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POLITICS - From Time: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says that Donald Trump's treatment of the Khans should be a wake-up call.
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COMICS-FILM - From Mashable: Brie Larson, who will portray Marvel's "Captain Marvel" embraces her inner fangirl.
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooMovies: "Suicide Squad" has a cool mid-credits scene [SPOILERS!]
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Anthony Mackie is joining Kathryn Bigelow's untitled 1967 Detroit Riots film. This is reunion for Mackie who appeared in Bigelow's Oscar-winning, "The Hurt Locker."
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SPORTS - From YahooNews: NFL running back found that his family and friends went through $1.6 million of his money in 10 months.
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BARACK OBAMA - From NYDailyNews: Happy Birthday, President! Someone punched George Zimmerman after he started bragging about killing Trayon Martin in a Florida restaurant.
From CBSNews: Happy Birthday, again! Dylann Roof, who killed nine African-American parishioners at a South Carolina church, got his ass beat in a jail shower.
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COMICS-FILM - From ScreenRant: Paul Dini, the man who co-created "Harley Quinn" (with Bruce Timm) for the the 1992 "Batman" animated series, likes what Margot Robbie does with the character in the film, "Suicide Squad."
From Moviefone: Fans angry over the bad reviews that "Suicide Squad" has received.
From IdahoStatesman: "Rotten Tomatoes" getting the brunt of the fan anger over bad reviews for "Suicide Squad."
From THR: And man... "Suicide Squad" had a troubled production.
From YahooNews: "Suicide Squad" set to break August box office records... with a catch.
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OBITS - From TheWrap: The actor David Huddleston has died at the age of 85, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. He was Jeffrey Lebowski a.k.a. "the Big Lebowski" in the Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 cult film, "The Big Lebowski."
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COMICS - From CBR: African-American writer Christopher Priest is returning to comics (on DC Comics' "Deathstroke") precisely because he is not being asked to write a Black character.
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MOVIES - From Showbiz411: Martin Scorsese says that his film "Silence" will be ready for Oscar contention.
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STAR WARS - From EntertainmentWeekly: Daisy Ridley quits Instagram because of the furor over her anti-violonece post.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Will Poulter is among the cast members added to Kathryn Bigelow's film about the 1967 Detroit Riots.
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COMICS-FILMS - From EntertainmentWeekly: Hot star Mike Birbiglia wonders why the MPAA rated his acclaimed film, "Don't Think Twice," "R" and rated the violent "Suicide Squad" "PG-13."
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COMICS-FILMS - From EntertainmentWeekly: As a kid, Viola Davis wanted to be Wonder Woman in order to beat those who bullied her.
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PRINCE - From YahooMusic: "Weird Al" Yankovic talks about how Prince turned him down four times concerning Al doing parodies of Prince's songs. Meanwhile, Michael Jackson was very supportive of Al.
From Billboard: The time Matt Damon met Prince.
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STAR TREK - From YahooNews: The parents of "Star Trek" Alton Yelchin have sued the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee. The 27-year-old actor was killed by his Cherokee back in June.
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OBITS - From Deadline: The screenwriter Eric Bergren died at the age of 62 on July 14, 2016. He was an Oscar nominee for co-writing "The Elephant Man" (1980).
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews: BLM releases first policy platform.
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TELEVISION - From ScreenRant: Rapper 50 Cent (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson) has created a new superhero drama, "Tomorrow, Today" for Starz. Fitty is one of the people behind Starz hit drama, "Power."
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STAR TREK - From ScreenRant: "Star Trek: Discovery" may be set before the original "Star Trek," but we'll know sometime Wed., August 10th.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Benedict Cumberbatch to star in and produce a film adaptation of the classic British novel, "Rogue Male," by Geoffrey Household.
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MOVIES - From ScreenDaily: Terry Gilliam begins production on "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" with Adam Driver (Kylo Ren in "Star Wars: The Force Awaken") as the star.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Disney want to remake Ron Howard 1980s film, "Splash," with Channing Tatum and Jillian Bell taking the roles of the original film's star, Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah.
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OBIT - From TheWrap: The actress Gloria DeHaven has died at the age of 91, Saturday, July 30, 2016. She was the star of MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s like "Summer Holiday" and "Summer Stock."
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: A complete list of winners at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards.
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COMICS-FILM - From CinemaBlend: Will Scarlett Witch be in "Spider-Man: Homecoming?"
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COMICS-FILMS - From ScreenRant: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely updates their work on the screenplays for the third and fourth Avengers movies.
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TELEVISION - From YahooCelebrity: Shannen Doherty, famous for her role on 90s soap, "Beverly Hill, 90210," that her break cancer, which she has been fighting since February 2015, has spread. We send her our prayers.
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POLITICS - From YahooNews: Donald Trump is still at it with Khizr and Ghazala Kahn, the couple who appeared at this past week's 2016
DNC, where Khizr spoke and castigated Trump. The Kahns' son, Humayun, was an
Army captain and a Muslim who was killed in Iraq in 2004. Now other "Gold Star families" (meaning they have lost a child, sibling, or spouse in the recent wars) want Trump to apologize to the Khans.
From YahooNews: Former Republican presidential nominee and current Senator John McCain (Arizona) rebukes Trump over his escalating a feud with the Kahns. Sen. McCain is also a former prisoner of war (POW) in Vietnam.
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CULTURE - From YahooCelebrity: Justin Timberlake gives heartfelt speech at 2016 Teen Choice Awards.
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SPORTS - From Deadspin: Not Safe for Work - NBA baller, Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors, sends out a picture of his penis on snap chat.
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POLITICS - From NYPost: Not Safe for Work - Racy, partial nude photos of Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, are released.
TRAILERS:
From WeGotThisCovered: The new TV spot for Marvel's "Doctor Strange."
From YouTube: Grammy nominee Andra Day's video for the song, "The Only Way Out," from the film, "Ben-Hur."
From YouTube: Behind the scenes video starring Andra Day about the song, "The Only Way Out."
From Variety: The first teaser trailer for Chris Nolan's WWII action-thriller, "Dunkirk." The film is due July 21, 2017.
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Saturday, August 6, 2016
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 1st to 9th, 2016 - Update #44
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COMICS - From Indiewire: Writer-producer Simon Kinberg hopes "Gambit" movie (with Channing Tatum playing Gambit) starts filming in 2017.
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MOVIES - From ScreenDaily: "Tomb Raider" has been set for a March 2018 debut.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Kiefer Sutherland, who was an original cast member of the film, Flatliners (1990), is likely to join the remake.
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STAR TREK - From YahooNews: "Star Trek Beyond" will introduce Sulu's husband.
From YahooMovies: George Takei, the Sulu from the original Star Trek cast, wishes there were a gay Star Trek character, but does not want Sulu to be that gay character.
From Deadline: Zachary Quinto and Simon Pegg respond to "gay Sulu" debate.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Justin Timberlake joins Woody Allen's 2017 unnamed film, which begins shooting this fall.
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COMICS - From YahooNews: It is finally revealed. Mads Mikkelsen will play the villain, Kaecilius, formerly a goon in service of Baron Mordo.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Former FOX News blonde bimbo, Gretchen Carlson, sues FOX News boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment.
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COMICS - From YahooMovies: Tony Stark has been replaced as Iron Man by a young Black woman.
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TELEVISION - From Hitfix: The start of "Game of Thrones" Season 7 to be delayed.
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The Killing of #AltonSterling and #PhilandroCastille and #Dallas:
From YahooNews: Cuba Gooding, Jr. once took a photo with one of the Dallas police officers killed on Thursday, July 7, 2016.
From YahooNews: Dallas Police Chief David Brown earns praise for his steady hand.
From HuffingtonPost: Rudy Giuliani is an racist, opportunistic ass; yet people are still surprised.
From NYTimes: Details emerge in the death of Philandro Castille.
From telSUR: Cops kill detained man #AltonSterling in Baton Rouge, LA.
From RSN: More video related to #AltonSterling
From YahooNews: Katie Couric interviews family of #AltonSterling.
From YahooNews: Federal civil rights investigators were called in Wednesday to probe the fatal police shooting of a black father of five in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge was captured on cell phone video.
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HISTORY - From YahooNews: Slave descendant unites with plantation owner for heartwarming dinner 181 years after families lived there. The plantation owner, a descendant of the plantation's original owner is also a cousin to the slave descendant.
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JAMES BOND - From Variety: Nicolas Winding Refn says that he turned down the directing gig on the recent James Bond film, "Spectre."
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COMICS - From Movieweb: Colin Farrell will play a mystery role in "Justice League."
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COMICS - From DarkHorizons: "Thor: Ragnarok" begins filming.
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OBITS - From TheWrap: Acclaimed Iranian film director, Abbas Kiarostami, has died at the age of 76, Monday, July 4, 2016.
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MOVIES - From VillageVoice: Post-"Twilight" Kristen Stewart continues to astound critic Melissa Anderson.
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OBITS - From TheWrap: The actress Noel Neill has died at the age of 95, Sunday, July 3, 2016. Neill's fame primarily comes from the fact that she was the first actress to portray the character, Lois Lane, from the Superman comic books. She played Lois for the first time in the 1948 film, "Superman," and most famously in the classic 1950s TV series, "The Adventures of Superman."
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Chris Costello talks about her father, Lou Costello of the legendary comedy duo, "Abbot & Costello," and her book, "Lou's on First."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Has Steven Spielberg lost his platinum touch?
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the box office for the four-day, July 4th (2016) holiday weekend is "Finding Dory" with an estimated take of $50.19 million.
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OBIT - From TheGuardian: Robin Hardy, the director of "The Wicker Man" (1973), one of the most unsettling films ever made, has died. He died Friday, July 1, 2016 at the age of 86.
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ANIMATION - From YahooStyle: Disney getting heat about a fat character in their upcoming film, "Moana."
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BOX OFFICE - From TheWrap: "Finding Dory" wins the Saturday box office of the 4th of July weekend.
From YahooCelebrity: "The Legend of Tarzan" doing better than expected. "The BFG" is in trouble.
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COMICS REVIEW - From Patreon: "Don't Be Cruel 2-in-1 Edition Volume 1"
From Patreon: "Tales from the Darkside #1" by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
From Patreon: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens #1" - Marvel Comics adaptation
From Patreon: "Han Solo #1"
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: The long-running worldwide hit manga, Bleach, will end this Fall.
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CULTURE - From TheWrap: Patricia Clarkson on Hollywood Sexism: ‘A White Male Actor Should Never Be Allowed to Complain About Anything’
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OBIT - From TheWrap: Director Michael Cimino has died at the age of 77. He is best known for his film, "The Deer Hunter," for which he won a "Best Director" Oscar. He also directed legendary film flop, "Heaven's Gate."
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OBIT - From NYTimes: Elie Wiesel has died at the age of 87, Saturday, July 2, 2016. Wiesel was an Aushwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner. As an author, his most famous work is the short biographical novel, "Night."
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: Steven Spielberg's "The BFG" looks like the loser of the July 4th weekend's major new releases. "The Purge 3" looks to be a big hit. It may tie the other big new release, "The Legend of Tarzan" as the top new performer at the box office.
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COMICS - From ScreenRant: Jon Watts is directing "Spider-Man: Homecoming." What can his earlier films, "Cop Car" and "Clown" tells us about what to expect from Spider-Man.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: "Underworld: Blood Wars" (the fifth film in the franchise) has been pushed from October 2016 to a January 2017.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: "Gone with the Wind" star, Olivia de Havilland is 100 years old today.
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COMICS - From Kickstarter: Veteran comic book writer-artist and illustrator, Kody Chamberlain, is working on a new comic book project with newcomer Gavin Guidry. It is called "Smut and Jeff," and it has a Kickstarter campaign.
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ANIMATION - From Deadline: The 2012 animated film, "Wreck-It Ralph" will have a sequel, due in 2018.
TRAILERS:
From Vevo: See Rihanna's video for the song "Sledgehammer" from "Star Trek Beyond."
From Facebook: Dr. McCoy gives Spock advice in latest "Star Trek Beyond" clip.
From YouTube: The debut trailer for "Why Him?" with James Franco and Bryan Cranston.
COMICS - From Indiewire: Writer-producer Simon Kinberg hopes "Gambit" movie (with Channing Tatum playing Gambit) starts filming in 2017.
