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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Valerie Bertinelli 'Couldn't Be Prouder' of Son and His New Star-Studded Music Video
Valerie Bertinelli continues to support her son Wolfgang Van Halen and his work with his band, Mammoth VH. Last week, she shared a photo on her @wolfiesmomInstagram account from the set of the band's new video for the song 'The End,' in which she makes a cameo along with a few other celebs, including Danny Trejo, who is pictured with the pair. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 'What an amazing experience. The video for The End @mammothwvh is out now. The song is streaming everywhere I couldn't be prouder,' she wrote in the caption. Along with Bertinelli and Trejo, the video also includes cameos by rockers Myles Kennedy and Slash, Wolfgang's wife Andraia Van Halen and others, and was directed by Robert Rodriquez (known for From Dusk to Dawn, El Mariachi, Machete and more) and makeup artist Greg Nicotero. The clip has subtle throwbacks to Michael Jackson's iconic 'Thriller' video, Wolfgang's late father Eddie Van Halen, as well as some of Rodriguez's films. It begins with a quote from Jackson before Trejo's character warns Mammoth VH not to play too loud because his customers at the club are 'sensitive to loud noises.' The band fails to heed that advice and the audience soon turns into a variety of werewolves, vampires and zombies as Wolfgang and company rip through the tune. Fans left praise for the clip in the comments on YouTube. 'walking towards the camera on the table, just like dad. Epic,' wrote one, while another added, 'Danny Trejo and Slash in a Mammoth video?!?! HELL YEAH!' 'Valerie throwing punches while Slash just chills was perfect,' another added, while yet another wrote, 'The Force runs strong in the Van Halen family.'
Axios
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Fans can invest and pitch in Robert Rodriguez's films
San Antonio -born director Robert Rodriguez is inviting fans to make movies with him by investing with Brass Knuckle Films, a venture he launched Tuesday. Why it matters: The opportunity allows fans to become investors in his upcoming movies, offering them perks that include pitching their movie ideas, being immortalized on-screen or even being beheaded on-screen. How it works: Investment tiers start at $250 and can go up to more than $1 million. Benefits range from access to a newsletter to the chance to have dinner at Rodriguez's home. All investors can submit their own action film pitch, which will be reviewed at Troublemaker Studios in Austin. Finalists will then get the opportunity to pitch directly to Rodriguez, who will select one to turn into a full production. Investors will earn a share of the profits. What they're saying:"Across my work, I've always sought to overcome the idea that great action movies need big Hollywood budgets," Rodriguez said in a statement. "It's exciting to continue to create high-energy films for the people who love them, while now being able to offer direct access to the filmmaking process at such a monumental time for Texas film." Flashback: Rodriguez's first film, " El Mariachi" (1992), was made with a famously low budget of $7,000. It launched his career and solidified him as a pioneer in independent filmmaking. The intrigue: Beyond creative input, investors in select tiers can fulfill their wildest action movie fantasies — by dying in one of Rodriguez's films. "People come up to me all the time and say, 'Can you kill me in one of your movies? Can you just shoot me, run me over, chop my head off?'" Rodriguez said during SXSW, according to "I don't get the fascination, I don't know, but that's one of the investment tiers."
