It's hard to bet on the future, but of this I'm certain: Three decades from now, I'll still know every lyric to "We Are the World."
Released 30 years ago this week, the chart-topping charity single occupies at least as much space in my brain as my second-grade teacher (who made our class sing it repeatedly) and my first Sony Walkman (purchased around the time of its release).
News: Pop Songs Meant For Other Singers
"We Are the World" wasn't just a pop-culture event; it was a bona fide movement. Inspired by the success of Band Aid's 1984 charity release, Do They Know It's Christmas?, entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte came up with the idea to record an American track for famine relief in Africa.
Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian produced the song, which was penned by two of the biggest musicians at the height of their fame: Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. More than 45 other...
Released 30 years ago this week, the chart-topping charity single occupies at least as much space in my brain as my second-grade teacher (who made our class sing it repeatedly) and my first Sony Walkman (purchased around the time of its release).
News: Pop Songs Meant For Other Singers
"We Are the World" wasn't just a pop-culture event; it was a bona fide movement. Inspired by the success of Band Aid's 1984 charity release, Do They Know It's Christmas?, entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte came up with the idea to record an American track for famine relief in Africa.
Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian produced the song, which was penned by two of the biggest musicians at the height of their fame: Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. More than 45 other...
- 3/6/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
She may have lived nearly half her life in the spotlight, but there's still some video of the late Anna Nicole Smith that you haven't seen.
Documentary producer Ashley Wells Lewis has culled three hours of unseen footage of Smith, who died last week, into an 80-minute docu that's being offered to broadcast and cable networks. The footage was shot in Lewis' Malibu home in May 1993 after the producer befriended Smith, who stayed at her guest house several times.
The docu, shot by cinematographer James Chressanthis (CBS' Ghost Whisperer), features the 1993 Playboy Playmate of the Year discussing such topics as her son, Daniel, who died in September, and future husband J. Howard Marshall, who died in 1995. She also sings in character as her idol Marilyn Monroe.
"It shows a genuine, sweet, innocent side of her that we've never seen before," said Lewis, whose credits include A Bridge for the Children and Voices That Care.
The Smith project is repped by Rebel Entertainment Partners.
Documentary producer Ashley Wells Lewis has culled three hours of unseen footage of Smith, who died last week, into an 80-minute docu that's being offered to broadcast and cable networks. The footage was shot in Lewis' Malibu home in May 1993 after the producer befriended Smith, who stayed at her guest house several times.
The docu, shot by cinematographer James Chressanthis (CBS' Ghost Whisperer), features the 1993 Playboy Playmate of the Year discussing such topics as her son, Daniel, who died in September, and future husband J. Howard Marshall, who died in 1995. She also sings in character as her idol Marilyn Monroe.
"It shows a genuine, sweet, innocent side of her that we've never seen before," said Lewis, whose credits include A Bridge for the Children and Voices That Care.
The Smith project is repped by Rebel Entertainment Partners.
- 2/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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