Despite lustreless lineup, some films shined
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VENICE -- Venice wasn't the only film festival to have trouble scrounging up a competition-worthy lineup this year -- it was just the most prominent. And in the fete world, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The journalists, sales agents and general public wHO empty their piggy banks to spend time on the terrifyingly overpriced Lido come here expecting to be delighted by a "showcase of cinematic artistic production" -- the festival's real title, and its missionary station. So when an off year rolls around and quality turns scarce, there is mucho discontent.
Despite a few great titles, like Miyazaki's magical exercise of vivification "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea," there was an overall touch of discombobulation in the competition, as quiet arty films and experimental cultivate more suitable to festivals like Rotterdam unspooled beside the noisy Americans, and half the better films inexplicably popped up in Horizons and out of comp. A more coherent approach will be needed if fest director Marco Mueller hopes to win back the hearts of his fans next year.
The festival only sprang to life at the closing, when Mueller brought verboten his big guns from the U.S. All troika films had vociferous supporters and detractors among the critics, creating a little excitement. But by then many had already tending up hope and left for Toronto and other destinations.
Jonathan Demme arrived on the Lido with a much-admired piece of Americana, "Rachel Getting Married," hot-wired by Anne Hathaway's award-worthy performance. "The Hurt Locker," Kathryn Bigelow's hard-hitting story of trey U.S. soldiers who disarm bombs in Iraq, received no prizes despite termination up at the top side of Italian critics' polls.
The Golden Lion at last went to another high gear adrenaline accounting entry, Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," featuring an electrifying comeback for worker Mickey Rourke.
Another American-based director who appeared late in the festival and got many people's vote was Haile Gerima for his well-liked hymn to his native Ethiopia, "Teza."
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Monday, 8 September 2008
Saturday, 9 August 2008
Magnetophone
Artist: Magnetophone
Genre(s):
Techno
Ambient
Discography:
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[2000] I Guess Sometimes I Need To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me
Year: 2000
Tracks: 13
I Guess Sometimes I Need To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me
Year: 2000
Tracks: 13
Come On The Phone
Year: 2000
Tracks: 4
Matt Saunders and John Hanson take up Magnetophone, an eclecticist British electronica duette equally inspired by pop, electronic pioneers tutelage Morton Subotnick, contemporary electronic artists like Autechre, and Krautrock. Early releases on metro labels like Earworm and Static Caravan light-emitting diode to their signing to 4AD, where they released their debut album I Guess Sometimes I Need to be Reminded of How Much You Love Me, which arrived in fall 2000.
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Kevin Spacey - Stars Help To Raise 4 Million At Charity Auction
Actors KEVIN SPACEY, KATE BECKINSALE and HUGH GRANT helped to raise more than $4 million (GBP2 million) for cancer research, after attending a charity auction in London on Saturday (07Jun08).
U2 frontman Bono, Pirates of the Caribbean hunk Orlando Bloom and his model girlfriend Miranda Kerr were also in attendance at the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Gala, which was held in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace - the former home of British royal King Henry VIII.
Philanthropist Bono made a surprise appearance on stage hailing the work of the organisation, before making way for Notting Hill star Grant to begin the auction.
And Grant showed his generous side by bidding $250,000 (GBP125,000) for a chance to have dinner with the former president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, who founded the organisation. The money will go towards funding cancer research in the U.K. and Russia, reports People.com.
Bloom admitted he was thrilled to be a part of the event - and would have loved the chance to dine with the former Soviet leader had it not been such an expensive auction item.
He says, "It is amazing to come and support something associated with Mikhail Gorbachev because of what he did. He's going to go down in history because of the way he changed the world."
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Members Of Mayday
Artist: Members Of Mayday
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Other
Discography:
Prototypes
Year: 2005
Tracks: 3
Religion
Year: 1993
Tracks: 3
Monday, 16 June 2008
Spanish Villa Trashed Following 'Facebook Party'
A £5million villa in Spain has been damaged after 400 revellers were invited to a party via the social networking site Facebook.
A 16-year-old girl, known only as Jodie, published the address and details about the event – which was billed as the “party of the year”.
"Theres gone be a lot of alcohol an amazing DJ," she said in the invite.
According to the Mirror newspaper, partygoers hurled a television and tables into the swimming pool and stole over £6,000 worth of jewellery and clothes.
