Segunda-feira, Fevereiro 13, 2012

Grammy 2012


Uma das imagens do dia, a limpeza que Adele fez nos Grammy Awards. 6 nomeações, 6 prémios. Na minha singela opinião, merecidissímo.
Aqui fica a lista dos vencedores nas principais categorias, cortesia do Telegraph:

Song of the Year:
"Rolling in the Deep," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth

Pop Solo Performance:
"Someone Like You," Adele

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group:
"Body and Soul," Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

Pop Vocal Album:
 "21," Adele

Alternative Album:
"Bon Iver," Bon Iver

Rock Song:
 "Walk," Foo Fighters

Rock Album:
 "Wasting Light," Foo Fighters

Rock Performance:
 "Walk," Foo Fighters

Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
 "White Limo," Foo Fighters

R&B Album:
"F.A.M.E.," Chris Brown

R&B Song:
 "Fool For You," Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim & Jack Splash

R&B Performance:
 "Is This Love," Corrine Bailey Rae

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
 "Fool For You," Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona

Rap Album:
 "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Kanye West

Rap Performance:
 "Otis," Jay-Z and Kanye West

Rap Song:
"All of the Lights," Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West

Rap/Sung Collaboration:
 "All of the Lights," Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Dance Recording:
 "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," Skrillex

Dance/Electronica Album:
"Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," Skrillex

Musical Theater Album:
 "The Book of Mormon," Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone

World Music Album:
 "Tassili," Tinariwen

Latin Pop Rock, Rock or Urban Album:
 "Drama y Luz," Mana

Tropical Latin Album:
"Last Mambo," Cachao

Banda or Norteno Album:
 "Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends," Los Tigres Del Norte

Regional Mexican or Tejano Album:
 "Bicentenario," Pepe Aguilar

Country Solo Performance:
 "Mean," Taylor Swift

Country Album:
"Own the Night," Lady Antebellum

Country Performance by a Duo or Group:
 "Barton Hollow," The Civil Wars

Country Song:
 "Mean," Taylor Swift

Jazz Vocal Album:
 "The Mosaic Project," Terri Lyne Carrington & various artists

Jazz Instrumental Album:
 "Forever," Corea, Clark & White

Improvised Jazz Solo:
 "500 Miles High," Chick Corea

Large Ensemble Jazz Album:
 "The Good Feeling," Christian McBride Big Band

Blues Album:
 "Revelator," Tedeschi Trucks Band

Folk Album:
 "Barton Hollow," The Civil Wars

Pop Instrumental Album:
 "The Road From Memphis," Booker T. Jones

Americana Album:
 "Ramble at the Ryman," Levon Helm

Reggae Album:
 "Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life," Stephen Marley

New Age Album:
 "What's It All About," Pat Metheny

Children's Album:
 "All About Bullies... Big and Small," various artists

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Paul Epworth

Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
 "Cinema (Skrillex remix)," Sonny Moore

Gospel Song:
 "Hello Fear," Kirk Franklin

Gospel/Contemporary Christian Performance:
"Jesus," L'Andria Johnson

Gospel Album:
 "Hello Fear," Kirk Franklin

Choral Performance:
"Light & Gold," Eric Whitacre

Classical Contemporary Composition:
 "Elmer Gantry," Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein

Producer of the Year, Classical:
 Judith Sherman

Orchestral Performance:
 "Brahms: Symphony No. 4," Gustavo Dudamel

Opera Recording:
 "Adams: Doctor Atomic," Alan Gilbert, conductor

Spoken Word Album:
 "If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)," Betty White

Comedy Album:
 "Hilarious," Louis C.K.

Compilation Soundtrack Album For Visual Media:
 "Boardwalk Empire," various artists

Score Soundtrack Album For Visual Media:
"The King's Speech," Alexandre Desplat

Song Written For Visual Media:
 "I See the Light," Alan Menken & Glenn Slater

Historical Album:
"Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition)," Paul McCartney

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists:
 "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)," Jorge Calandrelli

BAFTA 2012

Aqui fica a lista dos vencedores da noite, com a cortesia da Empire.

BEST FILM
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
My Week With Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need To Talk About Kevin

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Attack The Block - Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
Black Pond - Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (Director)
Submarine - Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

DOCUMENTARY
George Harrison: Living In The Material World
Project Nim
Senna

ANIMATED FILM
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango

DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Tomas Alfredson - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lynne Ramsay - We Need To Talk About Kevin

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids
John Michael McDonagh - The Guard
Abi Morgan - The Iron Lady
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants
Tate Taylor - The Help
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides Of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

LEADING ACTOR
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney - The Descendants
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Michael Fassbender - Shame

LEADING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis - The Help

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides of March

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan - Drive
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Judi Dench - My Week with Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer - The Help

ORIGINAL MUSIC

The Artist - Ludovic Bource
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo - Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias
War Horse - John Williams

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo - Robert Richardson
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Hoyte van Hoytema
War Horse - Janusz Kaminski

EDITING
The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
Drive - Mat Newman
Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker
Senna - Gregers Sall, Chris King
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Dino Jonsater

PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Artist - Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Hugo - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
War Horse - Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

COSTUME DESIGN
The Artist - Mark Bridges
Hugo - Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor
My Week With Marilyn - Jill Taylor
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Jacqueline Durran

