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The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV 2013)

Awards | Music

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show is broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the second time by LL Cool J. Nominations were announced on December 5, 2012 on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special co-hosted by LL Cool J & Taylor Swift and broadcast live on CBS from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Fun, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach received the most nominations with six each, all of whom were consisted of male artists.

The Recording Academy presented all four general field awards to male artists. Gotye and Kimbra won the Record of the Year for "Somebody That I Used to Know", becoming the second Australian and first New Zealand act to win the award. Mumford & Sons won the Album of the Year for Babel, and Fun won the Song of the Year (with Jeff Bhasker) for "We Are Young" as well as the Best New Artist. Kelly Clarkson won the Best Pop Vocal Album for Stronger, becoming the first and only artist to win the award twice. Dan Auerbach won the most number of awards during the ceremony, with four (including three as part of The Black Keys); followed by The Black Keys, Gotye, Jay-Z, Skrillex, Kanye West, with three each. Other multiple winners include: Chick Corea, Fun, Kimbra, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Matt Redman and Esperanza Spalding with two awards each.

The Recording Academy introduced three new categories to the 78 awards previously presented at the 54th ceremony-Best Classical Compendium, Best Latin Jazz Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album, bringing it to a total of 81 awards. 70 of them were presented at the pre-telecast at the Nokia Theatre, with the remaining 11 were presented at the main ceremony. Bruce Springsteen received the MusiCares Person of the Year award on February 8, 2013 at the 23rd Grammy Benefit Gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two nights prior to the main ceremony. The official poster was designed by Artist Erika Iris Simmons. The program producer is AEG Ehrlich Ventures, with Ken Ehrlich serving as executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz as director and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich as writers.

Starring: LL Cool J, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Fun., Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Miguel, Wiz Khalifa, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Mikky Ekko, Dr. John, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars, Sting, Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley, The Lumineers, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Zac Brown, Brittany Howard, Mavis Staples, T Bone Burnett, Juanes, Frank Ocean, Travis Barker, Chuck D, Tom Morello, DJ Z-Trip
Director: Louis J. Horvitz

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Tags: Alicia Keys, Brittany Howard, Bruno Mars, Carrie Underwood, Chick Corea, Chuck D, Damian Marley, Dierks Bentley, DJ Z-Trip, Dr. John, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Frank Ocean, Fun., Jack White, Jay-Z, Juanes, Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny Garrett, LL Cool J, Louis J. Horvitz, Maroon 5, Mavis Staples, Miguel, Mikky Ekko, Miranda Lambert, Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, Stanley Clarke, Sting, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, The Lumineers, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tom Morello, Travis Barker, Wiz Khalifa, Zac Brown, Ziggy Marley

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Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

Comedy | Music

For years, the record industries have inserted subliminal messages into music so that they can turn teenagers into braindead zombies who do nothing but buy, buy, buy. And whenever the musician or band finds out the truth, the record company silences them to keep the truth from coming out. When the hot boy band DuJour discovers this, their manager, Wyatt Frame, under his evil, corrupt boss, Fiona, has the plane they are flying in crashed and him looking for a new band to use for their evil schemes. Enter Josie, the ditzy Melody, and the tough Valerie, from Josie and the Pussycats, a small band who wants to make it to the big top. When they are discovered by Wyatt, they give in and become big rock stars. But will they find out that they are just pawns for the record industry or will fame take them over?

Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle, Alan Cumming
Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan

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Saludos Amigos (1942)

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Music | Short

Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: "Lake Titicaca" depicts tourist Donald Duck's troubles with a stubborn llama; "Pedro" tells of a little mail plane's adventures flying over the treacherous Andes; "El Gaucho Goofy" transplants an American cowboy into the Argentine pampas; and in "Aquarela do Brasil," Jose Carioca shows Donald the sights and sounds of Rio de Janiero.

