![]() ‘She’s too plastic, beautiful and will never happen.’ So, I said, ‘She’s beautiful, she’s not plastic and it’s gonna happen big time.’”īoth “If Not for You” and her version of the folk standard “Banks of the Ohio” managed to chart in the U.S. I loved it and I was put down for buying it. I paid $25,000 for that record, and was second-guessed. “I heard her version on an acetate,” veteran A&R exec Russ Regan recalled in a 2014 interview with author Harvey Kubernik. had a good feeling he had about her prospects - but that wasn’t shared by everyone at the time. ![]() Following that all-but-buried motion picture and its equally little-known soundtrack album, her solo career took off with “If Not for You,” a cover of the countrified Bob Dylan-George Harrison song.The executive who signed Newton-John to MCA Records in the U.S. She made her movie debut with two very obscure film musicals - “Funny Things Happen Down Under” in 1965, followed in 1970 by “Tomorrow,” a sci-fi musical starring a group of the same name that included Newton-John as lead singer, remembered as producer Don Kirshner’s attempt to formulate a U.K. She returned to Britain on a plane ticket she won competing on the Aussie talent show “Sing, Sing, Sing.” Though she recorded for British Decca during her stay, she grew homesick and returned to the Antipodes, but moved back to England to perform with her music partner Pat Carroll. When she was 6, her family moved to Melbourne.Īctive in music from high school, Newton-John went pro in her teens, appearing on Australian TV. Her grandfather was the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born. The death of the British-born, Australian-raised performer was announced on her Instagram account, saying she "passed away peacefully" at her ranch home "surrounded by family and friends.Newton-John was born September 26, 1948, in Cambridge, England. Singer Olivia Newton-John, who soared to the top of the world's pop music charts in the 1970s and 1980s with such tunes as "I Honestly Love You" and "Physical" and starred in the hit movie musical "Grease," died on Monday at age 73 at her home in southern California. Pop music and 'Grease' star Olivia Newton-John dead at age 73 Variety chief film critic Peter Debruge was mixed on "Bullet Train," writing that "neither the characters nor the film they inhabit are particularly deep." "Bullet Train" landed a mediocre 41% approval rating on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, with many reviewers faulting the movie for being overly derivative of the work of Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. But part of the issue for the film is that critics weren't on board. ![]() ![]() "Bullet Train" is trying to prove that an action flick that isn't based on a comic book or a toy-line can defy the odds and resonate with audiences. The Sony Pictures release will need to maintain its momentum in the coming weeks as it tries to break even or turn a profit. That's enough to top the domestic box office chart, but it's only a so-so result given "Bullet Train's" $90 million price tag and Pitt's star power. "Bullet Train," a John Wick-ian romp with Brad Pitt in the aisle seat, arrived in theaters with a $30.1 million opening weekend. Von Trier, often referred to as the "enfant terrible" of contemporary cinema, was in "good spirits" and is being treated for his symptoms, Zentropa said in a statement.īox office: 'Bullet Train' arrives with so-so $30.1 million debut, 'Easter Sunday' stumbles The show starts with King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) having to choose an heir, either his dutiful daughter, Princess Rhaenyra, or his wayward and violent brother, Prince Daemon.ĭirector Lars von Trier diagnosed with Parkinson's diseaseĭanish director Lars von Trier, 66, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and will do limited promotion for his upcoming supernatural TV series "Kingdom Exodus", his production company said on Monday. Now, the history of the throne is being examined in the prequel "House of the Dragon," which charters how the House of Targaryen falls into civil war. It's been three years since HBO's juggernaut show "Game of Thrones" came to a close. The Iron Throne up for grabs again in 'Game of Thrones' prequel series Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 09-08-2022 02:46 IST | Created: 09-08-2022 02:31 IST Representative Image Image Credit: ANIįollowing is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.
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