LIFESTYLE36 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015 Music & Movies Timberlake sings a little, dances a little at Memphis event

ustin Timberlake sang and strut- Memphis, known as a cradle of headed for the lights of LA,” Justin himself. He wrote this ted his way through his induc- blues, soul/R&B and rock n’ roll. Also Timberlake sang, changing some of speech.”Richards praised Scotty Jtion into the Memphis Music inducted were Sam & Dave, Elvis the lyrics to fit his own success story. Moore for influencing his career. Hall of Fame on Saturday, doing Presley guitarist Scotty Moore, Sam Moore’s singing partner, Dave Scotty Moore played guitar on vocal impersonations of soul singers Booker T & the MG’s drummer Al Prater, died in 1988. They recorded Presley’s first recording, “That’s All Al Green and Otis Redding, perform- Jackson Jr, singer Alberta Hunter, several hits for Stax in the 1960s. Right,” at Sun Studio in 1954, and trav- ing on stage with Sam Moore of blues pianist Memphis Slim and Fallon, who has performed with eled with Presley as the rock n’ roll Sam & Dave, and joking with buddy icon started his music career. Richards Jimmy Fallon. The pop singer and dropped the award when he actor accepted the honor in front of approached the podium. “I dropped it about 2,100 people, who laughed classically, tastefully,” Richards joked. throughout his acceptance speech. Bluesman BB King was honored in an Justin Timberlake, center, whistles the tune “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” With a drink in tow, he told Fallon, “In Memoriam” video. He died earlier with Steve Cropper, left. who introduced him, that he was this year at age 80. not funny. The pair marched togeth- Video and musical tributes er on stage as Timberlake led the accompanied the inductions of the audience in the fight song for the other artists. Nicknamed the “Silver Memphis Tigers’ football team, Fox,” Rich recorded at Sun Studio in which upset Mississippi on Saturday. Memphis with influential producer Timberlake, a Memphis native, Sam Phillips. Jackson kept time for joked with friend DJ Paul of rap Booker T & the MG’s, the bi-racial, group Three 6 Mafia and sang bits of rock-soul-funk collaboration that Green’s “Love and Happiness,” Sam & served as the house band for Stax Dave’s “Hold On, I’m Comin’” and Records. The Memphis-born Jackson Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of was fatally shot in 1975. Hunter was the Bay” during his speech. He even born in Memphis but gained fame cursed a few times. “This is the Jimmy Fallon, left, inductes Justin Timberlake, right, during the as a pioneering blues and jazz singer (expletive) coolest thing that has Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. —AP photos in Chicago and New York in the ever happened to me,” said 1910s and 1920s. Memphis Slim cre- Timberlake, a former ‘NSync mem- country singer Charlie Rich. Rolling Timberlake on “Saturday Night Live” ated over 500 recordings and played ber and solo artist who has won Stones guitarist Keith Richards and “The Tonight Show,” sang like piano for blues legends Sonny Boy multiple Emmy and Grammy awards accepted the award for Scotty Elvis, did an impersonation of Donald Williamson and Willie Dixon. The and appeared in several films. Moore, who did not attend. Trump and called himself “Mrs Justin Memphis Music Hall of Fame started Eighty-year-old Sam Moore, one Timberlake” during his speech. in 2012. Inaugural inductees includ- Honored musicians half of the duo Sam & Dave, per- ed Presley, Redding and Three 6 Later, he added: “The Grammys formed to close the show. He was 500 recordings Mafia. Since then, inductees have are political. The Emmys are political. joined on stage by Timberlake, who “He’s one of the biggest stars in included rock group Big Star, blues Memphis is not political. And don’t danced during “Soul Man” and “Hold the world,” Fallon said of Timberlake. guitarist Albert King and soul get me started on Hollywood.” The On, I’m Comin’.” They then sang “He can sing, he can dance, he can songstress Carla Thomas. The sold- event honored musicians and per- “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” act, he’s funny, he’s good looking. And out event was held at the Cannon Sam Moore, left, and Justin Timberlake perform on stage. formers with strong connections to together. “I left my home in Memphis, if you don’t believe me, you can ask Center for the Performing Arts. —AP Tunisia arrests rapper Klay BBJ

