Wonder-dancer AJ stakes claim as India’s answer to MJ Amit Jadav, aka AJ, a Mumbai prodigy, is a singer-dancer who can leave you wonder-struck with moves that are leaves right out of Michael Jackson (MJ)’s work-book, including the moonwalk and spin. At the performance on 07 May at the Birla Matushri Sabhagar, South Mumbai’s prestigious hall, a packed auditorium found their jaws dropping when he wowed them with act after act, syncing hundreds of moves with video-projection of...

Hired Gun, Review by Siraj Syed: Meet the unsung heroes of top music bands Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, PINK, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper and Billy Joel are bands and acts that were the rage of their times. Each notched-up success after success, chartbuster following chartbuster. Supporting the bandleader/lead-singer in their pop/rock/heavy metal gigs and recordings were dozens of backing musicians, who often got credit on the records, but not always. There are many unsung heroes wh...

Adrienne Papp has been a known insider in the industry as a writer on current, true and essential entertainment topics. Adrienne Papp and Jason Isaacs Adrienne Papp, President of Spotlight Media Productions Adrienne Papp has been a known insider in the industry as a writer on current, true and essential entertainment topics along with contemporary messages such as quantum physics and neuroscience, which she publishes throughinterviews, online and printed magazines in ...

Adrienne Papp has been a known insider in the industry as a writer on current, true and essential entertainment topics.   Adrienne Papp and Jason Isaacs Adrienne Papp, President of Spotlight Media Productions Adrienne Papp has been a known insider in the industry as a writer on current, true and essential entertainment topics along with contemporary messages such as quantum physics and neuroscience, which she publishes throughinterviews, online and printed maga...

Adrienne Papp has been a known insider in the industry as a writer on current, true and essential entertainment topics.   Adrienne Papp and Jason Isaacs Adrienne Papp, President of Spotlight Media Productions Adrienne Papp has been a known insider in the industry as a writer on current, true and essential entertainment topics along with contemporary messages such as quantum physics and neuroscience, which she publishes throughinterviews, online and printed maga...

Till ten years, the OFF de Cannes create the surprise on La Croisette. Alain Zirah and Anne Gomis, from Marseilles, make a tribute fot two exceptional dancers disapeared around 50: Rudolf Noureev and Michael Jackson. The Russian producer Alfiya Chebotareva came specially to submit her film Rudolf Noureev rebellious demon to a panel of distinguished guests among which Alan Reeves, 35 awards and Kill Bill 2 for Quentin Tarantino, Michael Winkler The GlitterKing, rockstar from Berlin, and Franck K...

by Marc Rickenbach I was thinking recently about where we might see a crossover between music videos and films. There’s the obvious: some form of a narrative, maybe an experimental/auteur edge and some music videos even directly allude to films. But for the most part music videos stand as their own ‘genre’ of cinematic form. Then, not so long ago, a friend of mine sent me a video that could have been pulled directly from the young mind of Wes Craven. Or Satan. It wa...

Intro by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent   HERE & THERE: Tamo i Ovde from DARKO LUNGULOV     Serbian filmmaker Darko Lungulov made his 2009 feature HERE & THERE based on personal experience as "a man with a van" in New York City.   On a DIY mission in both the making of the film and distributing it, he wove the story of being a Serbian immigrant into a rich tale of loss and love.   Using unusual talent...

by Marla Lewin                    photo from "Michael Jackson: The Untold Story of Neverland"Just days after Dr. Conrad Murray surrendered to the Superior court in Los Angeles, where he was arraigned on one count of felony involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson there is  a new film being screened at  the 2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The world premiere of the feature documentary “Michael Jackson: The Untold Story of Neverland”  by ...

Michael Jackson Planned to Step into Jimmy Cagney’s Shoes, says ‘Captain EO’ Producer and Longtime Pal Rusty Lemorande Unlike his idol Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson never established himself as a movie star - namely in a musical remake of the 1938 James Cagney flick Angels with Dirty Faces - and it’s a reget he took to his grave. That, according to the King of Pop’s Captain EO collaborator, and friend of 25 years, Rusty Lemorande. "He really wanted a film ca...

Sometimes Hollywood lives up to its legend. Years ago, I was producing 2 entertainment weekly shows in L.A, and multi-talented French icon Thierry Lhermitte, was promoting "An Indian in the City" -- which went through an "extreme (re)make-over" by Disney later on... As we asked him if he pictured himself pursuing a career in Hollywood, he replied "No way, it's like the Cannes Film Festival 365 days a year!".However, recently, the recession hit, and what reached an a...