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  Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) Cara sang and co-wrote the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from the film Flashdance), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984. Cara is also known for playing the role of Coco Hernandez in the 1980 film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame". Prior to her success with Fame, Cara portrayed the title character Sparkle Williams in the original 1976 musical drama film Sparkle. In 1984, she was in the comedic thriller City Heat, co-starring with Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds and singing the standards "Embraceable You" and "Get Happy". She also co-wrote the theme song "City Heat", which was sung by the jazz vocalist Joe Williams. In May of that year, she scored her final Top 40 hit with "Breakdance" going to No. 8. The follow up, "You Were Made for Me" reache...

  Christine Anne McVie (July 12, 1943 – November 30, 2022) McVie was principally known as a member of the band Fleetwood Mac, which she joined in 1970, as a singer and the band's keyboardist She also released three solo albums. Her lyrics focused on love and relationships. Steve Leggett of AllMusic described her as an "unabashedly easy-on-the-ears singer/songwriter, and the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits". Eight songs written or co-written by her, including "Don't Stop", "Everywhere" and "Little Lies", appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album. In 1998, as a member of Fleetwood Mac, McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. The same year, after almost 30 years with the band, she opted to leave and lived in semi-retirement for nearly 15 years. She released a solo album in 2004. In September 2013 she appeared on stage ...

  Carole Penny Marshall (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) She was the daughter of Marjorie Marshall, a tap dance teacher, and Tony Marshall, a film director and producer. Her parents' background in entertainment, along with her brother, Garry Marshall's, background as a comedy writer and her sister's background as a casting director and producer, gave rise to Marshall's career in the industry. She rose to fame in the 1970s for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983), receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her portrayal. Marshall progressed to directing films in the 1980s, making her directorial debut with Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) before directing Big (1988), which became the first film directed by a woman to gross more than $100 million at the U.S. box office. Her subsequent directing credits included Awakenings (1990), which was nominated ...

Judy is een Amerikaans-Britse biografische film uit 2019 over de Amerikaanse zangeres en actrice Judy Garland. De film werd geregisseerd door Rupert Goold en gebaseerd op het toneelstuk End of the Rainbow van dramaturg Peter Quilter. De titelrol wordt vertolkt door Renée Zellweger, die voor haar vertolking onder meer een Oscar, Golden Globe en BAFTA Award ontving. Verhaal: In 1969 arriveert Judy Garland samen met haar jonge verloofde Mickey Deans in het Verenigd Koninkrijk om er enkele uitverkochte concerten in de Londense nachtclub The Talk of the Town voor te bereiden. De actrice en zangeres hoopt na een reeks privé- en drugsproblemen een comeback te maken. Bron: WikiPedia _____________________ Review: Achter  de glitter en glamour schuilt een masker dat authentieke, menselijke emotie onthult. Judy heeft een dramatische diepte. Haar emotionele gewicht. Oprechte emotie: volledig in haar greep. Renée Zellweger is bezeten en belichaamt haar personage in een iconische, mimetische pe...

  Stephen Laurel "tWitch" Boss (September 29, 1982 – December 13, 2022) Boss was a freestyle hip hop dancer, choreographer, actor, television producer, and television personality. In 2008, he finished in second place on the American version of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). From 2014 to May 2022, he was featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show as a co-host and he was also a co-executive producer of the program. He was featured in Ellen's Game of Games as a sidekick to DeGeneres. Between 2018 and 2020 he and his wife, Allison Holker, hosted Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings on Freeform and Disney+. On December 10, 2013, Boss and Holker married at Nigel Lythgoe's Villa San Juliette Vineyard and Winery in Paso Robles, California. He also adopted Holker's daughter. Their son was born in March 2016, and their daughter was born in November 2019. On December 13, 2022, Holker, informed officials at the Los Angeles Police Department that her husband had left their home wi...

