Steve McQueen's superb drama about slavery is a dead cert for the people's choice award, while Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Radcliffe and Benedict Cumberbatch are everywhere you look
Real-life drama came to Toronto last week. A desperate man rang 911. He was a critic, he explained, calling from a cinema lobby. The emergency? A man seated near him in the screening was continuing to text, despite being asked to stop. The fallout was felt all over town. Who's the worst offender – the egotist who refuses to be uncontactable for a couple of hours, or the man who thinks being distracted by a faint glow in row F amounts to a life-or-death situation. But the story was revealing. For there's something about the Toronto film festival that can make regular Joes mistake themselves for big shots, players in a melodrama in which overheated emotions are de rigueur and drastic actions only appropriate.
Real-life drama came to Toronto last week. A desperate man rang 911. He was a critic, he explained, calling from a cinema lobby. The emergency? A man seated near him in the screening was continuing to text, despite being asked to stop. The fallout was felt all over town. Who's the worst offender – the egotist who refuses to be uncontactable for a couple of hours, or the man who thinks being distracted by a faint glow in row F amounts to a life-or-death situation. But the story was revealing. For there's something about the Toronto film festival that can make regular Joes mistake themselves for big shots, players in a melodrama in which overheated emotions are de rigueur and drastic actions only appropriate.
- 9/16/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Greetings New Music Mix Readers. You may have noticed I took a brief hiatus from my bi-weekly roundups. Well this past month I participated in a show on MTV that will be airing this summer. Check back on AfterElton.com once it airs as I’ll be recapping my experience and filling you all in on the inside gossip.
On February 28th, I had the chance to catch Lady Gaga and Scissor Sisters in Chicago at the United Center on Gaga’s second North American leg of her Monster Ball Tour. I must say that if you have the chance to go see her perform, take it. She is undoubtedly one of the best entertainers of our time.
While this was my second time catching a Lady Gaga performance it was my first Scissor Sisters one. In the last year I’ve become an ever-increasing fan of the sexiness that...
On February 28th, I had the chance to catch Lady Gaga and Scissor Sisters in Chicago at the United Center on Gaga’s second North American leg of her Monster Ball Tour. I must say that if you have the chance to go see her perform, take it. She is undoubtedly one of the best entertainers of our time.
While this was my second time catching a Lady Gaga performance it was my first Scissor Sisters one. In the last year I’ve become an ever-increasing fan of the sexiness that...
- 3/15/2011
- by Davis Mallory
- The Backlot
For those of you hoping that Abba’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would provide a reunion, you are sadly out of luck. Only two of the iconic disco group are attending the ceremony, and only one, Benny Andersson says he’ll perform, and probably just some piano. Darn – this is a place I’d approve of a sequined tuxedo jacket.
Google inches ever closer to ending censorship of searches in China, even as the government there makes threats about the consequences. This is like a game of chicken from a 1950s movie.
Betty White is on a role! err ... roll. Fresh from booking a Saturday Night Live hosting gig May 8, she’s now got a guest starring role on the least of ABC’s Wednesday night comedies, The Middle. She’ll be playing a cranky librarian, and I will be watching.
Need something to get your blood boiling?...
Google inches ever closer to ending censorship of searches in China, even as the government there makes threats about the consequences. This is like a game of chicken from a 1950s movie.
Betty White is on a role! err ... roll. Fresh from booking a Saturday Night Live hosting gig May 8, she’s now got a guest starring role on the least of ABC’s Wednesday night comedies, The Middle. She’ll be playing a cranky librarian, and I will be watching.
Need something to get your blood boiling?...
- 3/12/2010
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Pavement, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend also on the bill.
By James Montgomery
Jay-z
Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images
Coachella has always been seen as the least traditional of the big U.S. music festivals, and in 2010, they're definitely staying with that sentiment. On Tuesday (January 19), organizers revealed the lineup for this year's Coachella fest — set for April 15-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California — and the bill is topped by three acts you wouldn't necessarily see headlining fests here in the states (except when the Beastie Boys drop out at the last minute): Jay-z, Muse and Gorillaz.
Coachella 2010 Lineup
Joining them are the usual assortment of 'Chella acts, including the prerequisite reunited acts (Pavement, Faith No More), the icons (Thom Yorke, Devo, Sly and the Family Stone), the indie stalwarts (Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Spoon, Mgmt), the hotly tipped buzz acts (Yeasayer,...
By James Montgomery
Jay-z
Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images
Coachella has always been seen as the least traditional of the big U.S. music festivals, and in 2010, they're definitely staying with that sentiment. On Tuesday (January 19), organizers revealed the lineup for this year's Coachella fest — set for April 15-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California — and the bill is topped by three acts you wouldn't necessarily see headlining fests here in the states (except when the Beastie Boys drop out at the last minute): Jay-z, Muse and Gorillaz.
Coachella 2010 Lineup
Joining them are the usual assortment of 'Chella acts, including the prerequisite reunited acts (Pavement, Faith No More), the icons (Thom Yorke, Devo, Sly and the Family Stone), the indie stalwarts (Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Spoon, Mgmt), the hotly tipped buzz acts (Yeasayer,...
- 1/19/2010
- MTV Music News
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