olice in Tunisia have arrested rapper Klay insulting a public servant, in a case that sparked BBJ, his lawyer said yesterday, two years controversy in Tunisia and calls by rights groups Pafter the performer was sentenced to jail for for their release. insulting a public servant. It was not immediately Their sentence was later reduced to six clear why Klay BBJ was detained on Saturday, but months but the pair appealed the ruling and interior ministry spokesman Walid Louguini told were eventually acquitted. Klay BBJ is known for Mosaique FM radio it was at the request of the writing lyrics that criticize authorities, namely the prosecution. A judicial source said, however, that security forces. His lawyer said he could be the arrest could have been linked “to the con- referred to court today, and that authorities sumption of narcotics”. If found guilty he could could accuse him of having consumed narcotics face up to five years in jail. under so-called law 52. The legislation which was But Klay BBJ, according to his lawyer Ghazi adopted in 1992, during the reign of the now Mrabet, has denied using drugs. The rapper, born ousted autocratic regime, has been used to try Ahmed ben Ahmed, was detained in Tunis along and jail rappers who have been critical of the with two other people as they were preparing to security forces. A civil society group known as attend a concert in Hammamet further south, said “Prisoner 52” has been seeking the scrapping of Mrabet. In 2013 he was sentenced to 21 months in law 52 which they say is used as a tool to repress Tunisian rapper Ahmed Ben Ahmed prison along with fellow rapper Weld El 15 for freedom of expression. —AFP

Belgian pop singer Paul Van Haver, aka Stromae, performs on October 17, Tom Hiddleston sings as 2015 in Kigali. —AFP Hank Williams in Nashville Singer Stromae ritish actor Tom Hiddleston gave a crowd to please. “In front of dark, cynical, about the premiere because of the city’s come down here and present the film to once-in-a-lifetime performance inside musicians, will be quick to jump to musical history. “Without Nashville, there people who know a lot about this sub- Bwhen he hopped on stage in judgment? No tension. No anxiety,” is no story,” Abraham said. “And without ject.” wows at Rwanda Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday to sing Whitford said. Writer/director/producer the people in Nashville that helped me, The movie focuses on Williams’ mete- after a premiere of the Hank Williams Marc Abraham said he was nervous there is no story. So big deal for me to oric rise and fall in the 1940s and ‘50s biopic, “I Saw the Light.” Hiddleston spent through the stories of his personal rela- months learning how to talk and sing like tionships with women, including his homecoming concert the iconic country singer for the role in mother, his wife Audrey Williams and his the Sony Pictures Classics film, set for second marriage to Billie Jean. He died at release in March 2016. the age of 29 in 1953. At the time of his elgian pop star Stromae has wowed Pacifique. The genre-merging Belgian singer, He surprised guests at an after-party death, his body was wracked by alcohol the crowd in Kigali in a landmark who earlier this month sang in New York’s following the premiere with a short set of and drug abuse. “Hank Williams is some- Bconcert and homecoming for the Madison Square Garden-only the third Williams’ classics including, “Hey Good one I think who loved women, but he half-Rwandan singer, whose father was French-language artist to play the self- Lookin,’” “Why Don’t You Love Me Like You was also unintentionally cruel to them,” killed in the 1994 genocide. The singer, described “World’s Most Famous Arena” after Used To Do,” and “Move It On Over.” The Hiddleston said. “He was a hard man to who broke off an African tour in June after Charles Aznavour and Celine Dion-per- crowd, which included his co-stars and live with and he was afflicted by so many falling sick to the huge disappointment of formed in front of some 20,000 people for musicians, clapped and danced along to addictions, so many demons.” fans, performed to a packed stadium dur- two hours. Stromae, whose real name is Paul Hiddleston’s performance at a bar in Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Audrey ing a first concert in Rwanda late Saturday, Van Haver, has won a huge following in downtown Nashville, just blocks from the Williams, said the film portrays so many after performances in neighboring Belgium and France for his tunes, including famous Ryman Auditorium. While on strong women who had a lasting impact Democratic Republic of Congo. “It was so his 2009 hit ‘Alors on danse’, which are stage, Hiddleston cracked jokes in a mix on Williams’ songwriting. “He was always exciting!” enthused Rodie Nkusi, an 18- danceable but also introspective with of British and Southern accents and even surrounded by really formidable women,” year-old fan. “Everyone is so proud because themes including the absence of his gave a quick encore. Olsen said. “It’s lucky that all of us got to he’s