Jimi Hendrix is a transcendental artist who influenced – and continues to influence – a lot of people, from fans to fellow musicians, in a lot of ways. Today, his artistry lives on in the likes of singer-songwriters Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Jack White, as well as U2 guitarist The Edge, just to name a few. This is what the magic of music does to people; it turns mere mortals into timeless icons that will be remembered forever. For Hendrix, his legend not only encompasses the basic four bars in music, but also a modern era already brimming with creativity and knowledge.
The Jimi Hendrix appeal lives on up to this day. In fact, one could argue that it’s more vivid, animated than it ever was before. Aside from having a distinct sound that takes listeners in sort of an out-of-this world experience, Hendrix’s overall persona is the subject of a range of visual art forms. From the renowned works of FineArtsAmerica, to a Jimi Hendrix Online Slot variant by UK-based gaming platform Pocketfruity, his genre-pushing ways redefined how people perceive music as just an auditory channel. Hendrix’s impact covers different facets of life, factors that are so immense and complex they resonate in the hearts of people who are fortunate enough to be moved by him.
All things considered, what’s even more amazing is how Jimi Hendrix accomplished all of these in just a short span of time. Many know how his brief yet meaningful four-year music career was cut short by an unfortunate incident. However, in his nearly half-a-decade reign in the industry, Rolling Stone considered Hendrix as one of the greatest artists of all time. In the article, John Mayer describes him as “one of those extraordinary hubs of music where everybody lands at some point. Every musician passed through Hendrix International Airport eventually.” Mayer perfectly puts it: “He is the common denominator of every style of popular music.”
In hindsight, Jimi Hendrix built a stable foundation in music with his groundbreaking methods, ahead-of-its-time tools, and avant-garde styles. Best of all, Jimi Hendrix blurred the lines of conventional wisdom and stayed true to his promise of being an artist who exceeds generations, races, and genres.
‘Hairspray Live’ stars Ephraim Skyes, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Ariana Grande, Garrett Clayton, Harvey Fierstein, Maddie Baillio, Kristin Chenoweth, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Derek Hough (Photo by Brian Bowen Smith/NBC)
NBC’s Hairspray Live! has added Emmy winners Derek Hough and Martin Short to the cast, joining previously announced stars Jennifer Hudson and Harvey Fierstein. Hough is set to play Corny Collins and Short will take on the role of Edna Turnblad’s husband, Wilbur. Alex Rudzinski and Kenny Leon (The Wiz Live!) are on board as directors for the live musical event and Neil Meron and Craig Zadan are involved as executive producers.
In addition to reprising his Tony Award-winning role as Edna Turnblad, Fierstein will be working on the new teleplay. Kinky Boots‘ Jerry Mitchell is confirmed as the choreographer for the show which will feature music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Smash). NBC will air Hairspray Live! on December 7, 2016 at 8pm ET/PT.
“We are very happy to have the inimitable Martin Short to play Edna’s loving husband, Wilbur,” said Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment. “We welcome Marty to the network in May in his new variety show with Maya Rudolph and we think he will be the perfect long-term companion to Harvey’s Edna. And hands-down the best dancer on television and one of the best in the entertainment business, Derek Hough, will be perfect in the role of Corny Collins, the cocky song-and-dance-man who hosts the TV show every teenager in Baltimore wants to be on.”
The Hairspray Live! Plot: Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Hairspray Live! takes place in 1962 Baltimore. Teenager Tracy Turnblad’s dream is to dance on “The Corny Collins Show,” a local TV program. When, against all odds, Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight and meets a colorful array of characters, including the resident dreamboat, Link; the ambitious mean girl, Amber; an African-American boy she meets in detention, Seaweed; and his mother, Motormouth Maybelle, the owner of a local record store. Tracy’s mother is the indomitable Edna Turnblad, and she eventually encourages Tracy on her campaign to integrate the all-white “Corny Collins Show.”
