Sentences with phrase «rock journalist»

An aspiring teenage rock journalist gets his big break when he follows an up - and - coming band on its tour.

Summary Capsule: A young rock journalist in love with the music discovers new truths backstage and beyond.

In 1998, Taylor starred in Ben Hopkins» acclaimed period drama Simon Magus, and the following year he starred alongside Daniel Auteuil in Michel Blanc's Mauvaise Passe and won a coveted role in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, the semi-autobiographical tale of an aspiring teen rock journalist.

Filmgoers will learn about Curtis» apparent lack of interest in his newborn daughter, every detail of his affair with a Belgian rock journalist and even his favorite color and favorite movie.

The movie tells the story of William Miller (Patrick Fugit in a very engaging big screen debut), an aspiring 15 - year - old rock journalist with an overly protective mother (Elaine, played by Frances McDormand, Fargo).

(Soundtracks are always crucial to Crowe, the former rock journalist; this one also includes the Tears for Fears classic «Everybody Wants to Rule the World.»)

And there's that opening flashback, in which the shy young Danny is interviewed by the traitorous rock journalist (Nick Offerman under heavy hair).

1:00 am (19th)-- TCM — Almost Famous Cameron Crowe turns his semi-autobiographical lens on rock stars, groupies, and rock journalists in one of the greatest combinations of road movie, coming of age movie, and music film ever made.

The film's writer and director (whose previous credits include Say Anything and Jerry Maguire) did in fact start out as a 15 - year - old rock journalist, writing for Playboy and The Los Angeles Times prior to his Rolling Stone days.

At the Greenbelt Festival in 1990, rock journalist, author and Christian thinker Steve Turner was giving a seminar about Christian engagement in society.

It was an account of how, as a new Christian convert — having led an exciting but spiritually unfulfilling life as a rock journalist — she learned to be joyfully chaste.

The Club would love to have James Brown and his band pay it a visit, if they could arrange an impromptu set, or perhaps even David Bowie, if he would stick to his danceable songs and keep the set short, but its patrons would not fawn over either of them the way a pack of groupies or rock journalists would.

A rock journalist (played by Jeff Bridges) investigates the concert, attempting to determine just who will benefit Read the rest of this entry»

We first meet singer - songwriter Danny (or, rather, the back of his head) in 1971, when he admits to a rock journalist (played by Nick Offerman) that he finds the prospect of imminent fame and fortune more terrifying than gratifying.