MAKE UP & HAIR
The Artist - Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
Hugo - Morag Ross, Jan Archibald
The Iron Lady - Marese Langan, Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland
My Week With Marilyn - Jenny Shircore
SOUND
The Artist - Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
Hugo - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
War Horse - Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn - Joe Letteri
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
Hugo - Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
War Horse - Ben Morris, Neil Corbould

SHORT ANIMATION
Abuelas
Bobby Yeah
A Morning Stroll

SHORT FILM
Chalk
Mwansa The Great
Only Sound Remains
Pitch Black Heist
Two And Two

THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Adam Deacon
Chris Hemsworth
Chris O'Dowd
Eddie Redmayne
Tom Hiddleston

Dia Mundial da Rádio

Já em 2009 publiquei esta música no blog, mas hoje repito a publicação à Rádio no seu 1º Dia Mundial. Para mim, que tanto me diz a rádio (durante algum tempo fiz programas numa rádio local e na rádio escolar), este dia é merecidissímo e bastante oportuno. Numa época em que nos voltamos para o revivalismo, mais do que nunca devemos preservar algo que a televisão nunca poderá destruir. Isso é a Magia da Rádio.
Feliz 1º Dia Mundial da Rádio.


I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
(Radio)

You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds -- invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh -- you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly

So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
(Radio)

All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you!

We watch the shows -- we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years

Let's hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around cos we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
(Radio)

All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio GaGa
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio GaGa
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio ga ga
Radio what's new?
Someone still loves you!

You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour

Domingo, Fevereiro 12, 2012

Whitney Houston 1963-2012

 
Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will be
I will be
I will be free

Sábado, Fevereiro 11, 2012

Antony and The Johnsons - Bird Gerhl



I am a bird girl now
I've got my heart
Here in my hands now
I've been searching
For my wings some time
I'm gonna be born
Into soon the sky
'Cause I'm a bird girl
And the bird girls go to heaven
I'm a bird girl
And the bird girls can fly
Bird girls can fly
       

Já começou a nevar pelo Algarve... :D


Há muitos séculos, reinava em Chelb, a futura Silves, o rei Ibn-Almundim. Este rei nunca tinha conhecido uma derrota. Um dia, entre os prisioneiros de uma batalha, viu a linda Gilda, uma princesa loira de olhos azuis e porte altivo. Impressionado, o rei mouro deu-lhe a liberdade. Conquistando progressivamente a confiança de Gilda, confessou-lhe o seu amor e pediu-a em casamento. Foram felizes durante algum tempo. Um dia, a bela princesa do Norte adoeceu sem razão aparente. Um velho cativo das terras do Norte pediu para ser recebido pelo rei e revelou-lhe que a princesa sofria de nostalgia da neve do seu país distante. Então, Ibn-Almundim mandou plantar por todo o seu reino muitas amendoeiras.
Na primavera seguinte, o rei levou Gilda à janela do terraço do castelo. Ao ver as flores brancas das amendoeiras, a princesa começou a sentir-se melhor, pois davam-lhe a ilusão da neve. Gilda ficou curada da saudade que sentia.
(Conto retirado de Infopedia.pt)

Smashing Pumpkins Deluxe Editions

 




Estas versões já estão a caminho. Para mim, cd's de Pumpkins nunca são demais....:D

Sexta-feira, Fevereiro 10, 2012

Terça-feira, Fevereiro 07, 2012

Sherlock


Não precisam de vir a correr atrás de mim porque já vi a primeira temporada e o segundo episódio da segunda série já cá canta. Agradecia-se é que para a terceira temporada fizessem 6 episódios. :D

Update:

Agora é a vossa vez de fugirem. Quer-se dizer, depois de um final de temporada daqueles decidem que agora vamos ter de esperar algum tempo até a terceira série sair cá para fora? E ainda por cima já filmaram a cena que ********************* onde explicam ************* (desculpem-me os asteriscos mas não sou nenhum spoiler ;)). Madrezita que a espera vai ser longa.

Domingo, Fevereiro 05, 2012

50/50


Poucas são as palavras para descrever o brilhantismo com que Joseph Gordon-Levitt representa a personagem de um jovem de 25 anos confrontado com um tipo raro de cancro na coluna. Todo o filme, implicíto no tema em que toca, possui uma carga emocional muito grande aligeirada pelos rasgos cómicos (e ás vezes exagerados) de Seth Rogen. Tanto Anna Kendrick com Anjelica Huston trazem ao filme, cada uma à sua maneira, perspectivas diferentes de quem tem que lidar com alguém com uma doença possivelmente fatal.

Depois de ver este filme apenas posso concordar plenamente com as nomeações para os Globos de Ouro na categoria de Melhor Filme Comédia/Musical e para Melhor Actor. Joseph Gordon-Levitt mostra-se uma aposta segura (em bela hora James McAvoy desistiu do papel principal) dando uma representação tão emocional, capaz de fazer chorar qualquer um. A cena em que ele, após uma saída com o seu melhor amigo (representado por Rogen), encara de frente a seriedade do problema que tem em mãos, é épica. É literalmente de arrepiar.
Mais não posso senão recomendar...

Quinta-feira, Fevereiro 02, 2012

Sherlock


O primeiro episódio da primeira série já está. Venha o próximo!! :D