Juice WRLD, who passed away in 2019, has a new posthumous album out on Dec 10.
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Saturday Night: “This documentary chronicles the meteoric career of Australian entrepreneur Robert Stigwood, who gambled on a magazine article about the Brooklyn night club scene and turned it into the 1977 cultural touchstone Saturday Night Fever, forever changing the way film studios approached movie soundtrack synergy, leaving an indelible mark on American cinema for decades to come.”Īnd on December 16, HBO will premiere the Tommy Oliver-directed Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss: “An intimate and often eye-opening exploration of the life and all-too-short career of wunderkind rapper Juice WRLD, this real-time account of the Chicago native details his struggles to navigate his meteoric rise to fame, his drug use, and mental health issues through a wealth of never-before-seen footage, unreleased music, and dozens of industry interviews.” On December 9, HBO will premiere the John Maggio-directed Mr. On December 2, HBO will premiere the Penny Lane-directed Listening to Kenny G: “A humorous but incisive look at the saxophonist Kenny G., the best-selling instrumental artist of all time, and quite possibly one of the most famous musicians today, the film investigates the artist formerly known as Kenny Gorelick, unraveling the allure of the man responsible for the term “smooth jazz”, and questioning the very definition of excellence.” HBO has already released the documentary, Woodstock ’99, about the famed (failure of) concert, via the Music Box series. For years record producers would not put images of African. Lane opens her film with prominent music critics, specifically in the field of jazz, listening to Kenny G’s songs. Lets put a little historic context into this discussion. John Oliver: How Kenny G Can Save the U.S.
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The series is part of Simmons’ Ringer Films. Mr.Lifson, I think you miss the point of the Chronicles article in that the lack of African Americans on the Yoshis CD reinforces the belief among many that Kenny G, Harry Connick Jr, Brian Setzer, Diana Krall and Bebel Gilberto are the faces of jazz in the 21st Century. On his popular podcast, The Bill Simmons Podcast, which aired late Thursday night, Simmons said he’d spent the past three-and-a-half years helping to shepherd the project, which he executive produced. That is followed on November 25 by DMX: Don’t Try To Understand.
This was not the story I agreed to tell,” about her participation in the doc. This is when I knew our visions were in fact painfully diverged. The first film, Jagged, is set to run on November 18, though it has endured some harsh criticism from its centerpiece Alanis Morrisette, who said, “I was lulled into a false sense of security and their salacious agenda became apparent immediately upon my seeing the first cut of the film. Watch DMX’s ‘Don’t Try To Understand’ trailer above.ĭon’t Try To Understand begin streaming on 11/25 at 8 pm ET on HBO Max.Starting Thursday (November 18) and running every Thursday for six weeks, HBO and producer-podcaster extraordinaire, Bill Simmons, is set to premiere their new music documentary series, “Music Box.” Future installments will concentrate on a diverse array of talents including saxophonist Kenny G, Saturday Night Fever producer Robert Stigwood, and the late Chicago rapper Juice WRLD. The first installment, Jagged, follows Canadian star Alanis Morisette at the outset of her career and is available for streaming now. Revolving around a year in the Yonkers native’s life after being released from prison in 2019 and following his efforts to pick up the pieces of his stalled rap career (which culminated in the 2021 album Exodus), the docuseries captures him at his most vulnerable, charismatic, and generous, as he shares his story with fellow Yonkers citizens and hopes to inspire them to turn their pain into words.Įxecutive produced by The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and directed by Christopher Frierson, the show is part of HBO’s Music Box series, which follows influential figures in the world of music and traces their impact on pop culture at large. The DMX documentary Don’t Try To Understand is due to begin streaming on HBO Max on November 25 and today, the trailer promises that the series will offer an emotional ride.