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What the Success of "Precious" Means for Black Indie Cinema
11 November 2009 6:03 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Serious African-American cinema scarcely exists. It arrives in fits and sputters, in the occasional legends (Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks), outliers (Charles Burnett, Julie Dash) or mavericks (Spike Lee). But demanding cinema based around the black experience are largely absent from American screens, displaced by gangstas, guns and masquerading comedians in drag or fat suits (Tyler Perry, Eddie Murphy). The film industry has always loathed challenging movies, no matter the race, ethnicity or gender of their subject matter, but for black creators, making artistic cinema and getting it seen is a near insurmountable task. Can Lee Daniels' "Precious" change all that?
The Sundance-winning, Oprah-backed and Tyler Perry-supported "Precious" broke all box office records for a limited release last weekend, grossing $1.8 million on just 18 screens. The film will expand nationally in subsequent weekends. According to distributor Lionsgate, "Precious" drew an equal share of both black and white »
- Anthony Kaufman
Jay-z: Basketball Flip-Flopper
9 November 2009 11:28 AM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
It's probably an obvious thing to say, but it's good to be Jay-z. The rapper/business mogul/pop icon has spent the past few months putting out one of the best albums of his career in The Blueprint 3, embarked on a successful tour, did a duet with U2 at the MTV Europe Music Awards, starred in a pair of iconic videos ("Run This Town" and "Empire State of Mind") and helped the New York Yankees win the World Series (or at least helped to celebrate their victory). Just in the past few days, he performed at the Yankees' victory parade in downtown Manhattan, took in a Knicks game with a couple of players from the team (including Alex Rodriguez) and then flew out to California for more tour dates and a stop at Sunday night's Los Angeles Lakers game against the New Orleans Hornets.
And that is where the problems begin. »
- Kyle Anderson
Kate Hudson Jazzed Up Yankee's Win With Alex Rodriguez
5 November 2009 10:36 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
It's Yankee 27th World Series winning and the impassioned couple, Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez had a night to celebrate. The two were celebrating the moment at NYC hot spot 10ak along with Derek Jeter, a Yankee shortstop and Derek's actress girlfriend, Minka Kelly. Alex's mom, Lourdes Navarro and his sister, Suzy also joined the team.
Reportedly, they all came around 2 A.M and seemed very happy. Kate left a half hour later while the others sticked at the celebration until around 5 A.M.
On Wednesday night, November 4, winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Penny Lane in "Almost Famous", took part with her father, Kurt Russell on cheering The Pinstriper, along with Spike Lee, Donald Trump, Regis Philbin, and Mary J. Blige.
Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez were first reported dating in May 2009. Since then, Kate had attended his games during the winning season, »
- celebrity-mania.com
Hudson Celebrates Yankees Win With Rodriguez's Family
5 November 2009 8:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Kate Hudson helped her baseball star beau Alex Rodriguez celebrate the New York Yankees' championship win on Wednesday night by partying with his family.
The actress joined celebrities including her mother Goldie Hawn's longtime partner Kurt Russell, director Spike Lee, real estate mogul Donald Trump and R&B superstar Mary J. Blige, who sang the U.S. National Anthem before the game, at Yankees Stadium to cheer the team to victory.
Hudson proved to be Rodriguez's lucky charm as the all-star team cruised to a 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies, landing them their 27th World Series.
The Almost Famous star joined the victory party at Manhattan hotspot 1Oak, where she danced the night away with the Yankees, as well as Rodriguez's mum, Lourdes, and his sister, Suzy, reports Usmagazine.com. »
Video: At the Ballgame with Kate Hudson
5 November 2009 8:06 AM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
New video! Cameras flashed and the stars twinkled as the Yankees won their 27th World Series title Wednesday night. "The Insider" plays ball with Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell and more! Watch the video to see newlyweds Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Lorne Michaels, Will Forte, Jimmy Fallon and Regis Philbin -- whose hometown is the Bronx -- with wife Joy as the two enjoyed a date night. The Bronx Bombers christened their new stadium with a win against the Phillies in Game 6. Mary J. Blige began the night by singing the National Anthem.
[Read full story on The Insider]
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- TheInsider
Tracy Morgan & Spike Lee Team Up For Comedy Concert Film To Be Released in Theaters!
5 November 2009 2:47 AM, PST | The Humor Mill | See recent The Humor Mill news »
After a very long drought of comedy concert films being released in theaters, today we discovered-and confirmed via his twitter account- that comedian and actor Tracy Morgan will be filming a concert film with Director Spike Lee at Carnegie Hall this Friday.
