Cameron Crowe Recalls “Real Wound” With Gregg Allman That Became ‘Almost Famous’

After marking the movie’s 25th anniversary last month, Cameron Crowe is continuing to unpack the traumatic inspiration behind ...

Kate Hudson Finds Her Voice: How the ‘Song Sung Blue’ Star Landed Her Greatest Role Since Penny Lane and Why Oscar Buzz Doesn’t ‘Define My Value’

Kate Hudson graces the cover of Variety's Power of Women issue and discusses 'Song Sung Blue," songwriting and a potential ...
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'Almost Famous' Just Turned 25, But the Penny Lane Coat Is As Iconic As Ever

Fashion and cinema have long shared a symbiotic relationship (just look at any of Miuccia Prada or Raf Simons’ collections). Even so, few films have etched themselves into the fashion psyche with ...
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‘Almost famous’ Southern rock band’s connection to a classic hit

In 1977, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio cofounder and Swampers guitarist Jimmy Johnson offered a local band called Jackson Highway a song called “Old Time Rock and Roll.” The band, named after Muscle ...
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Revisiting 'Almost Famous,' 25 years later

In Almost Famous, writer and director Cameron Crowe looks at the ecosystem surrounding a rising rock band in the early '70s. Starring Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand, and many more, the ...
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Twenty-five years later, Penny Lane is still the heart and soul of Almost Famous

The poster for Cameron Crowe’s rock-band-on-the-road odyssey Almost Famous, which turned 25 this week, depicts an extreme close-up of the actor Kate Hudson, in character as the ambiguously aged muse ...