Cannes claim will screen in Toronto on Friday
NEW YORK -- Regent Releasing has nabbed North American rights to Brillante Mendoza's Toronto fest entry "Serbis."
The 2008 Festival de Cannes official choice centers on a Filipino family forced to turn their tumble-down movie house into a hustler-filled smut venue. They grapple with bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, incest and early issues against a harsh landscape.
The Philippine/French production has its North American premiere in Toronto on Friday, followed by a U.S. premiere Oct. 12 at the New York Film Festival. Regent plans a theatrical rollout for the foreign-language film in select U.S. cities in the winter.
Regent's Mark Reinhart negotiated the deal with Fortissimo Films' Michael J. Werner.
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Saturday 6 September 2008
Sunday 17 August 2008
Nico Muhly looks for that radical sound
THE FIRST vocal lines of brigham Young composer Nico Muhly�s fresh album, "Mothertongue," consist of a apparently arbitrary list of book of Numbers and addresses. Sung by mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer over aching strings and a distorted sub-bass synthesizer, the arrangement feels like a Stockhausen choke; a misdirection that subverts your expectations about how the work might move you. For Muhly, however, there's poetry in all that data.
"If you ask someone to name all the headphone numbers you can off the top of your head, it's going to be pretty interesting," the Manhattanite said. "When I asked the singer to name all of the phone numbers racket she knew, it was fascinating; it was her dad's office staff from 20 years ago, or a friend's number in Florence. You can tease tale out of anything. . . . On Wikipedia there are these lists of things like 'list of horrible ethnical slurs' or 'list of famous Canadian homosexuals'. That's such a poignant manner to direct the world."
Muhly is something of an aesthetic and emotional magpie. His consistency of work in his mid-20s -- a least sandpiper as Philip Glass' apprentice, composing debuts at Carnegie Hall and the Royal Academy of Music in London and collaborations with avant-garde pop singers Bj�rk and Antony Hegarty -- resists classification even according to postmodern ideas close to popular or classical music.
Tipped as i of the most relevant and promising new composers in formal classical circles, Muhly has assembled a tour for "Mothertongue," which stops at Hotel Caf� on Tuesday, that's a different brute entirely. The lineup, which includes members of experimental outfits Doveman and Stars Like Fleas, is essentially a genuinely imaginative john Rock band.
"We've got sampling keyboards and a lot of screaming. I'll be brush my friend's hair onstage -- it all plant out," Muhly said. "We've all known each other since the dawn of time, and we all have a very conciliatory musical intelligence service. It's like cooking at your mom's house, you know where everything is."
The advent of minimalism and the New York business district composing scene around artists such as Arthur Russell and Steve Reich long ago exploded established ideas about what music bathroom be. Muhly's career has been a pursuit to figure out what comes after every rule has already been broken.
The latter movements of "Mothertongue," a collaboration with folk singer Sam Amidon, pair Sigur R�s soundscapes and ambient noise with pastoral banjo plucking and cut-and-paste outspoken edits of lyrics from a traditional English murder ballad.
It's a fitting example of today's free-associative attitudes toward gustatory modality and influence. But even Muhly admits some anxiety about what's left to say musically and if it tin can do any real good in the world.
"I think the do of choosing to write music now is a political statement. The idea of doing it is so chemical group and risky," Muhly said. "You take the newspaper and think that 'What I actually should be doing, instead of piece of writing this laughable piece for a viola, is join the
"If you ask someone to name all the headphone numbers you can off the top of your head, it's going to be pretty interesting," the Manhattanite said. "When I asked the singer to name all of the phone numbers racket she knew, it was fascinating; it was her dad's office staff from 20 years ago, or a friend's number in Florence. You can tease tale out of anything. . . . On Wikipedia there are these lists of things like 'list of horrible ethnical slurs' or 'list of famous Canadian homosexuals'. That's such a poignant manner to direct the world."
