Having found critical acclaim with his directorial debut "Coriolanus" last year, Ralph Fiennes has been determined not to follow fellow Brit actors Gary Oldman and Tim Roth in letting years pass before he helms another picture. Even before his first picture was in theaters, Fiennes was planning his follow-up: an adaptation of Claire Tomalin's "The Invisible Woman," which tells the story of the relationship between author Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan, the much younger actress who became his lifelong mistress. Penned by Abi Morgan ("Shame," "The Iron Lady"), shooting is underway, and now Empire has the first look at ...

The sky a becoming azure shade and the intense foliage of Islington inundating the place, it's irrevocably springtime and to adulterate the ageless prose of DuBose Heyward, 'the livin' is easy'. It is too ameliorated further by a rare visit from manic-depressive, maniacally genius Texan Daniel Johnston , whose Waller roots tonight wriggle into the essence of artefact aficionados British Sea Power . Branded the Texan Sea Power for one night only (and later perhaps unintentionally erroneously by Johnston as the "Texan Sea Lions"), they open up the evening with an acoustic set that sees the boys and girl from beside ...

No, we didn't make a mistake. The Great Escape have added 141 new bands to the 2012 line-up. You can see them all below, with our top picks in bold. Bass Drum Of Death / St Lucia / Porcelain Raft / Gaz Coombes / Jethro Fox/ Films Of Colour / Treetop Flyers / Hannah Cohen / Cloud Nothings / Among Brothers / Body Language / Retro Stefson / The Black Belles/ Black Moth/ We Were Evergreen / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Drop Out Venus / Tall Ships / Fossil Collective / I Am Oak / Novika / Bueno Bros / Hans Chew / Gabriel And The Hounds/ Admirall Fallow / Tiny Ruins/ /face + Heel / Dauwd / Electric Wire Hustle/ Redinho ...

Um pouco sobre a arquitetura modernista brasileira através dos trabalhos dos Irmão Roberto, autores do prédio da Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (ABI) e do aeroporto Santos Dumont.

Whyrez Feat Abi Flynn - Six In The Morning EP (L2S067) (2011) Group: DEF | Avg. Bitrate320 kb/sec | Time: 12:65 Mins | 30 MB Genre: Bass

Dans la jeune garde indie-pop britannique, nous sommes tout particulièrement fan de Fear Of Men, un quatuor de Brighton. Nous ne nous lassons pas de leurs deux sublimes cassettes (parues respectivement sur Sex Is Disgusting et en autoproduction) et du single sorti sur l'un de nos labels anglais préférés : Italian Beach Babes (monté par Conan de Mazes). C'est donc sans surprise que le groupe s'est retrouvé dans notre top 2012 singles et espoirs ! Si vous aimez l'indie pop sombre, sensible et délicate, romantique même, comme nous. Il y a de fortes chances pour que vous soyez ...

Singapore act Absence of the Sacred has signed a deal with Sonic Blast Media to release the new album "Come Hither O Herald of Death" worldwide on March 1st, 2012. The following press release was issued about the album: "Absence of the Sacred?s latest and third album, Come Hither O Herald of Death, is probably a great testimony to the band?s abi... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Illustration: Abi Heyneke I’ve been reading a lot about Lana Del Rey lately. You have too. You’ve heard about her past as Lizzy Grant, her “image change” and “lip enhancement,” and of course her notorious Saturday Night Live performance. You’ve watched as she suddenly went from being put on a pedestal as a media darling [...]

Photo by Andy Gaines - www.andygaines.com It’s a sad thing to say, but often in the high-finance world of running a record label and reaching the heights of artistic excellence, we forget the delicate interplay between the customer and the webs of commerce . And what is the location where customers can gain access to high art? It is the good ole record shop .  Some might question the role of the record shop in the digital era , but as we will illustrate, record shops are blooming, blossoming and multiplying at a bacterial rate across the globe. And one such ...

Wondering what bloggers have been chatting about this week? Here is Your Reading and Listening Schedule for Today : 9 am : Episode 241 of the Cinecast podcast offers up an extensive look at some of the upcoming films of 2012 . 10 am : Over at Lee and Dan’s Midnight Movie Club , the guys end their epic look at the entire Star Trek franchise with J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot . 11 am : Jordan has a great piece offering insight into the minds of Shame director Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan . 12 pm : Alan takes in the classic film Harvey . 1 pm ...

Catie Curtis – Seated Show, No Opener @ The Tractor Tavern | 7pm | $18 |21+  New England folk singer-songwriter Catie Curtis performs an intimate seated show at the Tractor Tavern tonight. Your wife wants you to take her to this show. Brite Lines, Pomerantz and Abi Swanson @ Columbia City Theater | 8pm | [...]

Meryl Streep's latest film "The Iron Lady," in which she portrays Margaret Thatcher, isn't without controversy, not least of which because she's playing one of the most polarizing figures of the 20th century. When director Phyllida Lloyd first considered casting Streep – the two last teamed up on Lloyd's directorial debut "Mamma Mia!" – she thought some of the uproar might be over an American taking on such an iconic British figure, but as it turns out, that fear was unwarranted. Instead, most of the outcry has centered on how Thatcher is portrayed, or that she's even ...

Three of screenwriter Abi Morgan's projects were honored by Golden Globe nominations Thursday -- the first season of her much-acclaimed BBC miniseries "The Hour," as well as the lead actors from her films "Shame" and "The Iron Lady," Michael Fassbender and Meryl Streep. And Morgan is already hard at work on her next round of projects, including the second season of "The Hour," which is in the middle of shooting now. "It's amazing for us with 'The Hour,' because it's such a small audience, but it seems to have had a great effect," Morgan told The Playlist. Season ...

Jane Birkin with Serge Gainsbourg : Je t'aime moi non plus (vinyl) [ purchase ] I bought my first record when I was five years old ( this masterpiece , if you want to know). Before that, I loved playing my grandmother’s singles – of which I remember only a recording of the Slave Choir from Verdi’s Nabucco – and, once I was given my own little record player for my fifth birthday, I liberally borrowed my mother’s singles, which were kept in an album with plastic sleeves. It certainly was an eclectic collection. It included Manfred Mann (Ha! Ha! Said The Clown ...

In English director Steve McQueen's second feature film, co-written by McQueen and Abi Morgan, Michael Fassbender plays Brandon, a well-to-do New Yorker whose looks, stylish wardrobe, and piercing stare can, we're led to believe, bring pretty women to near ecstasy on the subway. The catch is that Brandon is a sex addict who collects porn and can't maintain relationships with women.