Music

Talented, funny and beautiful, actress Krystin Ritter, aka Jessica Jones, has found time to write a murder mystery novel titled Bonfire. Music is still her favorite pastime, a big fan of the band The War on Drugs, Krystin loves to play music all the time, especially on the Jessica Jones set.

25-year-old English actress Daisy Ridley found instant success when she was cast in the breakout role as Rey in the new Star Wars trilogy.   Ever since she has been one of the busiest actresses in the business.

While we wait for Season 6 of their Golden Globe-nominated series, we look back to our chat with The Americans themselves, Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, about the part music plays in the show - and how the Fleetwood Mac's iconic 'Tusk' set the tone for their work. Keri: You love music! (Keri to Matthew)Matthew: Yeah, yeah, God you've really caught me off guard.

Vince Vaughn is a veteran of many roles, but be ready to be surprised when you see him Brawl in Cell Block 99, written and directed by S. Craig Zahler, a new talent to be watched.

Golden Globe nominee Carey Mulligan stars in the upcoming Netflix film Mudbound, a classic story of the rural South in the ’40s. The movie is a close adaptation of Hillary Jordan’s novel of the same title.

Golden Globe winner Emma Stone portrays tennis maverick  Billie Jean King in the upcoming movie Battle of the Sexes. Emma, 28, is the same age as Billie Jean was when, in 1973, she met and beat tennis Wall of Famer and self-defined hustler Bobby Riggs, writing an important chapter for equality in sports and elsewhere.

Irish star Liam Neeson is back on the screen in Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House about the informant known as “Deep Throat” who spilled the beans to the Washington Post, causing the fall of Richard Nixon. Surprisingly, Neeson was adamant in telling us that music doesn’t affect his acting talent.

Golden Globe winner George Clooney is in competition at the Venice Film Festival with his directorial project, Suburbicon, starring Julianne Moore, Matt Damon, and Oscar Isaac. The script is by the Clooney, longtime creative partner Grant Heslov and the Coen Brothers from a story they wrote right after Blood Simple, in 1984.

Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and member of The Roots, Questlove is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia’s most influential hip-hop group. He is the Musical Director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where his beloved Roots crew serves as the house band and joined Fallon on the Golden Globes stage last year lending his inimitable beat stylings to the proceedings before leading The Roots in a performance at the Amazon after party which has since become a legend.

Two-time Golden Globe winner Matt Damon will be the darling of two of the most important summer film festivals, Venice and Toronto, with two movies: Alexander Payne’s Downsizing and George Clooney’s Suburbicon. As a producer, he’s in pre-production on the series City on the Hill.