Lou Reed

• Music
• 10.27.13 | 01:38PM PT

Lou Reed Expanded Boundaries of Rock Music

By Christopher Morris

From the remove of 47 years, it is difficult to adequately calibrate the impact of "The Velvet Underground and Nico," the 1967 debut album by the New York band fronted by Lou Reed, who died Sunday at…

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• Scene
• 10.27.13 | 11:52AM PT

PHOTOS: Lou Reed Remembered

By Variety Staff

• Music
• 10.27.13 | 11:30AM PT

Musicians, Fans Hail Lou Reed's Legacy

By Cynthia Littleton

Musicians and fans were quick to react to news of Lou Reed's death on Sunday, reflecting the widespread influence of the Velvet Underground founder.

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• Music
• 10.27.13 | 10:34AM PT

Lou Reed Dies at 71

By Andrew Barker

Lou Reed, the singer-songwriter whose darkly poetic recordings as frontman for the Velvet Underground and as a solo artist provided indispensable blueprints for punk, glam, noise rock and nearly…

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• Film
• 07.26.13 | 05:25PM PT

Feature Doc on Songwriter Doc Pomus Gets Theatrical Release in October

By Steve Chagollan

After making the festival rounds over the past year, including New York's Stony Brook Film Festival where it won the grand prize in Aug., 2012, "AKA Doc Pomus," about the songwriter behind such hits…

• Music
• 03.04.13 | 06:10PM PT

Bottom Line co-owner Stanley Snadowsky dies at 70

By Michael Palumbo

Stanley Snadowsky, a music lover and savvy negotiator who co-founded and ran New York's Bottom Line nightclub and was KISS's first manager, died Feb. 25 in Las Vegas of complications due to diabetes…

• Film
• 02.20.12 | 10:59PM PT

Review: 'Anton Corbijn: Inside Out'

By Boyd van Hoeij

Dutch music-biz shutterbug and occasional helmer Anton Corbijn ("Control," "The American") is asked to lay down on the cinematic equivalent of a shrink's couch in Low Countries docu "Anton Corbijn…

• Film
• 10.14.10 | 11:38PM PT

Review: 'Arthur and the War of Two Worlds'

By Jordan Mintzer

Another blandly recycled storyline and a denouement that feels rather violent for tykes.