Tom Petty‘s family and friends honored the late singer in a private service on Monday in Pacific Palisades, California.
The late singer’s daughter, AnnaKim Violette Petty, shared photos on Instagram of the ceremony at Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, a temple, shrine, and meditation garden where Beatles band member George Harrison’s funeral was also held in 2001.
According to the temple’s website, the grounds were closed to the public on Monday.
“The dark of the sun we will stand together,” AnnaKim Violette, 35, captioned a photo of a black and white photo of her late father that was on display.
The late singer’s daughter, AnnaKim Violette Petty, shared photos on Instagram of the ceremony at Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, a temple, shrine, and meditation garden where Beatles band member George Harrison’s funeral was also held in 2001.
According to the temple’s website, the grounds were closed to the public on Monday.
“The dark of the sun we will stand together,” AnnaKim Violette, 35, captioned a photo of a black and white photo of her late father that was on display.
- 10/17/2017
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
Tom Petty, one of the rock music world’s biggest stars and an American musical icon, died on Monday after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California. He was 66.
"On behalf of the Tom Petty family we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty," shared longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tony Dimitriades, on behalf of the family. "He suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu in the early hours of this morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived. He died peacefully at 8:40pm Pt surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends."
Petty's daughter, AnnaKim Violette, shared tributes to her father on Instagram throughout the day, ending with one simple note, "Rip...
"On behalf of the Tom Petty family we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty," shared longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tony Dimitriades, on behalf of the family. "He suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu in the early hours of this morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived. He died peacefully at 8:40pm Pt surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends."
Petty's daughter, AnnaKim Violette, shared tributes to her father on Instagram throughout the day, ending with one simple note, "Rip...
- 10/3/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Tom Petty died Monday of a cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, People confirms. He was 66.
Petty’s longtime manager released a statement to People, saying, “On behalf of the Tom Petty family we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty. He suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu in the early hours of this morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived. He died peacefully at 8:40p.m. Pt surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends.”
Petty, the hitmaker behind rock classics like “American Girl” and “Free Falin’,” was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home, TMZ initially reported. Law enforcement officials told the outlet that the music legend was rushed to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital where he was put on life support and his pulse returned. Later the decision was reportedly made to remove him from life support after it was found that he was lacking brain activity.
Petty’s longtime manager released a statement to People, saying, “On behalf of the Tom Petty family we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty. He suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu in the early hours of this morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived. He died peacefully at 8:40p.m. Pt surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends.”
Petty, the hitmaker behind rock classics like “American Girl” and “Free Falin’,” was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home, TMZ initially reported. Law enforcement officials told the outlet that the music legend was rushed to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital where he was put on life support and his pulse returned. Later the decision was reportedly made to remove him from life support after it was found that he was lacking brain activity.
- 10/3/2017
- by Alex Heigl, Melody Chiu and Jeff Nelson
- PEOPLE.com
Tom Petty died Monday of a cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, CBS News confirms. He was 66.
Petty, the hitmaker behind rock classics like “American Girl” and “Free Falin’,” was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night after suffering a full cardiac arrest, TMZ reported. Law enforcement officials told the outlet that the music legend was rushed to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital where he was put on life support and his pulse returned. Later the decision was reportedly made to remove him from life support after it was found that he was lacking brain activity.
Los Angeles...
Petty, the hitmaker behind rock classics like “American Girl” and “Free Falin’,” was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night after suffering a full cardiac arrest, TMZ reported. Law enforcement officials told the outlet that the music legend was rushed to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital where he was put on life support and his pulse returned. Later the decision was reportedly made to remove him from life support after it was found that he was lacking brain activity.
Los Angeles...
- 10/2/2017
- by Melody Chiu and Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
I've always been a fan of the Mississippi-born Marty Stuart. The dude can play just about any style of Americana and his latest effort -- Way Out West -- expands his musical universe to include some real tasty surf 'n' twang. Produced by Tom Petty and The Heartbreaker's guitarist Mike Campbell, you know the amps are going to be cranked, but crisp, the playing tight, but not too tight, and the tunes catchy as hell -- not a clunker in the lot. Happy to report you can check all those boxes. Add Marty's "fabulous" backing band, His Fabulous Superlatives, who are just that, and you have the recipe for some real fine ear candy. And let's give props to guitarist Kenny Vaughn who has always been one of Nashville's guitarists guitarists, and as usual he gets to shine. On the surfabilly instrumental "Torpedo" you can frug to the two guitars,...
