http://www.fest21.com/views/content/1176/all Displays user content. en http://www.fest21.com/node/respect_the_girl_empowered_musical <p>Legit Reviews: College professor-turned-scripter Dorothy Marcic has culled selections from a century of top tunes to underscore her concept that the evolving history of the 20th century American woman has been chronicled in the popular music of the day.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/344883221" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/respect_the_girl_empowered_musical#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15354 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:27 +0200 variety 15354 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/paul_westerberg_4900_dry_wood_music <p>Web Exclusive: Former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg is the latest music iconoclast to tinker with some creative (and cheap) digital distribution. His latest album is a 44-minute Amazon download listed as a .49-cent track called "49:00".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/344898276" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/paul_westerberg_4900_dry_wood_music#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15356 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:27 +0200 variety 15356 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/step_brothers <p>Film Reviews: Seesawing from the gleefully stupid to the desperately stupid, “Step Brothers” is an indicator that the Judd Apatow juggernaut -- which often includes star Will Ferrell and helmer Adam McKay (“Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights”) -- has made one too many trips to the well.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/344923905" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/step_brothers#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15355 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:27 +0200 variety 15355 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/steely_dan <p>Music Reviews: The current Think Fast Tour links the end of Steely Dan's initial run with a handful of recent numbers, wholly focused on groove-oriented light funk tunes that Becker can talk-sing through. It is the most musically rewarding edition of Steely Dan since their decision tour in the mid-1990s.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/344988427" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/steely_dan#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15352 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:26 +0200 variety 15352 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/prodn_continues_despite_uncertainty <p>Labor Issues: Overall activity for the week totals 176 permits -- Amid uncertainty over when SAG's contract stalemate will be resolved, offlot production of features in Hollywood has remained healthy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345197466" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/prodn_continues_despite_uncertainty#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15347 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:26 +0200 variety 15347 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/the_plant_that_ate_dirty_socks <p>Legit Reviews: "The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks," based on the children's book by Nancy McArthur, is about -- well, you get it. Sort of a child-friendly variation on "Little Shop of Horrors" for young audiences, the title character feeds not on blood but on stinky Argyles.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345120629" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/the_plant_that_ate_dirty_socks#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15349 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:26 +0200 variety 15349 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/south_africa_to_get_pay_tv_choice <p>International News: On Digital Media license challenges MultiChoice -- The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa issued a pay TV license to On Digital Media on Monday, paving the way for it to go on air next year and finally opening up the market so long dominated by pan-African satcaster MultiChoice.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345162661" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/south_africa_to_get_pay_tv_choice#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15351 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:26 +0200 variety 15351 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/somewhere_the_songs_of_leonard_bernstein_0 <p>Music Reviews: Jazz in July, the annual summer event at the 92nd Street Y, kicked off a seven-performance series with "Somewhere -- The Songs of Leonard Bernstein," a program celebrating the legacy of showtunes composed by the conductor and teacher.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/344938823" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/somewhere_the_songs_of_leonard_bernstein_0#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15353 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:26 +0200 variety 15353 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/betting_on_the_farm_team <p>Weekly: Foreign sales agents search for star power -- At the Hollywood majors, there is a small coterie of actors who can guarantee that a film will be made. But in the world of foreign sales, there is a parallel universe, with a different group of actors who are considered bankable, even if they've only had a few film credits -- as long as those few films were successful enough to give them recognition around the globe.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345197465" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/betting_on_the_farm_team#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15346 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:26 +0200 variety 15346 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/landscape_to_adapt_pretty_baby <p>Comic Book Biz: Graphic novel features 1930s gangsters -- Landscape Entertainment has acquired "Pretty Baby Machine," a graphic novel conceived by Clark Westerman, with illustrations by Kody Chamberlain.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345174108" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/landscape_to_adapt_pretty_baby#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15348 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:26 +0200 variety 15348 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/stain <p>Legit Reviews: It's hard not to spend the first few minutes of "Stain" with your jaw in your lap. He can't say that! you think, but he totally can. "He," in this case, is Arthur, the father of a 15-year-old boy (or is he a 15-year-old man?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345120630" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/stain#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15350 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:26 +0200 variety 15350 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/richard_dreyfuss_to_narrate_docu <p>Film News: 'America Betrayed' directed by Leslie Carde -- Richard Dreyfuss has signed on to narrate documentary feature "America Betrayed" for Eclipse Entertainment and filmmaker Leslie Carde.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345254688" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/richard_dreyfuss_to_narrate_docu#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15345 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:25 +0200 variety 15345 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/abc_reups_who_man <p>TV News: Todd signs new two-year overall deal -- Don Todd, co-creator and exec producer of ABC's frosh success "Samantha Who?," has inked a new two-year overall deal with "Samantha" producer ABC Studios.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345231689" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/abc_reups_who_man#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15340 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:25 +0200 variety 15340 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/wgaw_in_third_stage_of_truth_tour <p>Web Exclusive: Guild aims at unfair working conditions on 'Idol' -- The WGA West is launching the third stage of its Truth Tour campaign aimed at gaining jurisdiction over FremantleMedia by pointing to allegedly unfair working conditions on such shows as "American Idol."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345275722" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/wgaw_in_third_stage_of_truth_tour#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15342 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:25 +0200 variety 15342 at http://www.fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/node/here_films_nabs_ciao <p>Gotham: Yen Tan film screened at Outfest, AFI Dallas -- Here Films has acquired North American distribution rights to dramatic feature "Ciao" from director Yen Tan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/headlines/~4/345254686" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://www.fest21.com/node/here_films_nabs_ciao#comments http://www.fest21.com/crss/node/15344 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:25 +0200 variety 15344 at http://www.fest21.com