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MOVIES - From ScreenDaily: "Tomb Raider" has been set for a March 2018 debut.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Kiefer Sutherland, who was an original cast member of the film, Flatliners (1990), is likely to join the remake.
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STAR TREK - From YahooNews: "Star Trek Beyond" will introduce Sulu's husband.
From YahooMovies: George Takei, the Sulu from the original Star Trek cast, wishes there were a gay Star Trek character, but does not want Sulu to be that gay character.
From Deadline: Zachary Quinto and Simon Pegg respond to "gay Sulu" debate.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Justin Timberlake joins Woody Allen's 2017 unnamed film, which begins shooting this fall.
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COMICS - From YahooNews: It is finally revealed. Mads Mikkelsen will play the villain, Kaecilius, formerly a goon in service of Baron Mordo.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Former FOX News blonde bimbo, Gretchen Carlson, sues FOX News boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment.
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COMICS - From YahooMovies: Tony Stark has been replaced as Iron Man by a young Black woman.
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TELEVISION - From Hitfix: The start of "Game of Thrones" Season 7 to be delayed.
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The Killing of #AltonSterling and #PhilandroCastille and #Dallas:
From YahooNews: Cuba Gooding, Jr. once took a photo with one of the Dallas police officers killed on Thursday, July 7, 2016.
From YahooNews: Dallas Police Chief David Brown earns praise for his steady hand.
From HuffingtonPost: Rudy Giuliani is an racist, opportunistic ass; yet people are still surprised.
From NYTimes: Details emerge in the death of Philandro Castille.
From telSUR: Cops kill detained man #AltonSterling in Baton Rouge, LA.
From RSN: More video related to #AltonSterling
From YahooNews: Katie Couric interviews family of #AltonSterling.
From YahooNews: Federal civil rights investigators were called in Wednesday to probe the fatal police shooting of a black father of five in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge was captured on cell phone video.
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HISTORY - From YahooNews: Slave descendant unites with plantation owner for heartwarming dinner 181 years after families lived there. The plantation owner, a descendant of the plantation's original owner is also a cousin to the slave descendant.
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JAMES BOND - From Variety: Nicolas Winding Refn says that he turned down the directing gig on the recent James Bond film, "Spectre."
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COMICS - From Movieweb: Colin Farrell will play a mystery role in "Justice League."
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COMICS - From DarkHorizons: "Thor: Ragnarok" begins filming.
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OBITS - From TheWrap: Acclaimed Iranian film director, Abbas Kiarostami, has died at the age of 76, Monday, July 4, 2016.
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MOVIES - From VillageVoice: Post-"Twilight" Kristen Stewart continues to astound critic Melissa Anderson.
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OBITS - From TheWrap: The actress Noel Neill has died at the age of 95, Sunday, July 3, 2016. Neill's fame primarily comes from the fact that she was the first actress to portray the character, Lois Lane, from the Superman comic books. She played Lois for the first time in the 1948 film, "Superman," and most famously in the classic 1950s TV series, "The Adventures of Superman."
---------------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Chris Costello talks about her father, Lou Costello of the legendary comedy duo, "Abbot & Costello," and her book, "Lou's on First."
---------------
MOVIES - From Variety: Has Steven Spielberg lost his platinum touch?
---------------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the box office for the four-day, July 4th (2016) holiday weekend is "Finding Dory" with an estimated take of $50.19 million.
---------------
OBIT - From TheGuardian: Robin Hardy, the director of "The Wicker Man" (1973), one of the most unsettling films ever made, has died. He died Friday, July 1, 2016 at the age of 86.
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ANIMATION - From YahooStyle: Disney getting heat about a fat character in their upcoming film, "Moana."
---------------
BOX OFFICE - From TheWrap: "Finding Dory" wins the Saturday box office of the 4th of July weekend.
From YahooCelebrity: "The Legend of Tarzan" doing better than expected. "The BFG" is in trouble.
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COMICS REVIEW - From Patreon: "Don't Be Cruel 2-in-1 Edition Volume 1"
From Patreon: "Tales from the Darkside #1" by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
From Patreon: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens #1" - Marvel Comics adaptation
From Patreon: "Han Solo #1"
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: The long-running worldwide hit manga, Bleach, will end this Fall.
---------------
CULTURE - From TheWrap: Patricia Clarkson on Hollywood Sexism: ‘A White Male Actor Should Never Be Allowed to Complain About Anything’
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OBIT - From TheWrap: Director Michael Cimino has died at the age of 77. He is best known for his film, "The Deer Hunter," for which he won a "Best Director" Oscar. He also directed legendary film flop, "Heaven's Gate."
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OBIT - From NYTimes: Elie Wiesel has died at the age of 87, Saturday, July 2, 2016. Wiesel was an Aushwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner. As an author, his most famous work is the short biographical novel, "Night."
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: Steven Spielberg's "The BFG" looks like the loser of the July 4th weekend's major new releases. "The Purge 3" looks to be a big hit. It may tie the other big new release, "The Legend of Tarzan" as the top new performer at the box office.
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COMICS - From ScreenRant: Jon Watts is directing "Spider-Man: Homecoming." What can his earlier films, "Cop Car" and "Clown" tells us about what to expect from Spider-Man.
---------------
MOVIES - From BleedingCool: "Underworld: Blood Wars" (the fifth film in the franchise) has been pushed from October 2016 to a January 2017.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: "Gone with the Wind" star, Olivia de Havilland is 100 years old today.
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COMICS - From Kickstarter: Veteran comic book writer-artist and illustrator, Kody Chamberlain, is working on a new comic book project with newcomer Gavin Guidry. It is called "Smut and Jeff," and it has a Kickstarter campaign.
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ANIMATION - From Deadline: The 2012 animated film, "Wreck-It Ralph" will have a sequel, due in 2018.
TRAILERS:
From Vevo: See Rihanna's video for the song "Sledgehammer" from "Star Trek Beyond."
From Facebook: Dr. McCoy gives Spock advice in latest "Star Trek Beyond" clip.
From YouTube: The debut trailer for "Why Him?" with James Franco and Bryan Cranston.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Houston Film Critics Name "12 Years a Slave" Their Best Picture of 2013
The Houston Film Critics Society was founded in 2007. It is a not-for-profit organization of print, broadcast and Internet film critics based in the Greater Metropolitan Houston area.
2013 Houston Film Critics Society winners (in bold) nominees:
Best Picture:
"All is Lost"
"American Hustle"
"Before Midnight"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Fruitvale Station"
"Gravity"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
"12 Years a Slave" WINNER
Best Director:
Joel and Ethan Coen, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity" WINNER
Paul Greengrass, "Captain Phillips"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
Best Actor:
Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave" WINNER
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Mads Mikkelsen, "The Hunt"
Robert Redford, "All is Lost"
Best Actress:
Sandra Bullock, "Gravity" WINNER
Judi Dench, "Philomena"
Brie Larson, "Short Term 12"
Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"
Emma Thompson, "Saving Mr. Banks"
Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
Michael Fassbender, "12 Years A Slave"
James Gandolfini, "Enough Said"
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club" WINNER
Matthew McConaughey, "Mud"
Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong’o, "12 Years A Slave" WINNER
Octavia Spencer, "Fruitvale Station"
June Squibb, "Nebraska"
Oprah Winfrey, "Lee Daniels’ The Butler"
Best Screenplay:
"American Hustle"
"Before Midnight"
"Her"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"12 Years A Slave" WINNER
Best Animated Film:
"The Croods"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Frozen" WINNER
"Monsters University"
"The Wind Rises"
Best Cinematography:
"All Is Lost
"Gravity" WINNER
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Prisoners"
"12 Years A Slave"
Best Documentary:
"The Act of Killing"
"Blackfish"
"Inequality for All"
"Stories We Tell"
"20 Feet from Stardom" WINNER
Best Foreign Language Film:
"Blue is the Warmest Color"
"The Grandmaster"
"The Hunt" WINNER
"Wadjda"
"The Wind Rises"
Best Original Score:
"Gravity" WINNER
"Her"
"Man of Steel"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
"12 Years a Slave"
Best Original Song:
"I See Fire” from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Let It Go” from "Frozen"
"The Moon Song” from "Her"
"Please Mr. Kennedy" from Inside Llewyn Davis" (Written by Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel & Ethan Coen; sung by Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver) WINNER
"Young and Beautiful" from "The Great Gatsby"
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2013 Houston Film Critics Society winners (in bold) nominees:
Best Picture:
"All is Lost"
"American Hustle"
"Before Midnight"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Fruitvale Station"
"Gravity"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
"12 Years a Slave" WINNER
Best Director:
Joel and Ethan Coen, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity" WINNER
Paul Greengrass, "Captain Phillips"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
Best Actor:
Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave" WINNER
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Mads Mikkelsen, "The Hunt"
Robert Redford, "All is Lost"
Best Actress:
Sandra Bullock, "Gravity" WINNER
Judi Dench, "Philomena"
Brie Larson, "Short Term 12"
Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"
Emma Thompson, "Saving Mr. Banks"
Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
Michael Fassbender, "12 Years A Slave"
James Gandolfini, "Enough Said"
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club" WINNER
Matthew McConaughey, "Mud"
Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong’o, "12 Years A Slave" WINNER
Octavia Spencer, "Fruitvale Station"
June Squibb, "Nebraska"
Oprah Winfrey, "Lee Daniels’ The Butler"
Best Screenplay:
"American Hustle"
"Before Midnight"
"Her"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"12 Years A Slave" WINNER
Best Animated Film:
"The Croods"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Frozen" WINNER
"Monsters University"
"The Wind Rises"
Best Cinematography:
"All Is Lost
"Gravity" WINNER
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Prisoners"
"12 Years A Slave"
Best Documentary:
"The Act of Killing"
"Blackfish"
"Inequality for All"
"Stories We Tell"
"20 Feet from Stardom" WINNER
Best Foreign Language Film:
"Blue is the Warmest Color"
"The Grandmaster"
"The Hunt" WINNER
"Wadjda"
"The Wind Rises"
Best Original Score:
"Gravity" WINNER
"Her"
"Man of Steel"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
"12 Years a Slave"
Best Original Song:
"I See Fire” from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Let It Go” from "Frozen"
"The Moon Song” from "Her"
"Please Mr. Kennedy" from Inside Llewyn Davis" (Written by Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel & Ethan Coen; sung by Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver) WINNER
"Young and Beautiful" from "The Great Gatsby"
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Monday, February 10, 2014
2014 Art Directors Guild Nominations - Complete List
by Amos Semien
[Editor's note: Forgot to post this]
Established in 1937, the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents nearly 2,000 members. Those ADG members work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, and Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; and Set Designers and Model Makers. ADG’s ongoing activities include the ADG Awards, an annual Awards Banquet,
The film nominations are broken down into three categories: period film, fantasy film and contemporary film. The TV nominations are broken down into the following categories: One-Hour Single Camera Television Series; Television Movie or Mini-Series; Half-Hour Single-Camera Television Series; Short Format, Live Action Series; Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series; and Awards, Music, or Game Shows.
The 18th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards ceremony is set to take place on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, with comedian Owen Benjamin as the host.
At the 2014 ADG Awards, Martin Scorsese will receive the Cinematic Imagery Award, Rick Carter will receive the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award, and Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff and J. Michael Riva will be inducted into the ADG's Hall of Fame.
