CFM News 2006 Articles
Tuesday October 17, 2006
THE PRESTIGE Premiere
by Suzanne Philips
The
premiere for the new Disney film THE PRESTIGE was held on Tuesday, October
17th at the historic El Capitan theatre on Hollywood Blvd. The film tells
the story of two magicians in Turn of the Century England who engage in a
bitter rivalry. The films stars Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Andy Serkis,
and Piper Perabo were all in attendance. Other stars who came out to support
the film included Jackie Collins, Jon Voight and William Fichtner.
Check out THE PRESTIGE when it opens in the US on October 20th.
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Saturday, September 30, 2006
JOHN CENA AT OLYMPIA 2006 CONVENTION
By Suzanne Philips
LAS VEGAS, NV
Photo Gallery
The 2006 Olympia convention and competition was held this past weekend in
Las Vegas and featured an appearance by WWE champ John Cena. The South Hall
of the Las Vegas Convention Center was invaded by numerous exhibitors from
the fitness industry, including American Body Building (www.americanbodybuilding.com)
whose booth hosted Cena’s appearance. The staff of ABB did a fantastic job
of handling the crowds and managed to be relaxed and pleasant to everyone
despite all of the chaos. More
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WWE/TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX PRESENT
“THE MARINE”
From Twentieth Century Fox:
WWE wrestling SuperStar John Cena makes his motion picture debut in the rugged action thriller THE MARINE. Cena is John Triton, a heroic Marine who returns home after being discharged – against his will – from the war in Iraq. Stateside, he finds himself back in action, when his wife (Kelly Carlson) is kidnapped by a murderous gang led by the merciless Rome (Robert Patrick). With everything on the line, the Marine will stop at nothing to carry out his toughest and most important mission. More
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
by Suzanne Phillips
9:00-10:00 PM CBS
The 7th season of CSI came in with a whimper instead of a bang. The show
opens at a performance of the Cirque de Soleil show "KA", which features
colorfully dressed performers doing complicated wire work set to a dramatic
soundtrack. During the show, a body is found and the CSI's are called in.
Across town, a celebration is in progress for the implosion of Sam Braun's (
Scott Wilson) Rampart casino. After the implosion is completed, a stunned
couple stumbles on the apparent suicide of one of the guests.
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September 12, 2006
Orlando Bloom on Jimmy Kimmel
by Suzanne Phillips
Orlando Bloom appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Show tonight to promote his film
"HAVEN" which is finally being released after being shot a couple of years
ago. Bloom stars in and produced the film, which had it's premiere tonight
in Los Angeles.
Photos and more of the story.
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August 29, 2006
In her newest work, Voice of an Eagle, Joanna Shawana, Ojibwe/Odawa, Eagle Clan shares insight and lends voice to women everywhere; challenging them to speak out and stand up to verbal, physical and sexual abuse in relationships. More
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Hot Tamale Winner of The Boston International Film Festival Indie Spirit Best Picture Award to be released August 29, 2006 on DVD. More
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As NBC TV's hit show 'Deal or No Deal' prepares to launch its second season, model and actor Aubrie Lemon talks about its success to men's lifestyle portal Savvy.com. The Savvy interview features Lemon in a steamy, non-nude pictorial and also discusses her new movie. More
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Miraizon announced today that a Universal Binary version of Cinematize 2 for Macintosh, the DVD Movie Clip Extractor, is now available. This latest version, Cinematize 2.06 also includes additional new features such as preservation of full DVD frame size for MPEG-4 files and the ability to save intermediate files, as well as a few fixes. Cinematize 2.06 is available immediately for purchase from the company's web site. More
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Movie lovers have ready access to their personal movie information wherever they are with the MemVideo? Mobile service. They can track favorite videos, personal ratings, inventory and comments while on the go and even update their emotional impressions while still fresh by Mobile. The MemVideo service is offered free. More
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2nd Annual FAIF International Film Festival
The FAIF International Film Festival in Hollywood issues an industry wide challenge to the major studios for contributions to help fund and support the annual festival and the independent filmmaker community. More
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Prize-Winning
Author Offers Spiritual Hope for all Mankind
World Poet Daniel Lewis Clooney explores his relationship with God in an
inspirational new book, "Toll Free Hot Line to Heaven."
