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While White Noise is set in the 1980s, its story of a society that doesn’t know how to deal with an impending ecological disaster that threatens their lives is a dark reflection of our own times, and that, says star Greta Gerwig, is exactly what drew her to the film.

Phoebe Bridgers will appear at two screenings of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas with live musical accompaniment at London’s OVO Arena Wembley in December, in which she will provide the voice of Sally.In addition to Bridgers, Danny Elfman – who composed the music, lyrics and score for the 1993 film, and voiced protagonist Jack Skellington – will voice Skellington once again for the screenings. Original cast member Ken Page, who voiced Oogie Boogie in the film, will also reprise his role.Other who are set to provide vocals for the performance include Randy Crenshaw, Greg Proops, Angie Jaree, Baraka May and Fletcher Sheridan.

Noah Baumbach’s White Noise kicked off the 60thNew York Film Festival Friday night with a heartfelt paean by the writer/director to an event that he said shaped his love of movies and his career path.

Jodie Turner-Smith dazzles in a stunning black gown at the premiere of White Noise during the 2022 New York Film Festival held at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on Friday night (September 30) in New York City.

LCD Soundsystem have also announced a second 20-night residency in New York.Last year, the band made their long-awaited live return, playing 17 gigs of a 20-night residency at Brooklyn Steel before the last three were cancelled due to rising COVID cases.Since then, the band have completed multi-night stays in San Francisco, Oakland, London, Philadelphia and Boston, as part of a series of mini-residencies in celebration of their 20th anniversary.From November 18 this year, the band will return to Brooklyn to play Brooklyn Steel for 20 more nights, with the gigs running through until December 17.Tickets for all 20 shows will go on general sale from 10am ET (3pm BST) on Friday, October 7 here.Find details of multiple presales here and see the full list of dates below.November 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30December 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17The announcement of the new residency comes alongside the release of ‘New Body Rhumba’, the band’s first new song in five years.The song was created for the soundtrack of White Noise, an upcoming film directed by Noah Baumbach.

LCD Soundsystem have released ‘New Body Rhumba’, the band’s first new song in five years.The song was created for the soundtrack of White Noise, an upcoming film directed by Noah Baumbach. The Netflix title — which stars Adam Diver and Greta Gerwig — is a film adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel of the same name, and will feature music composed by Danny Elfman.The seven-minute ‘New Body Rhumba’ sees LCD Soundsystem enlist a shouty backing choir alongside the vocals of frontman James Murphy.

and knockabout laughs — are the trickiest to make breathe onscreen.But it moves with purpose from the get-go as composer Danny Elfman’s Coplandesque strains herald a new school year coming to life for Jack, a protective husband/father in a bustling family with kind, attentive fitness instructor Babette (a crispy-permed Greta Gerwig) and their hyperaware brood: contrarian know-it-all adolescent Heinrich (Sam Nivola); observant tweener and eating-health monitor Denise (Raffey Cassidy); and littler ones Steffie (May Nivola) and Wilder (Jodie Turner-Smith). At his college, Jack’s popular Hitler Studies class has a rock-worship tinge, and at the orderly supermarket gleaming with candy-colored name brands, shopping is the family’s regenerative power source (while news footage of calamities are their favorite home entertainment). In private, though, Jack and Babette can barely manage their palpable everyday dread — Lol Crawley’s textured suburbia cinematography turning one imaginatively directed bedroom nightmare of Jack’s into something out of an existentialist “Poltergeist.” And Babette’s private popping of a mysterious white pill hasn’t gone unnoticed by Jack or Denise.But when a semi crashes into a train carrying toxic chemicals, creating a black cloud and a mass evacuation to a crowded highway and a cramped scout camp, mortality comes front and center, bonding everyone in fear, conspiracies, and speculation.

Danny Elfman has confirmed two career retrospective shows, set to take place this October at The Hollywood Bowl – get tickets here.Titled ‘Danny Elfman: From Boingo to Batman to Big Mess and Beyond!’, the shows will see Elfman perform songs from across his back catalogue.Announcing the shows on Twitter, Elfman wrote: “I promise it will be insane! Same show as Coachella but with MUCH MORE added. More songs from Boingo, more songs from ‘Big Mess‘ (some never before played live on this planet) and more film score highlights.

Danny Elfman and Iggy Pop have shared their new collaborative song ‘Kick Me’ – you can listen to the track below.‘Kick Me’ is a fresh remix of the song that was originally heard on Elfman’s 2021 solo album ‘Big Mess’, which marked his first solo LP in 37 years.A new ‘Big Mess’ remix album, titled ‘Bigger. Messier.’, has now been announced by Elfman, featuring a host of new collaborators, as well as previously released collaborations with the likes of Trent Reznor (‘True’ and ‘Native Intelligence’), Squarepusher and Zach Hill.Elfman has today (June 29) launched ‘Bigger.

Jon Burlingame editorArtie Kane, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer of film scores including “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and “Eyes of Laura Mars,” died Tuesday at his home on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, Wash.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 29-June 4:May 29: Actor Anthony Geary (“General Hospital”) is 75. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 72. Composer Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo) is 69.

Carson Burton It has been 20 years since Sam Raimi‘s “Spider-Man” changed Hollywood forever, proving that the superhero movie genre offers the opportunity for massive box-office success while also garnering critical appreciation.“The world that they’ve created since ‘Spider-Man,’ which is the last time we have worked on a Marvel film together, look what’s happened! It’s exploded! It’s become this insane universe,” composer Danny Elfman told Variety at Monday night’s premiere for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” in Los Angeles.“Sam stepped right into this universe with Dr Strange and took it so to the next level,” Elfman continued. “Yet, he brought his own sensibility.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticIf you missed out on catching the first weekend of Coachella from the comfort of your own home, and want to catch up after reading all about it… you’re probably in luck, if your interest is in the roughly 25 artists whose sets will be livestreamed in a more limited weekend-2 webcast lineup.Twenty-six attractions will have their full sets livestreamed as part of the “Coachella Curated” programming happening through Sunday. Full follow-up sets going out online include performances by Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, the teaming of the Weeknd with Swedish House Mafia, Doja Cat, Anitta, Baby Keem and Brockhampton, along with a partial set from 88rising, all on the festival’s YouTube channel 1.

Danny Elfman has reflected in a new interview on the “intense and insane feeling” of performing at this year’s Coachella.The 68-year-old composer, singer and songwriter’s set was one of the unexpected highlights of last weekend’s edition of the annual Indio, California festival, during which he performed his theme from The Simpsons as well as compositions from Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas.Speaking to Variety in a new interview about his Coachella performance, Elfman said that he “was just relieved to have made it through in one piece”.“I was joking to a friend before the show, ‘Look, we have 30 minutes to set up a show that’s never been performed before with 50 musicians on stage. What can possibly go wrong?'” he recalled.

He's the man behind some of the most well-known theme tunes in showbiz, including the ear-worm that kicks off every episode of long-running cartoon favourite The Simpsons. But not that many people probably know what celebrated composer Danny Elfman looks like.

Jeff Miller With literally more than a hundred acts on the Coachella bill, it’s hard to make an impact, but every year some artists break through in a big way. Here are the five best things we saw at the first weekend of Coachella 2022.Lawrence: This brother-sister duo and their band delivered a jolt of high-energy, high-musicianship blue-eyed soul and funk on Friday, with jam band-level instrumentalism, a single that just hit the Billboard top 40 chart (“Don’t Lose Sight”), and horn-driven punctuation that feels ready for any kind of party.

Coachella Night 2 was, by many accounts, dominated by the festival’s youngest and oldest performers.