2014 / 18th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards (for the year in film and television 2013): A complete list of nominees follows:
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2013:
Period Film:
AMERICAN HUSTLE - Production Designer: Judy Becker
THE GREAT GATSBY - Production Designer: Catherine Martin
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS - Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
SAVING MR. BANKS - Production Designer: Michael Corenblith
12 YEARS A SLAVE - Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Fantasy Film:
ELYSIUM - Production Designer: Philip Ivey
GRAVITY - Production Designer: Andy Nicholson
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - Production Designer: Dan Hennah
OBLIVION - Production Designer: Darren Gilford
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS - Production Designer: Scott Chambliss
Contemporary Film:
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - Production Designer: David Gropman
BLUE JASMINE - Production Designer: Santo Loquasto
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS - Production Designer: Paul Kirby
HER - Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET - Production Designer: Bob Shaw
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION FOR 2013:
One-Hour Single Camera Television Series:
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
Production Designer: Bill Groom
Episode: Old Ship of Zion
BREAKING BAD
Production Designer: Mark Freeborn
Episode: Felina
DOWNTON ABBEY
Production Designer: Donal Woods
Episode: 7
GAME OF THRONES
Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
Episode: Valar Dohaeris
MAD MEN
Production Designer: Dan Bishop
Episode: The Better Half
Television Movie or Mini-Series:
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN
Production Designer: Mark Worthington
Episode: Bitchcraft
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
Production Designer: Howard Cummings
BONNIE & CLYDE
Production Designer: Derek R. Hill
Episode: Night 1 & Night 2
MOB CITY
Production Designer: Gregory Melton
Episode: A Guy Walks Into A Bar, Reason To Kill A Man
PHIL SPECTOR
Production Designer: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
Half-Hour Single Camera Television Series:
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Production Designer: Dan Butts
Episode: The B. Team
CALIFORNICATION
Production Designer: Ray Yamagata
Episode: The Unforgiven
MODERN FAMILY
Production Designer: Richard Berg
Episode: The Wow Factor
PARKS AND RECREATION
Production Designer: Ian Phillips
Episode: London
VEEP
Production Designer: Jim Gloster
Episode: Helsinki
Short Format, Live Action Series:
10,000 DAYS
Production Designer: Mimi Gramatky
Episode: Salvation or Destruction
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME
Production Designer: Brian Kane
Episode: Pilot
BLUE
Production Designer: Rachel Myers
Episode: The Truth Hurts
DAYBREAK
Production Designer: Stuart Blatt
Episode: 5
H+: THE DIGITAL SERIES
Production Designer: Andres Cubillan
Episode: Visions Of Whats To Come
Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series:
THE BIG BANG THEORY
Production Designer: John Shaffner
Episode: The Bakersfield Expedition
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Production Designer: Steve Olson
Episode: The Light House
PORTLANDIA
Production Designer: Tyler Robinson
Episode: Missionaries
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Production Designers:
Akira Yoshimura
Eugene Lee
Keith Ian Raywood
N. Joseph Detullio
Episode: Justin Timberlake/Justin Timberlake
THE VOICE
Production Designers:
Anton Goss
James Pearse Connelly
Episode: Live Playoffs, Part 1
Awards, Music, or Game Shows:
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2013
Production Designer: Joe Stewart
2013 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
THE 65th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
THE 67th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS
Production Designer: Steve Bass
SUPERBOWL XLVII HALFTIME SHOW
STARRING BEYONCE
Production Designer: Bruce Rodgers
Commercial, PSA, Promo, and Music Video:
ARCADE FIRE
Production Designer: Anastasia Masaro
Episode: Reflektor
CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS
Production Designer: Todd Cherniawsky
Episode: Epic Night Out
DIEHARD
Production Designer: Tom Wilkins
Episode: The Getaway
INFINITI
Production Designer: Christopher Glass
Episode: Factory of Life
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FT. JAY Z
Production Designer: Richard Bridgland
Episode: Suit & Tie
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[Editor's note: Forgot to post this]
Established in 1937, the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents nearly 2,000 members. Those ADG members work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, and Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; and Set Designers and Model Makers. ADG’s ongoing activities include the ADG Awards, an annual Awards Banquet,
The film nominations are broken down into three categories: period film, fantasy film and contemporary film. The TV nominations are broken down into the following categories: One-Hour Single Camera Television Series; Television Movie or Mini-Series; Half-Hour Single-Camera Television Series; Short Format, Live Action Series; Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series; and Awards, Music, or Game Shows.
The 18th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards ceremony is set to take place on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, with comedian Owen Benjamin as the host.
At the 2014 ADG Awards, Martin Scorsese will receive the Cinematic Imagery Award, Rick Carter will receive the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award, and Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff and J. Michael Riva will be inducted into the ADG's Hall of Fame.
2014 / 18th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards (for the year in film and television 2013): A complete list of nominees follows:
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2013:
Period Film:
AMERICAN HUSTLE - Production Designer: Judy Becker
THE GREAT GATSBY - Production Designer: Catherine Martin
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS - Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
SAVING MR. BANKS - Production Designer: Michael Corenblith
12 YEARS A SLAVE - Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Fantasy Film:
ELYSIUM - Production Designer: Philip Ivey
GRAVITY - Production Designer: Andy Nicholson
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - Production Designer: Dan Hennah
OBLIVION - Production Designer: Darren Gilford
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS - Production Designer: Scott Chambliss
Contemporary Film:
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - Production Designer: David Gropman
BLUE JASMINE - Production Designer: Santo Loquasto
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS - Production Designer: Paul Kirby
HER - Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET - Production Designer: Bob Shaw
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION FOR 2013:
One-Hour Single Camera Television Series:
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
Production Designer: Bill Groom
Episode: Old Ship of Zion
BREAKING BAD
Production Designer: Mark Freeborn
Episode: Felina
DOWNTON ABBEY
Production Designer: Donal Woods
Episode: 7
GAME OF THRONES
Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
Episode: Valar Dohaeris
MAD MEN
Production Designer: Dan Bishop
Episode: The Better Half
Television Movie or Mini-Series:
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN
Production Designer: Mark Worthington
Episode: Bitchcraft
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
Production Designer: Howard Cummings
BONNIE & CLYDE
Production Designer: Derek R. Hill
Episode: Night 1 & Night 2
MOB CITY
Production Designer: Gregory Melton
Episode: A Guy Walks Into A Bar, Reason To Kill A Man
PHIL SPECTOR
Production Designer: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
Half-Hour Single Camera Television Series:
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Production Designer: Dan Butts
Episode: The B. Team
CALIFORNICATION
Production Designer: Ray Yamagata
Episode: The Unforgiven
MODERN FAMILY
Production Designer: Richard Berg
Episode: The Wow Factor
PARKS AND RECREATION
Production Designer: Ian Phillips
Episode: London
VEEP
Production Designer: Jim Gloster
Episode: Helsinki
Short Format, Live Action Series:
10,000 DAYS
Production Designer: Mimi Gramatky
Episode: Salvation or Destruction
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME
Production Designer: Brian Kane
Episode: Pilot
BLUE
Production Designer: Rachel Myers
Episode: The Truth Hurts
DAYBREAK
Production Designer: Stuart Blatt
Episode: 5
H+: THE DIGITAL SERIES
Production Designer: Andres Cubillan
Episode: Visions Of Whats To Come
Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series:
THE BIG BANG THEORY
Production Designer: John Shaffner
Episode: The Bakersfield Expedition
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Production Designer: Steve Olson
Episode: The Light House
PORTLANDIA
Production Designer: Tyler Robinson
Episode: Missionaries
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Production Designers:
Akira Yoshimura
Eugene Lee
Keith Ian Raywood
N. Joseph Detullio
Episode: Justin Timberlake/Justin Timberlake
THE VOICE
Production Designers:
Anton Goss
James Pearse Connelly
Episode: Live Playoffs, Part 1
Awards, Music, or Game Shows:
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2013
Production Designer: Joe Stewart
2013 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
THE 65th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
THE 67th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS
Production Designer: Steve Bass
SUPERBOWL XLVII HALFTIME SHOW
STARRING BEYONCE
Production Designer: Bruce Rodgers
Commercial, PSA, Promo, and Music Video:
ARCADE FIRE
Production Designer: Anastasia Masaro
Episode: Reflektor
CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS
Production Designer: Todd Cherniawsky
Episode: Epic Night Out
DIEHARD
Production Designer: Tom Wilkins
Episode: The Getaway
INFINITI
Production Designer: Christopher Glass
Episode: Factory of Life
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FT. JAY Z
Production Designer: Richard Bridgland
Episode: Suit & Tie
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
The 2014 NAACP Image Award Nominations - Recording and Literature Categories
The 2014 NAACP Image Awards will be presented in a 2-hour special that will air live on Saturday, February 22, 2014 on TV One at 9pm ET (tape-delayed for PT – Pacific Time). The ceremony will be preceded by a one-hour pre-show, which will air live from the red carpet at 8pm ET (PT tape-delayed).
Recording and Literature nominees for the 2014 / 45th NAACP Image Awards:
RECORDING (Music)
Outstanding New Artist
• Ariana Grande (Republic Records)
• Candice Glover (19 Recordings/Interscope Records)
• K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)
• RaVaughn Brown (Columbia Records)
• Zendaya (Hollywood Records)
Outstanding Male Artist
• Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
• Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• John Legend (Columbia Records)
• Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
• Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
Outstanding Female Artist
• Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• India.Arie (Motown Records)
• Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• Ledisi (Verve Records)
• Mary J Blige (Verve Records/Interscope)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• "#Beautiful" - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel (Island Def Jam)
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Hurt You" - Toni Braxton feat. Babyface (Motown Records)
• "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z (RCA Records)
Outstanding Jazz Album
• "Summer Horns" - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot (Concord Records)
• "The Beat" - Boney James (Concord Records)
• "The Messenger" - Kevin Eubanks (Mack Avenue Records)
• "The Morning After: A Musical Love Journey" - Najee (Shanachie)
• "The Songs of Stevie Wonder" - SFJAZZ Collective (SFJAZZ Records)
Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
• "20 Year Celebration Volume 1 - Best For Last" - Donald Lawrence (Quietwater Entertainment/eOne Music)
• "Azusa: The Next Generation" - Hezekiah Walker (RCA Inspiration)
• "Best Days Deluxe Edition" - Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music)
• "Good God" - Shirley Caesar (eOne Music)
• "Music From the Motion Picture Black Nativity" - Various (RCA Inspiration)
Outstanding World Music Album
• "Coming from a Lady" - Lady Ele (13 Black Records)
• "Live At The Royal Albert Hall" - Emeli Sande (Capitol)
• "Natalie Cole en Español" - Natalie Cole (Verve Records)
• "Sing To The Moon" - Laura Mvula (Columbia Records)
• "The Standards" - Gloria Estefan (Masterworks)
Outstanding Music Video
• "Cocoa Butter" - India.Arie (Motown Records)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Made To Love" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• "Treasure" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Song
• "All Of Me" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Blurred Lines " - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• "Treasure" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Album
• "20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience" - Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Love In The Future" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Love, Charlie" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• "The Electric Lady" - Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
LITERATURE
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
• "A Deeper Love Inside: The Porscha Santiaga Story" - Sister Souljah (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
• "Anybody's Daughter" - Pamela Samuels Young (Goldman House Publishing)
• "Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery" - Walter Mosley (Doubleday)
• "Never Say Never: A Novel" - Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
• "Who Asked You?" - Terry McMillan (Viking)
Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
• "Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations: 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World" - Retha Powers (Little, Brown and Company)
• "Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery" - Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer (Temple University Press)
• "High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society" - Carl Hart (HarperCollins, Harper)
• "Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones" - Hill Harper (Gotham Books)
• "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross" - Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Donald Yacovone (SmileyBooks)
Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
• "Better Than Good Hair - The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy Gorgeous Natural Hair!" - Nikki Walton with Ernessa T. Carter (Harper Collins- Amistad)
• "Ghana Must Go" - Taiye Selasi (The Penguin Press)
• "Nine Years Under" - Sheri Booker (Gotham Books)
• "On The Come Up" - Hannah Weyer (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)
• "The Returned" - Jason Mott (Harlequin MIRA)
Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/ Auto-Biography
• "Buck: A Memoir" - MK Asante (Spiegel & Grau)
• "Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington" - Terry Teachout (Gotham Books)
• "Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker" - Stanley Crouch (HarperCollins, Harper)
• "Mom & Me & Mom" - Maya Angelou (Random House)
• "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" - Jeanne Theoharis (Beacon Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
• "Do I Look Like An ATM? A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children" - Sabrina Lamb (Chicago Review Press)
• "Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It)" – Sherri Shepherd with Billie Fitzpatrick (HarperCollins, It Books)
• "Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education" - Donna Y. Ford, Ph.D. (Prufrock Press Inc.)
• "The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs" - Kevin D. Johnson (Johnson Media Inc.)
