Before Brandi Carlile was a folk-rock superstar, she was a high school dropout spending her time in a lakeside shed with her first real band, which comprised Carlile, her brother Jay, and a pair of thirty-something locals from Carlile’s native Washington State. Carlile’s teenage years days were full of uncertainty and exploration: In just a few short years, she would begin gigging relentlessly around Seattle and meet her future musical collaborators, the Hanseroth Twins . But before then, she spent much of her time narrowly avoiding trouble with siblings Jay and Tiffany, falling in love with her first girlfriend, Jessica, and tending to her horse named Sovereign, which she purchased for $75 at the age of 17. Related Stories Brandi Carlile Covers Joni Mitchell, Talks 'Broken Horses' Memoir on 'Colbert' How Leslie Jordan Helped Us Survive Quarantine and Made a Gospel Album in the Process Related Stories The 50 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time … [Read more...] about How a Teenaged Brandi Carlile Quit School, Overcame Tragedy, and Met Her First Love
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Frances Bean Cobain on Life After Kurt’s Death: An Exclusive Q&A
One summer a few years ago, Frances Bean Cobain worked as an intern in the New York offices of Rolling Stone . Frances – the daughter of Nirvana singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain and an executive producer of the new HBO documentary on his life, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – was “a 15-year-old Goth kid, so stoked,” she recalls with a laugh during a recent interview for the cover story in our new issue . She remembers providing research assistance on a cover about the Jonas Brothers – and working in a cubicle across from a wall with a giant painting of Kurt. “Yeah,” Frances says with a grin and mock-exasperation, “looking at my dad every day.” ( Preview the cover story and listen to a previously unheard Cobain song here .) Related Frances Bean Cobain Talks Addiction, Her Sobriety: 'It Is an Everyday Battle' See Kid Cudi Pay Tribute to Kurt Cobain, Chris Farley as 'SNL' Musical Guest Related Chasteness, Soda Pop, and Show Tunes: The Lost Story … [Read more...] about Frances Bean Cobain on Life After Kurt’s Death: An Exclusive Q&A
Listen to a Previously Unheard Kurt Cobain Song: Inside the New Issue
Kurt Cobain has been studied and dissected obsessively in the years since his death in April 1994. Could there be anything left to learn about one of the greatest musicians of our time? The answer is yes, and it’s in the new issue of Rolling Stone (on sale Friday), where Frances Bean Cobain speaks out for the first time about her father’s legacy, life after his death, her stormy relationship with Courtney Love and the HBO documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck that brought them all back together again. In an exclusive clip from the film — which airs May 4th on HBO and in select theaters on April 24th — the Nirvana leader strums and sings along to a beautiful, haunting melody that the film’s director Brett Morgen tells us is a previously unheard Cobain original song that he discovered in Kurt’s storage facility in 2013. Related Frances Bean Cobain on Life After Kurt's Death: An Exclusive Q&A No Apologies: All 102 Nirvana Songs Ranked Related … [Read more...] about Listen to a Previously Unheard Kurt Cobain Song: Inside the New Issue
Harry Kooperstein, ‘Live From the Hollywood Bowl’ Director and 17-Time Emmy Winner, Dies at 78
He worked with weatherman David Letterman in Indianapolis and played with Conrad Janis in the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band. Harry Kooperstein, a director, producer and trumpet player who received 17 local Emmy Awards, eight for his work on the annual Live From the Hollywood Bowl telecasts, had died. He was 78. A resident of Palm Desert, Kooperstein died March 30, his family announced . Kooperstein also directed newscasts for KCOP-TV and musical specials on Miss Saigon and Kiss of the Spider Woman from the Ahmanson Theatre and called the shots for another popular perennial in town, the Hollywood Christmas Parade. Born on April 11, 1941, in Columbus, Ohio, Kooperstein attended Bexley High School and Ohio State University, where he majored in music and played trumpet in the school's famed marching band. He got his start in television as a stage manager at a Columbus station and directed newscasts for WLWI-TV in Indianapolis when David Letterman was his weatherman . … [Read more...] about Harry Kooperstein, ‘Live From the Hollywood Bowl’ Director and 17-Time Emmy Winner, Dies at 78
Ingrid Goes West Trailer Stars Aubrey Plaza as an Insane Instagram Addict
Just months after Neon acquired Ingrid Goes West in a competitive bidding situation after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the studio has released the first red band trailer for this outrageous dark comedy. Neon, the new distribution venture from Radius-TWC's Tom Quinn and Drafthouse Films' Tim League , picked up the film just two days after it premiered at Sundance, and it is now set for release on August 4. This outrageous comedy could be one of the sleeper hits of the summer, with a young and talented cast lead by Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen . Ingrid Goes West follows Ingrid Thorburn ( Aubrey Plaza ) a mentally unstable young woman who becomes obsessed with Taylor Sloane ( Elizabeth Olsen ), a social media "influencer" with a seemingly-perfect life. When Ingrid decides to drop everything, and move to the West Coast to befriend Taylor in real life, her behavior turns unsettling and increasingly dangerous. Neon debuted the trailer earlier today … [Read more...] about Ingrid Goes West Trailer Stars Aubrey Plaza as an Insane Instagram Addict