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Gremlins and Balderdash
Casey Pendelton and Whispers
Publishing Announces the Release of the Dark Fantasy/Erotic e-book Gremlins
and Balderdash.
Gremlins and Balderdash explores the attraction of Devlin, a green fairy, to
Duncan, a vampire. More
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Lost Apollo Bars
The line between real life and the fake one depicted on the TV show "Lost" continues to blur. ABC will be passing out Apollo Bars on Aug. 25, Sept.9 and Sept. 19 at the Santa Monica Pier. More
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Stunning Novel Explores how Tribal Heritage Impacts Modern Life
"The Legends of Blue Feather"
by M. E. Williams explores the link between cultural tradition and personal
identity. More
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LA Shorts Fest (World's Largest
Short Indie Film Expo) Showcases Brooks Institute Talent
Two faculty members and two students from Brooks Institute are screening
their short films at the international festival.
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Edward Hancock II Schedules Book
Signing at Hasting’s in Longview
Multimedia entertainment retail chain will play host to prominent East Texas
author on October 21st, 2006, as they celebrate the success of his book, "In
The Breath of God," which was released earlier this year.
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LOVE'S REPARATIONS: The Learning
Curve Between Heartache & Healing
This poet's words bring a fresh perspective to age-old situations. Step into
Love as seen through the mind of a muse, the heart of a woman, the soul of a
poet. Join her as she poetically peels back the layers of life,
relationships and love until all that remains is the heart - strong, naked,
unflinching. Whole and healed. Ready for love. Fully reparated.
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Science Fiction Books
From Whiskey Creek Press Named Best Of 2005 By Dream Realm
Dream Realm has just named
"Impact Vector" by Daniel Wilder the "Best Science Fiction Book of 2005" In
an awards ceremony held August 12, 2006 in San Antonio, TX. "Cyclopean
Rescue" by Steven Douglas Womack was a runner-up finalist.
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Looking for Hollywood North? Find
it on-line
With the coming of the Toronto International Film Festival, the eyes and
attention of cinephiles all over the world are focused on Hollywood North.
With a rich and diverse array of talented and knowledgeable professionals,
Toronto and all of Canada, have become sought after locations for national
and international film productions.
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Nathalie Dubois and
DPA export their "style 2006" gift bag suites from Hollywood to the 63rd
Venice Film Festival, Italy, for the "Venice Film Festival Style 2006 Talent
Lounge." More
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LOST SEASON 2 DVD RELEASE
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has just informed us that they will be releasing the complete second season of LOST as an "extended experience" More
Comic Con 2006
by Suzanne Philips
SUNDAY, July
23rd
DAY 3
To wrap up the convention, we
check in with BLADE THE SERIES and New Line Home Video with news on their
plans for the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.
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SATURDAY,
July 22nd
DAY 2
Saturday brought out
Gerard Butler, Frank Miller, Zack Snyder, David Wenham from"300". CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION's Anthony Zuiker.
David Wenham of the 300
The Latest news on PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3:THE END OF THE WORLD.
Sony Pictures delivers SPIDERMAN 3 director Sam Rami with stars Kirsten Dunst, Bryce Dallas Howard, Thomas Hayden Church, Topher Grace and Tobey Maguire. More
FRIDAY – July 21, 2006 DAY 1 This articles includes coverage of the films HARRY POTTER Book 5, THE REAPING, THE WICKER MAN, SUPERMAN RETURNS, ERAGON, RENO 911: MIAMI, PATHFINDER, and SNAKES ON A PLANE More
Final Destination 3- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
PIRATES OF THE
CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST PREMIERE
JUNE 24, 2006
DISNEYLAND PARK, CALIFORNIA
By Suzanne Philips
On a blisteringly hot Saturday in California, the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST premiere was held at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
Disneyland boasts possibly the world’s longest red carpet, starting at the Main Street train station clock tower and continuing down Main Street until reaching Sleeping Beauty’s castle. More
Cote's First APDT Rally Obedience Trial
by: Jackie Pratt
Part 1 Sunday June, 4th
So today marks the beginning of the countdown to Cote's and my first ever Dog Show as contestants. First let me introduce the star of the show. Cote is an 8 year old Border Collie/Australian Sheppard Mix. More of Cote's Story
Part 2 Tuesday Night Rally Advanced Class
So the night looked promising. All of the newbies (myself included) blood was pumping, starting to get excited for the upcoming weekend.
