Sony Music Group said it has acquired Bruce Springsteen’s entire recorded music and songwriting catalogs, confirming numerous media reports over the past 24 hours.
The combined value of the separate recording and publishing deals reportedly could reach the $500 million range or even as high as $600 million. Financial terms were not specified in the official announcement.
Springsteen is the latest top name in the music business to take advantage of a seller’s market due to the boom in streaming. Digital sales have surged in recent years and, until Covid, live touring revenues were also on the rise. Now, with touring still in an uncertain state, a range of established performers have been realizing the value of their career’s work. Among those whose catalogs have sold recently are Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Neil Young and James Brown. Dylan’s pact earlier this year with Universal Music was worth $300 million.
The combined value of the separate recording and publishing deals reportedly could reach the $500 million range or even as high as $600 million. Financial terms were not specified in the official announcement.
Springsteen is the latest top name in the music business to take advantage of a seller’s market due to the boom in streaming. Digital sales have surged in recent years and, until Covid, live touring revenues were also on the rise. Now, with touring still in an uncertain state, a range of established performers have been realizing the value of their career’s work. Among those whose catalogs have sold recently are Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Neil Young and James Brown. Dylan’s pact earlier this year with Universal Music was worth $300 million.
- 12/16/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Bruce Springsteen revived his Springsteen on Broadway residency on Saturday night. It was his first post-pandemic public performance, and the first Broadway show of any sort since theaters were shuttered in March 2020. That meant it was a very hot ticket that attracted the likes of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy, MSNBC’s Brian Williams, and even E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt.
As Springsteen told fans on E Street Radio a few weeks back, this wasn’t a radical reworking of the show, even...
As Springsteen told fans on E Street Radio a few weeks back, this wasn’t a radical reworking of the show, even...
- 6/29/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The festival founded by Emir Kusturica, aimed at connecting young and seasoned filmmakers, will be held online this year. The Kustendorf Film Festival, the 14th edition of which kicks off today, 22 January, held in the tiny ski resort that was originally built as a set for Emir Kusturica’s Life Is a Miracle, is one of those annual gatherings that boast both a great programme and an enchanting atmosphere. While visiting the festival, you can talk to seasoned filmmakers such as the founder himself, as well as up-and-coming Kusturicas – emerging talents from all over the world, who can show off their first efforts and enjoy all-night discussions about art and life, which only the youth can stomach. Owing to the pandemic, only the film part of the programme has been salvaged, and it’s definitely worth spending the time to enjoy it online. The international short-film competition, simply called Competition,...
One of the things that always impressed me about Bruce Springsteen is the melodic possibilities he can find in two-chord vamps. He doesn’t do it all the time, that would prove to be monotonous all night, but when he does it is a consistent affirmation of the power of rock and roll. It’s like he took every early inspiration which weaned him and plays their feel as if it were an instrument. Not the melodies, but what the melodies convey. The “stone and the gravel” in Springsteen’s voice may not be a suitable vehicle for the smooth vibratos of Drifters’ hits, but he never misses a note or what that note wants you to feel.
The new record is called Letter to You, and Springsteen’s weathered-through-rain-heat-and-gloom-of-night delivery consistently implies a range of additional tonic possibilities. And he’s got the band to back it up. His...
The new record is called Letter to You, and Springsteen’s weathered-through-rain-heat-and-gloom-of-night delivery consistently implies a range of additional tonic possibilities. And he’s got the band to back it up. His...
- 10/23/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Bruce Springsteen shares a handful of formative musical memories in the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s The First Time.
When asked about the first time a song changed his life, the rock legend shared a vivid story from his adolescence, when the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” came on the car radio while he was in the car with his mother. “I immediately demanded she let me out, I ran to the bowling alley, ran down a long neon-lit aisle… ran to the phone booth, got in the phone booth,...