  Wanda LaFaye Young (August 9, 1943 – December 15, 2021), also known as Wanda Rogers. Originally aspiring to be a nurse, Young's professional music career started after fellow Inkster High School classmate Gladys Horton asked her to audition for a spot left by Georgia Dobbins, an original member of the group, then called the Marvels. After a successful audition, Young joined the group and the quintet, which had auditioned for a deal with Motown earlier, returned with a song written by Dobbins titled "Please Mr. Postman". Impressed with the group's sound, they were immediately signed and had their name changed to the Marvelettes and after the song was remastered, the song was released and became Motown's first No. 1 Pop single in late 1961—it also held the top slot for seven weeks on Billboard's R&B chart. Young sang lead on the B-side of the single on a ballad, "So Long, Baby". The first hit single to feature her on lead was the dance hit, ...

  Diane J. McBain (May 18, 1941 – December 21, 2022) She was best known for playing an adventurous socialite in the 1960–1962 television series Surfside 6 and as one of Elvis Presley's leading ladies in 1966's Spinout. McBain also guest-starred on four episodes of ABC’s Batman, first as a hat shop assistant who’s in cahoots with David Wayne’s Mad Hatter in 1966. She played a stamp company queen who had a thing for pink in the live adaptation of "Batman" from 1966 until 1967. In her first film, McBain appeared with Richard Burton in Vincent Sherman’s Ice Storm (1960), then starred alongside Troy Donahue and Claudette Colbert in Delmer Daves’ campy Parrish (1961) and as the title character, a farm girl who meets a tragic end, in Claudelle Inglish (1961). Later, she appeared in episodes of hit shows like Hawaii Five-O, Charlie's Angels, Dallas, Days of Our Lives and Knight Rider. Her last credited role was in 2001’s Strong Medicine. McBain died from liver cancer on t...

  Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) A pioneer of early television and with a career spanning over nine decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry, having been one of the first women to exert control in front of and behind the camera, as well as for being the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life with Elizabeth), which contributed to her being named honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955. She was also widely known for her roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973–1977), Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (1985–1992), and Elka Ostrovsky on Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015). White was eight years old when she made her radio programming debut in 1930. Several years later in young adulthood she began working as a radio personality in Los Angeles under the guidance of disc jockey Al Jarvis. After making the transition to television, White became a staple panelist of American game shows, including Password, Match Game, Tat...

  Barbara Shelley, born Barbara T. Kowin (February 13, 1932 – January 4, 2021) She appeared in more than 100 films and TV series and was particularly known for her work in horror films. In 1958, she made her first significant appearance in a film for Hammer, The Camp on Blood Island. She took a number of roles in gothic horror features for Hammer, such as Blood of the Vampire (1958), The Gorgon (1964) and Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966). She became the company's top female star and was nicknamed the "Queen of Hammer". She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). Although she is known as a scream queen, her most famous scream (in Dracula) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer. Her television appearances include the first Danger Man episode, "View from a Villa" (1960), plus a subsequent episode that season, "The Traitor" (also 1960); The Saint (1962), an episode of The New Phil Silve...

  avid Soul, born David Richard Solberg (August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024) He was known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979; Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970; and Officer John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973. He also starred in the 1979 hit TV movie adaptation Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Soul first gained national attention as the "Covered Man" appearing on The Merv Griffin Show in 1966 and 1967, on which he sang while wearing a mask. He explained: "My name is David Soul, and I want to be known for my music." The same year, he made his television debut in Flipper. His breakthrough came when he portrayed Detective Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson on Starsky & Hutch, a role he played from 1975 until 1979. Soul also directed three episodes of Starsky and Hutch: "Huggy Can't Go Home" (1979), "Manchild on the Streets" (1977), and ...

  Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (October 5, 1923 – January 4, 2024) In a career spanning eight decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays. She received various accolades throughout her career, including a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. She appeared on stage from a young age and was typecast as a stage dancer from early adolescence, making her screen debut in South Riding (1938). She rose to prominence in the 1940s following her role as Anna in the war drama film 49th Parallel (1941), for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting, and starring roles in Miranda (1948) and Third Time Lucky (1949). Following No Highway in the Sky (1951), a joint British-American production, Johns took on increasingly more roles in the United States and elsewhere. She made her television and Broadway debuts in 1952 and took on starring roles in such f...

