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Los Angeles Times
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Rilo Kiley's reunion is right on time at Just Like Heaven
'Can you believe,' Jenny Lewis asked, 'this is our third show in 17 years?' Wearing the same outfit she'd worn at the first two — polka-dot mini-dress, white ruffle socks, a glittering tiara perched atop her head — Lewis was onstage Saturday night with her band Rilo Kiley at the Just Like Heaven festival in Pasadena. 'It's truly amazing to be here with you all,' she told the crowd of thousands spread across the leafy grounds surrounding the Rose Bowl. 'But mostly,' she added, turning to her bandmates, 'it's amazing to be here with you all.' One of the defining Los Angeles rock bands of the last quarter-century, Rilo Kiley formed in 1998 — both Lewis and the group's other singer and songwriter, Blake Sennett, had been child actors — then spent the next decade steadily approaching the big time with clever if jaundiced songs about sex, bad decisions and the Hollywood dream machine. Yet just as the band was poised to blow up, Rilo Kiley split amid creative and personal tensions between Lewis and Sennett, who'd also been romantically involved. Now, for the first time since 2008, the group — rounded out by Pierre De Reeder and Jason Boesel — is on the road playing shows again; its reunion tour launched last week with gigs in San Luis Obispo and Ojai and is scheduled to run through the fall. The timing makes sense, given that Lewis over the intervening years has become something of an older-sister figure for a subsequent generation or two of smart young musicians writing about all the ways the world can disappoint a woman in her 20s. (Think Phoebe Bridgers, think Haim, think Olivia Rodrigo.) Then again, nostalgia is rarely required to justify itself, as Just Like Heaven made clear. A fixture of the Southern California festival landscape since 2019, this annual show brings together veterans of early-2000s indie rock to relive memories of an era before streaming and social media remade pop music; other acts high on the bill this year included Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Bloc Party, the Drums and Toro y Moi. Near the end of its headlining set on Saturday, Vampire Weekend offered up what frontman Ezra Koenig called 'a salute to indie' — strung-together covers of period hits by Phoenix, Tame Impala, Beach House, Grizzly Bear and TV on the Radio — in a slot the band typically dedicates to audience requests for oldies like 'Don't Stop Believin' ' or 'Dancing in the Dark.' That Grizzly Bear's 'Two Weeks' now qualifies as a classic was a fact nobody seemed to need convincing. Indeed, Lewis has said that part of what led her to reconvene Rilo Kiley was the huge success of a recent reunion tour by the Postal Service, the electro-pop side project that she and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard introduced in 2003 and which last year headlined Just Like Heaven after earlier selling out three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. Yet if all that eagerness to reminisce made easy pickings of folks in Pasadena, Rilo Kiley played with more muscle and panache than it needed to on Saturday in an hour-long set that showcased the band's impressive versatility. 'The Execution of All Things' and 'With Arms Outstretched' were crisp and strummy, while 'The Moneymaker' rode a raunchy soul-rock groove and 'Dreamworld' evoked the glossy menace of mid-'70s Fleetwood Mac. Now as during the group's heyday, what elevated the performance was Lewis' skill as a storyteller: the torch-song melancholy she found in 'I Never,' about a woman betting too much on a relationship, and the perfectly soapy romantic drama of 'Does He Love You?' in which she plays two of the three parts in a doomed love triangle. For the latter, she grabbed a video camera and roamed the stage, sending footage of her bandmates to the giant screen behind her — not just the star of the Rilo Kiley show but its director too. On Spotify, the band's biggest song is the coolly self-assured 'Silver Lining,' from its darkly funny final LP, 'Under the Blacklight,' and here Lewis delivered it with a swaggy nonchalance. But the true heads know that Rilo Kiley's real should've-been-a-hit was 2004's sly yet ebullient 'Portions for Foxes' — 'The talking leads to touching / And the touching leads to sex,' goes one key line — which is why the group finished with the song at Just Like Heaven. As she sauntered offstage, Lewis blew a kiss to the crowd, then jumped back to her microphone, grabbed a Modelo she'd left behind and took a sip through a straw.