Muhly is something of an aesthetic and emotional magpie. His consistency of work in his mid-20s -- a least sandpiper as Philip Glass' apprentice, composing debuts at Carnegie Hall and the Royal Academy of Music in London and collaborations with avant-garde pop singers Bj�rk and Antony Hegarty -- resists classification even according to postmodern ideas close to popular or classical music.
Tipped as i of the most relevant and promising new composers in formal classical circles, Muhly has assembled a tour for "Mothertongue," which stops at Hotel Caf� on Tuesday, that's a different brute entirely. The lineup, which includes members of experimental outfits Doveman and Stars Like Fleas, is essentially a genuinely imaginative john Rock band.
"We've got sampling keyboards and a lot of screaming. I'll be brush my friend's hair onstage -- it all plant out," Muhly said. "We've all known each other since the dawn of time, and we all have a very conciliatory musical intelligence service. It's like cooking at your mom's house, you know where everything is."
The advent of minimalism and the New York business district composing scene around artists such as Arthur Russell and Steve Reich long ago exploded established ideas about what music bathroom be. Muhly's career has been a pursuit to figure out what comes after every rule has already been broken.
The latter movements of "Mothertongue," a collaboration with folk singer Sam Amidon, pair Sigur R�s soundscapes and ambient noise with pastoral banjo plucking and cut-and-paste outspoken edits of lyrics from a traditional English murder ballad.
It's a fitting example of today's free-associative attitudes toward gustatory modality and influence. But even Muhly admits some anxiety about what's left to say musically and if it tin can do any real good in the world.
"I think the do of choosing to write music now is a political statement. The idea of doing it is so chemical group and risky," Muhly said. "You take the newspaper and think that 'What I actually should be doing, instead of piece of writing this laughable piece for a viola, is join the
Thursday 7 August 2008
On Thorns I Lay
Artist: On Thorns I Lay
Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black
Metal: Gothic
Metal: Doom
Discography:
Egocentric
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
Angeldust
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Future Narcotic
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Crystal Tears
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Orama
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
Sounds Of Beautiful Experience
Year: 1995
Tracks: 9
Originally named Phlebotomy, Greece's On Thorns I Lay started out in 1992, recording a demonstration and a 7" EP under that identify ahead
Bonecrusher vs Sizzla
Tuesday 1 July 2008
Bjork drums for Sigur Ros at Icelandic homecoming
Bjork and Sigur Ros thrilled a woolly jumper-clad crowd in Reykjavik on Saturday night (June 28) in a free concert to celebrate nature.
The open-air Nattira festival was stage to raise awareness about the impact of Aluminium smelting activity on Iceland's landscape.
The increasingly chilly temperatures did not dampen the spirits of the good-natured crowd, who basked in the super-bright nocturnal sunlight as Radium � a soundscape project featuring members of Ghostigital and Bjork's ex-Sugarcubes bandmate Einar Orn - and folk warbler Olof Arnalds warmed up the audience.
Sigur Ros, sporting elaborate headgear, the played a set largely drawn from their new album 'Me� Su� � Eyrum Vi� Spilum Endalaust'.
They were joined by Bjork, who drummed on the band's track 'Gobbledigook'.
The singer then took to the stage for her own spell-binding set, despite suffering from a bad cold, which featured Eiar Orn on trumpet for 'I Miss You'.
Bjork played:
'Brenni� �i� vitar'
'Earth Intruders'
'Hunter'
'Unravel'
'Pagan Poetry'
'The Pleasure Is All Mine'
'Joga'
'Army Of Me'
'Triumph Of The Heart'
'I Miss You'
'Bachelorette'
'Wanderlust'
'Hyperballad'
'Triumph of the Heart'
'Declare Independence'
The open-air Nattira festival was stage to raise awareness about the impact of Aluminium smelting activity on Iceland's landscape.
The increasingly chilly temperatures did not dampen the spirits of the good-natured crowd, who basked in the super-bright nocturnal sunlight as Radium � a soundscape project featuring members of Ghostigital and Bjork's ex-Sugarcubes bandmate Einar Orn - and folk warbler Olof Arnalds warmed up the audience.
