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"Getting Better": A Playlist for President Obama on the Anniversary of Election Day

3 November 2009 9:40 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Rome wasn't built in a day, and apparently the United States won't be completely rebuilt in a year either. But here's to things at least "Getting Better." Getting Better - The Beatles This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson Wishin' And Hopin' - Dusty Springfield Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer New Year's Day - U2 Clocks - Coldplay Let's Stay Together - Al Green Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson Welcome To The Future - Brad Paisley The New Year - Death Cab For Cutie I'll Wait - Van Halen Walk On Water - Neil Diamond Celtic New Year - Van Morrison It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees Promises, Promises - Dionne Warwick Good Year For The Roses - George Jones Red Letter Year - Ani Difranco Happy New Year - »

- David Wild

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How to Make Indiana Jones V; Dazed and Confused Update

22 June 2009 10:17 AM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

It’s Alive! Indy Five Frank Marshall, who was probably the most whip-cracking producer on the set of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, tells British movie rag Empire that the team is gearing up to make a fifth installment in the cliffhanger series. This bit of news is nicely in keeping with a bloggy hunch that appeared on this site about a year and a half ago. Marshall says no script is in place — but, I ask you, when has that ever stopped a real man from making a motion picture? Now the fans can start moaning. To you and me and Chester down the block, the whole Indiana Jones series is not much more than a pleasant way to spend some time in a dark theater with a monster bucket of popcorn giving you a salty lapdance as you drink in some chases and maybe »

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Film News: The Lance Armstrong Biopic / Faris, Applegate, and Pohler as Chpmunks / Runaways Begins Filming / Teaser Trailer for the Michael Moore Bailout Documentary (Well Sort of)

15 June 2009 12:04 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Matt Damon is currently in talks to star in the long awaited Lance Armstrong bio pic from director Frank Marshall.   The project had been in had been in the works for years with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star at one time.  And as far back as the summer of 2005 the film crew captured Armstrong’s seventh Tour de France victory, hoping to include the footage in the final film.  The director promises the film “won’t be a puff piece.”  Its adapted Armstrong’s best selling autobiography “It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life.”  Frank Marshall is more known for being a highly successful producer for such films as Raiders of the Lost Ark and more recently the Oscar winning The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  This will be his fifth film as a director in a filmography that includes other true life stories such as 2006’s Eight Below and 1993’s Alive. »

- Anthony Nichols

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Gonzalo Arijon: "It's About Miracles"

28 April 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | GreenCine | See recent GreenCine news »

By David D'Arcy

"Because the story has already been told in Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, the 1974 best seller by Piers Paul Read, and retold in its 1993 screen adaptation starring Ethan Hawke, why again?" asks Stephen Holden in the New York Times. "The short answer is that in [Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains], all 16 of the survivors, now middle-aged, tell the story in their own words." And Salon's Andrew O'Hehir finds the resulting film "intimate, terrifying and positively riveting... One way of explaining Stranded is that [director Gonzalo] Arijon's after not just the objective facts of what happened and when, which are dramatic enough, but also the subjective reality, the psychological and physiological desolation of the experience."

David D'Arcy talks with Arijon about why he's retelling a well-known tale.

Stranded is now out on DVD. »

- dwhudson

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"Doubt" - Blu-ray review. Bonus features are limited as would be expected but extremely intuitive.

7 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

"Doubt" Blu-ray Reviewby Peter Dimako, Editor     The “Doubt” Blu-ray review. By Peter Dimako, Editor“Doubt” is a powerfully acted drama which moves along at a good pace considering the heavy material, making the film easy to watch. John Patrick Shanley returns to the helm after an eighteen year hiatus; his last film “Joe vs. The Volcano” was on the opposite side of the genre spectrum; an adventurous comedy with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The director helms and adapts the screenplay based on his own play.Meryl Streep undoubtedly dominates the screen, overpowering Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams’ performances. Oscar®-nominated for her part, Streep stars as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun known for her fear-driven, stern running of the St. Nicholas School in the Bronx. It’s 1964, a time of change and the school has accepted its first black student in Donald Miller (Joseph Foster).Father Brendan Flynn »

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Plant & Krauss Are The King And Queen Of The Grammys

8 February 2009 11:40 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Former Led Zeppelin star Robert Plant and his new performance partner Alison Krauss were the toast of the 51st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night after claiming a fistful of honours.The duo picked up awards for Album of The Year, Record of The Year, Best Pop Collaboration, Best Country Collaboration and Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.

Lil Wayne, who was the most nominated artist at this year's Grammys, took home three prizes and a share of the Best Rap Performance for a Duo or Group for Swagga Like Us with Jay-z, T.I. and Kanye West.

Coldplay were also triple winners, claiming Song of The Year, Best Rock Album and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.

Double winners included Metallica, Al Green, Daft Punk, gospel star Kirk Franklin, Brad Paisley and Peter Gabriel and composer Thomas Newman, who won honours for their work on the Wall-e soundtrack.

Neil Diamond, the Four Tops, Dean Martin and music mogul Clive Davis were among those honoured with special awards during the ceremony.

The night was a star-studded affair - with more performers than ever before hitting the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the event.

Highlights included Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift's duet on the country star's 15, Jennifer Hudson's stirring rendition of Diane Warren's You Pulled Me Through - backed by a gospel choir, the Jonas Brothers' collaboration with Stevie Wonder, Coldplay's performance with rapper Jay-z and Lil Wayne and Robin Thicke's rousing tribute to New Orleans with Terence Blanchard and Allen Toussaint.

Rockers U2 kicked off the 51st Grammys with new song Get on Your Boots and heavily-pregnant M.I.A., who was due to give birth on Sunday, performed Paper Planes/Swagga Like Us with rappers Lil Wayne, Jay-z, T.I. and Kanye West. »

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And the 51st Annual Grammy Winners Are ...

8 February 2009 5:00 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

"The Insider" has the updated list of the 51st Annual Grammy Award winners as they come in! See the winners names below underlined. For recordings released during the Eligibility Year: October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008: Record Of The Year -Chasing Pavements/Adele -Viva La Vida/Coldplay -Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis -Paper Planes/M.I.A -Please Read The Letter/Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Album Of The Year -Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends/Coldplay -Tha Carter III/Lil Wayne -Year Of The Gentleman/Ne-Yo -Raising Sand/Robert Plant & Alison Krauss -In Rainbows/Radiohead Song Of The Year -American Boy/William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters (Estelle) -Chasing Pavements/Adele Adkins & Eg White, songwriters (Adele) -I'm Yours/Jason Mraz, songwriter (Jason Mraz) -Love Song/Sara Bareilles, songwriter (Sara Bareilles) -Viva La Vida/Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, »

- TheInsider

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2009 | 2008

7 articles from 2009

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