Word: singing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...back in November, sweeping the dust from that musical massacre off of his electronic toys, and taking them all to Yale for Spring Fling. And oh, the alternative hip hop group N*E*R*D ("No-one Ever Really Dies." Um, yeah) is also coming. Any group that can sing the line "Her ass is a spaceship I want to ride" with a straight face must be a good...
...Putting on glasses, even the Ray-Ban type now handed out in theaters, does not remove barriers to the appreciation of movies (as director Peter Jackson insists); it is a barrier. Imagine the popular resistance to the first talkies if audiences had to don headsets to hear Al Jolson sing "Swanee." What would the odds on the success of three-strip Technicolor have been if people had to wear specs to see Gone With the Wind or The Wizard of Oz, or the 99% of movies now shown in color? The history of mass entertainment is to make consumption easier...
...What I call ‘cinécriture.’ The choices you make about what you choose as images, how long you show them—do you use a traveling shot or a still shot? Do you want people to speak, be silent, or to sing?” Varda’s instincts are greatly influenced by the reality of the images as she experiences them—both as a human being and as a filmmaker.While Varda’s work is diverse and prolific, ranging from feature films and documentaries to short chronicles...
...York City until her late teens - Noa (whose real name is Achinoam Nini) has spent her career using music to bridge the boundaries between Arabs and Jews. "I've always worked with Arab singers - from places like Lebanon and Algeria - but this is the first time we will sing together in a common language," says the folksy singer-songwriter, who has performed with the likes of Sheryl Crow and Sting. "Music offers a platform for messages I believe in, and it's a platform that must be taken advantage of." (See pictures from the recent Grammys...
...after first being chosen to represent Israel solo, insisted that Awad accompany her to Moscow. The move provoked almost immediate attack from both Israeli Jewish and Arab groups. Awad, who is originally from Israel's northern Galilee region, was criticized by Arab-Israeli cultural figures for agreeing to sing on Israel's behalf at the height of its offensive in Gaza. The usually dovish Noa, meanwhile, came under fire for calling upon Gazans to rid their coastal territory of Hamas control. "I understood the feeling behind these critics, but there was no way I would step down," says Awad. "Eurovision...