Thursday, November 17, 2011

2011 American Music Awards

2011 American Music Awards. Are you a music fan? Then you definitely need to stay tuned and watch the American Music Awards scheduled to air live this Sunday night, November 20, 2011. The awards show recognizes the most popular artists and albums from the year 2011. There will be a lot of your favorite artists in attendance for the awards show. Listed among the performers for the 2011 American Music Awards are Grammy winner Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Daughtry, teen sensation Justin Bieber, One Republic and lots more. There will be no hosts for the show. Don't miss this chance to see another spectacular awards show. 2011 American Music Awards is available live from Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. Be there!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Vanessa Redgrave To Be Honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Vanessa Redgrave To Be Honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor Tony and Oscar Award winner Vanessa Redgrave November 13 at a ceremony in London, according to the Associated Press. The awards ceremony mark the film academy's first European tribute to an actor.

Redgrave currently stars opposite James Earl Jones in the West End production of Driving Miss Daisy, which officially opened Oct. 5 at Wyndam's Theatre, following a run on Broadway through April 2011. Redgrave won the Tony Award in 2003 for her performance in Long Day's Journey Into Night. She was nominated for her performances in The Year of Magical Thinking and Driving Miss Daisy. She has also been seen on Broadway in The Lady from the Sea and Orpheus Descending. She won an Academy Award for her performance in "Julia."

Monday, November 7, 2011

2011 CMA Awards

2011 CMA Awards. Country Music Association presents Country Music's Biggest Night with the 45th CMA Awards on November 9, 2010 8/7C from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

The 2011 CMA Awards will feature performances from Lionel Richie who will perform several tracks from his new record with the country groups Rascal Flatts and Little Big Town as well as with Darius Rucker of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. As with the the list of nominees, Taylor Swift is the only female artist up for Entertainer of the Year. She's joined in the category by country stars Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban, all of whom are nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year.

Don't miss to stay tuned to see the CMA Awards 2011 telecast which is set to air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on the ABC network on November 9 at 8 p.m. ET. This will be the fourth straight year that Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley hosts the night's CMA Awards together.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

First look at Titanic 3D

The director of the Oscar-winning 1997 film and producer Jon Landau previewed 18 minutes of assorted footage that has been converted into 3D for next year's rerelease of the film. The mastermind behind Avatar joked that it wasn't fully 3D because Titanic wasn't filmed in 3D. He was quick to note, though, that most other converted 3D films are just "2.4D".

"I think it looks spectacular," said Cameron. "If I had 3D cameras at the time and there had been 3D theatres at the time, I certainly would have shot it in 3D. It's also just a way of reinventing the concept of a re-release and getting people to come back to theatres and commit that three hours and 15 minutes to go through the experience again."

The 3D footage showcased moments involving depth, such as a car being slowly hoisted onto the deck of the ship or Jack anxiously awaiting Rose at the bottom of a grand staircase amid a series of columns that seemingly jut out of the screen.

Cameron said that DiCaprio and Winslet have yet to see the 3D footage of Titanic, but he has spoken with Winslet about the project, and she is "on board".

He hasn't talked to DiCaprio about the rerelease because he's been busy shooting The Great Gatsby in Australia.

"We'd love to have them involved to the extent that I think people are curious about what their journey has been since Titanic," Cameron said.

"I think Titanic cast a very long shadow over the careers of two extremely brilliant young actors who had to spend a lot of time kinda reminding people they weren't Jack and Rose over the next few years."

Cameron said that it will take 300 artists 60 weeks at a cost of $18 million to create the 3D version of Titanic, which won't include any new material. Landau noted that the film will also be rereleased in 2D and that the "2D is going to be a better print than anything we could have done at the time" because they have since created a "digital master" of the film.

Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox are set to rerelease Titanic on April 6, 2012, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Titanic setting sail on April 10, 1912. After it debuted in 1997, Titanic won 11 Academy Awards and grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide, second only to Cameron's Avatar, which was filmed in 3D and released in 2009.