• "The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life" - Robin Quivers (Avery)
Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
• "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid" - Nikki Giovanni (HarperCollins, William Morrow)
• "Hum" - Jamaal May (Alice James Books)
• "The Cineaste: Poems" - A. Van Jordan (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
• "The Collected Poems of Ai" - Ai (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
• "Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers" - Frank X Walker (University of Georgia Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Children
• "I'm A Pretty Little Black Girl!" - Betty K. Bynum (Author), Claire Armstrong-Parod (Illustrator) (Dream Title Publishing)
• "Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me" - Daniel Beaty (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• "Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song" - Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• "Nelson Mandela" - Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins Children's Books/Katherine Tegen Books)
• "You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!" - Jonah Winter (Author), Terry Widener (Illustrator) (RH Childrens Books; Schwartz & Wade)
Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
• "Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers" - Tanya Lee
Stone (Candlewick Press)
• "God's Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens" - Romal Tune (Judson Press)
• "Invasion" - Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic Press/Scholastic)
• "Raising the Bar" - Gabrielle Douglas (Zondervan)
• "Serafina's Promise: A Novel In Verse" - Ann E. Burg (Scholastic Press/Scholastic)
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Recording and Literature nominees for the 2014 / 45th NAACP Image Awards:
Outstanding New Artist
• Ariana Grande (Republic Records)
• Candice Glover (19 Recordings/Interscope Records)
• K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)
• RaVaughn Brown (Columbia Records)
• Zendaya (Hollywood Records)
Outstanding Male Artist
• Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
• Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• John Legend (Columbia Records)
• Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
• Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
Outstanding Female Artist
• Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• India.Arie (Motown Records)
• Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• Ledisi (Verve Records)
• Mary J Blige (Verve Records/Interscope)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• "#Beautiful" - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel (Island Def Jam)
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Hurt You" - Toni Braxton feat. Babyface (Motown Records)
• "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z (RCA Records)
Outstanding Jazz Album
• "Summer Horns" - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot (Concord Records)
• "The Beat" - Boney James (Concord Records)
• "The Messenger" - Kevin Eubanks (Mack Avenue Records)
• "The Morning After: A Musical Love Journey" - Najee (Shanachie)
• "The Songs of Stevie Wonder" - SFJAZZ Collective (SFJAZZ Records)
Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
• "20 Year Celebration Volume 1 - Best For Last" - Donald Lawrence (Quietwater Entertainment/eOne Music)
• "Azusa: The Next Generation" - Hezekiah Walker (RCA Inspiration)
• "Best Days Deluxe Edition" - Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music)
• "Good God" - Shirley Caesar (eOne Music)
• "Music From the Motion Picture Black Nativity" - Various (RCA Inspiration)
Outstanding World Music Album
• "Coming from a Lady" - Lady Ele (13 Black Records)
• "Live At The Royal Albert Hall" - Emeli Sande (Capitol)
• "Natalie Cole en Español" - Natalie Cole (Verve Records)
• "Sing To The Moon" - Laura Mvula (Columbia Records)
• "The Standards" - Gloria Estefan (Masterworks)
Outstanding Music Video
• "Cocoa Butter" - India.Arie (Motown Records)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Made To Love" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• "Treasure" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Song
• "All Of Me" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Blurred Lines " - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• "Treasure" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Album
• "20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience" - Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Love In The Future" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Love, Charlie" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• "The Electric Lady" - Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
LITERATURE
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
• "A Deeper Love Inside: The Porscha Santiaga Story" - Sister Souljah (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
• "Anybody's Daughter" - Pamela Samuels Young (Goldman House Publishing)
• "Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery" - Walter Mosley (Doubleday)
• "Never Say Never: A Novel" - Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
• "Who Asked You?" - Terry McMillan (Viking)
Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
• "Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations: 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World" - Retha Powers (Little, Brown and Company)
• "Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery" - Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer (Temple University Press)
• "High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society" - Carl Hart (HarperCollins, Harper)
• "Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones" - Hill Harper (Gotham Books)
• "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross" - Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Donald Yacovone (SmileyBooks)
Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
• "Better Than Good Hair - The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy Gorgeous Natural Hair!" - Nikki Walton with Ernessa T. Carter (Harper Collins- Amistad)
• "Ghana Must Go" - Taiye Selasi (The Penguin Press)
• "Nine Years Under" - Sheri Booker (Gotham Books)
• "On The Come Up" - Hannah Weyer (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)
• "The Returned" - Jason Mott (Harlequin MIRA)
Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/ Auto-Biography
• "Buck: A Memoir" - MK Asante (Spiegel & Grau)
• "Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington" - Terry Teachout (Gotham Books)
• "Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker" - Stanley Crouch (HarperCollins, Harper)
• "Mom & Me & Mom" - Maya Angelou (Random House)
• "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" - Jeanne Theoharis (Beacon Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
• "Do I Look Like An ATM? A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children" - Sabrina Lamb (Chicago Review Press)
• "Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It)" – Sherri Shepherd with Billie Fitzpatrick (HarperCollins, It Books)
• "Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education" - Donna Y. Ford, Ph.D. (Prufrock Press Inc.)
• "The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs" - Kevin D. Johnson (Johnson Media Inc.)
• "The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life" - Robin Quivers (Avery)
Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
• "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid" - Nikki Giovanni (HarperCollins, William Morrow)
• "Hum" - Jamaal May (Alice James Books)
• "The Cineaste: Poems" - A. Van Jordan (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
• "The Collected Poems of Ai" - Ai (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
• "Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers" - Frank X Walker (University of Georgia Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Children
• "I'm A Pretty Little Black Girl!" - Betty K. Bynum (Author), Claire Armstrong-Parod (Illustrator) (Dream Title Publishing)
• "Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me" - Daniel Beaty (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• "Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song" - Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• "Nelson Mandela" - Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins Children's Books/Katherine Tegen Books)
• "You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!" - Jonah Winter (Author), Terry Widener (Illustrator) (RH Childrens Books; Schwartz & Wade)
Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
• "Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers" - Tanya Lee
Stone (Candlewick Press)
• "God's Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens" - Romal Tune (Judson Press)
• "Invasion" - Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic Press/Scholastic)
• "Raising the Bar" - Gabrielle Douglas (Zondervan)
• "Serafina's Promise: A Novel In Verse" - Ann E. Burg (Scholastic Press/Scholastic)
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Daft Punk Wins "Album of the Year" at 56th Grammy Awards - Complete Winners List
by Leroy Douresseaux
"Random Access Memories" by Daft Punk is "Album of the Year."
The Grammy Awards (or Grammys) are given out by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. The Grammy is an accolade that recognizes outstanding achievement in the music industry. It is the music industry equivalent to the Academy Awards for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony Awards for stage.
They are helmeted, mute, and mysterious, and now, French electronic music pioneers, Daft Punk, are the toast of the music world following their big night at music’s biggest night, the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter are the guys behind the masks. They perform as Daft Punk; last night at the Grammy Awards ceremony, however, everyone seemed to be referring to them as “the French robots.”
Daft Punk won four awards, including “Album of the Year” for the album, Random Access Memories, and “Record of the Year” for their worldwide hit song, “Get Lucky.” The song features Pharrell Williams (who also won the Grammy for “Producer of the Year, Non-Classical”) and Nile Rodgers, a renowned songwriter and producer best known as the co-founder of Chic, one of the bestselling and most popular dance bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Daft Punk’s four Grammy Awards in one night is a first for a French music group. Random Access Memories also received a Grammy for “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.” Since Daft Punk only appears in public behind helmets, Pharrell Williams, who accompanied them on stage, made the acceptance speeches for their awards.
Other big winners at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards included Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake, Lorde, and Kacey Musgraves.
The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards is October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. The 56th annual Grammys awards ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and aired on CBS on Sunday, January 26, 2014. See a complete list of nominees at http://www.grammy.com/nominees
2014 / 56th annual Grammy Awards winners:
1. Album of the Year: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
2. Record of the Year: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
3. Song of the Year: "Royals," Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
4. Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
5. Best Pop Solo Performance: "Royals," Lorde
6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
7. Best Pop Instrumental Album: "Steppin' Out," Herb Alpert
8. Best Pop Vocal Album: "Unorthodox Jukebox," Bruno Mars
9. Best Dance Recording: "Clarity," Zedd Featuring Foxes
10. Best Dance/Electronica Album: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "To Be Loved," Michael Buble
12. Best Rock Performance: "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
13. Best Metal Performance: "God Is Dead?" Black Sabbath
14. Best Rock Song: "Cut Me Some Slack," Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
15. Best Rock Album: "Celebration Day," Led Zeppelin
16. Best Alternative Music Album: "Modern Vampires Of The City," Vampire Weekend
17. Best R&B Performance: "Something," Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
18. Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Please Come Home," Gary Clark Jr.
19. Best R&B Song: "Pusher Love Girl," James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
20. Best Urban Contemporary Album: "Unapologetic," Rihanna
21. Best R&B Album: "Girl On Fire," Alicia Keys
22. Best Rap Performance: "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
23. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Holy Grail," Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake
24. Best Rap Song: "Thrift Shop," Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
25. Best Rap Album: "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
26. Best Country Solo Performance: "Wagon Wheel," Darius Rucker
27. Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "From This Valley," The Civil Wars
28. Best Country Song: "Merry Go 'Round," Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
29. Best Country Album: "Same Trailer Different Park," Kacey Musgraves
30. Best New Age Album: "Love's River," Laura Sullivan
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Orbits," Wayne Shorter, soloist
32. Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Liquid Spirit," Gregory Porter
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album: "Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue," Terri Lyne Carrington
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble: "Night In Calisia," Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
35. Best Latin Jazz Album: "Song For Maura," Paquito D'Rivera And Trio Corrente
36. Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: "Break Every Chain [Live]," Tasha Cobbs
37. Best Gospel Song: "If He Did It Before... Same God [Live]," Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)
38. Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: "Overcomer," David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
39. Best Gospel Album: "Greater Than [Live]," Tye Tribbett
40. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: "Overcomer," Mandisa
41. Best Latin Pop Album: "Vida," Draco Rosa
42. Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: "Treinta Días," La Santa Cecilia
43. Best Regional Mexican Music Album: "A Mi Manera," Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
44. Best Tropical Latin Album: "Pacific Mambo Orchestra," Pacific Mambo Orchestra
45. Best American Roots Song: "Love Has Come For You," Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)
46. Best Americana Album: "Old Yellow Moon," Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
47. Best Bluegrass Album: "The Streets Of Baltimore," Del McCoury Band
48. Best Blues Album: "Get Up!" Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
49. Best Folk Album: "My Favorite Picture Of You," Guy Clark
50. Best Regional Roots Music Album: "Dockside Sessions," Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
51. Best Reggae Album: "Ziggy Marley In Concert," Ziggy Marley
52. Best World Music Album: (TIE) "Savor Flamenco," Gipsy Kings; AND "Live: Singing For Peace Around The World," Ladysmith Black Mambazo
53. Best Children's Album: "Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well," Jennifer Gasoi
54. Best Spoken-Word Album: "America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't," Stephen Colbert
55. Best Comedy Album: "Calm Down Gurrl," Kathy Griffin
56. Best Musical Theater Album: "Kinky Boots"
57. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Sound City: Real To Reel," Butch Vig, compilation producer
58. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Thomas Newman, composer
59. Best Song Written For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
60. Best Instrumental Composition: "Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra," Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
61. Best Instrumental Arrangement: "On Green Dolphin Street," Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
62. Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Swing Low," Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
63. Best Recording Package: "Long Night Moon," Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
64. Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)," Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
65. Best Album Notes: "Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded)," Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
66. Best Historical Album: (TIE) "Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965," "The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums"
67. Best Engineered Album: "Random Access Memories," Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk)
68. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Pharrell
69. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)," Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
70. Best Surround Sound Album: "Live Kisses," Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
71. Best Engineered Album, Classical: "Winter Morning Walks," David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
72. Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
73. Best Orchestral Performance: "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4," Osmo Vänskä, conductor (MinnesotaOrchestra)
74. Best Opera Recording: "Adès: The Tempest," Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
75. Best Choral Performance: "Pärt: Adam's Lament," Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
76. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Roomful Of Teeth," Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
77. Best Classical Instrumental Solo: "Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra," Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
78. Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Winter Morning Walks," Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
79. Best Classical Compendium: "Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik," Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
80. Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks," Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)
81. Best Music Video: "Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z - David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer
82. Best Music Film: "Live Kisses," Paul McCartney - Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers
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"Random Access Memories" by Daft Punk is "Album of the Year."
The Grammy Awards (or Grammys) are given out by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. The Grammy is an accolade that recognizes outstanding achievement in the music industry. It is the music industry equivalent to the Academy Awards for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony Awards for stage.
They are helmeted, mute, and mysterious, and now, French electronic music pioneers, Daft Punk, are the toast of the music world following their big night at music’s biggest night, the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter are the guys behind the masks. They perform as Daft Punk; last night at the Grammy Awards ceremony, however, everyone seemed to be referring to them as “the French robots.”
