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Bruce Springsteen Details Broadway Residency

Bruce Springsteen
Jason Tate

Bruce Springsteen has detailed his upcoming eight-week solo residency at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway.

I wanted to do some shows that were as personal and as intimate as possible. I chose Broadway for this project because it has the beautiful old theaters which seemed like the right setting for what I have in mind. In fact, with one or two exceptions, the 960 seats of the Walter Kerr Theatre is probably the smallest venue I’ve played in the last 40 years. My show is just me, the guitar, the piano and the words and music. Some of the show is spoken, some of it is sung. It loosely follows the arc of my life and my work. All of it together is in pursuit of my constant goal to provide an entertaining evening and to communicate something of value.

Kendrick Lamar Talks With Rolling Stone

Kendrick Lamar
Jason Tate

Kendrick Lamar recently sat down with Rolling Stone:

Well, that’s the challenge that keeps me going. Can I outdo myself again? Can I make a better rhyme than I made last time? That’s the whole chase. If that wasn’t there, then I’d have stopped after good kid, after I had my first platinum album. But, you know, you see Jay-Z [chuckles]. He’s a billionaire. You see Dr. Dre. Jay is still on his pen game, because it’s always a chase to see if you’re not only still true to the culture, but still can generate a creative process that’s organic for you, that can challenge yourself.

Disney Moving From Netflix to Own Streaming Service

Disney
Jason Tate

Michelle Castillo, writing for CNBC:

CEO Bob Iger told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin Disney had a “good relationship” with Netflix, but decided to exercise an option to move its content off the platform. Movies to be removed include Disney as well as Pixar’s titles, according to Iger. Netflix said Disney movies will be available through the end of 2018 on its platform. Marvel TV shows will remain.

The new platform will be the home for all Disney movies going forward, starting with the 2019 theatrical slate which includes Toy Story 4, Frozen 2, and the upcoming live-action The Lion King. It will also be making a “significant investment” in exclusive movies and television series for the new platform.

The Killers Talk With Rolling Stone

The Killers
Jason Tate

The Killers sat down to talk with Rolling Stone about their new album:

Overall, Flowers feels like he made progress on one major front. “I put more of an effort to be more personal on this record,” Flowers says. To open up, the 36-year-old reflected on turning 21 for the tongue-in-cheek lyrics to “The Man” (“I was doing things that I thought maybe a man should do, but I was still just a kid,” he says), he tapped into the vulnerability he felt as a child in 1990 watching Buster Douglas knock out then-undefeated Mike Tyson and realizing “nothing lasts forever” (the soaring “Tyson vs. Douglas”) and he sang words of support to his wife, who suffers complex PTSD stemming from childhood traumas (the atmospheric “Some Kind of Love”). “It’s really emotional,” he says of the last tune. “I played that for her, and she just sobbed.”

The Ringer Relaunches

The Ringer
Jason Tate

The Ringer has relaunched using Vox’s Chorus1 content management system and hosting:

What you see today is, as before, a website—but hopefully one that is a more readable, more navigable, better organized, and more coherent experience. This site is a passion for everyone employed here, and its usability is paramount. We want to keep growing, and to keep pushing ourselves to write and produce stories that are unique, irreverent, unbound by the conventions of the web’s worst practices, but also be pragmatic about how to have the most fun covering sports, pop culture, technology, food, Game of Thrones, the NBA, and yes, even politics. We think this new site will help us do just that.

It looks way better than the old one.

  1. Hey, cool name!↩

Tidal Gets (Another) New CEO

Tidal
Jason Tate

Shirley Halperin, writing for Variety:

Former Kobalt Music Group president Richard Sanders is the new CEO of Tidal, the Jay-Z-owned music streaming service launched in 2015, sources confirm to Variety.

He is the fourth person to take the CEO title at Tidal in just over two years.

David Letterman to Host Netflix Interview Series

David Letterman
Jason Tate

Cynthia Littleton, writing for Variety:

Netflix has ordered six episodes of the hourlong series, to be produced by New York-based RadicalMedia and Letterman’s Worldwide Pants banner. The untitled show is targeted to debut next year. […]

“I feel excited and lucky to be working on this project for Netflix,” Letterman said. “Here’s what I have learned, if you retire to spend more time with your family, check with your family first. Thanks for watching, drive safely.”

Brendon Urie Finishes ‘Kinky Boots’ Run and Auctions Off Signed Guitar

Jason Tate

Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco has finished his run on the Broadway musical Kinky Boots. He is also auctioning off a signed guitar on eBay to raise money for Kinky Boots co-star Eric L. Summers who is battling cancer:

All proceeds will go directly to Eric L. Summers (our fellow Kinky Boots cast member who is battling cancer) to help him pay his medical bills. If you live in New York, you can pick it up directly from the Al Hirschfeld Theater and save on shipping!