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Alamo Drafthouse dedicates Lower Manhattan movie house in honor of ‘Ghostbusters’ director Ivan Reitman

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Alamo Drafthouse has honored Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 director — and Ghostbusters: Afterlife producer — Ivan Reitman by naming its Lower Manhattan theater in his honor.

“Ivan Reitman has entertained and influenced generations of film lovers with seminal films like Stripes, Meatballs, and Dave,” the cinema says in its announcement, which honored Reitman for his “incalculable influence on cinema.”

That the newly-crowned Ivan Reitman Cinema is located in the Big Apple was no coincidence. “In Ghostbusters, he made hilariously wild concepts feel grounded, and cemented his entire cast — including a 112-foot-tall marshmallow man — into New York icons,” Alamo says.

Ivan Reitman was on hand Monday for the dedication of the theater in New York City’s financial district, as was his son, Jason, who directed Afterlife.

Reitman, 75, said of the honor, “As a wide-eyed five-year-old breathlessly watching my first film in a packed theater of kids, I could only dream that this might be the magical path that my life would follow.”

He thanked Alamo Drafthouse for naming the theater in his honor, and for, “clearly demonstrating belief in the future of this art form by building a great movie palace — just blocks from the firehouse that the Ghostbusters occupy!”

The theater has gone all-in on the anticipated movie, which opens Friday, with a giant statue of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man perfect for selfie-taking, as well as themed menu items including an “Ectoplasmic Residue” cocktail, and that sought-after Hi-C Ecto-Cooler juice.

Listen to Saint Asonia cover The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights”

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Saint Asonia has put a hard rock spin on The Weeknd‘s inescapable hit, “Blinding Lights.”

“I just wanted to do something that people wouldn’t necessarily expect,” frontman Adam Gontier says of the cover. “I mean, any way you look at it, ‘Blinding Lights’ is a GREAT song. It was fun to give it our flavor, and add our style to it.”

The ex-Three Days Grace frontman was also psyched to take on a song by another Canadian artist.

“That made it even sweeter,” Gontier says. “We’re all pumped with how it turned out. It hits hard.”

You can download the “Blinding Lights” cover now via digital outlets.

Along with Gontier, Saint Asonia includes Staind guitarist Mike Mushok. The band’s latest album, their sophomore effort Flawed Design, was released in 2019.

Megan Thee Stallion, Rick Ross, Migos, and more mourn the late Young Dolph

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Following the shooting death of Young Dolph Wednesday afternoon in Memphis, numerous stars are mourning his passing.

“Everybody that know me knows I play this man music EVERY DAY!” Megan Thee Stallion commented on Instagram. She was featured on his 2020 RIAA Gold-certified hit, “RNB.” “He was so genuine so real so kind to me and tfarris always!!! Rest in Peace to a real legend,” Megan concluded.

“My friend Dolph this broke my heart,” wrote Gucci Mane, who collaborated with Dolph on “Stunting Ain’t Nuthin,” in 2017.

The 36-year-old Memphis MC often recorded with Migos. “DAMN! This One Hurt,” Quavo tweeted, “RIP DOLPH.” Offset echoed his sentiments, writing, “Damn R.I.P Dolph PRAYER FOR YA KIDS AND FAMILY SMH.”

Rick Ross also tweeted, “RIP DOLPH.”

Young Dolph was born in Chicago and moved to Memphis when he was two years old. Chance the Rapper, who is also from the Windy City, commented, “God bless Dolph. Real independent Memphis rapper born in Chicago. loved by millions of ppl. Always showed love every time I seen him. this is tragic. God bless his family man.”

As previously reported, the “Major” rapper, born Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., was fatally shot Wednesday at the Makeda’s Cookies in South Memphis. His aunt, Mary Trice, told ABC Memphis affiliate WATN-TV that he was a role model for youth.

“A leader is a person who stands tall and walks tall and stand for righteous,” Trice said. “Whatever went on with those young people he could control them, he could tell them to stop.”

Dolph was planning a turkey giveaway for Thanksgiving, said Trice, and was always assisting the community.

“Help the needy, buy kids clothes for Christmas, in the summertime, it didn’t matter, block parties, it’s all about the children in the community with him.”

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Former police officers wanted in carjacking and kidnapping, their chief urges them to surrender

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

(BALTIMORE) — Two former Maryland police officers are now the subject of a manhunt by their former boss, and police said they should be considered armed and dangerous.

The alleged crimes began at a home in York County, Pennsylvania, this week, when former Baltimore County police officer Robert Vicosa allegedly held a woman at gunpoint, stole her car and fled with his two daughters, ages 6 and 7, police in York said. The stolen car was found in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, police said.