Daft Punk won four awards, including “Album of the Year” for the album, Random Access Memories, and “Record of the Year” for their worldwide hit song, “Get Lucky.” The song features Pharrell Williams (who also won the Grammy for “Producer of the Year, Non-Classical”) and Nile Rodgers, a renowned songwriter and producer best known as the co-founder of Chic, one of the bestselling and most popular dance bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Daft Punk’s four Grammy Awards in one night is a first for a French music group. Random Access Memories also received a Grammy for “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.” Since Daft Punk only appears in public behind helmets, Pharrell Williams, who accompanied them on stage, made the acceptance speeches for their awards.
Other big winners at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards included Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake, Lorde, and Kacey Musgraves.
The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards is October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. The 56th annual Grammys awards ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and aired on CBS on Sunday, January 26, 2014. See a complete list of nominees at http://www.grammy.com/nominees
2014 / 56th annual Grammy Awards winners:
1. Album of the Year: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
2. Record of the Year: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
3. Song of the Year: "Royals," Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
4. Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
5. Best Pop Solo Performance: "Royals," Lorde
6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
7. Best Pop Instrumental Album: "Steppin' Out," Herb Alpert
8. Best Pop Vocal Album: "Unorthodox Jukebox," Bruno Mars
9. Best Dance Recording: "Clarity," Zedd Featuring Foxes
10. Best Dance/Electronica Album: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "To Be Loved," Michael Buble
12. Best Rock Performance: "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
13. Best Metal Performance: "God Is Dead?" Black Sabbath
14. Best Rock Song: "Cut Me Some Slack," Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
15. Best Rock Album: "Celebration Day," Led Zeppelin
16. Best Alternative Music Album: "Modern Vampires Of The City," Vampire Weekend
17. Best R&B Performance: "Something," Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
18. Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Please Come Home," Gary Clark Jr.
19. Best R&B Song: "Pusher Love Girl," James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
20. Best Urban Contemporary Album: "Unapologetic," Rihanna
21. Best R&B Album: "Girl On Fire," Alicia Keys
22. Best Rap Performance: "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
23. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Holy Grail," Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake
24. Best Rap Song: "Thrift Shop," Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
25. Best Rap Album: "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
26. Best Country Solo Performance: "Wagon Wheel," Darius Rucker
27. Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "From This Valley," The Civil Wars
28. Best Country Song: "Merry Go 'Round," Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
29. Best Country Album: "Same Trailer Different Park," Kacey Musgraves
30. Best New Age Album: "Love's River," Laura Sullivan
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Orbits," Wayne Shorter, soloist
32. Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Liquid Spirit," Gregory Porter
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album: "Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue," Terri Lyne Carrington
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble: "Night In Calisia," Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
35. Best Latin Jazz Album: "Song For Maura," Paquito D'Rivera And Trio Corrente
36. Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: "Break Every Chain [Live]," Tasha Cobbs
37. Best Gospel Song: "If He Did It Before... Same God [Live]," Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)
38. Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: "Overcomer," David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
39. Best Gospel Album: "Greater Than [Live]," Tye Tribbett
40. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: "Overcomer," Mandisa
41. Best Latin Pop Album: "Vida," Draco Rosa
42. Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: "Treinta Días," La Santa Cecilia
43. Best Regional Mexican Music Album: "A Mi Manera," Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
44. Best Tropical Latin Album: "Pacific Mambo Orchestra," Pacific Mambo Orchestra
45. Best American Roots Song: "Love Has Come For You," Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)
46. Best Americana Album: "Old Yellow Moon," Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
47. Best Bluegrass Album: "The Streets Of Baltimore," Del McCoury Band
48. Best Blues Album: "Get Up!" Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
49. Best Folk Album: "My Favorite Picture Of You," Guy Clark
50. Best Regional Roots Music Album: "Dockside Sessions," Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
51. Best Reggae Album: "Ziggy Marley In Concert," Ziggy Marley
52. Best World Music Album: (TIE) "Savor Flamenco," Gipsy Kings; AND "Live: Singing For Peace Around The World," Ladysmith Black Mambazo
53. Best Children's Album: "Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well," Jennifer Gasoi
54. Best Spoken-Word Album: "America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't," Stephen Colbert
55. Best Comedy Album: "Calm Down Gurrl," Kathy Griffin
56. Best Musical Theater Album: "Kinky Boots"
57. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Sound City: Real To Reel," Butch Vig, compilation producer
58. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Thomas Newman, composer
59. Best Song Written For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
60. Best Instrumental Composition: "Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra," Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
61. Best Instrumental Arrangement: "On Green Dolphin Street," Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
62. Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Swing Low," Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
63. Best Recording Package: "Long Night Moon," Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
64. Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)," Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
65. Best Album Notes: "Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded)," Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
66. Best Historical Album: (TIE) "Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965," "The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums"
67. Best Engineered Album: "Random Access Memories," Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk)
68. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Pharrell
69. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)," Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
70. Best Surround Sound Album: "Live Kisses," Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
71. Best Engineered Album, Classical: "Winter Morning Walks," David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
72. Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
73. Best Orchestral Performance: "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4," Osmo Vänskä, conductor (MinnesotaOrchestra)
74. Best Opera Recording: "Adès: The Tempest," Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
75. Best Choral Performance: "Pärt: Adam's Lament," Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
76. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Roomful Of Teeth," Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
77. Best Classical Instrumental Solo: "Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra," Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
78. Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Winter Morning Walks," Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
79. Best Classical Compendium: "Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik," Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
80. Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks," Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)
81. Best Music Video: "Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z - David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer
82. Best Music Film: "Live Kisses," Paul McCartney - Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
Jay Z Leads 56th Grammy Awards Nominations
by Amos Semien
The Grammy Awards (or Grammys) are given out by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. The Grammy is an accolade that recognizes outstanding achievement in the music industry. It is the music industry equivalent to the Academy Awards for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony Awards for stage.
Jay Z leads the 56th annual Grammy Awards pack with nine nominations, but none came in the “Big Three” categories of album, song, or record of the year. The following acts each had seven nominations: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, and Justin Timberlake With her nomination in the "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" category ("Part II (On The Run)" - Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé), Beyoncé becomes the most nominated woman in Grammy Awards history with her 46th nomination.
The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards is October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. The 56th annual Grammys awards ceremony will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and will air on CBS on Sunday, January 26, 2014. See a complete list of nominees at http://www.grammy.com/nominees
NOTE: Scroll to the bottom to see the "Music for Visual Media" categories, which may be of particular interest to movie fans.
Nominees in select categories for the 56th annual Grammy Awards:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"The Blessed Unrest" - Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Red" - Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Just Give Me A Reason" - Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters
(Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out Of Heaven" - Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars,
songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" - Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry
Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
"Royals" - Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
"Same Love" - Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters
(Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Royals" - Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars
"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
BEST NEW ARTIST
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
"Brave" - Sara Bareilles
"Royals" - Lorde
"When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars
"Roar" - Katy Perry
"Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Just Give Me A Reason" - Pink Featuring Nate Ruess
"Stay" - Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
"Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
"Steppin' Out" - Herb Alpert
"The Beat" - Boney James
"Handpicked" - Earl Klugh
"Summer Horns" - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot
"Hacienda" - Jeff Lorber Fusion
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
"Paradise" - Lana Del Rey
"Pure Heroine" - Lorde
"Unorthodox Jukebox" - Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke
"The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience" - Justin Timberlake
BEST DANCE RECORDING
"Need U (100%)" - Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK
"Sweet Nothing" - Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch
"Atmosphere" - Kaskade
"This Is What It Feels Like" - Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie
"Clarity" - Zedd Featuring Foxes
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM
"Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
"Settle" - Disclosure
"18 Months" - Calvin Harris
"Atmosphere" - Kaskade
"A Color Map Of The Sun" - Pretty Lights
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
"Viva Duets" - Tony Bennett & Various Artists
"To Be Loved" - Michael Bublé
"The Standards" - Gloria Estefan
"Cee Lo's Magic Moment" - Cee Lo Green
"Now" - Dionne Warwick
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
"Always Alright" - Alabama Shakes
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" - David Bowie
"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
"Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin
"My God Is The Sun" - Queens Of The Stone Age
"I'm Shakin'" - Jack White
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
"T.N.T." - Anthrax
"God Is Dead?" - Black Sabbath
"The Enemy Inside" - Dream Theater
"In Due Time" - Killswitch Engage
"Room 24" - Volbeat Featuring King Diamond
BEST ROCK SONG
"Ain't Messin 'Round" - Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
"Cut Me Some Slack" - Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic &
Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic,
Pat Smear)
"Doom And Gloom" - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The
Rolling Stones)
"God Is Dead?" - Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne,
songwriters (Black Sabbath)
"Panic Station" - Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
"13" - Black Sabbath
"The Next Day" - David Bowie
"Mechanical Bull" - Kings Of Leon
"Celebration Day" - Led Zeppelin
"...Like Clockwork" - Queens Of The Stone Age
"Psychedelic Pill" - Neil Young With Crazy Horse
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
"The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The
More I Love You" - Neko Case
"Trouble Will Find Me" - The National
"Hesitation Marks" - Nine Inch Nails
"Lonerism" - Tame Impala
"Modern Vampires Of The City" - Vampire Weekend
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
"Love And War" - Tamar Braxton
"Best Of Me" - Anthony Hamilton
"Nakamarra" - Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip
"How Many Drinks?" - Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Something" - Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
"Please Come Home" - Gary Clark Jr.
"Get It Right" - Fantasia
"Quiet Fire" - Maysa
"Hey Laura" - Gregory Porter
"Yesterday" - Ryan Shaw
BEST R&B SONG
"Best Of Me" - Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
"Love And War" - Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels &
Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)
"Only One" - PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)
"Pusher Love Girl" - James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley &
Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
"Without Me" - Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert,
Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly
Rowland & Missy Elliot)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
"Love And War" - Tamar Braxton
"Side Effects Of You" - Fantasia
"One: In The Chamber" - Salaam Remi
"Unapologetic" - Rihanna
"New York: A Love Story" - Mack Wilds
BEST R&B ALBUM
"R&B Divas" - Faith Evans
"Girl On Fire" - Alicia Keys
"Love In The Future" - John Legend
"Better" - Chrisette Michele
"Three Kings" - TGT
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
"Started From The Bottom" - Drake
"Berzerk" - Eminem
"Tom Ford" - Jay Z
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" - Kendrick Lamar
"Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"Power Trip" - J. Cole Featuring Miguel
"Part II (On The Run)" - Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé
"Holy Grail" - Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
"Now Or Never" - Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige
"Remember You" - Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
BEST RAP SONG
"F***in' Problems" - Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar,
Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2
Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
"Holy Grail" - Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley,
Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave
Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin
Timberlake)
"New Slaves" - Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis
Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye
West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser,
songwriters) (Kanye West)
"Started From The Bottom" - W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib,
songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)
"Thrift Shop" - Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
BEST RAP ALBUM
"Nothing Was The Same" - Drake
"Magna Carta...Holy Grail" - Jay Z
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Yeezus" - Kanye West
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
"I Drive Your Truck" - Lee Brice
"I Want Crazy" - Hunter Hayes
"Mama's Broken Heart" - Miranda Lambert
"Wagon Wheel" - Darius Rucker
"Mine Would Be You" - Blake Shelton
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"From This Valley" - The Civil Wars
"Don't Rush" - Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill
"Your Side Of The Bed" - Little Big Town
"Highway Don't Care" - Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
"You Can't Make Old Friends" - Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton
BEST COUNTRY SONG
"Begin Again" - Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
"I Drive Your Truck" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy
Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice)
"Mama's Broken Heart" - Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey
Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
"Merry Go 'Round" - Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne,
songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
"Mine Would Be You" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric
Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
"Night Train" - Jason Aldean
"Two Lanes Of Freedom" - Tim McGraw
"Same Trailer Different Park" - Kacey Musgraves
"Based On A True Story" - Blake Shelton
"Red" - Taylor Swift
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
"Lux" - Brian Eno
"Illumination" - Peter Kater
"Final Call" - Kitaro
"Awakening The Fire" - R. Carlos Nakai & Will Clipman
"Love's River" - Laura Sullivan
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
"Don't Run" - Terence Blanchard, soloist
"Song For Maura" - Paquito D'Rivera, soloist
"Song Without Words #4: Duet" - Fred Hersch, soloist
"Stadium Jazz" - Donny McCaslin, soloist
"Orbits" - Wayne Shorter
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
"The World According To Andy Bey" - Andy Bey
"Attachments" - Lorraine Feather
"Liquid Spirit" - Gregory Porter
"WomanChild" - Cécile McLorin Salvant
"After Blue" - Tierney Sutton
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Best Song Written for Visual Media:
"Atlas" (from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (performed by Coldplay)
"Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You)" (from Silver Linings Playbook)
Diane Warren, songwriter (performed by Jessie J)
"Skyfall" (from Skyfall)
Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (performed by Adele)
"We Both Know" (from Safe Haven)
Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (performed by Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw)
"Young and Beautiful" (from The Great Gatsby)
Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (performed by Lana Del Rey)
"You've Got Time" (from "Orange Is the New Black")
Regina Spektor, songwriter (performed by Regina Spektor)
END
The Grammy Awards (or Grammys) are given out by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. The Grammy is an accolade that recognizes outstanding achievement in the music industry. It is the music industry equivalent to the Academy Awards for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony Awards for stage.
