Kate Hudson’s Oscar nomination prospects for “Song Sung Blue” are looking “so good.” Hudson plays Claire Sardina in the biopic, about real-life Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute act Lightning & Thunder.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Song Sung Blue, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s musical drama about a real-life Neil Diamond ...

With the holiday release of Song Sung Blue, writer/director Craig Brewer had already received the ultimate glowing review. Based on the Greg Kohs documentary of the same name about a Neil Diamond ...

I might declare Sung Song Blue the best movie I didn’t see coming this year. Despite looking forward to almost every music biopic, music documentary, and music-based TV show in a given year, this one ...

Hugh Jackman has no shortage of Neil Diamond favorites – and at least three of them helped shape his performance in “Song Sung Blue.” Liz Caplan, the vocal coach and consultant who worked with Jackman ...

“Song Sung Blue” and “The Smashing Machine” are both biopics that came out this year based on documentaries with the same name about their real-life subjects. However, the results couldn’t be more ...

"Song Sung Blue," the new Oscar contender starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as real-life Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute act Lightning & Thunder, didn't quite strike gold at the North American box ...

‘My Name is Dolemite’ director Craig Brewer returns to the blend of music and drama that served him well with ‘Hustle & Flow’, but with a real-life angle. We have had such a glut of music biopics in ...

“Song Sung Blue” won me over early on, when a bar fight breaks out over the remark shouted by a leather-clad biker dude: “Neil Diamond sucks.” Fighting words, bordering on heresy. Whether you love Mr.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Neil Diamond-themed music drama Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, ...

The story of Mike and Claire Sardina — a struggling husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act from Milwaukee — was never the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, it’s been made into one. Hugh ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. You won’t see a movie with better music and worse dialogue this holiday season than the bizarrely charming “Song ...