This image released by Disney shows Dan Stevens as The Beast, left, and Emma Watson as Belle in a live-action adaptation of the animated classic “Beauty and the Beast.” This image released by Disney shows Dan Stevens as The Beast, left, and Emma Watson as Belle in a live-action adaptation of the animated classic “Beauty and the Beast.”
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Gay character in Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ prompts calls for boycotts
Luke Evans stars as Gaston and Josh Gad as Le Fou in Disney’s new, live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” Even before it opens, the movie has generated controversy over reports that Gad’s character is gay.
Dan Stevens’ Downton apology
The ‘Beauty and the Beast’ actor left the popular TV drama in 2012 – when his character Matthew Crawley was killed off in a car accident – and Dan revealed people are still upset about it. The 34-year-old star, who quit to forge a Hollywood career, told the Sunday Mirror: “I’m still apologizing to people now.
‘Sun Records’ TV series, centered around Alabama native, set for premiere
Elvis Presley, left, with bass player Bill Black, second left, guitarist Scotty Moore and Sun Records and Memphis Recording studio head Sam Phillips, right, are shown at an early recording session in Memphis in 1954. “Sun Records,” a new TV drama about the ’50s record label helmed by Florence native Sam Phillips, debuts 9 p.m. tonight on CMT.
Roots & Blues Festival in Lancaster this weekend
The Dukes of Destiny, a veteran blues and old school soul band from Philadelphia, is the only band out of 70-plus performing at this weekend’s Roots & Blues Festival that sent us a press release, so their photo is in this week’s Local E. The Dukes are just one of the dozens of artists performing in the big city south of Lititz. The long list of quality acts includes legends like David Bromberg and Billy Price, and local favorites like Steven Courtney and Vinegar Creek Constituency.
Samantha Fish to rock Stanhope
Samantha Fish is arguably the blues scene’s hottest rising star, particularly when it comes to New Jersey. The Kansas City native has been bringing in the crowds every time she plays the area.
Don Lampson and the Vigilante String Alliance brings virtuosic…
One of the benefits of being a talented old cruster who’s been playing music and living in SLO County for decades is you eventually meet all the other great pickers, pluckers, and bowers in the area and can gather them together every once in a while for a super show, which is exactly what New Times Music Award-winner, exotic animal handler, crack shot, and irascible lady charmer Don Lampson plans when he brings The Vigilante String Alliance to Steynberg Gallery on Saturday, Jan. 28 , for his mid-winter musicale.
Dan Aykroyd Pens Witty, Intimate Tribute to Former Fiancee…
Former “Saturday Night Live” star and “Ghostbusters” actor Dan Aykroyd wrote a hilarious and touching recount of the times he shared with Carrie Fisher in Empire Magazine’s tribute to the late “Star Wars” actress. With dry wit, Aykroyd reminisced about the time he and Fisher first met in New York when Fisher was hosting an episode of “SNL.”
New Albums: Brandon Can’t Dance, ‘Hidden Figures’ soundtrack, The Doors
Brandon Can’t Dance is the nom de indie rock of Philadelphia songwriter Brandon Ayres. In the manner of rising DIY stars like Car Seat Headrest and Havertown’s Alex G , Ayres has followed several self-releases on his Bandcamp page over a number of years with this official coming-out party on the Lucky Number label.
Why the production designer of new TV series Legion has a dream job
Rachel Keller, left, and Dan Stevens, two of the stars of FX series Legion, are seen one of the many sets built in an enormous warehouse in Burnaby, B.C. Rachel Keller, left, and Dan Stevens, two of the stars of FX series Legion, are seen one of the many sets built in an enormous warehouse in Burnaby, B.C. Michael Wylie is in production designers’ heaven. As he leads reporters on a tour of sets he designed and had built for the new TV series Legion , he says he has been given a freer-than-usual hand to let his imagination run wild.
A running list of acts who refuse to perform at Trump’s inauguration
In 2009, President Obama scored Itzhak Perlman, Gabriela Montero, Yo-Yo Ma, and Anthony McGill, plus Aretha Franklin and her show-stopping hat and BeyoncA performing Etta James’ “At Last” during the Inaugural Ball; in 2013, he landed James Taylor, Kelly Clarkson, and BeyoncA . As for President-elect Donald Trump, who’s set to be inaugurated on January 20 because this nightmare is very, very real? He’s having a hard time convincing anyone to perform at his Inauguration Day ceremony.
Blues great Shemekia Copeland prepares for new arrival
Shemekia Copeland’s life is about to change in a dramatic way. She’s stepping out of the spotlight for bit to give birth to her first child.