Ronald David Mael, born on August 12, 1945, in Culver City, California, is an American musician, composer, and songwriter ...

Russell Craig Mael, born on October 5, 1948, in Los Angeles, California, is an American singer, songwriter, and performer.

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 ...

After making eclectic, uncompromising albums since 1971, Sparks finds its status morphing into something approaching mainstream recognition. Above, brothers Ron, right, and Russell Mael of Sparks.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Edgar Wright has been directing scripted films, music videos and episodic television for over 25 years, but he had yet to make a documentary feature—until now. In The Sparks Brothers, he explores two ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Ron and Russell Mael are that rarest of all breeds, the Los Angeles native. The brothers came of age in the 1960s on L.A.’s Westside — decades before it was “310” or west of the 405 Freeway — because ...