The time has come again for Chuck Ragan and gang to head out on the road with their unique approach to acoustic/folk music. If you’ve never checked this tour out before, then you owe it to yourself to do so now. In a crude sense it’s basically the answer to the “What if” question regarding bands and singers we all listened to when we were pissed off teenagers. What if they ditched the overdriven guitars and screaming vocals and picked up acoustic instruments? What if, heaven forbid, they grew up? What kind of music would they make, and would it still be as good?
Well the answer to that questioning is a resounding and emphatic yes. The music is still great, the passion is still there, and the performances are just as good as they were 10 years ago. You’ll hear old songs in new formats, you...
Well the answer to that questioning is a resounding and emphatic yes. The music is still great, the passion is still there, and the performances are just as good as they were 10 years ago. You’ll hear old songs in new formats, you...
- 4/10/2013
- by Christopher Jones
- Obsessed with Film
He might be tongue-tied in his movies, but Hugh Grant made his case impressively in the Newsnight studio with Paxman
There's a certain kind of movie star – usually one who has struggled against limitations of range or role – who seizes a new vocation in mid-career. Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger went into politics, Dirk Bogarde and David Niven wrote books, and Hugh Grant has become a campaigner for reform of the British media.
As a result, a personality who would normally only be found on Graham Norton's sofa or Film 2011 can legitimately be booked for Question Time and Newsnight. And, so, on Tuesday's edition of BBC2's current affairs round-up, Jeremy Paxman found himself in the rare position of suffering competition for the thumping hearts of the women viewers of middle England.
Grant immediately positioned himself as an unusual sort of contributor – an acting pundit, as it were...
There's a certain kind of movie star – usually one who has struggled against limitations of range or role – who seizes a new vocation in mid-career. Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger went into politics, Dirk Bogarde and David Niven wrote books, and Hugh Grant has become a campaigner for reform of the British media.
As a result, a personality who would normally only be found on Graham Norton's sofa or Film 2011 can legitimately be booked for Question Time and Newsnight. And, so, on Tuesday's edition of BBC2's current affairs round-up, Jeremy Paxman found himself in the rare position of suffering competition for the thumping hearts of the women viewers of middle England.
Grant immediately positioned himself as an unusual sort of contributor – an acting pundit, as it were...
- 7/14/2011
- by Mark Lawson
- The Guardian - Film News
Actors deny sour grapes as they join forces with other stars to lead charge against News International
After enduring years of frenzied paparazzi coverage, British celebrities have landed what they see as a series of body blows on their enemy – our tabloid culture.
Comedian Steve Coogan emerged this weekend as a fiery spokesman for those entertainers who feel that their choice of a career in the public eye does not entitle the media to pay for illegal access to details of their relationships and private misdemeanours.
In an angry appearance on BBC2's Newsnight, Coogan, who has been the repeated target of tabloid stings about his personal life, accused Paul McMullan, a former News of the World deputy features editor, of being a "risible" and "morally bankrupt" individual who merely peddled "tittle-tattle" while hiding behind a "smokescreen" of phony support for the freedom of the press in Britain.
"People keep...
After enduring years of frenzied paparazzi coverage, British celebrities have landed what they see as a series of body blows on their enemy – our tabloid culture.
Comedian Steve Coogan emerged this weekend as a fiery spokesman for those entertainers who feel that their choice of a career in the public eye does not entitle the media to pay for illegal access to details of their relationships and private misdemeanours.
In an angry appearance on BBC2's Newsnight, Coogan, who has been the repeated target of tabloid stings about his personal life, accused Paul McMullan, a former News of the World deputy features editor, of being a "risible" and "morally bankrupt" individual who merely peddled "tittle-tattle" while hiding behind a "smokescreen" of phony support for the freedom of the press in Britain.
"People keep...
- 7/9/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
The Hacked Off campaign has brought out a new authority in the actor, as he fearlessly calls Rupert Murdoch to account
Hugh Grant, in his time, has played many parts. He has been the diffident, floppy-haired charmer in Four Weddings And A Funeral; he's been the caddish lothario in the Bridget Jones movies and the troubled quasi-dad in Nick Hornby's About A Boy. Off-screen, he's been the sheepish bad boy caught in flagrante by the roadside in La, but also the brilliant investor in property and contemporary art.
But now he's found what could be his greatest role. On BBC TV's Question Time, he was the campaigner for decent values and fearless scourge of the slimy News Corporation which hacked into people's phones and sacrificed 200 jobs to protect Rebekah Brooks. It was a magnificent performance – and TV watchers all over the country remembered why they loved Hugh Grant.
With elegance,...
Hugh Grant, in his time, has played many parts. He has been the diffident, floppy-haired charmer in Four Weddings And A Funeral; he's been the caddish lothario in the Bridget Jones movies and the troubled quasi-dad in Nick Hornby's About A Boy. Off-screen, he's been the sheepish bad boy caught in flagrante by the roadside in La, but also the brilliant investor in property and contemporary art.
But now he's found what could be his greatest role. On BBC TV's Question Time, he was the campaigner for decent values and fearless scourge of the slimy News Corporation which hacked into people's phones and sacrificed 200 jobs to protect Rebekah Brooks. It was a magnificent performance – and TV watchers all over the country remembered why they loved Hugh Grant.
With elegance,...
- 7/8/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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