On Wednesday afternoon, Vicosa and Baltimore County police officer Tia Bynum allegedly committed a kidnapping and robbery in the Cockeysville, Maryland, area, the Baltimore County Police Department said.

Vicosa was allegedly armed with a semi-automatic handgun, police said, adding that his daughters were present during the robbery.

The suspects allegedly carjacked a man and forced him to drive them, before releasing the victim unharmed, Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt said.

Baltimore County police said Vicosa was fired in August 2021. Police said Bynum, who was in the criminal investigations bureau, is currently suspended and stripped of police powers.

Vicosa and Bynum are wanted and considered armed and dangerous, police said, adding that they’re “armed with at least one handgun and possibly several semi-automatic rifles.”

Chief Hyatt began her remarks at a news conference Thursday with a personal plea to Bynum.

“Our priority is the safety and wellbeing of [Vicosa’s daughters] Giana and Aaminah. Please get these two innocent and precious children to a safe location,” Hyatt said. “We want to work with you on a safe and peaceful resolution.”

She urged both suspects to “peacefully surrender to authorities.”

Billie Eilish’s James Bond theme wins Hollywood Music in Media Award

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Billie Eilish can add yet another award to her presumably crowded trophy case.

The “bad guy” star and her brother/collaborator FINNEAS are now winners of a Hollywood Music in Media Award — a ceremony that honors music specifically related to visual media, including film, TV and video games. The pair earned the Song: Feature Film prize for co-writing the theme for the new James Bond movie, No Time to Die.

The song “No Time to Die” previously won the 2021 Grammy for Best Song Written for a Visual Media.

Eilish first dropped “No Time to Die” back in February 2020, around when the movie was originally supposed to premiere. After over a year of pandemic-delays, the 25th Bond film finally made its way into theaters this past October.

Amazon and Starbucks team up for cashier-less cafe in New York City

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Amazon and Starbucks teamed up to launch a new cashier-less cafe in midtown Manhattan that opens to the public on Thursday.

The new concept store combines a traditional Starbucks pickup cafe with the so-called “Just Walk Out Shopping” experience of an Amazon Go market, allowing customers to order their coffee concoctions, pastries and sandwiches ahead of time on the Starbucks app and see the status of their order on a digital screen when they arrive.

Customers can then directly take items off the shelf to add to their Amazon Go virtual cart or put them back on the shelf to remove from their virtual cart. A customer will be charged for their items automatically when they leave the Amazon Go market, after using the Amazon app, Amazon One payment method or credit card to enter the store.

The coffee shop and market also feature a lounge and individual workplaces, expandable tables, power outlets and USB ports for those who want to work in the cashier-less cafe.

“The new Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go is designed to provide our customers with an experience that delivers convenience and connection in an effortless way,” Katie Young, the senior vice president of global growth and development at Starbucks, said in a statement.

“Our goal with this new store concept is to give our customers the ability to choose which experience is right for them as they go through their day, whether it is utilizing the Starbucks and Amazon apps to purchase food and beverages on the go, or deciding to stay in the lounge for the traditional third place experience Starbucks is known for,” Young added.

The Seattle-based companies said they plan to open a second location in the New York Times Building next year, and a third one in New York City soon to meet “evolving customer preferences for convenience, higher levels of mobile ordering and contactless pay, and reduced time waiting in lines,” according to a joint statement Thursday.

The initiatives come as the service industry notably struggles to hire staffers in the wake of COVID-19-related shocks, but also as millennial and Gen Z shoppers have increasingly driven demand for unattended commerce.

The store also opens amid the backdrop of new unionization efforts emerging at both Amazon and Starbucks.

New HBO Max doc ‘Jagged’ will make you appreciate Alanis Morissette’s classic 1995 album “more deeply,” says director

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

You oughta know that Jagged, a documentary about Alanis Morissette and her seminal 1995 album Jagged Little Pill, airs tonight at 8 p.m. on HBO Max.

The album reveals how a then-21-year-old Alanis took the music industry by storm with her raw, emotionally honest songs. And the film’s director, Alison Klayman, tells ABC Audio that it’ll definitely have you digging out your old Jagged Little Pill CD.

“We had a party and we listened to the entire album after watching the movie and then karaoke’d all of the singles,” Klayman says, laughing. “And I was like, ‘Does everybody want this?’ And it was like, ‘This is all we want.'”

She adds, “The film just really inspires people not only to understand and re-frame and appreciate more deeply the story of the album, but really just to [be] like, ‘Yeah, I really want to listen to this. I love these songs.’“

Klayman also feels now is the perfect time to revisit the album and its message of female empowerment because, she notes, “We’re kind of on the other side of the beginning of MeToo and Time’s Up.”