- 5/25/2017
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Chloe Catchpole May 11, 2017
Not many may have seen the Christina Ricci-headlined film adaptation of Prozac Nation. But it's a film with a real power to it.
One of the most damaging stigmas surrounding mental health is shame. The personal pressure to maintain a ‘normal’ façade is all consuming and perpetually draining. It is an onerous full time job shrouded in secrecy.
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Others see a functioning human being - working, chatting, socialising with an occasional laugh or smile - but behind closed doors in the personal confines of home nothing could be further from the truth. We mask the all-encompassing darkness that seeps into every anxiety-ridden moment, a private...
Not many may have seen the Christina Ricci-headlined film adaptation of Prozac Nation. But it's a film with a real power to it.
One of the most damaging stigmas surrounding mental health is shame. The personal pressure to maintain a ‘normal’ façade is all consuming and perpetually draining. It is an onerous full time job shrouded in secrecy.
See related Doctor Who: Thin Ice geeky spots and Easter eggs Doctor Who: The Pilot geeky spots and Easter eggs Doctor Who: Smile geeky spots and Easter eggs Doctor Who: Knock Knock geeky spots and Easter eggs
Others see a functioning human being - working, chatting, socialising with an occasional laugh or smile - but behind closed doors in the personal confines of home nothing could be further from the truth. We mask the all-encompassing darkness that seeps into every anxiety-ridden moment, a private...
- 5/10/2017
- Den of Geek
Former Molinare exec, Ironclad producer launch UK company.
Former Molinare head of business Richard Conway and producer Andrew Curtis (Ironclad, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson) are in Cannes with new UK-based production outfit Essential Film and Development.
Backed by Mike Campbell, the entrepreneur behind Strand Vci and Mvp Home Entertainment, the company is looking to take a minimum of three medium to large budget features into production within the next three years.
According to company owners, the outfit has both development funds and access to production funding via interests in China.
The first film on the slate is underdog drama What’s Going On, written by Nick Bain & Cordel DeBardeLaben. Essential is hoping to shoot the film in France and Canada in 2016 with packaging currently underway.
Conway said: “Development funding these days is rare but particularly rare when they come with a clear path to independent production funding. Mike’s ambitions are very much aligned with our...
Former Molinare head of business Richard Conway and producer Andrew Curtis (Ironclad, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson) are in Cannes with new UK-based production outfit Essential Film and Development.
Backed by Mike Campbell, the entrepreneur behind Strand Vci and Mvp Home Entertainment, the company is looking to take a minimum of three medium to large budget features into production within the next three years.
According to company owners, the outfit has both development funds and access to production funding via interests in China.
The first film on the slate is underdog drama What’s Going On, written by Nick Bain & Cordel DeBardeLaben. Essential is hoping to shoot the film in France and Canada in 2016 with packaging currently underway.
Conway said: “Development funding these days is rare but particularly rare when they come with a clear path to independent production funding. Mike’s ambitions are very much aligned with our...
- 5/15/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Earlier this year, Tom Petty started telling interviewers, including HitFix, that “Hypnotic Eye,” out Tuesday (29), would be a rock record that harkened back to the early days of the Heartbreakers. He stayed true to his word. There’s a rawness to “Eye’s” 11 tracks that captures rock and roll’s primal nature. It’s a blast to listen to and it sure sounds like it was fun to make. The Heartbreakers, bolstered by guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench, are one of the finest, tightest bands in the history of rock. Not only is the musicianship and camaraderie almost unmatched, the Heartbreakers have never remotely felt the need to chase fads or trends. They are straight up, unapologetic rock and roll and on their 13th album as a well-oiled unit, they sound reliably cohesive. Not only does the album herald back to old Heartbreakers, it recalls the ‘60s and...
- 7/28/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
On Feb. 9, 1964, the British invaded America in a way that made pop-culture history.
