Keith Reid, who cowrote the lyrics for most of Procol Harum’s original songs, died March 23 of cancer, his wife confirmed. No details on location were provided.
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Baz Luhrmann says it would be “an amazing historical moment” if Elvis cinematographer Mandy Walker were to triumph at Sunday’s Academy Awards. To quote Lizzo, “It’s been too long,” the filmmaker tells me last night at the Australian Oscar nominees soirée held in the Chateau Marmont’s penthouse suite.
The Elvis director reasons that a woman hasn’t won an Oscar for best cinematographer thus far because “the camera unit is just the last bastion of blokeyness and probably comes down to who do you want to have a beer with.”
That’s grossly unfair, he says. ”It can be a bit laddish and a bit cowboy.”
Walker started out as a clapper loader and worked her way up. “She can run the film unit like an army and yet maintain her Mandyness,” Luhrmann adds. “She’s a trailblazer,” he says, pointing out that “when she shot Australia, Mandy was the first woman to shoot a $100 million movie.”
They’ve worked together on Australia and Elvis plus two exquisite shorts for Chanel, one featuring Nicole Kidman the other with Gisele Bündchen.
Lurhmann’s keen to work with Walker again as soon as he can work out the project that’s “going to be right for my growth and what’s worth putting out there.”
Graeme Mason, the CEO of Screen Australia, noted that Walker won the American Society of Cinematographers’ ASC Award for her work behind the camera on Elvis. “That’s a good sign!”
Frankly, I was pretty impressed Mason was still standing, having landed a couple of hours before the shindig from Perth, Western Australia. As it happens my wife is from that Aussie state and I know full well how exhausting that trip can be.
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Keith Reid, who cowrote the lyrics for most of Procol Harum’s original songs, died March 23 of cancer, his wife confirmed. No details on location were provided.
Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart has joined his daughter Kaya Stewart for her American Idol audition, where he backed her up on guitar.The pair – who were greeted with astonishment from judges Lionel Richie and Katy Perry – performed an original song, ‘This Tattoo’. Prior to the performance, Richie pointed out that he had been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year with Dave Stewart and Eurythmics, while Perry called Dave Stewart’s presence a “blast from the past”.Perry then went on to ask Kaya why she had chosen to audition for American Idol “with all the different opportunities and connections and stuff” that she has through her father, while Richie said he thought it was a great feeling to know that “[American Idol] is now a creative destination for artists”.Watch Kaya and Dave Stewart perform ‘This Tattoo’ on American Idol below.Kaya Stewart went on to pass her audition and will compete on the ongoing 21st season of American Idol.In January this year, the Eurythmics – the duo of singer-songwriter Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart – celebrated the 40th anniversary of their hit song ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’.Lennox said of the track’s milestone anniversary on Instagram: “It’s almost impossible to believe that ‘Sweet Dreams are Made of This’ was released forty years ago! It has continued to travel the world and the seven seas ever since, which is a wonderful and miraculous story all to itself!”Eurthymics also reunited for a rare live performance at last year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, coinciding with the duo’s induction.
Tom Brady is ready to date again following his divorce with Gisele Bündchen. The 45-year-old athlete is reportedly back on the market, and has even been going on some dates already, slowly getting back in the game.A close source to the sportsman revealed to PageSix that he is currently “dating around,” after his 13-year marriage with the supermodel.
Gisele Bundchen has said her divorce from Tom Brady was “the death of my dream”.The 42-year-old Brazilian model and American former NFL star, 45, were married for 13 years before finalising their divorce in October last year. Speaking to Vanity Fair magazine about the end of their relationship, Gisele said: “It’s tough because you imagine your life was going to be a certain way, and you did everything you could, you know?” Gisele described the speculation that her marriage ended due to Brady’s U-turn in returning to the NFL – following his retirement announcement in February 2022 – as “very hurtful” and “the craziest thing I’ve ever heard”.
Gisele Bündchen is speaking her truth. The 42-year-old model covers the latest issue of magazine and in the accompanying interview, she opens up for the first time about her divorce from Tom Brady, which they announced in October 2022.Calling the divorce, «the death of my dream,» Bündchen debunks the claim that she gave Brady an ultimatum about choosing between their marriage and his football career. «Wow, people really made it about that. What’s been said is one piece of a much bigger puzzle,» she tells the magazine.
