According to the Irish Film and Television Network, Andre 3000 is headed to Ireland to begin production on the Jimi Hendrix biography film All Is by My Side. Where will it stack up among these great music biopics?

The Jacksons: An American Dream followed the Jackson 5 (with a focus on Michael) as the group dealt with their fast rise to fame and Michael's solo career. The two-part miniseries was seen by almost 40 million households in 1992.

Ray, the biography of Ray Charles, earned Jamie Foxx a deserved Academy Award for Best Actor in 2004. Sadly, Charles died months before the premi...

Among many, just saying the phrase "This one goes to 11" brings a knowing nod and a smile. The famous scene in 1984's cult classic "This Is Spinal Tap" where British prog rocker Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) tells documentarian Marty DiBergi that he's had his amps modified to go "one louder" than 10 is used as shorthand to describe absurd behavior by empty-headed musicians.

Now it's a holiday.

According to The Huffington Post, former musician Michael Fennelly has created a 20,000+ member-strong movement on Facebook to declare tomorrow (11/11/11) to be Nigel Tufnel Day.

Another membe...

Ricky Gervais received an extra-special gift to mark his 50th birthday - a guitar used in classic comedy This Is Spinal Tap.

The British funnyman is close pals with Christopher Guest, who played musician Nigel Tufnel in the 1984 mockumentary about a rock band, and they headed out for a meal to celebrate Gervais reaching the milestone on Saturday.

And when Guest and his wife Jamie Lee Curtis handed over a pile of gifts for The Office creator, he was stunned to unwrap a Fender guitar used by Guest in the spoof movie.

In a blog post detailing how he spent his big day, Gervais writes, "Wo...

Guitar legend Jeff Beck has silenced one of the longest-running rumors in rock - he was not the inspiration for This Is Spinal Tap. The former Yardbirds star has long been linked to the spoof documentary, with gossips suggesting he was the basis for Christopher Guest's character, Nigel Tufnel.

However, Beck is adamant the rumors are untrue - and he only inspired Tufnel's hairstyle. He tells Undercover Music News, "I think the hair was (based on mine) but it ends there. I knew that Christopher Guest had been watching me but Nigel is based on different characters from glam rock. Ironically,...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film 'This is Spinal Tap and now England's Loudest Heavy Metal Band, Spinal Tap, is celebrating with the release of their first new album in almost two decades, Back From The Dead (The Label Industry Records/Artist2Market/INgrooves), due out Tuesday, June 16. Spinal Tap's last album was 1992's Break Like The Wind.

On Back From the Dead, Tap members David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls unearth their long-self-suppressed studio versions of the classic songs from the movie This is Spinal Tap, as well as six new addition...

Jack Nicholson's infamous "You can't handle the truth" line in A Few Good Men has topped a poll of the most memorable movie quotes.

The uttering quickly became a movie favorite after Nicholson barked the line at Tom Cruise in a courtroom in the 1992 film. Second in the poll was "These go to eleven", from 1984's This Is Spinal Tap, followed by Marlon Brando's "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" from 1972's The Godfather.

Rounding out the top five was Tom Cruise's "I feel the need, the need for speed" from Top Gun in 1986, and "Go ahead, make my day" from 1983 Dirty H...

Spoof heavy metal band Spinal Tap have confirmed they are to record their first album in nearly 20 years.

The faux British rockers found fame in 1984 comedy documentary This Is Spinal Tap and went on to release two records and hit the road for tours. Their last album, Break Like The Wind, hit shops in 1992 and the group subsequently reunited for a one-off performance in 2007, playing at London's Wembley Stadium as part of the Live Earth event. And now the American comedy trio - Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer - are set to resurrect their characters once again.

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Where has time gone by? 25 years ago seems like yesterday, and 1984 was so happening! Here's our flashback moment of a few actors, films, and music that were popular in 1984. So, with that said, what were you into in 1984? Let us know!

Top Actors/Actresses

Molly Ringwald

In the film Sixteen Candles, actress Molly Ringwald had every girl wanting to design her own prom dress in 1984. Young, bright, and fresh, she was the essence of teen coolness.

Daryl Hannah

Are mermaids sexy? Well, one certainly was when actress Daryl Hannah starred in 1984's ...

Opportunity rocks! School of Rock meets Spinal Tap in the "flat-out funny" (Richard Roeper, "At The Movies") comedy for the rock star in everyone as The Rocker takes center stage on DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) January 27th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Rainn Wilson (The Office, Juno) drums up huge laughs in "the surprise comedy of the summer" (Ben Lyons, E!) as Robert "Fish" Fishman, a man living in a rock 'n' roll dream…but waking up in a midlife crisis! After being kicked out of '80s metal band Vesuvius just before they hit superstardom, "Fish" spends the next 20 years in r...

Caddyshack isn't that good, and it's not very funny. If you're 9 out of 10 red blooded American men, that last sentence just infuriated you like I just made slanderous remarks about your grandmother. I've never met your grandmother, but I have seen Caddyshack - and it kind of sucks. My editors were quick to advise me that although they were giving me the go-ahead on this piece, they would have to include a bigger than usual disclaimer saying that the opinions expressed are solely that of Matthew J. Swanson. I'll tell you that right now, too: it is just my opinion, but it happens to be t...

