Arts & Entertainment
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 by
Michael Bugeja
Kultural win 2012’s L-Għanja Tal-Poplu
Kultural is the winner of this year’s edition of L-Għanja Tal-Poplu. The young quartet, whose style fuses contemporary lyrics with hiphop and classical elements, rhythmic guitar and world music, won the festival with Malta Tiegħi, an original song...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 by
Michael Bugeja
All the #1s for Marty Rivers
Marty Rivers last featured in these pages in connection with his single Midnight Sky’s successful climb to the international Hotdisc and Ramgatie charts, which was quite a considerable feat. To further push the point home that the Maltese country...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 by
Michael Bugeja
Cruz have it all
Without a doubt, 2011 ended with a bang for the band Cruz; not only did they give a trio of impressive performances at last year’s Teatru Unplugged, but they also bagged a Best New Artist award at the Malta Music Awards. To follow it up, the band is...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 by
Michael Bugeja
Christabelle releases new single
Say is the new single from Maltese pop singer Christabelle. The song is her sixth release to date and was recorded in Washington DC. An urban song but with a different style, Say was written by Christopher Lawrence Carter together with the young...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 by
Michael Bugeja
Local, foreign artists for Pub Music Festival
The 14th edition of the Simon’s Pub Music Festival kicks off on Friday, setting the ball rolling for three consecutive days of live music with a purpose – that of raising funds for Inspire, the non-profit organisation that supports more than a...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 by
Michael Bugeja
Miles Davis’ spirit alive ’n’ well
Although you’re best known as a trumpet player, you’ve also played the upright bass in the past. What, apart from the fact that you’ve been playing it since childhood, is it about the trumpet that appeals to you above other instruments? The main...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 by
Albert Storace
Hitting the high notes
Soprano Roberta Canzian and baritone Mario Cassi will be singing together at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta, on May 12. The two were drawn to opera in different ways; Canzian has no musical family background. An uncle of hers followed opera as a...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Neapolitan music
A concert of Neapolitan music will be held at Sagrestia Vault, Valletta Waterfront, on Friday. Soprano Marita Bezzina and tenor Joseph Aquilina will be accompanied on the piano by Ramona Zammit Formosa. They will be performing some of the most...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Conference on G.K. Chesterton the journalist
The theme of ‘Chesterton as a journalist’ will be treated in a one-day conference at the Erin Serracino Inglott Hall at University on May 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. Fr Ian Boyd and Prof. Dermot Quinn, two eminent American Chesterton scholars from Seton...
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Sundance moves from snowy Utah mountains to London
Hollywood veteran Robert Redford moved his Sundance film festival from Utah’s snowy mountains to London, in a bid to kick start an international expansion of the event. Sundance London, a smaller version of the US film festival set up by the actor...
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Cuba boat people film is the Tribeca winner
A movie about Cuban boat people was the biggest winner at the Tribeca Film Festival, taking in three awards after two of its actors went missing en route to New York. “So much happened in this movie,” said London-born Lucy Mulloy, the director of...
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Hancock to kick off Jazz Day
Legendary bandleader Herbie Hancock will get the first International Jazz Day off to a melodious start on Monday with a dawn concert in the cradle of the music, New Orleans. April 30 was designated International Jazz day by Unesco last year, but...
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Friday, April 27, 2012 by
Natalie Bowen
Go back in time with art and photographs
Famous artworks from modern artists have gone on show in Malta to mark the British Council’s 75th anniversary on the islands. Curator Paula Rego selected more than 50 drawings, prints and photographs from the British Council’s extensive collection...
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Friday, April 27, 2012 by
Johan Galea
Hulk and co. go to battle
Avengers Assemble (2012)Certified: PGDuration: 143 minutesDirected by: Joss WhedonStarring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddlestone, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth PaltrowKRS...
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Peace award for actor Penn
Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has accepted an award from a gathering of Nobel Peace Prize laureates for his work in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Mr Penn received the 2012 Peace Summit Award in Chicago, where Peace Prize laureates gathered for a...
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Beyonce is ‘most beautiful woman’
People magazine named Beyonce the World’s Most Beautiful Woman for 2012, describing her as a force of nature, style icon and proud mother. The 30-year-old singer, a 16-time Grammy Award winner, told the top-selling magazine that her recently-born...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Short films workshop
TorinoFilmLab, in partnership with the Malta Film Commission, will be screening a number of short films as part of the FrameWork 2012 Workshop at the Grand Hotel Excelsior, Floriana. Screenings of the short films will take place on Sunday and on...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Star Wars explores human identity
A new exhibit exploring human identity through the Star Wars universe and the epic sci-fi saga’s quirky characters kicks off a multi-city world tour in Montreal. Star Wars Identities combines the latest scientific research in areas of psychology,...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Drama on serial killer leads Bafta TV awards
A British mini-series based on the life of serial killer Fred West led the Baftas with four nominations, including best actor and actress for the two central characters. Appropriate Adult features Dominic West as Fred West, charged with the murder...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Lohan to play Elizabeth Taylor in TV love story
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is to portray Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor in a television movie about her romance with actor Richard Burton. Production will begin in June in Los Angeles for the movie Liz and Dick. “We are thrilled Lindsay will...