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Faulkenberry Meets U2′s Bono And The Edge
Bermuda’s friendly neighbourhood Broadway belter Rebecca Faulkenberry rubbed shoulders with rock royalty earlier this week when “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” composers Bono and the Edge visited New York’s Foxwoods Theatre to help celebrate the hit show’s 1,000th performance. The U2 superstars provided the music and lyrics... Read more of this article
Novel Spotlights Fitzgeralds’ Bermuda Sojourn
“Jazz Age” supercouple Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald‘s real-life 1933 Bermuda vacation provides the inspiration for one of the most pivotal episodes in a newly-published fictionalised account of their tumultuous relationship. Told from the perspective of a nurse caring for Zelda — and taking place in swinging speakeasies, the... Read more of this article
Grundy Art Goes On Display Before Auction
In the lead-up to what the Australian media is calling “the sale of the century”, part-time Bermuda resident Reg Grundy’s art collection was put on display at the West Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle this week [May 23] before being auctioned in Sydney next month. The exhibition of 90 paintings and sculptures amassed by Australian... Read more of this article
Video: Faulkenberry Featured In NYC Concert
Bermuda’s own Broadway belter Rebecca Faulkenberry — currently co-starring in Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark – was among the top-flight artists who joined up-and-coming American singer, songwriter and actor Blake Pfeil for “Blake Pfeil is in Love with a Girl Named … Irene” on Sunday [May 12] at Joe’s Pub in New... Read more of this article
Kubrick Documentary To Screen At College
The life and work of one of the most acclaimed and controversial filmmakers of all time will be looked at in close-up when the Bermuda College holds a special screening of the 2001 documentary “Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures” on Thursday [May 16]. Mr. Kubrick [1928–1999] — pictured here — was an American film director,... Read more of this article
When Bermuda Was Touched By An “Angel”
Bermuda was touched by an angel — in a manner of speaking — in the summer of 1978. Model/actress Shelley Hack — soon to become a cast member of the ’70s TV sensation “Charlie’s Angels” — was photographed at Bermuda’s Southampton Princess Hotel for a fashion spread called ”Turquoise... Read more of this article
Thompson: Fear & Loathing In Bermuda, ’60
The godfather of what he called “Gonzo journalism” — a rollicking, first-person narrative style which dispensed with traditional objectivity and, very often, with objective facts — Hunter S. Thompson [1937- 2005] remains best-known for his brace of lacerating ’70s comic memoirs, “Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas”... Read more of this article
Manuscript Based On Bermuda’s O’Neill Sold
Truman Capote’s 1958 typed manuscript of “Breakfast At Tiffany’s – built around the flamboyant heroine Holly Golightly, modelled in part on Bermuda-born Oona O’Neill [pictured] — sold for about $306,000 at auction to a Russian billionaire it was announced on Friday [Apr. 26]. The manuscript, expected to net at least... Read more of this article
Actor With Bermuda Ties Reprises “Trek” Role
American actor Garrett Wang — who grew up in Bermuda — will be reprising his signature role as Harry Kim when a group of “Star Trek” fans boldly go where no Trekkies have gone before and create a pilot for a new series based on the long-running science fiction franchise. Mr. Wang [pictured], was born in California to Chinese... Read more of this article
Richie Havens’ Bermuda Performance Recalled
Richie Havens [pictured], the veteran folk-rock singer whose frenetic guitar strumming and impassioned vocals made him one of the defining voices and faces of Woodstock and who famously played an epic set lasting several hours at a 1979 Bermuda music festival, died Monday [Apr. 22] at his New Jersey home. The Brooklyn native, best known for his intense... Read more of this article
Steve Hackett’s “Matilda Smith-Williams” Song
Place names have inspired songs as diverse as the Beatles’ “Penny Lane” and Simon & Garfunkel’s version of the traditional ballad “Scarborough Fair” — as well as former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett’s salute to a Bermuda senior citizens residence, “Matilda Smith-Williams Home For The Aged.” The... Read more of this article
Nicholas Christopher Makes His Broadway Debut
Bermudian actor/singer Nicholas Christopher made his Broadway debut in “Motown: The Musical” yesterday [Apr. 14] in front of a wildly appreciative opening night audience which included many of the legends his new show celebrates — including Diana Ross, her former Supremes partner Mary Wilson and Stevie Wonder. The iconic stars were... Read more of this article