Leave a comment for Cote or Jackie
Sir Ian McKellen & Franz Ferdinand
Jimmy
Kimmel Show
May 2nd, 2006
By: Suzanne Phillip
Photos courtesy:
Ruby Argumedo
Sir
Ian McKellen, Zac Efron (from High School Musical) and the group Franz
Ferdinand taped there Jimmy Kimmel Show tonight. Franz Ferdinand started the
afternoon with a sound check on the outdoor Coors Light stage. All of the
members stopped to sign autographs and personalize items for fans. I was
pleased to hear that they were checking to make sure everyone was actually a
fan and not an autograph hound. The music sounded really good, and if you
haven't had time to check out their new album YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH
BETTER, pick it up!
Sir Ian McKellen and Zac Efron came in shortly before the show started and were gracious enough to sign for fans. Sir Ian also checked to make sure that the people were true fans.
I LOVE that celebrities are so fed up with the autograph hounds now that they are personalizing items and only signing one item per person. This is the only way the annoying collectors will go away.
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THREE FOOLS FOR APRIL
Poetry
Reading
Beyond Baroque
Venice, CA
April 1, 2006
by Suzanne Philips
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
welcomed Scott Wannberg, Viggo Mortensen and Henry (Hank) Mortensen, known
collectively as THREE FOOLS FOR APRIL, on Saturday for an evening of poetry
and song. The facility hosted two 1-hour plus shows in the same evening,
with different poems being highlighted in each session.
The three poets sat in a "kitchen table" type environment with the 70 seat
audience in an intimate setting surrounding them on 3 sides.
Scott Wannberg, whose most recent book is
HARVEY KEITEL,
HARVEY KEITEL, HARVEY KEITEL, was quick witted and a great storyteller.
His anti-war satire and anti-Bush sentiments resonated well with this
audience. A moving rendition of his poem about the death of his mother was
met with much approval and empathy from the audience. He also had the crowd
in stitches with his politically satirical songs and was a big crowd
favorite.
Viggo Mortensen, best known to
many as one of the stars of THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY, has long been an
accomplished poet and is on the board of directions of Beyond Baroque.
Reading his own poetry as well as some works that audience members had given
him, Viggo was clearly at ease in the room and his love for Poetry was clear
to all. After stumbling over a word in one reading he informed the audience
that he was " just an actor" who "reads the words they give me in the best
way that I can". He also joked that unlike filmmaking "Tonight can't be
fixed in post production!" Viggo's poetry was very visual and earthy, much
like the man himself. His quiet delivery and low timbered voice was much
appreciated by members of the audience.
Henry (Hank) Mortensen,
Viggo's teenage son, made his debut tonight as featured poet. While having
much in common with his famous father, Henry has a style all his own. His
poetry is very biting and witty. Several of the pieces dealt with lost love
and were very insightful for someone just leaving their teenage years. Henry
also read several Haiku, one of which he had written in Japanese. After
giving his dad a hard time for stumbling over words in one of the poems,
Viggo responded with "The young are quick". Henry gave some back story on
some of his poems and after spending a long time describing one poem, Viggo
laughed and jokingly said "you should have seem him driving over here", but
clarified that "no, actually he is a really good driver." Henry and Viggo
had a great time riffing on each other and you could plainly see the love
between father and son and how proud each was of the other.
The sold-out crowd was multi-cultural and very verbal with their praise for
the readings. Many fans and friends had traveled from out of state and even
out of the country to be there tonight.
After the show, the venue sold works by all three, including a limited
edition spiral bound book that Henry had made up just for this show.
If you are interested in picking up works by any of these three guys, check
out Perceval Press.
