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Luke Evans joins cast of live-action Pinocchio in a villainous role Luke Evans is returning to Disney as a villain once again. Luke Evans is returning to Disney live-action films as he joins the cast of the upcoming Pinocchio film, a remake of the 1940 classic. Deadline reported the news that he was joining the cast as The Coachman, who in the 1940 film lured young boys to Pleasure Island, where they transformed into donkeys and forced to work. This will be Luke’s second appearance in a live-...

/ Writer and author Adele Bertei revisits the ghosts of Cleveland’s 1970s punk scene in her book “Peter and the Wolves,” which focuses on her time spent with the mythologized Peter Laughner. Writer and author Adele Bertei revisits the ghosts of Cleveland’s 1970s punk scene in her book “Peter and the Wolves,” which focuses on her time spent with the mythologized Peter Laughner. Laughner was a founding member of the influential “avant-garage” band Pere Ubu and performed with memb...

ROOTS-REGGAE singer Jah9 is looking forward to a memorable performance at Jamaica Jazz an...

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Noteworthy –WHAT WE LOST, part 2 Jan. 14, 2021 at 6:00 am OUR TERRIBLE MUSIC LOSSES With Trump soon walking away (we pray!), our great relief has to be muted by the incredible carnage he left behind. As we all know, he did nothing about the coronavirus when it was so needed in the beginning, when it would have made a huge difference. He saw it as a political calculation, not hundreds of thousands of American lives lost and the pain of all those families. If he had done nothing it would have b...

Craig Brenner – Passages (Self-produced): “Craig Brenner explores the jazzy side of blues and boogie woogie piano. Called “a fine and funky pianist” by Living Blues, Craig has received multiple Indiana Arts Commission grants and he has been voted “Best Musician” in Bloomington, IN, in the Bloomington Independent; Craig & The Crawdads has been chosen best band.” (https://www.craigbrenner.com/bio) He has recorded and performed with the Meters and Dr. John. Passages offers “eig...

“Poor Captain Lyle/ Was drinking a beer at the bar./ One of the local losers/ Tried to get dear/ With a hole in his pocket/ Just to grab his cash fast./ Lyndie the bartender/ Just 86’d her ass.”—James Allen. Photo: “Captain Lyle at the Indian Room,” by Ray Carofano “Poor Captain Lyle/ Was drinking a beer at the bar./ One of the local losers/ Tried to get dear/ With a hole in his pocket/ Just to grab his cash fast./ Lyndie the bartender/ Just 86’d her ass.”—James Alle...

Screenplay News and Reviews Some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers and people of note we lost in 2020 Now that the year is finally over and done with, we at Village Media would like to take pause and remember those the world lost in 2020. Here are just some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers, and people of note that left us this year (in no particular order): Alex Trebek – Jeopardy! host from 1984 through 2020. The Northern Ontario native also made appearances in numerou...

The 50 Moments That Defined Rock n Roll By Andrew Lisa, Stacker News On 1/3/21 at 11:00 AM EST From baseball and television to air conditioning and Coca-Cola, the United States has offered the world no shortage of contributions. Few of those contributions, however, can hold a candle to the one American export that completes the vaunted triple crown of sex, drugs, and rock n roll. Born at the crossroads of gospel, country, jazz, and R&B, rock n roll emerged in earnest in the boom years after ...

Relatives and relative strangers. A vicious virus united us with a prevailing sense of loss. It got to the point when we cringed every time the phone rang or we turned on the television, fearing that there would be news of yet another person passing away. This year has seen the deaths of legends and loved ones alike. Many across the country, and close to home, were claimed by COVID-19, while others succumbed to the ravages of illness or time. Others were children who barely had time to make the...