Sigur Ros, sporting elaborate headgear, the played a set largely drawn from their new album 'Me� Su� � Eyrum Vi� Spilum Endalaust'.
They were joined by Bjork, who drummed on the band's track 'Gobbledigook'.
The singer then took to the stage for her own spell-binding set, despite suffering from a bad cold, which featured Eiar Orn on trumpet for 'I Miss You'.
Bjork played:
'Brenni� �i� vitar'
'Earth Intruders'
'Hunter'
'Unravel'
'Pagan Poetry'
'The Pleasure Is All Mine'
'Joga'
'Army Of Me'
'Triumph Of The Heart'
'I Miss You'
'Bachelorette'
'Wanderlust'
'Hyperballad'
'Triumph of the Heart'
'Declare Independence'
Wednesday 25 June 2008
Britney and Maloof in Cahoots for New Album!
TMZ has learned that Britney Spears is working on a new album -- and Vegas kingpin George Maloof is behind it!Our sources say the album is being recorded at Maloof's Palms Casino in Las Vegas.
We hear former manager Larry Rudolph is back in the picture -- and producing the album.
Maloof is trying to extend his long arm into the music biz -- and is also behind Ali Lohan's upcoming album.
A call to Maloof was not immediately returned.
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Saturday 21 June 2008
Hong Kong Syndicate
Artist: Hong Kong Syndicate
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
No More Sorry
Year: 1992
Tracks: 9
Never Too Much
Year: 1985
Tracks: 8
Denise Richards Up For New Reality TV Season
Fiorello and Baldini
Artist: Fiorello and Baldini
Genre(s):
Other
Pop
Discography:
Chi Siamo Noi CD2
Year: 2007
Tracks: 33
Chi Siamo Noi CD1
Year: 2007
Tracks: 34
Chi Siamo Noi
Year: 2007
Tracks: 67
Viva Radio 2 2005
Year: 2005
Tracks: 24
Viva Radio 2 2004
Year: 2003
Tracks: 1
Viva Radio 2 2003
Year: 2003
Tracks: 37
Viva Radio Dee Jay '92
Year: 1992
Tracks: 29
Friday 20 June 2008
Abc - Life On Mars Pilot Has Life On Pirate Websites
The pilot of David E. Kelley's upcoming Life on Mars has suddenly
appeared on pirate websites, TV Week reported Wednesday. The appearance
of the video is likely to upset ABC programming executives since they ordered
the series to be overhauled after seeing the pilot -- which is not likely ever
to be aired in its original form. In a message posted on the TV Week
site, Rick Ellis -- presumably the same writer who operates the
AllYourTV.com website -- observed that the appearance of the pilots of other TV
series have been leaked online before being extensively retooled and that at
least five fall pilots are currently available on various file-sharing sites.
19/06/2008
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Didier Sinclair
Artist: Didier Sinclair
Genre(s):
Electronic
Discography:
![Lovely Flight [Vinyl Maxi-Single]](http://img.mp3fiesta.com/covers/23/23175/alb_95493_th.jpg)
Lovely Flight [Vinyl Maxi-Single]
Year: 2002
Tracks: 4
Godsmack
Artist: Godsmack
Genre(s):
Rock
Metal: Alternative
Metal
Rock
Metal: Alternative
Metal
Discography:
Good Times, Bad Times - 10 Years Of Godsmack
Year: 2007
Tracks: 16
IV
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
The Other Side
Year: 2004
Tracks: 7
Faceless
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
Nativity In Black Ii
Year: 2000
Tracks: 1
Awake
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Godsmack
Year: 1998
Tracks: 12
The Boston-based alternative metal group Godsmack originally comprised vocalist Sully Erna (a heartfelt Wiccan), guitar player Tony Rambola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Tommy Stewart. After debuting in 1997 with All Wound Up, Godsmack sign-language with Universal, which in 1998 reissued the LP as a self-titled travail with a fistful of novel tracks; at that percentage point Stewart -- who'd left hand the grouping in mid-1997 and was replaced by drummer Joe d'Arco -- returned to the lineup on a permanent basis. The band's audience reinforced lento just sure enough, and Godsmack was certified amber in 1999, the same year the group was invited to join the Ozzfest circuit; by the next year, it had sold over three trillion copies, thanks to hit singles like "Whatever" and "Hold on Away." In 2000, the grouping once again played Ozzfest, and released their indorsement proper album, Awake, that fall. In January 2001, Alive earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for the song "Vampires," and by March, it had sold two trillion copies. Hot on the heels of their continuing success, their exclusive "I Stand Alone" propelled the plug of the motion picture The Scorpion King in March 2002. As the single maintained Godsmack's strong presence at modern john Rock radio into the summer, instauration member Tommy Stewart left hand the dance band in June. The David Bottrill-produced (Putz Gabriel, Tool, Mudvayne) album Faceless appeared in April 2003. It likewise pronounced the debut of examination drummer Shannon Larkin. The all-acoustic Other Side arrived in spring 2004. In 2006, Erna stepped slow the control panel to helm IV, a aggregation of new material that reached numeral one piece both retaining the group's earmark heft and expanding their transonic pallet.