Starring: José Oliveira
Narrator: Fred Shields
Director: Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts

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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

Comedy | Drama | Music

"A Prairie Home Companion", hosted by humorist Garrison Keillor, is a down home radio variety show recorded and performed live in front of an audience in a theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. A show from another era, "A Prairie Home Companion" has been canceled. The regulars are performing on the last show, including Dusty & Lefty, singing/guitar playing cowboys with a risqué sense of humor, and the Johnson Girls, a sister singing duo of Rhonda and Yolanda who have a penchant for talking over each other. As the show goes on, the regulars, backstage, talk about their lives in relation to the show. Other goings-on include Yolanda and others trying to convince her shy somber daughter, Lola, to sing on this last show. As all this goes on, a mysterious woman in a white trench coat who is on a mission wanders around the theater, while the show's dim security guard, Guy Noir, who usually has nothing to do security-wise, follows.

Starring: Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, L.Q. Jones, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Marylouise Burke
Director: Robert Altman

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Music Within (2007)

Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance | War

The True Story Of Richard Pimentel, A Brilliant Public Speaker With A Troubled Past, Who Returns From Vietnam Severely Hearing-Impaired And Finds A New Purpose In His Landmark Efforts On The Behalf Of Americans With Disabilities…

Starring: Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen
Director: Steven Sawalich

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Listen to Your Heart (2010)

Drama | Music | Romance

Danny (Kent Moran) has an apartment as small as his paychecks, no family, and a struggling music career. But with unwaivering optimism, for Danny, "every day is a great day to be alive." It's love at first sight when Danny meets Ariana (Alexia Rasmussen), a wealthy hearing-impaired girl from Greenwich, CT who tragically cannot hear the music she inspires him to write. Ariana is torn between hanging onto the shelter her controlling mother (Cybill Shepherd) provides and fighting for a love that, if just given the chance, might just change her life. When tragedy strikes, determined that nothing can keep them apart, they must trust in the power of their love, and together discover just how important it is to "listen to your heart."

Starring: Alexia Rasmussen, Kent Moran, Cybill Shepherd, Shirley Knight, Frank Watson, Ernie Sabella
Director: Matt Thompson

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Niewinni czarodzieje / Innocent Sorcerers (1960)

Drama | Music | Romance

A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love. But he loses her when he goes out to see some friends and then rushes madly around the city after her .

Starring: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Wanda Koczeska, Kalina Jedrusik, Teresa Szmigielówna, Zbigniew Cybulski, Roman Polanski, Andrzej Nowakowski
Director: Andrzej Wajda

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Tags: Andrzej Nowakowski, Andrzej Wajda, Kalina Jedrusik, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Roman Polanski, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Teresa Szmigielówna, Wanda Koczeska, Zbigniew Cybulski

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The Jazz Singer (1927)

Drama | Music | Romance

For five generations, men in the Rabinowitz family have been Cantors in the synagogue, but Jakie is more interested in jazz and ragtime music. Jakie leaves his New York home for good. After years on his own, now calling himself Jack Robin, he gets an important opportunity — on Broadway.

Starring: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland
Director: Alan Crosland

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Black and White (1999)

Crime | Drama | Music

Set in New York City, Black and White features several losely related stories centering on a pair of documentary filmmakers, Sam and her husband Terry, in following a group of caucasian teens, Raven, Charlie, Will, Marty, Wren and others who try to fit in with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd who include gangster rapper Rich Bower and his music partner Cigar in landing a recording gig, as well as college basketball player Dean who is conflicted on taking a fall on a game for shady gambler Mark Clear who has hidden agenda for Dean and Rich.

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gaby Hoffmann, Allan Houston, Jared Leto, Method Man, Joe Pantoliano, Bijou Phillips, Oliver Grant, Raekwon, Claudia Schiffer, William Lee Scott, Brooke Shields, Mike Tyson, Elijah Wood, Ben Stiller
Director: James Toback

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Tags: Allan Houston, Ben Stiller, Bijou Phillips, Brooke Shields, Claudia Schiffer, Elijah Wood, Gaby Hoffmann, James Toback, Jared Leto, Joe Pantoliano, Method Man, Mike Tyson, Oliver Grant, Raekwon, Robert Downey Jr., William Lee Scott

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Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

Drama | Music

A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Alicia Witt, Terrence Howard
Director: Stephen Herek

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Tags: Alicia Witt, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, Richard Dreyfuss, Stephen Herek, Terrence Howard, William H. Macy

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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Music | Romance

A 43 year old mother and housewife that's facing divorce is thrust back in time when she tries to plan a high-school reunion. Given the chance to change the course of her life she finds herself making many of the same choices.