half-Rwandan.” Rwandan father. On Saturday he said he was Actor Bradley Whitford, who plays play a different variation of a woman who “We’re so happy here, he’s a child of our “delighted” but also emotional to be back in renowned songwriter and music execu- Actors Mia Wasikowska, from left, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica stands on her own two feet and can country,” said another fan, 29-year-old a country he last visited as a child. —AFP tive Fred Rose in the film, joked that a Chastain participate in AOL’s BUILD Speaker Series to discuss their stand up to a man who is such an icon Nashville audience might be a tough new film “Crimson Peak” at AOL Studios. —AP like Hank.” —AP Box Office: ‘Goosebumps’ tops ‘The Martian,’ ‘Crimson Peak’ falls flat

oosebumps” rode a wave of Clinton era Adult-oriented films $58 million production. nostalgia to the top of the box office “Crimson Peak” fared less well. The Gothic “Our marketing was able to convey just how fun “G charts, as the adaptation of the popular Romance from Guillermo del Toro proved too niche this movie is,” said Rory Bruer, Sony’s distribution children’s book series earned $23.5 million in its for mainstream crowds, falling flat with a $12.6 mil- chief. “This is a an all audience movie. It works for opening weekend. That just edged out Fox’s “The lion debut. The story about a virginal bride (Mia teens, as well as adults and younger kids.” That left Martian,” the science-fiction smash that was trying Wasikowska) who moves into a haunted mansion faith-based drama “Woodlawn,” the story of a high to be the number one picture for a third week in a cost $55 million to bring to the screen. Legendary school football team that makes a playoff run after row. The film added $21.5 million to its $143.8 mil- Pictures fully financed the picture and Universal is finding religion, debuted across 1,553 to a stronger lion haul. It was a crowded time at the multiplexes, distributing the film. The studio believes that than expected $4.1 million. as four new releases jockeyed for audiences’ atten- “Crimson Peak” struggled to break out from other tion. Aside from “Goosebumps,” the weekend’s best fare aimed at older crowds such as “Bridge of Spies” Less successful performer was “Bridge of Spies,” the Steven and “Sicario.” It also had more romance than straight Pure Flix, the film’s distributor, declined to pro- Spielberg Cold War drama that capitalized on good scares, which may have disappointed ticket buyers vide a budget. In limited release, abduction drama reviews and Oscar buzz by nabbing $15.4 million. looking for a more traditional horror film. “Room” leveraged awards chatter into a very strong Disney is distributing the true story of an attor- “This is a challenging play time for adult-oriented start, earning $120,000 from four screens for a per- ney (Tom Hanks) who defends a Russian spy (Mark films,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s domestic distri- screen average of $30,000. “Truth,” another Oscar ‘Star Wars: The Force Rylance). DreamWorks produced the $40 million bution chief. “The film is definitely a throwback to an hopeful, was less successful. Sony Pictures Classics production. Its look at prisoner rights resonates in old fashioned way of creating atmosphere and layer- bowed the story of “60 Minutes’” controversial report the post-Guantanamo age and positions “Bridge of ing tension. It’s visually stunning and genuinely on George W Bush’s National Guard service across Awakens’ poster revealed Spies” to remain part of the conversation in coming creepy.” “Goosebumps” takes its names from the six screens where it brought in $76,646, for a per weeks, Disney executives argued. “It’s overwhelm- spooky children’s books by RL Stine, but provided a screen average of $12,774. And “Beasts of No ingly applicable to today,” said Dave Hollis, Walt meta-twist by having the author play a role in the Nation,” Cary Fukunaga’s drama about child soldiers s “Star Wars” fans (and theaters) continue to count down to the release of “The Force Disney Studios’ executive vice president of theatrical movie. Jack Black, who played Stine, injected some in Africa, made headlines when Netflix bested all Awakens,” Disney and Lucasfilm treated them to the new official poster for the distribution. “But that’s Steven Spielberg. He’s able to humor into the proceedings, and a PG-rating made bidders by offering $12 million for rights to the Amovie yesterday. In releasing the new poster, Regal Cinemas also announced that do that with almost every single story.” the film family friendly. Sony Pictures backed the movie. —Reuters tickets will go on sale today, and the “Star Wars” Twitter account confirmed rumors that a new teaser will air that same day during “Monday Night Football.” —Reuters