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'People Like Us' review: Hopefully there's no you in 'Us'
** (out of four) Close the nominations. Contest over. The worst musical score of 2012 goes to “People Like Us,” which delivers such manipulative twinkle-twinkle-jangle-string-section compositions that even the few moments of this melodrama...
Tags: People Like Us (movie), Michelle Pfeiffer, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Slumdog Millionaire (movie)
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Gold Derby nuggets: 3 or 5 animated feature Oscar nominees? | "SNL" = Oscar good luck charm?
Gold Derby• Pete Hammond has the scoop on the possibility of the animated feature Oscar race expanding this year. As he reports, "the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences sent out a reminder confirming the 5 PM PT November 1st deadline for 2010 Best... -
Liz Phair on new record: 'I'm going to get this one right'
Pop & HissLiz Phair is working on a new album. "My fantasy is that this comes out on Matador," she says, referring to the independent that released her first three albums, including the career-defining "Exile in Guyville." Liz Phair resurfaces with music on the... -
The Bowl to feature movie music from Hollywood, Bollywood and Philip Glass
Culture MonsterTrue to its name, the Hollywood Bowl has made a specialty of showcasing music from the movies. "Given our location and history, it's a natural for us," says Arvind Manocha, chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Assn. It's...... -
Music review: A.R. Rahman and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 'Journey to India' at Hollywood Bowl
Culture MonsterIn a Hollywood Bowl weekend dominated by film scores, the Los Angeles Philharmonic turned from “West Side Story” on Friday and Saturday to a Sunday program that could have been titled “East Side Story,” music from India culminating... -
Who’s appearing, performing and presenting Oscar night?
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelA Long list of past Oscar winners, nominees and just plain movie stars are on tap for Sunday's night's Oscarcast. Mandy Moore's singing her song from “Tangled,” Gwyneth Paltrow will deliver “Country Strong” one last time. Jeff... -
Trent Reznor on finding the right notes for the 'Social Network' score: 'I saw a story about a guy who needs to prove himself'
Pop & HissThere was no shortage of critical accolades heaped upon the score to "The Social Network," yet the work was far from conventional. In other words, the composition from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, which is heavy on electronic atmospheres and...... -
Pop & Hiss goes to the movies: A look at the year's Oscar-contending movie songs
Pop & HissOscar's best song category sometimes feels like the field that gets no respect. Two years ago, only three songs were nominated, and the prior year much of the music recognized by the academy came from one film, Disney's "Enchanted." And...... -
Soundtrack review: A.R. Rahman's '127 Hours'
Pop & HissIn his last movie, âSlumdog Millionaire,â director Danny Boyle showed a sophisticated sense of how music and image can intertwine and intensify each other. With his latest, â127 Hours,â he proves his skill again, reenlisting composer A.R. Rahman,... -
The score for 'The Social Network' came with rules, says Trent Reznor. Now how about tour dates?
Pop & HissFor his first-ever film score, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame was eager to have a bevy of new toys at his disposal. Perhaps a string section? Perhaps a full orchestral suite? Yet "The Social Network" director David Fincher...... -
Gervais: He went too far, then again, not far enough
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe silence in the room gave away that Ricky Gervais was going a little too far, hitting a little too close to home in swinging for the fences at last night's Golden Globes. Nervous titters over his rehab and jail jokes to introducer Robert Downey Jr.,...
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