EXCLUSIVE: Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) and Sonita Henry (Krypton) are joining the cast of Black Cake, Hulu’s drama from Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.
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Joni Mitchell took the stage at Rhode Island’s Newport Folk Festival on Sunday for a surprise set. It was her first full performance since 2000 and her first appearance at the festival since 1969.
The Laurel Canyon luminary turned avid experimentalist played a career-spanning, 13-song set that included two tracks each from her three seminal early-’70s albums — Ladies of the Canyon, Blue, and Court and Spark — as well as one song from 1976’s Hejira (her first significant step toward jazz), one from 1991’s Night Ride Home, and one from her most recent record, 2007’s Shine. She also covered George Gershwin’s “Summertime,” Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers’ “Why Do Fools Fall in Love,” and The Searchers’ “Love Potion No.
9,” and played a rendition of “Both Sides Now” — a song she wrote for Judy Collins in the late ’60s and iconically re-recorded in 2000 as the title track of her 17th studio LP. A highlight of the show came when she rose from her chair to play the guitar solo from Court and Spark cut “Just Like This Train.” Brandi Carlile joined Mitchell on stage for her entire performance — later dubbed “Joni Jam,” the show was originally billed as “Brandi Carlile and Friends” — and other prominent artists made surprise appearances throughout the set.
Blake Mills, Taylor Goldsmith, Marcus Mumford, and Wynonna Judd all came out to support the 78-year-old legend. Mitchell performed two songs in April of this year at MusiCares’ annual Person of the Year benefit gala after accepting the honor from the Recording Academy.
Prior to that event, she’d only played three brief, impromptu sets — one in 2002 and two in 2013 — since retiring from touring in 2000. In 2015, she was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital in critical condition after
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Former EastEnders star Samantha Womack has told fans she is fighting cancer following the tragic death of Olivia Newton-John. The actress, who was much loved by fans for playing Ronnie Mitchell in the BBC One soap, shared a picture alongside Olivia, whose passing was announced on Monday night (August 8).
Former EastEnders' star Samantha Womack has told fans she has cancer.
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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Mitchell (Mudbound) and Bartosz Bielenia (Corpus Christi) have joined Jacek Braciak (Leave No Traces) for historical action title Scarborn, based on the story of Polish general and revolutionary war hero Tadeusz Kościuszko who is best known for fighting at George Washington’s side in the American War of Independence.
Naman Ramachandran A galaxy of stars paid fulsome tribute to filmmaker John McTiernan (“Die Hard,” “Predator”) and stuntman Vic Armstrong (the Indiana Jones, James Bond and Star Wars franchises) as they were both awarded Moving Target awards on Friday for their outstanding contributions to the action genre at the inaugural London Action Festival.The awards were presented at London’s Royal London Geographical Society and icons from the genre attended, including Corin Hardy (“Gangs of London”), composer David Arnold (“Casino Royale”) Robert Davi (“Die Hard”) and Edgar Wright (“Last Night in Soho”).Prominent film personalities who have worked with McTiernan and Armstrong conveyed their appreciation via video messages. Harrison Ford praised Armstrong, saying: “We’ve been doing this Vic for like 50 years! You’ve had the good sense to turn it into a directing job ‘cos this running, jumping and falling down thing is a game for the young guys.
Joni Mitchell boxset featuring her ‘Asylum Albums’ work is being released.It’s the latest instalment in her archive series and will see ‘The Asylum Albums 1972-1975 released. Mitchell joined Asylum Records in 1972 after working with Reprise Records and this collection marks her works with the label.The collection features versions of ‘For The Roses’ (1972), ‘Court And Spark’ (1974), as well as the double live album ‘Miles Of Aisles’ (1974) and ‘The Hissing Of Summer Lawns’ (1975).The new collection is the third installment of the Mitchell archival series, following ‘Vol.
EastEnders, it has been announced. The matriarch of the Mitchell family was a role inhabited by Dame Barbara Windsor, who joined the long-running soap in 1994 before becoming its biggest star.
Kevin Hart‘s kind gesture towards Chris Rock didn’t go as planned.
Folk singer Joni Mitchell graced the stage at Newport Folk Festival Sunday, performing her first full set in over twenty years at age 78. Mitchell joined festival headliner Brandi Carlisle as she recreated the "Joni Jam" music gatherings, previously organized at Mitchell's Los Angeles home. Other fellow music artists, including Wynonna Judd, Allison Russell and Marcus Mumford, also took part in the "Joni Jam" gathering recreation. "But how are we gonna have a Joni Jam without our queen?" Carlisle asked the crowd.
Joni Mitchell made a comeback to the stage for her first full-length concert in two decades on Sunday. The legendary folk musician, 78, wowed audiences at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, The Boston Globe reported. The Big Yellow Taxi hitmaker sat in an ornate wingback chair as she performed, wearing a dusky blue beret and sunglasses.
Kevin Hart's kind gesture nearly backfired during his headline-making show with Chris Rock andDave Chappelle at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night. In an interview on on Monday, Hart revealed how the epic performance came together, culminating with a real-life goat joining the trio of comedians on stage at the end of the night. A nod to the acronym G.O.A.T. — Greatest Of All Time.«The idea came because I was like, 'Chris, we should do some shows together. How about we just do New York and Jersey together?' Chris was like, 'Cool,'» Hart told Fallon.
Joni Mitchell made a triumphant return to the stage this weekend.
Joni Mitchell has opened up about re-learning the guitar following her brain aneurysm, after a surprise appearance at Newport Folk Festival over the weekend.During the ‘Joni Jam’, as curated by singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, Mitchell performed 13 songs with an ensemble of musicians – marking her first time playing the festival in 53 years. Although she was primarily seated and mostly focused solely on singing during the festival, she did stand and play guitar during ‘Just Like This Train’ – a song from her 1974 album ‘Court and Spark’.In an interview with CBS Mornings, Mitchell opened up about playing guitar on-stage for the first time in decades. As noted by the program, the ability to play the instrument was one of the skills Mitchell lost following her aneurysm in 2015.“I’m learning,” she said to reporter Anthony Mason when asked about returning to playing.
suffering a debilitating brain aneurysm that temporarily left her unable to walk or talk. The 10-time Grammy winner, 78, thrilled fans as she performed 13 of her hit tracks at Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island on Sunday — seven years after the life-threatening health emergency. “I’ve never been nervous about being in front of an audience,” Mitchell told CBS News following her performance.
Joni Mitchell stole the show at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island on Sunday, where she joined Brandi Carlile to perform a selection of her most enduring classics. The set marked Mitchell's first full show since 2000, and her first since suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015 that left her without the ability to do things like play guitar, swim, or even get out of bed.«I've never been nervous about being in front of an audience, but I wanted to be good and I wasn't sure that I could be,» Mitchell admitted in a post-show interview with CBS News.