When asked about the first time a song changed his life, the rock legend shared a vivid story from his adolescence, when the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” came on the car radio while he was in the car with his mother. “I immediately demanded she let me out, I ran to the bowling alley, ran down a long neon-lit aisle… ran to the phone booth, got in the phone booth,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Mavericks find a unique, eye-popping way to appear together in a music video during quarantine — the animated clip for “Blame It on Your Heart” casts the band members as interstellar explorers traveling through space, time, and under the sea.
The band covered the Harlan Howard and Kostas composition, made famous by Patty Loveless in 1993, for their latest album Play the Hits, a collection of cover songs like John Anderson’s “Swingin’,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart,” and Elvis Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel.” In the video, Mavericks singer...
The band covered the Harlan Howard and Kostas composition, made famous by Patty Loveless in 1993, for their latest album Play the Hits, a collection of cover songs like John Anderson’s “Swingin’,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart,” and Elvis Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel.” In the video, Mavericks singer...
- 4/30/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Here are many more movies to watch when you’re staying in for a while, featuring recommendations from Steven Canals, Larry Karaszewski, Gareth Reynolds, and Alan Arkush with special guest star Blaire Bercy from the Hollywood Food Coalition.
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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Kung Fu Mama a.k.a. Queen of Fist (1973)
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974)
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)
In The Mood For Love (2000)
Hunger (2008)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Fargo (1996)
Night of the Lepus (1971)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Soylent Green (1973)
Silent Running (1972)
Canyon Passage (1946)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
The Professionals (1966)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
Carrie (1952)
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Hello Down There (1969)
The Brass Bottle (1964)
The Trouble With Angels (1966)
Pollyanna (1960)
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Endless Night (1972)
The Family Way (1966)
Take A Girl Like You (1970)
Freddy Got Fingered...
Please support the Hollywood Food Coalition. Text “Give” to 323.402.5704 or visit https://hofoco.org/donate!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Kung Fu Mama a.k.a. Queen of Fist (1973)
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974)
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)
In The Mood For Love (2000)
Hunger (2008)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Fargo (1996)
Night of the Lepus (1971)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Soylent Green (1973)
Silent Running (1972)
Canyon Passage (1946)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
The Professionals (1966)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
Carrie (1952)
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Hello Down There (1969)
The Brass Bottle (1964)
The Trouble With Angels (1966)
Pollyanna (1960)
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Endless Night (1972)
The Family Way (1966)
Take A Girl Like You (1970)
Freddy Got Fingered...
- 4/10/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
In the ten years since the Guild of Music Supervisors was formed, the organization has come a long way. Granted, the job still involves low pay, long hours and little respect, but at least the craft has been validated with Grammy and Emmy categories introduced by the Recording Academy and the Television Academy, respectively. The Gms has its own presence during awards season, as it hosts its own annual awards ceremony on Feb. 6 at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. (Quite the upgrade for an event that initially consisted of brunch and four trophies held on Grammy morning.)
In addition to celebrating excellence in sonic storytelling across 16 categories — from film and TV to games and advertising to trailers and emerging media — the organization will honor prolific composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach with the Icon Award. Bob Hunka, a veteran music executive and soundtrack pioneer for Sony Pictures Television who also...
In addition to celebrating excellence in sonic storytelling across 16 categories — from film and TV to games and advertising to trailers and emerging media — the organization will honor prolific composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach with the Icon Award. Bob Hunka, a veteran music executive and soundtrack pioneer for Sony Pictures Television who also...
- 2/4/2020
- by Charlie Amter and James Patrick Herman
- Variety Film + TV
Lauren Jenkins prioritized songwriting over flashy production on her debut album No Saint, released last year, and it’s an aesthetic she adheres to on a pair of cover songs the Texas singer released today.
Jenkins interprets two Bruce Springsteen tracks off his 1980 double album The River, “Hungry Heart” and “Stolen Car.” The recordings, which premiered on Sirius Xm’s Springsteen channel E Street Radio, find Jenkins embracing hushed tones for her versions. Gone are the boardwalk drumbeats of Springsteen’s original “Hungry Heart,” replaced with simple guitar and Jenkins’ dusky vocal.
