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Phil Spector Documentary to Screen in Hollywood
A new British documentary, The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector, will screen for a week in August at the American Cinematheques Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, where the films director and co-producer, Vikram Jayanti, will be on hand for the opening night on Aug. 19. Jayanti interviewed Spector in depth during his first trial in the ...
A Cloud over Bali's Beautiful Beaches
A documentary about Bali's 'Kuta cowboys,' the young bronzed Indonesian surfers who provide erotic services to female tourists on discreet sex vacations has brought unwelcome attention to Kuta Beach. Amit Virmani was vacationing at Bali's famous Kuta Beach when he met a 12-year-old boy who told him of his unlikely goal: to grow up fast, so ...
NARIP Announces Seminar on How to Market and License Music to Film and TV
The National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP) announced today that they will be holding a seminar on how to market and license music for film and television in San Francisco next week.Tickets cost just $30 for non-NARIP members (members get them for $10 less), and attendees receive things like a model licensing agreement, plus advice ...
Clapton Plucked for Pic
“Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010," a feature drawn from sets at the guitarist's June 26 festival in Chicago's Toyota Park, will unspool as a high-definition theatrical event July 27 on more than 475 U.S. screens. Pic is being presented by National CineMedia Fathom and Rhino Entertainment, Warner Music Group's catalog arm. Clapton records for WMG's Reprise imprint. ...
Copyright Ruling Worries Hollywood
The irony is hard to ignore: Just as Hollywood was hailing a White House plan to fight piracy last week, a federal court was handing down a ruling that many in entertainment see as an invitation to infringe. It's even triggered suggestions that Congress will have to step in if the decision isn't reversed by a ...
'Telling Stories': Spielberg, Lucas, Rockwell
George Lucas' and Steven Spielberg's Norman Rockwell paintings go on show at Smithsonian American Art Museum. The filmmakers discuss the painter's influence in 'Telling Stories.' Early on in Steven Spielberg's 1987 “Empire of the Sun," before the Japanese invasion of Shanghai shatters the privileged world of the movie's young British hero, we see the boy in ...
Viacom Lawsuit Against YouTube Dismissed
Viacom's $1-billion lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement has been dismissed. In a decision issued Wednesday, United States District Court Judge Louis L. Stanton granted YouTube owner Google's motion for summary judgment that it qualifies for “safe harbor" protection under the law. The provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act says that Internet companies are not ...
Sound Gets 3D Upgrade
Mixers and theaters alike moving ahead with upgrades. Iosono's Brian Slack, whose multispeaker system delivers so-called 7.1 sound, calls 5.1. one-dimensional. It's long been a rule of thumb that as moving images improve, sound has to improve with them. And love it or hate it, there's no denying that 3D adds visual information to a projected ...
Bloomberg, WGA West Come Out Against, DGA for Comcast - NBC Deal
Bloomberg LP has officially come out against the merger of cable conglomerate Comcast Corp. with entertainment giant NBC Universal. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, Bloomberg, the financial news service company, warned that a combination of Comcast, the nation's largest broadband and cable provider, with NBC Universal is bad news. ...
The 'Soul' of a Remarkable High School Jazz Band
Anyone compiling a list of the all-time great funk masterminds would inevitably think of names such as James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone. One name that may not come as readily to most is Conrad O. Johnson, band director of the Kashmere Stage Band. As the new documentary “Thunder Soul" makes clear, Johnson and his ...
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