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DIED. Miguel (Anga) Diaz, 45, considered the finest conga virtuoso of his generation, who energized genres from jazz to traditional Cuban standards with his battering five-drum technique; of a heart attack; in Sant Sadurni d'Anoia, Spain. A player on the 1997 trilogy of albums of Cuban maestros that launched the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon, Diaz became a force on the British label World Circuit, which last year released his album Echu Mingua, an electrifying mélange of West African music, hip-hop and riffs on jazz classics...
...and…found this timeless combination that hasn’t been thought of before,” he says.Lee first got his hands on the script after it had been floating in Hollywood purgatory for several years. The project was initially attached to Gus Van Sant (“Elephant”) and various other directors, but ultimately failed to get made. In 2003, Lee approached producer James Schamus and started the production gears into motion. The film’s meticulous attention to the minutiae of bucolic Western life was no small feat for the filmmakers...
Drive into almost any town in Spain, and you'll see road signs pointing to restaurants and hotels. But if you arrive in Sant Celoni, just north of Barcelona, seeking one of the finest restaurants in the country, you'll be out of luck. The place is tucked away on a narrow street off the main square; most of the townsfolk are familiar with it but may be scant help if your Spanish is so lame that you confuse the words nombre and número...
...show couch, you probably can't open a movie.) He accepts that without anger. "I never wanted to be a salesman," Phoenix says. "It's not what I do." Luckily for him, there are directors who recognize the difference between an interesting interview and an interesting actor. Gus Van Sant (To Die For), Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and M. Night Shyamalan (Signs, The Village) all fought to cast him in crucial supporting roles, and on Nov. 18, Phoenix will finally get to show what he can do with a movie on his shoulders. In Walk the Line, he plays and sings...
...from the Pantheon, you can fuel up on the world's greatest espresso (and people watching) at Sant' Eustachio (Piazza Sant' Eustachio 82). Or walk around the market at Campo dei Fiori and the surrounding twisty streets, as well as the extremely lively Trastevere neighborhood...