Jimmy Smits at the ‘Sons of Anarchy’ final season premiere (Photo by Frank Micelotta /PictureGroup/FX)
24: Legacy and Star are both going to be joining Fox’s primetime lineup during the 2016-2017 season. Both dramas have received series orders from the network and will debut sometime in the upcoming season. 24: Legacy is the newest addition to the 24 franchise – Fox also revisited that show’s world in 24: Live Another Day – and comes from executive producers Howard Gordon, Brian Grazer, Stephen Hopkins, Manny Coto, Evan Katz and Kiefer Sutherland. Hopkins directed the pilot from a script by Coto and Katz. Star comes from Tom Donaghy (The Whole Truth) and Oscar nominee Lee Daniels (The Butler) who’s also the creative mind behind the critically acclaimed series Empire. Like Empire, Star will be a music-driven series. Daniels directed the pilot and co-wrote the script with Donaghy.
The 24: Legacy Plot: Starring Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton), Miranda Otto (Homeland) and Jimmy Smits (Sons of Anarchy), 24: Legacy chronicles an adrenaline-fueled race against the clock to stop a devastating terrorist attack on United States soil – in the same real-time format that has propelled this genre-defining series.
The Star Plot: In Star, three talented singers navigate the cut-throat music business on their road to success. Featuring three newcomers (Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny and Brittany O’Grady) as the young singers, plus Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award, Grammy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Queen Latifah (Bessie) and Emmy Award nominee Benjamin Bratt (24: Live Another Day), the series will feature original music, along with stunning musical fantasy sequences, as the girls dream of their future. The series will also feature guest star Lenny Kravitz (The Hunger Games).
A scene from Netflix’s ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.’
Whatever happened to the campers and counselors from Wet Hot American Summer? Netflix is answering that question with the new series Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. The half-hour comedy series will premiere sometime in 2017, with eight episodes focusing on the reunion of the WHAS gang.
Teasing the new series, a clip from the original Wet Hot American Summer movie was released featuring Ben (Bradley Cooper) asking his camp friends to check in with each other in ten years. “Let’s all promise that in ten years from today, we’ll meet again, and we’ll see what kind of people we’ve blossomed into,” says Ben. Discussion then follows as to what time of day they should meet up, and it’s decided 9:30am makes the most sense.
The entire main cast of the 2001 comedy film Wet Hot American Summer reunited for Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp which premiered in 2015. Netflix hasn’t confirmed who will return for WHAS: Ten Years Later, but it’s highly likely most of the cast including Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, Michael Ian Black, and Elizabeth Banks will be back.
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later is written and executive produced by Michael Showalter and David Wain, with Wain also committed to directing. Peter Principato, Jonathan Stern and Howard Bernstein are also on board as executive producers.
Samuel L Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ (Photo by Jack English / Lionsgate)
After scoring a huge box office success with Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds is getting back to work with a starring role in The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Set up at Millennium Films and Lionsgate, the action comedy also stars Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Elodie Yung and Salma Hayek. Tom O’Connor wrote the script and Expendables 3‘s Patrick Hughes is directing.
The behind-the-scenes team includes Jules O’Loughlin (Black Sails) as director of photography, Russell De Rozario (the Kick-Ass films) as production designer, and Stephanie Collie (London Has Fallen) as costume designer. Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O’Toole and Les Weldon are producing, with Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Christine Otal, Douglas Urbanski, Jason Bloom, Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman executive producing.
The Plot:The Hitman’s Bodyguard is an action comedy about the world’s top protection agent (Reynolds) and his new client: a notorious hitman who came in from the cold (Jackson). They’ve been on opposite ends of a bullet for years. They hate each other. Now they’re stuck together and have 24 hours to get from England to The Hague. The only thing standing in their way is everything a murderous Eastern European dictator (Oldman) can throw at them.
The film stars Ryan Reynolds as protection agent Michael Bryce, Samuel L. Jackson as hitman Darius Kincaid, and Gary Oldman as Eastern European dictator Vladislav Dukhovich. Salma Hayek is Darius’ wife, Sonia Kincaid, and Elodie Yung is Interpol agent Amelia Roussel.
Open Road Films just released the first full trailer and official poster for Snowden, the dramatic film focusing on true events involving Edward Snowden and the NSA and directed by Oliver Stone. Stone co-wrote the script with Kieran Fitzgerald and Joseph Gordon-Levitt tackles the lead role of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The cast also includes Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Scott Eastwood, Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant, and Ben Schnetzer. Snowden will arrive in theaters on September 16, 2016.
The Plot: Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone, who brought Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century. Snowden, the politically-charged, pulse-pounding thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, reveals the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others. No matter which you believe, the epic story of why he did it, who he left behind, and how he pulled it off makes for one of the most compelling films of the year.