Jenkins interprets two Bruce Springsteen tracks off his 1980 double album The River, “Hungry Heart” and “Stolen Car.” The recordings, which premiered on Sirius Xm’s Springsteen channel E Street Radio, find Jenkins embracing hushed tones for her versions. Gone are the boardwalk drumbeats of Springsteen’s original “Hungry Heart,” replaced with simple guitar and Jenkins’ dusky vocal.
- 1/17/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The Italian writer-director encouraged young filmmakers not to be afraid to make mistakes at the film and music festival founded by Emir Kusturica. Drvengrad, which literally means “wooden city”, was originally built to serve as the backdrop for Emir Kusturica’s Life Is a Miracle. It screams “picturesque” and would be a great setting for any kind of artists’ resort, where the next The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann or the script for a future Palme d’Or winner could be penned. It makes perfect sense, then, that the Kustendorf International Film and Music Film Festival, which has now reached its 13th edition, should be intended as a platform for young filmmakers to learn the craft from seasoned artists, who this year include Paolo Virzì and Karim Ainuz. The snowy hills are replete with inspiration, but it’s not just a romantic concept – the way in which a change of scenery can.
It’s been quite the harrowing year for Jimmy Kimmel — but things are looking up.
The late-night host and wife Molly McNearney‘s baby boy William “Billy” John now 3 months old, had open heart surgery three days after his birth in April. And according to Kimmel in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, his son will need two more of the procedures, but is “doing great.”
“Young Billy made his first visit to our office today. He’s juggling. He’s translating Flaubert from French into English,” jokes the star. “No — he smiles. That’s pretty much it. He...
The late-night host and wife Molly McNearney‘s baby boy William “Billy” John now 3 months old, had open heart surgery three days after his birth in April. And according to Kimmel in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, his son will need two more of the procedures, but is “doing great.”
“Young Billy made his first visit to our office today. He’s juggling. He’s translating Flaubert from French into English,” jokes the star. “No — he smiles. That’s pretty much it. He...
- 8/10/2017
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
He spent three days trapped in a rock pool at the base of a jungle waterfall, after a fall that broke both his legs and shattered his knee. So it’s no surprise that actor Paul Nicholls feels “lucky to be alive.”
The 38-year-old British actor — who rose to fame on the BBC soap EastEnders and had a role in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason — is recovering in a hospital, his rep confirmed to People, after being rescued by locals on the Thai island of Kohn Samui.
Nicholls was found in agony at the base of Khun Si falls on July 13, CBS News reported.
The 38-year-old British actor — who rose to fame on the BBC soap EastEnders and had a role in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason — is recovering in a hospital, his rep confirmed to People, after being rescued by locals on the Thai island of Kohn Samui.
Nicholls was found in agony at the base of Khun Si falls on July 13, CBS News reported.
- 7/20/2017
- by Dave Quinn and Phil Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
Women Are Requesting This Florida Sergeant for Rescues After Hunky Photo of Him Post-Save Goes Viral
Dutiful, brave and … ridiculously good looking?
Meet Jacksonville, Florida, Sgt. Billy Irvin — a dedicated public servant who dove into the St. Johns River to help rescue a woman floating in the water Tuesday.
A fellow sergeant at Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office snapped a photo of Irvin moments after the hero braved the rushing river.
The pic has garnered over 13,000 likes on Facebook, and shows off Irvin’s hunky post-diving-into-a-river-to-save-someone look — which includes a skin-tight, sopping wet white shirt.
“He is a hero to all of us and all of the people who witnessed this going on,” Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook of Irvin.
Meet Jacksonville, Florida, Sgt. Billy Irvin — a dedicated public servant who dove into the St. Johns River to help rescue a woman floating in the water Tuesday.
A fellow sergeant at Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office snapped a photo of Irvin moments after the hero braved the rushing river.
