Writers mint affects American contingent
Directors David Fincher and Jan Troell and actress Jean Simmons will trek this weekend to the Rockies, where each testament be feted with a tribute at the thirty-fifth Telluride Film Festival.
The pocketable festival, which traditionally doesn't reveal its lineup until the net minute, gets under way today in the Colorado mountain township and runs through Monday. Despite the all-American venue, this year's event testament have an especially international feel.
"Internationally, this has been another terrific year," Gary Meyer, wHO serves as fest director along with Tom Luddy, said of the lineup the iI have assembled.
The only easy spot might be the U.S. component.
"The trend that all the fall festivals are lining," Meyer aforementioned, "is that because of the writers strike, a lot of high-profile American films that might experience been useable just aren't going to be ready in time."
That, in turn, could touch the way some of the participants perceive Telluride. By launching such movies as "Walk the Line" and "Juno" in recent years, the festival earned a repute for providing an former peek at the developing awards season.
But while Meyer said those films deserved the limelight Telluride trained on them, "We don't want to become known as just a display case for a bunch of Hollywood movies."
Certainly, there will be plenteousness of films on hand likely to attract awards buzz. For example, Mike Leigh's drollery "Happy-Go-Lucky" already has handicappers doing cartwheels over Sally Hawkins' performance as a cockeyed optimist. Meyer illustrious that the fest, which has a long-standing relationship with Leigh, spotted the movie in Berlin in February, engagement it even before Miramax picked it up for U.S. release.
Marc Abraham's "Flash of Genius," in which Greg Kinnear plays the man wHO invented the intermittent windshield wiper, is expected to pop up, unannounced, in one of the sneak preview muscae volitantes. And Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire," set in Mumbai, could substantially show up in another preview slot.
A number of films that established themselves at Cannes also volition be on hand, like the animated Israeli feature "Waltz With Bashir," Matteo Garrone's Italian crime drama "Gomorra" and Steve McQueen's prison study "Hunger."
But Telluride also will unveil several new films, including Paul Schrader's modish feature, "Adam Resurrected," an adaptation of Yoram Kaniuk's novel in which Jeff Goldblum plays a troubled concentration camp survivor. "It will split audiences correct down the middle," Meyer predicted. "We had a small screening of it, and multitude stood about in the lobby for over an hour discussing it."
Other titles that could stake tabu turf at Telluride include the French film "With a Little Help From Myself," directed by Francois Dupeyron, in which Felicite Wouassi, head an African-French cast, turns in what is said to be an award-worthy performance; Tim Disney's "American Violet," starring Nicole Behaire as an black undivided mother; the Indian feature "Firaaq," which will be introduced by Salman Rushdie; Ole Christian Madsen's "Flame & Citron," set amid the Danish resistance to the Nazis; and the documentary "Learning Gravity," Cathal Black's portraiture of Thomas Lynch, an undertaker and poet.
As for the tributes, Fincher volition be lauded as a contemporary movie maker whose work out has steadily become more rich as he's stirred from such films as "Alien 3" and "Seven" to the recent "Zodiac" (Telluride will screen the director's cut of the latter film). The protection is besides likely to include a first look at footage from Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which Paramount is releasing Christmas Day, just as last year's honoree Paul Thomas Anderson used the occasion to show footage from Par Vantage's "There Will Be Blood."
Simmons, whose extensive credits range from "Great Expectations" (1946) and "Guys and Dolls" (1955) to "Hamlet" (1948) and "Elmer Gantry" (1960), will look back over her long playing career. "When you really start looking for at her filmography, when you really see her performances and range, it blows you away," Meyer said.
Although Troell received two Oscar nominations for committal to writing and directing his 1971 film "The Emigrants," Luddy and Meyer felt that his more than recent films had non received the attention in the U.S. they merit. The program will include his up-to-the-minute feature, "Everlasting Moments."
Slovenian-born culture critic Slavoj Zizek, portion as this year's guest director, testament aim his spotlight on three examples of time of origin film noir: Edmund Goulding's "Nightmare Alley" (1947) stellar Tyrone Power, Nicholas Ray's "On Dangerous Ground" (1952) starring Robert Ryan and John Frankenheimer's "Seconds" (1966) starring Rock Hudson.
The fest also is presenting a special salute to Romanian director Nae Caranfil with showings of two of his films, "Philanthropy" (2002) and "The Rest Is Silence" (2007).
Meyer and Luddy are hoping to swerve down on some of the lines that had attendees complaining last class. They've cut back the program, and this year instead of five slip previews, at that place will be only two. They've also resorted to some strategical scheduling so that films expected to be hot tickets are programd against each other, forcing festivalgoers to get some tough choices.
"We don't want people to feel they have to stand in channel one or two hours in advance," Meyer said.
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Wednesday 3 September 2008
Sunday 24 August 2008
New Kids On The Block Return To The Block
Pop supergroup New Kids on the Block are back.�Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and Jordan and Jonathan Knight return on September 6, 2008 with The Block, their first album together in almost 15 years.
Featuring the first single, the run into mellow block �Summertime,� the album also features collaborations with some of the biggest name calling in pop music.�R&B mavin Ne-Yo appears on �Single,� the followup to �Summertime.��Other collaborations include �Grown Man� (with The Pussycat Dolls and uber-producer Teddy Riley), �Put It on My Tab� (with the ubiquitous Akon), �Big Girl Now� (with NY dance-pop diva Lady GaGa) and the much-buzzed around �Full Service� (with buster super-group New Edition).
