Last Survivor Of Disney's "Nine Old Men" Dies At 95Ollie Johnston, the last surviving member of Walt Disney's "nine old men" who created such classic animated films as *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*, *Pinocchio*, *Cinderella*, *Fantasia*, *Sleeping Beauty*, and *Alice in Wonderland*, died in Sequim, Washington Tuesday at age 95.In a statement, Roy Disney, Walt's nephew and the third-largest ...
Video footage of the entire 34-minute debate between Bob Lefsetz, who is described one of the music industry's most influential online analysts, and KISS bassist Gene Simmons, which took place yesterday (Friday, March 13) in the main ballroom at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto during Canadian Music Week, can be viewed below.This one is better than the political debates last year. If y...
I’m starting to lose track of all these “Trent Reznor dissed” headlines, so that’s a good sign we should retire that type of post for a bit. That is, of course, unless one of the victims of a Reznor tongue-lashing decides to speak up. And here we...
A lot evidently. Simmons has issued the following update:"It's a busy time. KISS is recording its first new album in ten years and we're rehearsing for the South American stadium tour, which starts April 1. Then we head to start the Canadian tour. We are also finishing season IV of Gene Simmons Family Jewels. We debut in June on A&E."Our Simmons Records co-venture with Universal Music is doing...
Gene Simmons is planning on reviving his Canadian label, Simmons Records. His aim is to develop five to six Canadian acts per year."For years, the only way Canadian acts could make it was to go to the States and more or less become an American band. In the new music marketing age, that doesn't have to happen."Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees ended up missing his nieces wedding in Las Vegas when he r...
KISS' Gene Simmons has signed on with Universal Music Canada to form Simmons Records, which will find the self proclaimed " God of Thunder " signing and developing Canadian bands. Simmons goes on, " We're going to find, develop, nurture and launch new talent emanating from? CANADA!!! Even if Simmons can't turn some quartet from Winnipeg into the next Beatles, at least he can always make us laugh.
Rocker Gene Simmons missed out on a big $1 million prize when he was stumped by a kids' science question on Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? The Kiss star wowed viewers and audience members with his general knowledge of 5th grade questions when he appeared on the show on Friday night, and quickly raked in $500,000 in prize money. But he chose to keep the cash when he was befuddled by wh...