Associated Press
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Beyond the Screen: Bath & Body Works Shines a Spotlight on the Power of Scent
Brand Campaign's Continued Expansion Invites Consumers to 'Come Back to Your Senses' and Highlights the Power of Fragrance COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bath & Body Works, the global leader in personal care and home fragrance, is on a mission to reconnect consumers with what it believes is the most important sense: smell. Through continued expansion of the brand's 'Come Back To Your Senses' creative platform, the campaign illustrates the power fragrance has in connecting consumers to their emotions, memories and moods. After all, the sense of smell can be a powerful, yet often underappreciated, tool for enriching daily life. 'While today's consumers live in a largely digital world where sight and sound reign supreme, the reality is our sense of smell can connect us to our most vibrant life experiences – from the feeling of being on the beach, a cherished family memory, or your signature scent that makes you feel like you,' said Jamie Sohosky, chief marketing officer at Bath & Body Works. 'Bath & Body Works believes passionately in the important role fragrance plays in our daily lives, and through Come Back To Your Senses, we are on a mission to ensure no one ever takes their sense of scent for granted again.' 'You've dreamed about teleportation? . . . Well, it's already here' New with Come Back To Your Senses is Bath & Body Works' latest advertising spot, featuring Emmy Award Nominee Jessica Williams from the AppleTV+ hit comedy 'Shrinking.' Taking a page from the tech-industry's fabled innovation keynotes, the advertisement demonstrates scent as a powerful new device by evoking memories and transporting Williams to different places and times – a keynote, a lavender field, her teenage bedroom and in the bath. 'I love the juxtaposition of high- and low-tech inherent in this campaign,' remarked Williams. 'We live in such a digitally-focused, fast-paced environment, so I personally appreciate the message of taking a moment to stop and come back to your senses—all through the power of fragrance. And when it comes to fragrance, no one gets it like Bath & Body Works.' The brand will also be connecting scent and sound this summer— bringing the power of fragrance to music festival goers via Bath & Body Works' Scent x Sound Labs. At the upcoming Just Like Heaven and Sand in My Boots festivals, attendees will experience an immersive, multi-sensory experience where fragrance and music converge to create a unique scent-memory connection. With more experiential integrations planned this year, Bath & Body Works will be celebrating all the ways scent and fragrance can help consumers live more fully. 86% of consumers admit it's easy to take their sense of smell for granted, yet 78% said it is important to their overall well-being*. To further underscore the power of fragrance, Bath & Body Works commissioned its 'Scent & Senses' survey of 1,500+ adult Americans aged 18-65 in partnership with independent market research firm Reputation Leaders to gain a deeper understanding of U.S. consumers' relationship to, and awareness of scent. The key insight of this April 2025 Scent & Senses survey? While consumers overwhelmingly agree that scent improves their lives, this vital element remains absent from digital experiences, with Americans ranking their sense of smell as the 'least important' of their five senses while also – time and again – reporting how critically important it is. Survey respondents noted, Does fragrance really have 'transportive' powers? Nearly 4 in 5 Scent & Senses survey respondents reported feeling that fragrance has the power to transport them to another place or time (78%), while more than half (54%) say that scent has the effect of stopping them in their tracks, or 'arresting time' all together. Despite the adage that 'a picture is worth a thousand words,' the Scent & Senses survey suggests nearly 3 in 4 Americans (70%) agree that a particular scent transports them back to a specific moment or memory more vividly than a photograph. Can your nose help make a love connection? According to the survey data, it might, with respondents saying that scent plays a strong role in their interpersonal relations: That said, people often choose a particular fragrance for their own enjoyment—not necessarily to attract a mate. In fact, 58% of Gen Z report that they choose to wear a particular perfume because they like the scent, even if it might repel a potential love interest. About the Campaign Bath & Body Works' Come Back To Your Senses advertising spot featuring Jessica Williams debuts on May 3, 2025, during coverage of the Kentucky Derby; in the immediate days that follow, will air during the NBA Conference Semi-Finals and Met Gala; and then will continue via various streaming services. The advertisement was created by G1, Publicis Groupe's bespoke integrated team led by The Community. As the global leader in fragrance for 35 years, Bath & Body Works has a fragrance and format to match any mood or emotion—and to truly Come Back To Your Senses, shoppers can explore the Bath & Body Works robust product collection in-stores nationwide or online at ABOUT BATH & BODY WORKS Home of America's Favorite Fragrances®, Bath & Body Works is a global leader in personal care and home fragrance, including top-selling collections for fine fragrance mist, body lotion and body cream, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap. Powered by agility and innovation, the company's predominantly U.S.