Day: December 19, 2022

“It’s amazing to me,” admits Jesse Wilson, who remains “shocked” about her recent Grammy nomination for “Keep Rising,” the end-credits song she wrote for “The Woman King” with producer (and former bassist Clay Seidman). Jeremy Lotito, featuring Angelique Kidjo. “I knew it had been submitted, and I did a ‘for consideration’ sketch that I sent to people. But I honestly didn’t think it would happen. I felt like the movie was so successful and the song so powerful, but I’m just a little fish in a huge pond.” Wilson is…

Many of this year’s Academy Award nominee for Best Picture have something in common: They’ve used David Bowie’s music to make relevant script points, heighten the emotion in a scene, or simply to brighten the mood. “When you’re using a song by David Bowie… his work as an artist is always so meaningful,” says Randy Spineloff, President of Motion Picture Music at Paramount and the man behind the musical oversight of “Top Gun: Maverick.” The main driver of an impactful, synth-packed soundtrack. In “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Rian…

One of the more exhilarating surprises in “Avatar: The Way of Water” is when Eddie Falco appears as General Francis Ardmore, the new military commander on Pandora. Ardmore is on a mission to make Pandora hospitable to the human race, as the Earth dies and humans will soon need a new permanent home. Falco isn’t featured prominently in any marketing materials, so you’d be forgiven for not knowing that the four-time Emmy Award winner plays a crucial supporting role in the “Avatar” franchise. Falco herself didn’t even know about the…