Jay Z leads the 56th annual Grammy Awards pack with nine nominations, but none came in the “Big Three” categories of album, song, or record of the year. The following acts each had seven nominations: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, and Justin Timberlake With her nomination in the "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" category ("Part II (On The Run)" - Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé), Beyoncé becomes the most nominated woman in Grammy Awards history with her 46th nomination.
The eligibility period for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards is October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. The 56th annual Grammys awards ceremony will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and will air on CBS on Sunday, January 26, 2014. See a complete list of nominees at http://www.grammy.com/nominees
NOTE: Scroll to the bottom to see the "Music for Visual Media" categories, which may be of particular interest to movie fans.
Nominees in select categories for the 56th annual Grammy Awards:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"The Blessed Unrest" - Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Red" - Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Just Give Me A Reason" - Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters
(Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out Of Heaven" - Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars,
songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" - Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry
Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
"Royals" - Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
"Same Love" - Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters
(Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Royals" - Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars
"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
BEST NEW ARTIST
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
"Brave" - Sara Bareilles
"Royals" - Lorde
"When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars
"Roar" - Katy Perry
"Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"Get Lucky" - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Just Give Me A Reason" - Pink Featuring Nate Ruess
"Stay" - Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
"Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
"Steppin' Out" - Herb Alpert
"The Beat" - Boney James
"Handpicked" - Earl Klugh
"Summer Horns" - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot
"Hacienda" - Jeff Lorber Fusion
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
"Paradise" - Lana Del Rey
"Pure Heroine" - Lorde
"Unorthodox Jukebox" - Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke
"The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience" - Justin Timberlake
BEST DANCE RECORDING
"Need U (100%)" - Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK
"Sweet Nothing" - Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch
"Atmosphere" - Kaskade
"This Is What It Feels Like" - Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie
"Clarity" - Zedd Featuring Foxes
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM
"Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
"Settle" - Disclosure
"18 Months" - Calvin Harris
"Atmosphere" - Kaskade
"A Color Map Of The Sun" - Pretty Lights
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
"Viva Duets" - Tony Bennett & Various Artists
"To Be Loved" - Michael Bublé
"The Standards" - Gloria Estefan
"Cee Lo's Magic Moment" - Cee Lo Green
"Now" - Dionne Warwick
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
"Always Alright" - Alabama Shakes
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" - David Bowie
"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
"Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin
"My God Is The Sun" - Queens Of The Stone Age
"I'm Shakin'" - Jack White
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
"T.N.T." - Anthrax
"God Is Dead?" - Black Sabbath
"The Enemy Inside" - Dream Theater
"In Due Time" - Killswitch Engage
"Room 24" - Volbeat Featuring King Diamond
BEST ROCK SONG
"Ain't Messin 'Round" - Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
"Cut Me Some Slack" - Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic &
Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic,
Pat Smear)
"Doom And Gloom" - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (The
Rolling Stones)
"God Is Dead?" - Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne,
songwriters (Black Sabbath)
"Panic Station" - Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
"13" - Black Sabbath
"The Next Day" - David Bowie
"Mechanical Bull" - Kings Of Leon
"Celebration Day" - Led Zeppelin
"...Like Clockwork" - Queens Of The Stone Age
"Psychedelic Pill" - Neil Young With Crazy Horse
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
"The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The
More I Love You" - Neko Case
"Trouble Will Find Me" - The National
"Hesitation Marks" - Nine Inch Nails
"Lonerism" - Tame Impala
"Modern Vampires Of The City" - Vampire Weekend
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
"Love And War" - Tamar Braxton
"Best Of Me" - Anthony Hamilton
"Nakamarra" - Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip
"How Many Drinks?" - Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Something" - Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
"Please Come Home" - Gary Clark Jr.
"Get It Right" - Fantasia
"Quiet Fire" - Maysa
"Hey Laura" - Gregory Porter
"Yesterday" - Ryan Shaw
BEST R&B SONG
"Best Of Me" - Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
"Love And War" - Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels &
Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)
"Only One" - PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)
"Pusher Love Girl" - James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley &
Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
"Without Me" - Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert,
Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly
Rowland & Missy Elliot)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
"Love And War" - Tamar Braxton
"Side Effects Of You" - Fantasia
"One: In The Chamber" - Salaam Remi
"Unapologetic" - Rihanna
"New York: A Love Story" - Mack Wilds
BEST R&B ALBUM
"R&B Divas" - Faith Evans
"Girl On Fire" - Alicia Keys
"Love In The Future" - John Legend
"Better" - Chrisette Michele
"Three Kings" - TGT
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
"Started From The Bottom" - Drake
"Berzerk" - Eminem
"Tom Ford" - Jay Z
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" - Kendrick Lamar
"Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"Power Trip" - J. Cole Featuring Miguel
"Part II (On The Run)" - Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé
"Holy Grail" - Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
"Now Or Never" - Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige
"Remember You" - Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
BEST RAP SONG
"F***in' Problems" - Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar,
Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2
Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
"Holy Grail" - Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley,
Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave
Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin
Timberlake)
"New Slaves" - Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis
Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye
West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser,
songwriters) (Kanye West)
"Started From The Bottom" - W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib,
songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)
"Thrift Shop" - Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
BEST RAP ALBUM
"Nothing Was The Same" - Drake
"Magna Carta...Holy Grail" - Jay Z
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Yeezus" - Kanye West
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
"I Drive Your Truck" - Lee Brice
"I Want Crazy" - Hunter Hayes
"Mama's Broken Heart" - Miranda Lambert
"Wagon Wheel" - Darius Rucker
"Mine Would Be You" - Blake Shelton
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"From This Valley" - The Civil Wars
"Don't Rush" - Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill
"Your Side Of The Bed" - Little Big Town
"Highway Don't Care" - Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
"You Can't Make Old Friends" - Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton
BEST COUNTRY SONG
"Begin Again" - Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
"I Drive Your Truck" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy
Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice)
"Mama's Broken Heart" - Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey
Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
"Merry Go 'Round" - Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne,
songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
"Mine Would Be You" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric
Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
"Night Train" - Jason Aldean
"Two Lanes Of Freedom" - Tim McGraw
"Same Trailer Different Park" - Kacey Musgraves
"Based On A True Story" - Blake Shelton
"Red" - Taylor Swift
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
"Lux" - Brian Eno
"Illumination" - Peter Kater
"Final Call" - Kitaro
"Awakening The Fire" - R. Carlos Nakai & Will Clipman
"Love's River" - Laura Sullivan
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
"Don't Run" - Terence Blanchard, soloist
"Song For Maura" - Paquito D'Rivera, soloist
"Song Without Words #4: Duet" - Fred Hersch, soloist
"Stadium Jazz" - Donny McCaslin, soloist
"Orbits" - Wayne Shorter
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
"The World According To Andy Bey" - Andy Bey
"Attachments" - Lorraine Feather
"Liquid Spirit" - Gregory Porter
"WomanChild" - Cécile McLorin Salvant
"After Blue" - Tierney Sutton
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
- Django Unchained – Various Artists
- The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition) – Various Artists
- Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition) – Various Artists
- Muscle Shoals – Various Artists
- Sound City: Real to Reel – Dave Grohl & Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
- Argo - Alexandre Desplat, composer
- The Great Gatsby - Craig Armstrong, composer
- Life of Pi - Mychael Danna, composer
- Lincoln - John Williams, composer
- Skyfall - Thomas Newman, composer
- Zero Dark Thirty - Alexandre Desplat, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media:
"Atlas" (from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (performed by Coldplay)
"Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You)" (from Silver Linings Playbook)
Diane Warren, songwriter (performed by Jessie J)
"Skyfall" (from Skyfall)
Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (performed by Adele)
"We Both Know" (from Safe Haven)
Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (performed by Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw)
"Young and Beautiful" (from The Great Gatsby)
Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (performed by Lana Del Rey)
"You've Got Time" (from "Orange Is the New Black")
Regina Spektor, songwriter (performed by Regina Spektor)
END
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
"In Time" is Timely and Right on Time
In Time (2011)
Running time: 109 minutes (1 hour, 49 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for violence, some sexuality and partial nudity, and strong language
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Andrew Niccol
PRODUCERS: Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, and Andrew Niccol
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Roger Deakins
EDITOR: Zach Staenberg
COMPOSER: Craig Armstrong
SCI-FI/DRAMA with elements of action and crime
Starring: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Galecki, Yaya DaCosta, Collins Pennie, Toby Hemingway, Olivia Wilde, and Matt Bomer
In Time is a 2012 science fiction drama from writer-director Andrew Niccol. The film stars Justine Timberlake as a fugitive in a future where time has replaced money as the currency that determines life and death.
In Time opens in the year 2169. In this world, people are genetically engineered to stop aging at 25, but they live only one more year after they turn 25. People can extend their lives by earning time, instead of money, for their labor, and the amount a time people have is displayed by a digital clock implanted in their forearms. However, that live-saving time must also be used to pay bills, debts, cost-of-living expenses, etc. Society is divided into specialized towns called “Time Zones,” that reflect class, wealth, and status. The super-rich have been able to obtain enough time to practically live as immortals in Time Zones like New Greenwich.
Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) is a 28-year-old factory worker living in Dayton, a ghetto Time Zone. A chance meeting with 105-year-old Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer) changes Will’s life, but tragedy strikes immediately after his windfall. Accused of murder, Will goes on the run, pursued by Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy), a cop called a “Timekeeper.” Will takes a hostage, New Greenwich resident, Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried), and he is determined to destroy the system that makes the poor slaves to time and the wealthy masters of it.
Andrew Niccol is the director of one of my all-time favorite films, Gattaca (1997). Niccols’s work sometimes uses science fiction and fantasy settings, elements, and themes to tell stories concerning societal or political issues. In Time can be viewed as an allegorical tale about the increasing concentration of vast amounts of wealth in the hands of a relatively small group of people, happening in our own time. Call the time-wealthy this movie’s “the 1%.” In Time essentially addresses the naked greed of the modern financial class and Wall Street types that manipulate financial markets entirely for their benefit, regardless of how many people are left hungry, homeless, and destitute.
Lest you think In Time is heavy-handed, Niccol is clever in the way he uses familiar genres or elements to make his film entertaining and not strident or didactic. The relationship between Will and Sylvia recalls such true crime romance as Bonnie and Clyde, with Will also acting as a kind of Robin Hood. The characters Will and Sylvia are thematically similar to another pair of fugitives, Logan 3 and Jessica 6 of the novel, Logan’s Run.
All these citizens-turned-outlaw fugitive elements make In Time a crime fiction treat, while Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried make In Time dark and sexy. With them onscreen the majority of the runtime, In Time is never boring, and they actually bring clarity to Niccol’s concepts, ideas, and themes. Seyfriend can do sexy-but-dangerous as well as any young starlet; she’s like an irresistible, gourmet chocolate treat that might hide at least one razorblade (but you never know). Timberlake is a good, but not great actor, but he is a movie star. He sells this movie. Niccol is lucky to have them. This duo makes sure that In Time is on time when speaking about these times in which we live.