Four lads from Liverpool gave their first U.S. television performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and exactly 50 years later -- same hour, same night, same network -- the event will be recalled in the CBS special "The Beatles: The Night That Changed America - A Grammy Salute" Sunday, Feb. 9. Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform on the show, and also are interviewed by David Letterman, but renderings of the ultra-iconic group's music largely fall to others.
The roster includes teamings of Keith Urban and John Mayer, and Alicia Keys and John Legend, plus Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Stevie Wonder, Brad Paisley, Pharrell Williams, Dave Grohl, Joe Walsh, and a reunion of former Eurythmics partners Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.
The Beatles themselves will be represented by clips from the Sullivan show, on which they also...
Four lads from Liverpool gave their first U.S. television performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and exactly 50 years later -- same hour, same night, same network -- the event will be recalled in the CBS special "The Beatles: The Night That Changed America - A Grammy Salute" Sunday, Feb. 9. Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform on the show, and also are interviewed by David Letterman, but renderings of the ultra-iconic group's music largely fall to others.
The roster includes teamings of Keith Urban and John Mayer, and Alicia Keys and John Legend, plus Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Stevie Wonder, Brad Paisley, Pharrell Williams, Dave Grohl, Joe Walsh, and a reunion of former Eurythmics partners Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.
The Beatles themselves will be represented by clips from the Sullivan show, on which they also...
- 2/9/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Hiding no more! Just a little more than a week after sources confirmed to People Johnny Depp popped the question to Amber Heard, the engaged couple were out Saturday night at a private charity event in Anaheim, Calif. Dressed down in a white T-shirt and black skintight pants, the street savvy bride-to-be showed off one major accessory - her engagement bling. With her hair loose around her shoulders, a glowing Heard was spotted supporting her main man while he hit the stage with Mike Campbell, Steven Tyler, Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson at the rock show benefiting Servite.org, a non-profit charity.
- 1/27/2014
- by Melody Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
Stars: Katherine Browning, Leah Verrill, Ashley Love, Tiffany S. Walker | Written and Directed by Mike Campbell, Todd Johnson
Lily (Browning), her best friend Bianca (Walker), sister Lori (Love), and Lori’s lover Pam (Verrill) move into their first off campus house together. The antics and the tempers run high. What they don’t know is that the owner is a Nalusa Chito – a soul taker – who eats the souls of evil women. And he has locked them in the house. For the girls, it is a battle to the death because only the innocent can kill him. Paying the rent has never been so deadly.
Let me just check the date… This is 2013 right?
Had to check as watching 4 Dead Girls: The Soul Taker took me right back to the late 80s/early 90s and the types of films that filled the shelves of video stores during that time. Four...
Lily (Browning), her best friend Bianca (Walker), sister Lori (Love), and Lori’s lover Pam (Verrill) move into their first off campus house together. The antics and the tempers run high. What they don’t know is that the owner is a Nalusa Chito – a soul taker – who eats the souls of evil women. And he has locked them in the house. For the girls, it is a battle to the death because only the innocent can kill him. Paying the rent has never been so deadly.
Let me just check the date… This is 2013 right?
Had to check as watching 4 Dead Girls: The Soul Taker took me right back to the late 80s/early 90s and the types of films that filled the shelves of video stores during that time. Four...
- 11/4/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
There are a lot of ghostly, paranormal movies out there within the horror community. I know that a nice chunk of you all are fans of that flavor and are always on the lookout for something different. Fortune smiles because word is in on a new indie film that dabbles with the supernatural. Breaking Glass Pictures and Vicious Circle Films have made the announcement that Mike Campbell and Todd Johnsons "4 Dead Girls: The Soul Taker" is heading to D…...
- 8/29/2013
- Horrorbid
It may seem that I'm diggin' in the dirt. Gettin' back to my punk rock roots. Well, some of my favorite new music does seem a wee bit primal, oui? And some of it is even out this world. But all of this music is party playlist-worthy for any weekend getaway. Proceed with caution....
"Back to the Way I Was" Emily Bell: In Technicolor (One-Eyed George)
Love the retro-girl bop rockabilly trip of this Austin-based ginger-haired flamethrower. She's got plenty of sass, snarl, and sex appeal. And her roots-rockin' band rips it up all the while she shakes and struts her stuff. This will keep any party swingin' all night long. Don't move your lips, just shake those hips....
