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LONDON—Alvin Lee is on the road again, and this time he’s not going home. Inspired by a special London concert last March without Ten Years After behind him, Lee bid an indefinite goodbye to his colleagues of seven years. Ten Years After might someday work together again, he says, but the immediate future belongs to a new band called Alvin Lee and Company. They are now on a six-week U.S. tour, and Lee’s Rainbow Theatre concert has been released as an album, In Flight. “Well,” Lee says, grinning in the corridor of his countryside home, a gold record for the Woodstock album hanging overhead, “I’m certainly not going to be playing ‘I’m Going Home.'” In a sense Lee is home, playing the kind of music that earned him that first initial recognition. The new band creates a sense of déjà vu, all of the players going back to their roots. There’s bassist Steve Thompson and keyboard player Ronnie Leahy, former members of … [Read more...] about Alvin Lee’s Long Road to Freedom

With two Emmy-nominated series and Hollywood at her feet, the star-creator behind the Amazon comedy and 'Killing Eve' reveals her future plans (hint: It’s probably not a Netflix deal) and the allure of writing for 007: "It’s a kind of fantasy nightmare." Phoebe Waller-Bridge has clearly done her homework. Delivering herself onto a shaded sofa in the Chateau Marmont courtyard, the 34-year-old British auteur surveys the Sunday brunch set with the confidence of a regular. "Before I got here I read something like 'The 25 Most Controversial Things That Happened at the Chateau,'" she confesses, her eyes flashing with a newfound awareness of decades marked by glamour and debauchery. "You know, just to really get in the zone." Interviewing a writer and actor who so nimbly avoids cliche on the grounds from which roughly 8,736 celebrity profiles have been harvested feels almost unsavory. But Waller-Bridge is leaning into Hollywood stereotypes as she hits Los Angeles at the beginning … [Read more...] about From ‘Fleabag’ to James Bond and Beyond: Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Death and Her Secret New Movie

EXCLUSIVE Chris Cornell's family just got shut down by the City of Detroit, which refused to release information surrounding the singer's death, because the City claims it's still "an open investigation." We've learned the family's lawyer, Kirk Pasich, sent a Freedom of Information request to the City asking for the police and toxicology reports. The City nixed the request, saying releasing the info would "compromise and/or interfere with their investigation." The family says it's "mystified" the Medical Examiner announced to the world Chris' death was a suicide when the full autopsy hasn't been completed. Chris' wife, Vicky, says the family still has several unanswered questions about what led to her husband's death and she thinks the toxicology reports will answer those questions. The intimation ... maybe Chris was so high on drugs he was not in his right mind and did not consciously try and kill himself. Launch Gallery Getty … [Read more...] about Chris Cornell’s Family Not Ready to Buy Suicide Story

Richie Mehta's award-winning series, which was acquired by the streaming giant after it bowed at Sundance, is based on the police investigations behind the real-life fatal gang rape of a young woman in Delhi in 2012. Canadian-Indian director Richie Mehta's debut series Delhi Crime Story has generated strong buzz since it bowed at Sundance this year as part of the festival's Indie Episodic program. The series is based on the police investigations following the horrific and fatal gangrape of a young woman in Delhi in 2012 which sparked national outrage about the safety of women and the slow pace of the law in delivering justice. The seven part series was acquired by Netflix which streamed it worldwide in March. It is toplined by Shefali Shah who portrays a senior woman police officer who heads the investigations as she battles against all odds. While adding to Netflix's growing slate in India, the series was also a test case in how to present a story tackling sensitive and controversial … [Read more...] about Director of Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime Story’ on Show’s Impact, Violence Against Women in India

Tonight, Meryl Streep received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the 74th Golden Globes. During her elegant acceptance speech the actress took critical aim at President-Elect, Donald Trump. The following is a transcript of what was said. At tonight's #GoldenGlobes we honor Hollywood legend Meryl Streep with the prestigious Cecil B. Demille Award. pic.twitter.com/dxpeCDNXY6— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 9, 2017 Please sit down. Thank you. I love you all. You'll have to forgive me. I've lost my voice in screaming and lamentation this weekend. And I have lost my mind sometime earlier this year, so I have to read. Thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press. Just to pick up on what Hugh Laurie said: You and all of us in this room really belong to the most vilified segments in American society right now. Think about it: Hollywood, foreigners and the press. But who are we, and what is Hollywood anyway? It's just a bunch of people from other places. I was born … [Read more...] about Watch Meryl Streep’s Powerful Golden Globes Speech