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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor“Bread and Salt,” which has been selected for Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section, has debuted its trailer. The film has been picked up by IKH Pictures Promotion for world sales.The film, the feature debut by director Damian Kocur, follows talented pianist Tymek, a student of the Warsaw Academy of Music, who returns to his home town for a vacation, a place where time has stood still. The central meeting point for local youth is the newly created kebab bar.

Chris Martin made a surprise appearance at a local pub on Sunday despite his 'hangover' after playing at Glastonbury.   The lead singer and pianist of Coldplay, 45, showed off his talents as he played Sky Full of Stars, from the 2014 album Ghost Stories, at the The Stag Inn, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath.

Jon Burlingame editorArtie Kane, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer of film scores including “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and “Eyes of Laura Mars,” died Tuesday at his home on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, Wash.

A stage adaptation of The Pianist, based on the Władysław Szpilman memoir that was the source of the Oscar-nominated 2002 film, is being developed by director Emily Mann with an eye toward Broadway. An industry reading is set for New York City this month with Tony Award winner Santino Fontana (Tootsie) starring as Szpilman.

Louis C.K. revealed today via his website that he’s directed a new indie titled Fourth of July, calling on his fan base to advocate for as wide of a theatrical release as is possible.

Rap and pianist duo Flintz & T4ylor gave “Britain’s Got Talent” everything the judges look for with their “absolutely perfect audition.”

Rammstein have announced that they will have pianists opening for them on their upcoming stadium tours.Two sets of piano players, Duo Jatekok and Duo Abélard, are set to support the band’s shows in both Europe and North America. View the full tour itinerary below.The news follows the release of the German band’s eighth album, ‘Zeit’, which was released last month.

Demi Moore and her daughter Scout Willis spent some quality time together at the museum just days after Scout and the rest of her siblings announced Bruce Willis’ illness. The two posed beside pianist Alex Koo in front of a beautiful cherry blossom painting.

Zack Sharf Hans Zimmer paused a concert at London’s O2 Arena this week to honor a Ukrainian pianist who stood defiant in the face of an impending Russian air raid by playing the main theme of Zimmer’s “Inception” (officially titled “Time”) on a piano in the street. Video of the pianist’s performance was uploaded to social media by National Geographic photographer John Stanmeyer.“When bomb sirens began, police asked everyone to move inside the railway station,” Stanmeyer wrote in a caption accompanying the video. “Alex [@alexpian_official] wouldn’t stop, playing his piano louder against the air raid warning.

Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer stopped a concert at London’s O2 Arena this week to highlight a moment of beauty amid the ongoing terror on the streets of Ukraine.

Willie Nelson’s sister and original bandmate has died.

Willie Nelson's sister and bandmate, Bobbie Nelson, has died. She was 91. Bobbie, who was a pianist, singer and a member of the band Willie Nelson and Family, passed away Thursday morning, "peacefully and surrounded by family." "Her elegance, grace, beauty and talent made this world a better place.

Bobbie Lee Nelson, the pianist, singer and older sister of Willie Nelson, has died at the age of 91.

Dario Argento’s Berlin Film Festival Special Gala entry Dark Glasses plays out almost like a parody of his earlier work. Co-written with Franco Ferrini, it’s a lurid giallo about a killer slaughtering women in contemporary Rome. It lacks the suspense and style of Argento’s work in the 70s and 80s, while repeating various themes. 

Adrien Brody is joining the cast.

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Toni Cornell, daughter of the late Chris Cornell, belted out a moving cover of “Nothing Compares 2 U” on Thursday’s “Tonight Show”.

Kim Kardashian was not impressed as her daughter North filmed her live in bed on TikTok.

Brad Pitt is teaming with French producer Damien Quintard to revive Miraval Studios, located at the Château Miraval in Correns, France. A major renovation, overseen and planned by Miraval co-owner Pitt and Quintard, will see the recording studio reopen in summer 2022.

Kim Kardashian is pulling out all the stops for her kids this Christmas holiday.

Kim Kardashian is sparing no expense to ensure her children enjoy the musical magic of Christmas.

“Street of Dreams,” Bill Charlap Trio (Blue Note Records)Jazz pianist Bill Charlap opens his trio’s latest album with four bars of shifting quarter-note chords, the reliable pulse a compelling contrast to the unpredictable colors he creates.The final tune settles into a slow, stalking rhythm, and after a closing contribution from Charlap’s left hand and a witty hesitation, the combo comes down hard on the final downbeat, sticking the landing with a satisfying splash.From start to finish, “Street

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China’s capital Beijing say famed international pianist Li Yundi is a suspect in a prostitution case.A message on the force’s microblog said a suspect had been placed in administrative detention and an investigation opened on Thursday involving a woman identified by her surname Chen and a man named as “Li di," with the first part of his personal name deleted as is standard in police cases.The post was followed by another message depicting a piano keyboard and the words “one must definitely see

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Liza Foreman Crossing borders under difficult circumstances has always been part of the deal for spies. But getting your cast and crew to do the same, during times of COVID, also became part of the suspense in completing the first two episodes of the Amazon Prime show “Totems,” which premiered at Canneseries TV festival this week.

Max Roach staging a rival event in protest at the perceived commerciality of Wein’s booking policy, which included the likes of Chuck Berry, Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra. Nothing, though, was as ill-advised as Wein’s attempt to incorporate rock bands like Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers and Sly & the Family Stone, causing riots and gatecrashers.

Angelique Jackson Deon and Roxanne Avent Taylor’s Hidden Empire Film Group is set to produce and finance “The Daryl Davis Project” alongside Misha Collins, Trish Hofmann, Victoria Vantoch, Philip Schneider and two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank.The new project tells the true story of Daryl Davis (pictured above), a Black pianist who uses music to forge unlikely friendships with members of the KKK with the mission to turn their hearts away from an allegiance to white supremacy.

iOS - Android From this, his Facebook friend Peter Seivewright, an international classical concert pianist, noticed and heard the anthem and having too experienced three sudden deaths of friends contacted Duncan with regard to hosting a concert entitled ‘Concert for Absent Friends’.Duncan explained: "Peter is an international classical concert pianist who has recorded numerous CDs and has been a professor of music.

Jessica Kiang In the pantheon of notoriously unavailable films, Jerry Lewis’ “The Day the Clown Cried” occupies a special plinth: Its outline — a circus clown is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp where he cheers up Jewish children before being forced to lead them to their doom — makes it one of the few movies to have been suppressed purely on the grounds of “yikes.” It is perhaps unfair to compare it with “Freaks Out,” the second film from Italian director Gabriele Mainetti (“They Call Me

coronavirus pandemic with a gala concert featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra on Oct. 6.Carnegie has not had a performance since March 13, 2020.The gala will be led Philadelphia Orchestra music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and will feature pianist Yuja Wang, Carnegie announced Thursday.The program includes Valerie Coleman's “Seven O’Clock Shout,” commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra to honor frontline workers and celebrate human connection; Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No.

Kelly Clarkson is doing things her way with a cover of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”.

XXIM Records – the new imprint of Sony Music’s Masterworks label that seeks to work with “experimental artists in genres such as neo-classical, post-rock and ambient” – has announced another signing in the form of Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli, who has enjoyed streaming success over the last year with tracks like ‘Silent Dusk’ and ‘Ambro’.Confirming the new signing, Alexander Buhr, Senior VP of International A&R at Masterworks/XXIM, says: “We are very happy to welcome Olivia to our

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Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson’s legendary career is being celebrated in a Heritage Minute.