"Signal 30" Public Service Broadcasting: Inform - Educate - Entertain (Test Card)
Driving, Relentless. Dangerous. Watch out for that speeding vehicle! Throbbing bass, guitar, and drums, played live. Signal 30 was truly a 1959 U.
"Back to the Way I Was" Emily Bell: In Technicolor (One-Eyed George)
Love the retro-girl bop rockabilly trip of this Austin-based ginger-haired flamethrower. She's got plenty of sass, snarl, and sex appeal. And her roots-rockin' band rips it up all the while she shakes and struts her stuff. This will keep any party swingin' all night long. Don't move your lips, just shake those hips....
"Signal 30" Public Service Broadcasting: Inform - Educate - Entertain (Test Card)
Driving, Relentless. Dangerous. Watch out for that speeding vehicle! Throbbing bass, guitar, and drums, played live. Signal 30 was truly a 1959 U.
- 5/23/2013
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
A Look Back at the Summer Movie Season Back in 1984, a wayward Eagle and a Heartbreaker got together to create one of the most enduring and infectious tunes of that era, "The Boys of Summer." Don Henley (formerly of The Eagles) and Mike Campbell, guitarist extraordinaire (and so much more) for Tom Petty's band gave us a song that, although genuinely catchy and up-tempo, bears a very tangible darker quality, a reflection on a better time, and the realization that it wasn't what it maybe should've been, or could've been. Such is the story of the 2012 summer movie season. Since at least the mid-1980s (right around the time when Don Henley's tune hit the charts), Hollywood has converged on the summer months as a...
- 10/7/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Remember Susanna Hoffs? She walked like an Egyptian, and now she has a new solo album 'Someday' out July 17. The singer/songwriter/musician and founding member of the Bangles returns with a new solo album, Someday, on July 17. Beginning today (6/19), RollingStone.com is exclusively premiering a new track from the LP, .Raining.. Check it out here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/song-premiere-susanna-hoffs-raining-20120619. .'Raining' is a song I wrote with Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) back in 1989," Hoffs tells Rolling Stone. "I rediscovered the song when I was sorting through a box of old demos and decided to update it with my writing partner, Andrew Brassell.. .The song tells the story of an intense relationship that has just ended," elaborates Hoffs.
- 6/19/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Culver City, Calif. -- It was a heartbreaker for Tom Petty and the band when someone stole five of their precious guitars from a soundstage, but it was music to their ears when police in Southern California announced Tuesday that the instruments had been recovered and a security guard was under arrest.
Police identified the arrested man as Daryl Emmette Washington, 51, of Los Angeles, a private security guard at The Culver Studios lot.
Police Chief Don Pedersen said the break in the case came when the suspect pawned one of the guitars at a Hollywood pawn shop for $250.
"Mr. Petty would have joined us, but he's preparing for a concert in Denver," said Pedersen, who described the stolen guitars as collectively worth $100,000.
A message seeking comment from the band's publicist, Jim Merlis, was not immediately returned.
The instruments were reported stolen last Thursday from The Culver Studios, a sprawling complex...
Police identified the arrested man as Daryl Emmette Washington, 51, of Los Angeles, a private security guard at The Culver Studios lot.
Police Chief Don Pedersen said the break in the case came when the suspect pawned one of the guitars at a Hollywood pawn shop for $250.
"Mr. Petty would have joined us, but he's preparing for a concert in Denver," said Pedersen, who described the stolen guitars as collectively worth $100,000.
A message seeking comment from the band's publicist, Jim Merlis, was not immediately returned.
The instruments were reported stolen last Thursday from The Culver Studios, a sprawling complex...
- 4/18/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' five stolen guitars have been recovered by police. The instruments, which were stolen from the band's rehearsal space in Culver City, Los Angeles last week, included Petty's 1967 blonde Rickenbacker, a Fender Broadcaster belonging to bassist Ron Blair and a Dussenberg belonging to Petty's collaborator Mike Campbell. TMZ reports that a man has been arrested in conjunction with the robbery and that the guitars have not yet been returned to the band. It was revealed this weekend (more)...