Surprisingly, this news came to us rather quickly; especially after we discovered the news and reported yesterday that comedian DeRay Davis will be filming his concert comedy film sometime next month with Director John Singleton.
Anyway, it seems that GQ Magazine reported this last month and that news about Morgan’s performance has flown under the radar nationally as he has prepared for the film and is currently on a book tour. We hear that Morgan was extremely brief about his plans for Friday but is very excited about this upcoming performance.
Morgan, currently on NBC’s 30 Rock has written a book titled, "I Am The New Black »
- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)
World Series of Stars as Yankees Win 27th Title
5 November 2009 12:55 AM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Cameras flashed and the stars twinkled as the Yankees won their 27th World Series title Wednesday night. The Bronx Bombers christened their new stadium with a win against the Phillies in Game 6. Mary J. Blige began the night by singing the National Anthem. Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, and newlyweds Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were snapped in the stands. Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Spike Lee, and Oliver Stone were also spotted in the stadium. Regis Philbin, whose hometown is the Bronx, and wife Joy enjoyed a date night. It was "SNL"- - Series Night Live- - as executive producer Lorne Michaels, Will Forte, and Jimmy Fallon took in the game.
[Read full story on The Insider]
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- TheInsider
Michael Beardon Interview, This Is it
4 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
MoviesOnline recently sat down with Michael Jackson’s musical director, Michael Bearden, to talk about his new film, Michael Jackson’s This Is It, which offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this past summer in London’s O2 Arena.
Bearden is an accomplished musical director/keyboardist/arranger/composer for a diverse range of musical superstars. He has performed and/or recorded with some of popular music’s giants including: Sting, Carlos Santana, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, Chaka Kahn, Patti Austin, James Ingrahm, Patti Labelle, Yoko Ono, George Benson, Natalie Cole, Yossou NDour, Boz Scaggs, Lenny Kravitz, Luther Vandross, Issac Hayes, Aaron Neville, Edie Brickell, Jon Bonjovi and legends Nancy Wilson, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Liza Minelli, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles and served »
Clive Owen: The Hollywood Interview
4 November 2009 12:49 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Clive Owen Gets Back
By
Clive Owen is one of those actors that keep surprising you. Just when you think the audience, and the Hollywood establishment, has pegged him as an action hero, a leading man, or a romantic comedy pin-up, Owen pulls an about-face and does something unexpected.
It all started October 3, 1964 in Coventry, England. Owen’s father, a country music singer, abandoned the family when he was just three. His mother later remarried, with Clive and his four brothers raised by his mother and stepfather, who worked for British Rail. Owen has characterized those early years as "rough." A self-described “solidly working class” kid, Owen was bitten by the acting bug at age 13 and followed his dream to The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art several years later. Initially cutting his teeth on high-profile British television programs such as “Chancer” and “Sharman,” as well as art house »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
In Pictures: 'Tisch School of the Arts Gala'
3 November 2009 5:41 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Us actor Alec Baldwin attends the Tisch School of the Arts Gala in New York, USA, 02 November 2009. Epa/Peter Foley Us filmmaker Spike Lee (L) and Mary Schmidt Campbell, Dean of the Tisch School attend the Tisch School of the Arts Gala in New York, USA, 02 November 2009. Epa/Peter Foley Us actor Alec Baldwin talks to journalists at the Tisch School of the Arts Gala in New York, USA, 02 November 2009. Epa/Peter Foley Us filmmaker Ron Howard (R) along with producer Brian Grazer (L) and Sony Chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer (C) attend the Tisch School of the Arts Gala in New York, USA, 02 November 2009. Epa/Peter Foley Us filmmaker's Spike »
- James Wray
Movie Stars Featured In Levinson Documentary
2 November 2009 1:32 PM, PST | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Producer/director Barry Levinson takes a look at the convergence of celebrity and politics in the documentary Poliwood,which airs tonight (Monday) on Showtime. Featured in the film is a raft of Hollywood celebrities, including Susan Sarandon, Spike Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Daly, Anne Hathaway and the late Ron Silver. Levinson, a celebrity in his own right with films such as Rain Man and the political satire Wag the Dog and with TV shows like Homicide: Life on the Street and Oz, attempts to show not only what happens when celebrities come together with politicians but also with ordinary folks. Most critics suggest that the result is confusing. Boston Herald critic Mark A. Perigard says that Levinson's documentary is simply too simplistic. Levinson, he notes, calls his film an "essay." That, says Perigard, is "like calling the back of a cereal box a novel." The Wall Street Journal's Dorothy Rabinowitz comments that Levinson presents "a tonnage of vague pronouncements." Ellen Gray in the Philadelphia Daily News remarks that "for all the eye-rolling that goes on as noncelebrities weigh in on what they believe is Hollywood's undue influence, Poliwood doesn't pack much of a punch." And Alessandra Stanley concludes in the New York Times: "Poliwood feeds our prurient fascination with celebrities' fascination with politics, but Mr. Levinson's thesis is undermined by an election process that he bemoaned but didn't film." »