The pic has garnered over 13,000 likes on Facebook, and shows off Irvin’s hunky post-diving-into-a-river-to-save-someone look — which includes a skin-tight, sopping wet white shirt.
“He is a hero to all of us and all of the people who witnessed this going on,” Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook of Irvin.
- 6/9/2017
- by Rose Minutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
Barney may be a dinosaur from our imagination, but David Joyner is the man who brought the childhood staple to life from 1991 to 2001.
Business Insider caught up with the 53-year-old actor to chat about his time in the big purple costume, and he revealed some crazy facts about the gig, which Joyner feels was meant for him.
“Being Barney was never an accident,” he said. “I was supposed to do this character.”
This man played Barney the dinosaur for 10 years — here's what it was like pic.twitter.com/RbdrQ5UxBD
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) June 7, 2017
In fact, the actor had a...
Business Insider caught up with the 53-year-old actor to chat about his time in the big purple costume, and he revealed some crazy facts about the gig, which Joyner feels was meant for him.
“Being Barney was never an accident,” he said. “I was supposed to do this character.”
This man played Barney the dinosaur for 10 years — here's what it was like pic.twitter.com/RbdrQ5UxBD
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) June 7, 2017
In fact, the actor had a...
- 6/8/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
A first-generation American who thought he would be the first in his family to graduate from college ended up sharing the moment with his 63-year-old father — and he couldn’t be prouder.
“It’s incredible,” Ben Jeanty, 27, tells People of graduating with his dad, Duvinson, a Haitian immigrant who drove an NJ Transit bus for more than 25 years. “I always had it in my mind to graduate college, but to graduate with my dad? It’s indescribable!”
The pair recently received their diplomas from William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey — Ben in psychology and Duvinson in finance.
Ben says...
“It’s incredible,” Ben Jeanty, 27, tells People of graduating with his dad, Duvinson, a Haitian immigrant who drove an NJ Transit bus for more than 25 years. “I always had it in my mind to graduate college, but to graduate with my dad? It’s indescribable!”
The pair recently received their diplomas from William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey — Ben in psychology and Duvinson in finance.
Ben says...
- 5/26/2017
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd
- PEOPLE.com
Caroline Rhea does not take motherhood for granted.
The actress, 53, opens up in the new issue of People about learning she was expecting her first child at the age of 44 — and the heartbreaking circumstances that surrounded her pregnancy.
After years of struggling to conceive with her then-boyfriend and fellow comedian Costaki Economopoulos while serving as host on the third season of The Biggest Loser, Rhea received some devastating news.
“My parents got diagnosed with cancer one week apart,” she tells People.
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The actress, 53, opens up in the new issue of People about learning she was expecting her first child at the age of 44 — and the heartbreaking circumstances that surrounded her pregnancy.
After years of struggling to conceive with her then-boyfriend and fellow comedian Costaki Economopoulos while serving as host on the third season of The Biggest Loser, Rhea received some devastating news.
“My parents got diagnosed with cancer one week apart,” she tells People.
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- 5/10/2017
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
Two-time Palme d’Or winner Emir Kusturica directs and stars as a milkman who falls for Monica Bellucci’s beautiful fugitive, with typically delirious results
Emir Kusturica is the Sarajevo-bor director renowned for being a member of the exclusive Cannes double-Palme club. Like Ken Loach and the Dardenne brothers, he has won the Palme d’Or twice, for When Father Was Away on Business (1985) and Underground (1995) – the movies that first stunned audiences with his signature high-energy style, staggeringly ambitious crowd scenes and sustained black-comic action sequences. They were a Fellini-esque profusion of music, crowds, animals and anarchic humour. He is also renowned for making comments (and indeed films) sympathetic to the Serbian side in the Bosnian war of the 1990s, although his movie Life Is a Miracle offered an emollient love story between a Bosnian Muslim and a Serb.
His new movie, On the Milky Road, is a flawed, indulgent...