- 4/18/2012
- by By Emma Dibdin
- Digital Spy
Five stolen guitars, a $7,500 reward and a trending Twitter topic --- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are missing their guitars and want them back. The guitars were reported stolen from a soundstage in Culver City, CA, where the band has been rehearsing, preparing for an up-coming world tour. Photos: 10 of Hollywood's Priciest Pieces of History: From the 'Friends' Couch to 'Oz's' Ruby Reds According to the band's website, the stolen gear includes a 1967 Blonde Rickenbacker, a 1967 Epiphone Sheridan, a 1965 Gibson Sg TV Jr., a Fender Broadcaster and a Dusenberg Mike Campbell Model, which belonged
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- 4/16/2012
- by Rachel Shapiro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Culver City, Calif. (AP) — Five guitars belonging to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been stolen from a Southern California soundstage where the band has been rehearsing for an upcoming tour. Culver City Police Sgt. Dan Sukal says the theft at The Culver Studios was reported Thursday. On its website, the band offered a "no questions asked" $7,500 reward for information leading to the return of the instruments. The stolen guitars include Petty's blond 1967 12-string Rickenbacker and his Gibson SGTVJunior, Mike Campbell's blue Dusenberg, Ron Blair's Fender Broadcaster and Scott Thurston's 1967 Epiphone Sheridan. The band is known for...
- 4/16/2012
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
Rock legends Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been the victims of theft, as five of their guitars have been stolen from a Los Angeles-area studio, the band says on their website. The band posts that the missing guitars include Petty's 1965 Gibson Sgtv Junior and his 1967 12-strong blonde Rickenbacker 360 (pictured, inset), a Fender Broadcaster belonging to bassist Ron Blair, a 1967 Epiphone Sheridan belonging to rhythm guitar player Scott Thurston and a Dusenberg Mike Campbell model belonging to lead guitarist Mike Campbell.
The band has offered a $7500 reward with "no questions asked to anyone with information leading to the recovery of the guitars."
Police are also investigating the theft, which occurred Thursday (April 12). The band has been rehearsing for a North American tour that is set to kick off Wednesday, April 18 in Colorado and runs through June 3 before the band takes off for a European leg of the tour.
The band has offered a $7500 reward with "no questions asked to anyone with information leading to the recovery of the guitars."
Police are also investigating the theft, which occurred Thursday (April 12). The band has been rehearsing for a North American tour that is set to kick off Wednesday, April 18 in Colorado and runs through June 3 before the band takes off for a European leg of the tour.
- 4/16/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Tom Petty has reportedly offered monetary reward for information about the whereabouts of five stolen guitars. According to WENN, the 'Free Fallin'' singer has announced a $$7,500 (£4,731) reward for the return of the guitars, which were stolen while Petty and his band were rehearsing for an upcoming tour. Among the stolen instruments are a Fender Broadcaster, a 1967 Blonde Rickenbacker, and a Duesenberg which belonged to Petty collaborator Mike Campbell. Petty, now 61, has been a musician since (more)...
- 4/15/2012
- by By Zeba Blay
- Digital Spy
Culver City, Calif. — Five guitars belonging to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been stolen from a Southern California soundstage where the band has been rehearsing for an upcoming tour.
Culver City Police Sgt. Dan Sukal says the theft at The Culver Studios was reported Thursday.
On its website, the band offered a "no questions asked" $7,500 reward for information leading to the return of the instruments.
The stolen guitars include Petty's blond 1967 12-string Rickenbacker and his Gibson SGTVJunior, Mike Campbell's blue Dusenberg, Ron Blair's Fender Broadcaster and Scott Thurston's 1967 Epiphone Sheridan.
The band is known for a string of hit singles such as "American Girl", "Don't Do Me Like That," and "Breakdown." Their tour kicks off on April 18 in Broomfield, Colo.
The Culver Studios is a sprawling complex of 16 soundstages west of downtown Los Angeles.
Culver City Police Sgt. Dan Sukal says the theft at The Culver Studios was reported Thursday.
On its website, the band offered a "no questions asked" $7,500 reward for information leading to the return of the instruments.
