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Review: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' A Towering Achievement
Hollywood's most successful director turns on a dime and delivers his most restrained, interior film. A celebrated playwright shines an illuminating light on no more than a sliver of a great man's life. A brilliant actor surpasses even himself and makes...
Tags: Tommy Lee Jones, U.S. House of Representatives, Human Interest, Drama (genre), Tim Blake Nelson
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Film composer John Williams to make Baltimore conducting premiere
John Williams has won just about everything there is to win in the music industry, including a slew of Grammys, Golden Globes, Emmys and no less than five Academy Awards — his record of 48 Oscar nominations is second only to Walt Disney. If the...
Tags: Music, Boston, Academy Awards, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Golden Globe Awards
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'Man of Steel' will be 'hard for me' to see, says 'Superman' composer John Williams
Pop2it"I don't know if they've used any of the original music or not," composer John Williams says of the soon-to-open "Superman" reboot "Man of Steel." "It's a Warner Bros. film, in which case, they certainly have the right to do so."... -
Maryland Symphony Orchestra: 'A Night at the Movies with the Music of John Williams'
katec@herald-mail.comSo picture this: You go to the movies and there is no soundtrack accompanying the film. No music to set the scenes, to enhance the moods, to heighten the suspense. Do you think the impact would be the same as if there were a musical score to guide you...Tags: Music, Jaws (movie), Academy Awards, Education, Human Interest
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John Williams to conduct Baltimore Symphony in musicians' pension fund benefit
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which has slipped back into deficit territory partly because of pension fund obligations, has planned a concert to do something about that. The program has what should be a big draw -- music by celebrated film...
Tags: Music, Academy Awards, Harry Potter (fictional character), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Music Industry
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Oscar best-song nominee J. Ralph: 'It's outrageous'
This time of year it’s common to hear many people saying, “It’s an honor just to be nominated.” But the comment sounds pretty convincing coming from Oscar-nominated film composer J. Ralph, considering the odds he beat in being...
Tags: Movies, Life of Pi (movie), Music, Scarlett Johansson, Academy Awards
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Muti to salute Verdi and Schubert for upcoming Chicago Symphony Orchestra season
With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra heading home later this week from its tour of the Far East, the CSO Association is wasting no time releasing the programs and artists to be presented during the fall season at Symphony Center. The orchestra's 2013-...
Tags: Music, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Human Interest, Charlie Chaplin
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Classically Trained: Seeing off a career in style
Visits from the Vienna Philharmonic and the Boston Pops Orchestra are a few of the highlights ahead in the 2013-14 Philharmonic Society of Orange County concert season. The season for the Irvine-based nonprofit, which has presented world-class music...Tags: Music, Services and Shopping, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel, Music Industry
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John Cage fest at NU: Collages of noises and sounds so quiet you could hear keys drop
"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it." John Cage's often-quoted line popped up toward the end of the final concert of the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music's John Cage Festival last weekend. In three packed days of performances...
Tags: Igor Stravinsky, Music, Dance, Northwestern University, Festive Events
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2012 Grammy Nominations
KTLA News1. Record Of The Year Lonely Boy The Black Keys The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers; Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer Track from: El Camino [Nonesuch] Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Kelly Clarkson...Tags: Music, Janis Joplin, Santigold, Photek (music group), Rihanna
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Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony kicks off season Saturday
Supernatural beings will be on musical display Saturday (Nov. 3) at Northern State University as the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony presents an all-orchestral program, “Gods & Monsters.” The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in the...Tags: Dan Brown , Music, Igor (movie), Karen Anderson, Culture
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Q&A: 'This is 40' star Leslie Mann and writer/director Judd Apatow
Ridiculously, unjustly, few Oscar prognosticators include “This is 40” star Leslie Mann or her husband, writer-director Judd Apatow, on lists of likely nominees. Thing is, Apatow’s a member of the Academy—will he vote for himself?...
Tags: Music, Gerard Butler, Entertainment, Religion and Belief, Dateline NBC (tv program)
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