Emir Kusturica is the Sarajevo-bor director renowned for being a member of the exclusive Cannes double-Palme club. Like Ken Loach and the Dardenne brothers, he has won the Palme d’Or twice, for When Father Was Away on Business (1985) and Underground (1995) – the movies that first stunned audiences with his signature high-energy style, staggeringly ambitious crowd scenes and sustained black-comic action sequences. They were a Fellini-esque profusion of music, crowds, animals and anarchic humour. He is also renowned for making comments (and indeed films) sympathetic to the Serbian side in the Bosnian war of the 1990s, although his movie Life Is a Miracle offered an emollient love story between a Bosnian Muslim and a Serb.
His new movie, On the Milky Road, is a flawed, indulgent...
- 10/14/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
In other Cottbus news, F&Me boards The Disciple and Macedonia backs Sugar Kid.
Projects from Ukraine and Georgia were the award-winners at this year’s edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (November 5-6).
Ukrainian filmmaker Max Ksjonda’s feature debut Tank received the CoCo Best Pitch Award sponsored by Eurotape Medien Service to the tune of €1,500 plus a free accreditation to the Producers Network at next year’s Cannes Film Festival, while a jury of Film Repubic’s Xavier-Henry Rashid, Sarajevo Film Festival’s Elma Tataragic and The Post Republic’s Jan-Philip Lange chose Rusudan Chkonia’s [pictured] black comedy Venice for the CoCo Post Pitch Award offering a colour correction and Dcp worth €25,000.
Tank, which will be produced by Max Serdiuk’s Kiev-based production outfit Noosphere Films, already has in-kind investment of equipment by Ukraine’s TechnoRent and private equity investment from Cyprus-based Pride Capital.
The project was previously pitched at the Odessa Film Festival...
Projects from Ukraine and Georgia were the award-winners at this year’s edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (November 5-6).
Ukrainian filmmaker Max Ksjonda’s feature debut Tank received the CoCo Best Pitch Award sponsored by Eurotape Medien Service to the tune of €1,500 plus a free accreditation to the Producers Network at next year’s Cannes Film Festival, while a jury of Film Repubic’s Xavier-Henry Rashid, Sarajevo Film Festival’s Elma Tataragic and The Post Republic’s Jan-Philip Lange chose Rusudan Chkonia’s [pictured] black comedy Venice for the CoCo Post Pitch Award offering a colour correction and Dcp worth €25,000.
Tank, which will be produced by Max Serdiuk’s Kiev-based production outfit Noosphere Films, already has in-kind investment of equipment by Ukraine’s TechnoRent and private equity investment from Cyprus-based Pride Capital.
The project was previously pitched at the Odessa Film Festival...
- 11/6/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
In other Cottbus news, F&Me boards The Disciple and Macedonia backs Sugar Kid.
Projects from Ukraine and Georgia were the award-winners at this year’s edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (November 5-6).
Ukrainian filmmaker Max Ksjonda’s feature debut Tank received the CoCo Best Pitch Award sponsored by Eurotape Medien Service to the tune of €1,500 plus a free accreditation to the Producers Network at next year’s Cannes Film Festival, while a jury of Film Repubic’s Xavier-Henry Rashid, Sarajevo Film Festival’s Elma Tataragic and The Post Republic’s Jan-Philip Lange chose Rusudan Chkonia’s [pictured] black comedy Venice for the CoCo Post Pitch Award offering a colour correction and Dcp worth €25,000.
Tank, which will be produced by Max Serdiuk’s Kiev-based production outfit Noosphere Films, already has in-kind investment of equipment by Ukraine’s TechnoRent and private equity investment from Cyprus-based Pride Capital.
The project was previously pitched at the Odessa Film Festival...
Projects from Ukraine and Georgia were the award-winners at this year’s edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (November 5-6).