Spike Lee backs Obama, sees "Chocolate City"
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Director Spike Lee, whose movies often cast a sharp eye on U.S. racial politics, predicted a presidential victory for black Democrat Barack Obama that would mark a "new day" for the United States.
Unlikely pair a heavenly duo
If God and the devil put their petty bickering aside and booked a musical revue together it might sound, no, make that it would sound, just like last night’s sold-out and Alison Krauss show at the Bank of America Pavilion.
Few thought the duo would work, but the princess of bright bluegrass and the high priest of heavy metal and deep, dark blues made one of 2007’s best albums in “Raising Sand.” Now they’ve parlayed that album into a tour that contrasts purity and mischief, and does it with delicate power.
Like the album, the show inverted cliches. While Krauss spent most of the set playing the angel - “Down the River to Pray,” sung a cappella by Krauss with Plant and the band adding some sparse harmonies, was a musical rapture - she also let a little dark side show.
A great bluegrass singer, Krauss’ skills occasionally came off as paint-by-numbers perfect. But with “Green River” she legitimately nailed that whole haunting vocal thing.
Okay, Plant never really repented, but he wasn’t all debonaire devil. He’s still got that fox in the henhouse swagger - and he showed it best on “Fortune Teller” - but he’s aging gracefully.
On a duet with Krauss, Plant turned “Black Dog” into an exercise in atmosphere. No high screech or rooster strut, it was all creepy restraint. He also managed to make the song’s sexual moaning into a call-and-response with the crowd - many of whom were unsexy, Lexus-owning suburbanites.
Rightfully, the centerpiece of the set was a menacing cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Battle of Evermore” that, well, to call it transcendent would sell the song short. Plant held down the low end while Krauss cooed like a Middle Earth elf.
Plant said “See you next time” and seemed to mean it. Which is great news. This can only get cooler on album and tour No. 2.
Sharon Little opened up with some Grace Potter blues-country-folk. It would have been nice before Bonnie Raitt, but it didn’t really cut it next to the duo of the day.
jgottlieb@bostonherald.com
Few thought the duo would work, but the princess of bright bluegrass and the high priest of heavy metal and deep, dark blues made one of 2007’s best albums in “Raising Sand.” Now they’ve parlayed that album into a tour that contrasts purity and mischief, and does it with delicate power.
Like the album, the show inverted cliches. While Krauss spent most of the set playing the angel - “Down the River to Pray,” sung a cappella by Krauss with Plant and the band adding some sparse harmonies, was a musical rapture - she also let a little dark side show.
A great bluegrass singer, Krauss’ skills occasionally came off as paint-by-numbers perfect. But with “Green River” she legitimately nailed that whole haunting vocal thing.
Okay, Plant never really repented, but he wasn’t all debonaire devil. He’s still got that fox in the henhouse swagger - and he showed it best on “Fortune Teller” - but he’s aging gracefully.
