With the film portion of the South By Southwest Film Festival slowly winding down — and with those crazy music-only people seemingly turning Austin into a deleted scene from “Southland Tales” — what better time to give out some festival awards! SXSW did just that on Tuesday night, honoring the graffiti drama “Gimme the Loot” and the rock documentary “Beware of Mr.
Fifteen years ago, on March 9, 1997, Christopher Wallace — a.k.a.
Two great tastes that taste great together? Um, sure! To celebrate Jennifer Lopez’s new Kohls clothing line, “Classic: Remixed,” McCann NY hired famed director Darren Aronofsky to film a new commercial featuring J.Lo , some pretty fancy editing-enhanced wardrobe changes, and a cover of the Kiki Dee Band’s 1974 single, “I Got the Music in Me.” The results are a bit of a fever dream, which makes sense considering Aronofsky directed one of the best fever dreams of the last five years, “Black Swan.” Fortunately, there is no toe-nail torture in the new Kohls ad — just glitz and GLITZ .
Ice Cube, ’21 Jump Street’ Star, On N.W.A. And The Fight Between George Clooney and David O. Russell
When I was a freshman in high school, I begged my parents to buy me N.W.A’s “Straight Outta Compton.” At the time, the only other rap album I owned was “I’m the D.J., He’s the Rapper” by D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. The continuous loop of “Parents Just Don’t Understand” that played in my bedroom was then replaced by “F-ck tha Police” (played very softly so my parents couldn’t hear it, I should add)
Though my own hit rate on Oscar predictions was just a bit over fifty percent, I was still smiling at the end credits. Coming off last year’s debacle hosted by zombie-like James Franco and the impossibly chirpy Anne Hathaway, it was gratifying to see the Academy finally regain their footing and pull off a winning telecast. Much of the credit goes to Billy Crystal, who, like his predecessor Bob Hope, seems like he was born to host these awards…