In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, which apparently is a real thing, Sony’s released a new Ghostbusters video focusing on Chris Hemworth’s character. Hemsworth plays Kevin, a receptionist he describes as a “big, dumb puppy dog.” Hired for his looks, Kevin’s not even sure what company he works for or how to answer a phone – and he wants to be a Ghostbuster. Directed by Paul Feig, the new take on the Ghostbusters franchise stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. Ghostbusters will open in theaters on July 15, 2016.
The original Ghostbusters film starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Dan Aykroyd opened in theaters on June 8, 1984. Ghostbusters II followed in June 1989, reuniting all of the main cast as well as director Ivan Reitman. After years of attempting to get the stars to agree to Ghostbusters III, the studio went a completely different direction, rebooting the franchise with female Ghostbusters.
The Plot:Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today.
Barry’s old morning routine was racing to work after picking up coffee and then powering through his case files. His new morning routine looks more like that of the rest of us…slowly getting dressed, taking the crowded bus to work, standing in a super long line at the coffee shop, followed by hours of tedious paperwork. Needless to say, Barry’s less than enthusiastic about the way life is now that he’s no longer a speedster.
At S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco (Carlos Valdes) vibes and determines Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) is in Zoom’s lab and she’s okay for now. They have to get her back but have no idea how. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) blames Barry (Grant Gustin) for all of their current troubles, including the fact Zoom can now come through the breach anytime he wants. Wells takes off to find his daughter before Zoom (Teddy Sears) can get to her, tracking her by way of cellular dead zones that she leaves behind because people from Earth-2 vibrate at a different frequency. He takes a laser gun in case he runs into someone from Earth-2 that he has to take down.
On Earth-2, Caitlin’s chained to a bed and won’t eat. Zoom tells her she has to, but she won’t talk to him until he takes off his mask. Jay complies, but Caitlin’s still not willing to carry on a real conversation. She calls him Hunter, and that causes him to flashback to his childhood. He tells her she’s not there because he needs something from her, she’s there because he loves her. He’s willing to wait for her to once again be in love with him. He takes off her chains and says she’s free to look around the lab. He takes off and Caitlin tries to talk to the man in the mask. Just then Killer Frost makes her presence known, saying, “Well hello doppelgänger of mine.” Killer Frost’s locked in one of Zoom’s cells and Caitlin looks stunned to see her.
Back on Earth-1, Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale) visits Joe (Jesse L Martin) at the station, wanting to know more about The Flash. He wants to know what their connection is to him, but Joe won’t say who he is. Wally’s fine with that, but he’d like a meeting with The Flash. Joe, however, doesn’t think that’s possible right now.
Harrison tracks Jesse (Violett Beane) down to an apartment she’s sharing with another young woman. He tells her they have to leave because she’s not safe on her own, but she refuses. “I’m in danger because of you!” says Jesse, telling him everything is his fault. She also tells him she’s afraid of Zoom and she’s just as afraid of him. Harrison leaves the apartment in tears. Driving away in a van, he’s distracted and doesn’t brake in time to avoid hitting a meta-human in the middle of the road.
Barry’s hanging out at S.T.A.R. Labs watching the news reports of petty crime on the rise throughout the city. Cisco turns off the TV, telling Barry to stop watching the news. Cisco then gets an alert that Wells has been in an accident, and the dash cam shows him being taken away by someone.
Back on Earth-2, Killer Frost and Caitlin Snow are getting to know each other, with Killer Frost wondering why Caitlin doesn’t show off “the girls.” She says, “I mean, you’ve seen our body, right?” Killer Frost’s extremely annoyed by the continuous knocking by the man in the mask, telling Caitlin she doesn’t know who the guy is but Zoom must need something from him or he wouldn’t be locked up. Caitlin wonders what Zoom needs from Killer Frost, but her Earth-2 doppelgänger has no idea what Zoom’s up to. Killer Frost wants to make a deal: if Caitlin frees her from the cell, she’ll help her get home.
Back on Earth-1, Barry collects evidence from the crash scene with help from Iris. They figure out it was a meta-human that Wells hit and that it’s probably from Earth-2. Iris grabs the laser gun and they head off to find Jesse.