The stolen guitars include Petty's blond 1967 12-string Rickenbacker and his Gibson SGTVJunior, Mike Campbell's blue Dusenberg, Ron Blair's Fender Broadcaster and Scott Thurston's 1967 Epiphone Sheridan.
The band is known for a string of hit singles such as "American Girl", "Don't Do Me Like That," and "Breakdown." Their tour kicks off on April 18 in Broomfield, Colo.
The Culver Studios is a sprawling complex of 16 soundstages west of downtown Los Angeles.
- 4/15/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Regal Entertainment executive chairman and founder Mike Campbell began a leave of absence on Friday for "personal reasons," the company said Wednesday. The movie theater chain did not say when he will return or elaborate on the reasons for his leave. CEO Amy Miles and others will handle his responsibilities. Campbell stepped down as CEO two years ago, but remained executive chairman. Miles took his place as CEO at the time. Related Articles: ...
- 6/15/2011
- The Wrap
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kicks off Part Two of its 29th annual .Contemporary Documentaries. screening series with .Food, Inc.. and .Under Our Skin. Tonight, Wednesday, March 23, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is Free.
From cruel and unsanitary conditions in cattle and chicken farming to the addition of corn syrup and sodium to many foods, .Food, Inc.. examines the ways in which large corporations in the American food industry dominate the marketplace and affect the quality of what we consume. Directed by Robert Kenner and produced by Kenner and Elise Pearlstein, .Food, Inc.. earned an Academy Award® nomination for Documentary Feature. Robert Kenner & Elise Pearlstein will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening.
Directed and produced by Andy Abrahams Wilson, .Under Our Skin. investigates the untold story of Lyme disease. As...
From cruel and unsanitary conditions in cattle and chicken farming to the addition of corn syrup and sodium to many foods, .Food, Inc.. examines the ways in which large corporations in the American food industry dominate the marketplace and affect the quality of what we consume. Directed by Robert Kenner and produced by Kenner and Elise Pearlstein, .Food, Inc.. earned an Academy Award® nomination for Documentary Feature. Robert Kenner & Elise Pearlstein will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening.
Directed and produced by Andy Abrahams Wilson, .Under Our Skin. investigates the untold story of Lyme disease. As...
- 3/23/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Street artist scoops most entertaining documentary prize at Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards
Street artist Banksy has won the most entertaining documentary prize at this year's Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards.
As usual, he did not appear in person to collect the award for Exit Through the Gift Shop– an amusing faux documentacoops prizery – but sent a message to the audience at the ceremony in London tonight.
Jury chairman Emma Hindley said: "The winner was a unanimous decision. It's a flawlessly made film; original and insightful, it asks questions rather than telling you what to think and at the same time, manages to be very, very funny."
The best documentary series went to Patrick Forbes for Channel 4's insight into Hampshire Constabulary in The Force, while Julian Temple's look at industrial and economic decline of America's Motor City in Requiem for Detroit for BBC2 won best historical documentary.
Mugabe and the White African,...
Street artist Banksy has won the most entertaining documentary prize at this year's Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards.
As usual, he did not appear in person to collect the award for Exit Through the Gift Shop– an amusing faux documentacoops prizery – but sent a message to the audience at the ceremony in London tonight.
Jury chairman Emma Hindley said: "The winner was a unanimous decision. It's a flawlessly made film; original and insightful, it asks questions rather than telling you what to think and at the same time, manages to be very, very funny."
The best documentary series went to Patrick Forbes for Channel 4's insight into Hampshire Constabulary in The Force, while Julian Temple's look at industrial and economic decline of America's Motor City in Requiem for Detroit for BBC2 won best historical documentary.
Mugabe and the White African,...
- 11/2/2010
- by Tara Conlan
- The Guardian - Film News
I've been slipping a bit this week with my pledge to see as many classic rock shows as I can this summer (sorry Ringo, Chicago, Santana and Steve Winwood), distracted by more contemporary acts like the Flaming Lips and Band of Horses.
But I got back in the saddle Thursday night (July 15) with a band that has never let me down before: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Here's the thing about Petty: The dude is in no hurry. He doesn't chase trends, doesn't pack the stage with unnecessary gadgets to distract you from the music and doesn't move around all that much anymore. But you know what he and the Heartbreakers do?