-based supply chain enables the company to deliver quality, on-trend luxuries at affordable prices. Bath & Body Works serves and delights customers however and wherever they want to shop, from welcoming, in-store experiences at more than 1,890 company-operated Bath & Body Works locations in the U.S. and Canada and more than 525 international franchised locations to an online storefront at *SURVEY METHODOLOGY The 'Scent & Senses' survey, sponsored by Bath & Body Works, was fielded by independent research firm Reputation Leaders in April 2025, surveying 1,500+ adult Americans aged 18-65, sampled and weighted to be nationally representative. MEDIA CONTACT Emmy Beach Bath & Body Works [email protected] View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Bath & Body Works
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Roger Daltrey: 'Not only am I going deaf, I'm also now going blind'
Roger Daltrey claims he is going blind. The 81-year-old made the confession at The Who's recent Teenage Cancer Trust gig at London's Royal Albert Hall, admitted the purple-tinted glasses he was wearing were not just a fashion statement. According to The Mirror, he told the audience: "The joys of getting old. Not only am I going deaf, I'm also now going blind. Fortunately I still have my voice, because if I lose that I'll have the full Tommy!' Meanwhile his bandmate Pete Townshend, 79, also shared about his own physical decline, telling fans he had a "complete knee replacement" just four weeks ago. He added: "But because I'm Superman, I'm here! Maybe I should auction off the old one. Elton John had one done, and he wears his as a bracelet. Unfortunately, mine's in three bits." Admitting he doesn't like taking painkillers, he said: "It's suddenly disconnected my brain from my fingers. We do four days of rehearsal, and most of it was a bit of a muddle for me. 'You know, tonight isn't perfect but it could have been f****** worse! You'll probably notice I'm a bit wobbly, just making sure they're playing the right notes." Meanwhile, Daltrey - who founded the Teenage Cancer Trust - stepped back as a figurehead of the charity concerts in 2024, and recently announced The Cure's Robert Smith as his successor. He personally chose Smith to oversee the fundraising series, which takes place annually at London's Royal Albert Hall and will return between March 23 and 29, 2026. The Cure have performed twice in 2006 and 2014, while Smith backed the Teenage Cancer Trust UNSEEN campaign during the COVID-19 lockdown, which helped those hit hard financially amid the pandemic. 'Just Like Heaven' hitmaker Smith, 65, said: 'Teenage Cancer Trust does the most fantastic work, and it is a great honour - and a real thrill - to be asked to curate the 2026 shows at the Royal Albert Hall. I can promise it will be a very memorable week!' Daltrey said: 'It has not been easy to find the right curator for the week of concerts in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall, but it's with great excitement that I can announce that Robert Smith has signed up for 2026. 'With The Cure's long and outstanding support for Teenage Cancer Trust, Robert appreciates the vital work this charity does. 'The concerts have become an essential fixture in the music calendar, featuring some of the world's greatest artists. It has been a challenge to find the right person to take them on - but Robert, a true musical great, is the perfect curator for the 2026 concerts.'
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees tributes to perform in Cumbria
TWO tribute acts of iconic 80s goth bands will be performing in Cumbria. Tributes to The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees will be performing at The Brickyard in Carlisle. The Cureheads and Siouxsie and the Budgiees are hosting a show on Saturday, December 6, 2025. A spokesperson at The Brickyard said: "The original tribute to British 'Godfathers of Goth'; The Cure. "The Cureheads have been together since 1990 and celebrated 30 years together in 2020. "They have recreated the look, sound, and atmosphere of shows by The Cure and have taken their show around the UK, Spain, France, Italy, Eastern Europe, South America, Japan, and The USA. "Expect to hear some massive anthems including Just Like Heaven, In Between Days, A Forest, Close To Me, Friday I'm in Love, Let's Go to Bed, Lullaby, Lovesong, The Walk, Boys Don't Cry, Pictures Of You, Lovecats, Why Can't I Be You and many more. "Special guests for the evening are Siouxie and The Budgiees – From the Happy House to the Hong Kong Garden Takeaway, the Budgiees aim to please any fans of the Gothic Punk Queen and her Banshees."