Wells comes to and discovers he’s been captured by Griffin Grey (Haig Sutherland), a name he doesn’t recognize. Griffin says he was one of Wells’ mistakes, and Wells tries to explain he’s not that Dr. Harrison Wells. Griffin wants him to fix what the particle accelerator did to him which was made him super strong. Being strong was fun at first but then Griffin learned it’s making him age at a super accelerated pace. He’s only 18 but looks like he’s in his 30s. If Wells can’t fix him, then Griffin will just have to kill him.
Jesse returns with Barry and Iris to S.T.A.R. Labs, regretting she ever left her dad. Cisco says the fingerprint Barry found at the crime scene belongs to Griffin Grey, a high school senior who went missing six months ago. Cisco compares his photo with the photo taken from the dash cam and they’re a match, although obviously Griffin has aged a lot in six months. Cisco wishes Caitlin was there to analyze the cells and Jesse steps up to help because biochem was one of her majors. (She had five majors in college!) Barry heads out to check the police database.
On Earth-2, Caitlin’s trying to figure out how to free Killer Frost. Killer Frost tells her about her powers, and they compare childhoods. Killer Frost had a brother who died, which turned her mom into a b*tch. Caitlin’s mom was the same way, but she never had a brother. Caitlin explains she’s going to heat up the glass cell wall and make it crack.
Wally visits Joe again and asks once more to meet The Flash. He really wants to thank him because he thought he was going to die and The Flash gave up his powers to save him. He needs a face-to-face to tell him how much that means to him, and Joe finally agrees to set up the meeting.
Barry tells Cisco and Jesse that Griffin’s been spotted breaking into a warehouse. He grabs the laser gun, leaves Jesse at the lab, and heads out with Cisco. Joe meets them there and they spot Griffin in one of the aisles. They demand he lets Wells go, but he refuses and hurls heavy objects at them. Barry shoots and misses, but Griffin connects with a barrel, knocking Barry down. All the effort of tossing heavy objects around makes Griffin age into a senior citizen in front of Barry’s eyes, but Griffin’s gone by the time Joe and Cisco come to Barry’s aid.
Iris fixes up Barry back at the lab while Jesse explains Griffin’s genes have mutated. The more he exerts himself, the faster he’ll age. They need to get him to expend energy as soon as possible. Everyone but Barry and Iris leave to go work on a solution. Barry reminds Iris she was the first person he saved after he got his powers. He saved her from oncoming cars while they were on a walk, and now he doesn’t even know who he is. She tells him, “Suit or no suit – that guy is a hero.”
Wells is putting chemicals together while Griffin talks about all the things he missed because of the particle accelerator accident.
On Earth-2, Caitlin throws the switch and takes a sledgehammer to the wall. It works and Killer Frost is free. The man in the iron mask gets Caitlin’s attention and Killer Frost uses that opportunity to try and freeze her. She misses, and Caitlin’s upset because she thought they had a deal. Killer Frost says she needs to kill Caitlin after realizing the only reason Zoom’s keeping her alive is because they look alike. With Caitlin there, Zoom won’t need Killer Frost. Killer Frost sends an icicle at Caitlin but Zoom races in, intercepts it, and stabs Killer Frost through the abdomen. She was right. Zoom doesn’t need her and now she’s dead. Jay warns Caitlin if she tries to set the man in the mask free, he’ll kill him too. And off he goes, leaving Caitlin once again.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs the team is still working on trying to track down Wells. Jesse comes up with the idea to try to zero in on Wells’ watch which should be alerting since he’s in the presence of a meta-human. They find its signal and learn Wells is at Central City’s amusement park. Jesse and Cisco worked on the lining of The Flash’s suit (with a little assist from Felicity) and it will protect Barry. But, they could only protect the chest area of the suit and it will only absorb one of Griffin’s super-strong punches.
Wells hands Griffin the cure, but Griffin’s smart enough to know Wells hasn’t really been working on something that will actually fix him. Wells admits there isn’t a cure and Griffin punches Wells, knocking him across the floor. Right at that moment Griffin’s security cameras alert him to the fact he’s got unwanted company. Joe, Barry, and Cisco have reached the amusement park, with Iris and Jesse in the van monitoring Griffin’s movement. Iris switches on all the lights, temporarily blinding Griffin and giving the speed-less The Flash time to get in a few good punches. Griffin throws a metal amusement park car at Joe and Cisco, knocking Joe down. He then takes off after The Flash, hair now completely grey and face wrinkly. The Flash throws another punch but misses, while trying to tell Griffin they can help him. Griffin says it’s too late and sends The Flash flying with a punch to the chest. He aims for The Flash’s head but the blow barely misses. He tries again, aging with each failed punch. Barry takes one more punch to the chest and hits the ground, but the punch also marked the end of Griffin who dies from accelerated old age. Once dead, he returns to his 18 year old self.
