Sponsor: My Thanks to Hailey, It Happens

Hailey, It Happens

My thanks to Hailey, It Happens for sponsoring the website this week. I’ve been following these guys for what seems like forever now (as one of the members is a pretty prominent poster on our forums), and I really do think this is the best thing they’ve done yet. Their new album is self-titled and you can grab it right now on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music. I recommend everyone go give it a listen. The songs are personal, well written, and definitely worth your time.

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Documentary on Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Coming to HBO

HBO

HBO has announced an new documentary, The Defiant Ones, that will cover Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine.

HBO has announced it will be airing a four-part documentary on Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, which chronicles their divergent roots and their unlikely partnership as well as addresses the moguls’ influence and impact on pop culture. Directed by Allen Hughes (Menace II Society), The Defiant Ones features in-depth interviews with Dre and Iovine along with many diverse artists.

How Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling Shaped the Music of ‘La La Land’

MTV

Crystal Bell of MTV talks with La La Land songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul:

The songwriting duo, who met as undergrads in the University of Michigan’s musical theater program, have a knack for putting life’s messy, uncomfortable moments to song. In La La Land, Pasek and Paul capture a kind of buoyant melancholia only artists could truly understand, as the complicated lives of jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and struggling actress Mia (Emma Stone) romantically intertwine. Chazelle’s ode to dreamers is a lush cinematic experience bathed in brazen technicolor and Stone’s effervescent charisma, but its music is wonderfully simple.

J.J. Abrams Working on HBO Space Drama ‘Glare’

Film

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that J.J. Abrams is working on a new hourlong space drama for HBO called Glare.

Javier Gullón will pen the script and executive produce the drama, which stems from a blind script deal the Enemy scribe had with Bad Robot. The drama hails from Warner Bros. Television, where Abrams is under a rich overall deal. Ben Stephenson, former BBC head of drama-turned-Bad Robot head of development, will exec produce alongside Abrams and Gullón. Gullón is repped by CAA, Pacific View Management.