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A.D. Amorosi In 1972, director-writer Perry Henzell released his Jamaican crime flick “The Harder They Come” with singer-songwriter Jimmy Cliff — then, a burgeoning reggae star — as its anti-hero lead actor. For his menacing cinematic debut, Cliff provided the lion’s share of the film’s riveting soundtrack, with lilting songs such as “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and the movie’s title tune. Both the soundtrack and film (the latter released in the United States in 1973) became sensations. “The Harder They Come” brought island culture to the world beyond the Caribbean, and helped popularize reggae in the Americas. Along with his anthemic title song becoming an instant classic, Cliff’s “Many Rivers to Cross” was subsequently covered by Linda Ronstadt, John Lennon and Annie Lennox, among other artists. Along with being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, the Library of Congress deemed Cliff’s “The Harder They Come” worthy of preservation in the National Recording Registry as of 2021.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged to his new partner Ann Lesley Smith months after divorcing his ex wife Jerry Hall. The 92 year old businessman could be walking down the aisle for the fifth time this summer with his new partner Ann, who is said to be 26 years his junior. Rupert's new fiancée was previously married to country singer and radio and TV executive Chester Smith, who died in 2008.
Rupert Murdoch is engaged once again. The 92-year-old billionaire businessman proposed to former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, 66, on St.
Rupert Murdoch is engaged, again.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Rupert Murdoch just can’t stay single. Less than a year after divorcing Jerry Hall, the 92-year-old Fox mogul is hearing wedding bells again. He’s engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old San Francisco police chaplain. According to gossip columnist Cindy Adams, who broke the story in the New York Post, Murdoch’s future wife was married to Chester Smith, a country-western singer, as well as a radio and TV executive who died in 2008. Adams reports that the two bonded over their shared knowledge of the media business as well as the fact that she once owned a vineyard and he still does. If they tie the knot, it will be Murdoch’s fifth marriage. Hall, a model and actress, was married to Murdoch for six years. In addition to Hall, Murdoch was previously married to Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013; Anna Maria Torv from 1967 to 1999; and Patricia Booker, from 1956 to 1967.
Courtney Love has reiterated her call for more female acts to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, while highlighting that there are also “few” past inductees of Black origin.The Hole vocalist recently took to social media to respond to an article titled ‘Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame celebrates women who rock’, which had been shared by author and journalist Jessica Hopper.“Do they tho?” Hopper wrote. “719 inductees to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, only 61 are women.
Ariana Madix is not a woman left scorned. The "Vanderpump Rules" star broke her silence after news broke that her boyfriend of nine years Tom Sandoval cheated on her with co-star Raquel Leviss.
Nicole Kidman arrives at the Chanel/Charles Finch Pre Oscars soirée and dinner at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills and makes clear that she’s just stopping by to say hello. ”I have two daughters at home, and they’ll be up all night unless I put them to bed!”
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Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Cate Blanchett wore gold sequins and “Elvis” filmmaker Baz Luhrmann directed a group photo shoot at the Australian Oscars Nominees Reception held Thursday night in Hollywood at the Chateau Marmont penthouse. The guest list also included Oscar nominees from “Elvis,” including Luhrmann, DP Mandy Walker, costume designer Catherine Martin and producers Gail Berman, Schuyler Weiss and Patrick McCormick. Also joining in the festivities was filmmaker Lachlan Pendragon, director of “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,” which is nominated for best animated short film. The event was hosted by Australian Consul-General Los Angeles Ambassador Jane Duke, Ausfilm, Screen Australia and Australians in Film (AiF)
60-year-old director shares 19-year-old Lilly with his wife, Catherine Martin, 58, who he married in 1997 and is still with. Rumours started circulating that the Elvis biopic helmer was ‘gay’ when it was reported Baz and Catherine don’t share a bed. Now the pair’s eldest child has spoken out about the time, in which she recalled being ‘followed to school’ by ‘paparazzi’.
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Her side of the story. Raquel Leviss spoke out for the first time on Wednesday, March 8, five days after news broke that her affair with Tom Sandoval ended his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix.