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About Half of U.S. TV Stations Ready for DTV
Approximately 56 percent of full-power television broadcasters are ready for the February 2009 digital television transition, while 41 percent are still working to meet their goals, according to a Thursday report from the Federal Communications Commission. Of the 1,798 broadcast stations in the country, 1,002 have completed the necessary work and need only turn off their ...
The Spring Standards Get Conan on Friday
No Label? No Publisher? No Problem. Conan O'Brien Performance Confirmed for The Spring Standards, This Friday The Spring Standards are proud to announce their national television debut for this Friday night, August 29th, on NBC-TV's Late Night with Conan O'Brien. An independent band in virtually every sense of the word (no label, no publisher, etc,) The ...
Woodstock: Rock's Famous Fest Heads to the Big Screen
Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, The Ice Storm) and his producer partner James Schamus are dialing back to 1969 in their current project Taking Woodstock. Based on a true story, Demetri Martin stars as interior designer Elliot Tiber, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in Woodstock when he offered his family's Catskills hotel to organizers ...
The Lost Art of Glamour
Kobal Foundation celebrity photos capture eternal glamour. Santa Barbara Museum of Art displays some of the best portrait photography from Hollywood's Golden Age. FROM THE time he was a schoolboy, John Kobal was in love with Hollywood. He longed to become a part of it, and eventually he did -- by befriending faded movie ...
American Idol Gets New Judge
It's a girl! When American Idol premieres in January, there will be a fourth judge seated at the judge's table: Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi, Fox announced on Monday. DioGuardi will use her background as a songwriter and producer to praise or critique the contestants throughout the competition, according to a press release. The eighth season of ...
Summer of "Love of Don Ellis" Film Tour 2008
Electric Heart Screenings include: Moondance International Film Festival (August 29 - September 1st) Boulder, Colorado Screenings date: Saturday, August 30th. The 51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival (September 20th, 5:30pm Jazz Theater - Monterey, California (Music with Milcho Leviev, Screening & Discussion). Earshot Jazz Festival (October 18 - November 9) Screening dates: November 1 & 3. Northwest ...
Jack White Talks Bond Theme Collaboration with Alicia Keys
Jack White has finally given some insight into his James Bond theme collaboration with Alicia Keys. Discussing Another Way to Die, the theme for the upcoming Quantum of Solace, After a couple of years of wanting to collaborate with Alicia Keys, it took James Bond himself to finally make it happen. Alicia put some electric energy ...
Clint Eastwood Make's His Day Keeping Jazz Alive!
Last week, I happened to view for the 20th time the film “Bird." In case you have yet to see this film, it is a brief biography about one of the most prolific jazz musicians in history, Charles “Yardbird" Parker, aka “Bird." Parker's life was one of ups and downs, so I imagine it was difficult ...
Jazz and Film Animation: A Brief, Sketchy History
Film animation married to jazz improvisation goes back to the 1930s and the advent of sound films. This collaboration of the cartoon figure Betty Boop and the real Louis Armstrong is one of the most famous early examples. Social sensitivity was not a consideration.I n 1949, the art advanced--or at least changed--dramatically when two Canadians, ...
Anita O'Day "Jazz on a Summer's Day"
Review: Jazz on a Summer's Day PLOT One of the pre-eminent women of jazz, captured through her music and her reflections on a turbulent, rigorously honest life. CAST Anita O'Day, Johnny Mandel, Annie Ross LENGTH 1:31 PLAYING AT Cinema Village, Manhattan BOTTOM LINE Swinging, satisfying portrait of a woman who was among ...
