For anyone who saw A Complete Unknown and wondered how close it resembled the actual Newport Folk Festival where Bob Dylan amped up his music, a new documentary will help answer that question. Among the many films just announced as part of the annual Venice Film Festival in September is …
Read More »Troubadour Eric Andersen on New Album and Why 'A Complete Unknown' Was a Tad 'Sugarcoated'
It’s taken a few months, since he lives in the Netherlands, but Eric Andersen finally found time to watch A Complete Unknown. And the troubadour legend, who haunted those same Village clubs during that same time, was…a bit underwhelmed. “It seemed a little sugarcoated,” he says. ”It was a little …
Read More »'A Complete Unknown' Is Now Streaming — Where to Watch the Bob Dylan Biopic
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s a good time to be a Bob Dylan fan. The enigmatic folk singer is still killing it on tour, and now, the award-winning Dylan biopic A Complete …
Read More »'A Complete Unknown' Is Now Streaming — Where to Watch the Bob Dylan Biopic
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s a good time to be a Bob Dylan fan. The enigmatic folk singer is still killing it on tour, and now, the award-winning Dylan biopic A Complete …
Read More »Bob Dylan Declined Opportunity to Perform and Present at Oscars
Mick Jagger was on hand to present the Oscar for Best Original Song on Sunday evening. As he announced the winner (“El Mal” from EmiliaPérez), the musician quipped, “I’m greatly honored to be invited to give this award for the Best Original Song tonight, and much as I love doing …
Read More »Timothée Chalamet Celebrates SAG Awards Win: 'Can't Believe It'
Timothée Chalamet became the youngest person to win Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the SAG Awards last night. The actor was celebrated by his peers during the annual awards ceremony for portraying Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. Following the awards show, Chalamet took …
Read More »The Chalamet Effect: How 'A Complete Unknown' Has Boosted Bob Dylan's Catalog
Before this past Christmas, Bob Dylan’s “Song to Woody” was far from one of his most-streamed songs; neither are most of the tracks from Dylan’s 1962 debut album. But all that changed over the holiday season, when “Song to Woody” jumped from an average of 4,000 streams a day to …
Read More »Joan Baez Lauds Monica Barbaro's 'A Complete Unknown' Performance: 'She Worked So Hard'
Joan Baez has shared her thoughts on James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and gave “kudos” to Monica Barbaro, who portrays Baez in the film. “I loved what she did in the film,” Baez told her hometown paper, theMarin Independent Journal. “If I didn’t think she was good …
Read More »How Timothée Chalamet Learned to Channel Bob Dylan on Guitar
Larry Saltzman isn’t a guitar teacher by trade — he’s a high-end session pro who’s toured with Simon and Garfunkel, played in Saturday Night Live‘s house band, and backed up artists from Jewel to Darlene Love to Celine Dion. But for the past decade or so, he’s been moonlighting as …
Read More »Timothée Chalamet Calls Up His Lookalikes for 'SNL' Backup
Timothée Chalamet just wants to focus on the music for his upcoming Saturday Night Live double-duty gig. On Saturday, the actor will serve as both as the show’s host and musical guest. In order to juggle the responsibilities of both roles, Chalamet called up some backup: the dudes from his …
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