“Y’know, there’s [now] a framework for thinking about some of these things,” she adds. “Like Alanis says, ‘It’s not that people are suddenly talking about it — it’s just that the culture wasn’t listening. And now it is.'”

While Alanis participated in the making of the film, she later publicly denounced it as salacious and refused to attend the premiere. Admitting she was “definitely surprised” by Alanis’ reaction, Klayman says, “I felt like this is a film that was made so collaboratively and with such a spirit of celebration and respect.”

She adds, “My hope is that she feels the love and support and can appreciate that, you know, that is the impact of this film.”

Foo Fighters dive into the pool — and the uncanny valley — with Jason Sudeikis-starring “Love Dies Young” video

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Foo Fighters have premiered the video for “Love Dies Young,” the closing track off the band’s new album, Medicine at Midnight.

As previously teased, the clip stars Jason Sudeikis playing a mustachioed, accented coach of a synchronized swimming team. While that sounds a lot like his title character on Ted Lasso, this guy is basically the mean, evil version of AFC Richmond’s beloved coach.

As unsettling as it may be to see the man behind Ted Lasso be an unforgiving jerk to his team, things get even weirder when the swimmers turn around to reveal their faces are deep-fakes of Dave Grohl and company, giving everything a whole uncanny valley vibe.

The video then really takes a turn towards the end, when someone finds, well, something that rhymes with “Foo,” in the pool.

You can watch the “Loves Dies Young” video, which was directed by Grohl, streaming now on YouTube.

The infamous Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape takes center stage in new ‘Pam & Tommy’ trailer

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

As has been reported, Lily James and Sebastian Stan became perfect doppelgängers for Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee for the Hulu film Pam & Tommy, but now the buzzy Hulu series has a new teaser.

The clip serves as something of an origin story for one of the couple’s most infamous — and intimate — escapades: their stolen sex tape.

Seth Rogen and Parks and Recreation‘s Nick Offerman are seen scanning through a videotape that was stolen in a burglary of the stars’ Malibu home, when they strike gold: X-rated honeymoon footage of the pair.

“It’s so private,” Offerman’s Uncle Miltie says. “It’s like we’re seeing something we’re not supposed to be seeing. Which is kinda what makes it so hot.”

The stolen footage was leaked online, prompting the Motley Crüe drummer and the Baywatch icon to sue the distributor, Internet Entertainment Group. After settling with the company, the footage was released legitimately in 1998, and made a reported $77 million in less than a year.

Helmed by Stan’s I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie, Pam & Tommy tracks the couple’s whirlwind romance, their quickie 1995 wedding, and their turbulent marriage, which ended in 1998, amid reports of physical abuse.

Neither stars were involved in the making of the series, which was produced by Rogen and his longtime collaborator, Evan Goldberg.

Pam & Tommy premieres Feb. 2 on Hulu.

Put another dime in the jukebox, baby!: Joan Jett’s ‘I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll’ album celebrates 40th anniversary

November 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Joan Jett‘s most successful album, I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll, which features the pop-punk legend’s signature song, her classic cover of U.K. glam-rock group The Arrows‘ 1975 tune of the same name.

I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll was Jett’s second album following the 1979 breakup of her influential all-female group The Runaways, and the first that she released with her longtime backing band The Blackhearts.

The original Blackhearts lineup featured guitarist Eric Ambel, bassist Gary Ryan and drummer Lee Crystal although Ambel was replaced early on during the sessions by Ricky Byrd.

The title track, which was written by Arrows members Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker, became a massive hit for Jett & the Blackhearts, spending seven consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the spring of 1982. It’s Jett’s only song ever to top the chart, and was the third-best-selling track in the U.S. in ’82 overall.

The album also included Jett & the Blackhearts’ second-highest-charting single, a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells‘ 1969 #1 hit “Crimson and Clover” that reached #7 on the Hot 100 for Joan and company.

The album, which was split between original tunes written or co-written by Joan and cover tunes, also included memorable renditions of The Dave Clark Five‘s 1964 smash “Bits and Pieces,” doo-woop group The Halos‘ 1961 hit “Nag” and the holiday classic “Little Drummer Boy.”

The I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and has gone on to sell more than a million copies in the U.S.

In 2016, Jett & the Blackhearts’ version of “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Here’s the album’s full track list:

“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”
“(I’m Gonna) Run Away”
“Love Is Pain”
“Nag”
“Crimson and Clover”
“Victim of Circumstance”
“Bits and Pieces”
“Be Straight”
“You’re Too Possessive”
“Little Drummer Boy”

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