On Music

Golden Globe winner Christian Bale will soon be seen as an American war correspondent in Terry George’s epic The Promise, a love triangle against the tragic backdrop of the Armenian genocide by the Turkish government on the eve of World War I. We asked the Welsh actor if music is inspiring in his life as an actor.

Hayden Panettiere, twice Golden Globe nominated for her starring role in the TV series Nashville, has new respect for country music.  'There have been quite a few songs in the show that you really see through the lyrics and that is one of the things I love so much about country music: These songs tell a story and if you really listen to the words it gets you.

A Golden Globe nominee for her sensational performance in the musical Chicago  (and  the drama Traffic) Catherina Zeta-Jones is now on Feud: Bette and Joan, the latest hit by Ryan Murpy. She’s a music aficionada, who shares her passion with the family.

Aussie star Sam Worthington, currently on US screens with The Shack, based on William P. Young’s best seller, is getting ready to shoot the next installment of Avatar next August.

Golden Globe winner Brie Larson, is on the big screen this week in the most recent reboot of King Kong, Kong: Skull Island. We asked her if music is a source of inspiration for her acting talent:“Music has always been a huge part of my life.

Rupert Grint, the lovable Ron Weasley of Harry Potter fame is back on the television version of the Guy Ritchie movie Snatch. Since he left Potter he tried his talent as a musician, but found out the he really loves to hear music more than trying to play an instrument.

The best selling novel Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty is now a seven episode HBO mini series written for TV by David E. Kelley and starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Shailene Woodley.

Hugh Jackman, soon taking over the screens in his last turn as Wolverine for director James Mangold’s Logan, is in New York City shooting his dream project, the musical The Great Showman, the story of American showman P. T.

A former Miss Golden Globe (2006), daughter of another Miss Golden Globe – and Golden Globe winner (Melanie Griffith, 1975), Dakota Johnson is fast on her way to stardom, thanks in great part to the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise. The sexy exploits of Johnson’s formerly shy Anastasia Steele reach new scorching temperatures in the Fifty Shades Darker, the second picture in the series, hitting screens soon.

Golden Globe nominee  and, of course, ex-James Bond Pierce Brosnan can be seen in the upcoming AMC miniseries The Son, a western drama based on the  book by Philipp Meyer. Brosnan replaced another Golden Globe nominee, Sam Neill, in the role of Eli McCullough, the patriarch of a ranching dynasty in Texas.