Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, a wealthy arts and fashion patron, friend of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and political benefactor who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to former presidential candidate John Edwards that was used to hide his mistress, died Monday. She was 103. Mellon's family and her longtime personal attorney said she died of natural causes at her beloved 4,000-acre Oak Spring Farms in Virginia's horse country, where she entertained royalty, stars and politicians but from which she rarely ventured. Her death was confirmed by Alexander Forger, her personal attorney for the past 40 years, and her grandson Thomas Lloyd. Mellon lived...
- 3/18/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Britain's most northerly film festival, curated by Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams, is putting the islands back on the map
The latest instalment in our new Festival Radar series is from Amy Liptrot, a writer from the Orkney islands. Take a look at her website here.
Do you know of any festivals that deserve more attention? If so, email adam.boult@guardian.co.uk.
Festival name: Screenplay
Location: Lerwick, Shetland
Date: 31 August – 9 September
About: There cannot be many other film festivals where, between screenings, you can step out of the cinema and watch a seal swimming or a gannet diving. This is the sixth Screenplay festival, but the first in Mareel, a beautiful £12m purpose-built cinema and music venue, which opened (a year and a half later than planned) just days earlier. It is the UK's most northerly arts venue but everything in Shetland is "most northerly", from the...
The latest instalment in our new Festival Radar series is from Amy Liptrot, a writer from the Orkney islands. Take a look at her website here.
Do you know of any festivals that deserve more attention? If so, email adam.boult@guardian.co.uk.
Festival name: Screenplay
Location: Lerwick, Shetland
Date: 31 August – 9 September
About: There cannot be many other film festivals where, between screenings, you can step out of the cinema and watch a seal swimming or a gannet diving. This is the sixth Screenplay festival, but the first in Mareel, a beautiful £12m purpose-built cinema and music venue, which opened (a year and a half later than planned) just days earlier. It is the UK's most northerly arts venue but everything in Shetland is "most northerly", from the...
- 9/21/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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