NKOTB will support The Block with a sold-out tour that starts on September 18 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and continues throughout North America until the last of November.�
Background
New Kids On The Block sold more than 80 million albums worldwide -- including back-to-back international #1 songs, 1988�s Hangin� Tough and 1990�s Step By Step -- and a series of crossover smash R&B, pop hits like �You Got It (The Right Stuff),���Cover Girl,� �Didn�t I (Blow Your Mind This Time),� �Hangin� Tough,� �I�ll Be Loving You,� �Step By Step� and �Tonight.��The grouping shattered concert box office records playing an estimated 200 concerts a class, in sold out stadiums throughout the world.�They soundless hold many of these records to date.�They were Forbes highest paid entertainers of 1990, beating out Michael Jackson and Madonna.�The band boasted an extensive and highly profitable merchandise line which included everything from lunch boxes and sleeping bags to comic books, wits and dolls.
New Kids On The Block � The Block - Out September 6
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
Woven Hand
Artist: Woven Hand
Genre(s):
Folk
Indie
Discography:
Consider the Birds
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
Blush Music
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Woven Hand
Year: 2002
Tracks: 10
David Eugene Edwards, perplexing frontman and visionary for 16 Horsepower, began recording under the Woven Hand cognomen patch Horsepower was on
Friday 27 June 2008
Syko
Artist: Syko
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Amerikkkan Syko
Year: 2004
Tracks: 19
Helen Boulding, New Red Dress
Thursday 19 June 2008
R Kelly trial: Day Three
Eight jurors were selected today (May 13) in R Kelly.'s pornography trial.
The panel, which will eventually be made up of 12 jurors and four alternates, now has five men and three women, and is split evenly between black and white members.
Making up the panel so far are a teacher's assistant, a married man in his 40s, a criminal justice student, an investment firm compliance officer and a man with prior jury experience, reports the Chicago Tribune.
These jurors join the three others selected yesterday, including a pastor's wife and a self-described Christian.
The juror selection at the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago is expected to take about a week, and the trial itself could last several weeks.
If Kelly is found guilty of the charges, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
Kelly faces child pornography charges for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a minor some time between 1998 and 2000.
The Grammy-winning artist is due to release a new album in July.
The panel, which will eventually be made up of 12 jurors and four alternates, now has five men and three women, and is split evenly between black and white members.
Making up the panel so far are a teacher's assistant, a married man in his 40s, a criminal justice student, an investment firm compliance officer and a man with prior jury experience, reports the Chicago Tribune.
These jurors join the three others selected yesterday, including a pastor's wife and a self-described Christian.
The juror selection at the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago is expected to take about a week, and the trial itself could last several weeks.
If Kelly is found guilty of the charges, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
Kelly faces child pornography charges for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a minor some time between 1998 and 2000.
The Grammy-winning artist is due to release a new album in July.
Thursday 12 June 2008
Pete Doherty - Doherty Wants To Start Album From Scratch
Rocker PETE DOHERTY is considering scrapping the songs he's already recorded for his forthcoming solo album - because his recent spell in jail has forced him to re-evaluate the musical direction of his new release.
The Babyshambles frontman was released from London's Wormwood Scrubs prison last month (May08) after serving 29 days of his 14-week sentence for probation violation relating to his previous drug and driving offences.
And he admits he is keen to start his album all over again by travelling to Portugal and Paris, France to find inspiration - if only he wasn't barred from doing so by his bail conditions.
He says, "I've re-thought everything about what I'm going to do with the solo record.
"(But) I'm not allowed out of the country until my probation licence is up, which is a little while."
Doherty has been working on the album for the past 12 months and is due to release his solo LP at the end of the year (08).
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Friday 6 June 2008
Christina Aguilera and baby son Max in 'Rock the Vote PSA': Photo
Christina Aguilera and baby son Max film a PSA for 'Rock the Vote 2008' campaign. Photo Credit: Rock the Vote / Splash News
June 5, 2008 () - Christina Aguilera filmed a PSA for 'Rock the Vote 2008' campaign that shows her cradling baby son Max, wrapped in an American flag, in her arms and singing to him "America the Beautiful" as a lullaby.
The shoot for the campaign, which urges young voters to have their say in the forthcoming Presidential elections, lasted half a day.
"She sang a cappella, and her son was so well behaved," Rock the Vote executive director Heather Smith told E! Online. "She got it on the first take."
"We decided it was time for a new generation of artists to speak to young people," Smith explained. "This image really shows the country's 44 million young Americans that the future is in our hands."
The ad will air in a few weeks along with a co-ordinate print media campaign.
June 5, 2008 () - Christina Aguilera filmed a PSA for 'Rock the Vote 2008' campaign that shows her cradling baby son Max, wrapped in an American flag, in her arms and singing to him "America the Beautiful" as a lullaby.
The shoot for the campaign, which urges young voters to have their say in the forthcoming Presidential elections, lasted half a day.
"She sang a cappella, and her son was so well behaved," Rock the Vote executive director Heather Smith told E! Online. "She got it on the first take."
"We decided it was time for a new generation of artists to speak to young people," Smith explained. "This image really shows the country's 44 million young Americans that the future is in our hands."
The ad will air in a few weeks along with a co-ordinate print media campaign.
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