So long, Jimmy Buffett.

'An afternoon of drinking margaritas in an Austin, Texas, bar inspired Buffett to write “Margaritaville,” the song that became synonymous with his laid-back lifestyle. An immediate hit upon its release in 1977, the song encapsulated his mellow charms, laced with a hint of melancholy. …

'“Margaritaville” entered the National Recording Registry in 2023.' #obituary #music #ShowBusiness
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-09-02/jimmy-buffett-dead-margaritaville-singer-songwriter

At a luncheon we attended for women composers and conductors at the Ravinia Festival near Chicago last month, the talk inevitably got around to Taylor Swift.

Discussion about how her lyrics resonate with young fans, and about how her music attracts an inter-generational following, particularly but not limited to mothers and daughters. (Dads are known to get in on the friendship bracelets, too.)

I'm not a Swiftie and I forgot to have kids but… Go Taylor! Glad she's out there. #ShowBusiness

"Swift has now had more No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 over the course of her career than any other woman, surpassing Barbra Streisand. With the tour lifting Swift’s entire body of work, she has placed 10 albums on that chart this year and is the first living artist since the trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert in 1966 to have four titles in the Top 10 at the same time." #music #ShowBusiness

How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/arts/music/taylor-swift-eras-tour.html

Taylor Swift boosts ridership on transit systems in cities she visits.

"By popular demand, Metro is adding service to make it easy to travel to and from the Eras tour concerts at SoFi Stadium." #Transit #Music #ShowBusiness

Photos: 'Swifties' descend on Sofi for Taylor Swift's The Eras tour
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-08-04/photos-swifties-descend-on-sofi-for-taylor-swifts-the-eras-tour

"It is the stage, he explains, which has been the constant in his life. That’s where he began his career and it’s where he’ll most likely end it. It’s also what looks set to keep him busy if the strike rumbles on. This autumn he’s due to star in an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt." #ShowBusiness #SaveFerris

‘My legacy? I’m Ferris Bueller’: Matthew Broderick on life, love and opioids
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/04/my-legacy-im-ferris-bueller-matthew-broderick-on-life-love-and-opioids

Trees in the news:

'Eric Haywood, a member of the WGA Board of Directors, who also picketed at the site on Monday, called the pruning a union-busting tactic. It came as areas of central and southern California have been threatened by extreme heat. Temperatures in the San Fernando Valley have hovered around the 90s, baking the concrete sidewalks around the Universal Studios Lot, where throngs of picketers have gathered each weekday to protest.' #trees #labor #ShowBusiness
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/19/universal-trims-trees-writers-strike/

The #SAGAFTRA Contract Has Expired
https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/sag-aftra-contract-expired-strike.html
#hollywood #actors #showbusiness

The Importance of #Acting Training and Education
https://castingfrontier.com/blog/the-importance-of-acting-training-and-education/
#actors #audtions #showbusiness

"Once a way of describing a woman’s other-worldly talent, the label, she says, is increasingly applied to subdue them. 'It has been used many, many times to undermine successful women, reinforcing stereotypes, diminishing their achievements and suggesting that they're difficult or temperamental,' Fairclough tells BBC Culture."

Laud Divas

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230626-from-bette-davis-to-beyonc-why-divas-deserve-to-be-difficult via BBC
Photo: David Corio via BBC
#Diva #Divas #Women #Entertainment #ShowBusiness #Art

It's a great article that covers the #politics of #Hollywood and touches on the #ShowBusiness of #politics.

It really highlights the difficulties and dangers of trying to edify the #US public using indirect, figurative methods of sharing a message, like #allegory and #satire.

We're thick, as a people. Always have been. If it's not simple, the vast majority of our population will never understand.

Being simple is literally how #Reagan, #Trump, #DeSantis, #Republicans, etc. get and keep power.

Should #Actors Read #SocialMedia Comments About Themselves?
https://castingfrontier.com/blog/should-actors-read-social-media-comments-about-themselves/
#acting #showbusiness

The Power of the #Actor’s Giving #FrameofMind
https://castingfrontier.com/blog/the-power-of-the-actors-giving-frame-of-mind/
#acting #showbusiness #onSet

I was on set for 2 full days for the #filming of "Sharp Shooters."
I didn't see my face once. Amazing how much is #filmed but gets scrapped in #movies and #shows.
Still got my payday though. :)
BTW, good movie, though I'm not into #sportsball or #lebronjames .

#actors #acting #entertainment #showbusiness #actorslife

In Sunday morning media news: Kristin Welker named host of NBC's "Meet the Press." #journalism #television #ShowBusiness

"Welker, 46, who joined NBC News in 2010, has long been trumpeted as a rising star at the network — and across the industry."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/04/chuck-todd-leaving-meet-the-press-welker/

Mamma Mia! Here they go again.

'"When we're doing the musical, we're all together as one and our different personalities come together," said Sam Hulan, a Grade 12 student at the central Newfoundland school who was better known as a basketball and volleyball athlete before auditioning for the musical.'
#music #ShowBusiness
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/school-musicals-post-lockdown-return-1.6840660

@reticuleena

Aber hundert.
Fachkräfte sind eben unerwünscht im #showbusiness
Das muss glitzern, nicht funktionieren.

Don't believe anything.

Penélope Cruz Then And Now https://www.wacoca.com/videos/1725741/global-beauties/

#Abrelosojos #AgingActress #AgingCelebrities #Celebrities #CelebritiesThenAndNow #celebritieswho #celebrityfacts #celebritylife #celebs #Hollywood #hollywoodactress #hollywoodcelebrities #hollywoodcelebs #PenélopeCruz #showbusiness #showbiz #ThenandNow #VanillaSky #YoungPenelopeCruz #ペネロペ・クルス

Meet Tyrone Guthrie in this documentary about the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. #ShowBusiness

"This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre. The film tells how the idea grew, how a famous British director, international stars and Canadian talent were recruited, and how the Stratford Shakespearean Festival finally became a triumphant reality."
https://www.nfb.ca/film/stratford_adventure/

@tezoatlipoca @ThatMermaid_J @feditips 🥥 Kewl. #DiedrichBader is one of my favorites from Office Space and just in general.
He's also a leading contender in the Who Are the Nicest People in #ShowBusiness contest. 🥥

"Barry Humphries, the man responsible for some of Australia’s most loved characters including Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson and Sandy Stone, has exited stage left for the last time." #Obit #ShowBusiness
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/australian-comedy-great-barry-humphries-dies-aged-89-20230421-p5d286.html