They play rock and roll.
A quaint idea, I know. A few years ago, I saw them at the United Center in Chicago and I walked away thinking, "Man, that band has nothing but hits!" Petty and company...
But I got back in the saddle Thursday night (July 15) with a band that has never let me down before: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Here's the thing about Petty: The dude is in no hurry. He doesn't chase trends, doesn't pack the stage with unnecessary gadgets to distract you from the music and doesn't move around all that much anymore. But you know what he and the Heartbreakers do?
They play rock and roll.
A quaint idea, I know. A few years ago, I saw them at the United Center in Chicago and I walked away thinking, "Man, that band has nothing but hits!" Petty and company...
- 7/16/2010
- by Gil Kaufman
- MTV Newsroom
The post-ShoWest future came into a little sharper focus Thursday.
The National Association of Theatre Owners said it will stage its first CinemaCon trade show March 28-31 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The group previously had announced only the venue and a spring slotting for the event and hinted that the confab will hew close to its trade show progenitor by hiring former ShoWest officials Mitch Neuhauser and Andrew Sunshine to run CinemaCon.
CinemaCon effectively succeeds ShoWest as exhibition's annual gathering, as Nato resumes hands-on control of the confab. The group also confirmed that it will offer the customary movie screenings, seminars and a trade show floor, with Neuhauser on board to organize programming and Sunshine primarily booking floor booths.
"Following the highly successful 36-year run of ShoWest, Nato will now run and oversee the largest annual gathering for the cinema industry," the industry nonprofit said. "It is expected that,...
The National Association of Theatre Owners said it will stage its first CinemaCon trade show March 28-31 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The group previously had announced only the venue and a spring slotting for the event and hinted that the confab will hew close to its trade show progenitor by hiring former ShoWest officials Mitch Neuhauser and Andrew Sunshine to run CinemaCon.
CinemaCon effectively succeeds ShoWest as exhibition's annual gathering, as Nato resumes hands-on control of the confab. The group also confirmed that it will offer the customary movie screenings, seminars and a trade show floor, with Neuhauser on board to organize programming and Sunshine primarily booking floor booths.
"Following the highly successful 36-year run of ShoWest, Nato will now run and oversee the largest annual gathering for the cinema industry," the industry nonprofit said. "It is expected that,...
- 6/3/2010
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A documentary about a white farmer who stood up to Robert Mugabe's land reforms is shocking but doesn't give the full picture
Foreign journalists working undercover in Zimbabwe know a tap on the shoulder from a man in uniform can mean a nightmarish spell in jail. Operating with notebook, pen and a quiver full of awkward questions is perilous enough, but British filmmakers Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson upped the ante by smuggling large-format film equipment into the country for their documentary Mugabe and the White African, which receives its TV debut on More4 next week.
The eponymous Mugabe is the president Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 30 years. The eponymous white African is Mike Campbell, a septuagenarian farmer at the sharp end of Mugabe's chaotic land reform programme.
Mugabe began seizing white-owned farms in 2000, claiming such shock treatment was necessary to right colonial wrongs and empower landless black people.
Foreign journalists working undercover in Zimbabwe know a tap on the shoulder from a man in uniform can mean a nightmarish spell in jail. Operating with notebook, pen and a quiver full of awkward questions is perilous enough, but British filmmakers Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson upped the ante by smuggling large-format film equipment into the country for their documentary Mugabe and the White African, which receives its TV debut on More4 next week.
The eponymous Mugabe is the president Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 30 years. The eponymous white African is Mike Campbell, a septuagenarian farmer at the sharp end of Mugabe's chaotic land reform programme.
Mugabe began seizing white-owned farms in 2000, claiming such shock treatment was necessary to right colonial wrongs and empower landless black people.
- 5/14/2010
- by David Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers will be releasing a new effort, "Mojo," via Reprise Records some time this spring. It marks the group's first studio set since 2002's "The Last DJ," though Petty released his third solo effort "Highway Companion" in 2006. The first peak into the album, the slow-churning, blue-tinged "Good Enough," is streaming now on tompetty.com. What do you think? Along with the album release, The Heartbreakers -- Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair, Scott Thurston, Steve Ferrone -- are going on tour, naturally. Tapping My Morning Jacket, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joe Cocker, Zz Top and Drive-By...
