Lana Del Rey News

Halfway through her opening night at 54 Below on Monday, Laura Benanti unveiled the evening's showstopper, a multi pop-song mix titled 'Inappropriate Medley.' No, Benanti didn't faux strip her way through the songs as if she was replaying her past role as Gypsy Rose Lee, but she frantically ripped through eight songs, including Beyonce's 'All the Single Ladies,' 'Old Man River,' Sonny & Cher's 'I Got You Babe,' Aretha Franklin's 'Respect,' and culminated the riff by boogying like Tina Turner on 'Proud Mary,' and playing a tambourine tossed over by her Musical Director/pianist Todd Almond. As the audience commenced with raucous cheering, an almost out-of-breath Benanti quipped, 'I can't wait to read the review tomorrow that says Laura Benanti is an idiot.' Well, Laura Benanti may be a lot of things, but idiot is not one of them.

MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'

The Great Gatsby, the companion album to the Baz Luhrmann-directed movie of the same name, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart this week, selling 136,840 copies and becoming the best-selling movie soundtrack since The Hunger Games. This is the third soundtrack from a Baz Luhrmann film to reach the top three, following William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!

Today we are talking to a terrifically talented twosome who are being touted as the next songwriting duo to take New York by storm - and, with DOGFIGHT appearing Off-Broadway at Second Stage last year and A CHRISTMAS STORY setting Broadway alight for a limited run this past holiday season, they are certainly on the fast-track to success - Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Revealing their reaction to last week's 2013 Tony Award nominations for their stupendous score for the screen-to-stage adaptation of A CHRISTMAS STORY as well as all about the creation and ultimate execution of the show itself, Pasek & Paul open up about their creative process and illustrate what makes their music work so well in a theatrical milieu. Most importantly, the songwriters discuss DOGFIGHT - the inspiration for it, writing of it, the recent Off-Broadway production directed by Joe Mantello, and, now, the absolutely spectacular cast album now available on Ghost light - to say nothing of next week's concert celebrating the album release. Additionally, Pasek & Paul share stories of the songs that make up their popular and frequently-produced EDGES, new and old, as well as their plans for future shows. Plus, all about the new material recently written by the duo for NBC's musical drama series SMASH, details about their stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's seminal children's book JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH as well as opinions on fellow songwriting teams and other influential musical theatre icons, as well as much, much more!

MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced the integration of streams to its historic Gold & Platinum (G&P) Program, the industry's premier award for recognizing artistic achievement in the marketplace. On-demand audio and/or video song streams will now be counted towards the 500,000 (Gold), 1,000,000 (Platinum) and 2,000,000 plus (multi-Platinum) thresholds required for G&P's Digital Single Award certification.

This week at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, April 29 through May 5, 2013, performances will feature: The New Yorker, Leslie Kritzer, Paris Combo, Pen World Voices: McSweeney's, Pen World Voices: Monkey Business, Pen World Voices: Languages on the Edge, Lady Rizo, Pen World Voices: An Evening with Cabinet, Talavya, Jay Brannan, Pen World Voices: Watching the Meter, Pen World Voices: Lapham's Quarterly, Gianmaria Testa, Pen World Voices: Granta 2013, and Villalobos Brothers.

Warner Bros. Pictures has released new extended TV spot for Baz Lurhmann's highly anticipated reboot of THE GREAT GATSY. The ad features Lana del Rey's single 'Young & Beautiful.' Check it out below!

Third Man Records is proud to announce the worldwide release of the vinyl version of The Great Gatsby film Soundtrack. Anticipation is already high for this companion piece to Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking film of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic.

Below, get a first listen to a sampler of the soundtrack from Baz Luhrmann's THE GREAT GATSBY!

Charli XCX (AKA 20-year-old Hertfordshire born Charli Aitchison) confirms the release of her debut album 'True Romance' through IAMSOUND today, April 16th in the US.

THE GREAT GATSBY writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann and collaborators Shawn 'JAY Z' Carter, an executive producer on the film, and Anton Monsted, its executive music supervisor, revealed the lineup for the movie's soundtrack today, which encompasses the broad spectrum of musical styles represented in this energetic re-telling of the classic text.

Woodkid, aka Yoann Lemoine, the critically renowned French musician, director and producer behind acclaimed videos for Lana Del Rey's Blue Jeans and Born To Die, Drake & Rihanna's Take Care and Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, steps out from behind the camera with the release of his debut album The Golden Age on March 19th.

Woodkid, aka Yoann Lemoine, the critically renowned French musician, director and producer behind acclaimed videos for Lana Del Rey's Blue Jeans and Born To Die, Drake & Rihanna's Take Care and Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, steps out from behind the camera with the release of his debut album The Golden Age today, March 19th.

The Skivvies just made their Los Angeles debut at the Rockwell Table & Stage on March 4 at with special guests, Laura Benanti, Daisy Eagan, Barrett Foa & more. Click below to watch all of the performances from the LA show!

A fan challenged The Skivvies to create a medley after the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood announced its 2013-14 season. The medley is written, arranged, and performed by Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina. Watch below!

The Skivvies just made their Los Angeles debut at the Rockwell Table & Stage on March 4 at with Tony Award Winning special guests, Laura Benanti and Daisy Eagan. In the video below, a very pregnant Eagan performs a hilarious medley that includes 'Like a Virgin', 'Wick', 'Don't cha', and 'Buttons.' Check it out below!

The Skivvies will make their Los Angeles debut at the Rockwell Table & Stage tonight, March 4 at 7:30pm with Tony Award Winning special guests, Laura Benanti and Daisy Eagan.

Charli XCX (AKA 20-year-old Hertfordshire born Charli Aitchison) is proud to confirm the release of her debut album 'True Romance' through IAMSOUND on April 16th in the US (and April 15ththrough Aslyum in the UK).