Saturday, 31 May 2008

Norway film celebrates revival

Norwegian film industry arrives in force in Cannes







Cannes -- The Norwegian film industry has arrived in force in Cannes, riding high on the recent boxoffice surge of local titles and accompanied by an a odd, teepee-like structure now pitched on the lawn outside the Grand Hotel.


The traditional structure -- called a "sami lavvo" in case you're wondering -- is part of a marketing gimmick to promote Nils Gaup's historical saga "The Kautokeino Rebellion," which has been a huge hit at home. But it is also emblematic of a new sense of confidence pouring out of Norway.


The country's three main film financing bodies merged last month to form a single centralized body to divvy up about $60 million in production subsidies every year and Norway's oil-rich government has set ambitious growth targets.


By 2010, Norway wants local films to account for a quarter of the national boxoffice -- up from last year's 16% -- and to double the international sales revenue for Norwegian titles.



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Friday, 30 May 2008

Finance done on 'American Graffiti'-style saga

Film is Patrick Read Johnson's autobiographical indie













CANNES -- The WMA/Hannaywood Ltd.'s Beverly Bridge Fund will complete financing on Patrick Read Johnson's autobiographical indie "77," which chronicles the director's journeys in Hollywood with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.


The film, originally named "5/25/77" after the release date of "Star Wars," is a nostalgic take on the director's encounters with Industrial Light and Magic execs. "Freaks and Geeks" lead John Francis Daley stars.


BBF will provide the film with $200,000 in funding and prep it for a Toronto debut, with sales repped by WMI. "It's an 'American Graffiti'-style film about the people who made 'American Graffitti,'" WMI's Cassian Elwes said.



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Amy Winehouse Desperate For Husband At Glastonbury

Amy Winehouse is hoping that her incarcerated husband Blake Fielder-Civil is released from prison in time for her performance at the Glastonbury Festival.

The beehived singer, who is reportedly jetting off to an Israeli rehab facility in a bid to rid herself of drugs, landed herself a spot at the notoriously muddy festival, playing her set before head-liner Jay-Z.

But Wino won’t enjoy it unless her sweetheart is in the crowd supporting her.

She says: "Please God my Blake will be with me, that's all I'm looking forward to."

Winehouse has also offered an insight into the new material she's recording, telling fans they can expect "pretty much the same".
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T.I. Turns Community Service Into Reality Show

Rapper T.I. is turning his legal woes into a new MTV reality show that will document his life as he completes his community service sentence.
T.I. - real name Clifford Harris - reached a plea deal with prosecutors in March (08) over various illegal weapons charges, stemming from an October (07) incident when he allegedly tried to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers from an undercover agent.
As part of his plea deal, the Bring 'Em Out star was sentenced to one year in prison and a minimum of 1,000 hours of community service.
And now T.I. is set to cash in on his troubles, after music channel MTV agreed to preview eight episodes featuring the star doing his community service stretch before his year-long imprisonment, reports industry publication Variety.
Earlier this month (May08), Harris spoke out about his convictions, insisting the guilty charge had made him re-evaluate his life. He has now adopted an anti-weapons stance, telling fans: "There's nothing cool about going to jail."
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Sarah Ferguson - Fergusons Reality Show Axed

A documentary featuring former British royal SARAH FERGUSON is under threat after one of its main stars was arrested over a suspected drugs death.

Terri Eccles, 24, put her family forward for The Duchess In Hull, a reality TV programme where Ferguson attempts to improve the diet of an unhealthy family living on government-assisted welfare.

But filming for the documentary has been halted after Eccles was questioned by police following the death of an 18-year-old man.

A spokesman for Ferguson - the ex-wife of British royal Prince Andrew - says, "She has been alerted to this terrible situation and has been asked to be kept informed."

Executives at TV network ITV will make a decision on the future of the programme this week (begs28Apr08).




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Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple

Rarely has angst sounded so engaging.
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Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon obtain marriage license in Caribbean

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have made their marriage official—after obtaining a marriage license on the Caribbean island of Eleuthera.
According to marriage requirements for the Bahamas, a couple must be in the country for at least 48 hours, be over the age of 16 and have obtained a valid marriage license within 90 days, Monique Gomez, a Bahamian attorney in Nassau who specializes in family law, tells People magazine.
Carey obtained a license in Eleuthera within that time period.
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Aloe Blacc

Aloe Blacc   
Artist: Aloe Blacc

   Genre(s): 
Rap: Hip-Hop
   


Discography:


Shine Through   
 Shine Through

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 16



Born to Panamanian parents in Los Angeles in 1979, E. Nathaniel Dawkins (aka Aloe Blacc) number one began playing trumpet in elementary shoal, an tool he continued throughout high shoal. There he also independently released Imaginary Friends, produced by DJ Exile, with whom he would go on to form the hip-hop radical Emanon. While at college at USC, though his artistic endeavors were placed behind his pedant goals, Aloe soundless managed to learn how to trifle the guitar and the piano, and after graduating and disbursement some time in the embodied world, he decided to retort to his first base love, music. In 2005 Emanon's full-length debut, The Waiting Room, came out on Shaman Works, and the next year his number one solo record album, Strike Through, a combination of neo-soul and Latin music, was released on Stones Throw.






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