Jesse races in and frees Wells and the two hug it out, apologizing for how they treated each other.
Jesse and Harrison are back home and Jesse tries to explain that she feels a huge burden because she’s the reason he killed a man. He understands and knows he’s done something unforgivable. He tells her when her mother died something inside of him broke. He swore on her grave that he’d protect Jesse and when Zoom snatched her up, he snapped. She gets it but wants assurance that he won’t snap again. He promises that he’ll be the kind of father she can be proud of if she promises to never run away again. It’s a deal and they embrace again.
And now it’s time for the meeting between Wally and The Flash. Joe leaves them to it and, from a distance, Wally thanks him for saving his life. “I’m not going to waste this chance that you’ve given me. Thank you,” says Wally. The Flash says, “You’re welcome, Wally,” and leaves. Well, that was super short and pretty anti-climatic.
On Earth-2 Jay thinks Caitlin should be thanking him for saving his life after Killer Frost tried to kill her, but Caitlin just wants to go home. Jay says, “No. Stay.” She tells him she wants to leave which once again gives him flashbacks to that night when his dad murdered his mom. Caitlin begs to go home and Jay says he’s just made a decision. Instead of counting his success by the number of his victims, he’ll count it by the number of Earths he conquers. “You want to go home? Let’s go. After all, this Earth has already been brought to its knees,” says Jay, laughing maniacally.
At S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry and Wells are early risers and Barry admits he has no idea how to get Caitlin back without his powers. Wells confesses he doesn’t believe he’s paid for everything he’s done but he thinks he knows a way to help. He’s going to create another particle accelerator explosion so that Barry can get his speed back.
The Review:
What a waste of a terrific character! Killer Frost was one of the most interesting meta-humans introduced this season on The Flash and, unfortunately, the writers chose to get rid of her far too soon. Danielle Panabaker was fun to watch in both roles, and it’s a shame we won’t get to see Killer Frost and Caitlin attempting to get to know each other better (and comparing more horrible mother stories) in future episodes.
Zoom/Hunter/Jay revealed himself to be obsessed with winning back Caitlin, which might lead to his eventual downfall. And while Caitlin was away dealing with the craziness of Zoom, Jesse Quick stepped up to take her place analyzing clues for Team Flash. It’s great to have Jesse back involved, but hopefully her presence doesn’t mean Caitlin will be off with Zoom for more than a couple of episodes. Team Flash needs to reunite and get back to working together to stop meta-humans from creating havoc in their fair city. Season two’s definitely much darker in tone than season one and it feels like it’s about time to add some lighter moments back into each episode.
Samuel L Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and John Cusack in ‘Cell.’
Cell phone signals scramble brains, turning users into mindless killers in Cell, based on the book by Stephen King. The first trailer’s arrived for the horror film which reunites John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson, the stars of another film based on a Stephen King-inspired movie: 1408. Cell was directed by Paranormal Activity 2‘s Tod Williams and also stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Lloyd Kaufman, and Stacy Keach.
The Plot: When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (John Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.”
The preview clips from The CW’s The 100 season three episode 13 seem to indicate viewers might have to prepare themselves for another favorite character to be killed off this season, or maybe the character will keep on fighting and the video’s edited just to make our hearts jump in our throats. Titled ‘Join or Die’, the upcoming episode airing on April 28, 2016 stars Eliza Taylor, Richard Harmon, Henry Ian Cusick, Marie Avgeropoulos, and Bob Morley. Dean White directed from a script by Shawna Benson and Julie Benson.
The Season 3 Episode 13 Plot: KANE REACHES A BREAKING POINT — Clarke (Eliza Taylor) is on a mission that could change everything. Meanwhile, Murphy (Richard Harmon) gains insight that might prove useful in ensuring his survival. Lastly, Kane (Henry Ian Cusick) reaches a breaking point. Paige Turco, Devon Bostick, and Christopher Larkin also star.
Open Road Films just released the first full trailer and official poster for 