On a duet with Krauss, Plant turned “Black Dog” into an exercise in atmosphere. No high screech or rooster strut, it was all creepy restraint. He also managed to make the song’s sexual moaning into a call-and-response with the crowd - many of whom were unsexy, Lexus-owning suburbanites.
Rightfully, the centerpiece of the set was a menacing cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Battle of Evermore” that, well, to call it transcendent would sell the song short. Plant held down the low end while Krauss cooed like a Middle Earth elf.
Plant said “See you next time” and seemed to mean it. Which is great news. This can only get cooler on album and tour No. 2.
Sharon Little opened up with some Grace Potter blues-country-folk. It would have been nice before Bonnie Raitt, but it didn’t really cut it next to the duo of the day.
jgottlieb@bostonherald.com
Two Suspects Arrested For Murder of T.I.'s Friend Philant Johnson In 2006 Shootout
More than two years after the highway gun battle that resulted in the death of T.I.'s childhood friend and assistant, Philant Johnson, police have arrested two Cincinnati brothers they accuse of being the triggermen in the assault.
Hosea Thomas, 34, and Padron Thomas, 40, have been charged with murder and felonious assault in the May 3, 2006, incident, which killed Johnson, 26, and wounded three others, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
T.I. (born Clifford Harris), had performed a gig at the Cincinnati club Bogart's on the night of the incident. Several witnesses told the paper that tensions had mounted in the club after T.I.'s crew threw money into the audience from the stage. Police say that the Thomas brothers were present at an afterparty held at the Club Ritz, where they were allegedly involved in a series of altercations with the Atlanta rapper's entourage. Cincinnati Homicide Detective Tim Gormly told the paper that the suspects wanted to join T.I. and his group in the club's VIP area, but they were denied entrance. At some point in the night, one of the Thomas brothers was hit in the head with a bottle, Gormly said.
T.I. and his crew left the club in a pair of vans and were followed by two SUVs, police said. At 3:30 a.m. near a highway ramp close to the club, the men in the SUVs began opening fire on the rapper's entourage, killing Johnson — a lifelong friend of T.I.'s — wounding the others and causing slight injuries to T.I. from flying glass.
"It was just a total accumulation of everything that happened that night," Gormly said.
Hosea Thomas, whose past criminal history includes convictions for drug possession and trafficking, was arrested in the Johnson shooting on Wednesday and is being held without bond. Padron Thomas, a listed sex offender who was previously convicted of robbery and rape, is in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service for an unrelated drug case, the Enquirer reported. Each brother was charged with murder and seven counts of felonious assault — one for each person in the vehicles. Hosea Thomas was also charged with having weapons despite a previous conviction, and Padron Thomas was charged with tampering with evidence.
Police said solving the case was difficult because the shooting happened in a moving car and there weren't many witnesses who actually saw the shots fired. Even after identifying the Thomas brothers, it took months before there was sufficient evidence to charge them, Gormly told the paper.
Johnson's family has been calling police often, looking for answers since his death. Gormly said he was glad to be able to call Johnson's mother Wednesday night with good news. "A family that keeps in touch over two years, you know they really care for Philant," he said. "So, yeah, it feels good to give them the news."
T.I., who gave the eulogy at Johnson's funeral, recently told MTV News that his arrest last year on charges of illegally attempting to purchase machine guns and silencers was, in some ways, tied to the shooting of his friend.
As part of his community service, the rapper has been telling kids not to get too caught up in the emotions of the moment. "I've experienced it. All that forward-thinking and transitioning from one area of life to another area of life — all that was flipped upside down and scrambled all the way up after Philant died in Cincinnati," he said. "Everything was, like, 'OK. I thought I had everything under control. Now, obviously, this new person I've become has cost my homeboy his life.' It caused me to think differently in certain ways, and in hindsight, I can say I was sadly mistaken."
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Winstone to star in Sweeney remake
'Indiana Jones' star Ray Winstone talks to Jonathan Ross about his plans to star in a movie remake of Seventies TV cop classic 'The Sweeney'.
