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 ...

Russell Mael holding Ron Mael's face as a mask on the poster for The Sparks Brothers Credit: Image via Focus Features Focus Features is re-teaming with the sibling duo behind the band Sparks for a new ...

Brothers Russell and Ron Mael’s musical stylings have been anything but conventional over the past five decades, and yet they are among music’s most underrated geniuses. Embellishing elements of pop ...

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 ...

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, ...

Sparks' Russell Mael (left) and Russell Mael(right) pose during a photocall for 'Annette' at the 74th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. As far as creative visions go, Annette is one of the ...

LOS ANGELES — They’ve spent more than half a century together as bandmates, putting out dozens of records. But brothers Ron and Russell Mael — the duo behind the art-pop band Sparks — have no ...

“What haven’t we tried before? Go mainstream!” jokes Ron Mael, as the duo invades homes everywhere with the Amazon Prime Video bow of their decade-in-the-making dream project. French director Leos ...

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 ...