8 of 10
A
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Review: "The Social Network" All-American and All-World
TRASH IN MY EYE No. 17 (of 2011) by Leroy Douresseaux
The Social Network (2010)
Running time: 120 minutes (2 hours)
MPAA – PG-13 for sexual content, drug and alcohol use and language
DIRECTOR: David Fincher
WRITERS: Aaron Sorkin (based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich)
PRODUCERS: Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Cronenweth
EDITORS: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
COMPOSER: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
DRAMA
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Justin Timberlake, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, Brenda Song, Josh Pence, and Rooney Mara
The Social Network is perhaps the most critically acclaimed film of 2010, having won close to 20 best picture honors from critics groups and organizations. Directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network is a fictional account and dramatization of the founding of Facebook, the hugely popular social-networking website.
The film begins on a fall night in 2003, when Boston University student, Erica Albright (Rooney Mara), breaks up with Harvard undergrad, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg). A computer programming genius, Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and lashes out in a flurry of blogging and programming that launches “FaceMash.” Zuckerberg’s new website not only captures the attention of the entire Harvard campus, but also gets the attention of a trio of budding entrepreneurs. That night, in his dorm room after the breakup, leads to what will become “The Facebook” which will eventually become the global social network, Facebook. This revolution in communication, however, brings Zuckerberg both success and a horde of broken friendships, partnerships, and lawsuits.
The Social Network is about several things. It is about Mark Zuckerberg, about the founding of Facebook, about a clash of privileged and ambitious personalities, and about perception and point of view. Most of all, The Social Network seems to be about the beginnings of a map to the future. The triumph of Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay is how he compressed all of this and dramatized in two hours what was probably dull and tedious in real life – including Zuckerberg’s legal wrangling. Sorkin makes nerds come across as sexy masters of the universe. Slimy bastards (like Justin Timberlake’s Sean Parker) seem like rock stars. Parties are shinier, and Harvard’s campus is like a hub, the nexus where all exciting places meet.
And the performances meet and match Sorkin’s exceptional screenplay. Jesse Eisenberg has made a career of playing likeable, amiable dweebs, but as Mark Zuckerberg, he turns that on its head with this outstanding, sublime performance. Eisenberg’s Zuckerberg is like a god, a genius whose indomitable spirit smolders behind a mask of petulance, detachment, and a pout. Zuckerberg should be so Garbo-cool.
I’ve thought for a long time that Justin Timberlake had the dramatic chops to pull off good roles; now, I have proof. Timberlake makes Sean Parker (founder of Napster) cool and attractive, the guy you’d want in your corner, and you’d still forgive his cocaine habit and general sliminess. Andrew Garfield almost steals the film as Eduardo Saverin, a character who is the only adult in the room (which makes him a tragic fall guy). Armie Hammer makes the most of his every moment as the twins, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (with actor Josh Pence doing body double duties) by giving each brother a separate, distinct personality.
The one who pulls it all together and makes The Social Network arguable the best film of 2010 is director David Fincher. The phrase, “visionary director,” gets thrown around a lot about talented hack directors (like Zack Snyder), but since Fincher’s mid-90s film, Se7en, it has been obvious that he is a true visionary. Fincher makes The Social Network operate like a suspense thriller; that’s why Sorkin’s tale of conniving nerds is never boring and always gripping. Here, computers, programming codes, and the Internet are like shiny guns, weapons that make these nerds seem like crazy, sexy, cool gangstas.
The Social Network is compelling drama – mesmerizing, hypnotic, and engaging. Everything about it works, and everyone involved should get credit for their great efforts, especially David Fincher.
10 of 10
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Cast of "The Social Network" to Be Honored at Hollywood Film Festival
Press release:
"The Social Network" Cast to be Honored at the Hollywood Awards Gala
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Douglas Urbanski and Rooney Mara to receive the "Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award"at the Hollywood Awards Gala
Hollywood, CA, October 18, 2010. The 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce that the Cast of David Fincher's "The Social Network," Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Douglas Urbanski and Rooney Mara, will be recognized at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony with the "Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award."
The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala.
Previously announced honorees for this year's Hollywood Awards Gala include: Sean Penn for the "Humanitarian Award"; Sylvester Stallone for the "Career Achievement Award"; Annette Bening for the "Actress Award"; Robert Duvall for the "Actor Award"; Helena Bonham Carter for the "Supporting Actress Award"; Sam Rockwell for the "Supporting Actor Award"; Zach Galifianakis for the "Comedy Actor Award"; Andrew Garfield for the "Breakthrough Actor Award"; Mia Wasikowska for the "Breakthrough Actress Award"; Jennifer Lawrence for the "New Hollywood Award"; Morgan Freeman and Lorie McCreary for the "Innovator Award"; Danny Boyle and Chris Colson for the "Producer Award"; Tom Hooper for the "Director Award"; Aaron Sorkin for the "Screenwriter Award"; Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 3" and director Lee Unkrich for the "Animation Award"; Hans Zimmer for "Film Composer Award"; Wally Pfister for "Cinematographer Award"; Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for the "Editor Award"; Paramount Pictures' "Iron Man 2" and visual effects supervisors Ben Snow and Janek Sirrs for the "Visual Effects Award"; and Robert Stromberg for "Production Designer Award."
ABOUT JESSE EISENBERG
Trained in theater and film, JESSE EISENBERG (Mark Zuckerberg) made his feature film debut in the 2002 independent film "Rodger Dodger," in which he starred opposite Campbell Scott and for which he was nominated for a Gotham Award. For his performance in "The Squid and the Whale" opposite Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels, Eisenberg received nominations for an Independent Spirit Award and a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2009, he starred in "Adventureland" for director Greg Mottola and in "Zombieland" for director Ruben Fleischer. For these films, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Eisenberg has just reteamed with director Ruben Fleischer this summer to shoot the film "30 Minutes or Less," opposite Danny McBride. Eisenberg is also the lead voice of the 20th Century Fox animated film Rio, which will open next year.
ABOUT ANDREW GARFIELD
Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin) is a BAFTA-winning actor. He can currently be seen starring opposite Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go."
Other screen projects include Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"; Spike Jonze's robot love story "I'm Here"; Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs"; Revolution Films' "Red Riding Trilogy" directed by Julian Jarrold; and John Crowley's "Boy A," for which he earned the Best Actor BAFTA in 2008.
Garfield's career began in the theater and in 2006 his performances in "Beautiful Thing," " The Overwhelming and Burn," "Chatroom," and "Citizenship" won him the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards, and the Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer at the Critics Circle Awards. Other notable theatre credits include "Romeo and Juliet" and "Kes," for which he received the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the Manchester Evening News Awards 2004.
Garfield will next star as Peter Parker in the forthcoming "Spider-Man" film, to be directed by Marc Webb.
ABOUT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
In addition to Justin Timberlake's (Sean Parker) multi-platinum album FutureSex/LoveSounds, which produced four consecutive #1 singles, and his critically acclaimed 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow tour, along with multiple Grammy Awards, he has recently garnered acclaim as an actor for a variety of work in both comedy and drama. Timberlake starred in Universal's crime drama "Alpha Dog," co-starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone. He also starred alongside Christina Ricci and Samuel L. Jackson in "Black Snake Moan," for director Craig Brewer. In the summer of 2007, he voiced a lead role in DreamWorks' "Shrek the Third." Timberlake also joined Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mandy Moore in "Southland Tales."
He most recently appeared in the independent film "The Open Road" with Jeff Bridges, Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, and Kate Mara, and will be heard in the upcoming animated feature film, "Yogi Bear." Timberlake will also star in the Screen Gems film "Friends With Benefits" and the Columbia Pictures comedy "Bad Teacher," both due in 2011.
ABOUT ARMIE HAMMER
Armie Hammer plays the role of Cameron Winklevoss in Columbia Pictures "The Social Network." He also starred in "Flicka" starring Tim McGraw and Maria Bello, Rigoberto Castaneda's "Blackout, " and Ryan Shiraki's "Spring Breakdown" also starring Amy Poehler. In addition, Hammer has starred as a recurring character on CW's Gossip Girl and ABC's Reaper.
ABOUT MAX MINGHELLA
Max Minghella plays the role of Divya Narendra in "The Social Network." He is currently filming Chris Gorak's "The Darkest Hour," which also stars Emile Hirsch and Beeban Kidron' "Hippie Hippie Shake" co-starring Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller. His past credits include Alejandro Amenabar's "Agora" co-starring Rachel Weisz; Robert B. Weide's "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" also starring Megan Fox; Will Geiger's "Elvis and Anabelle" co-starring Blake Lively; Terry Zwigoff's "Art School Confidential"; Stephen Gaghan's "Syriana" co-starring George Clooney and Matt Damon; and Scott McGehee's "Bee Season" also starring Richard Gere and Kate Bosworth.
ABOUT JOSH PENCE
Josh Pence stars as Tyler Winklevoss in David Fincher's "The Social Network." He is currently in production on Giovanni Zelko's "The Algerian." Pence's previous credits include Ian McCrudden's "The Things We Carry"; Neema Barnette's "Super Sweet 16: The Movie"; and Kevin Porter's short film "Wish."
ABOUT BRENDA SONG
Brenda Song stars as Christy in "The Social Network." She is currently working on Richard Bowen's Little Sister and Chris Stokes' Boogie Town. Her past credits include Roger Kumble?s College Road Trip; John Schultz's Like Mike co-starring Lil Bow Wow; Andy Cadiff's Leave It To Beaver; and John Murlowski's Santa with Muscles starring Hulk Hogan. Song also has done extensive work in television including her role as London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Suite Life on Deck.
ABOUT RASHIDA JONES
Rashida Jones stars as Marylin Delpy in "The Social Network." She is currently working on David Frankel's "The Big Year" co-starring Jim Parsons and Owen Wilson, and Jesse Peretz's "My Idiot Brother" co-starring Zooey Deschanel and Paul Rudd. Her past credits include Kevin Smith's "Cop Out" starring Bruce Willis; John Hamburg's "I Love You, Man," co-starring Paul Rudd; John Krasinski's "Brief Interviews" with "Hideous Men"; Tracey Hecht's "Life in Flight"; Nick Hurran's "Little Black Book" co-starring Brittany Murphy and Holly Hunter; and Jennifer Derwingson's "Roadside Assistance."
ABOUT DOUGLAS URBANSKI
Douglas Urbanski stars as Larry Summers in "The Social Network."
ABOUT ROONEY MARA
Rooney Mara stars as Erica Albright in "The Social Network." Mara landed her first lead role in the film "Tanner Hall, "starring Amy Sedaris and Tom Everett Scott. She appeared in the comedy "Youth in Revolt, " starring Michael Cera and directed by Miguel Arteta. Mara also appeared in the 2009 independent film "Dare as Courtney." She also filmed "The Winning Season," starring Emma Roberts and Sam Rockwell. Mara starred in "A Nightmare on Elm Street," a 2010 remake of the 1984 horror film of the same name. In October 2009, Mara shot the independent feature "Kaboom, " written and directed by Gregg Araki. In August 2010, she won the role of Lisbeth Salander over several other actresses in the upcoming Sony Pictures film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy."
The festival and awards will mark their return on October 20 for a week long series of screenings, competitions and awards. The Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 25, 2010.
The festival and awards presenter is Starz Entertainment, LLC, a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 15.8 million and 28.2 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and VongoSM. Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.
Contact: 1.310.288.1882
Hollywood Awards® Gala
433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
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"The Social Network" Cast to be Honored at the Hollywood Awards Gala
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Douglas Urbanski and Rooney Mara to receive the "Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award"at the Hollywood Awards Gala
Hollywood, CA, October 18, 2010. The 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce that the Cast of David Fincher's "The Social Network," Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Douglas Urbanski and Rooney Mara, will be recognized at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony with the "Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award."
The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala.
Previously announced honorees for this year's Hollywood Awards Gala include: Sean Penn for the "Humanitarian Award"; Sylvester Stallone for the "Career Achievement Award"; Annette Bening for the "Actress Award"; Robert Duvall for the "Actor Award"; Helena Bonham Carter for the "Supporting Actress Award"; Sam Rockwell for the "Supporting Actor Award"; Zach Galifianakis for the "Comedy Actor Award"; Andrew Garfield for the "Breakthrough Actor Award"; Mia Wasikowska for the "Breakthrough Actress Award"; Jennifer Lawrence for the "New Hollywood Award"; Morgan Freeman and Lorie McCreary for the "Innovator Award"; Danny Boyle and Chris Colson for the "Producer Award"; Tom Hooper for the "Director Award"; Aaron Sorkin for the "Screenwriter Award"; Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 3" and director Lee Unkrich for the "Animation Award"; Hans Zimmer for "Film Composer Award"; Wally Pfister for "Cinematographer Award"; Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for the "Editor Award"; Paramount Pictures' "Iron Man 2" and visual effects supervisors Ben Snow and Janek Sirrs for the "Visual Effects Award"; and Robert Stromberg for "Production Designer Award."