On this week's 'Friday Night with Jonathan Ross', 'The Departed' star talks about reprising the role of Jack Regan, played by the late John Thaw.
Speaking on the show Winstone says: "I loved John Thaw...I was in the original Sweeney as an extra [as a 17-year-old], just straight after drama college. It was a big show."
He adds: "[The new film] has the feel about it that the show had, it's really well-written. If it all works out I'd love to do it."
Talking about 'Indiana Jones' leading man Harrison Ford, he said: "He's unbelievable, as fit as a butcher's dog.
"He's down to earth...he'd do as many [stunts] as he could, he obviously got himself in shape for the film."
To read our review of 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull', click here.
Watch exclusive 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' videos here.
On this week's 'Friday Night with Jonathan Ross', 'The Departed' star talks about reprising the role of Jack Regan, played by the late John Thaw.
Speaking on the show Winstone says: "I loved John Thaw...I was in the original Sweeney as an extra [as a 17-year-old], just straight after drama college. It was a big show."
He adds: "[The new film] has the feel about it that the show had, it's really well-written. If it all works out I'd love to do it."
Talking about 'Indiana Jones' leading man Harrison Ford, he said: "He's unbelievable, as fit as a butcher's dog.
"He's down to earth...he'd do as many [stunts] as he could, he obviously got himself in shape for the film."
To read our review of 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull', click here.
Watch exclusive 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' videos here.
SAG holds rally to oppose AFTRA deal
About 300 members gather at Wilshire Blvd. HQ
SAG took its battle with the studios to the sidewalk outside its headquarters for a Monday morning rally with members, vowing to fight the good fight for a fair deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and urging them to vote against the newly brokered AFTRA contract with the majors.
"It is essential that we vote down that AFTRA deal now," SAG president Alan Rosenberg told the crowd, estimated at about 300, that gathered outside the union's Wilshire Boulevard headquarters. "A no vote ... says, 'Get back to the table with the Screen Actors Guild.' "
Rosenberg gave a rundown of some of the compromises AFTRA has allegedly made that SAG is not willing to make, including giving in to product integration and not pushing for an increase in mileage reimbursement, which hasn't been bumped up for 30 years. His comments were often met with chants of "vote no" from the crowd.
A source close to AFTRA who attended the rally said SAG mischaracterized the deal.
"It is unfortunate that SAG's primary negotiating tactic seems to be to vote down its sister union's contract on a prayer of achieving a better deal with the AMPTP," the observer said. "SAG members should encourage guild leadership to spend more time at the table and less time, effort and member resources undermining AFTRA."
Rosenberg also compared actors to lab rats, saying the studios are not partnering with actors in new media but rather using them to experiment.
He conceded to the crowd that SAG's negotiating committee has made "incredibly painful compromises on key issues" but is standing firm on issues that "if we don't address them now will affect middle class actors."
AFTRA on Friday voted to send its new primetime/TV contract to its 70,000 members for ratification. Of those members, 44,000 are also members of SAG.
The rally also featured former SAG president Ed Asner, the union's chief negotiator Doug Allen, WGA president Patric Verrone and the WGA's national executive director David Young.
But not everyone joined the rally. Members of SAG's negotiating committee from the East Coast boycotted the rally, which was billed as a solidarity rally but at times turned into an anti-AFTRA contract rally.
"We cannot support anything which jeopardizes our negotiations at this very sensitive time, and that is just what this ill-advised action does," negotiating co-chairman Mike Pniewski said. "There's simply too much at stake to engage in such a divisive initiative."
While SAG has always dealt with an East Coast-West Coast rivalry among its leadership, the divisiveness has been bubbling during the current negotiations and reached a boiling point Friday when the national committee narrowly voted to spend at least $75,000 to thwart AFTRA's deal with the AMPTP.
SAG had no immediate comment on the boycott.
A town hall meeting for SAG members is planned for Wednesday.
AFTRA also is planning informational meetings for its members, beginning Thursday in Los Angeles.
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