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In Death, Michael Gudinski’s Shadow Continues To Be Taller Than His Soul
Ed Sheeran with Michael GudinskiWhile Mushroom Group founder Michael Gudinski’s state memorial will be held evening of March 24 at the 14,820-seat Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne (he is buried at a private ceremony this week), the first weekend after his March 2 death saw his huge shadow loom large over his hometown of Melbourne.
Melbourne marked its first major return to live entertainment with the street Moomba Festival March 5 to 8. On a smaller scale this year (it drew 3.8 million in 2018) 24 acts of its acts were booked by Gudinski. During the sets many noted his promotion of female executives and First Australians acts.
Have we ever needed romantic comedies more than right now, as the pandemic drags on and the rain falls and we ve all been staring at our walls for so long
“ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS” by BOB DYLAN (Columbia) You can’t find many dance tunes on this record, and in fact, much of it is delivered almost as spoken word. Dylan and his core quintet are aided by guests like Benmont Tench and Fiona Apple, but as usual it’s his lyrics that stick out, even if they are equal parts compelling and confounding. The CD version is a two-disc affair, with an entire disc devoted to the 17-minute “Murder Most Foul,” in which the rock bard posits the assassination of JFK as a watershed moment when innocence and idealism died. He then weaves in a history of the pop culture that followed, hinting that the rest of the 1960s and ‘70s were influenced by that event, while referring back to it continually. Listeners can decide upon their own interpretations, but it is an impressive piece of work. The nine songs on the other CD are also intriguing, perhaps touching upon topical events (“Crossing the Rubicon”), or the endless variety of personal relat
After moving to a virtual, video-chat heavy episode format in the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic, SNL returned to mostly normal form in its Season 46 premiere in October, back in Studio 8H in New York City with an audience (made up of first responders in masks) and host Chris Rock.
The venerated sketch comedy show announced the month prior that Carrey would portray Biden, and Carrey was ready with a white wig and aviator sunglasses. However try as the cold open might, the past week in the real world was just too hard to parody.
The actor failed to rise to the occasion as Biden, according to USA TODAY s TV critic Kelly Lawler who noted the sketch comedy s biggest problem is also its most famous: Carrey as Biden.