ABOUT JESSE EISENBERG
Trained in theater and film, JESSE EISENBERG (Mark Zuckerberg) made his feature film debut in the 2002 independent film "Rodger Dodger," in which he starred opposite Campbell Scott and for which he was nominated for a Gotham Award. For his performance in "The Squid and the Whale" opposite Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels, Eisenberg received nominations for an Independent Spirit Award and a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2009, he starred in "Adventureland" for director Greg Mottola and in "Zombieland" for director Ruben Fleischer. For these films, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Eisenberg has just reteamed with director Ruben Fleischer this summer to shoot the film "30 Minutes or Less," opposite Danny McBride. Eisenberg is also the lead voice of the 20th Century Fox animated film Rio, which will open next year.
ABOUT ANDREW GARFIELD
Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin) is a BAFTA-winning actor. He can currently be seen starring opposite Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go."
Other screen projects include Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"; Spike Jonze's robot love story "I'm Here"; Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs"; Revolution Films' "Red Riding Trilogy" directed by Julian Jarrold; and John Crowley's "Boy A," for which he earned the Best Actor BAFTA in 2008.
Garfield's career began in the theater and in 2006 his performances in "Beautiful Thing," " The Overwhelming and Burn," "Chatroom," and "Citizenship" won him the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards, and the Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer at the Critics Circle Awards. Other notable theatre credits include "Romeo and Juliet" and "Kes," for which he received the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the Manchester Evening News Awards 2004.
Garfield will next star as Peter Parker in the forthcoming "Spider-Man" film, to be directed by Marc Webb.
ABOUT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
In addition to Justin Timberlake's (Sean Parker) multi-platinum album FutureSex/LoveSounds, which produced four consecutive #1 singles, and his critically acclaimed 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow tour, along with multiple Grammy Awards, he has recently garnered acclaim as an actor for a variety of work in both comedy and drama. Timberlake starred in Universal's crime drama "Alpha Dog," co-starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone. He also starred alongside Christina Ricci and Samuel L. Jackson in "Black Snake Moan," for director Craig Brewer. In the summer of 2007, he voiced a lead role in DreamWorks' "Shrek the Third." Timberlake also joined Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mandy Moore in "Southland Tales."
He most recently appeared in the independent film "The Open Road" with Jeff Bridges, Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, and Kate Mara, and will be heard in the upcoming animated feature film, "Yogi Bear." Timberlake will also star in the Screen Gems film "Friends With Benefits" and the Columbia Pictures comedy "Bad Teacher," both due in 2011.
ABOUT ARMIE HAMMER
Armie Hammer plays the role of Cameron Winklevoss in Columbia Pictures "The Social Network." He also starred in "Flicka" starring Tim McGraw and Maria Bello, Rigoberto Castaneda's "Blackout, " and Ryan Shiraki's "Spring Breakdown" also starring Amy Poehler. In addition, Hammer has starred as a recurring character on CW's Gossip Girl and ABC's Reaper.
ABOUT MAX MINGHELLA
Max Minghella plays the role of Divya Narendra in "The Social Network." He is currently filming Chris Gorak's "The Darkest Hour," which also stars Emile Hirsch and Beeban Kidron' "Hippie Hippie Shake" co-starring Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller. His past credits include Alejandro Amenabar's "Agora" co-starring Rachel Weisz; Robert B. Weide's "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" also starring Megan Fox; Will Geiger's "Elvis and Anabelle" co-starring Blake Lively; Terry Zwigoff's "Art School Confidential"; Stephen Gaghan's "Syriana" co-starring George Clooney and Matt Damon; and Scott McGehee's "Bee Season" also starring Richard Gere and Kate Bosworth.
ABOUT JOSH PENCE
Josh Pence stars as Tyler Winklevoss in David Fincher's "The Social Network." He is currently in production on Giovanni Zelko's "The Algerian." Pence's previous credits include Ian McCrudden's "The Things We Carry"; Neema Barnette's "Super Sweet 16: The Movie"; and Kevin Porter's short film "Wish."
ABOUT BRENDA SONG
Brenda Song stars as Christy in "The Social Network." She is currently working on Richard Bowen's Little Sister and Chris Stokes' Boogie Town. Her past credits include Roger Kumble?s College Road Trip; John Schultz's Like Mike co-starring Lil Bow Wow; Andy Cadiff's Leave It To Beaver; and John Murlowski's Santa with Muscles starring Hulk Hogan. Song also has done extensive work in television including her role as London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Suite Life on Deck.
ABOUT RASHIDA JONES
Rashida Jones stars as Marylin Delpy in "The Social Network." She is currently working on David Frankel's "The Big Year" co-starring Jim Parsons and Owen Wilson, and Jesse Peretz's "My Idiot Brother" co-starring Zooey Deschanel and Paul Rudd. Her past credits include Kevin Smith's "Cop Out" starring Bruce Willis; John Hamburg's "I Love You, Man," co-starring Paul Rudd; John Krasinski's "Brief Interviews" with "Hideous Men"; Tracey Hecht's "Life in Flight"; Nick Hurran's "Little Black Book" co-starring Brittany Murphy and Holly Hunter; and Jennifer Derwingson's "Roadside Assistance."
ABOUT DOUGLAS URBANSKI
Douglas Urbanski stars as Larry Summers in "The Social Network."
ABOUT ROONEY MARA
Rooney Mara stars as Erica Albright in "The Social Network." Mara landed her first lead role in the film "Tanner Hall, "starring Amy Sedaris and Tom Everett Scott. She appeared in the comedy "Youth in Revolt, " starring Michael Cera and directed by Miguel Arteta. Mara also appeared in the 2009 independent film "Dare as Courtney." She also filmed "The Winning Season," starring Emma Roberts and Sam Rockwell. Mara starred in "A Nightmare on Elm Street," a 2010 remake of the 1984 horror film of the same name. In October 2009, Mara shot the independent feature "Kaboom, " written and directed by Gregg Araki. In August 2010, she won the role of Lisbeth Salander over several other actresses in the upcoming Sony Pictures film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy."
The festival and awards will mark their return on October 20 for a week long series of screenings, competitions and awards. The Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 25, 2010.
The festival and awards presenter is Starz Entertainment, LLC, a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 15.8 million and 28.2 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and VongoSM. Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.
Contact: 1.310.288.1882
Hollywood Awards® Gala
433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
info@hollywoodawards.com
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Review: "Shrek the Third" is Disappointing
Shrek the Third (2007)
Running time: 93 minutes (1 hour, 33 minutes)
MPAA – PG for some crude humor, suggestive content, and swashbuckling action
DIRECTOR: Chris Miller with Raman Hui
WRITERS: Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman and Chris Miller & Aron Warner
PRODUCER: Aron Warner
EDITOR: Michael Andrews
ANIMATION/COMEDY/FANTASY/ACTION/FAMILY
Starring: (voices) Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Ruper Everett, Justin Timberlake, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Sedaris, John Krasinski, Larry King, Susanne Blakeslee, and Ian McShane
Smelly ogre Shrek (Mike Myers) returns in Shrek the Third, and finds himself in a bit of a fix. When he married Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), he never realized that the union would put him in line to become the next King of Far, Far Away, so when his father-in-law, King Harold (John Cleese), dies, Shrek and Fiona are facing the very real possibility of being the new King and Queen.
Determined to remain an ordinary ogre and return to his peaceful life in the swamp, Shrek sets off with reliable pals Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) on a long journey to find Fiona’s long lost cousin, Artie (Justin Timberlake), an underachieving high school slacker. Making the rebellious Artie accept the throne proves to be a bigger challenge than Shrek suspected.
Meanwhile, Shrek’s old nemesis, Prince Charming (Rupert Everett), has returned to Far, Far Away with an army composed of some of classic fairytales most infamous villains, including Captain Hook (Ian McShane) and his crew and the Evil Queen (Susanne Blakeslee) from “Snow White.” It’s up to Fiona and her band of princesses: Cinderella (Amy Sedaris), Rapunzel (Maya Rudolph), Sleeping Beauty (Cheri Oteri), Snow White (Amy Poehler) and, of course, Doris (Larry King), to fight until Shrek and crew return to the country for the final battle with Charming.
Considering the box office success of Shrek and Shrek 2 and the fact that they were actually very good films, Shrek the Third’s mediocrity is shocking. It’s only mildly amusing, and there’s nothing distinguishing about the animation, which actually looks really bad (in terms of character movement and design) in several places. There are too many characters, and not enough of Eddie Murphy’s Donkey who is every bit the star of this franchise that Mike Myers’ Shrek is. Any future installments need a significant overhaul because Shrek the Third looks like the franchise is showing tired, old legs.
5 of 10
C+
Saturday, June 09, 2007
NOTES:
2008 BAFTA Awards: 1 nomination: “Best Animated Film” (Chris Miller)
Friday, February 12, 2010
Review: "Black Snake Moan" Shameless and Sultry
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Opening date: Friday, March 2, 2007
Running time: 118 minutes (1 hour, 58 minutes)
MPAA – R for strong sexual content, language, some violence, and drug use
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Craig Brewer
PRODUCERS: John Singleton and Stephanie Allain
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Amelia Vincent, ASC
EDITOR: Billy Fox, A.C.E.
DRAMA/MUSIC
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cochran, David Banner, and Michael Raymond-James
From the writer/director of the Academy Award-winning Hustle & Flow
, Craig Brewer, comes the new film, Black Snake Moan. Named after a Blind Lemon Jefferson
song (“black snake” was the darkness coming over him), the film follows an embittered black man and a loose white woman coming together for some healing. In spite of the title, this pulp fiction is a blues-drenched tale featuring the kind of ordinary poor folks who stay out of sight and out of mind in our pop culture, but their pain and longing is familiar.Blues musician Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) finds a white girl: half naked, beaten unconscious, and left for dead on the side of a road near his house. After taking her in, Lazarus learns that the young woman’s name is Rae (Christina Ricci) and that she is the town tramp from the small Tennessee town where they live. Lazarus nurses Rae back to health, but also decides to cure Rae of her wicked ways. He chains her to his radiator in an attempt to get her to slow down and contemplate the future. Desperate to resume her wicked ways of sex and drugs, Rae offers her body to Lazarus if he sets her free. He won’t, and she’s unrepentant. Now, who breaks first?
With the dark, throbbing beat of north Mississippi blues and Scott Bomar’s aching score behind it, Black Snake Moan
is a sensational film about sin, redemption, and human imperfection. It glorifies nothing, but proudly says that “it is what it is.” The movie is as odd as many classic 70’s exploitation films. Moan’s characters are like real people. They are fallen and sin often, but they certainly have a God-given right to redemption – to seek it and to attain it.Brewer’s scandalous and audacious concept aside, he’s smart enough to write inventive, unique scenarios set in poor, rural communities, but even smarter to allow his actors to take these impoverished characters, setting, and plot to bring out the richness of their lives. Samuel L. Jackson is a dangerous, dark, bitter chocolate soul as Lazarus, who is righteous and is nursing a need to get some male vengeance. Christina Ricci is outrageous as Rae, a former abused child beset by a relentless, urgent demon that gives her a hard lust for copulation. Both make outrageous characters familiar because at their core, they just want honest love and friendship just as we all do.
In fact, the supporting cast is quite good. Justin Timberlake as Rae’s soldier boyfriend, Ronnie, shows a felicity for emotion and vulnerability; he reveals so much of the character in his eyes and through his emotive facial expressions. John Cothran as the Lazarus’ preacher friend, R.L., makes a nice God-fearing balance to Lazarus.
Brewer and his director of photography, Amelia Vincent, compose the film is a very deliberate fashion. This unconventional film is shot in a precise manner, which grounds the story and gives it an air of authenticity and realism. In the end, Black Snake Moan’s classical look allows the viewer to focus on this peculiar drama. By skillfully directing his cast and getting the best of his creative staff, Craig Brewer, makes the audacious, the unacceptable, and the forbidden palatable. The blues soundtrack and bluesy score also parallels the film’s intense yearnings and longings. You might find yourself laughing, but this tale of love, betrayal, sex, and liberation from pain is unforgettable because at the heart of the scandal is a familiar tale of wounded humanity.
8 of 10
A
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
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