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AI Recreates Billy Joel for Lost 1971 Interview in New Documentary
entertainment11 days ago

AI Recreates Billy Joel for Lost 1971 Interview in New Documentary

A filmmaker uses AI to reconstruct Billy Joel for a 20-minute documentary based on a long-lost 1971 college-radio interview. Joel was not consulted; training data relied on photos owned by his early manager. The film, 1971: Billy Joel’s Lost Interview, will premiere at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame festival and provokes debate over celebrity likeness rights and AI’s role in shaping an artist’s legacy, with some festivals rejecting it and Joel’s publicist declining to comment.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#ai#billy-joel#deepfake
Billy Joel warning steers Clint Black toward family-first fatherhood
entertainment1 month ago

Billy Joel warning steers Clint Black toward family-first fatherhood

Clint Black credits Billy Joel for warning him against being an “Uncle Daddy,” which inspired him to prioritize his family and pursue a secure attachment with daughter Lily during her early years, even as he balanced a touring career. After four miscarriages before Lily’s 2001 birth, Black limited his time on the road, focused on time at home, and later continued touring with Lily occasionally joining him onstage. His memoir Killin’ Time details these choices and their impact on his life and marriage to Lisa Hartman Black, illustrating how fatherhood reshaped his priorities and strengthened his bond with Lily.

via Fox News|
#billy-joel#clint-black#entertainment
Billy Joel Rejects Unauthorized Pre-Piano Man Biopic
entertainment3 months ago

Billy Joel Rejects Unauthorized Pre-Piano Man Biopic

Billy Joel has not authorized or supported the film Billy and Me, a pre-Piano Man biopic directed by John Ottman and shaped in part by his former manager Irwin Mazur’s perspective; despite ongoing casting and Joel’s drummer Jon Small’s involvement as a consultant, his representatives say proceeding without consent would be legally and professionally misguided, with the project focusing on the Hassles era and early songs.

via Pitchfork|
#billy-joel#biopic#entertainment
Billy Joel Stands Against Unauthorized Biopic, Calls It Misguided
entertainment3 months ago

Billy Joel Stands Against Unauthorized Biopic, Calls It Misguided

Billy Joel’s reps condemn the development of the biopic Billy & Me as legally and professionally misguided, noting it has no rights to his life or music. Directed by John Ottman and written by Adam Ripp, the project is pitched as an origin story focusing on Joel’s formative years and the people around him, but Joel has not authorized or supported it. Life rights are reportedly held for Mazur and Small, who are involved as consultants/co-producers, leaving the singer’s blessing unclear and his music catalog not part of the plan.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
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Billy Joel's Team Pushes Back on Unauthorized Biopic, Calling Plans Legally and Professionally Flawed
music3 months ago

Billy Joel's Team Pushes Back on Unauthorized Biopic, Calling Plans Legally and Professionally Flawed

Rolling Stone reports Billy Joel’s representative has not authorized or supported the Billy & Me biopic. The film, directed by John Ottman and framed around Joel’s early life via his first manager Irwin Mazur, faces music-rights hurdles and will reportedly not use Joel’s songs as it unfolds before his breakthrough. Joel’s camp says moving forward without life rights would be legally and professionally misguided, while Mahur’s perspective and other rights holders are involved; production is slated for fall 2026 in Canada and New York.

via Rolling Stone|
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Billy Joel Pushes Back Against Unauthorized Billy & Me Biopic
entertainment3 months ago

Billy Joel Pushes Back Against Unauthorized Billy & Me Biopic

Variety reports that Irwin Mazur’s and Jon Small’s life rights have been secured for the Billy & Me biopic, but Billy Joel’s life rights and music rights are not owned or authorized, and Joel has not endorsed the project. Production is planned for this fall in Winnipeg and New York, with Adam Ripp writing and John Ottman directing; the film will be told from Mazur and Small’s perspective. Joel’s reps say pursuing the project without his authorization would be legally and professionally misguided, while financing is being arranged by Jay Cohen and Mitchell Leib serves as executive music producer.

via Yahoo News New Zealand|
#billy-and-me#billy-joel#biopic
Billy Joel Rejects Unauthorized Biopic Over Rights Clash
entertainment3 months ago

Billy Joel Rejects Unauthorized Biopic Over Rights Clash

Billy Joel has warned against an upcoming film about his early years, saying the project lacks his life rights and music rights and would be legally and professionally misguided to proceed without his approval; the film centers on people around him, not Joel himself, with producers referencing life rights from his former manager and a former bandmate.

via The Daily Beast|
#billy-joel#biopic#entertainment
Ottman to Direct Billy Joel Origins Drama 'Billy & Me'
film3 months ago

Ottman to Direct Billy Joel Origins Drama 'Billy & Me'

A Variety exclusive reports director John Ottman will helm Billy Joel’s early-life biopic Billy & Me, told through his first manager Irwin Mazur. Production is planned for fall in Winnipeg and New York, with Adam Ripp writing and Mazur’s life rights secured. Jon Small will consult; financing is being assembled by Jay Cohen, with Mitchell Leib as executive music producer. The film aims for a truthful, character-driven origin story, though Joel’s representatives haven’t commented and the portrayal of historical figures like Weber remains unclear.

via Variety|
#adam-ripp#billy-and-me#billy-joel
Billy Joel Honored at Carnegie Hall as Stars Sing His Songs
music5 months ago

Billy Joel Honored at Carnegie Hall as Stars Sing His Songs

An all-star night at Carnegie Hall celebrated Billy Joel with a Music Of tribute, as the star watched from the audience while his band served as the night’s house band; guests like Rufus Wainwright, Rob Thomas, Yola, Itzhak Perlman and Alexa Ray Joel performed Joel classics, Perlman joined on The Downeaster Alexa, Natalie Merchant sang Allentown, and the event raised over $2 million for music-education charities, underscoring his enduring legacy despite health challenges.

via Rolling Stone|
#billy-joel#carnegie-hall#music
Alexa Ray Joel Looks to Her Dad’s Health and a Possible Comeback at a Carnegie Hall Tribute
music5 months ago

Alexa Ray Joel Looks to Her Dad’s Health and a Possible Comeback at a Carnegie Hall Tribute

Alexa Ray Joel discusses Billy Joel’s health and possible touring return as he battles Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, and reveals she’ll perform at The Music of Billy Joel tribute at Carnegie Hall—a fundraiser organized by Michael Dorf with proceeds to music-education groups Belongó and Midori & Friends—while continuing her own music career and balancing her father’s legacy with her artistic independence.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
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