Irony is a word that pops up a lot in discussing the group Sparks — in their content, and in their career. And here’s an irony for you: When brothers Ron and Russell Mael created a project called “The ...

Ron Mael (at keyboard) and Russell Mael (singing) in "Annette" / Amazon Prime Video As Edgar Wright’s documentary “The Sparks Brothers” makes clear, the Los Angeles-based brothers Ron and Russell Mael ...

Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers traffics in the found footage-cum-animation method of padding out interviews, but it’s quite a celebration of fraternal love. For 60 years, the brothers ...

"It sets the tone that this is a musical, but it's a pretty uncompromising musical in all sorts of ways," Russell Mael explains about Oscar-shortlisted song "So May We Start" from "Annette," which he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russell and Ron Mael of Sparks. (Credit: Gems/Redferns) Your average cult band might make a handful of great, overlooked albums, ...

Pop music brothers Ron and Russell Mael, who perform as Sparks, were ‘meta’ before it became a thing, and certainly before Mark Zuckerberg decided to call his company by that name. They’re meta in the ...

Focus Features is re-teaming with the sibling duo behind the band Sparks for a new musical epic at the studio titled X Crucior. After appearing as the subjects of Edgar Wright's documentary The Sparks ...

Taking some cues from the Marx Brothers, the Mael Brothers have remained rooted in all manners Sparks. With Ron’s stone-faced Charles Chaplin-like facade and Russell’s flamboyantly delivered falsetto, ...

Brothers Ron and Russell Mael in director Edgar Wright’s film The Sparks Brothers, which debuts in theaters June 18. Anna Webber / Focus Features In sharp contrast to Top of the Pops appearances by ...