  Veronica Greenfield, born Veronica Yvette, and known as Ronnie Spector (August 10, 1943 – January 12, 2022) Spector was part of the girl group the Ronettes in 1957 with her elder sister, Estelle Bennett, and their cousin, Nedra Talley. Ronnie fronted the group while record producer Phil Spector produced the majority of their recording output. The two were married in 1968 and separated in 1972. Bennett sang lead on the Ronettes' string of hits in the early-to-mid–1960s, including "Be My Baby" (1963), "Baby, I Love You" (1963), "The Best Part of Breakin' Up" (1964) and "Walking in the Rain" (1964). In 1964 she launched a solo career with the single "So Young". After 1980 she released five studio albums: Siren (1980), Unfinished Business (1987), Something's Gonna Happen (2003), Last of the Rock Stars (2006) and English Heart (2016). Bennett also recorded one extended play, She Talks to Rainbows (1999). In 1986 her career revi...

  Rosa Lee Hawkins (October 23,1945-January 11, 2022) Hawkins was the youngest member of the musical trio the Dixie Cups, whose hit single “Chapel of Love” reached No. 1 on the Billboard 100 in 1964. The other members were her sister Barbara, and Joan Marie Johnson. While in high school in 1963, Barbara brought Rosa along to sing with her and Joan Marie in a high school talent show. The trio initially called themselves the Meltones, only to discover later that the name had already been taken. Since they were from the land of Dixie, and “cups are cute,” Barbara said in an interview, they came up with the name Dixie Cups. The Dixie Cups continued to perform steadily over the decades, with Athelgra Neville, a childhood friend and sister of the Neville Brothers, stepping in as the most recent replacement for Johnson, who left the group in 1966 and died in 2016. The Dixie Cups received two Gold Records, for “Chapel of Love” and another hit, “People Say.” They were inducted into the Loui...

  Lisa Marie Presley (February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2023) She was the only child of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, as well as the sole heir to her father's estate. Presley developed a career in the music business and issued three albums: To Whom It May Concern in 2003, Now What in 2005, and Storm & Grace in 2012. Her first album reached Gold certification with the Recording Industry Association of America. Presley also released non-album singles, including duets with her father using tracks he had released before he died. The father and daughter were extremely close, with Elvis once flying her out to Idaho after she said she had never seen snow. Her father named his 1958 Convair 880 private jet “the Lisa Marie.” Presley was married to musician Danny Keough, singer Michael Jackson, actor Nicolas Cage, and music producer Michael Lockwood. She had four children, including Benjamin Keough (who predeceased her). On January 12, 2023, Presley suffered c...

  Mary Wilson (March 6, 1944 – February 8, 2021) She gained worldwide recognition as a founding member of The Supremes, the most successful Motown act of the 1960s and the best-charting female group in U.S. chart history, as well as one of the all-time best-selling girl groups in the world. The group released a record-setting twelve number-one hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100, ten of which Wilson sang backing vocals for. Wilson remained with the group following the departures of other original members, Florence Ballard in 1967 and Diana Ross in 1970, though the group disbanded following Wilson's own departure in 1977. Wilson later became a New York Times best-selling author in 1986 with the release of her first autobiography, Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme, which set records for sales in its genre, and later for the autobiography Supreme Faith: Someday We'll Be Together. Continuing a successful career as a concert performer in Las Vegas, Wilson also worked in activism, fig...

  Joan Weldon, born Joan Louise Welton (August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021) Weldon began her career singing in the San Francisco Grand Opera Company chorus. She also sang with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. On Broadway, she appeared in Kean. She also sang at the opening of the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center in 1964. Weldon had a brief television career in the 1950s. Her first appearance in 1955 was in an episode of The Millionaire, starring Marvin Miller. She made three appearances on Lux Video Theater in various roles. She also played Marian Keats in the title role of the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Angry Mourner" in 1957. Weldon also appeared in "Cheyenne" as a professional singer, and performed a duet with Clint Walker. Her final television appearance was in 1958 on Shirley Temple Theater. Weldon's film debut came in the 1953 film The System. Although her background was singing in operas, The System and her next two films, So This Is L...