Jimmy
Kimmel Live
March 21, 2006
By Suzanne Philips
Beth, Suzanne, Dog
I attended a taping of the JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! Show in Hollywood. The guests
for tonight’s show were George Lopez and Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter”
Chapman. The audience was split – about 50% were there to see Lopez and 50%
for the Dog. George Lopez was very funny and had both the audience and Jimmy
Kimmel in stitches. Dog spoke about how he became a bounty hunter and how he
got the nickname “Dog”. (I won’t go into that here. If anyone watched the
show, they already heard these stories.) Dog’s common law wife, Beth Smith,
was also in the audience and Dog announced that they are getting married for
real in May of this year.
After the show, Dog and Beth stayed to talk with fans and take photos and
sign autographs. Beth was asked where Leland (Dog’s son) and Tim (Dog’s
brother and partner) were. Beth said that Leland was “in the closet” and Tim
was at home with his wife and new baby. One fan said that she watched all of
the DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER marathons that aired on A&E and Beth responded
with a comment about how long it had been since A&E aired a new episode,
echoing the sentiment of many fans of the show who have been upset with the
many repeats that have been shown. Beth and Dog also brought free DVD’s of
the 2nd season BEST OF DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER which will be released next
week for everyone in the audience!
I have met a lot of celebrities (not trying to name drop but just for
comparison) and I have to say both Dog and Beth were truly some of the
nicest people I have ever met. Both were really gentle, polite souls and
truly enjoyed meeting the fans and were very gracious with their time. I was
really impressed with them both.
78th
Annual Academy Awards Review
by Suzanne Philips
Many people were shocked and pleasantly surprised by this year's Oscars
ceremony.
Jon Stewart did an admirable job as host, his sarcastic and politically
tinged brand of humor coming across loud and clear. There were some nice
clip packages with themes such as Film Noir and the In Memoriam segments.
Stewart added his mark with faux "political slander" commercials aimed at
Best Supporting Actress nominees narrated by Daily Show/the Colbert Report's
comedian Stephen Colbert.
While some of the segments and awards could certainly have been cut to make
the running time shorter, producers tried to keep the show moving and really
enforced the time limit on the acceptance speeches. They cut off some
winners with music and even by going to a commercial break. This was a bit
off putting as they could have cut some of the clip packages and comedic
segments to give everyone time to have their say. I mean the show is truly
meant to be about the winners and they should have their time to shine.
Brokeback Mountain
won both Adapted Screenplay and Director for Ang Lee, whose acceptance
speech was thoughtful and humble and showed what a truly nice man Lee seems
to be.
Rachel Weisz took home Best Supporting Actress for THE CONSTANT GARDENER and
George Clooney was named Best Supporting Actor for SYRIANA. Clooney's speech
was very impassioned as he spoke about how Hollywood is often criticized
about being out of touch but they still have been the first people to focus
on issues such as AIDS before it became acceptable to do so.
Philip Seymour Hoffman took the Best Actor statue for his role in CAPOTE, no
surprise here as he was the favorite to win. The Best Actress category was
also no surprise as Reese Witherspoon won for Walk The
Lineand her portrayal of June Carter Cash. Witherspoon's speech
was lovely and emotional and it was nice to see someone who was truly
touched to have won.
The biggest "surprise" of the night - and I say surprise in quotes because
it was truly not at all shocking to me - was the Best Picture of the year
which went to Indie film CRASH and not the favorite BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. I
have been saying for months that this was without a doubt one of the best
films of the year. If you have not had a chance to check this out yet, do
yourself a favor and go rent or buy the DVD, you will not be sorry. A great
choice made by Oscar voters - BROKEBACK is a good film, CRASH is a great
film and truly deserving.
In other awards of note, one of our faves here at CFM, Richard Taylor, won
another Oscar for his work on THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA in the visual effects
category to go with his LORD OF THE RINGS statue.
By far the most fun award was Best Original Song which went to Three 6 Mafia
for the song "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" from the great Indie film
HUSTLE & FLOW. These Memphis boys were so excited to be getting some
recognition and truly deserved to win.
I felt it was one of the better ceremonies that we have seen, but no big
surprises here.
