Captain Beefheart dies at 69 (Hollywood Reporter)

Singer, Visual artist, musician, composer and American iconoclast Don Van Vliet, known worldwide as Captain Beefheart, died at the age of 69, complications related to sclerosis, a representative of the artist said Friday.

For many lovers of music, Van Vliet perfectly illustrated underground psychedelic music of the 1960s and 1970s California. Its distinctive mix of shroud delta blues, jazzisms avant-garde and rock polyrythmie looked like no other contemporary artists that influence such as Tom Waits and The White Stripes as well as many other punk, new wave and experimental musicians of the 20th century. Coarse singing voice was deep and growly - much like Wolf Howlin' remarkable for its multi-octave range. He also played harmonica and saxophone.Born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, in Glendale, California, he showed a rare talent as a sculptor at a very young age to turn to music as a teenager. Marking a regional hit with a grungy Bo Diddley version of ""Diddy Wah Diddy"in 1966, Captain Beefheart and the Magic band Vliet bounced between several different drives and presided over a rotating series of intense young musicians, including the famous guitarists such as Ry Cooder and Gary Lucas backup." Changing personality alternately loved and hated by the musicians who lived, tours and saved him, Van Vliet made a dozen studio albums from 1967 to 1982, including its celebrated confusion and the very influential double LP 1969 Trout mask Replica - which has been produced and published by Frank Zappa, first supporters that he knew from their junior high school in Lancaster, California. Infamous for his volatile nature, Van Vliet has undergone a relationship of love/hate with Zappa was separated from the guitarist for significant periods of time. The two reconcile before Zappa died in 1993. Vliet has been also depicted as a rough, autocratic, singer who with his support of musicians as a leader of tyrannical worship, requiring a presentation complete with its complex mission and punish his faithful servants verbally and physically when they do not measure its stringent standards. A knowledgeable mythmaker who continually exaggerated and strange facts of his life and his work in the course of interviews, Van Vliet was a consummate linguist renamed its outset with powerfully iconic nicknames as Drumbo, drummer John French), Rockette Morton (bassist Mark Boston) and Mascara Snake (cousin Victor Hayden). His musical career was far from being a commercial success, Captain Beefheart records are an incredible body of work with many highlights and some clunkers to start. Albums like the kid's corner 1972 show him make concessions nuanced and helpful towards marketability without sacrificing their unique vision while lesser records such as jeans and Moonbeams was later disavowed by the artist himself. Again, Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet was a popular and the United States United Kingdom decades, artist receiving tones accented as Rolling Stone Magazine, BBC's John Peel radio personality, creator Matt Groening, artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel Simpsons and many others.After records retired from the industry of music in 1982, Van Vliet focused exclusively on Visual arts, attain a level just acclaim for its primitive-Impressionist summaries (using mainly oil) and had exhibitions of his paintings to Anton Kern and Michael Werner galleries in New York. He become extremely lonely during this time, the decline of most interview requests and stay away from the pubic eye. The debilitating effects of muscular sclerosis left him wheelchair-bound in the 1990s after, but he continued to paint and draw until his death. From many respected art critics have acclaimed works lately with his some of his paintings extraction between $20,000 and $50,000. An American original, Don Van Vliet has developed its distinctive stamp on especially his own character odd he created. He is survived by his wife of many years, Janet Van Vliet.

Tron gets midnight $ 3.5 million broadcasts (Hollywood Reporter)

Disney Tron: Legacy increased by approximately $ 3.5 million in midnight runs with providing a record percentage of gross, according to early estimates Imax theatres.

IMAX locations plus about $ 1 million. This number might move up once the final figures are compiled.

Tron debuted in 228 Imax theatres across the country. Several theatres in the States which had planned to run the fanboy tentpole South Atlantic were closed because of snow.

The film exceeded initial, who won 3 million at the end of evening occurrences earlier this year, but the avatar to $ 3.5 million links.

It's official: "Spider-man of Broadway" delayed until February 7 (Hollywood Reporter)

Broadway production is the difficulty of Spider-man disables black delaying its night opening until February 7, according to a communiqué of the production company.

The original opening evening was January 11.

Producer Chief Michael Cohl said in a statement: "" due to some unforeseen setbacks, including the wound with a main cast member it became clear that we must give the team more time to fully perform their vision.""

"Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark is an extremely ambitious undertaking as everyone knows, and I have no intention of cutting a single corner in getting to the finish line," he added.

The Hollywood Reporter said earlier this week that 65 million Broadway production would be postponed once more.

