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Slash, Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators have covered Elton John’s 1972 classic, ‘Rocket Man’.The rock act debuted their cover during their recent River Is Rising tour kickoff show in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday (February 8). The performance saw the Guns N’ Roses guitarist rip through several solos and lead guitar melodies while Kennedy and The Conspirators jammed along to the classic tune.Watch Slash, Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators cover ‘Rocket Man’ below.Before the band launched into the cover, Slash took to the mic to share that they had first recorded the cover for Stuntman, a documentary chronicling Eddie Braun’s attempt to recreate Evel Knievel’s Snake River Canyon jump.“We’re gonna do this song, it’s gonna be the first time we’ve ever played it live. We played it for a movie some years ago.

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Wednesday press release from Berkshire Hathaway’s Business Wire.The 50-year-old rapper, whose given name is Calvin Broadus Jr, acquired the company from private equity controlled MNRK Music Group, the release said.“I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value,” Snoop Dogg said, according to the release.“It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members. This is an extremely meaningful moment for me.”It wasn’t clear how much Snoop paid for the label, which filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and was sold six years later as founder Suge Knight battled legal and financial troubles.

Kelly Rizzo paid tribute to her late husband Bob Saget, and the life they shared during their six-plus year romance, one month after his unforeseen death on Wednesday.The food/travel blogger, 42, uploaded an emotional montage to Instagram that showed her and the 65-year-old comedian'sharing and exploring' food and drinks around the world.Saget passed away on January 9 from a brain bleed caused by head trauma that occurred after he checked into the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Orlando, Florida. He'd performed in a stand-up show just hours prior.

Harry styles are set to act in some very steamy 'X-rated' scenes for their new anticipated blockbuster movie set for 2022.The Crown actress Emma, 26, and former One Direction star Harry, 28, will play the lead actors in the upcoming film The Policeman.In a complicated love triangle, the two actors' characters are set to experience some very steamy X-rated scenes as the film has received an R rating for sexual content.The widely anticipated movie tells the story of PC Tom Burgess (Harry Styles), who struggles to hide his sexuality in Brighton in the 1950s.In upcoming scenes, PC Tom meets his future wife Marion (Emma Corrin) at a beach in Brighton. However, Tom falls for a museum curator Patrick Hazelwood (David Dawson), and the pair have a decades-long affair that turns their lives upside down.Emma's character Marion discovers her husband is having an affair and fights to have him arrested - homosexuality being still illegal at the time.The movie will no doubt have theatre-goers at the edge of their seats as its gripping storyline and eye-opening storytelling will have film buffs hooked.The film is directed by Michael Grandage and a release date is yet to be announced, but fans can expect a 2022 premiere of the film.It comes days after Emma Corrin made a surprise appearance at this year's BRIT awards.She looked completely unrecognisable as she joined rapper Little Simz's for her fantastic BRIT performance.

Billie Joe Armstrong's missing 1962 Chevrolet Nova has been found by police in Southern California.The Green Day vocalist, 49, took to Instagram Wednesday to update fans on the status of his automobile, along with a selfie.'FOUND MY CAR!!' Armstrong said. 'False alarm..

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost once made comedy skits on Saturday Night Live.But now the married couple have reunited onscreen to dodge a mind-reading Alexa device in a new Super Bowl commercial.Johansson and Jost put their normal game-day routine at home into action with the help of the Amazon device - a virtual personal assistant that plays music, tells the weather, delivers news and sports. Working together: Colin Jost, left, and Scarlett Johansson - seen in 2020 - star in a new Super Bowl commercial.

Lucy Hale flashed her cute smile on Wednesday while out and about in Los Angeles.The 32-year-old actress looked effortlessly stylish in a brown-and-white patterned shirt over a white tank top along with blue jeans.The Pretty Little Liars star completed her ensemble with white sandals. Good mood:Lucy Hale flashed her cute smile on Wednesday while out and about in Los AngelesShe had her dark brown hair parted down the middle and let her natural beauty shine with just a hint of makeup.Lucy accessorized with black sunglasses, golden hoop earrings, necklaces and a bracelet.

