Andra Day , star of the new film The United States vs. Billie Holiday , delivered a medley of Holiday’s classic “Strange Fruit” and the soundtrack’s “Tigress & Tweed” during a virtual performance on Tuesday’s Tonight Show . Filmed in Los Angeles, the “Strange Fruit” half of the medley was more music video than live performance: The song soundtracks Day’s walk from a chauffeured car to a smoky bar, where the seated Day sings the Golden Globes-nominated “Tigress & Tweed” — a Raphael Saddiq-produced, Holiday-inspired original from the film’s soundtrack — in one long take. Day recently told Rolling Stone that she lost nearly 40 pounds and started drinking and smoking to step into the role of Holiday, the Grammy-nominated singer’s first starring role. “‘Intimidating’ is not the appropriate word — ‘fear of God’ is appropriate,” Day said of the role. “It was the scariest shit I’ve ever done in my life. Every day I just woke up being like, ‘Today’s the day I’m going to … [Read more...] about See Andra Day Deliver ‘Strange Fruit’ Medley on ‘Fallon’
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Dave Erickson Inks Overall Deal With MRC Television, Sets Series Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Jaunt’
EXCLUSIVE: Fear The Walking Dead co-creator Dave Erickson has closed an overall deal with MRC Television . Under the multi-year pact, Erickson will exclusively work with the indie studio on the creation and development of television series on which he will serve as writer-showrunner or supervise other writers. As part of the deal, Erickson is developing The Jaunt , based on the 1981 Stephen King short story originally published in The Twilight Zone Magazine. The Jaunt explores a future where teleportation, called ‘jaunting,’ has become a commonplace, if still dangerous and mysterious, technology. “We’ve long admired Dave’s visionary creative work and are thrilled to welcome him to MRC,” said Elise Henderson, President of MRC Television. “A true master of his craft, he’s the ideal partner to build upon the work of Stephen King, and create and develop more originals as the studio continues to expand.” Related Story MRC Television Taps Felicia Joseph As … [Read more...] about Dave Erickson Inks Overall Deal With MRC Television, Sets Series Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Jaunt’