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Zendaya In Talks to Play Ronnie Spector In Biopic

Zendaya will play Ronnie Spector in A24’s upcoming adaptation of the iconic rock and roll singer’s 1990 biography Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, And Madness, according to Variety. The 24-year-old Zendaya recently made history as the youngest actress to win an Emmy lead actress in a drama series. She is only the second Black woman to win the award, after Viola Davis for her role on How to Get Away with Murder in 2015. Spector personally chose Zendaya to portray her. Former Disney Channel star Zendaya won the Emmy for her role as Rue in HBO’s Euphoria,…
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Director Mike Figgis Talks Trading Licks with Ronnie Wood

Before becoming a filmmaker, Leaving Las Vegas director Mike Figgis was a musician and performer in the experimental group called The People Show. Before that, he played trumpet and guitar in the experimental jazz ensemble The People Band, whose first record was produced by Rolling Stone drummer Charlie Watts. He is also the founding patron of an online community of independent filmmakers called Shooting People. You can say Figgis is a People person, which makes him the perfect director to capture Ronnie Wood in the documentary Somebody Up There Likes Me. One of rock and roll’s most iconic guitarists, Wood…
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Ronnie Wood Documentary Somebody Up There Likes Me Release Date Set

Ronnie Wood is one Stone who’s never alone. Although he’s been in the Rolling Stones since 1975, he’s the only member who continually gets called out to reunite with one of the other classic rock groups he helped shape: The Birds, The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces (with Rod Stewart), and The New Barbarians. He was such a busy player it took until 1974 until he realized I’ve Got My Own Album to Do. Eagle Rock Entertainment’s upcoming documentary Somebody Up There Likes Me will trace Wood’s 50-year musical journey. Directed by Mike Figgis, this is the first in-depth film…
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Ronnie James Dio Honored in Z2 Comics’ Upcoming Holy Diver Graphic Novel

“Between the velvet lies, there’s a truth that’s hard as steel,” we hear on the song “Holy Diver.” Z2 Comics will pulp that vision into a graphic novel and Ronnie James Dio is the “star of the masquerade.” Z2 is the prime mover of music-based comics and graphic novels, working across genres to bring audiences a diverse experience: from Charlie “Bird” Parker and the origins of the Grateful Dead, through YUNGBLUD Presents: The Twisted tales of the Ritalin Club, to internet sensation turned metal agitpop singer Poppy. They are now paying tribute to one of heavy metal’s most iconic figures,…
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