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Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson show off their musical chops in "Song Sung Blue," a biopic about Mike and Claire Sardina, a real-life Milwaukee couple who performed together in a Neil Diamond tribute act ...

One of the bonuses of making "Song Sung Blue" filled with Neil Diamond songs is how astonishingly prolific the globally beloved singer-songwriter was during his five decades of recording and ...

Milwaukee's Lightning & Thunder is lighting up the big screen. The real-life Neil Diamond tribute act, featuring married couple Mike and Claire Sardina, is the subject of a movie, "Song Sung Blue," in ...

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 ...

The biopic well has really run dry in 2025. After movies about Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen wrestling with their art, we’re now getting a biopic about celebrity impersonators. “Song Sung Blue” ...

A human interest story in cinematic form, Song Sung Blue is more lukewarm than heartwarming despite its talented cast. Starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a married Neil Diamond nostalgia act, ...

The new film "Song Sung Blue" is about Neil Diamond tribute artists, but its music was recorded in Memphis. Memphis musician Scott Bomar produced new versions of Diamond's hits for the movie. Actors ...

Can a major Hollywood star have another breakthrough role later in life? Because that’s what it feels like watching Kate Hudson as a talented Midwestern pop-rock singer in “Song Sung Blue.” Inspired ...