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Let's Get (Meta) Physical: Top 5 Top 5 Lists in John Cusack film High Fidelity

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Us music geeks love making Top 5 lists. It helps us deal with and understand this big scary world. Writer Nick Hornby understood this when he wrote the novel High Fidelity. As did John Cusack and director Stephen Frears when they made the movie version. Today, in Paste's List of the Day, we divulge our Desert-Island All-Time Top 5 Most-Memorable Top 5 Lists from the film version of High Fidelity....  read more

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Marvin Gaye biopic Sexual Healing to roll in April

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A Marvin Gaye biopic, titled Sexual Healing, is scheduled to begin shooting in April. Starring Law and Order’s Jesse L. Martin as the iconic singer and Tony Sopr—erm, that is, James Gandolfini, as Gaye’s manager Freddy Cousaert, the film will focus on the last three years of Gaye’s life. This includes his troubled move to Europe in 1981, the recording of the sublime Midnight Love, his eventual return home to battle depression and ultimately, his murder by his father in 1984. Lauren Goodman will direct the project, which will be shot on location in Hungary and Germany, MTV reports. Related...  read more

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Motown Studios - Detroit, Michigan (1971)

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During its golden era (1959-1971), Motown’s recording studio produced not only a jaw-dropping string of hits...  read more

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