HBO unveiled a series of character posters and new still images from their highly-anticipated series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, debuting on HBO Sunday, March 6 at 9 PM ET which will be available to stream on HBO Max.The character posters offer a closer look at the Lakers owner Jerry Buss (John C. Reilly), his mother Jessie Buss (Sally Field) and daughter Jeanie Buss (Hadley Robinson).The posters also feature Laker luminaries such as coach Pat Riley (Adrien Brody), Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah), Michael Cooper (Delante Desouza), Jerry West (Jason Clarke), Paul Westhead (Jason Segel) and Claire Rothman (Gaby Hoffman).

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is getting ready to rev up Paramount Players, the shingle that was formed around Brian Robbins several years ago to generate niche, genre and cutting edge films. It hasn’t had a president, or much output, since Robbins left to run Nickelodeon.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won Heads of State, a pitch package designed to re-team John Cena and Idris Elba, who star in the upcoming The Suicide Squad sequel at Warner Bros. The project was sold after a Zoom pitch presentation with the actors, screenwriter Harrison Query, and the producers (The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and John Rickard).

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won Head of State, a pitch package designed to re-team John Cena and Idris Elba, who star in the upcoming The Suicide Squad sequel at Warner Bros. The project was sold after a Zoom pitch presentation with the actors, screenwriter Harrison Query, and the producers (The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and John Rickard).

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: George Freeman, who saw a 20-year run at WME end in June and continued to represent most of his clients independently as manager, has landed at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmAfter playing ex-FBI chief James Comey opposite Brendan Gleeson’s Donald Trump in the two part The Comey Rule that brought huge ratings for Showtime, Jeff Daniels squared time to write Trumpty Dumpty Blues, a song he wrote and performs about the polarizing U.S. President.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmTough news today as PMRC, the recently announced joint venture between Deadline parent company PMC and MRC, will lay off around 50 of the 250 employees who are coming over from Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter and Vibe. I got from a THR source a copy of an internal email sent out this morning by MRC co-CEOs Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu (read below).

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Barry Levinson will direct Francis And The Godfather, with Oscar Isaac starring as Francis Coppola and Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Evans in a drama about the legendary and wild battles that went into making the 1972 classic The Godfather. The film is based a Black List script by Andrew Farotte that was redeveloped by Levinson.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmHere’s some interesting timing on a fresh social media post, on a couple fronts. A Twitter account with the handle Republic of Kazakhstan that launched on Sunday with benign facts, just now put up a tweet “congratulating” Donald Trump on his victory tonight in the first U.S.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: A24 is putting together a film package that will have Emmy-winning Euphoria star Zendaya attached to play singer Ronnie Spector in a film about her life. Deals have just closed for Spector’s life rights and for Be My Baby, the book she wrote with Vince Waldron.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: In a filmmaking strategy that must have given her a sense of deja vu when she watched the recent Emmy Awards to see cameras in the home of every nominee, Stephanie Laing has managed to direct Shoot the Rooster, an indie feature based on loss in her own life that she co-wrote with Brad Morris. She accomplished the mission by sending around 23 cameras to the homes of her cast so that they could set up the scenes under her direction and shoot safely as COVID-19 shut down the business.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the sequel of the 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The film, which stars Sacha Baron Cohen in the title role once again, was the first movie made during the COVID-19 shutdown, shot surreptitiously as quickly as coronavirus shooting restrictions were eased, and unions were in agreement on a return to shooting.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: The Walt Disney Studios has set Oscar winner Barry Jenkins to direct the studio’s follow-up to the 2019 blockbuster The Lion King. Jeff Nathanson, who scripted the last installment, is back in the fold and has completed an initial draft of script.