Ghostbusters has topped a new online poll of the "Funniest Films of the Past 25 Years." The comedy beat out National Lampoon's Vacation and Beverly Hills Cop to land atop the new EW.com survey.

But funnyman Christopher Guest is the most consistent player on the list; three of his films - This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman and Best In Show make the top 20, while Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn make the top 25 twice each - Stiller for There's Something About Mary and new film Tropic Thunder, and Vaughn for Wedding Crashers and Old School.

The top 10 are:

1. Ghostbusters
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With the immortal words from 20th century poet Sir Mix-a-Lot "I like big butts and I cannot lie," the crack research team at Starpulse was given the arduous and grueling task of finding the finest photos on the site that revere one of the world's preferred body parts, the buttocks.

In contemporary music and in Hollywood today, Starlets and singers who refrain from eating (bulimia) are considered to be the definition of beauty and grace (Bag-of Antlers.) However, for many Americans being that skinny and svelte is completely out of the question (has anyone been to a Sizzlers lately) an...

"Songs of the Bushmen," Harry Shearer's savage and poignant musical satire of the Bush administration's leading figures, will be released by Courgette Records, July 1 on digital platforms including iTunes and Amazon.

An award-winning actor, comedian, author, musician, playwright, radio host and journalist, Harry Shearer presents some of the most biting satire since Mort Sahl, with comedic tunes paying "homage" to cabinet members and advisors including Scooter Libby, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and Karl Rove, among others.

On the eve of the November Presidential elections, e...

Compounded by the writers strike, TV suffered this year. Shows that should have been pulled weren't, and not one new series became a breakout hit.

The Worst:

"Sportscenter" - What was once one of the funniest and hippest half-hours on television has now become the most exhausting hour (and sometimes 90-minutes) you'll spend in front of the tube. Somewhere along the line, somebody at ESPN got the idea that viewers cared more about watching the anchors and analysts than they did about seeing highlights and scores.

This has led to the self-aggrandizing spectacle currently be...

The Tarantino Flicks

Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction

When Quentin Tarantino, alongside Robert Rodriguez, was promoting Grindhouse, he explained that he always finds the beat of his movies by going through an impressive vinyl collection. He writes his scripts with the soundtrack in mind and even uses specific songs in his scripts for specific areas of a film. Maybe this is why his movies always have some pretty groovy tunes. Can you honestly listen to "Stuck in the Middle with You" the same way after Reservoir Dogs?

Two of the best songs that accompany an opening titl...

Sometimes a movie's wittiest dialog is on its characters' T-shirts. Check out Maxim.com's feature on those classic catchphrases that began on the cotton crewnecks of countless crazy characters!

Here are our favorites...

Number 7: Nigel Tufnel's (Christopher Guest) glowing green skeleton rib-cage t-shirt in This Is Spinal Tap. You don't have to overthink this whole "rock star" thing. Forget your foil-covered zucchini or your leather straps-just slap on a shirt like this that screams, "Tonight I´m gonna rock you tonight."

Number 3: Booger's (Curtis Armstrong) classic 'Gimme Head 'Ti...

Spoof rock supergroup Spinal Tap want British comedian Ricky Gervais to join them on stage when they perform at this summer's Live Earth concert. The band, created for 1984 rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, are booked to appear at the Wembley extravaganza, which aims to raise awareness of climate change.

Director Rob Reiner and the stars of the fictitious band, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer want Gervais to join them. Gervais befriended Guest after shooting to fame with his own spoof documentary, The Office, and he subsequently made a guest appearance in Guest's 20...

Spoof rockers Spinal Tap are to reunite for a special performance at the London leg of this year's Live Earth concert series, joining the likes of Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Genesis at Wembley Stadium in July. The fictitious heavy metal group - played by actors Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer - will resurrect their roles as David St Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls respectively for the 7 July gig, where they will also screen a 10-minute comedy sketch to the 90,000-strong crowd.

A source says, "The sketch they've filmed is hilarious. It shows them driv...

British rocker Pete Doherty has reportedly been asked to star in a new reality TV show, which will lock up celebrity drug addicts while they try to get clean. TV company Endemol - the creators of Big Brother - will film the group of addicts 24 hours a day as they go through rehabilitation.

Kate Moss's boyfriend and Babyshambles frontman Doherty has battled cocaine and heroin addiction and is said to be one of several stars asked to take part in Rock Stars In Rehab.

An inside source tells British newspaper the Sunday Mirror, "It's going to be like Spinal Tap meets The Priory. The p...

City Slickers actor Bruno Kirby died on Monday in Los Angeles following a battle with leukemia. He was 57. Kirby's wife Lynn Sellers revealed yesterday that her late husband died from complications linked to the blood disease, with which he was only recently diagnosed.

She said in a statement: "We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support we have received from Bruno's fans and colleagues who have admired and respected his work over the past 30 years. Bruno's spirit will continue to live on not only in his rich body of film and television work but also through the lives of ...

Funnyman Harry Shearer is getting serious in an effort to defend Mel Gibson, as the movie star faces ongoing criticism for an ill-advised, drunken rant against Jews. The Simpsons star insists he doesn't want to come across as a staunch defender of the actor/director following his controversial remarks - but he insists Gibson is one of the good guys in Hollywood.

Shearer says, "In my slight dealings with him, I've found him more pleasant and less upsetting than certain persons on the other side of this discussion."

Gibson has apologized for the anti-Semitic comments he made durin...