Political uncertainty inspires Jagger’s new tunes
Mick Jagger has released two songs, which he says are urgent responses to the“confusion and frustration with the times we live in.”
The Rolling Stones’ leader released the songs and music videos Thursday. He’s calling Gotta Get a Grip and England Lost an audio-visual project.
Jagger says the songs were a result of the “anxiety (and) unknowability of the changing political situation.”
Jagger says he started writing the songs in April because he “didn’t want to wait until next year when these two tracks might lose any impact and mean nothing.”
Foray voiced Rocky, Natasha
June Foray, who voiced Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatale in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, died Thursday at age 99.
Foray was well-known in the animation industry. Her credits numbered in the hundreds, and also included Looney Tunes character Witch Hazel, Nell from Dudley Do-Right, Granny in the Tweety and Sylvester cartoons and Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Foray was among the first members of animation organization ASIFA-Hollywood and founder of the annual Annie Awards. She was also key in creating the animated feature category for the Oscars.
Foray received her first Emmy nomination in 2012, for voicing Mrs. Cauldron on The Garfield Show.
Bieber injures photog with truck
Justin Bieber left a photographer with minor injuries after police in California say the singer accidentally hit the man with his pickup truck. Sgt. Matthew Stout says the 57-yearold photographer was hospitalized following the Wednesday incident.
Video posted by ABC News shows Bieber getting into a large pickup truck with a crowd of photographers around him. As he pulls away, one of them steps toward the truck and is hit by the front wheel on the passenger side. Another clip shows Bieber kneeling beside the injured man asking him what he needs.
Stout says Bieber “fully co-operated”with officers at the scene. He was not issued a citation, but Stout says police will continue to investigate.
Stewart lands pair of HBO specials
For the first time in 21 years, Jon Stewart will film a standup comedy special. Actually, he’ll film two. Both will be for HBO, where the former host of The Daily Show has a fouryear production deal. The news was announced Wednesday at the Television Critics Association press tour.
No further information regarding the dates and locations of the new specials has been released.
Mesley fronts new talk show on CBC
Wendy Mesley will host a new Sunday morning talk show on CBC and CBC News Network, the broadcasters announced on Thursday. The program will be interactive and focus on media, technology and politics.
Mesley will push her guests for answers and transparency, and provide analysis on how the newsmakers of the week are delivering their messages.
The untitled series will air live from Toronto and premiere in early 2018. Further details will be released at a later date.