The 2010 comedy Grown Ups might have taken a lashing from the critics, but despite the dire reviews, it still managed to take enough at the box office ($271 million) to get the go-ahead for a sequel. As for the soundtrack, it’s an all round winner, featuring an exhaustive lineup of classic rock moments from…
Lisa Loeb is a songwriter, singer, and musician born on March 11, 1968. She is best known for her 1995 single from the album ‘Tails’ called “Stay (I Missed You).” In 1994, Lisa Loeb auditioned for Rocker Chick in Reality Bites. Her audition was seen by Ethan Hawke, who asked Lisa Loeb to be in…
In 2016, Drake White released his major-label debut, Spark, a warm, intimate collection of songs that showcased his freestyle fusion of heartland rock and soulful country. Three years later, his story took a dramatic turn when he collapsed on stage during a performance in Roanoke, Virginia. He was later diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation, a rare…
The 2012 movie Project X divided the critics but stormed at the box office, grossing over $100 million worldwide. The soundtrack, which features a compilation of hip hop tracks from the likes of Kid Cudi, Nas, Pusha T, and D12, proved as successful as the film, reaching number 12 on the US Billboard 200 and…
During the 90s, many movies about people living in impoverished areas focused on the darker, more violent aspects of that lifestyle. Ice Cube starred in one of them, Boyz In The Hood. However, he noticed a disproportionate amount of movies like that, so he decided to make one lighthearted and comedic. In 1995, the first…
Boogie Nights hit theaters in 1997. Even though the movie is fiction, it’s loosely based on the life of John Holmes. In the film, an adult film director, played by Burt Reynolds, meets a working-class guy, played by Mark Wahlberg, and gives him a shot to act in his productions. The movie was nominated for…
Best known for his reverb-laden rockabilly and crooning vocals, singer-songwriter Chris Issak swept to stardom in the early 1990s as a kind of modern-day Roy Orbison. With a repertoire that includes the likes of Wicked Game, Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing, and Somebody’s Crying, his melancholic, 1950’s style of rock and roll has earned…
After a couple of false starts and a few lineup changes, the Bay City Rollers hit the big time in 1974 with their UK top ten single, Remember. Within a year, they were one of the biggest acts in the UK; within two, they were one of the biggest acts in the world. Their time…
In 1958, a Las Vegas booking agent spotted Wayne Newton (who was still in his junior year at high school at the time) and his brothers performing on a local TV show. He signed them up to perform in Vegas for two weeks. The two weeks turned into decades, Newton ended up becoming a breakaway…