Ukrainian filmmaker Max Ksjonda’s feature debut Tank received the CoCo Best Pitch Award sponsored by Eurotape Medien Service to the tune of €1,500 plus a free accreditation to the Producers Network at next year’s Cannes Film Festival, while a jury of Film Repubic’s Xavier-Henry Rashid, Sarajevo Film Festival’s Elma Tataragic and The Post Republic’s Jan-Philip Lange chose Rusudan Chkonia’s [pictured] black comedy Venice for the CoCo Post Pitch Award offering a colour correction and Dcp worth €25,000.
Tank, which will be produced by Max Serdiuk’s Kiev-based production outfit Noosphere Films, already has in-kind investment of equipment by Ukraine’s TechnoRent and private equity investment from Cyprus-based Pride Capital.
The project was previously pitched at the Odessa Film Festival...
- 11/6/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Leading figures in the European film industry have paid tribute to Eliane Dubois, the pioneering founder of Benelux distributor Cineart, who died today [Aug 20] following a long illness. She was 65.
Double Palme d’Or winner Emir Kusturica led the tributes. “The movies from Time Of The Gypsies through Black Cat White Cat, Undergound, Life Is A Miracle, Maradona, everything, all important international films that I was doing, she has supported,” said Kusturica.
“She was always so enthusiastic…if you look at her record and with whom she was working, it was really impressive. I simply can’t believe what I have heard.”
Kusturica praised her “strength, independence…and great taste, which is very rare today”.
“It’s a big loss. That’s not a phrase - it’s a really, really big loss.”
Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval also spoke of his shock at the new of Dubois’ death. “She was someone who, of course...
Double Palme d’Or winner Emir Kusturica led the tributes. “The movies from Time Of The Gypsies through Black Cat White Cat, Undergound, Life Is A Miracle, Maradona, everything, all important international films that I was doing, she has supported,” said Kusturica.
“She was always so enthusiastic…if you look at her record and with whom she was working, it was really impressive. I simply can’t believe what I have heard.”
Kusturica praised her “strength, independence…and great taste, which is very rare today”.
“It’s a big loss. That’s not a phrase - it’s a really, really big loss.”
Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval also spoke of his shock at the new of Dubois’ death. “She was someone who, of course...
- 8/20/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Last we heard from Emir Kusturica, the acclaimed Serbian director of “Underground,” “When Father Was Away On Business,” and “Life Is A Miracle,” he was planning a feature starring himself and Monica Bellucci. That was in May, but the word was that he was ready to get moving on production. Now, we hear news of his next project. It will start filming in December in the U.S., and while Kusturica's there, he's also scheduled to meet with Barack Obama. Kusturica is very interesting indeed. Did we mention he lives in a recreated medieval Serbian town that he built himself?Anyway, this next project is slated to be about someone arguably even more interesting: Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the current president of Uruguay. If you've not been keeping up with Uruguayan politics, we'll let you off this one time, but really, you should be. Mujica is an ex-guerilla who lives on...
- 8/13/2013
- by Ben Brock
- The Playlist
Emir Kusturica builds homage to Ivo Andric novel, triggering controversy in Visegrad, scene of atrocities in Bosnian war
Turning his back on the 19th-century Spanish cafe, Emir Kusturica loped into the street where a Byzantine tower is to be built, over the way from the Ottoman houses with their screened balconies. A breeze ruffled the long, tangled strands of his uncombed hair.
"If you had said there could be a multiplex in Visegrad," he said, waving a hand towards the half-built cinema where workmen were coming and going, "they would have said you were fucking crazy."
Confused? A lot of people who come here will be.
In one of the most beautiful spots in the Balkans, the former Yugoslavia's most celebrated film director was showing the Guardian around his most ambitious and controversial project to date – a town within a town that will echo in wood and stone the region's greatest work of fiction.
Turning his back on the 19th-century Spanish cafe, Emir Kusturica loped into the street where a Byzantine tower is to be built, over the way from the Ottoman houses with their screened balconies. A breeze ruffled the long, tangled strands of his uncombed hair.
"If you had said there could be a multiplex in Visegrad," he said, waving a hand towards the half-built cinema where workmen were coming and going, "they would have said you were fucking crazy."