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor
Director: Francis Ford Coppola

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David Garrett: Music – Live in Concert (2012)

Music

Year of us to think about the musician-violinist, probably once a male figure is fixed with the bow and violin in hand, dressed in a tuxedo dark shades, white shirt and, of course, with a butterfly on her neck. But look at David Garrett! He brazenly breaks the stereotypes of his virtuoso playing the violin, and, importantly, the form submission this game. David Garrett is a new one and all concert titled Music Live In Concert. At the concert, David Garrett plays as works of classics and works of the world of rock.

Starring: David Garrett

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Nightfur (2011)

Comedy | Fantasy | Music | Romance | Sci-Fi

An introspective astrophysics major visits a remote lab to work with his mentor, Dr. Roberts. After his arrival, he finds that a young woman from the metaphysical side of the fence has been taken in by the doctor. She is found to be sensitive to a mysterious signal coming from the depths of space. The unexplainable phenomena that occur force Frank and Dr. Roberts to look at life from a different, unscientific, angle. When Helen's forest dwelling spiritual guide enters the mix they find that logic, love, and jealousy become easily entangled in the presence of the unknown. Nightfur is a quirky, surreal romance film with elements of science fiction and fantasy. The film features music by world renowned Band Of Horses, The Parson Redheads, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Lucy Langlas, Black Nile, and more.

Starring: Jeter Rhodes, Jana Danae, Creighton Barrett
Director: Jason Corgan Brown

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I Am Not a Hipster (2012)

Drama | Music

Based in San Diego's indie music and art scene, exploring what it means to be creative in the face of tragedy.

Starring: Dominic Bogart, Alvaro Orlando, Tammy Minoff, Lauren Coleman, Kandis Erickson, Brad William Henke, Tania Verafield, Michael Harding, Adam Shapiro, Eva Mah, Casey Jon Deidrick
Director: Destin Cretton

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Killing Bono (2011)

Comedy | Music

A dark comedy about the people who don't find fame and fortune, the film is loosely based on the lives of brothers Neil and Ivan McCormick, who grew up with the members of U2 and played in a rival band, only to watch their former schoolmates become world famous while the McCormick brothers continued to struggle for recognition.

Starring: Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Krysten Ritter, Stanley Townsend, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Nick Hamm

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Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Music | Musical | Sci-Fi | Thriller

When a record producer steals a composer's music and girlfriend, the composer becomes "The Phantom" of the producer's rock palace and attempts to exact his revenge.

Starring: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, George Memmoli
Director: Brian De Palma

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Brassed Off (1996)

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.

Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson
Director: Mark Herman

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Rihanna: Loud Tour Live at the O2 (2012)

Music

Blu-Ray pressing. Hot on the heels on the release of Rihanna's album Unapologetic comes Rihanna Loud Tour Live At The 02! This release contains over two hours of exclusive content featuring performances of her greatest hits and back stage interactions from her appearance at The 02 Arena in London during the Loud tour. Performing in over 20 countries in the Americas and Europe, the tour was a commercial success, experiencing demand for an extension of shows in the United Kingdom due to popularity. The Loud Tour became the seventh highest grossing tour of 2011.

Starring: Rihanna
Director: Nick Wickham

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Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Documentary | Music

Koyaanisqatsi is a documentary (of sorts). It is also a visual concert of images set to the haunting music of 'Phillip Glass' . While there is no plot in the traditional sense, there is a definate scenario. The film opens on ancient native American cave drawings, while the soundtrack chants "Koyaanisqatsi" which is a Hopi indian term for "life out of balance". The film uses extensive time lapse photography (which speeds images up) and slow motion photography to make comparisons between different types of physical motion.

Starring: Lou Dobbs, Ted Koppel
Director: Godfrey Reggio

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Powaqqatsi (1988)

Documentary | Music

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Starring: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Pope John Paul II, Dan Rather, Cheryl Tiegs
Director: Godfrey Reggio

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