The One Ring Celebration - 2006
Photo and Story By Suzanne Phillips
The One Ring Celebration
January 20-22, 2006
Pasadena, CA
Day 2, Saturday
My overall impressions of this years ORC convention are that it seems to be
much smaller than last year. Less people and what seemed to me to be a lower
turnout, less vendors than last year. One good thing I found was that there
seemed to me to be less events which was actually kind of nice as you didn't
have to run from one thing to another. I did, however, hear some grumbling
from others about the number of guests and events going on throughout the
weekend. They also had some major sound problems in the main auditorium and
the mics kept cutting out. This was really annoying and even Elijah Wood
made mention of it during his panel.
The Nature of Landscape and Independent Perception
Viggo Mortensen/Georg Gudni
Book signing and Exhibit Opening Night Reception
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Track 16 Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
By Suzanne Phillips
Yesterday in Santa Monica, Track 16 Gallery opened the new exhibit "The
Nature of Landscape and Independent Perception" for a 5 week run. The
exhibit features paintings by Icelandic artist Georg Gudni and photographs
by Viggo Mortensen. To celebrate this opening, the gallery held a book
signing with the two artists and an opening night reception.
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December 19, 2005 Merced, CA
Kids arrested
while attending an all ages event.
If anyone who was there that night reads
this, please contact Liz Fox at lfox@mercedsun-star.com She is the one
who will be writing an article about the events. The more eye-witness
reports the better.
This was sent to the
Merced Sun Star Newspaper by Trout I'm with a
band from Bakersfield called Stereotactic. We were booked to play a show at
the Mainzer Theater in Merced on Saturday, December 17th. At about 10:15pm,
as were were setting up our equipment on stage, about 10 - 15 Merced Police
officers entered the
building, announced that anyone under 18 would have to stand to one side of
the room, and began handcuffing them.
We stood in awe as about 40 kids, ranging from 15 to 17 years of age were
handcuffed, questioned, and taken outside to call their parents. Needless to
say, the show was over before we were even able to play.
Now, we couldn't get a clear answer on what the actual curfew law is, but
I'm pretty sure that it doesn't include minors who are indoors at an all
ages venue, and who have paid to see live entertainment. If this is the
case, are we just going to stand by as the SWAT team breaks into movie
theatres and arrests the kids who are there after 10pm?
Allegedly, the police were called about some cars that were broken into a
few blocks away, they then drove passed the Mainzer and saw some kids
standing outside. When the police learned that they were minors, they
quickly handcuffed the kids, made them call their parents to come pick them
up, and called for back-up so they could get the rest of the kids who were
inside.
Basically, we are very upset with the Merced Police Department. I will admit
that all of the officers that we talked to were very polite, and they were
most likely just following orders, but I question the person who is giving
the orders. I know that Merced is not a large city, and I can assume that 10
- 15 police officers is a large chunk of the entire police force.
Personally, I wouldn't feel very safe knowing that the police are out
chasing kids who are out too late, rather than chasing actual criminals.
The part that really saddens me is that the owner of the Mainzer is now
thinking of closing the theater down because of this. She told us that in
the six years that she has been hosting events like the one on Saturday, she
has never received even a slight warning about minors or a curfew violation.
Not only did the Merced cost us money by shutting the show down before we
were able to play, but they may have
potentially shut down a great all ages venue in Merced. Even if the Mainzer
does stay open, are parents going to let their children go to shows thinking
that their kids may be arrested if they're not picked up before 10pm?
I really hope that you could mention something about the incident in your
paper. I'm not from the area, but I hope that this situation will be
discussed by your city council and hopefully something positive can come
from this.
Thank You.
Trout/Stereotactic
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www.stereotacticmusic.com
www.myspace.com/stereotactic
www.aveburyrecords.com
Can you kids spell Gestapo?
Losillë
November 21,
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Ed Photo Gallery
Oct. 6, 2005 Viggo Mortensen Attends
"Voices of a People's History
of the United States" By Suzanne Phillips
Last night at the Japanese American
Cultural and Community Center in Downtown
Los Angeles a very unique and inspiring
event took place. more.
Oct. 6, 2005 Peter Jackson,
Fran Walsh and WETA sign for
the new Halo movie. More
Off Limits 9-16-05 Lee Simpson Band,
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