Two New Mexico film projects making a splash during awards season

Two projects filmed in New Mexico are making waves this awards season. “Pluribus” and “The Smashing Machine,” both filmed in ...
Alternative Press

YUNGBLUD and the Smashing Pumpkins team up for reimagined version of “Zombie”

YUNGBLUD has tapped the Smashing Pumpkins for a new version of “Zombie” from his recent album, IDOLS. After meeting lead ...
Clash

Yungblud, The Smashing Pumpkins Share New Take On ‘Zombie’

Yungblud and The Smashing Pumpkins have aligned to re-create 'Zombie'. The new collaboration is the first time The Smashing Pumpkins have appeared on ...
Louder

“I spent four days arguing about what could be done with an orchestra.” The story of a Smashing Pumpkins classic, aided by The Who, the cast of Titanic and SpongeBob ...

Released as a single in May 1996, Tonight, Tonight ’s iconic video strengthened its status as a Pumpkins classic. Inspired by ...
American Songwriter

3 Rock Guitar Solos From the 1990s That Prove Shred Was Not Dead

The rise of alternative rock and the dichotomy between punk and heavy metal didn’t keep guitarists in the 1990s from shredding guitar solos.
Variety

‘The Smashing Machine’ Sets HBO Max Release Date

Audiences will get a second chance to see Dwayne Johnson‘s most dramatic transformation of his career when “The Smashing Machine” lands on HBO Max on Jan. 23. Helmed by Benny Safdie, “The Smashing ...
IndieWire

Dwayne Johnson: ‘My Relationship with Success’ for ‘The Smashing Machine’ Is ‘Not a Number’

The Golden Globes-nominated actor talks to IndieWire about all the contributing factors that led to this “banging on my rib cage” telling him to make the unconventional A24 sports biopic with director ...
Deadline.com

Dwayne Johnson On Life-Changing ‘Smashing Machine’, Final ‘Jumanji’, Live-Action ‘Moana’ And Hawaiian Mob Movie With Leo And Marty – Behind The Lens

Dwayne Johnson is up for his first Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Drama for his real-life portrayal of MMA fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine, a movie that brought him a 15-minute standing ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Turning Dwayne Johnson into ‘The Smashing Machine’ Required a New Brow Bone, a Prosthetic Eyelid and a Whole Lot of Tattoo Removal

Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro details his process, right down to learning the actors’ sweat patterns and using seven different kinds of adhesive. By Bill Desowitz For The Smashing Machine, ...
AOL

Inside 'The Smashing Machine's' brutal fight scenes

If you came out of “The Smashing Machine” thinking “that must have hurt,” it was by design. Director Benny Safdie strove to make his biopic about pioneering mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr ...