — a who’s who of legends, including everyone from Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Bob Dylan to Billy Joel, Tina Turner and Bruce Springsteen — showed up to support the cause.Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and ’80s hitmaker Michael Omartian, the single sold a whopping 20 million copies.

Benedict Fitzgerald, best known as the screenwriter of The Passion of the Christ, died at home in Marsala, Sicily after a long illness on January 17, 2024. He was 74 and no cause of death was given by his family.

Reality Winner is probably better known in Europe than the U.S., thanks in part to Tina Satter’s extraordinary arthouse film Reality (2023), which dramatized the 25-year-old Texan translator’s arrest in 2017 using the verbatim transcripts of her interactions with the FBI. Winner, a funny and surprisingly powerful biopic directed and co-written by Susanna Fogel, will go quite a long way towards raising her profile back home.

It all started with dim sum, said Da’Vine Joy Randolph. It ended with knives pulled, screaming, and a near-death feeling.

Prime Video‘s untitled The Terminal List prequel/Ben Edwards origin series, headlined and executive produced by Taylor Kitsch, is untitled no more.

EXCLUSIVE: Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County playwright Tracy Letts has signed with UTA for representation in all areas, the agency said today.

Is there anything Jodie Comer can’t do? We’re beginning to doubt it after seeing the actress’s emotionally-charged performance in her latest film The End We Start From. In an apocalyptic story of survival, Jodie plays a mother fleeing a flooded London with her newborn baby.