On last night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen dedicated the whole show to The Great Gatsby. Turning his show into a book club-type episode, Stephen decided to take on The Great Gatsby. The episode involved interviews with the film's director Baz Luhrmann and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan. What we quickly learned at the start of the show is that Stephen did not come prepared for his discussion of The Great Gatsby. Read More »
Of all the people who Jay-Z could be beefing with (Florida Republicans, J. Cole, David Stern), he had to go after Taylor Swift. Jigga took the perennially heartbroken TSwift down a peg in a line from his song '100$ Bill' from the Great Gatsby soundtrack that he produced. Read More »
Beyoncé and André 3000's full cover of the late Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black" for The Great Gatsby Soundtrack is finally unveiled. Mark Ronson, co writer of the smash hit, had the honor of premiering the song on his East Village Radio Show, Friday night. Read More »
An Amy Winehouse documentary is in the works and will be directed by Asif Kapadia, the award-winning documentary filmmaker behind Senna. The documentary will feature never-before-seen footage documenting the late soul singer's troubles with addiction, her relationships and the warping effects of widespread media scrutiny. Read More »
Everyone in the music-writing world is super jazzed about the Jay-z produced soundtrack to The Great Gatsby. In particular, the Beyonce and Andre 3000 cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black." We've already written breathlessly on the topic several times, but it appears that one person doesn't share our excitement, Winehouse's father Mitch says the duo doesn't "bring anything" to their cover of the song. Read More »
Jay-Z has has been working on the soundtrack for "The Great Gatsby" along with director Baz Luhrmann and we're just now getting our first look at the tracklist. As we told you yesterday, there is indeed a Beyonce/Andre 3000 cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black." However, the soundtrack also features notable contributions from Florence + The Machine, The xx, Gotye and Lana Del Rey.Jay-Z Helmed 'Great Gatsby' Soundtrack Features Beyonce, Andre 3000, Lana Del Ray. Read More »
File this under the "way too much awesome" tag. Beyonce and Andre 3000 are covering the late Amy Winehouse's song "Back to Black" for Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby. If one of those words in the previous sentence didn't make you happy, you are dead inside. Read More »