"Yankees Run This Town!" - Just Ask the Celebs
29 October 2009 8:49 AM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
We are hours away from A.J. Burnett throwing out the first pitch of Game 2 of the 2009 World Series at Yankee Stadium and the fans are already lining up to get into the stadium. Last night, security was on high alert as First Lady Michelle Obama and Joe Biden, among other famed New York celebrities, chow down on hot dogs while enjoying America's favorite past time. We saw 30 Rock star Alec Bladwin cheering on his hometeam, Matthew McConaughey sporting the pinstripe, movie directors Spike Lee and Steven Spielberg enjoying first class seats. Even all that celebrity power could not help the Yankees overcome the unstoppable Phillies team. The New York Yankees are ready to again take on the Philadelphia Phillies at home in what many are calling the Turnpike Series. In the greater New York Area, Yankee fans are jazzed about the series and much of the hype is all »
- cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
Page 2
28 October 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
If Scooby Doo had been set in a post apocalyptic zombie-infested world, it might look like this. [boingboing] Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. The 12th British Independent Film Award nominations were announced: Fish Tank earned 8 nominations including Best Film and Best Director, Duncan Jones's Moon claimed 7 nominations including Best Film. An Education, In The Loop and Nowhere Boy share 6 nominations. What if Spike Lee had directed Where The Wild Things Are instead of Spike Jonze. What a difference a last name can make. [buzzfeed] This funny deconstruction of Disney princesses was discovered on digg. This past Sunday's Dexter hit a series-high for Showtime with 1.7 million viewers. »
- Peter Sciretta
Join Dread Central and Babelgum on Halloween Night
27 October 2009 10:05 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
You may not be familiar with Babelgum just yet, but that should change as Dread Central teams up with the integrated web and mobile video content platform to provide live streaming content Halloween night both along the annual Weho Parade route and at the Art of Elysium fundraiser at the W Hotel in Westwood.
First, a little bit of what Babelgum is up to. Positioned between user generated video hubs and network TV-oriented destinations, Babelgum focuses on the third part of the ecosystem: innovative, professionally produced content on five very specific passions – Music, Comedy, Film, Urban Culture, and Nature/Environment – curated by experts in their fields. Babelgum’s programming is comprised of exclusive original productions as well as independent and mainstream titles. The company has also set up a series of online contests to nurture independent film, music, and art talent: the Babelgum Online Film Festival, the Babelgum Music Video Awards, »
- Uncle Creepy
Tyler Perry Addresses Spike Lee’s Insulting Comments
26 October 2009 3:17 PM, PDT | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
Tyler Perry addresses Spike Lee's insulting comments,according to Bet. Apparently in a recent interview,movie director Spike Lee said that he believes Tyler Perry's "Meet the Browns," "House of Payne," and "Madea" movies are coonery and buffoonery. Then last night on "60 Minutes," Tyler Perry addressed those comments by stating, “Madea is a cross between my mother and my aunt. She’s the type of grandmother that was on every corner when I was growing up.She smoked. She walked out of the house with her curlers and her muumuu and she watched everybody’s kids. She didn’t take no crap. »
- Eric
Denver Film Festival announces full lineup
26 October 2009 11:34 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
The only big film festival in my own backyard is back and it runs from November 12th through the 22nd. While it caters more to heavy run fest material and arthouse film, they do have some of the more interesting films playing this year:
Ryan Ward's excellent Son of the Sunshine which is one of my favorite films of the year. (review)
The weird, lengthy comedy The Revenant (review)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
and much more. Program after the break!
In Competition
Two first-generation Chinese kids in suburban Boston find themselves on their own after their desperate mother is unwittingly involved in a pyramid scheme and arrested. Older brother Raymond takes a page from her marketing seminars to start creating a life for himself and his sister - casting a strange, pint-sized reflection on the American Dream.
Footprints »
tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -
- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!
Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -
- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!
Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -
- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!
Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -
- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!
Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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