Jodie had been told that she could hold the party by Amanda Hudson, who owns the villa, the newspaper claims.
Partygoers fled the property shortly when police were called shortly after midnight.
Do you think people should be allowed to post details of parties on social networking sites? Let us know what you think by posting a comment below...
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Britney Spears - Spears Federline Celebrate Fathers Day In Las Vegas
BRITNEY SPEARS and her ex-husband KEVIN FEDERLINE both celebrated Father's Day separately in Las Vegas this weekend (15Jun08).
The couple - whose divorced was finalised in July last year (07) - was both photographed in Sin City, but carefully managed to avoid each other.
Spears, 26, was seen sipping water at the Palms Place hotel, while Federline picked up his Father of the Year award at Prive Las Vegas.
It is the second time Federline has been handed the honour: he was previously given the title by Details magazine last November (07).
The former couple left their two children Sean Preston, two and Jayden James, one, at home for the weekend.
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La Autoridad de la Sierra
Artist: La Autoridad de la Sierra
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Momentos Inolvidables
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
La Autoridad de la Sierra were born of a small splinter group that left the duranguense front-runners K-Paz de la Sierra. Former K-Paz composer and arranger Arturo Palomar, originally from Guadalajara, along with a few other key bandmates, distinct in October of 2004 to walk away from unitary of the genre's most successful groups and start anew. Based in the duranguense hub of Chicago, Palomar and cohorts squandered no meter in collecting a group, recording and cathartic their debut record only a few months later in February of 2005. 100% Autoridad Duranguense hit the Billboard charts with force, landing close to the top of several Latin categories. The album's passing was followed by a well-attended concert hitch, along with a follow-up waiver in November entitled Gracias Rigo. La Autoridad were nominated for a Billboard prize that year thanks to their startling rise to celebrity, renowned by a dominant presence on Mexican radio and months of sold-out concert tours. As is typical in the regional Mexican music universe, the mathematical group hammered the food market over the next few eld with thoroughgoing touring and a new record every sise months. In 2006 the band, only two old age quondam, was honored with the Lo Nuestro Award for Group of the Year. La Autoridad de la Sierra receive kept up their strong chart presence right through 2007's Momentos Inolvidables, which debuted at numeral basketball team on Billboard's regional Mexican charts.
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Myers created Guru voice to cheer up sick pals
Mike Myers created the voice for his new movie�s character Pitka to cheer ill friends up, according to imdb.com.
The funnyman has been working on his The Love Guru character for years and came up with the comic spiritual leader�s Indian voice in an effort to give sick pals a laugh.
He explains, �The Seat Of The Soul was a book I read that I saw on Oprah and I loved it.
�This is a guy who was a green beret and he was also a physicist. When I talked about what I was reading philosophically, this mellifluous voice would emerge.
�My friends loved it and, in fact, would ask me to call them when they were not feeling well in that voice: �You have a cold?�
�This is the universe telling you to be with yourself because the only way out is in.��
In the upcoming movie Pitka attempts to help a Toronto Maple Leafs player overcome personal problems.
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Lil' Wayne set to top one million first week sales in US
Lil Wayne�??s brand new album �??Tha Carter III�?? is set to top one million in sales in the US in its first week of release, after selling 423,000 on its first day of release.
The record has estimated projected sales of 950,000 but Universal Motown president Sylvia Rhone has said it will likely top sales of one million.
If the album does exceed this mark, it will be the first album since 50 Cent topped one million in sales with �??The Massacre�?? in 2005.
Kanye West almost reached one million in first week sales last year with �??Graduation�?? after going head to head with 50 Cent�??s �??Curtis�??.
�??Tha Carter III�?? was finally released on Tuesday (June 10) after the release date was moved three times from October to November and then December 2007
--By our New York staff.
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The record has estimated projected sales of 950,000 but Universal Motown president Sylvia Rhone has said it will likely top sales of one million.
If the album does exceed this mark, it will be the first album since 50 Cent topped one million in sales with �??The Massacre�?? in 2005.
Kanye West almost reached one million in first week sales last year with �??Graduation�?? after going head to head with 50 Cent�??s �??Curtis�??.
�??Tha Carter III�?? was finally released on Tuesday (June 10) after the release date was moved three times from October to November and then December 2007
--By our New York staff.
Find out more about NME.
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