- 2/25/2010
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Film Weekly gets 2010 off to a blistering start with actor Andy Serkis, who has gone from playing Gollum and King Kong to inhabiting the skin and withered limb of the late Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Serkis tells Jason Solomons about channelling the spit and fury of the uncompromising late 70s jazz-punk warrior, and how bringing Dury to life on the big screen forced him to dig deep into his skills as an artist, actor and musician. Serkis also discusses his return to playing Gollum in The Hobbit and why motion-capture technology will never put actors out of work.
The hard-hitting documentary Mugabe and The White African – about a white Zimbabwean farmer's attempt to take his country's president to the international court over his brutal land-reform programme – took the top prize at the recent British Independent Film awards and is released in the UK this week. Co-director Andrew Thompson...
The hard-hitting documentary Mugabe and The White African – about a white Zimbabwean farmer's attempt to take his country's president to the international court over his brutal land-reform programme – took the top prize at the recent British Independent Film awards and is released in the UK this week. Co-director Andrew Thompson...
- 1/11/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps, Observer
- The Guardian - Film News
This gripping documentary, shot covertly in Zimbawe, follows the travails of the farmer Mike Campbell, his wife, daughter and son-in-law who had the temerity to bring an action against President Robert Mugabe in the Southern African Development Community's international court in Namibia, claiming he had no legal right to confiscate land legitimately acquired from the Zimbabwe government. They won the action, lost the farm and nearly lost their lives enduring a Hitlerian nightmare. The most chilling encounter is that between Campbell and the relative of a government minister who turns up in one of his luxury cars to take over the farm.
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- 1/10/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
No 76: Errol Flynn 1909-1959
Flynn was born in Tasmania, the son of an eminent marine biologist, and early on developed a passion for the sea and a reputation as a rebel. Spotted by a Warner Brothers talent scout while a young, very minor actor in England, he became an overnight Hollywood star in 1935 as a last-minute replacement for Robert Donat as the swashbuckling hero of Captain Blood. By 1936 he was the leading contender to play Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind.
Flynn was tall, slim, graceful, debonair with a neatly trimmed moustache, a winning smile, a hearty, self-mocking laugh. Everything he did, both on screen and off, contributed to his legendary status: the colonial background (he claimed to be a descendant of Fletcher Christian); the celebrated characters he played (General Custer, Robin Hood); his sexual conquests; his prodigious phallic dimensions (according to Truman Capote in Music for Chameleons,...
Flynn was born in Tasmania, the son of an eminent marine biologist, and early on developed a passion for the sea and a reputation as a rebel. Spotted by a Warner Brothers talent scout while a young, very minor actor in England, he became an overnight Hollywood star in 1935 as a last-minute replacement for Robert Donat as the swashbuckling hero of Captain Blood. By 1936 he was the leading contender to play Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind.
Flynn was tall, slim, graceful, debonair with a neatly trimmed moustache, a winning smile, a hearty, self-mocking laugh. Everything he did, both on screen and off, contributed to his legendary status: the colonial background (he claimed to be a descendant of Fletcher Christian); the celebrated characters he played (General Custer, Robin Hood); his sexual conquests; his prodigious phallic dimensions (according to Truman Capote in Music for Chameleons,...
- 12/7/2009
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Rock superstars don't come more modest than Tom Petty, who twice has retreated into the relative anonymity of a group identity, first with The Traveling Wilburys (where he was only the fourth-most-distinguished member) and now with Mudcrutch, his pre-Heartbreakers band reunited after a 33-year hiatus. Because it also involves Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, it's tempting to look at Mudcrutch as just another Tom Petty record. And, truth be told, the record's laid-back, reliably melodic songs sit squarely in his comfort zone. But Mudcrutch's convincing "group" sound sets it apart. This, somewhat surprisingly, sounds like a real working band, with five estranged musicians re-discovering a potent chemistry untapped since the mid-'70s. (Petty even hands the guitar to bandmate Tom Leadon and dutifully returns to his old bass duties.) Recorded live to tape in just 10 days,...
- 5/13/2008
- by Steven Hyden
- avclub.com
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