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘La Dolce Villa' Director Mark Waters Talks ‘Killing People's Rom-Com Careers' and ‘Freakier Friday'
Rom-coms have been no small piece of director Mark Waters's career. He's the man behind films including 'Just Like Heaven' and 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,' he produced '500 Days of Summer,' and more. But, even with a new rom-com out on Netflix this week, if you ask Waters himself, he wouldn't necessarily tout himself as a king in the genre. 'I think I'm the person who's responsible for killing people's rom-com career,' Waters joked with TheWrap. 'Because I know that Mark Ruffalo, after ['Just Like Heaven'], I don't think he did another rom-com. And after 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,' I think Matthew McConaughey never did another one.' In fairness, that's because both actors went on to star in much heavier fare, intentionally so. And Waters knows that, saying that 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past' was a 'bridging' role for McConaughey, as the character — a genre-bent version of Ebenezer Scrooge named Connor Mead, who learned the errors of his womanizing ways through ghosts — was a bit darker than your typical hero in the genre. Now, Waters's 'La Dolce Villa' is streaming on Netflix. It centers on a dad who rushes to Italy after his daughter informs him that she'll be purchasing a villa in a small town for one euro, renovating it, and moving in. While there, he discovers his old love for cooking, alongside a new love in the form of the town's mayor. Because obviously, you can't go to Italy in a movie and not find love. Once again, Waters has a beloved leading man, this time in the form of 'Scandal' and 'Felicity' alum Scott Foley. 'Scott is just, you know, it was like passing the ball to Steph Curry to hit a 3-pointer,' Waters said. 'He just was gonna make baskets from all over, and do everything we wanted him to do, and do it with utter charm and elan.' But for as much as 'La Dolce Villa' hinges on Foley's character finding love again as a widower, it also relies on the bond between father and daughter, in this film played by 'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin' alum Maia Reficco. For Waters, Reficco was 'the bigger surprise' of making the movie. 'The extent to how good she would be is something I didn't really know until we started actually doing it,' he said. 'First of all, she came incredibly prepared. And then the thing we lucked out on was that she and Scott just clicked. They really had a fun dynamic between them from the beginning.' 'And it was this thing while we were making it, realizing, 'Oh, wait, the core of this movie is their relationship,'' Waters continued. 'And the emotional dynamic between them is the thing that ends up being most impactful, more than any of the love affairs, as far as the emotional depth of the movie is concerned. So she was a real revelation.' Really, that relationship between parent and child is the bigger throughline in Waters's work. The same thing happened in 2024's 'Mother of the Bride' on Netflix, and the trend can be traced all the way back to Waters's breakout film 'Freaky Friday,' with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Waters couldn't quite quantify why he's drawn to that particular story element though, other than admitting he's 'a big softie' as well as a big family man, devoted to his parents, and has raised two girls of his own. 'It's not like I do this consciously when I'm making movies,' he said. 'But every choice you make is one that you make to enhance what's important to you. As a director, you're given a thousand decisions a day and you just go off of instinct. And my instincts usually lead to things having more emotional depth, having those deep ties between family.' One might wonder if Waters would return to his roots now that 'Freaky Friday' is getting a sequel, with 'Freakier Friday' due out this summer. But no, the director of the original is not involved on this one — although not by choice. 'I did not get the call, was not invited to the party for the for the new one,' he said. 'Lots of the cast members reached out to me and said, 'Why aren't you here?' But I was very happy to say, 'Hey, you guys make a great movie, and I will be there to watch it.'' 'Freakier Friday' sees 'Late Night' and 'The High Note' director Nisha Ganatra step into the director's chair, but it was never part of the original plan for 'Freaky Friday' to get a sequel, even back in 2003 when it came out. According to Waters, there were 'never' any conversations about it at the time, as the film 'felt like kind of a one-off' when they made it despite the fact that it grossed over $160 million worldwide against a budget of $26 million. Waters isn't surprised that a sequel is happening now. He said that Lohan and Curtis reaching the age where they can sort of swap familial roles — Lohan becoming a mother, and Curtis a grandmother — is 'an interesting idea to revisit.' And, of course, refreshing IP is something Hollywood tends to do. 'I think it's because [of] the fact that there still is this issue in our business, which is that, you know, the financing entities behind our business are much more comfortable with already known IP,' he said. 'And the fact that something exists already in people's minds automatically gives you a more of a chance for recognition, more of a chance for people being interested in your story without having to kind of like explain to them why they should be.' Waters has been on the receiving end of remakes and sequels — 'Mean Girls' and 'Vampire Academy' both got updated versions in the last few years — and on the giving end, as he directed 'He's All That,' 'Bad Santa 2,' and, of course, 'Freaky Friday.' 'You can say all stories have been told over and over, since the Bible. We're just retelling the same stories. It's really like, how can you put some interesting spin on it that makes it, you know? I always say, even 'Mean Girls,' my brother wrote the movie 'Heathers.' That's a spiritual progenitor to 'Mean Girls.'' 'So there's a thing about, yeah, put your inflection on it. Give it a twist, give it something that makes it seem current and of interest. It doesn't matter if it's kind of calling from the past at all.' For now though, Waters just wants to offer viewers a comfort film in 'La Dolce Villa.' 'It's certainly going to be a nice thing in the middle of winter, for people to be transported to a beautiful spring in Tuscany and be able to kind of bathe in it a little bit, hopefully.' 'La Dolce Villa' is now streaming on Netflix. The post 'La Dolce Villa' Director Mark Waters Talks 'Killing People's Rom-Com Careers' and 'Freakier Friday' appeared first on TheWrap.