Confused? A lot of people who come here will be.
In one of the most beautiful spots in the Balkans, the former Yugoslavia's most celebrated film director was showing the Guardian around his most ambitious and controversial project to date – a town within a town that will echo in wood and stone the region's greatest work of fiction.
- 10/11/2012
- by John Hooper
- The Guardian - Film News
Hong Kong – Eleven years after she got the CineAsia Star of Tomorrow award, actress Zhang Ziyi, the 2010 CineAsia Actress of the Decade told guests of the annual regional distributors and exhibitors convention on Thursday how proud she was to meet the men and women who have helped illuminate her work.
“In 1999, CineAsia’s award was the greatest encouragement I could have. Now, memories are flashing before my eyes,” said the star best known outside China for her starring role in Ang Lee’s 2000 hit Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. “Much has changed, but my passion and curiosity for the humanity of the characters I play remains.”
Clad in a form-fitting black and red dress with her raven hair drawn back and up, Zhang addressed a roomful of admirers from a less sexy part of the movie business, the buyers and sellers of projectors and silver screens, popcorn machines and movie seats:...
“In 1999, CineAsia’s award was the greatest encouragement I could have. Now, memories are flashing before my eyes,” said the star best known outside China for her starring role in Ang Lee’s 2000 hit Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. “Much has changed, but my passion and curiosity for the humanity of the characters I play remains.”
Clad in a form-fitting black and red dress with her raven hair drawn back and up, Zhang addressed a roomful of admirers from a less sexy part of the movie business, the buyers and sellers of projectors and silver screens, popcorn machines and movie seats:...
- 12/9/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Photo by Trae Patton/NBC
While we've been covering all of the America's Got Talent finalists, and they all have a special place in our hearts, we do have to confess that we have a favorite. We can't help but love the spectacle and grace that is Prince Poppycock.
By now even if you don't watch the show, you've most likely seen Poppycock on The Soup or on the internet. In a recent interview he described himself as "Part randy dandy, part drunken courtesan. I dress as a geisha, clown, 18th century dandy. And I sing."
And powdered wigs, white face make-up, dandy frocks aside, he voice is fabulous. A classically trained opera singer, 32-year-old, John Quale started his career as Poppycock in a nightclub called Wig Out, where he was allowed to perform whatever he wanted as long as he wore a wig. And so, Poppycock was born.
Quale...
While we've been covering all of the America's Got Talent finalists, and they all have a special place in our hearts, we do have to confess that we have a favorite. We can't help but love the spectacle and grace that is Prince Poppycock.
By now even if you don't watch the show, you've most likely seen Poppycock on The Soup or on the internet. In a recent interview he described himself as "Part randy dandy, part drunken courtesan. I dress as a geisha, clown, 18th century dandy. And I sing."
And powdered wigs, white face make-up, dandy frocks aside, he voice is fabulous. A classically trained opera singer, 32-year-old, John Quale started his career as Poppycock in a nightclub called Wig Out, where he was allowed to perform whatever he wanted as long as he wore a wig. And so, Poppycock was born.
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- 9/15/2010
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
The Third International Kustendorf Film and Music Festival opened on Wednesday in Serbia with Johnny Depp present as guest of honour.
Johnny Depp and Emir Kusturica | Kustendorf
The festival is organized by film director Emir Kusturica, in his Drvengrad (wood town), the village which was created by Kusturica for his film, “Life is a Miracle“.
The festival started in an unusual manner- without saying a word, Kusturica removed flags covering Johnny’s nearly life-sized bust, which was followed by impressive fireworks.
In addition to the statue, Johnny also received the “Award for Future Movies.”
Johnny Depp and his statue | Kustendorf
“I am completely shocked because I could not have imagined that such a magical and beautiful place could be home to a movie festival, of the kind I’ve never been to before. Unlike other festivals, people can communicate and get to know each other here. I’m impressed with this place,...
