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Black Swan is the story of Nina Sayers, newly elevated to the role of prima ballerina in a New York City ballet company. While she can nail the elegance required for the lead, she’s having trouble finding the passion, which director Thomas and fellow ballerina Lily try to coax before opening night.
Never understood cover tribute albums, but Isaac Delgado’s tribute to Nat King Cole en Español gives more than a playful re-imagining of the songs in Spanish. It’s got Latin Jazz soul.
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, adaptation of the Japanese novel by Gabrielle Zevin of the same name, stars popular Japanese actor/idol Horikita Maki as Naomi, who loses the memory of her boyfriend and her male best friend.
Author Diana McLellan – a writer for the Washington Post, hence… journalist? – states that Garbo and Dietrich met on set of The Joyless Street and that they had a fling that ended so bad that it would define the rest of their lives.
One wonders if Eminem purposely released Relapse to be able to release this. In Recovery, he seems sharper, even if it isn’t on par with some of his previous work.
We’ve got our very first exclusive! I got a chance to chat with Grammy/Golden Globe/Academy Award winner/nominee Diane Warren. We are also covering a bit on the Lima Film Festival, which just wrapped up their 14th edition. Plus reviews for some of the very best of the blockbuster season in America… and a surprise review for Aftershocks.
After the success of I Try, it seemed that Macy Gray had only moderate success, even if she had it all going for her. In The Sellout, she is fresh, soothing… and happy. It’s carefree and it’s got a lot of soul.
YAM managed to chat with Ms. Warren in honor of the release of Chinese singer Bibi Zhou’s (Zhou Bichang) latest album i.Fish.Light.Mirror, which includes one of Warren’s compositions, titled I Miss U Missing Me… which has also been translated into Mandarin as Yi Di Lei de Ju Li (A Tear in the Distance).
The Derek Trucks Band’s two-disc live album contains 14 tracks of old school American rock n’ roll and blues, that doesn’t rely on an image, but is perfect for jamming.
