‘Montage of Heck’ reveals Kurt Cobain’s life story

Fans of the 90s grunge music movement rejoice. A true and accurate Kurt Cobain documentary is coming our way. Montage of Heck, directed by Brett Morgen, dives deep into the secret and personal life of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

The documentary was made over the span of eight years by Morgen with contributions from Nirvana band members, Cobain’s wife Courtney Love, and is executive produced by the pair’s 22 year-old daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.

 

 

 

 

 

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Montage of Heck is the first fully authorized documentary on Cobain. Morgen was given access to thousands of Cobain’s personal belongings. Morgen found more than 200 hours of unreleased music, 4,000 pages of writing, art projects, and home movies that the public has never seen util now.

 

 

 

(Photo: left to right, Frances Bean Cobain, Courtney Love, Brett Morgen at the Montage of Heck premier, billboard.com)

The documentary is part live-action part animation. Cobain’s drawings and art works were turned into mini animated movies to show how the late rock star’s mind worked.

Montage of Heck premiers on HBO on May 4.

Queens come screaming to TV

Ryan Murphy, the co-creator of Glee and American Horror Story is giving us another delightful treat. Murphy has created a new show titled Scream Queens. The show will premier on Fox this September and stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, and former Glee star, Lea Michele.

Scream Queens is a tribute to the slasher movies from the 80s. The show centers around a college sorority that is being stalked by a mysterious killer. Murphy says the show is a “Heathers meets Friday the 13th” horror/comedy series.

Murphy sat down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss what Scream Queens has in store for us. He created the show because many viewers of American Horror Story couldn’t watch the show because it was “too scary.”

Murphy said, “It [Scream Queens] doesn’t have the gore of American Horror Story, but it certainly still has the scares.”

Curtis, the famed original “scream queen,” plays Dean Cathy Munsch. Roberts plays Chanel, the president of Kappa Sorority. Other cast members include Keke Palmer, Abigail Breslin, Ariana Grande, and Nick Jonas.

Scream Queens comes to our televisions this fall. Check out cast photos and the teaser trailer below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos courtesy of ew.com, left to right: Roberts as Chanel, Curtis as Munsch, Jonas, and Breslin, Skylar Samuels, and Palmer.

The Barden Bellas are back

If you were one of the millions of people who laughed so hard they cried while watching an all-girl acapella group fail its way to success, get excited because a sequel is on its way.

Pitch Perfect 2 is singing its way into theaters this May. The film features the same cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Elizabeth Banks, and Skylar Astin, to name a few, and also features some bright new faces like Hailee Steinfeld.

The sequel comes after the 2012 box office smash that follows Beca, played by Kendrick, into the world of collegiate acapella competitions. Beca starts off as a loner who doesn’t really care about school or singing. But with the help of some wacky characters, joins the Barden Bellas and wins the ultimate acapella competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pitch Perfect 2 takes the same characters across the world to up their competition. The Bellas enter a worldwide championship and go up against other groups that have much more talent and experience.

The film comes out May 15.

Classic slasher franchise makes it way to television

The ultimate slasher/comedy flick, Scream, is becoming a television series. The 1996 movie followed teenager Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell, as her town is savagely terrorized by a mass murderer dressed in a “ghost face” costume.

The film generated so much success that three other movies were made, with the last one, Scream 4, premiering in 2011.

Rumors have been running wild on the Internet over whether or not the Scream franchise would get green lit for a television show. Well now we can rest easy. MTV has filmed the first season of Scream and it’s set to premiere June 30, 2015.

 

 

 

 

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While there is not much known about the show’s plot, executive producer Harvey Weinstein assures that there are moments reminiscent of the original film.

The Scream trailer shows that the killers may not be carrying on the tradition of the “ghost face” mask. The iconic costume from the films may have been cut from the series, but time will tell.

Check out the trailer below:

 

Orange Is the New Black returns for season 3

The beloved and hilarious Netflix original series about a woman living out a drug sentence in prison is returning this summer for its third season.

Orange is the New Black welcomes the return of Piper Chapman, Alex Vause, Crazy Eyes, and badass Red in the new season.

 

 

 

 

 

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If you’ve been living under a rock for the past two years, here’s the rundown:

Piper Chapman was once in a lesbian relationship with Alex Vause who was also into drug smuggling. Piper gets caught up in the drug smuggling and when Alex eventually gets caught, she sells Piper out. This leads to not only Alex’s sentence, but Piper receiving one as well.

The pair are shipped off to Litchfield Correctional Institution where they encounter a bunch of other wacky characters.

Orange is the New Black is based on a real-life story “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison” written by Piper Kerman. The show follows Piper’s tribulations through prison.

The show received 12 Emmy Award nominations last summer and has the chops to nab even more next year.

Orange is the New Black premieres on Netflix June 6.

Mental Illness Brings on the Jokes and the Emotions

The Road Within explores the complexities of mental illness in the new indie dramedy. The film is a remake of Vincent Wants to Sea. A German film directed by Ralf Huettner.

The film stars Irish actor Robert Sheehan, Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lenny, and Dev Patel. The three stars depict twentysomethings who are dealing with various mental illnesses. Sheehan suffers from Tourettes, Kravitz deals with anorexia, and Patel as an obsessive-compulsive germaphobe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“The Road Within” is the directorial debut of Gren Wells, a producer/actress/writer. Wells goes for the nitty gritty in this film and focuses on the ever-changing personalities of the characters.

The film also hit close to home for one of the actors. Kravitz told Complex,“You could see my rib cage. I was just trying to lose more weight for the film but I couldn’t see: You’re there. Stop. It was scary.”

Kravitz also explained,”[Now] I feel like something has left my body, like some part of me is gone now, something that was making me so insecure. And it feels amazing.”

The film’s release date is set for April 17, 2015. Check out the trailer below.

Jon Stewart’s replacement has been named

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart has found the replacement to fill Stewart’s absence. That replacement is 31-year-old Trevor Noah. Noah is a comedian that hails from South Africa who speaks six different languages and is bi-racial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This isn’t the first time Noah has been on The Daily Show. He has appeared on the show three times in the past as a correspondent. Stewart has nothing but kind words for Noah. “I’m thrilled for the show and for Trevor. He’s a tremendous comic and talent that we’ve loved working with,” Stewart said in a statement.

Comedy Central president, Michele Ganeless, said in an interview, “You don’t hope to find the next Jon Stewart – there is no next Jon Stewart. So, our goal was to find someone who brings something really exciting and new and different.”

Noah’s new promotion on The Daily Show is unexpected because of his lack of visibility in the states. However, his comedic stand-up shows proves that he has the chops to make it on Comedy Central.