KISS’ Gene Simmons is reportedly set to voice the title character in Joe Johnston’s “The Wolf Man.” The iconic rockstar was asked by director Johnston to record the creature’s “howling voice” which he duly accepted, being a fan of the original Lon Chaney Jr. film and of Lon Chaney Sr., whose nickname ‘The Man Of A Thousand Faces’ was used by Simmons for a song on his 1978 solo album and for his production company. The KISS bassist will also be voicing the Dragon Spirit in M. Night Shymalan’s “The Last Airbender” and has an upcoming role as a sleazy attorney in Mike Judge’s “Extract.” [ContactMusic/GeneSimmon.com]
Quentin Tarantino recently shared his personal music playlist on Sirius XM. Here are his choices, of which many tracks are probably not what you’d associate with the director (then again, dude does love “American Idol”): WuTang Clan’s “The Rulez,” KT Tunstall – “Hold On,” Bob Dylan’s “Political World,” Barbra Streisand’s “Stony End,” Robin McNamara’s “Lay A Little Lovin’ On Me,” Sir Douglas Quintet’s “Mendocino,” David Bowie’s “Cat People (Putting Out The Fire),” Jay Z’s “S. Carter,” Roy Orbison’s “There Won’t Be Many Coming Home,” Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours (Acoustic),” Maroon 5’s “Wake Up Call,” Steve Poltz’s “Waterfalls” and Britney Spears’ “My Prerogative” [NYPost]
Ryan Gosling’s musical project Dead Man’s Bones will be touring stateside throughout October in support of their upcoming self-titled album due October 6th. The album was recorded with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir who will be stood in for by a new children’s choir brought on board by the band for each city they perform at. Cities and dates are available at the source with opening acts at each performnace to be a show of local talent organized by the band themselves. Here is a creepy, but nostalgic old-school-horror-throwback promo video for the band’s album. [Pitchfork]