Danny Elfman performed at Coachella last night (April 16), and during his set he treated fans to a rock rendition of the theme song for The Simpsons.The composer’s unique set included songs by his new wave band Oingo Boingo, a few solo tracks as well as some of his most famous film and TV themes.His best-known work, the theme tune for The Simpsons, came in the middle of the 19-track set. Elfman, performing shirtless, delivered a rock version of the animated sitcom’s theme with a full orchestra.Other theme songs in his set included Batman, Spider-Man, Alice In Wonderland, and he also performed songs from Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas.You can see footage of Elfman performing The Simpsons theme below:WHO THOUGHT THE SIMPSONS THEME AT COACHELLA WAS A JOKE??? NEVER UNDERESTIMATE DANNY ELFMAN#coachella pic.twitter.com/HOu2OdbD7I— главная фанатка Макрона и Разгромов (@VasilySupremacy) April 17, 2022‘Sorry’‘Insects’ (Oingo Boingo song)‘Spider-Man Main Title’‘Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself)’ (Oingo Boingo song)‘Just Another Day’ (Oingo Boingo song)‘Jack’s Lament / This Is Halloween / What’s This?’ (From The Nightmare Before Christmas)‘Breakfast Machine’ (From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure)‘Kick Me’‘Insanity’ (Oingo Boingo song)‘The Batman Theme’‘True’‘The Simpsons Main Title Theme’ (Rock rendition)‘Only A Lad’ (Oingo Boingo song)‘Love In The Time Of COVID’‘Ice Dance / The Grand Finale’ (From Edward Scissorhands)‘Dead Man’s Party’ (Oingo Boingo song)‘Alice’s Theme’ (From Alice In Wonderland)‘Happy’‘Who Do You Want To Be’ (Oingo Boingo song)Elfman released ‘Big Mess’, his first solo studio album in 37 years, last April.

Jeff Miller “I snuck a shank bone into Coachella,” Nate Auerbach said Friday, standing outside the VIP Rose Garden at Coachella, amid sparkle-dress clad hordes of partiers. “Most people sneak… other things.”Auerbach — a partner at Versus Creative, a marketing company that runs the social content for Coachella amid other Goldenvoice events – was getting ready to set up a Seder, the traditional Jewish meal for the first night of Passover, at Outstanding in the Field, the $275-per-person dinner series that happens every night in the VIP section of the festival.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor a decade, YouTube has been the best way to experience the Coachella festival without actually being there, and that will continue this weekend.According to an announcement on Monday, the streaming giant will livestream both weekends of the festival — April 15-17 and April 22-24 — via desktop, mobile or the YouTube Music app, with three different simultaneous livestream feeds of different stages and performers.The company has also doubled down on its offerings, with artist interviews, behind-the-scenes content and sweepstakes, pre-parties and more, and this year virtual festival-goers will have the opportunity to purchase exclusive Coachella and artist merchandise via YouTube Shopping and interact with one another in real-time through YouTube’s Live Chat. Along with headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Swedish House Mafia featuring the Weeknd, the Coachella 2022 lineup also includes Lil Baby, Daniel Caesar, Phoebe Bridgers, Big Sean, Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage, Danny Elfman, Doja Cat, Joji, Run the Jewels and many more.Weekend 1 Festival Livestream (April 15-17)The livestream program, being co-hosted by Joe Kay, Quenlin Blackwell, Therapy Gecko, and Veronica De La Cruz, starts at 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST on Friday, April 15 and runs through Monday evening, April 18, including replays.Weekend 2 Coachella Curated Livestream (April 22-24)Hosted by Joe Kay and Veronica De La Cruz, Coachella Curated deep dives into the stories of some of today’s artists.

Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor have shared a second collaboration in the last year – listen to the new version of ‘Native Intelligence’ below.The original version of the track appears on Elfman’s 2021 album ‘Big Mess’, and last year Reznor shared a new version of its track ‘True’ to mark Elfman’s first-ever collaboration.Reznor’s versions of both ‘Native Intelligence’ and ‘True’ feature on a forthcoming collector’s edition box set of ‘Big Mess’, which will also feature other unreleased reinterpretations and remixes of tracks from the album.The box set is available to buy here, and you can listen to Elfman and Reznor’s new interpretation of ‘Native Intelligence’ below.“This is the first duet/collaboration I’ve ever done in my life, so to do it with Trent was a real surprise and a treat,” Elfman explained in a statement of the version of ‘True’. “He’s always been a big inspiration to me, not to mention he has one of my all-time favourite singing voices.”Elfman’s most recent studio effort marked his first solo album in 37 years.

Netflix’s The Woman In The Window, has said the final release doesn’t resemble the film he originally made.Starring Amy Adams as an agoraphobic woman who starts spying on her neighbours, the psychological thriller was critically panned upon release in May last year. It currently has a 26 per cent score on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.The film had a troubled development cycle. After poor test screenings, the film’s release was delayed from October 2019 to May 2020 to accommodate reshoots and rewrites under Disney and 20th Century Fox.

Vulture in a recent interview. “It got watered down a lot. It was a lot more brutal in my original conception.

Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Ye (aka Kanye West) and Swedish House Mafia.Prior to the pandemic, which caused the cancellation of Coachella 2020 and 2021, the festival was hailed as one of the most popular music festivals in the U.S., drawing nearly 100,000 festival attendees per day back in 2018, according to a report from festival organizer, Goldenvoice.Following the release of this year's official Coachella lineup, the remaining tickets sold out in a little over an hour, setting the stage for what is likely to be an epic comeback for the festival. But don't panic if you haven't secured tickets just yet, because it's still possible to find passes for both weekends of Coachella 2022. Get Tickets The lineup for Coachella 2022 also includes Phoebe Bridgers, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Danny Elfman, Doja Cat, Run the Jewels, Carly Rae Jepsen, Vince Staples, Japanese Breakfast, Disclosure, Brockhampton, Girl in Red and more.

Vaccinations, masks and Covid tests are out at this year’s Coachella and Stagecoach festivals, according to postings on their respective official web sites.

While Bridget Fonda turned her back on Hollywood to focus on family in the early '00s, her husband Danny Elfman has remained in the spotlight as a composer and embraced his wild side.The couple were last photographed together in public back in the 2009 premiere of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. At the time, Danny sported a clean cut look with short, combed back hair and wore a suit as the pair attended many events together. Since then, however, the 68 year old has embraced long, messy hair and has been busy inking up his torso – including tattoos of a large dog, hand and skeleton.

Bridget Fonda made a rare appearance in public on her 58th birthday. Fonda, who hasn't been seen in public in roughly 12 years, was seen running errands in Los Angeles Thursday.

quit her Hollywood acting career. The Jackie Brown actress, who turned 58 on Thursday, stepped out in Los Angeles this week. The critically-acclaimed actress was last photographed publicly in 2009 while attending the premiere of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.

Bridget Fonda has been seen for the first time in 12 years on her 58th birthday after rejecting Tinseltown to focus on her family.The Hollywood star retired from the spotlight back in 2002 after starring in several high profile films such as Single White Female and Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. While she was last seen in the public at Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds premiere back in 2009, now over a decade later, she's been pictured stepping out with her and husband Danny Elfman's beloved 17 year old son Oliver.The star was photographed running errands on 27 January in her silver Land Rover as she donned a black and white striped T-shirt alongside a pair of dark trousers.

Having cracked Hollywood in the 1980s and 1990s, Bridget Fonda was one of the most memorable pin-ups of the time. But after twelve years out of the spotlight, the star’s life looks a lot more different, swapping red carpets for a quieter time. Here’s everything we know about her lifestyle change… Who is Bridget Fonda? Bridget Fonda is a former American actress, hailing from a family of renowned actors - her father is Peter Fonda, her aunt is Jane Fonda and her grandfather is Henry Fonda.