Johnny Depp and Emir Kusturica | Kustendorf
The festival is organized by film director Emir Kusturica, in his Drvengrad (wood town), the village which was created by Kusturica for his film, “Life is a Miracle“.
The festival started in an unusual manner- without saying a word, Kusturica removed flags covering Johnny’s nearly life-sized bust, which was followed by impressive fireworks.
In addition to the statue, Johnny also received the “Award for Future Movies.”
Johnny Depp and his statue | Kustendorf
“I am completely shocked because I could not have imagined that such a magical and beautiful place could be home to a movie festival, of the kind I’ve never been to before. Unlike other festivals, people can communicate and get to know each other here. I’m impressed with this place,...
- 1/15/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
'L'Esquive' tops French film awards
PARIS -- L'Esquive (The Dodging), a small-budget drama about alienated youth in a French suburb, was the surprise winner at France's top honors, the Cesars, on Saturday night, scooping up the coveted award for best French film of 2004, and the best director Cesar for its helmer, Tunisia-born Abdellatif Kechiche. Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation won the Cesar for best foreign film, while Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss and Emir Kusturica's Life Is a Miracle tied to share the award for the best film from the European Union. Shot with a largely amateur cast of teenagers, L'Esquive also won the best screenplay award for Kechiche and co-writer Ghalia Lacroix. The $1 million film fended off strong competition from big-budget films including Jean-Pierre Jeunet's World War I drama, A Very Long Engagement, Olivier Marchal's police thriller 36 Quai des Orfevres, starring Daniel Auteuil and Gerard Depardieu, and the small-budget French boxoffice triumph of the year, The Chorus, which will vie for two Oscars Sunday: best foreign language film, and best original song.
- 2/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'L'Esquive' tops French film awards
PARIS -- L'Esquive (The Dodging), a small-budget drama about alienated youth in a French suburb, was the surprise winner at France's top honors, the Cesars, on Saturday night, scooping up the coveted award for best French film of 2004, and the best director Cesar for its helmer, Tunisia-born Abdellatif Kechiche. Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation won the Cesar for best foreign film, while Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss and Emir Kusturica's Life Is a Miracle tied to share the award for the best film from the European Union. Shot with a largely amateur cast of teenagers, L'Esquive also won the best screenplay award for Kechiche and co-writer Ghalia Lacroix. The $1 million film fended off strong competition from big-budget films including Jean-Pierre Jeunet's World War I drama, A Very Long Engagement, Olivier Marchal's police thriller 36 Quai des Orfevres, starring Daniel Auteuil and Gerard Depardieu, and the small-budget French boxoffice triumph of the year, The Chorus, which will vie for two Oscars Sunday: best foreign language film, and best original song.
- 2/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Miracle' to open Jerusalem fest
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Signposting returning normality, the 21st Jerusalem International Film Festival will open with the Israel premiere of Life Is a Miracle in the presence of its Yugoslav director, Emir Kusturica. Kusturica is the first filmmaker to attend a gala screening of his own film at Israel's premier festival since Ang Lee accompanied Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000 before the latest round of hostilities between Palestinians and Israelis broke out and international guests steered clear of the city. The names of other international guests have not yet been announced.
- 6/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tough decisions for Cannes brass
With the official selection at the Festival de Cannes nearing its April 23 announcement, there are surprisingly few firm fixtures installed for Croisette exposure. The only real certainty is that several top-flight Cannes alumni will not be parading their new offerings. Three past Palme d'Or winners have yet to put the finishing touches on their latest pictures: Emir Kusturica (Hungry Heart), Jane Campion (In the Cut) and Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill). Another Palme winner, Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, also looks unlikely to make the cut unless he completes editing in time on The Weeping Field, the first part of a trilogy. The exception to this rule may be Lars von Trier, winner of the 2000 Palme d'Or for Dancer in the Dark, who is expected back in Cannes this year with Dogville, starring Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman and Stellan Skarsgard.
- 4/15/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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