  De film is gebaseerd op het leven van de Britse zanger en pianist Elton John. De hoofdrollen worden vertolkt door Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden en Bryce Dallas Howard. "Based on a True Fantasy" 'Rocketman' vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van Elton John. Elton besluit als jonge jongen naar het beroemde conservatorium Royal Academy of Music te gaan, waarna hij vervolgens een muzikale samenwerking met Bernie Taupin aangaat. Uiteindelijk zal hij uitgroeien tot een wereldberoemde superster. Reginald Dwight is een talentvolle zanger en pianist. Onder de artiestennaam Elton John groeit hij uit tot een flamboyante wereldster. Ondanks zijn succes en faam worstelt hij ook met depressies, druggebruik en het aanvaarden van zijn seksuele geaardheid. ___________________ Review : Hoewel ik best wel van musicals en biografische films over muzikanten houd, had ik "Rocketman" nog nooit gezien voordat ik deze vond op het internet, bij toeval...

  De officiële synopsis zoals vrijgegeven door  Apple TV+  luidt: "Na jaren in de schijnwerpers bereikt Selena Gomez een ongekende sterrenstatus. Maar net wanneer ze een nieuw hoogtepunt bereikt, trekt een onverwachte wending haar de duisternis in. Deze unieke, rauwe en intieme documentaire volgt haar zesjarige reis naar een nieuw licht." ________________ Review: Ik had geen idee van Selena's verhaal voordat ik deze documentaire zag. Ik wist ook niet veel over haar jeugd, haar carrière in de muziekwereld – ik kende haar alleen van de serie Only Murders In the Building en wat muziek nummers. Selena is open, kwetsbaar en deelt de goede en slechte kanten van het leven, inclusief de worstelingen met mentale en fysieke problemen. Selena heeft een prachtige ziel en dat blijkt uit deze documentaire. Ze worstelt met veel demonen, maar bestrijdt ze met liefde en vriendelijkheid. Ze helpt anderen ook hetzelfde te doen. Dat is universeel, want in ieder van ons schuilt zowel licht al...

  Andrew Neiman is een beloftevol en ambitieus jazzdrummer die gecoacht wordt door zijn mentor Terence Fletcher. De veeleisende Fletcher drijft zijn pupil tot het uiterste om zijn doorbraak te forceren. Fletcher wordt enkele malen erg boos op Neiman maar daar weet Neiman bovenop te komen om uiteindelijk een succesvolle solo te spelen op het grote podium. ____________ Review: Miles Teller levert een rauwe en fysieke prestatie. Je voelt bijna elke drumslag, elke spanning die op hem wordt opgebouwd. Tegenover hem is JK Simmons angstaanjagend goed en creëert hij een van de meest memorabele en verontrustende mentorfiguren in de filmgeschiedenis. Wat Whiplash zo bijzonder maakt, is hoe strak alles in elkaar zit. Er is geen tijdverspilling, geen overbodige scènes. Het tempo is scherp, de montage is nauwkeurig en de slotscène is een van de meest bevredigende hoogtepunten die ik ooit heb gezien. Het gaat niet alleen om muziek, maar ook om opoffering, ambitie en hoe ver iemand bere...

  Countrymuziek-superster Lorna Davis (Dolly Parton) is overweldigd en gedesillusioneerd door haar carrière en eenzaamheid. Ze plant een reis naar een blokhut van een vriendin in de  Smoky Mountains  van  Tennessee  om aan  Los Angeles  te ontsnappen en tijdens de kerstperiode tot rust te komen. Bij aankomst ontdekt Lorna dat het de geïmproviseerde thuisbasis is geworden van zeven weeskinderen die zich schuilhouden voor het weeshuis in de stad. Ze vinden haar zelfs slapend in een van de bedden (een verwijzing naar de zeven dwergen die  Sneeuwwitje  vinden ), waarop de jongste uitroept: "Ik weet wie ze is. Ze is de Engel." Omdat ze allebei geheimen te bewaren hebben - de kinderen willen niet ontdekt worden door het weeshuis en Lorna wil niet ontdekt worden door iemand uit Los Angeles - spreken ze af elkaars aanwezigheid in de blokhut geheim te houden. Ze bouwt al snel hechte vriendschappen met hen op, hoewel het even duurt voordat ze de voorzi...