HBO filmed Wishful Drinking and added interviews with Carrie’s family and friends, and archival footage of her life, to turn it into a documentary film. She won an Outer Critcs Circle Award for the show.
In a culture where so many female artists are benched by the time they are 40, these two kept going long afterwards.Īfter the cut, trailers for both films, and a 2011 Oprah interview with Carrie and Debbie.Ĭarrie wrote and performed a one-woman show on Broadway, Wishful Drinking, which she performed at Studio 54 in 2009. I cheered for her success as she broke out of her Princess Leia buns to avoid type-casting and become a bestselling author as well. I saw Star Wars: A New Hope as a teenager in theaters during its original run. I grew up watching Debbie in Singin’ in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, then enjoyed her later turn from spunky ingenue to crotchedy maternal type as she aged. Their accomplishments are too long to list here, so I’ll just link to their Wiki pages and try not to start crying again. Both women were multi-talented performers with decades long careers. The song was co-written by my friend JP Saxe, and it became this amazing sad bop, which we all know I love.In the wake of the tragic loss of both Carrie Fisher on December 27, and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, just one day later on December 28, HBO is changing its schedule to honor the two women. “I admire how he stays so true to himself and am so happy to have him join me for my first collaboration.
“I’ve always wanted to work with Sam and have been such a fan of his for a long time,” Andress says in a release. “I get hopeful when I’m tipsy, thinking you might actually miss me/ It’s a hundred proof, nothing I won’t do for another round of me and you,” they sing together in the chorus. “When I’m a couple in I get optimistic, like you and me are realistic,” Andress sighs, before Hunt joins the party and sings the second verse. Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt have collaborated on the heartbroken new single “Wishful Drinking.” It’s the first new music Andress has released in the wake of her album Lady Like and Hunt’s first new recording since 2020’s Southside.Ī sleek, R&B-flavored production with hints of Dobro and acoustic guitar, “Wishful Drinking” gets at a longing for someone that intensifies with a few cocktails.
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