But in spite of technical parasites and injuries of the actor (villainess Natalie Mendoza received a concussion after being struck on the head by equipment behind-the-scenes she returned Wednesday; speaking flight broke both wrists of repetition), new about the audacity of the Cascade Mountains stoked only interest in production.

In its first week of the preview, show increased $919,457 five performances in the theatre. It is the ability of 98.2% at an average price of 97.11 ticket $. Three previews have been cancelled. the show played a full eight performances, he could have nearly $ 1.5 million dollars.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar candidate James Caan voice animation Chile Pepper series Web (Hollywood Reporter)

Oscar candidate James Caan speak a pepper chili Web series The Annoying Orange, children animation OpenFilm.com representative confirms the Hollywood Reporter exclusively.

Caan, who is President of OpenFilm.com made his debut as the jalapeno "suave and debonair" in an episode of the Friday afternoon air. Its counterpart on the show is a "strong citrus with a zest to tell jokes and do tricks on his fellow friends fruit and vegetables."

Annoying orange, created by Dane Boedigheimer silent films have earned over $ 200 million views on YouTube since its inception in October 2009 and is one of the most subscribed channels 10 top site.

The Caan appearance is the first by a player.

"It is surprising that the Internet can do for independent artists," Caan, who has agreed to lead OpenFilm.com last year, says the Hollywood Reporter in a statement. "Today's studio films are mainly large productions." For people who want to make smaller, more focused on character stories for the big screen, Internet offers incredible opportunities for their first exhibition and the momentum for their films.

Friends of Ronni skeptical people that his murder was solved (Hollywood Reporter)

Friends of murdered publicist Ronni people do are not convinced that crime has been committed, despite statements by the police that they believe his assassination was the result of a random flight botched by Harold Smith, perhaps on a bicycle.

The aftermath of Beverly Hills police held a conference press say they believe that Smith, 43, "acted alone", and that the murder was not a "professional success," friends of the people it is gathered dinner and shared their concerns about the case, the Los Angeles Times reported.

"The consensus, it was there are still too many questions unanswered, said publicist Vivian Mayer-Siskind, a friend of long date that helps organize and spoke at the funeral of the people." These unanswered questions led to really question as to whether the crime is committed, and we believe that it is not. »

Another longtime friend, publicist Kathie Berlin, who also spoke at the memorial service, agreed: "it is ridiculous, simply ridiculous. It add, and I've talked to anyone who thinks he is.

One observer told time that it would be too difficult for a "black guy with a gun on a bike in Beverly Hills" to escape easily, that Berlin has noted that neighbouring reports Smith heard while boasting to obtain a windfall $ 10,000 expected.

But the police have been quick to bring down the conspiracy theories, ballistic preliminary police say tests confirm the weapon used in the Smith suicide and murder of the people is the same weapon.

"I can scenario presented our detectives is very plausible and very real," spokesperson The Tony Lee told the Times. "I think that the media does not want that this supposed murder mystery to end this way.

At the press conference of police on Wednesday, police chief Beverly Hills David Snowden said the investigation was complete and comprehensive ballistic tests were not should be completed for two weeks. In addition, the coroner's report was still to be finalized, Detective Mike Publicker said.

Snowden and Publicker decreased discuss video surveillance images obtained by the police at the press conference and have not responded to many other questions on the matter. They also did not said much about the man who contributed Smith via a tip submitted to Most Wanted America.

Which may have led journalists at the press conference to raise questions about the possible; conspirators Snowden and Publicker responded by saying: no there was no evidence indicating that Smith had not acted alone.

Unanswered questions also apparently left the skeptical people, which is expected, producer brings the most Wanted Steve Katz friends, told the Times.

"Hollywood is a city that makes its money on good imagination," he said. "If you think that it is difficult to accept that someone you love has led this completely unfairly, you are looking for answers, and you think there is some explanation better," they have killed my friend "". ""

Piers Morgan banning Madonna of CNN see (Hollywood Reporter)

Don't expect Piers Morgan to Madonna, interview of his CNN first January show.

"It is too vegan for television," Morgan was quoted to say by the U.K. media. "" "" Our Lady Gaga now Madonna is prohibited for my show. »

Morgan said that he would prefer to interview President Barack Obama, Mel Gibson, Lindsay Lohan or "anyone who is in the news that is relevant and up to date."

Madonna is not too upset.

"Madonna does not know who is Piers Morgan, but it is a big fan of Lady GaGa," her rep said AOL Popeater.

Madonna was recently named one of the 25 most powerful Time Magazine women from the list of the last century. His persistent 2008-2009 tour & Sweet was the success of the room by a solo artist in music history.